Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
Laboratory Animal Center, State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Aug 11;13(31):36926-36937. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c10328. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
Synergistic therapy holds promising potential in cancer treatment. Here, the inclusion of catechol moieties, a disulfide cross-linked structure, and pendent carboxyl into the network of polymeric nanogels with glutathione (GSH)-responsive dissociation and pH-sensitive release is first disclosed for the codelivery of doxorubicin (DOX) and bortezomib (BTZ) in synergistic cancer therapy. The pendent carboxyl groups and catechol moieties are exploited to absorb DOX through electrostatic interaction and conjugate BTZ through boronate ester, respectively. Both electrostatic interactions and boronate ester are stable at neutral or alkaline pH, while they are instable in an acidic environment to further recover the activities of BTZ and DOX. The polymeric nanogels possess a superior stability to prevent the premature leakage of drugs in a physiological environment, while their structure is destroyed in response to a typical endogenous stimulus (GSH) to unload drugs. The dissociation of the drug-loaded nanogels accelerates the intracellular release of DOX and BTZ and further enhances the therapeutic efficacy. and investigations revealed that the dual-drug loaded polymeric nanogels exhibited a strong ability to suppress tumor growth. This study thus proposes a new perspective on the production of multifunctional polymeric nanogels through the introduction of different functional monomers.
协同治疗在癌症治疗中具有广阔的应用前景。本研究首次将儿茶酚基团、二硫键交联结构和侧挂羧基引入到具有谷胱甘肽(GSH)响应性解离和 pH 敏感性释放的聚合物纳米凝胶网络中,用于协同癌症治疗中阿霉素(DOX)和硼替佐米(BTZ)的共递送。通过静电相互作用和硼酸酯键分别利用侧挂羧基基团和儿茶酚基团来吸附 DOX 和连接 BTZ。在中性或碱性 pH 条件下,静电相互作用和硼酸酯键均稳定,而在酸性环境中不稳定,从而进一步恢复 BTZ 和 DOX 的活性。聚合物纳米凝胶具有优越的稳定性,可防止药物在生理环境中过早泄漏,而其结构在响应典型的内源性刺激(GSH)时会被破坏以卸载药物。载药纳米凝胶的解离加速了 DOX 和 BTZ 的细胞内释放,进一步增强了治疗效果。体外和体内研究表明,载双药聚合物纳米凝胶具有较强的抑制肿瘤生长能力。因此,本研究通过引入不同功能单体,为多功能聚合物纳米凝胶的制备提供了新的思路。