Oxygen-producing and pH-responsive targeted DNA nanoflowers for enhanced chemo-sonodynamic therapy of lung cancer

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Lung cancer is the deadliest kind of cancer in the world, and the hypoxic tumor microenvironment can significantly lower the sensitivity of chemotherapeutic drugs and limit the efficacy of different therapeutic approaches. In order to overcome these problems, we have designed a drug-loaded targeted DNA nanoflowers encoding AS1411 aptamer and encapsulating chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin and oxygen-producing drug horseradish peroxidase (DOX/HRP-DFs). These nanoflowers can release drugs in response to acidic tumor microenvironment and alleviate tumor tissue hypoxia, enhancing the therapeutic effects of chemotherapy synergistic with sonodynamic therapy. Owing to the encoded drug-loading sequence, the doxorubicin loading rate of DNA nanoflowers reached 73.24 ± 3.45%, and the drug could be released quickly by disintegrating in an acidic environment. Furthermore, the AS1411 aptamer endowed DNA nanoflowers with exceptional tumor targeting properties, which increased the concentration of chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin in tumor cells. It is noteworthy that both in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated DNA nanoflowers could considerably improve the hypoxia of tumor cells, which enabled the generation of sufficient reactive oxygen species in combination with ultrasound, significantly enhancing the therapeutic effect of sonodynamic therapy and evidently inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis. Overall, this DNA nanoflowers delivery system offers a promising approach for treating lung cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Materials today. Bio - 25(2024) vom: 29. März, Seite 101005

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liao, Hongjian [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yuchao [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Can [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Shangfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhifei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Dairong [VerfasserIn]
Du, Yonghong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Active-targeting
DNA nanoflower
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Sonodynamic therapy

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Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.101005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369348427