Cuprous oxide-based nanocrystals with combined chemo/chemodynamic therapy to increase tumor drug sensitivity by reducing mitochondria-derived adenosine-triphosphate

Autor: Haoran He, Jiaming Wu, Min Liang, Yao Xiao, Xuejian Wei, Yuqin Cao, Zhiheng Chen, Tian Lin, Miaosheng Ye
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Drug Delivery, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 3134-3141 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 10717544
1521-0464
1071-7544
DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2022.2121450
Popis: Gastrointestinal (GI) tumor is a serious disease with high mortality rates and morbidity rates worldwide. Chemotherapy is a key treatment for GI, however, systematic side effects and inevitable drug resistance complicate the situation. In the process of therapy, P-glycoprotein (P-gp) could remove chemotherapy drugs from cells, thus causing multi-drug resistance. Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) utilizing Fenton chemistry has been used for cancer therapy, along with various combination therapies. The reactive oxygen species produced by CDT could inhibit P-gp’s efflux pump function, which reduce chemoagents excretion and reverse drug resistance. In the present study, we developed novel nanocrystals (Cu2O@Pt NCs) to overcome drug resistance by reducing mitochondria-derived ATP through chemo/CDT in GI cancer. Furthermore, in vivo results in tumor-bearing mice demonstrated that treatment with Cu2O@Pt NCs with CDT and chemotherapy could achieve the most effective antitumor therapeutic effect with the least amounts of adverse effects. As a result, Cu2O@Pt NCs could provide a promising strategy for chemo/CDT-synergistic therapy.
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