Department of Clinical Medical Laboratory, Huai'an Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University Medical Academy, Huai'an 223002, People's Republic of China.
Department of Central Laboratory, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an 223300, People's Republic of China.
Int J Nanomedicine. 2020 Dec 10;15:10075-10084. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S271310. eCollection 2020.
Chemotherapy is the primary treatment for most cancers apart from surgery. However, the use of chemotherapeutic drugs is limited by side effects and restricted accumulation in tumors because of unique tumor microenvironments. Macrophages have excellent drug delivery potential owing to their chemotaxis and can home in on tumors.
We developed an effective drug-delivery system for doxorubicin using macrophages. Doxorubicin-loaded egg yolk lipid-derived nanovectors (EYLNs-Dox) were prepared, EYLNs-Dox-loaded macrophages (Mac/EYLNs-Dox) were developed and their tumor penetration and anti-cancer activity against 4T1 cells were analyzed. The biodistribution and anti-4T1 breast cancer activities were determined using 4T1 subcutaneous and lung metastasis models.
EYLNs-Dox was successfully internalized into macrophages without affecting their viability and was less toxic than Dox. Mac/EYLNs-Dox penetrated the 4T1 tumor spheroids more efficiently and was more effective in inhibiting tumors in vitro. Macrophages significantly enhanced the distribution of EYLNs vectors in both inflammatory and tumor sites, playing a more effective role in the inhibition of tumors.
EYLNs-Dox can be effectively delivered using macrophages and Mac/EYLNs-Dox might be a promising targeted delivery system for breast cancer.
化疗是大多数癌症除手术外的主要治疗方法。然而,由于独特的肿瘤微环境,化疗药物的应用受到副作用和在肿瘤中积累受限的限制。巨噬细胞具有出色的药物输送潜力,因为它们具有趋化性,可以归巢到肿瘤部位。
我们使用巨噬细胞开发了一种有效的阿霉素药物输送系统。制备了载阿霉素的卵黄脂质衍生纳米载体(EYLNs-Dox),开发了载阿霉素的巨噬细胞(Mac/EYLNs-Dox),并分析了它们对 4T1 细胞的肿瘤穿透和抗癌活性。使用 4T1 皮下和肺转移模型确定了生物分布和抗 4T1 乳腺癌活性。
EYLNs-Dox 成功地被巨噬细胞内化,而不影响其活力,并且比阿霉素的毒性更小。Mac/EYLNs-Dox 更有效地穿透 4T1 肿瘤球体,并在体外更有效地抑制肿瘤。巨噬细胞显著增加了 EYLNs 载体在炎症和肿瘤部位的分布,在抑制肿瘤方面发挥了更有效的作用。
可以使用巨噬细胞有效地输送 EYLNs-Dox,Mac/EYLNs-Dox 可能是一种有前途的乳腺癌靶向输送系统。