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ArticleScience advances2021

A combinational chemo-immune therapy using an enzyme-sensitive nanoplatform for dual-drug delivery to specific sites by cascade targeting.

Yanmei He, Lei Lei, Jun Cao, Xiaotong Yang, Shengsheng Cai, Fan Tong, Dennis Huang, Heng Mei, Kui Luo, Huile Gao and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yanmei HeNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3742-4347
Lei LeiNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5002-1059
Jun CaoNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China. caojun@scu.edu.cn gaohuile@scu.edu.cn peppas@che.utexas.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5591-2299
Xiaotong YangWest China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-4505-7636
Shengsheng CaiNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-0722-1223
Fan TongWest China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-4333-0128
Dennis HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78731, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8842-8970
Heng MeiNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-2820-756X
Kui LuoHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3536-1485
Huile GaoWest China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China. caojun@scu.edu.cn gaohuile@scu.edu.cn peppas@che.utexas.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5355-7238
Bin HeNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-0939-9869
Nicholas A PeppasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78731, USA. caojun@scu.edu.cn gaohuile@scu.edu.cn peppas@che.utexas.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0894-5626
Sichuan University · CNAustin College · USThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery faces challenges from the imprecise targeted delivery and the low bioavailability of drugs due to complex biological barriers. Here, we designed cascade-targeting, dual drug-loaded, core-shell nanoparticles (DLTPT) consisting of CD44-targeting hyaluronic acid shells decorated with doxorubicin (HA-DOX) and mitochondria-targeting triphenylphosphonium derivative nanoparticle cores loaded with lonidamine (LND) dimers (LTPT). DLTPT displayed prolonged blood circulation time and efficiently accumulated at the tumor site due to the tumor-homing effect and negatively charged hyaluronic acid. Subsequently, the HA-DOX shell was degraded by extracellular hyaluronidase, resulting in decreased particle size and negative-to-positive charge reversal, which would increase tumor penetration and internalization. The degradation of HA-DOX further accelerated the release of DOX and exposed the positively charged LTPT core for rapid endosomal escape and mitochondria-targeted delivery of LND. Notably, when DLTPT was used in combination with anti-PD-L1, the tumor growth was inhibited, which induced immune response against tumor metastasis.

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