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Exosome-like nanoplatform modified with targeting ligand improves anti-cancer and anti-inflammation effects of imperialine.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Lin, Qing 
Qu, Mengke 
Zhou, Bingjie 
Patra, Hirak K 
Sun, Zihan 

Abstract

Currently, most anti-cancer therapies are still haunted by serious and deleterious adverse effects. Here, we report a highly biocompatible tumor cell-targeting delivery systems utilizing exosome-like vesicles (ELVs) that delivers a low-toxicity anti-cancer agent imperialine against non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). First, we introduced a novel micelle-aided method to efficiently load imperialine into intact ELVs. Then, integrin α3β1-binding octapeptide cNGQGEQc was modified onto ELV platform for tumor targeting as integrin α3β1 is overexpressed on NSCLC cells. This system not only significantly improved imperialine tumor accumulation and retention, but also had extremely low systemic toxicity both in vitro and in vivo. Our discoveries offer new ways to utilize ELV more efficiently for both drug loading and targeting. The solid pharmacokinetics improvement and extraordinary safety of this system also highlight possibilities of alternative long course cancer therapies using similar strategies.

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Keywords

Exosome-like vesicles, Imperialine, Inflammation, Micelle-aided drug loading, NF-κB pathway, Non-small cell lung cancer, Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cell Line, Cevanes, Exosomes, Humans, Integrin alpha3, Ligands, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Nanostructures, Oligopeptides

Journal Title

J Control Release

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Journal ISSN

0168-3659
1873-4995

Volume Title

311-312

Publisher

Elsevier BV