School of Life Science and Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro Nano Biomaterials and Detection Treatment Technologys, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China.
Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2023 Jun 28;15(25):29827-29840. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c03068. Epub 2023 Jun 14.
In photodynamic therapy (PDT), elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) activate tumor cell protective autophagy, therefore attenuating the antitumor function of therapy. Hence, inhibition of protective autophagy in tumors can improve the antitumor effect of PDT. Herein, an innovative nanotraditional Chinese medicine system ((TP+A)@TkPEG NPs), which remodeled autophagy homeostasis, was fabricated. A photosensitizer aggregation inducing emission (AIE) and autophagy modulator triptolide (TP, an active ingredient of ) were encapsulated into ROS-responsive nanoparticles to improve antitumor effect of PDT in treatment of triple negative breast cancer. We proved that (TP+A)@TkPEG NPs effectively elevated intracellular ROS levels, activated ROS-responsive release of TP and inhibited the proliferation of 4T1 cells . More importantly, it sharply reduced autophagy related genes transcription and proteins expression in 4T1 cells, then promote cell apoptosis. In addition, this nanoherb therapeutic system effectively orientated to tumor sites, achieved efficient inhibition of tumor, and extended the survival time of 4T1-bearing mice . Further results confirmed that (TP+A)@TkPEG NPs remarkably inhibit the expression level of autophagy related initiation gene () and elongation protein (light chain 3B) in tumor microenvironment and then block PDT induced protective autophagy. In brief, this system can remodel autophagy homeostasis and serve as an innovative approach for treatment of triple negative breast cancer.
在光动力疗法(PDT)中,活性氧(ROS)的增加会激活肿瘤细胞保护性自噬,从而减弱治疗的抗肿瘤功能。因此,抑制肿瘤中的保护性自噬可以提高 PDT 的抗肿瘤效果。在此,构建了一种创新的纳米中药系统((TP+A)@TkPEG NPs),可重塑自噬平衡。将光敏剂聚集诱导发射(AIE)和自噬调节剂雷公藤红素(TP, 的一种有效成分)封装到ROS 响应性纳米颗粒中,以提高三阴性乳腺癌治疗中 PDT 的抗肿瘤效果。我们证明了 (TP+A)@TkPEG NPs 能有效提高细胞内 ROS 水平,激活 ROS 响应性 TP 释放,并抑制 4T1 细胞的增殖。更重要的是,它在 4T1 细胞中明显降低了与自噬相关的基因转录和蛋白表达,从而促进细胞凋亡。此外,这种纳米草药治疗系统能有效靶向肿瘤部位,实现对肿瘤的高效抑制,并延长荷瘤小鼠的生存时间。进一步的结果证实,(TP+A)@TkPEG NPs 能显著抑制肿瘤微环境中自噬起始基因()和延伸蛋白(LC3B)的表达水平,从而阻断 PDT 诱导的保护性自噬。总之,该系统可以重塑自噬平衡,为三阴性乳腺癌的治疗提供了一种创新方法。