School of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Heifei, 230036, China.
J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2021 Oct;109(10):1534-1551. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34813. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
E. coli has become an important factor that can lead to cancer because of its ability to cause diverse intestinal changes. Nano-polymer materials provide ideal drug delivery systems for preparing antibacterial and anti-cancer drugs because of their unique structure, easy modification, and high drug loading. The modified natural melanin has the potential to be an excellent nano-carrier. By improving the water-solubility and biocompatibility of the loaded natural drug quercetin, the antibacterial effect of quercetin can be fully played. Here, natural melanin was extracted from frozen squid to synthesize carrier polydopamine (PDA) nanoparticles, and the natural drug quercetin (Q) was modified on the surface of PDA by π-π bond and covalent bond action to produce melanin-quercetin (PDA-Q). We also developed human small intestinal cancer cells (HIC) membrane-camouflaged melanin-Quercetin (PDA-Q) nanoparticles as an anti-cancer platform in vivo. The potential bacteriostatic mechanism was likely driven by the penetration of PDA-Q in E. coli cells, damaging the integrity of the membranes of E. coli and inducing cell death. The mice wound experiment and bacteremia model experiment revealed that C@PDA-Q had a strong inhibitory effect on E. coli in vivo. In addition, the results of the in vitro tumor test also revealed that C@PDA-Q had strong anti-tumor activity against HIC cells of human small intestinal cancer, and the IC50 value was 12.3 ± 0.7 μg/ml, which was slightly better than that for cisplatin. As both melanin nanoparticles and HIC membrane are natural biomaterials, the synthesized C@PDA-Q nano-polymer material shows great potential for use in anti-cancer nano-drug loading.
大肠杆菌因其能引起多种肠道变化而成为导致癌症的一个重要因素。纳米聚合物材料因其独特的结构、易于修饰和高载药量而成为制备抗菌和抗癌药物的理想药物传递系统。经过修饰的天然黑色素有可能成为一种极好的纳米载体。通过提高负载天然药物槲皮素的水溶性和生物相容性,可以充分发挥槲皮素的抗菌作用。在这里,我们从冷冻鱿鱼中提取天然黑色素来合成载体聚多巴胺(PDA)纳米粒子,并通过π-π键和共价键作用将天然药物槲皮素(Q)修饰在 PDA 的表面,从而产生黑色素-槲皮素(PDA-Q)。我们还开发了人小肠癌细胞(HIC)膜伪装的黑色素-槲皮素(PDA-Q)纳米颗粒作为体内抗癌平台。其潜在的抑菌机制可能是由 PDA-Q 渗透进入大肠杆菌细胞,破坏大肠杆菌膜的完整性并诱导细胞死亡驱动的。小鼠伤口实验和菌血症模型实验表明,C@PDA-Q 对体内大肠杆菌具有很强的抑制作用。此外,体外肿瘤试验的结果还表明,C@PDA-Q 对人小肠癌细胞 HIC 具有很强的抗肿瘤活性,IC50 值为 12.3±0.7μg/ml,略优于顺铂。由于黑色素纳米颗粒和 HIC 膜均为天然生物材料,因此合成的 C@PDA-Q 纳米聚合物材料在抗癌纳米药物负载方面具有很大的应用潜力。