1. Myoglobin-loaded gadolinium nanotexaphyrins for oxygen synergy and imaging-guided radiosensitization therapy.
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Ma, Xiaotu, Liang, Xiaolong, Yao, Meinan, Gao, Yu, Luo, Qi, Li, Xiaoda, Yu, Yue, Sun, Yining, Cheng, Miffy H. Y., Chen, Juan, Zheng, Gang, Shi, Jiyun, and Wang, Fan
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RADIATION-sensitizing agents ,GADOLINIUM ,DRUG monitoring ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,IMMUNOLOGIC memory ,DISEASE relapse - Abstract
Gadolinium (Gd
3+ )-coordinated texaphyrin (Gd-Tex) is a promising radiosensitizer that entered clinical trials, but temporarily fails largely due to insufficient radiosensitization efficacy. Little attention has been given to using nanovesicles to improve its efficacy. Herein, Gd-Tex is transformed into building blocks "Gd-Tex-lipids" to self-assemble nanovesicles called Gd-nanotexaphyrins (Gd-NTs), realizing high density packing of Gd-Tex in a single nanovesicle and achieving high Gd-Tex accumulation in tumors. To elucidate the impact of O2 concentration on Gd-Tex radiosensitization, myoglobin (Mb) is loaded into Gd-NTs (Mb@Gd-NTs), resulting in efficient relief of tumor hypoxia and significant enhancement of Gd-Tex radiosensitization, eventually inducing the obvious long-term antitumor immune memory to inhibit tumor recurrence. In addition to Gd3+ , the versatile Mb@Gd-NTs can also chelate177 Lu3+ (Mb@177 Lu/Gd-NTs), enabling SPECT/MRI dual-modality imaging for accurately monitoring drug delivery in real-time. This "one-for-all" nanoplatform with the capability of chelating various trivalent metal ions exhibits broad clinical application prospects in imaging-guided radiosensitization therapy. Researchers have been working on radiosensitizers to improve radiotherapy efficacy. Here the authors generate gadolinium nanotexaphyrins (Gd-NTs) that self-assemble and further load it with myoglobulin to relieve hypoxia, improve radiosensitization effects of Gd-coordinated Texaphyrin, and suppress tumor recurrence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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