Integrated platform of oxygen self-enriched nanovesicles: SP94 peptide-directed chemo/sonodynamic therapy for liver cancer

ElsevierVolume 179, October 2022, Pages 206-220European Journal of Pharmaceutics and BiopharmaceuticsAbstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a most common primary liver cancer among the most deadly malignancies. Selectively killing the cancer cells within the liver urgently requires the novel treatment strategies. The combination of sonodynamic therapy (SDT) and chemotherapy based on the nanotechnology have achieved some achievements in the HCC treatments. However, off-targeting drug delivery to healthy cells and the hypoxic microenvironment in the solid tumors frustrate the efforts to the combined strategy. The hypoxic microenvironment restrains the generation of ROS, leading to the decreased effects of SDT. To improve the clinical outcomes of chemo/SDT strategy, we created a novel oxygen self-enriched active targeted nanovesicle (ICG-DOX NPs/[email protected]). SP94 peptide could enhance the selectivity of the nanovesicles to liver tumor cells rather than normal liver cells. Besides, an oxygen carrier, perfluorohexanes (PFH), was co-loaded into liposomes to increase the oxygen level in tumor tissue, thus improving the effects of SDT. The in vivo studies showed that the ICG-DOX NPs/[email protected] combined with the external US stimulation significantly inhibited effects on tumor growth. Therefore, this novel oxygen self-enriched chemo/SDT nanocomposites represents a proof-of-concept liver tumor treatment strategy.

Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Nanovesicles

SP94 peptide

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT)

Perfluorohexanes (PFH)

Combination therapy

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