Journal
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 4474-4484Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01161
Keywords
stimuli-responsive; peptide-based; palladium nano-lychee sphere; synergistic therapy
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- National Natural Science Foundation [21776238, 21476190]
- Hebei province key basic research Foundation [15961301D]
- Hebei education department key project [ZD2017084]
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The application of peptide-based biomaterials in nanocarriers can effectively reduce toxicity and improve the biocompatibility. In our study, a dual stimuli-responsive peptide-based drug delivery system was designed and synthesized, which was nontoxic and achieved the chemphotothermal therapy synergistic effect. Lanreotide (Lan), a kind of somatostatin analogue, was used as internal template to prepared lychee-shaped palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (LanPdNPs). Glutathione (GSH) and doxorubicin (DOX) were combined on the surface of Lan-PdNPs to obtain the nanosystem of Lan-PdNPs@GSH/DOX. Based on the lychee-shaped structures, the system demonstrated higher photothermal conversion performance and photothermal stability. Under NIR laser irradiation, Lan-PdNPs@GSH/ DOX could convert light energy to heat in effect and accelerate drug release. Moreover, in acidic conditions, the system also exhibited the pH-responsive drug release. Owing to the synergism, the antitumor effects of Lan-PdNPs@GSH/DOX in vitro and in vivo were superior, and the inhibition ratio was much higher than that of chemotherapy or photothermal therapy alone. The good biocompatibility and nontoxicity of the system also provide the possibility for serving as an antitumor drug candidate.
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