近红外光响应性纳米颗粒h-PCuNF介导多模态疗法治疗恶性肿瘤

Near-infrared photoresponsive h-PCuNF nanoparticles mediate multimodal therapeutics against malignant tumors

背景:基于多功能纳米材料的精准治疗是恶性肿瘤的新型治疗模式,多功能纳米材料可以将多种成像和治疗模式整合到一个纳米级平台中,实现可视化联合治疗。目的:制备载碱式磷酸铜纳米颗粒和荷叶碱的新型纳米颗粒h-PCuNF,探讨其介导光热/光动力/化学动力/化疗联合治疗肿瘤的能力。方法:采用双乳化法将碱式磷酸铜纳米颗粒和荷叶碱搭载到中空聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物纳米载体的壳层中,制备出新型纳米颗粒h-PCuNF,表征该纳米颗粒的形态、结构、粒径、Zeta电位等。在去离子水中,检测该纳米颗粒的MRI成像、光热转换及介导光催化和类芬顿反应产生活性氧的能力。在肝脏恶性肿瘤细胞系HepG2中,采用荧光成像和MTT法检测纳米颗粒h-PCuNF介导光热/光动力/化学动力/化疗联合治疗肿瘤的能力。结果与结论:①纳米颗粒h-PCuNF呈中空球形结构,壳层中搭载有碱式磷酸铜纳米颗粒(载药率和包封率分别为26.3%和63.2%)和荷叶碱(载药率和包封率分别为11.0%和52.6%),平均粒径为(309.2±10.0)nm,Zeta电位为(-12.5±0.9)mV,在生理环境中具有良好的悬浮稳定性。②在去离子水中,纳米颗粒h-PCuNF可以显著增强T1加权MRI成像;在近红外激光照射下,纳米颗粒h-PCuNF具有良好的光热转换和光催化活性氧生成的能力;此外,纳米颗粒h-PCuNF可以消耗谷胱甘肽并介导类芬顿反应产生•OH。③纳米颗粒h-PCuNF可被肿瘤细胞HepG2摄取,并且主要分布在细胞质中;纳米颗粒h-PCuNF被近红外激光照射激活后,碱式磷酸铜纳米颗粒介导的光热/光动力/化学动力治疗可与荷叶碱介导的化疗协同治疗恶性肿瘤。

BACKGROUND:Precision therapy based on multifunctional nanomaterials is a novel therapeutic model for malignancies that can integrate multiple imaging and therapeutic models into one nanoscale platform to achieve visual combination treatment.OBJECTIVE:To prepare novel nanoparticles loaded with Cu2(OH)PO4 nanoparticles(CuNPs)and nuciferine(NF)(h-PCuNF),and to explore their ability to mediate combined photothermal therapy/photodynamic therapy/chemodynamic therapy/chemotherapy for malignancy.METHODS:The h-PCuNF nanoparticles were synthesized through a double-emulsion procedure,through which the CuNPs and NF were loaded into the shell of hollow poly(lactic-co-glycolic)acid nanocarriers.The morphology,structure,particle size,and zeta potential of the h-PCuNF nanoparticles were characterized.In deionized water,the magnetic resonance imaging and photothermal conversion performances of the h-PCuNF nanoparticles,as well as their capability to implement reactive oxygen species production by mediating photocatalysis and Fenton-like reactions,were evaluated.In liver malignant tumor cell line HepG2 cells,the effectiveness of the photothermal therapy/photodynamic therapy/chemodynamic therapy/chemotherapy combination therapy mediated by the nanoparticles was detected by employing fluorescence imaging and MTT assay.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The h-PCuNF nanoparticles possessed a hollow spherical structure in which the CuNPs(drug loading rate and encapsulation rate were 26.3%and 63.2%,respectively)and NF(drug loading rate and encapsulation rate were 11.0%and 52.6%,respectively)were loaded into the shell.The average particle size of the h-PCuNF nanoparticles was(309.2±10.0)nm,while the zeta potential was determined to be(-12.5±0.9)mV.In physiological environments,the nanoparticles possess favorable suspension stability.(2)In deionized water,the h-PCuNF nanoparticles could markedly enhance T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging images.The h-PCuNF nanoparticles showed remarkable photothermal conversion and photocatalytic reactive oxygen species generation capabilities under near infrared laser irradiation.In addition,the h-PCuNF nanoparticles could consume glutathione and mediate Fenton-like reactions to produce·OH.(3)The h-PCuNF nanoparticles could be taken up by HepG2 tumor cells and were mainly distributed in the cytoplasm.The synergistic therapeutic effect was demonstrated after the nanoparticles were activated by near infrared laser irradiation,because CuNPs mediated photothermal therapy/photodynamic therapy/chemodynamic therapy and NF mediated chemotherapy could synergistically eliminate the tumor cells.