scholarly journals A pH-Sensitive Prodrug Nanocarrier Based on Diosgenin for Doxorubicin Delivery to Efficiently Inhibit Tumor Metastasis

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 6545-6560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeliang Wei ◽  
Haibo Wang ◽  
Guang Xin ◽  
Zhi Zeng ◽  
Shiyi Li ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-296
Author(s):  
Guolong Liao ◽  
He Ma ◽  
Yamei Li ◽  
Yiyu Sheng ◽  
Chujie Chen

ABSTRACT Prostate cancer are the most common, malignant and lethal tumors in men, and the complexity of prostate cancer (CaP) is also due to the diverse metastasis profile. Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been reported to have potent antitumor activity, but whether it impacted the tumor metastasis is not fully clear. Here, we confirmed that SeNPs could inhibit the CaP cell migrations and invasions. Combined with our previous findings, we identified a series of microRNAs that could be upregulated significantly under SeNP treatment, among which miR-155-5p acts as a key component in mediating the SeNP-inhibited migration and invasion of CaP cells, through directly targeting IκB kinase ɛ and Sma- and Mad-related protein 2. The cell-based results were proved in xenograft mice modeling. These results have evidently signified the antitumor potential of SeNPs in the treatment of prostate cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (31) ◽  
pp. eabb8725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Funeng Xu ◽  
Xilin Li ◽  
Xuehui Huang ◽  
Jingmei Pan ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  

Autophagy is involved in the occurrence and development of tumors. Here, a pH-responsive polymersome codelivering hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and tunicamycin (Tuni) drugs is developed to simultaneously induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagic flux blockade for achieving an antitumor effect and inhibiting tumor metastasis. The pH response of poly(β-amino ester) and HCQ synergistically deacidifies the lysosomes, thereby blocking the fusion of autophagosomes and lysosomes and lastly blocking autophagic flux. The function mechanism of regulating autophagy was systematically investigated on orthotopic luciferase gene–transfected, 4T1 tumor–bearing BALB/c mice through Western blot and immunohistochemistry analyses. The Tuni triggers ER stress to regulate the PERK/Akt signaling pathway to increase the autophagic level. The “autophagic stress” generated by triggering ER stress–induced autophagy and blocking autophagic flux is effective against tumors. The reduced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 due to ER stress and reduced focal adhesions turnover due to the blockade of autophagic flux synergistically inhibit tumor metastasis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 111319
Author(s):  
Jiaxi Xu ◽  
Qin Fang ◽  
Longshun Yang ◽  
Jialu Gao ◽  
Yanbing Xue ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (33) ◽  
pp. eaba3546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Yi ◽  
Hailin Zhou ◽  
Yu Chao ◽  
Saisai Xiong ◽  
Jing Zhong ◽  
...  

We discovered that attenuated Salmonella after intravenous injection would proliferate within various types of solid tumors but show rapid clearance in normal organs, without rendering notable toxicity. Bacteria-induced inflammation would trigger thrombosis in the infected tumors by destroying tumor blood vessels. Six types of tested tumors would all turn into darkened color with strong near-infrared absorbance, as observed by photoacoustic imaging. Under laser irradiation, those bacterial-infected tumors would be effectively ablated. Because of the immune-stimulation function, such bacteria-based photothermal therapy (PTT) would subsequently trigger antitumor immune responses, which could be further enhanced by immune checkpoint blockade to effectively suppress the growth of abscopal tumors. A robust immune memory effect to reject rechallenged tumors is also observed after bacteria-based PTT. Our work demonstrates that bacteria by themselves could act as a tumor-specific PTT agent to enable photoimmunotherapy cancer therapy to inhibit tumor metastasis and recurrence.


2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (90) ◽  
pp. 14051-14054
Author(s):  
Yi Dai ◽  
Yang Zhu ◽  
Junjie Cheng ◽  
Juan Shen ◽  
Hai Huang ◽  
...  

Pt–furoxan, a nitric oxide-releasing platinum(iv) prodrug, exhibits a dual function by releasing cytotoxic cisplatin to induce cell apoptosis, and signaling molecule NO to inhibit tumor metastasis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 957-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marziyeh Fathi ◽  
Mitra Alami-Milani ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Geranmayeh ◽  
Jaleh Barar ◽  
Hamid Erfan-Niya ◽  
...  

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 7157-7165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangfeng Du ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Xinghua Dong ◽  
Chenyang Zhang ◽  
Linqiang Mei ◽  
...  

PVP-Cu3BiSe3 nanoparticles with strong X-ray attenuation ability and high absorption of NIR-II light could enhance radiothermotherapy and inhibit tumor metastasis.


1997 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung-Choon Yoo ◽  
Shikiko Watanabe ◽  
Ryosuke Watanabe ◽  
Katsusuke Hata ◽  
Kei-ichi Shimazaki ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 1327-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myoung-Sook Shin ◽  
Su-Hyun Hwang ◽  
Taek-Joon Yoon ◽  
Sung Han Kim ◽  
Kwang-Soon Shin

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