Lingasamy Prakash, Tobi Allan, Kurm Kaarel, Tammik Olav, Teesalu Tambet
Laboratory of Precision and Nanomedicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia.
Celvia CC AS, Tartu, 50411, Estonia.
Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 11;15(1):29369. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-11299-x.
To improve the precision and selectivity of anticancer therapies, affinity ligands targeting molecules of the malignancy-associated vascular signature are used. One such target is Fibronectin Extra Domain-B (Fn-EDB), an oncofetal splice variant of a major extracellular matrix protein (Fn), which is upregulated in many solid tumors as part of the angiogenic response. In this study, we conducted cell-free biopanning on recombinant Fn-EDB to identify a short peptide designated as PL2 (amino acid sequence: TSKQNSR), which specifically interacts with Fn-EDB. Notably, the C-terminal arginine of PL2 enables its interaction with neuropilin-1 (NRP-1), a receptor known to facilitate cell and tissue penetration. When administered systemically, PL2-displaying recombinant bacteriophages and iron oxide nanoworms (NWs) functionalized with PL2 peptide exhibited homing to glioblastoma and prostate tumor xenografts, followed by their extravasation and penetration into tumor parenchyma. This preclinical study demonstrates that PL2-functionalized NWs penetrate ex vivo explants of clinical ovarian carcinoma, highlighting their proof-of-concept potential as tumor-homing and tissue-penetrating agents for precision oncology, pending further efficacy and safety validation. These findings underscore the potential of the PL2 peptide as a promising agent for anticancer drug delivery and molecular imaging applications.
为提高抗癌治疗的精准性和选择性,人们使用了靶向恶性肿瘤相关血管标志物分子的亲和配体。其中一个这样的靶点是纤连蛋白额外结构域B(Fn-EDB),它是一种主要细胞外基质蛋白(Fn)的癌胚剪接变体,在许多实体瘤中作为血管生成反应的一部分而上调。在本研究中,我们对重组Fn-EDB进行了无细胞生物淘选,以鉴定一种名为PL2的短肽(氨基酸序列:TSKQNSR),它能与Fn-EDB特异性相互作用。值得注意的是,PL2的C末端精氨酸使其能够与神经纤毛蛋白-1(NRP-1)相互作用,NRP-1是一种已知可促进细胞和组织穿透的受体。当全身给药时,展示PL2的重组噬菌体和用PL2肽功能化的氧化铁纳米蠕虫(NWs)表现出归巢至胶质母细胞瘤和前列腺肿瘤异种移植瘤,随后它们外渗并穿透进入肿瘤实质。这项临床前研究表明,PL2功能化的NWs可穿透临床卵巢癌的离体组织块,突出了其作为精准肿瘤学中肿瘤归巢和组织穿透剂的概念验证潜力,有待进一步的疗效和安全性验证。这些发现强调了PL2肽作为抗癌药物递送和分子成像应用的有前景试剂的潜力。
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