期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 185, 期 -, 页码 551-561出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.06.172
关键词
Gold nanorod; Gum arabic; Triple wild-type melanoma; Natural polysaccharide; Antitumor; Antimetastatic
资金
- LNLS [20180162]
- CAPES [001]
- CNPq
- UFPR-TN
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP [2015/25406-5]
- FAPESP [FAPESP 2017/20892-4]
Researchers investigated the efficacy and safety of gum arabic-functionalized gold nanorods (GA-AuNRs) against triple wild-type melanoma, finding that GA-AuNRs significantly reduced primary tumor growth and induced histological features associated with better prognosis, while also lowering the depth of superficial lung metastasis and the incidence of intrapulmonary metastasis.
Advanced melanoma patients that are not included in common genetic classificatory groups lack effective and safe therapeutic options. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy show unsatisfactory results and devastating adverse effects for these called triple wild-type patients. New approaches exploring the intrinsic antitumor properties of gold nanoparticles might reverse this scenario as a safer and more effective alternative. Therefore, we investigated the efficacy and safety of a composite made of gum arabic-functionalized gold nanorods (GA-AuNRs) against triple wild-type melanoma. The natural polymer gum arabic successfully stabilized the nanorods in the biological environment and was essential to improve their biocompatibility. In vivo results obtained from treating triple wild-type melanoma-bearing mice showed that GA-AuNRs remarkably reduced primary tumor growth by 45%. Furthermore, GA-AuNRs induced tumor histological features associated with better prognosis while also reducing superficial lung metastasis depth and the incidence of intrapulmonary metastasis. GA-AuNRs' efficacy comes from their capacity to reduce melanoma cells ability to invade the extracellular matrix and grow into colonies, in addition to a likely immunomodulatory effect induced by gum arabic. Additionally, a broad safety investigation found no evidence of adverse effects after GA-AuNRs treatment. Therefore, this study unprecedentedly reports GA-AuNRs as a potential nanomedicine for advanced triple wild-type melanomas.
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