Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy
Ruilong Sun,1– 3 Ruitang Liu,1,2 Yongzheng Tian,1 Yunfei Li,1 Bo Fan,1 Songkai Li1 1Spine Surgery, The 940th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2First Clinical Medical College, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, L...
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| description | Ruilong Sun,1– 3 Ruitang Liu,1,2 Yongzheng Tian,1 Yunfei Li,1 Bo Fan,1 Songkai Li1 1Spine Surgery, The 940th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2First Clinical Medical College, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cells and Gene Drugs, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Bo Fan, Email qlsjhjpdnl@163.com Songkai Li, Email wangyizhe1226@163.comAbstract: Nanozymes are nanomaterials capable of mimicking natural enzyme catalysis in the complex biological environment of the human body. Due to their good stability and strong catalytic properties, nanozymes are widely used in various fields of biomedicine. Among them, nanozymes that trigger intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels for cancer therapy have gained significant attention. However, the ‘explosion’ of ROS in tumor cells was prevented by the high levels of glutathione (GSH) in the tumor microenvironment (TME). GSH, a prominent endogenous antioxidant, increases the resistance of tumor cells to oxidative stress by scavenging ROS. Certain nanozymes can deplete intracellular GSH levels by mimicking GSH oxidase (GSHOx), GSH peroxidase (GPx) or by interfering with the reduction of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). On the one hand, elevated the level of intracellular ROS and induced lipid peroxidation reaction leading to ferroptosis. On the other hand, it creates favorable conditions for the treatment of tumors with photodynamic therapy (PDT), sonodynamic therapy (SDT), chemodynamical therapy (CDT) and targeted therapy. In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of GSH-depleting nanozymes reported in recent years, including classification, mechanism, responsiveness to TME and their roles in cancer therapy, and look forward to future applications and developments.Keywords: nanomaterials, enzyme mimetic, nanozymes, glutathione depletion, oxygen-dependent therapy, cancer therapy |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c83c4a3becd34abab21acf493f827cd52025-08-20T03:14:01ZengDove Medical PressInternational Journal of Nanomedicine1178-20132025-05-01Volume 20Issue 156135643102574Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer TherapySun R0Liu R1Tian YLi Y2Fan B3Li S4Spinal surgerySpinal SurgerySpinal surgerySpinal Surgeryspinal surgeryRuilong Sun,1– 3 Ruitang Liu,1,2 Yongzheng Tian,1 Yunfei Li,1 Bo Fan,1 Songkai Li1 1Spine Surgery, The 940th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2First Clinical Medical College, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cells and Gene Drugs, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Bo Fan, Email qlsjhjpdnl@163.com Songkai Li, Email wangyizhe1226@163.comAbstract: Nanozymes are nanomaterials capable of mimicking natural enzyme catalysis in the complex biological environment of the human body. Due to their good stability and strong catalytic properties, nanozymes are widely used in various fields of biomedicine. Among them, nanozymes that trigger intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels for cancer therapy have gained significant attention. However, the ‘explosion’ of ROS in tumor cells was prevented by the high levels of glutathione (GSH) in the tumor microenvironment (TME). GSH, a prominent endogenous antioxidant, increases the resistance of tumor cells to oxidative stress by scavenging ROS. Certain nanozymes can deplete intracellular GSH levels by mimicking GSH oxidase (GSHOx), GSH peroxidase (GPx) or by interfering with the reduction of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). On the one hand, elevated the level of intracellular ROS and induced lipid peroxidation reaction leading to ferroptosis. On the other hand, it creates favorable conditions for the treatment of tumors with photodynamic therapy (PDT), sonodynamic therapy (SDT), chemodynamical therapy (CDT) and targeted therapy. In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of GSH-depleting nanozymes reported in recent years, including classification, mechanism, responsiveness to TME and their roles in cancer therapy, and look forward to future applications and developments.Keywords: nanomaterials, enzyme mimetic, nanozymes, glutathione depletion, oxygen-dependent therapy, cancer therapyhttps://www.dovepress.com/removing-barriers-to-tumor-oxygenation-depleting-glutathione-nanozymes-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJNnanomaterialsenzyme mimeticnanozymesglutathione depletionoxygen-dependent therapycancer therapy |
| spellingShingle | Sun R Liu R Tian Y Li Y Fan B Li S Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy International Journal of Nanomedicine nanomaterials enzyme mimetic nanozymes glutathione depletion oxygen-dependent therapy cancer therapy |
| title | Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy |
| title_full | Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy |
| title_fullStr | Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy |
| title_short | Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy |
| title_sort | removing barriers to tumor amp lsquo oxygenation amp rsquo depleting glutathione nanozymes in cancer therapy |
| topic | nanomaterials enzyme mimetic nanozymes glutathione depletion oxygen-dependent therapy cancer therapy |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/removing-barriers-to-tumor-oxygenation-depleting-glutathione-nanozymes-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJN |
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