Journal Articles Advanced Healthcare Materials Year : 2023

Amphiphilic Dendrimer Doping Enhanced pH-Sensitivity of Liposomal Vesicle for Effective Co-delivery Toward Synergistic Ferroptosis-Apoptosis Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Zhao Zhang
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Leo Tsz
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Ligong Lu
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Xu He
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Xuanjun Zhang
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Abstract

Ferroptosis, characterized by the accumulation of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxides, has emerged as an attractive strategy to reverse drug resistance. Of particular interest is the ferroptosis-apoptosis combination therapy for cancer treatment. Herein, we report a nanoplatform for effective co-delivery of the anticancer drug sorafenib (S) and the ferroptosis inducer hemin (H) toward synergistic ferroptosis-apoptosis therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as a proof-of-concept study. Liposome is an excellent delivery system; however, it is not sufficiently responsive to the acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) for tumor-targeted drug delivery. We therefore developed pH-sensitive vesicles (SH-AD-L) by incorporating amphiphilic dendrimers (AD) into liposomes for controlled and pH-stimulated release of sorafenib and hemin in the acidic TME, thanks to the protonation of numerous amine functionalities in AD. Importantly, SH-AD-L not only blocked glutathione synthesis to disrupt the antioxidant system but also increased intracellular Fe2+ and •OH concentrations to amplify oxidative stress, both of which contribute to enhanced ferroptosis. Remarkably, high levels of •OH also augmented sorafenib-mediated apoptosis in tumor cells. This study demonstrates the power and efficacy of the effective ferroptosis-apoptosis combination therapy, as well as the promise of the AD-doped TME-responsive vesicles for drug delivery in combination therapy to treat advanced HCC.
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hal-03940472 , version 1 (01-03-2023)

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Yanhong Su, Zhao Zhang, Leo Tsz, Ling Peng, Ligong Lu, et al.. Amphiphilic Dendrimer Doping Enhanced pH-Sensitivity of Liposomal Vesicle for Effective Co-delivery Toward Synergistic Ferroptosis-Apoptosis Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2023, 12 (6), pp.2202663. ⟨10.1002/adhm.202202663⟩. ⟨hal-03940472⟩
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