Clinical radiation therapy (RT) is often hindered by the low radiation energy absorption coefficient and the hypoxic features of tumor tissues. Among the tremendous efforts devoted to overcoming the barriers to efficient RT, the application of hypoxic radiosensitizers and cell-cycle-specific chemotherapeutics has shown great potential. However, their effectiveness is often compromised by their limited bioavailability, especially in the hypoxic region, which plays a major role in radioresistance. Herein, to simultaneously improve the delivery efficacy of both hypoxic radiosensitizer and cell-cycle-specific drug, a gambogic acid (GA) metronidazole (MN) prodrug (GM) was designed and synthesized based on GA, a naturally occurring chemotherapeutic and multiple pathway inhibitor, and MN, a typical hypoxic radiosensitizer. In combination with MN-containing block copolymers, the prodrug nanosensitizer (NS) of GM was obtained. Owing to the bioreduction of MN, the as-designed prodrug could be efficiently delivered to hypoxic cells and act on mitochondria to cause the accumulation of reactive oxygen species. The strong G2/M phase arrest caused by the prodrug NS could further sensitize treated cells to external radiation under hypoxic conditions by increasing DNA damage and delaying DNA repair. After coadministration of the NS with a well-established tissue-penetrating peptide, efficient tumor accumulation, deep tumor penetration, and highly potent chemoradiotherapy could be achieved.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [51973014, 52033001, 21774008]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [BUCTRC201912, XK1701, XK1802-8]
第一作者单位:[1]Beijing Univ Chem Technol, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Beijing Adv Innovat Ctr Soft Matter Sci & Engn, Beijing Lab Biomed Mat,State Key Lab Organ Inorgan, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Beijing Univ Chem Technol, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Beijing Adv Innovat Ctr Soft Matter Sci & Engn, Beijing Lab Biomed Mat,State Key Lab Organ Inorgan, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China[3]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China[*1]Department of Radiation Oncology, China- Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China[*2]State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composite Materials, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials of Natural Macromolecules (Ministry of Education), Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Qian Lili,Li Qian,Ding Zhenshan,et al.Prodrug Nanosensitizer Overcomes the Radiation Resistance of Hypoxic Tumor[J].ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES.2022,14(51):56454-56470.doi:10.1021/acsami.2c14628.
APA:
Qian, Lili,Li, Qian,Ding, Zhenshan,Luo, Kejun,Su, Jiamin...&Yu, Qingsong.(2022).Prodrug Nanosensitizer Overcomes the Radiation Resistance of Hypoxic Tumor.ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES,14,(51)
MLA:
Qian, Lili,et al."Prodrug Nanosensitizer Overcomes the Radiation Resistance of Hypoxic Tumor".ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 14..51(2022):56454-56470