Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most prevalent primary brain cancer in the pediatric and adult population. It is known as an untreatable tumor in urgent need of new therapeutic approaches. The objective of this work was to develop multifunctional nanomedicines to treat GBM in clinical practice using combi...

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Autores principales: Rameshwar Patil, Tao Sun, Mohammad Harun Rashid, Liron L. Israel, Arshia Ramesh, Saya Davani, Keith L. Black, Alexander V. Ljubimov, Eggehard Holler, Julia Y. Ljubimova
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:91053559e30d44f3896a6b91476c46a42021-11-25T18:30:39ZMultifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-110.3390/nano111128922079-4991https://doaj.org/article/91053559e30d44f3896a6b91476c46a42021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/11/2892https://doaj.org/toc/2079-4991Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most prevalent primary brain cancer in the pediatric and adult population. It is known as an untreatable tumor in urgent need of new therapeutic approaches. The objective of this work was to develop multifunctional nanomedicines to treat GBM in clinical practice using combination therapy for several targets. We developed multifunctional nanopolymers (MNPs) based on a naturally derived biopolymer, poly(β-L-malic) acid, which are suitable for central nervous system (CNS) treatment. These MNPs contain several anticancer functional moieties with the capacity of crossing the blood–brain barrier (BBB), targeting GBM cells and suppressing two important molecular markers, tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptors EGFR/EGFRvIII and c-Myc nuclear transcription factor. The reproducible syntheses of MNPs where monoclonal antibodies are replaced with AP-2 peptide for effective BBB delivery were presented. The active anticancer inhibitors of mRNA/protein syntheses were Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides (AONs). Two ways of covalent AON-polymer attachments with and without disulfide bonds were explored. These MNPs bearing AONs to <i>EGFR</i>/<i>EGFRvIII</i> and <i>c-Myc</i>, as well as in a combination with the polymer-attached checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD-1 antibody, orchestrated a multi-pronged attack on intracranial mouse GBM to successfully block tumor growth and significantly increase survival of brain tumor-bearing animals.Rameshwar PatilTao SunMohammad Harun RashidLiron L. IsraelArshia RameshSaya DavaniKeith L. BlackAlexander V. LjubimovEggehard HollerJulia Y. LjubimovaMDPI AGarticlemultifunctional drugsblood–brain barrierreceptor-mediated transcytosisbrain tumordelivery peptidesnanocarriersChemistryQD1-999ENNanomaterials, Vol 11, Iss 2892, p 2892 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic multifunctional drugs
blood–brain barrier
receptor-mediated transcytosis
brain tumor
delivery peptides
nanocarriers
Chemistry
QD1-999
spellingShingle multifunctional drugs
blood–brain barrier
receptor-mediated transcytosis
brain tumor
delivery peptides
nanocarriers
Chemistry
QD1-999
Rameshwar Patil
Tao Sun
Mohammad Harun Rashid
Liron L. Israel
Arshia Ramesh
Saya Davani
Keith L. Black
Alexander V. Ljubimov
Eggehard Holler
Julia Y. Ljubimova
Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
description Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most prevalent primary brain cancer in the pediatric and adult population. It is known as an untreatable tumor in urgent need of new therapeutic approaches. The objective of this work was to develop multifunctional nanomedicines to treat GBM in clinical practice using combination therapy for several targets. We developed multifunctional nanopolymers (MNPs) based on a naturally derived biopolymer, poly(β-L-malic) acid, which are suitable for central nervous system (CNS) treatment. These MNPs contain several anticancer functional moieties with the capacity of crossing the blood–brain barrier (BBB), targeting GBM cells and suppressing two important molecular markers, tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptors EGFR/EGFRvIII and c-Myc nuclear transcription factor. The reproducible syntheses of MNPs where monoclonal antibodies are replaced with AP-2 peptide for effective BBB delivery were presented. The active anticancer inhibitors of mRNA/protein syntheses were Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides (AONs). Two ways of covalent AON-polymer attachments with and without disulfide bonds were explored. These MNPs bearing AONs to <i>EGFR</i>/<i>EGFRvIII</i> and <i>c-Myc</i>, as well as in a combination with the polymer-attached checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD-1 antibody, orchestrated a multi-pronged attack on intracranial mouse GBM to successfully block tumor growth and significantly increase survival of brain tumor-bearing animals.
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author Rameshwar Patil
Tao Sun
Mohammad Harun Rashid
Liron L. Israel
Arshia Ramesh
Saya Davani
Keith L. Black
Alexander V. Ljubimov
Eggehard Holler
Julia Y. Ljubimova
author_facet Rameshwar Patil
Tao Sun
Mohammad Harun Rashid
Liron L. Israel
Arshia Ramesh
Saya Davani
Keith L. Black
Alexander V. Ljubimov
Eggehard Holler
Julia Y. Ljubimova
author_sort Rameshwar Patil
title Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
title_short Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
title_full Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
title_fullStr Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
title_full_unstemmed Multifunctional Nanopolymers for Blood–Brain Barrier Delivery and Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth through EGFR/EGFRvIII, c-Myc, and PD-1
title_sort multifunctional nanopolymers for blood–brain barrier delivery and inhibition of glioblastoma growth through egfr/egfrviii, c-myc, and pd-1
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/91053559e30d44f3896a6b91476c46a4
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