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ArticleNature cancer2025

A sphingolipid-derived paclitaxel nanovesicle enhances efficacy of combination therapies in triple-negative breast cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Zhiren Wang, Wenpan Li, Yanhao Jiang, Teng Ma, Mengwen Li, Shuang Wu, Tuyen Ba Tran, Leyla Estrella Cordova, Ethan Lin, Aaron James Scott and 4 more

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Article in Nature cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Zhiren WangSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-0517
Wenpan LiSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8546-7384
Yanhao JiangSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2403-0601
Teng MaSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Mengwen LiSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Shuang WuSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-1379
Tuyen Ba TranSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Leyla Estrella CordovaSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3992-7157
Ethan LinSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Aaron James ScottClinical and Translational Oncology Program, The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Jennifer ErdrichDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-0402
Joyce SchroederDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-5172
Pavani ChalasaniDivision of Hematology and Oncology, George Washington Cancer Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Jianqin LuSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. lu6@arizona.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-619X

Funding

VITAMIN AP30CA023074 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Teri L Bankhead · 1985 to 2026
$110.2M
SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERP30ES006694 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI DEAN BILLHEIMER · 1994 to 2026
$36.7M
A fortified lipid bilayer platform for improved drug packaging and therapeutic deliveryR35GM147002 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jianqin Lu · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
A Phospholipid-Derived Nanotherapeutic Platform for Improved Colorectal Cancer ImmunochemotherapyR01CA272487 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jianqin Lu · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
A Nutrition and Exercise Prehabilitation Intervention on Inflammatory Biomarkers in American Indian Cancer PatientsK08CA276137 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI JENNIFER A ERDRICH · 2023 to 2026
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA276137NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA272487NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006694NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taxol and Abraxane, the US Food and Drug Administration-approved paclitaxel (PTX) formulations, have revealed hypersensitivity due to excipients and mediocre efficacy due to insufficient tumor penetration, respectively. Here we developed a sphingolipid-derived PTX nanovesicle (paclitaxome) via covalently conjugating PTX to sphingomyelin, which improved pharmacokinetics and enhanced efficacy in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and pancreatic cancer female mice and reduced myelosuppression. To bolster tumor penetration and reduce phagocytosis, we engineered a cationization-enabled transcytosis machinery by installing an ultra-pH-sensitive azepane (AZE) probe into paclitaxome and masked nanovesicle surface with a CD47 'self' peptide (CD47p). The resulting CD47p/AZE-paclitaxome synchronized the co-delivery of gemcitabine or carboplatin to boost tumor inhibition and eradicate metastasis in late-stage KPC-Luc pancreatic cancer model and prevent tumor relapse and extend survival in postsurgical 4T1-Luc2 triple-negative breast cancer model in female mice. CD47p/AZE-paclitaxome also outperformed previous promising PTX nanoformulations. Finally, the series of nanoparticle modifications was applied to camptothecin, demonstrating its generalizability.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsNanoparticlesPaclitaxelPancreatic NeoplasmsSphingolipidsTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCD47 AntigenCell Line, TumorDeoxycytidineFemaleGemcitabineHumansMiceXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysCD47 AntigenDeoxycytidineGemcitabinePaclitaxelSphingolipids

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PMCPMC12559008

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