Intranasal Delivery of Temozolomide-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Anti-EphA3 for Glioblastoma Targeting

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly lethal and aggressive tumor of the brain that carries a poor prognosis. Temozolomide (TMZ) has been widely used as a first-line treatment for GBM. However, poor brain targeting, side effects, and drug resistance limit its application for the treatment of GBM. We designed a Temozolomide-conjugated gold nanoparticle functionalized with an antibody against the ephrin type-A receptor 3 (anti-EphA3-TMZGNPs) for targeted GBM therapy via intranasal administration. The system can bypass the blood-brain barrier and target active glioma cells to improve the glioma targeting of TMZ and enhance the treatment efficacy, while reducing the peripheral toxicity and drug resistance. The prepared anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs were 46.12 ± 2.0 nm and suitable for intranasal administration, which demonstrated high safety to the nasal mucosa in a toxicity assay. In vitro studies showed that anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs exhibited significantly enhanced cellular uptake and toxicity, and a higher cell apoptosis ratio has been seen compared with that of TMZ (54.9 and 14.1%, respectively) toward glioma cells (C6). The results from experiments on TMZ-resistant glioma cells (T98G) demonstrated that the IC50 of anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs (64.06 ± 0.16 μM) was 18.5-fold lower than that of TMZ. In addition, Western blot analysis also revealed that anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs effectively down-modulated expression of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase and increased chemosensitivity of T98G to TMZ. The antiglioma efficacy in vivo was investigated in orthotopic glioma-bearing rats, and the results demonstrated that the anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs prolonged the median survival time to 42 days and increased tumor-cell apoptosis dramatically compared with TMZ. In conclusion, anti-EphA3-TMZ@GNPs could serve as an intranasal drug delivery system for efficacious treatment of GBM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Molecular pharmaceutics - 18(2021), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 915-927

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Liangxiao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Shengnan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yawen [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Aiping [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Xiuju [VerfasserIn]
Li, Nuannuan [VerfasserIn]
Sha, Chunjie [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Kaoxiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Youxin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-57-5
Anti-EphA3
EC 2.7.10.1
EPHA3 protein, human
Glioblastoma
Gold
Gold nanoparticles
Intranasal administration
Journal Article
Receptor, EphA3
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temozolomide
YF1K15M17Y

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Date Completed 02.11.2021

Date Revised 02.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00911

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319810682