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ArticleExploration (Beijing, China)2025

Hyperbaric Oxygen Regulates Tumor pH to Boost Copper-Doped Hydroxyethyl Starch Conjugate Nanoparticles Against Cancer Stem Cells.

Qingyuan Deng, Ao Hua, Shiyou Li, Zhijie Zhang, Xiang Chen, Qiang Wang, Xing Wang, Zhiqin Chu, Xiangliang Yang, Zifu Li

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Article in Exploration (Beijing, China), 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Qingyuan DengDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Ao HuaDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Shiyou LiDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Zhijie ZhangDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Xiang ChenDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Qiang WangDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Xing WangDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Zhiqin ChuDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong P. R. China.
Xiangliang YangDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.
Zifu LiDepartment of Nanomedicine and Biopharmaceuticals College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6387-4854

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An extracellular acidic environment and an intracellular mildly alkaline environment induced by carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) play a critical role in self-renewal, invasion, migration, and drug resistance of cancer stem cells (CSCs) within hypoxic solid tumors. Here, we report an antitumor strategy leveraging hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) to regulate tumor pH and boost hydroxyethyl starch-doxorubicin-copper nanoparticles (HHD-Cu NPs) against CSCs. HBO overcomes tumor hypoxia, downregulates pH-regulatory proteins such as CA9, and leads to intracellular accumulation of acidic metabolites. As a result, HBO promotes intracellular acidification of both tumor cells and CSCs, triggering efficient doxorubicin release and the potent copper-mediated chemical dynamic effect of subsequently administered dual-acid-responsive HHD-Cu NPs. The combination of HBO with HHD-Cu NPs not only eliminates tumor cells but also inhibits CSCs, altogether leading to potent tumor inhibition. This study explores a new function of clinical-widely used HBO and establishes a novel combination therapy for treating CSCs abundant hypoxic solid tumors.

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cancer stem cellscarbonic anhydrase 9hyperbaric oxygennanomedicinetumor pH

Identifiers

PMID40873634
PMCPMC12380064

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