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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Hong-Jun
• Du, Jin-Zhi
• Du, Xiao-Jiao
• Xu, Cong-Fei
• Sun, Chun-Yang
• Wang, Hong-Xia
• Cao, Zhi-Ting
• Yang, Xian-Zhu
• Zhu, Yan-Hua
• Nie, Shuming
• Wang, Jun

Titel

Stimuli-responsive clustered nanoparticles for improved tumor penetration and therapeutic efficacy

Ist Teil von

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2016-04, Vol.113 (15), p.4164-4169

Ort / Verlag

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A principal goal of cancer nanomedicine is to deliver therapeutics effectively to cancer cells within solid tumors. However, there are a series of biological barriers that impede nanomedicine from reaching target cells. Here, we report a stimuli-responsive clustered nanoparticle to systematically overcome these multiple barriers by sequentially responding to the endogenous attributes of the tumor microenvironment. The smart polymeric clustered nanoparticle (iCluster) has an initial size of ∼100 nm, which is favorable for long blood circulation and high propensity of extravasation through tumor vascular fenestrations. Once iCluster accumulates at tumor sites, the intrinsic tumor extracellular acidity would trigger the discharge of platinum prodrug-conjugated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (diameter ∼5 nm). Such a structural alteration greatly facilitates tumor penetration and cell internalization of the therapeutics. The internalized dendrimer prodrugs are further reduced intracellularly to release cisplatin to kill cancer cells. The superior in vivo antitumor activities of iCluster are validated in varying intractable tumor models including poorly permeable pancreatic cancer, drug-resistant cancer, and metastatic cancer, demonstrating its versatility and broad applicability.