Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Nanotheranostics. 2024 May 28;8(4):458-472. doi: 10.7150/ntno.95251. eCollection 2024.
A cutting-edge non-invasive cancer treatment method called boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) allows for the removal of cancerous tumor cells with the least possible damage to healthy tissue. It involves the exposure of cancer cells with low-energy thermal neutrons, boron-10 (B) cellular uptake causes cancer cell death by producing alpha particles and recoiling lithium-7 ( Li) nuclei. Despite positive outcomes from clinical trials conducted all around the world, these substances have relatively limited tumor selectivity or low boron content per molecule. The development of new boron delivery agents with more selectivity and enhanced boron loading would advance this technique and promote its use in clinics as a primary cancer treatment. As peptide-binding cell surface receptors are typically overexpressed on cancer cells, they can be seen as interesting targets for targeted tumor therapy. The attachment of meta-carboranes to peptide conjugates that target tumor cells specifically by their overexpressed receptors may be a method to get around these problems. A state-of-the-art overview of current developments in the application of BNCT for cancer targeted therapy via peptide conjugation is the goal of this review.
一种名为硼中子俘获治疗(BNCT)的先进的无创癌症治疗方法,可以在对健康组织造成最小损伤的情况下去除癌细胞。该方法涉及用低能热中子照射癌细胞,硼-10(B)细胞摄取会通过产生阿尔法粒子和反冲锂-7(Li)核来导致癌细胞死亡。尽管世界各地的临床试验都取得了积极的结果,但这些物质的肿瘤选择性相对有限,或者每个分子中的硼含量较低。开发具有更高选择性和增强硼负载能力的新型硼递药试剂将推进该技术,并促进其作为主要癌症治疗方法在临床上的应用。由于肽结合细胞表面受体通常在癌细胞上过度表达,因此它们可以被视为靶向肿瘤治疗的有趣靶点。通过其过度表达的受体将间位碳硼烷与靶向肿瘤细胞的肽缀合物连接起来,可能是解决这些问题的一种方法。本文综述了通过肽缀合将 BNCT 应用于癌症靶向治疗的最新进展。
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