纳米颗粒阳离子聚(氨基酸)通过破坏中性粒细胞细胞外陷阱来阻止癌症转移。
Nanoparticulate Cationic Poly(amino acid)s Block Cancer Metastases by Destructing Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.
机构信息
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, 56th Lingyuanxi Road, Guangzhou, 510055, China.
出版信息
ACS Nano. 2023 Feb 14;17(3):2868-2880. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11280. Epub 2023 Jan 17.
Cancer metastasis that is resistant to conventional therapies has become a major cause of patient death. Recent reports indicate that the neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) is closely associated with cancer distant metastases, and the cell-free DNA of NETs has been identified as the ligand of the transmembrane protein CCDC25 of cancer cells, acting as a chemokine to induce cancer cell migration to distant organs. In this work, we present the poly(aspartic acid) based-cationic materials to interfere with the interaction between NET-DNA and CCDC25, and furthermore to inhibit NET-DNA-mediated cancer cell chemotaxis and migration. Because of a stronger binding affinity to DNA and favorable retention in the liver, nanoparticulate poly(aspartic acid) derivatives (cANP) efficiently reduce the level of hepatic NET-DNA infiltration, leading to a significant suppression of cancer metastases in mice and several human metastatic models. Moreover, the cANP exhibits no toxicity to organs of animals during the entire treatment. Thus, this work suggests a strategy for controlling cancer metastases, which will benefit patients in clinics.
癌症转移对常规疗法具有抗性,已成为导致患者死亡的主要原因。最近的报告表明,中性粒细胞胞外诱捕网(NET)与癌症远处转移密切相关,NET 的无细胞 DNA 已被鉴定为癌细胞跨膜蛋白 CCDC25 的配体,作为趋化因子诱导癌细胞向远处器官迁移。在这项工作中,我们提出了基于聚天冬氨酸的阳离子材料来干扰 NET-DNA 与 CCDC25 之间的相互作用,并且进一步抑制 NET-DNA 介导的癌细胞趋化性和迁移。由于与 DNA 的结合亲和力更强并且在肝脏中的保留更好,纳米颗粒聚天冬氨酸衍生物(cANP)有效地降低了肝脏 NET-DNA 浸润的水平,导致小鼠和几种人类转移模型中的癌症转移显著减少。此外,cANP 在整个治疗过程中对动物的器官没有毒性。因此,这项工作为控制癌症转移提供了一种策略,这将使临床中的患者受益。