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Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety
Tumor-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) using polymeric photosensitizers is a promising anticancer therapeutic strategy. Previously, we developed several polymeric nanoprobes for PDT using different polymers and PDT agents. In the study, we synthesized a styrene maleic acid copolymer (SMA) micelle...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533298/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34680610 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101493 |
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author | Fang, Jun Gao, Shanghui Islam, Rayhanul Nema, Hinata Yanagibashi, Rina Yoneda, Niho Watanabe, Natsumi Yasuda, Yuki Nuita, Naoki Zhou, Jian-Rong Yokomizo, Kazumi |
author_facet | Fang, Jun Gao, Shanghui Islam, Rayhanul Nema, Hinata Yanagibashi, Rina Yoneda, Niho Watanabe, Natsumi Yasuda, Yuki Nuita, Naoki Zhou, Jian-Rong Yokomizo, Kazumi |
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description | Tumor-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) using polymeric photosensitizers is a promising anticancer therapeutic strategy. Previously, we developed several polymeric nanoprobes for PDT using different polymers and PDT agents. In the study, we synthesized a styrene maleic acid copolymer (SMA) micelle encapsulating temoporfin (mTHPC) that is a clinically used PDT drug, SMA@mTHPC, with a hydrodynamic size of 98 nm, which showed high water solubility. SMA@mTHPC maintained stable micelle formation in physiological aqueous solutions including serum; however, the micelles could be disrupted in the presence of detergent (e.g., Tween 20) as well as lecithin, the major component of cell membrane, suggesting micelles will be destroyed and free mTHPC will be released during intracellular uptake. SMA@mTHPC showed a pH-dependent release profile, for which a constant release of ≈20% per day was found at pH 7.4, and much more release occurred at acidic pH (e.g., 6.5, 5.5), suggesting extensive release of free mTHPC could occur in the weak acidic environment of a tumor and further during internalization into tumor cells. In vitro cytotoxicity assay showed a lower cytotoxicity of SMA@mTHPC than free mTHPC; however, similar in vivo antitumor effects were observed by both SMA@mTHPC and free THPC. More importantly, severe side effects (e.g., body weight loss, death of the mice) were found during free mTHPC treatment, whereas no apparent side effects were observed for SMA@mTHPC. The superior safety profile of SMA@mTHPC was mostly due to its micelle formation and the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect-based tumor accumulation, as well as the tumor environment-responsive release properties. These findings suggested SMA@mTHPC may become a good candidate drug for targeted PDT with high safety. |
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spelling | pubmed-85332982021-10-23 Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety Fang, Jun Gao, Shanghui Islam, Rayhanul Nema, Hinata Yanagibashi, Rina Yoneda, Niho Watanabe, Natsumi Yasuda, Yuki Nuita, Naoki Zhou, Jian-Rong Yokomizo, Kazumi Biomedicines Article Tumor-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) using polymeric photosensitizers is a promising anticancer therapeutic strategy. Previously, we developed several polymeric nanoprobes for PDT using different polymers and PDT agents. In the study, we synthesized a styrene maleic acid copolymer (SMA) micelle encapsulating temoporfin (mTHPC) that is a clinically used PDT drug, SMA@mTHPC, with a hydrodynamic size of 98 nm, which showed high water solubility. SMA@mTHPC maintained stable micelle formation in physiological aqueous solutions including serum; however, the micelles could be disrupted in the presence of detergent (e.g., Tween 20) as well as lecithin, the major component of cell membrane, suggesting micelles will be destroyed and free mTHPC will be released during intracellular uptake. SMA@mTHPC showed a pH-dependent release profile, for which a constant release of ≈20% per day was found at pH 7.4, and much more release occurred at acidic pH (e.g., 6.5, 5.5), suggesting extensive release of free mTHPC could occur in the weak acidic environment of a tumor and further during internalization into tumor cells. In vitro cytotoxicity assay showed a lower cytotoxicity of SMA@mTHPC than free mTHPC; however, similar in vivo antitumor effects were observed by both SMA@mTHPC and free THPC. More importantly, severe side effects (e.g., body weight loss, death of the mice) were found during free mTHPC treatment, whereas no apparent side effects were observed for SMA@mTHPC. The superior safety profile of SMA@mTHPC was mostly due to its micelle formation and the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect-based tumor accumulation, as well as the tumor environment-responsive release properties. These findings suggested SMA@mTHPC may become a good candidate drug for targeted PDT with high safety. MDPI 2021-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8533298/ /pubmed/34680610 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101493 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fang, Jun Gao, Shanghui Islam, Rayhanul Nema, Hinata Yanagibashi, Rina Yoneda, Niho Watanabe, Natsumi Yasuda, Yuki Nuita, Naoki Zhou, Jian-Rong Yokomizo, Kazumi Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title | Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title_full | Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title_fullStr | Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title_full_unstemmed | Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title_short | Styrene Maleic Acid Copolymer-Based Micellar Formation of Temoporfin (SMA@ mTHPC) Behaves as A Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with A Superior Safety |
title_sort | styrene maleic acid copolymer-based micellar formation of temoporfin (sma@ mthpc) behaves as a nanoprobe for tumor-targeted photodynamic therapy with a superior safety |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533298/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34680610 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101493 |
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