Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol. 2024 Dec;52(1):309-320. doi: 10.1080/21691401.2024.2357693. Epub 2024 May 23.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) holds great potential to overcome limitations associated with common colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment approaches. Targeted photosensitiser (PS) delivery systems using nanoparticles (NPs) with targeting moieties are continually being designed, which are aimed at enhancing PS efficacy in CRC PDT. However, the optimisation of targeted PS delivery systems in most, PDT studies has been conducted on two dimensional (2D) monolayers cell cultures. In our present study, we developed a nano PS delivery system for cultured human colorectal three-dimensional multicellular spheroids (3D MCTS). PEGylated gold nanoparticles (PEG-AuNPs) were prepared and attached to ZnPcSPS and further functionalised with specific CRC targeting anti-Guanylate Cyclase monoclonal antibodies(mAb). The ZnPcS-AuNP-Anti-GCC Ab (BNC) nanoconjugates were successfully synthesised and their photodynamic effect investigated following exposure to laser irradiation and demonstrated enhanced anticancer effects in Caco-2 cells cultivated as 3D MCTS spheroids. Our findings suggest that targeted BNC nanoconjugates can improve the efficacy of PDT and highlight the potential of 3D MCTS tumour model for evaluating of targeted PDT.
光动力疗法(PDT)有很大的潜力克服与常见的结直肠癌(CRC)治疗方法相关的局限性。使用具有靶向部分的纳米颗粒(NPs)的靶向光敏剂(PS)递药系统不断被设计出来,旨在提高 CRC-PDT 中 PS 的疗效。然而,在大多数 PDT 研究中,靶向 PS 递药系统的优化都是在二维(2D)单层细胞培养物上进行的。在我们目前的研究中,我们开发了一种用于培养的人结直肠三维多细胞球体(3D MCTS)的纳米 PS 递药系统。制备了聚乙二醇化金纳米颗粒(PEG-AuNPs),并将其附着到 ZnPcSPS 上,然后用特定的 CRC 靶向鸟苷酸环化酶单克隆抗体(mAb)进一步功能化。成功合成了 ZnPcS-AuNP-Anti-GCC Ab(BNC)纳米缀合物,并在激光照射下研究了它们的光动力效应,结果表明它们在作为 3D MCTS 球体培养的 Caco-2 细胞中具有增强的抗癌作用。我们的研究结果表明,靶向 BNC 纳米缀合物可以提高 PDT 的疗效,并强调了 3D MCTS 肿瘤模型在评估靶向 PDT 中的潜力。
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