近红外 II 激光控制的自由基释放纳米发电机用于协同治疗乳腺癌的一氧化氮和烷基自由基疗法。
Near infrared II laser controlled free radical releasing nanogenerator for synergistic nitric oxide and alkyl radical therapy of breast cancer.
机构信息
Key Laboratory of Biomaterials of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Drug Carrier Development, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
出版信息
Nanoscale. 2021 Jul 7;13(25):11169-11187. doi: 10.1039/d1nr01859k. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
Recently, alkyl radicals have attracted much attention in cancer therapy due to their oxygen-independent generation property. For the first time, alkyl radical and nitric oxide (NO) combined therapy is demonstrated as an effective strategy for tumor inhibition. As a proof of concept, a biocompatible free radical nanogenerator with near-infrared (NIR) II laser-induced simultaneous NO and alkyl radical release property was elaborately fabricated. In particular, an NIR II molecule (IR 1061), NO donor (BNN6) and alkyl radical initiator (AIPH) were firstly encapsulated in a natural lecithin stabilized phase change material, and then further functionalized by an amphiphile of DSPE-PEG-RGD with specific tumor targeting ability, finally obtaining biocompatible P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD. Upon NIR II laser irradiation, the photothermal effect generated from IR 1061 could trigger the phase change of the nanogenerator by releasing the encapsulated BNN6 and AIPH, and subsequently decompose them to generate highly active NO and alkyl radicals. Remarkably, NO and alkyl radical release profiles of P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD could be precisely controlled using intermittent NIR II laser irradiation. Moreover, P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD displayed a synergistic NO and alkyl radicals' anticancer effect by significantly inhibiting the growth of breast tumors, upon NIR II laser exposure. Furthermore, an in depth mechanistic study revealed that synergistic NO and alkyl radical effect induced cancer cell apoptosis through a mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway. The synergistic effect jointly caused a burst generation of mitochondrial ROS, which significantly down-regulated Bcl-2 protein expression, accelerated cytochrome c release and triggered a cascade of apoptosis-related proteins of Caspase-3 and Caspase-9.
最近,由于烷基自由基具有氧独立性生成的特性,因此在癌症治疗中引起了广泛关注。本文首次证明了烷基自由基与一氧化氮(NO)联合治疗是抑制肿瘤的有效策略。作为概念验证,精心设计了一种具有近红外(NIR)II 激光诱导同时释放 NO 和烷基自由基的生物相容性自由基纳米发电机。具体来说,首次将 NIR II 分子(IR 1061)、NO 供体(BNN6)和烷基自由基引发剂(AIPH)封装在天然卵磷脂稳定的相变化材料中,然后进一步通过具有特定肿瘤靶向能力的两亲体 DSPE-PEG-RGD 功能化,最终获得生物相容性 P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD。在 NIR II 激光照射下,IR 1061 产生的光热效应可以通过释放包裹的 BNN6 和 AIPH 触发纳米发电机的相变化,随后将它们分解生成高活性的 NO 和烷基自由基。值得注意的是,P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD 的 NO 和烷基自由基释放谱可以通过间歇的 NIR II 激光照射来精确控制。此外,P(IR/BNN6/AIPH)@Lip-RGD 在 NIR II 激光照射下通过显著抑制乳腺癌肿瘤的生长,显示出 NO 和烷基自由基的协同抗癌作用。此外,深入的机制研究表明,协同的 NO 和烷基自由基效应通过线粒体介导的凋亡途径诱导癌细胞凋亡。协同作用共同导致线粒体 ROS 的爆发性产生,显著下调 Bcl-2 蛋白表达,加速细胞色素 c 释放,并触发 Caspase-3 和 Caspase-9 等一系列凋亡相关蛋白级联反应。