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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2019

Dual delivery nanoscale device for miR-345 and gemcitabine co-delivery to treat pancreatic cancer.

Metin Uz, Manisha Kalaga, Ramesh Pothuraju, Juhyung Ju, Wade M Junker, Surinder K Batra, Surya Mallapragada, Satyanarayana Rachagani

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. MiRNA-based drugs: challenges and delivery strategies.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  9. Advances and Prospects in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023
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  18. Therapeutic Targeting of MicroRNAs in the Tumor Microenvironment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  19. Nanoscale platform for delivery of active IRINOX to combat pancreatic cancer.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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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.

Metin UzDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Manisha KalagaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Ramesh PothurajuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Juhyung JuDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Wade M JunkerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Sanguine Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Omaha, NE, USA.
Surinder K BatraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer & Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Surya MallapragadaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. Electronic address: suryakm@iastate.edu.
Satyanarayana RachaganiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: srachagani@unmc.edu.
Iowa State University · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USNebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Tissue CoreP50CA127297 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL A. · 2008 to 2018
$17.1M
Targeting Mucin and EGFR Axis in Pancreatic CancerR01CA183459 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K. · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
Polymeric Nanomedicines of Hedgehog Inhibitor and miRNA for Treating Pancreatic CancerR01GM113166 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., MAHATO, RAM I. · 2015 to 2018
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA127297NCI NIH HHS R01 CA183459NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A polymeric dual delivery nanoscale device (DDND) was designed for combined delivery of microRNA (miR-345) and gemcitabine (GEM) to treat pancreatic cancer (PC). This temperature and pH-responsive pentablock copolymer system was able to restore miR-345, making xenograft tumors more susceptible to GEM, the standard therapy for PC. Restoration using DDND treatment results in sonic hedgehog signaling down regulation, which decreases desmoplasia, thereby resulting in improved GEM perfusion to the tumor and better therapeutic outcomes. The release of miR-345 and GEM could be tuned by using the DDND in the form of micelles or in the form of thermoreversible gels, based on polymer concentration. The DDNDs enabled miR-345 stability and sustained co-release of miR-345 and GEM, thereby facilitating dose-sparing use of GEM. Further, enhanced in vitro cellular uptake due to amphiphilic character, and endosomal escape because of the cationic end blocks led to efficient transfection with DDNDs. The combined DDND treatment enabled efficient reduction in cell viability of Capan-1 and CD18/HPAF cells in vitro compared with either GEM or miR-345 treatment alone. Mice carrying xenograft tumors treated with DDNDs carrying both miR-345 and GEM combination therapy displayed reduced tumor growth and less metastasis in distant organs compared to individual drug treatments. Immunohistochemical analysis of the xenograft tissues revealed significant down regulation of desmoplastic reaction, SHH, Gli-1, MUC4, and Ki67 compared to control groups.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticCell Line, TumorDeoxycytidineGemcitabineHumansMice, NudeMicroRNAsNanostructuresPancreatic NeoplasmsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticDeoxycytidineGemcitabineMicroRNAsMIRN345 microRNA, humanGemcitabinemiR-345Nanoscale deliveryPancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID30576747
PMCPMC6379902
OpenAlexW2903735315

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