The non-selective cytotoxicity of toxins limits the clinical relevance of the toxins.In recent years,toxins have been widely used as warheads for antibody-drug conjugates(ADCs)due to their eff-cient killing activity a...The non-selective cytotoxicity of toxins limits the clinical relevance of the toxins.In recent years,toxins have been widely used as warheads for antibody-drug conjugates(ADCs)due to their eff-cient killing activity against various cancer cells.Although ADCs confer certain targeting properties to the toxins,low drug loading capacity,possible immunogenicity,and other drawbacks also limit the po-tential application of ADCs.Recently,non-ADC delivery strategies for toxins have been extensively investigated.To further understand the application of toxins in anti-tumor,this paper provided an over-view of prodrugs,nanodrug delivery systems,and biomimetic drug delivery systems.In addition,toxins and their combination strategies with other therapies were discussed.Finally,the prospect and challenge of toxins in cancertreatmentwerealso summarized.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Postdoctoral Foundation of China(No.2023M730375)Liaoning Province Department of Education Project(No.LJKMZ20221365,China)+3 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs(No.K202215,China)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82173766)Liaoning Province Applied Basic Research Program(No.2022JH2/101300097,China)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2021QH084,China)。
文摘The non-selective cytotoxicity of toxins limits the clinical relevance of the toxins.In recent years,toxins have been widely used as warheads for antibody-drug conjugates(ADCs)due to their eff-cient killing activity against various cancer cells.Although ADCs confer certain targeting properties to the toxins,low drug loading capacity,possible immunogenicity,and other drawbacks also limit the po-tential application of ADCs.Recently,non-ADC delivery strategies for toxins have been extensively investigated.To further understand the application of toxins in anti-tumor,this paper provided an over-view of prodrugs,nanodrug delivery systems,and biomimetic drug delivery systems.In addition,toxins and their combination strategies with other therapies were discussed.Finally,the prospect and challenge of toxins in cancertreatmentwerealso summarized.