Wang Di, Wang Liwei, Zhang Wei, Xu Kaicheng, Chen Liang, Guo Ziye, Wu Kaile, Huang Donghua, Zhao Yubin, Yao Minjun, Zheng Liming, Ye Chenyi, Ran Jisheng, Zhou Wei, Liu Xin, Xu Jianbin
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, PR China.
Orthopedics Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, PR China.
J Nanobiotechnology. 2025 Feb 20;23(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12951-025-03205-4.
BACKGROUND: Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) harboring BRAF mutation have a poor prognosis. The median survival time for patients with advanced BRAF-mutant CRC is only approximately one year. Owing to the insensitivity to standard chemotherapy, there are still no effective and highly specific treatment strategies available in clinical practice for CRC patients with BRAF mutation. Therefore, targeting the BRAF mutation site, researching and exploring novel targeted therapies are essential to improve the survival rate of patients with this CRC subtype. AIM: This study aims to develop a precise therapeutic system for BRAF CRC, based on the carrier properties of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and gene therapy targeting BRAF. METHOD: We first obtained engineered cells capable of stably producing EVs loaded with BRAF nucleic acid drugs (siBRAF). Next, BRAF-mutant and wild-type CRC cell lines, as well as corresponding subcutaneous and metastasis models, were used to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of EVs-siBRAF and explored the mechanism. Notably, patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, which share the same molecular characteristics, pathological features, and heterogeneity as patients do, were utilized to further explore the therapeutic efficacy and mechanisms. RESULT: EVs-siBRAF specifically inhibited BRAF CRC but didn't affect BRAF wild-type CRC in vitro and vivo. EVs-siBRAF exerts its therapeutic effect by regulating the MEK1/2-ERK1/2 pathway, and it has demonstrated excellent therapeutic efficacy in PDX models. CONCLUSION: The therapeutic EVs we constructed are effective and specific for the BRAF-mutant CRC. This study provides a novel strategy for the treatment of CRC patients with BRAF mutation.
背景:携带BRAF突变的结直肠癌(CRC)患者预后较差。晚期BRAF突变型CRC患者的中位生存时间仅约为一年。由于对标准化疗不敏感,临床上对于BRAF突变的CRC患者仍没有有效的、高度特异性的治疗策略。因此,针对BRAF突变位点,研究和探索新型靶向治疗方法对于提高这种CRC亚型患者的生存率至关重要。 目的:本研究旨在基于细胞外囊泡(EVs)的载体特性和针对BRAF的基因治疗,开发一种针对BRAF CRC的精确治疗系统。 方法:我们首先获得了能够稳定产生负载BRAF核酸药物(siBRAF)的EVs的工程细胞。接下来,使用BRAF突变型和野生型CRC细胞系以及相应的皮下和转移模型来评估EVs-siBRAF的治疗效果并探索其机制。值得注意的是,利用与患者具有相同分子特征、病理特征和异质性的患者来源异种移植(PDX)模型进一步探索治疗效果和机制。 结果:EVs-siBRAF在体外和体内均特异性抑制BRAF CRC,但不影响BRAF野生型CRC。EVs-siBRAF通过调节MEK1/2-ERK1/2途径发挥其治疗作用,并且在PDX模型中已显示出优异的治疗效果。 结论:我们构建的治疗性EVs对BRAF突变型CRC有效且具有特异性。本研究为治疗BRAF突变的CRC患者提供了一种新策略。
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