NIR-Controlled Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tumor Cells by Mesoporous Silica Capsules Containing Gold Nanorods and Doxorubicin

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Xue Yang ◽  
Man Li ◽  
Jinying Liang ◽  
Xueyan Hou ◽  
Xiaoxiao He ◽  
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Vicente Candela-Noguera ◽  
Gema Vivo-Llorca ◽  
Borja Díaz de Greñu ◽  
María Alfonso ◽  
Elena Aznar ◽  
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We report herein a gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) system using gated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) in an attempt to combine the reduction of side effects characteristic of GDEPT with improved pharmacokinetics promoted by gated MSNs. The system consists of the transfection of cancer cells with a plasmid controlled by the cytomegalovirus promoter, which promotes β-galactosidase (β-gal) expression from the bacterial gene lacZ (CMV-lacZ). Moreover, dendrimer-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSNs) are loaded with the prodrug doxorubicin modified with a galactose unit through a self-immolative group (DOXO-Gal) and modified with a disulfide-containing polyethyleneglycol gatekeeper. Once in tumor cells, the reducing environment induces disulfide bond rupture in the gatekeeper with the subsequent DOXO-Gal delivery, which is enzymatically converted by β-gal into the cytotoxic doxorubicin drug, causing cell death. The combined treatment of the pair enzyme/DMSNs-prodrug are more effective in killing cells than the free prodrug DOXO-Gal alone in cells transfected with β-gal.


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