Journal
NANO TODAY
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2021.101248
Keywords
Hyperbaric oxygen; Commercialized nanomedicine; Cancer stem-like cells; Tumor microenvironment; Hypoxia; Drug delivery
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This study demonstrated for the first time the successful combination of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy with commercialized nanomedicines in eliminating cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) in solid tumors, showing efficient anticancer effects in treating tumors such as triple negative breast cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) depend highly on hypoxia in solid tumors and represent an intractable challenge for marketed nanomedicines. Herein, we for the first time leveraged hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to help commercialized nanomedicines, including Doxil and Abraxane, eliminate CSCs in stromarich solid tumors, e.g., triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), for efficient cancer therapy. Mechanistically, we revealed that HBO disrupted hypoxia in solid tumors, thereby directly suppressing CSCs and cancer metastasis. More importantly, we found that HBO depleted excessive extracellular matrix, such as collagen and fibronectin, and thus normalized tumor blood vessels both structurally and functionally. As a consequence, HBO augmented the delivery of commercialized nanomedicines, but not small molecule drug, into solid tumors, in terms of tumor accumulation, deep penetration and cellular internalization, leading to efficient CSCs eradication and tumor inhibition. These results demonstrate that HBO enables commercialized nanomedicines to eliminate CSCs in stroma-rich solid tumors and suggest that the combination of HBO with commercialized nanomedicines is promising for the treatment of hypoxic solid tumors in the clinics. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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