Cell Membrane Camouflaged Hydrophobic Drug Nanoflake Sandwiched with Photosensitizer for Orchestration of Chemo-Photothermal Combination Therapy.

Abstract

Many candidate anticancer drugs have suffered from their intrinsic hydrophobicity, which poses several obstacles for clinical application. To overcome this challenge and further improve the performance, herein a nanocrystal-based biomimetic formulation with a sandwich structure is developed. As the core, flake shaped nanocrystals (NCs) with high loading of the hydrophobic drug hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT) are synthesized via a mild nanoprecipitation process by exploring the template effect of serum albumin. Meanwhile, the camouflaged cancer cell membrane (CM) composed of plentiful membrane proteins endows the NCs with homotypic targeting capacity at tumor sites. In addition, the photosensitizer indocyanine green sandwiched between NCs and CM not only converts near infrared light to heat for photothermal treatment but also improves the dissolution of HCPT NCs for chemotherapy. These features corporately achieve the orchestration of chemo-photothermal combination therapy and completely inhibit tumor growth with few adverse effects, showing promise as a new modality for the utilization of hydrophobic drugs to treat cancer.

• Authors: Lijun Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Guihong Lu, Feng Li, Weier Bao, Cui Song, Wei Wei, Guanghui Ma
• Journal: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (Small) Vol. 15 Issue 20 Pg. e1805544 (05 2019) ISSN: 1613-6829 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 30924285 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Photosensitizing Agents
• hydroxycamptothecinum
• Indocyanine Green
• Camptothecin

Topics

• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Camptothecin (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Cell Membrane (chemistry)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
• Hyperthermia, Induced
• Indocyanine Green (therapeutic use)
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Nanoparticles (chemistry, ultrastructure)
• Photosensitizing Agents (therapeutic use)
• Phototherapy
• Tissue Distribution