亲水性AsS纳米颗粒对小鼠乳腺癌转移的抑制作用与活性氧减少和缺氧诱导因子-1α下调有关。
Inhibition of Murine Breast Cancer Metastases by Hydrophilic AsS Nanoparticles Is Associated With Decreased ROS and HIF-1α Downregulation.
作者信息
Wang Tao, Meng Jie, Wang Chuan, Wen Tao, Jia Mengfan, Ge Yangyang, Xie Lifei, Hao Suisui, Liu Jian, Xu Haiyan
机构信息
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
出版信息
Front Oncol. 2019 Apr 26;9:333. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00333. eCollection 2019.
Arsenic sulfide (AsS) is a mineral drug that can be administrated orally and has been applied in the treatment of myeloid leukemia. The aim of this work is to investigate the therapeutic effect of AsS in highly metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) animal model, as AsS has not been applied in the treatment of breast cancer yet. To overcome the poor solubility of original AsS, a formulation of hydrophilic AsS nanoparticles (e-AsS) developed previously was applied to mouse breast cancer cells as well as the tumor-bearing mice. It was shown that e-AsS was much more cytotoxic than r-AsS, strongly inhibiting the proliferation of the cells and scavenging intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). The oral administration of e-AsS significantly increased the accumulation of arsenic in the tumor tissue and eliminated ROS in tumor tissues. Besides, e-AsS could also inhibit the activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and NLRP3 inflammasomes. Consequently, the angiogenesis was reduced, the metastasis to lung and liver was inhibited and the survival of tumor-bearing mice was prolonged. In conclusion, e-AsS holds great potential for an alternative therapeutics in the treatment of breast cancer, due to its unique function of correcting the aggressive microenvironment.
硫化砷(AsS)是一种可口服的矿物药,已应用于髓系白血病的治疗。由于AsS尚未应用于乳腺癌治疗,本研究旨在探讨AsS在高转移性三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)动物模型中的治疗效果。为克服原始AsS溶解度差的问题,先前开发的亲水性AsS纳米颗粒(e-AsS)制剂被应用于小鼠乳腺癌细胞和荷瘤小鼠。结果表明,e-AsS的细胞毒性比r-AsS大得多,能强烈抑制细胞增殖并清除细胞内活性氧(ROS)。口服e-AsS显著增加了肿瘤组织中砷的蓄积,并清除了肿瘤组织中的ROS。此外,e-AsS还可抑制缺氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)和NLRP3炎性小体的激活。因此,血管生成减少,肺和肝转移受到抑制,荷瘤小鼠的生存期延长。总之,e-AsS因其独特的纠正侵袭性微环境的功能,在乳腺癌治疗中具有作为替代疗法的巨大潜力。