Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin

Jie Zhou,1,2 Jing Hou,1,2 Jun Rao,2,3 Conghui Zhou,2,4 Yunlong Liu,5 Wenxi Gao1,2 1Department of Urology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People&r...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b0d4a32f7eb14d6a8643c833430f11772021-12-02T10:59:46ZMagnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/b0d4a32f7eb14d6a8643c833430f11772020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/magnetically-directed-enzymeprodrug-prostate-cancer-therapy-based-on-b-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Jie Zhou,1,2 Jing Hou,1,2 Jun Rao,2,3 Conghui Zhou,2,4 Yunlong Liu,5 Wenxi Gao1,2 1Department of Urology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 3Clinical Laboratory, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jie Zhou Email zhoujieuser@163.comBackground: β-Glucosidase (β-Glu) can activate amygdalin to kill prostate cancer cells, but the poor specificity of this killing effect may cause severe general toxicity in vivo, limiting the practical clinical application of this approach.Materials and Methods: In this study, starch-coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were successively conjugated with β-Glu and polyethylene glycol (PEG) by chemical coupling methods. Cell experiments were used to confirm the effects of immobilized β-Glu on amygdalin-mediated prostate cancer cell death in vitro. Subcutaneous xenograft models were used to carry out the targeting experiment and magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy (MDEPT) experiment in vivo.Results: Immobilized β-Glu activated amygdalin-mediated prostate cancer cell death. Tumor-targeting studies showed that PEG modification increased the accumulation of β-Glu-loaded nanoparticles in targeted tumor tissue subjected to an external magnetic field and decreased the accumulation of the nanoparticles in the liver and spleen. Based on an enzyme activity of up to 134.89 ± 14.18mU/g tissue in the targeted tumor tissue, PEG-β-Glu-MNP/amygdalin combination therapy achieved targeted activation of amygdalin and tumor growth inhibition in C57BL/6 mice bearing RM1 xenografts. Safety evaluations showed that this strategy had some impact on liver and heart function but did not cause obvious organ damage.Conclusion: All findings indicate that this magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy strategy has the potential to become a promising new approach for targeted therapy of prostate cancer.Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles, β-glucosidase, amygdalin, prostate cancer, magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy  Zhou JHou JRao JZhou CLiu YGao WDove Medical Pressarticlemagnetic nanoparticlesβ-glucosidaseamygdalinprostate cancermagnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapyMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 15, Pp 4639-4657 (2020)
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topic magnetic nanoparticles
β-glucosidase
amygdalin
prostate cancer
magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle magnetic nanoparticles
β-glucosidase
amygdalin
prostate cancer
magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Zhou J
Hou J
Rao J
Zhou C
Liu Y
Gao W
Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
description Jie Zhou,1,2 Jing Hou,1,2 Jun Rao,2,3 Conghui Zhou,2,4 Yunlong Liu,5 Wenxi Gao1,2 1Department of Urology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 3Clinical Laboratory, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jie Zhou Email zhoujieuser@163.comBackground: β-Glucosidase (β-Glu) can activate amygdalin to kill prostate cancer cells, but the poor specificity of this killing effect may cause severe general toxicity in vivo, limiting the practical clinical application of this approach.Materials and Methods: In this study, starch-coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were successively conjugated with β-Glu and polyethylene glycol (PEG) by chemical coupling methods. Cell experiments were used to confirm the effects of immobilized β-Glu on amygdalin-mediated prostate cancer cell death in vitro. Subcutaneous xenograft models were used to carry out the targeting experiment and magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy (MDEPT) experiment in vivo.Results: Immobilized β-Glu activated amygdalin-mediated prostate cancer cell death. Tumor-targeting studies showed that PEG modification increased the accumulation of β-Glu-loaded nanoparticles in targeted tumor tissue subjected to an external magnetic field and decreased the accumulation of the nanoparticles in the liver and spleen. Based on an enzyme activity of up to 134.89 ± 14.18mU/g tissue in the targeted tumor tissue, PEG-β-Glu-MNP/amygdalin combination therapy achieved targeted activation of amygdalin and tumor growth inhibition in C57BL/6 mice bearing RM1 xenografts. Safety evaluations showed that this strategy had some impact on liver and heart function but did not cause obvious organ damage.Conclusion: All findings indicate that this magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy strategy has the potential to become a promising new approach for targeted therapy of prostate cancer.Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles, β-glucosidase, amygdalin, prostate cancer, magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug therapy  
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author Zhou J
Hou J
Rao J
Zhou C
Liu Y
Gao W
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Rao J
Zhou C
Liu Y
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title Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
title_short Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
title_full Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
title_fullStr Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
title_full_unstemmed Magnetically Directed Enzyme/Prodrug Prostate Cancer Therapy Based on β-Glucosidase/Amygdalin
title_sort magnetically directed enzyme/prodrug prostate cancer therapy based on β-glucosidase/amygdalin
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