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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Therapeutic Efficacy of the Novel Stimuli-Sensitive Nano-Ferritins Containing Doxorubicin in a Head and Neck Cancer Model.

Verena Damiani, Elisabetta Falvo, Giulio Fracasso, Luca Federici, Martina Pitea, Vincenzo De Laurenzi, Gianluca Sala, Pierpaolo Ceci

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Verena DamianiDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences and CeSI-Met Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento e Medicina Traslazionale, Universita "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy. verena.damiani@unich.it.
Elisabetta FalvoInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome 00185, Italy. elisabetta.falvo@uniroma1.it.
Giulio FracassoDepartment of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy. giulio.fracasso@univr.it.
Luca FedericiDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences and CeSI-Met Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento e Medicina Traslazionale, Universita "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy. lfederici@unich.it.
Martina PiteaInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome 00185, Italy. pitea.1723539@studenti.uniroma1.it.
Vincenzo De LaurenziDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences and CeSI-Met Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento e Medicina Traslazionale, Universita "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy. delaurenzi@unich.it.
Gianluca SalaDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences and CeSI-Met Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento e Medicina Traslazionale, Universita "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy. g.sala@unich.it.
Pierpaolo CeciInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome 00185, Italy. pierpaolo.ceci@cnr.it.
University of Chieti-Pescara · ITInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Doxorubicin is employed alone or in combination for the treatment of several hematological and solid malignancies; despite its efficacy, there are associated cardiotoxicity limits both in its application in patients with heart disease risk factors and also in its long-term use. HFt-MP-PAS40 is a genetically engineered human ferritin heavy chain (HFt)-based construct able to efficiently entrap and deliver doxorubicin to cancer cells. HF-MP-PAS contains a short motif sequence (defined as MP) responsive to proteolytic cleavage by tumor matrix metalloproteases (MMPs), located between each HFt subunit and a masking polypeptide sequence rich in proline (P), alanine (A), and serine (S) residues (PAS). This carrier displayed excellent therapeutic efficacy in a xenogenic pancreatic cancer model in vivo, leading to a significant increase in overall animal survival in treated mice. Herein, we describe the HFt-MP-PAS40-Dox efficacy against squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) with the goal of validating the application of our nano-drug for the treatment of different solid tumors. In addition, a tolerability study in healthy mice was also performed. The results indicate that HFt-MP-PAS40-Dox produced increased anti-tumor effects both in vitro and in vivo in comparison to the free drug in several HNSCC cell lines. In the acute toxicity studies, the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of HFt-MP-PAS40-Dox was about 3.5 higher than the free drug: 25 mg/kg versus 7 mg/kg doxorubicin equivalents. Importantly, evaluation of heart tissues provided evidence that doxorubicin is less cardio-toxic when encapsulated inside the ferritin carrier. In conclusion, HFt-MP-PAS40-Dox may be administered safely at higher doses compared with the free drug, resulting in superior efficacy to control HNSCC malignancies.

Indexed as

ApoferritinsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDoxorubicinHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansNanoparticlesPeptidesReceptors, TransferrinSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTreatment OutcomeApoferritinsDoxorubicinPeptidesReceptors, Transferrindoxorubicindrug-deliveryhead and neck cancerpasylated ferritinstimuli-sensitive peptides

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PMID28718812
PMCPMC5536043
OpenAlexW2739244284

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