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ArticleCancers2021

Docetaxel-Mediated Uptake and Retention of Gold Nanoparticles in Tumor Cells and in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts.

Abdulaziz Alhussan, Kyle Bromma, Monica Mesa Perez, Wayne Beckham, Abraham S Alexander, Perry L Howard, Devika B Chithrani

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abdulaziz AlhussanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9920-2803
Kyle BrommaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1459-7365
Monica Mesa PerezDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-4083
Wayne BeckhamDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
Abraham S AlexanderRadiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer-Victoria, Victoria, BC V8R 6V5, Canada.
Perry L HowardDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9837-9359
Devika B ChithraniDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5251-1388
University of Victoria · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Canadian foundation for innovation Canadian foundation for innovationNanoMedicines Innovation Network 6681Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2017-04501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to recent advances in nanotechnology, the application of nanoparticles (NPs) in cancer therapy has become a leading area in cancer research. Despite the importance of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in creating an optimal niche for tumor cells to grow extensively, most of the work has been focused on tumor cells. Therefore, to effectively use NPs for therapeutic purposes, it is important to elucidate the extent of NP uptake and retention in tumor cells and CAFs. Three tumor cell lines and three CAF cell lines were studied using gold NPs (GNPs) as a model NP system. We found a seven-fold increase in NP uptake in CAFs compared to tumor cells. The retention percentage of NPs was three-fold higher in tumor cells as compared to CAFs. Furthermore, NP uptake and retention were significantly enhanced using a 50 nM concentration of docetaxel (DTX). NP uptake was improved by a factor of three in tumor cells and a factor of two in CAFs, while the retention of NPs was two-fold higher in tumor cells compared to CAFs, 72 h post-treatment with DTX. However, the quantity of NPs in CAFs was still three-fold higher compared to tumor cells. Our quantitative data were supported by qualitative imaging data. We believe that targeting of NPs in the presence of DTX is a very promising approach to accumulate a higher percentage of NPs and maintain a longer retention in both tumor cells and CAFs for achieving the full therapeutic potential of cancer nanotechnology.

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cancer-associated fibroblastsdocetaxelgold nanoparticlesnanomedicineretentiontumor cellsuptake

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PMID34202574
PMCPMC8269007
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