Huang Hongli, Chen Hanqing, Shou Diwen, Quan Ying, Cheng Jiemin, Chen Huiting, Ning Gang, Li Yongqiang, Xia Yu, Zhou Yongjian
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
Discov Nano. 2023 Jul 21;18(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s11671-023-03870-0.
Effective and safe delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) by nanomaterials to cancer cells is one of the main challenges in cancer treatment. In this study, we constructed the selenium nanoparticles conjugated with RGDfC (one tumor-targeted polypeptide) to prepare a biocompatible gene vector (RGDfC-SeNPs) and then loaded with siDCBLD2 to synthesize the RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 for colorectal cancer (CRC) therapy. As expected, RGDfC-SeNPs could enhance the cellular uptake of siDCBLD2 in human HCT-116 colon cancer cells by targeting polypeptide RGDfC on the surface of colon cancer cells. RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 could be effectively internalized by HCT-116 cells mainly through a clathrin-related endocytosis pathway. In addition, RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 exhibited high siRNA release efficiency in an acidic tumor environment. Moreover, RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 could inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis in HCT-116 cells by special silencing gene DCBLD2 expression. RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 could be specifically accumulated to the tumor sites and exhibited significantly anti-CRC efficacy on HCT-116 tumor-bearing mice without obvious side effects. Taken together, these results suggest that selenium nanoparticles can be used as an effective gene vector with good biocompatibility, and RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2 provides a promising strategy for combining tumor-target and siRNA delivery in treating CRC.
通过纳米材料将小干扰RNA(siRNA)有效且安全地递送至癌细胞是癌症治疗中的主要挑战之一。在本研究中,我们构建了与RGDfC(一种肿瘤靶向多肽)缀合的硒纳米颗粒,以制备生物相容性基因载体(RGDfC-SeNPs),然后装载siDCBLD2以合成用于结直肠癌(CRC)治疗的RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2。如预期的那样,RGDfC-SeNPs可通过靶向结肠癌细胞表面的多肽RGDfC来增强人HCT-116结肠癌细胞对siDCBLD2的细胞摄取。RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2主要通过网格蛋白相关的内吞途径被HCT-116细胞有效内化。此外,RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2在酸性肿瘤环境中表现出高siRNA释放效率。而且,RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2可通过特异性沉默基因DCBLD2的表达来抑制HCT-116细胞的增殖并诱导其凋亡。RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2可特异性地在肿瘤部位积聚,并对荷HCT-116肿瘤小鼠表现出显著的抗CRC疗效,且无明显副作用。综上所述,这些结果表明硒纳米颗粒可用作具有良好生物相容性的有效基因载体,并且RGDfC-Se@siDCBLD2为在治疗CRC中结合肿瘤靶向和siRNA递送提供了一种有前景的策略。