Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Carbohydr Polym. 2024 Nov 1;343:122489. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122489. Epub 2024 Jul 14.
The clinical utility of chemotherapy is often compromised by its limited efficacy and significant side effects. Addressing these concerns, we have developed a self-assembled nanomicelle, namely SANTA FE OXA, which consists of hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugated with ferrocene methanol (FC), oxaliplatin prodrug (OXA(IV)) and ethylene glycol-coupled linoleic acid (EG-LA). Targeted delivery is achieved by HA binding to the CD44 receptors that are overexpressed on tumor cells, facilitating drug uptake. Once internalized, hyaluronidase (HAase) catalyzes the digestion of the SANTA FE OXA, releasing FC and reducing OXA(IV) into an active form. The active oxaliplatin (OXA) induces DNA damage and increases intracellular hydrogen peroxide (HO) levels via cascade reactions. Simultaneously, FC disrupts the redox balance within tumor cells, inducing ferroptosis. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments confirmed that SANTA FE OXA inhibited tumor growth by combining cascade chemotherapy and self-sensitized ferroptosis, achieving a tumor inhibition rate of up to 76.61 %. Moreover, this SANTA FE OXA significantly mitigates the systemic toxicity commonly associated with platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Our findings represent a compelling advancement in nanomedicine for enhanced cascade cancer therapy.
化疗的临床应用常常受到其有限疗效和显著副作用的限制。针对这些问题,我们开发了一种自组装纳米胶束,即 SANTA FE OXA,它由与二茂铁甲醇(FC)、奥沙利铂前药(OXA(IV))和乙二醇偶联亚油酸(EG-LA)共轭的透明质酸(HA)组成。通过透明质酸与肿瘤细胞过度表达的 CD44 受体结合实现靶向递送,促进药物摄取。一旦被内化,透明质酸酶(HAase)就会催化 SANTA FE OXA 的消化,释放 FC 并将 OXA(IV)还原为活性形式。活性奥沙利铂(OXA)通过级联反应诱导 DNA 损伤并增加细胞内过氧化氢(HO)水平。同时,FC 破坏肿瘤细胞内的氧化还原平衡,诱导铁死亡。体内和体外实验均证实,SANTA FE OXA 通过级联化疗和自敏化铁死亡相结合抑制肿瘤生长,肿瘤抑制率高达 76.61%。此外,这种 SANTA FE OXA 显著减轻了与铂类化疗药物相关的全身毒性。我们的研究结果代表了纳米医学在增强级联癌症治疗方面的重大进展。
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