Wang Qiyue, Cui Zixu, Guo Chenguang, Zhang Yue, Chen Jinhua, Zhang Ruitao, Li Xueming, Meng Zhengjie, Ren Hao
School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Biomater Res. 2025 Aug 8;29:0237. doi: 10.34133/bmr.0237. eCollection 2025.
The management of medulloblastoma (MB) remains a significant challenge, primarily attributed to the presence of cancer stem cells and the inadequate delivery of therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier. GLI, as a regulator of the hedgehog signaling pathway in normal cerebellum development, also exerts pivotal functions in MB initiation, progression, and metastasis and maintains the stemness of MB stem cells. In this study, we devised a combined therapeutic approach by integrating the BRD4 inhibitor JQ1 with the SMO inhibitor saikosaponin B1 (SSB1) to inhibit MB via regulation of GLI activation. The results suggested that JQ1 and SSB1 synergistically inhibited MB proliferation, constricted MB metastasis, and down-regulated stem cell phenotypes via reduced GLI and MYC expression. Tryptamine-derived lipid nanoparticles (NPs) transported JQ1 and SSB1 to MB tissues. The targeted NPs demonstrated prolonged drug release kinetics and significantly improved their accumulation in MB tumors. Systemic administration of drug-loaded targeted NPs significantly decreased tumor burden without hepatic toxicity in xenograft MB-bearing mice. The combination of JQ1 and SSB1 presents an innovative therapeutic paradigm for suppressing MB proliferation, recurrence, and metastasis, with the potential to drive the development of novel MB treatment strategies in the future.
髓母细胞瘤(MB)的治疗仍然是一项重大挑战,主要归因于癌症干细胞的存在以及治疗药物难以透过血脑屏障。GLI作为正常小脑发育中刺猬信号通路的调节因子,在MB的起始、进展和转移中也发挥着关键作用,并维持MB干细胞的干性。在本研究中,我们设计了一种联合治疗方法,将BRD4抑制剂JQ1与SMO抑制剂柴胡皂苷B1(SSB1)相结合,通过调节GLI激活来抑制MB。结果表明,JQ1和SSB1协同抑制MB增殖,限制MB转移,并通过降低GLI和MYC表达下调干细胞表型。色胺衍生的脂质纳米颗粒(NPs)将JQ1和SSB1转运至MB组织。靶向NPs显示出延长的药物释放动力学,并显著提高了它们在MB肿瘤中的蓄积。在携带异种移植MB的小鼠中,全身给药载药靶向NPs显著降低了肿瘤负荷,且无肝毒性。JQ1和SSB1的联合应用为抑制MB增殖、复发和转移提供了一种创新的治疗模式,有望在未来推动新型MB治疗策略的发展。
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