Radiation therapy remains one of the main treatments for cancer. However, conventional radiotherapy not only manifests a low radiation accumulation in the tumor site, but also displays numerous negative effects. The most serious clinical problem is the radiotherapy resistance leading to cancer deterioration. As an important gaseous signal molecule, nitric oxide (NO) has been widely studied for its role in regulating angiogenesis, improving hypoxia, and inhibiting tumor growth. However, due to the unstable characteristic, the application of NO in cancer therapy is still limited. Here, we designed a micellar system formed by a NO donor, D-alpha-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS)-NO, for enabling sustained NO release to efficiently deliver NO into the tumor area. TPGS-NO could accumulate in the tumor site for extended circulation, thereby releasing NO to exert antitumor effects and enhance radiotherapy effects under low-oxygen conditions. It demonstrated the increased sensitivity of radiotherapy through enhancing tumor angiogenesis appropriately reducing tumor area hypoxia, which significantly induced tumor cell apoptosis and inhibited its repair during radiation. This work may show great potential in synergistic radiotherapy against cancer by facile NO donor administration.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [81672984, 81673374, 81872810]; National Key Research and Development Plan [2017YFC0907900]; Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team [2018QYTD13]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Hosp,Dept Oncol,Wuhan 430030,Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Tongji Sch Pharm, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China[4]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Natl Engn Res Ctr Nanomed, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China[5]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Hubei Engn Res Ctr Novel Drug Delivery Syst, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Tu Jingyao,Tu Kun,Xu Haoran,et al.Improving tumor hypoxia and radiotherapy resistance via in situ nitric oxide release strategy[J].EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS.2020,150:96-107.doi:10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.03.003.
APA:
Tu, Jingyao,Tu, Kun,Xu, Haoran,Wang, Lei,Yuan, Xianglin...&Zhang, Zhiping.(2020).Improving tumor hypoxia and radiotherapy resistance via in situ nitric oxide release strategy.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS,150,
MLA:
Tu, Jingyao,et al."Improving tumor hypoxia and radiotherapy resistance via in situ nitric oxide release strategy".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS 150.(2020):96-107