Osteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo Per Lo Studio Dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 3;11(1):5107. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84492-3.
In the field of oncology research, a deeper understanding of tumor biology has shed light on the role of environmental conditions surrounding cancer cells. In this regard, targeting the tumor microenvironment has recently emerged as a new way to access this disease. In this work, a novel extracellular matrix (ECM)-targeting nanotherapeutic was engineered using a lipid-based nanoparticle chemically linked to an inhibitor of the ECM-related enzyme, lysyl oxidase 1 (LOX), that inhibits the crosslinking of elastin and collagen fibers. We demonstrated that, when the conjugated vesicles were loaded with the chemotherapeutic epirubicin, superior inhibition of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell growth was observed both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, in vivo results displayed prolonged survival, minimal cytotoxicity, and enhanced biocompatibility compared to free epirubicin and epirubicin-loaded nanoparticles. This all-in-one nano-based ECM-targeting chemotherapeutic may provide a key-enabling technology for the treatment of TNBC.
在肿瘤学研究领域,对肿瘤生物学的深入了解揭示了癌细胞周围环境条件的作用。在这方面,针对肿瘤微环境最近成为一种治疗这种疾病的新方法。在这项工作中,使用一种基于脂质的纳米粒子工程设计了一种新型细胞外基质 (ECM)-靶向纳米治疗剂,该纳米粒子通过化学连接到 ECM 相关酶赖氨酸氧化酶 1 (LOX) 的抑制剂上,该抑制剂抑制弹性蛋白和胶原蛋白纤维的交联。我们证明,当共轭囊泡装载化疗药物表柔比星时,无论是在体外还是体内,都观察到三重阴性乳腺癌 (TNBC) 细胞生长的抑制作用得到了显著改善。此外,与游离表柔比星和载表柔比星的纳米颗粒相比,体内结果显示出更长的生存期、最小的细胞毒性和增强的生物相容性。这种集所有功能于一体的基于纳米技术的 ECM 靶向化疗药物可能为 TNBC 的治疗提供关键的使能技术。
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