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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2021

Autophagy blockade synergistically enhances nanosonosensitizer-enabled sonodynamic cancer nanotherapeutics.

Liqiang Zhou, Minfeng Huo, Xiaoqin Qian, Li Ding, Luodan Yu, Wei Feng, Xinwu Cui, Yu Chen

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Liqiang ZhouSino-German Tongji-Caritas Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
Minfeng HuoState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoqin QianDepartment of Ultrasound, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212002, People's Republic of China.
Li DingState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China. dlgood2006@mail.sic.ac.cn.
Luodan YuSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
Wei FengSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
Xinwu CuiSino-German Tongji-Caritas Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China. cuixinwu@hust.edu.cn.
Yu ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China. chenyuedu@shu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8206-3325
Shanghai University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNTongji Hospital · CNJiangsu University · CN

Funding

Excellent Young Scientist Foundation of NSFC 51722211Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2019CFB286National Key R&D Program of China 2016YFA0203700National Natural Science Foundation of China 51672303National Natural Science Foundation of China 81971629, 81771848National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071953Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist 18XD1404300Shanghai Sailing Program 81901752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound-triggered sonodynamic therapy (SDT) represents an emerging therapeutic modality for cancer treatment based on its specific feature of noninvasiveness, high tissue-penetrating depth and desirable therapeutic efficacy, but the SDT-induced pro-survival cancer-cell autophagy would significantly lower the SDT efficacy for cancer treatment. Here we propose an "all-in-one" combined tumor-therapeutic strategy by integrating nanosonosensitizers-augmented noninvasive SDT with autophagy inhibition based on the rationally constructed nanoliposomes that co-encapsulates clinically approved sonosensitizers protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) and early-phase autophagy-blocking agent 3-methyladenine (3-MA). It has been systematically demonstrated that nanosonosensitizers-augmented SDT induced cytoprotective pro-survival autophagy through activation of MAPK signaling pathway and inhibition of AMPK signaling pathway, and this could be efficaciously inhibited by 3-MA in early-phase autophagy, which significantly decreased the cell resistance to intracellular oxidative stress and complied a remarkable synergistic effect on SDT medicated cancer-cell apoptosis both in vitro at cellular level and in vivo on tumor-bearing animal model. Therefore, our results provide a proof-of-concept combinatorial tumor therapeutics based on nanosonosensitizers for the treatment of ROS-resistant cancer by autophagy inhibition-augmented SDT.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisAutophagyCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNanoparticlesNeoplasmsProtoporphyrinsRadiation-Sensitizing AgentsSonicationAntineoplastic Agentsprotoporphyrin IXProtoporphyrinsRadiation-Sensitizing AgentsAutophagyAutophagy inhibitionNanoliposomesSonodynamic therapyTumor therapy

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PMID33879173
PMCPMC8056542
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