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JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
Volume 172, Issue 3, Pages 679-689Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.10.015
Keywords
Folate receptor alpha; Claudin3; Lipoplex; Ovarian cancer; Gene therapy
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB529900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81123003]
- National High-tech R&D Program of China [SS2014AA020708]
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Ovarian cancers highly overexpress folate receptor alpha (FR alpha) and claudin3 (CLDN3), both of which are associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis of patients. Downregulation of FR alpha and CLDN3 in ovarian cancer may suppress tumor growth and promote benign differentiation of tumor. In this study, F-P-LP/CLDN3, a FR alpha targeted liposome loading with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting CLDN3 was prepared and the pharmaceutical properties were characterized. Then, the antitumor effect of F-P-LP/CLDN3 was studied in an in vivo model of advanced ovarian cancer. Compared with Control, F-P-LP/CLDN3 promoted benign differentiation of tumor and achieved about 90% tumor growth inhibition. In the meantime, malignant ascites production was completely inhibited, and tumor nodule number and tumor weight were significantly reduced (p < 0.001). FR alpha and CLDN3 were downregulated together in tumor tissues treated by F-P-LP/CLDN3. The antitumor mechanisms were achieved by promoting tumor cell apoptosis, inhibiting tumor cell proliferation and reducing microvessel density. Finally, safety evaluation indicated that F-P-LP/CLDN3 was a safe formulation in intraperitoneally administered cancer therapy. We come to a conclusion that F-P-LP/CLDN3 is a potential targeting formulation for ovarian cancer gene therapy. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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