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ArticleDrug delivery and translational research2025

Combination therapy using Cel-CSO/Taxol NPs for reversing drug resistance in breast cancer through inhibiting PI3K/AKT/NF-κB/HIF-1α pathway.

Huahui Zeng, Xiaohu Zeng, Can Wang, Guoqiang Wang, Qikang Tian, Junwei Zhao, Lingzhou Zhao, Ruiqin Li, Ying Luo, Haotian Peng and 3 more

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Article in Drug delivery and translational research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Huahui ZengAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Xiaohu ZengAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Can WangAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Guoqiang WangAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Qikang TianAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Junwei ZhaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Core Unit of National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Lingzhou ZhaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
Ruiqin LiAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Ying LuoCollaborative Innovation Center of Research and Development on the Whole Industry Chain of Yu-Yao, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Haotian PengAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Zhenqiang ZhangAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. ZQzhang111@outlook.com.
Xiaofang LiAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. drlxf2080@163.com.
Xiangxiang WuAcademy of Chinese Medicine Science, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. wuxx-415@126.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3623-1161

Funding

Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research and Development Plan Joint Fund 222301420060National Key Research and Development Program 2022YFC3502100Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province 222300420482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The resistance of malignant tumors to multiple drugs is a significant obstacle in cancer treatment and prognosis. Accordingly, we synthesized a celastrol (Cel) prodrug (Cel-CSO) by conjugating chitosan oligosaccharides (CSO) to Cel for reversing Taxol resistance in chemotherapy, followed by self-assembly with Taxol into a novel nanoplatform of Cel-CSO/Taxol nanoparticles (termed NPs). NPs showed a suitable size (about 153 nm), excellent stability and prolonged release of Cel and Taxol in a manner that depended on both pH and time. NPs effectively inhibited the overexpression of multidrug resistance-related protein P-gp, hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), and triggered the MCF-7/Taxol cell apoptosis through inhibiting the PI3K/AKT/NF-κB/HIF-1α pathway. In tumor-bearing mice, NPs exhibited significant curative effects in inducing apoptosis of MCF-7/Taxol tumors which showed a low expression level of P-gp, microtubule-related proteins TUBB3 and Tau. The results indicated that NPs may be a promising strategy to overcome drug resistance caused by P-gp, which improve the antitumor effects in drug-resistant breast cancer.

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Antineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicBreast NeoplasmsChitosanNanoparticlesPaclitaxelTriterpenesAnimalsApoptosisDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogeniccelastrolChitosanHIF1A protein, humanHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNF-kappa BOligosaccharidesPaclitaxelPentacyclic TriterpenesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProdrugsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTriterpenesBreast cancerCelastrolCombination therapyDrug resistanceTaxol

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