Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 178, Issue -, Pages 706-719Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.02.011
Keywords
Sulfur dioxide; Multidrug resistance; Doxorubicin; Polymer prodrug; Reactive oxygen species; Stimuli-responsive
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51573184, 51390484, 51520105004]
- Science and Technology Service Network Initiative Project of CAS [KFJ-SW-STS-166]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS [2017266]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL127464] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer remains a significant challenge for curing cancer by chemotherapy. In this work, a kind of glutathione (GSH)-responsive polymer prodrug of SO2 was designed and synthesized, which presented synergistic effect with doxorubicin (DOX) for combating MCF-7 ADR human breast cancer cell. Firstly, a small molecular prodrug of SO2, N-(3-azidopropyI)-2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamide (AP-DNs), was chemically conjugated onto the side chain of methoxy poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly (gamma-propargyl-L-glutamate) (mPEG-PPLG) block copolymer to generate an amphiphilic polymer prodrug of SO2, mPEG-PLG (DNs). The obtained mPEG-PLG (DNs) prodrug could self-assemble into micelles in aqueous media and release SO2 rapidly in response to thiol compounds. Then, DOX was loaded into mPEG-PLG (DNs) nanoparticles with ultrahigh drug-loading efficiency (97.3%). In vitro drug release tests indicated that the DOX-loaded nanoparticles could simultaneously release SO2 and DOX by GSH triggering. Moreover, the effective cellular uptake of the DOX-loaded nanoparticles and subsequent intracellular release of SO2 and DOX were verified by confocal laser scanning microscopy.(CLSM) and flow cytometry (FCM) analyses. The released SO2 could promote the reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in tumor cells, which thereby resulted in oxidative damages of cancer cells, together with restoration of MCF-7 ADR cells sensitivity to DOX. As a result, the released DOX and SO2 showed synergistic therapeutic effect against MCF-7 ADR cells. In vivo antitumor evaluation further indicated that, compared with free DOX, the DOX-loaded nanoparticles exhibited better antitumor effect in a MCF-7 ADR-xenografted nude mice model while had lower system toxicity. Overall, we demonstrated, for the first time, that a SO2 polymer prodrug, acting as a stimuli-responsive nanocarrier to codeliver DOX, can efficiently inhibit the proliferation of MDR tumor cells, which may offer a new weapon for combating MDR in cancer therapy. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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