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ArticleNature communications2025

Dual asparagine-depriving nanoparticles against solid tumors.

Yubo Shen, Huifang Wang, Daoxia Guo, Jiantao Liu, Jinli Sun, Nan Chen, Haiyun Song, Xiaoyuan Ji

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Article in Nature communications, 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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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yubo Shen *School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Huifang Wang *School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Daoxia GuoSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jiantao LiuCollege of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Jinli SunSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Nan ChenCollege of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. nchen@shnu.edu.cn.
Haiyun SongSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. songhaiyun@shsmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8146-5552
Xiaoyuan JiSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. xyji@shsmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-3746

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32171371National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32471436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depletion of circulatory asparagine (Asn) by L-asparaginase (ASNase) has been used for clinical treatment of leukemia, whereas solid tumors are unresponsive to this therapy owing to their active Asn biosynthesis. Herein, we develop a type of core-shell structured cascade-responsive nanoparticles (NPs) for sequential modulation of exogenous Asn supply and endogenous Asn production. The reactive oxygen species-sensitive NP shells disintegrate in the tumor microenvironment and liberate ASNase to scavenge extracellular Asn. The acid-labile NP cores subsequently decompose in the tumor cells and release rotenone to block intracellular Asn biosynthesis. Administration of the dual Asn-depriving NPs in murine models of triple-negative breast cancer and colorectal cancer substantially suppress the growth and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of primary and relapsed tumors, fully eradicate spontaneous and post-surgical metastasis, and confer long-term T cell memory for complete resistance to tumor rechallenge. This study represents a generalized strategy to harness amino acid depletion therapy against solid tumors.

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AsparagineColorectal NeoplasmsNanoparticlesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAsparaginaseCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansMiceReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor MicroenvironmentXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntineoplastic AgentsAsparaginaseAsparagineReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID40593710
PMCPMC12215482

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