Optimized Carbohydrate-Based Nanogel Formulation to Sensitize Hypoxic Tumors

Solid tumors are often poorly vascularized, which impairs oxygen supply and drug delivery to the cells. This often leads to genetic and translational adaptations that promote tumor progression, invasion, metastasis, and resistance to conventional chemo-/radiotherapy and immunotherapy. A hypoxia-directed nanosensitizer formulation of a hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP) was developed by encapsulating iodoazomycin arabinofuranoside (IAZA), a 2-nitroimidazole nucleoside-based HAP, in a functionally modified carbohydrate-based nanogel, facilitating delivery and accrual selectively in the hypoxic head and neck and prostate cancer cells. Although IAZA has been reported as a clinically validated hypoxia diagnostic agent, recent studies have pointed to its promising hypoxia-selective anti-tumor properties, which make IAZA an excellent candidate for further exploration as a multimodal theranostic of hypoxic tumors. The nanogels are composed of a galactose-based shell with an inner core of thermoresponsive (di(ethylene glycol) methyl ethyl methacrylate) (DEGMA). Optimization of the nanogels led to high IAZA-loading capacity (≅80-88%) and a slow time-controlled release over 50 h. Furthermore, nanoIAZA (encapsulated IAZA) displayed superior in vitro hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity and radiosensitization in comparison to free IAZA in the head and neck (FaDu) and prostate (PC3) cancer cell lines. The acute systemic toxicity profile of the nanogel (NG1) was studied in immunocompromised mice, indicating no signs of toxicity. Additionally, growth inhibition of subcutaneous FaDu xenograft tumors was observed with nanoIAZA, demonstrating that this nanoformulation offers a significant improvement in tumor regression and overall survival compared to the control.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Molecular pharmaceutics - 20(2023), 6 vom: 05. Juni, Seite 3100-3114

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Diaz-Dussan, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Yi-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Rashed, Faisal Bin [VerfasserIn]
Macdonald, Dawn [VerfasserIn]
Weinfeld, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Piyush [VerfasserIn]
Narain, Ravin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

138172-12-0
Cancer
Chemotoxicity
FaDu
Galactose
Hypoxia
Iodoazomycin arabinoside
Journal Article
Nanogels
PC3
Polyethylene glycol polyethyleneimine nanogel
Radiosensitization
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Theranostic
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Date Completed 06.06.2023

Date Revised 07.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00101

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356514897