Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer

Abstract Background Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive tumor with extremely high mortality that results from its lack of effective therapeutic targets. As an adhesion molecule related to tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis, cluster of differentiation-44 (also known as CD44) is over...

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Main Authors: Yinan Ding, Rui Yang, Weiping Yu, Chunmei Hu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Dongfang Liu, Yanli An, Xihui Wang, Chen He, Peidang Liu, Qiusha Tang, Daozhen Chen
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Published: BMC 2021-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-00891-8
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author Yinan Ding
Rui Yang
Weiping Yu
Chunmei Hu
Zhiyuan Zhang
Dongfang Liu
Yanli An
Xihui Wang
Chen He
Peidang Liu
Qiusha Tang
Daozhen Chen
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Rui Yang
Weiping Yu
Chunmei Hu
Zhiyuan Zhang
Dongfang Liu
Yanli An
Xihui Wang
Chen He
Peidang Liu
Qiusha Tang
Daozhen Chen
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description Abstract Background Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive tumor with extremely high mortality that results from its lack of effective therapeutic targets. As an adhesion molecule related to tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis, cluster of differentiation-44 (also known as CD44) is overexpressed in TNBC. Moreover, CD44 can be effectively targeted by a specific hyaluronic acid analog, namely, chitosan oligosaccharide (CO). In this study, a CO-coated liposome was designed, with Photochlor (HPPH) as the 660 nm light mediated photosensitizer and evofosfamide (also known as TH302) as the hypoxia-activated prodrug. The obtained liposomes can help diagnose TNBC by fluorescence imaging and produce antitumor therapy by synergetic photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy. Results Compared with the nontargeted liposomes, the targeted liposomes exhibited good biocompatibility and targeting capability in vitro; in vivo, the targeted liposomes exhibited much better fluorescence imaging capability. Additionally, liposomes loaded with HPPH and TH302 showed significantly better antitumor effects than the other monotherapy groups both in vitro and in vivo. Conclusion The impressive synergistic antitumor effects, together with the superior fluorescence imaging capability, good biocompatibility and minor side effects confers the liposomes with potential for future translational research in the diagnosis and CD44-overexpressing cancer therapy, especially TNBC. Graphic abstract
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spelling doaj-art-fb8d47ef462c4fdfb7bbe63878c58ca32025-08-20T03:07:44ZengBMCJournal of Nanobiotechnology1477-31552021-05-0119111710.1186/s12951-021-00891-8Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancerYinan Ding0Rui Yang1Weiping Yu2Chunmei Hu3Zhiyuan Zhang4Dongfang Liu5Yanli An6Xihui Wang7Chen He8Peidang Liu9Qiusha Tang10Daozhen Chen11Medical School of Southeast UniversityResearch Institute for Reproductive Health and Genetic Diseases, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityDepartment of Tuberculosis, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University (The Second Hospital of Nanjing)Department of Neurosurgery, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityAffiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityMedical School of Southeast UniversityResearch Institute for Reproductive Health and Genetic Diseases, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityAbstract Background Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive tumor with extremely high mortality that results from its lack of effective therapeutic targets. As an adhesion molecule related to tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis, cluster of differentiation-44 (also known as CD44) is overexpressed in TNBC. Moreover, CD44 can be effectively targeted by a specific hyaluronic acid analog, namely, chitosan oligosaccharide (CO). In this study, a CO-coated liposome was designed, with Photochlor (HPPH) as the 660 nm light mediated photosensitizer and evofosfamide (also known as TH302) as the hypoxia-activated prodrug. The obtained liposomes can help diagnose TNBC by fluorescence imaging and produce antitumor therapy by synergetic photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy. Results Compared with the nontargeted liposomes, the targeted liposomes exhibited good biocompatibility and targeting capability in vitro; in vivo, the targeted liposomes exhibited much better fluorescence imaging capability. Additionally, liposomes loaded with HPPH and TH302 showed significantly better antitumor effects than the other monotherapy groups both in vitro and in vivo. Conclusion The impressive synergistic antitumor effects, together with the superior fluorescence imaging capability, good biocompatibility and minor side effects confers the liposomes with potential for future translational research in the diagnosis and CD44-overexpressing cancer therapy, especially TNBC. Graphic abstracthttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-00891-8Triple negative breast cancerPhotodynamic therapyChitosan oligosaccharideCD44Liposomes
spellingShingle Yinan Ding
Rui Yang
Weiping Yu
Chunmei Hu
Zhiyuan Zhang
Dongfang Liu
Yanli An
Xihui Wang
Chen He
Peidang Liu
Qiusha Tang
Daozhen Chen
Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Triple negative breast cancer
Photodynamic therapy
Chitosan oligosaccharide
CD44
Liposomes
title Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
title_full Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
title_fullStr Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
title_short Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
title_sort chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with th302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer
topic Triple negative breast cancer
Photodynamic therapy
Chitosan oligosaccharide
CD44
Liposomes
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-00891-8
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