用于肺转移性乳腺癌自给自足基因治疗的可降解 DNAzyme 纳米胶囊的仿生构建。
Biomimetic Construction of Degradable DNAzyme-Loaded Nanocapsules for Self-Sufficient Gene Therapy of Pulmonary Metastatic Breast Cancer.
发表日期:2023 Nov 05
作者:
Renting Jiang, Linhu Li, Ming Li
来源:
Cellular & Molecular Immunology
摘要:
乳腺癌肺转移是乳腺癌患者死亡的主要原因,但目前仍缺乏针对肺转移的有效治疗方法。在此,开发了一种可降解的仿生 DNAzyme 生物胶囊,将聚(乙烯亚胺)(PEI)-DNAzyme 复合物封装在 Mn2/Zn2 配位的肌醇六磷酸(IP6)胶囊中,并用 cRGD 靶向肽进行修饰,用于原发性和原发性肿瘤的高效基因治疗。和肺转移性乳腺肿瘤。这种 DNAzyme 生物胶囊在酸性溶酶体内可降解,导致 DNAzyme 和丰富的 Mn2 /Zn2 的释放,用于催化裂解 EGR-1 mRNA。我们发现 PEI 促进释放的 DNAzyme 的溶酶体逃逸。体外和体内实验均表明,用 DNAzyme 生物胶囊处理后,EGR-1 和 Bcl-2 蛋白表达明显下调,从而诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡。我们进一步证实DNAzyme生物胶囊对原发性和肺转移性乳腺肿瘤具有有效的治疗功效,并显着抑制肺周围转移。这项研究为构建可降解的基于 DNAzyme 的平台提供了一种有前途的有效策略,该平台具有丰富的金属离子辅因子的自供能力,用于转移性乳腺癌的高效基因治疗。
Pulmonary metastasis of breast cancer is the major cause of deaths of breast cancer patients, but the effective treatment of pulmonary metastases is still lacking at present. Herein, a degradable biomimetic DNAzyme biocapsule is developed with the poly(ethylenimine) (PEI)-DNAzyme complex encapsulated in a Mn2+/Zn2+-coordinated inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) capsule modified with the cRGD targeting peptide for high-efficiency gene therapy of both primary and pulmonary metastatic breast tumors. This DNAzyme biocapsule is degradable inside acidic lysosomes, leading to the release of DNAzyme and abundant Mn2+/Zn2+ for catalytic cleavage of EGR-1 mRNA. We find that PEI promotes the lysosomal escape of the released DNAzyme. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrate the apparent downregulation of EGR-1 and Bcl-2 protein expression after treatment with the DNAzyme biocapsule, thereby inducing apoptotic death of tumor cells. We further verify that the DNAzyme biocapsule exhibits potent therapeutic efficacy against both primary and pulmonary metastatic breast tumors with significant inhibition of peri-pulmonary metastasis. This study provides a promising effective strategy for constructing degradable DNAzyme-based platforms with self-supply of abundant metal ion cofactors for high-efficiency gene therapy of metastatic breast cancer.