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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2015

Dual actions of albumin packaging and tumor targeting enhance the antitumor efficacy and reduce the cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin in vivo.

Ke Zheng, Rui Li, Xiaolei Zhou, Ping Hu, Yaxin Zhang, Yunmei Huang, Zhuo Chen, Mingdong Huang

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ke ZhengCollege of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Rui LiState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaolei ZhouState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Ping HuState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yaxin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yunmei HuangFujian Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Zhuo ChenState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Mingdong HuangState Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter · CNFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFuzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective chemotherapy drug used to treat different types of cancers. However, DOX has severe side effects, especially life-threatening cardiotoxicity. We herein report a new approach to reduce the toxicity of DOX by embedding DOX inside human serum albumin (HSA). HSA is further fused by a molecular biology technique with a tumor-targeting agent, amino-terminal fragment of urokinase (ATF). ATF binds with a high affinity to urokinase receptor, which is a cell-surface receptor overexpressed in many types of tumors. The as-prepared macromolecule complex (ATF-HSA:DOX) was not as cytotoxic as free DOX to cells in vitro, and was mainly localized in cell cytosol in contrast to DOX that was localized in cell nuclei. However, in tumor-bearing mice, ATF-HSA:DOX was demonstrated to have an enhanced tumor-targeting and antitumor efficacy compared with free DOX. More importantly, histopathological examinations of the hearts from the mice treated with ATF-HSA:DOX showed a significantly reduced cardiotoxicity compared with hearts from mice treated with free DOX. These results demonstrate the feasibility of this approach in reducing the cardiotoxicity of DOX while strengthening its antitumor efficacy. Such a tumor-targeted albumin packaging strategy can also be applied to other antitumor drugs.

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AlbuminsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCardiotoxicityCell Line, TumorCell NucleusCytosolDoxorubicinDrug CarriersHumansMaleMiceNeoplasmsNeoplasm TransplantationPichiaSerum AlbuminAlbuminsAntineoplastic AgentsDoxorubicinDrug CarriersSerum AlbuminUrokinase-Type Plasminogen Activatoramino-terminal fragment of urokinasecytotoxicitydoxorubicindrug carrierhuman serum albuminurokinase receptor

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PMCPMC4554405
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