Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
J Nanobiotechnology. 2024 Oct 26;22(1):656. doi: 10.1186/s12951-024-02942-2.
Ferroptosis has emerged as a promising strategy for cancer treatment. Nevertheless, the efficiency of ferroptosis-mediated therapy remains a challenge due to high glutathione (GSH) levels and insufficient endogenous hydrogen peroxide in the tumor microenvironment. Herein, we presented a nitric-oxide (NO) boost-GSH depletion strategy for enhanced ferroptosis therapy through a multifunctional nanoplatform with near-infrared (NIR) triggered NO release. The nanoplatform, IS@ATF, was designed that self-assembled by loading the NO donor L-arginine (L-Arg), ferroptosis inducer sorafenib (SRF), and indocyanine green (ICG) onto tannic acid (TA)-Fe‒metal-phenolic networks (MPNs) modified with hydroxyethyl starch. Inside the tumor, SRF could inhibit GSH biosynthesis, impair the activation of glutathione peroxidase 4, and disrupt the ferroptosis defensive system. In conjunction with TA-Fe‒MPNs, which has cascaded Fenton catalytic activity, it could navigate the lethal ferroptosis to cancer cells. Upon NIR laser irradiation, the ICG-generated ROS oxidated L-Arg to a substantial quantity of NO, which further depleted the intracellular GSH and caused LPO accumulation, enhancing cell ferroptosis. Moreover, ICG also serves as a photothermal agent that can produce hyperthermia when exposed to irradiation, further potentiating ferroptosis therapy. In addition, the nanoplatform showed significantly improved tumor therapeutic efficacy and anti-metastasis efficiency. This work thus demonstrated that utilizing NO boost-GSH depletion to enhance ferroptosis induction is a feasible and promising strategy for cancer treatment.
铁死亡已成为癌症治疗的一种有前途的策略。然而,由于肿瘤微环境中谷胱甘肽 (GSH) 水平较高和内源性过氧化氢不足,铁死亡介导的治疗效率仍然是一个挑战。在此,我们提出了一种通过具有近红外 (NIR) 触发一氧化氮 (NO) 释放功能的多功能纳米平台来增强铁死亡治疗的 NO 促进-GSH 耗竭策略。纳米平台 IS@ATF 是通过将 NO 供体 L-精氨酸 (L-Arg)、铁死亡诱导剂索拉非尼 (SRF) 和吲哚菁绿 (ICG) 装载到用羟乙基淀粉修饰的单宁酸 (TA)-Fe-金属-多酚网络 (MPNs) 上来设计的。在肿瘤内部,SRF 可以抑制 GSH 的生物合成,破坏谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶 4 的激活,并破坏铁死亡防御系统。与具有级联 Fenton 催化活性的 TA-Fe-MPNs 一起,它可以引导致命的铁死亡进入癌细胞。在 NIR 激光照射下,ICG 产生的 ROS 将 L-Arg 氧化为大量的 NO,进一步耗尽细胞内 GSH 并导致 LPO 积累,增强细胞铁死亡。此外,ICG 还可用作光热剂,当暴露于照射时可以产生高热,进一步增强铁死亡治疗效果。此外,该纳米平台显示出显著提高的肿瘤治疗效果和抗转移效率。因此,本工作表明,利用 NO 促进-GSH 耗竭来增强铁死亡诱导是一种可行且有前途的癌症治疗策略。
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