分子生物学
IVD分子诊断
细胞培养与分析
蛋白研究
细胞因子
重组蛋白
抗体
高通量测序建库
病原检测UCF系列
生物医药
工具酶
抑制剂激活剂与常用试剂
仪器
耗材

A carrier free photodynamic oxidizer for enhanced tumor therapy by redox homeostasis disruption

Ni Yang, Rong-Rong Zheng, Zi-Ying Chen, Rui-Xin Wang, Lin-Ping Zhao, Xia-Yun Chen, Lei Chen, Lin Xu, Shi-Ying Li, A-Li Chen

Journal:Biomaterials Science

IF:7.59

DOI:10.1039/D1BM01876K

PMID:35179530

Published:2022-02-04

research field:肿瘤学免疫学癌症治疗

Abstract

Abnormal tumor microenvironments play important roles in cancer progression. In general, tumor cells are capable of upregulating glutathione (GSH) levels to maintain aberrant redox homeostasis and cause resistance to oxidative damage. Herein, we develop a photodynamic oxidizer to disrupt the redox homeostasis of tumor cells for enhanced photodynamic tumor therapy. Based on pyropheophorbide-a (Pyro) and naphthazarin (Nap), a carrier free photodynamic oxidizer (named PyroNap) is prepared by the self-assembly technique through hydrophobic interactions. It is confirmed that nanosized PyroNap has high drug contents as well as favorable dispersity and stability. Besides, the photodynamic property of Pyro has obviously improved after self-assembly into the nanomedicine of PyroNap, which facilitates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) for robust photodynamic therapy (PDT). More importantly, the Nap induced GSH decrease could disrupt the redox homeostasis of tumor cells to further improve the PDT efficacy on tumor suppression. Consequently, after intravenous administration, PyroNap was able to significantly inhibit tumor growth and cause minimal side effects. This study might shed light on developing translational nanomedicine for tumor precision therapy.

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