Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis

Lipeng Zhu,1 Yunlu Dai,1,2 Lizeng Gao,3 Qi Zhao1,2 1Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 2MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 3CAS Engineering...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhu L, Dai Y, Gao L, Zhao Q
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1fd609f602644609865468cbf0d67894
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:1fd609f602644609865468cbf0d67894
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1fd609f602644609865468cbf0d678942021-12-02T16:11:30ZTumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/1fd609f602644609865468cbf0d678942021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/tumor-microenvironment-modulated-nanozymes-for-nir-ii-triggered-hypert-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Lipeng Zhu,1 Yunlu Dai,1,2 Lizeng Gao,3 Qi Zhao1,2 1Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 2MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 3CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Qi ZhaoCancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, 999078, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail qizhao@um.edu.moPurpose: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a group of signaling biomolecules that play important roles in the cell cycle. When intracellular ROS homeostasis is disrupted, it can induce cellular necrosis and apoptosis. It is desirable to effectively cascade-amplifying ROS generation and weaken antioxidant defense for disrupting ROS homeostasis in tumor microenvironment (TME), which has been recognized as a novel and ideal antitumor strategy. Multifunctional nanozymes are highly promising agents for ROS-mediated therapy.Methods: This study constructed a novel theranostic nanoagent based on PEG@Cu2-xS@Ce6 nanozymes (PCCNs) through a facile one-step hydrothermal method. We systematically investigated the photodynamic therapy (PDT)/photothermal therapy (PTT) properties, catalytic therapy (CTT) and glutathione (GSH) depletion activities of PCCNs, antitumor efficacy induced by PCCNs in vitro and in vivo.Results: PCCNs generate singlet oxygen (1O2) with laser (660 nm) irradiation and use catalytic reactions to produce hydroxyl radical (•OH). Moreover, PCCNs show the high photothermal performance under NIR II 1064-nm laser irradiation, which can enhance CTT/PDT efficiencies to increase ROS generation. The properties of O2 evolution and GSH consumption of PCCNs achieve hypoxia-relieved PDT and destroy cellular antioxidant defense system respectively. The excellent antitumor efficacy in 4T1 tumor-bearing mice of PCCNs is achieved through disrupting ROS homeostasis-involved therapy under the guidance of photothermal/photoacoustic imaging.Conclusion: Our study provides a proof of concept of “all-in-one” nanozymes to eliminate tumors via disrupting ROS homeostasis.Keywords: ROS homeostasis, nanozyme, tumor microenvironment, catalytic therapy, photodynamic/photothermal therapy, photothermal/photoacoustic imagingZhu LDai YGao LZhao QDove Medical Pressarticleros homeostasisnanozymetumor microenvironmentcatalytic therapyphotodynamic/photothermal therapyphotothermal/photoacoustic imagingMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 16, Pp 4559-4577 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic ros homeostasis
nanozyme
tumor microenvironment
catalytic therapy
photodynamic/photothermal therapy
photothermal/photoacoustic imaging
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle ros homeostasis
nanozyme
tumor microenvironment
catalytic therapy
photodynamic/photothermal therapy
photothermal/photoacoustic imaging
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Zhu L
Dai Y
Gao L
Zhao Q
Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
description Lipeng Zhu,1 Yunlu Dai,1,2 Lizeng Gao,3 Qi Zhao1,2 1Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 2MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, People’s Republic of China; 3CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Qi ZhaoCancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, 999078, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail qizhao@um.edu.moPurpose: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a group of signaling biomolecules that play important roles in the cell cycle. When intracellular ROS homeostasis is disrupted, it can induce cellular necrosis and apoptosis. It is desirable to effectively cascade-amplifying ROS generation and weaken antioxidant defense for disrupting ROS homeostasis in tumor microenvironment (TME), which has been recognized as a novel and ideal antitumor strategy. Multifunctional nanozymes are highly promising agents for ROS-mediated therapy.Methods: This study constructed a novel theranostic nanoagent based on PEG@Cu2-xS@Ce6 nanozymes (PCCNs) through a facile one-step hydrothermal method. We systematically investigated the photodynamic therapy (PDT)/photothermal therapy (PTT) properties, catalytic therapy (CTT) and glutathione (GSH) depletion activities of PCCNs, antitumor efficacy induced by PCCNs in vitro and in vivo.Results: PCCNs generate singlet oxygen (1O2) with laser (660 nm) irradiation and use catalytic reactions to produce hydroxyl radical (•OH). Moreover, PCCNs show the high photothermal performance under NIR II 1064-nm laser irradiation, which can enhance CTT/PDT efficiencies to increase ROS generation. The properties of O2 evolution and GSH consumption of PCCNs achieve hypoxia-relieved PDT and destroy cellular antioxidant defense system respectively. The excellent antitumor efficacy in 4T1 tumor-bearing mice of PCCNs is achieved through disrupting ROS homeostasis-involved therapy under the guidance of photothermal/photoacoustic imaging.Conclusion: Our study provides a proof of concept of “all-in-one” nanozymes to eliminate tumors via disrupting ROS homeostasis.Keywords: ROS homeostasis, nanozyme, tumor microenvironment, catalytic therapy, photodynamic/photothermal therapy, photothermal/photoacoustic imaging
format article
author Zhu L
Dai Y
Gao L
Zhao Q
author_facet Zhu L
Dai Y
Gao L
Zhao Q
author_sort Zhu L
title Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
title_short Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
title_full Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
title_fullStr Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
title_full_unstemmed Tumor Microenvironment-Modulated Nanozymes for NIR-II-Triggered Hyperthermia-Enhanced Photo-Nanocatalytic Therapy via Disrupting ROS Homeostasis
title_sort tumor microenvironment-modulated nanozymes for nir-ii-triggered hyperthermia-enhanced photo-nanocatalytic therapy via disrupting ros homeostasis
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/1fd609f602644609865468cbf0d67894
work_keys_str_mv AT zhul tumormicroenvironmentmodulatednanozymesforniriitriggeredhyperthermiaenhancedphotonanocatalytictherapyviadisruptingroshomeostasis
AT daiy tumormicroenvironmentmodulatednanozymesforniriitriggeredhyperthermiaenhancedphotonanocatalytictherapyviadisruptingroshomeostasis
AT gaol tumormicroenvironmentmodulatednanozymesforniriitriggeredhyperthermiaenhancedphotonanocatalytictherapyviadisruptingroshomeostasis
AT zhaoq tumormicroenvironmentmodulatednanozymesforniriitriggeredhyperthermiaenhancedphotonanocatalytictherapyviadisruptingroshomeostasis
_version_ 1718384395630411776