Zhang Chen, Zhong Wu, Cao Ying, Liu Bohao, Tao Xiaojun, Li Zhuan
The Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha 410013, China.
The Key Laboratory of Model Animals and Stem Cell Biology in Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha 410013, China.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2023 Jan 13;16(1):119. doi: 10.3390/ph16010119.
The treatment of liver cancer remains challenging due to the low responsiveness of advanced cancer to therapeutic options. Sorafenib is the first line chemotherapeutic drug for advanced liver cancer but is frequently associated with severe side effects lead to discontinuation of chemotherapy. We previously developed a specific SIRT7 inhibitor 2800Z, which suppressed tumor growth and enhanced the chemosensitivity of sorafenib. In this study, we constructed polylysine polymer nanoparticles modified with cholesterol and GSH-sensitive PEG (mPssPC) to load sorafenib (SOR) and the SIRT7 inhibitor 2800Z to form dual-loaded NPs (S2@PsPCs) to reduce the toxicity and increase efficacy of sorafenib in liver cancer. The average size of S2@PsPC NPs was approximately 370 nm and the zeta potential was approximately 50-53 mV. We found that the release of the drugs exhibited pH sensitivity and was significantly accelerated in an acid release medium simulating the tumor environment. In addition, S2@PsPC NPs inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis of liver cancer cells in vitro. An in vivo study further revealed that S2@PsPCs showed high specificity to the liver cancer but low affinity and toxicity to the main organs including the heart, kidneys, lungs, and liver. Our data thus further approved the combination of a SIRT7 inhibitor and sorafenib for the treatment of liver cancer and provided new drug delivery system for targeted therapy.
由于晚期肝癌对治疗方案的反应性较低,肝癌的治疗仍然具有挑战性。索拉非尼是晚期肝癌的一线化疗药物,但常伴有严重副作用,导致化疗中断。我们之前开发了一种特异性SIRT7抑制剂2800Z,它能抑制肿瘤生长并增强索拉非尼的化疗敏感性。在本研究中,我们构建了用胆固醇和谷胱甘肽敏感型聚乙二醇修饰的聚赖氨酸聚合物纳米颗粒(mPssPC),用于负载索拉非尼(SOR)和SIRT7抑制剂2800Z,以形成双负载纳米颗粒(S2@PsPCs),从而降低索拉非尼在肝癌治疗中的毒性并提高疗效。S2@PsPC纳米颗粒的平均尺寸约为370 nm,zeta电位约为50 - 53 mV。我们发现药物的释放具有pH敏感性,在模拟肿瘤环境的酸性释放介质中显著加速。此外,S2@PsPC纳米颗粒在体外抑制肝癌细胞的增殖并诱导其凋亡。一项体内研究进一步表明,S2@PsPCs对肝癌具有高特异性,但对包括心脏、肾脏、肺和肝脏在内的主要器官亲和力低且毒性小。因此,我们的数据进一步证实了SIRT7抑制剂与索拉非尼联合用于治疗肝癌,并为靶向治疗提供了新的药物递送系统。