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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Saporin Toxin Delivered by Engineered Colloidal Nanoparticles Is Strongly Effective against Cancer Cells.

Lucia Salvioni, Filippo Testa, Linda Barbieri, Marco Giustra, Jessica Armida Bertolini, Giulia Tomaino, Paolo Tortora, Davide Prosperi, Miriam Colombo

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lucia SalvioniDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9385-5926
Filippo TestaDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9234-7778
Linda BarbieriDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7525-4078
Marco GiustraDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Jessica Armida BertoliniDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9335-1461
Giulia TomainoDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5908-4665
Paolo TortoraDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5234-601X
Davide ProsperiDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4577-9575
Miriam ColomboDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3428-5668
University of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

Italian Association for Cancer Research 16144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribosome-inactivating proteins, including Saporin toxin, have found application in the search for innovative alternative cancer therapies to conventional chemo- and radiotherapy. Saporin's main mechanism of action involves the inhibition of cytoplasmic protein synthesis. Its strong theoretical efficacy is counterbalanced by negligible cell uptake and diffusion into the cytosol. In this work, we demonstrate that by immobilizing Saporin on iron oxide nanoparticles coated with an amphiphilic polymer, which promotes nanoconjugate endosomal escape, a strong cytotoxic effect mediated by ribosomal functional inactivation can be achieved. Cancer cell death was mediated by apoptosis dependent on nanoparticle concentration but independent of surface ligand density. The cytotoxic activity of Saporin-conjugated colloidal nanoparticles proved to be selective against three different cancer cell lines in comparison with healthy fibroblasts.

Indexed as

breast cancercancer therapycolloidal nanoparticlesribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs)Saporintoxins

Identifiers

PMID35890411
PMCPMC9319684
OpenAlexW4286434091

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