Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release

To avoid the critical problems of effective drugs not being carried to their targeted cancers and their quantity and location not being sensed in situ, this work presents a completely new innovative strategy to achieve both smart cancer targeting (SCT) and super-sensitive sensing (SSS), where one dr...

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Main Authors: Yupeng Bi, Longlong Li, Jin Liu, Yao Wang, Boying Wang, Yanxin Wang, Christopher D. Snow, Jun Li, Matt J. Kipper, Laurence A. Belfiore, Jianguo Tang
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description To avoid the critical problems of effective drugs not being carried to their targeted cancers and their quantity and location not being sensed in situ, this work presents a completely new innovative strategy to achieve both smart cancer targeting (SCT) and super-sensitive sensing (SSS), where one drug carrier works for effective drug loading and release. Herein, malignant melanoma treatment is used as an example of reliable detection and effective therapy. We report two characteristic dumbbell-like nano-micelles and spherical-like nano-micelles of hyaluronan induced by the Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup> complexes for effective drug loading and release, respectively. These special Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-loaded nano-micelles (marked as ENM and TNM) have strong and sharp red/green luminescence that can sensitively detect the malignant melanoma drug dacarbazine through changes in fluorescence intensity. Cytotoxicity experiments confirmed that both ENM and TNM are not toxic to normal cells at very high concentrations of 4 mM. However, when loaded with cancer drugs (D-ENM and D-ENM), they both killed cancer cells with more than 40% efficacy at this concentration. The in vivo experiments confirmed that D-ENM and D-TNM can effectively target cancer cells in tissue and effectively impede cancer growth. The detection limits of ENM and TNM in sensing cancer drugs can reach 0.456 μg/mL and 0.139 μg/mL, respectively. Therefore, the reported Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-induced hyaluronan nano-micelles (ENM and TNM) are distinguished carriers of this cancer drug and excellent in situ sensors, and they have highly therapeutic effects with extremely low toxicity to normal cells.
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spelling doaj-art-4ee4ee1f73f040489f49cebff25845432025-08-20T02:14:23ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492024-10-012921507010.3390/molecules29215070Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and ReleaseYupeng Bi0Longlong Li1Jin Liu2Yao Wang3Boying Wang4Yanxin Wang5Christopher D. Snow6Jun Li7Matt J. Kipper8Laurence A. Belfiore9Jianguo Tang10Institute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USASchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, ChinaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USAInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaInstitute of Hybrid Materials, National Center of International Joint Research for Hybrid Materials Technology, National Base of International Science & Technology Cooperation on Hybrid Materials, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, ChinaTo avoid the critical problems of effective drugs not being carried to their targeted cancers and their quantity and location not being sensed in situ, this work presents a completely new innovative strategy to achieve both smart cancer targeting (SCT) and super-sensitive sensing (SSS), where one drug carrier works for effective drug loading and release. Herein, malignant melanoma treatment is used as an example of reliable detection and effective therapy. We report two characteristic dumbbell-like nano-micelles and spherical-like nano-micelles of hyaluronan induced by the Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup> complexes for effective drug loading and release, respectively. These special Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-loaded nano-micelles (marked as ENM and TNM) have strong and sharp red/green luminescence that can sensitively detect the malignant melanoma drug dacarbazine through changes in fluorescence intensity. Cytotoxicity experiments confirmed that both ENM and TNM are not toxic to normal cells at very high concentrations of 4 mM. However, when loaded with cancer drugs (D-ENM and D-ENM), they both killed cancer cells with more than 40% efficacy at this concentration. The in vivo experiments confirmed that D-ENM and D-TNM can effectively target cancer cells in tissue and effectively impede cancer growth. The detection limits of ENM and TNM in sensing cancer drugs can reach 0.456 μg/mL and 0.139 μg/mL, respectively. Therefore, the reported Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-induced hyaluronan nano-micelles (ENM and TNM) are distinguished carriers of this cancer drug and excellent in situ sensors, and they have highly therapeutic effects with extremely low toxicity to normal cells.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/21/5070drug carriersdetectionmalignant melanomarare earth complexes
spellingShingle Yupeng Bi
Longlong Li
Jin Liu
Yao Wang
Boying Wang
Yanxin Wang
Christopher D. Snow
Jun Li
Matt J. Kipper
Laurence A. Belfiore
Jianguo Tang
Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
Molecules
drug carriers
detection
malignant melanoma
rare earth complexes
title Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
title_full Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
title_fullStr Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
title_full_unstemmed Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
title_short Smart Cancer-Targeting and Super-Sensitive Sensing of Eu<sup>3+</sup>/Tb<sup>3+</sup>-Induced Hyaluronan Characteristic Nano-Micelles with Effective Drug Loading and Release
title_sort smart cancer targeting and super sensitive sensing of eu sup 3 sup tb sup 3 sup induced hyaluronan characteristic nano micelles with effective drug loading and release
topic drug carriers
detection
malignant melanoma
rare earth complexes
url https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/21/5070
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