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Sonodynamic and sonomechanical effect on cellular stemness and extracellular physicochemical environment to potentiate chemotherapy
- Source :
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background Hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP) is a promising candidate for highly tumor-specific chemotherapy. However, the oxygenation heterogeneity and dense extracellular matrix (ECM) of tumor, as well as the potential resistance to chemotherapy, have severely impeded the resulting overall efficacy of HAP. Results A HAP potentiating strategy is proposed based on ultrasound responsive nanodroplets (PTP@PLGA), which is composed of protoporphyrin (PpIX), perfluoropropane (PFP) and a typical HAP, tirapazamine (TPZ). The intense vaporization of PFP upon ultrasound irradiation can magnify the sonomechanical effect, which loosens the ECM to promote the penetration of TPZ into the deep hypoxic region. Meanwhile, the PpIX enabled sonodynamic effect can further reduce the oxygen level, thus activating the TPZ in the relatively normoxic region as well. Surprisingly, abovementioned ultrasound effect also results in the downregulation of the stemness of cancer cells, which is highly associated with drug-refractoriness. Conclusions This work manifests an ideal example of ultrasound-based nanotechnology for potentiating HAP and also reveals the potential acoustic effect of intervening cancer stem-like cells. Graphical Abstract
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14773155
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.276df78219af414d902951c7d3dafbfb
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-024-02623-0