Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis

Fangqing Wang, 1,* Yanying Li, 1,* Hong Jiang, 1,* Chenglei Li, 2 Zhaohuan Li, 2 Cuiping Qi, 3 Zhipeng Li, 1 Zhiqin Gao, 1 Bo Zhang, 2 Jingliang Wu 1 1School of Bioscience and Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Pharmacy, Weifan...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b561849824834c7db6f5c665a1535c002021-12-02T15:28:02ZDual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/b561849824834c7db6f5c665a1535c002021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/dual-ligand-modified-liposomes-co-loaded-with-anti-angiogenic-and-chem-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Fangqing Wang, 1,* Yanying Li, 1,* Hong Jiang, 1,* Chenglei Li, 2 Zhaohuan Li, 2 Cuiping Qi, 3 Zhipeng Li, 1 Zhiqin Gao, 1 Bo Zhang, 2 Jingliang Wu 1 1School of Bioscience and Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bo Zhang; Jingliang Wu Email zhangbo@wfmc.edu.cn ; jlwu2008@163.comBackground: Tumor angiogenesis has been proven to potentiate tumor growth and metastasis; therefore, the strategies targeting tumor-related angiogenesis have great potentials in antitumor therapy.Methods: Here, the GA&Gal dual-ligand-modified liposomes co-loaded with curcumin and combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CUCA/GA&Gal-Lip) were prepared and characterized. A novel “BEL-7402+HUVEC” co-cultured cell model was established to mimic tumor microenvironment. The cytotoxicity and migration assays were performed against the novel co-cultured model. Angiogenesis ability was evaluated by tube formation test, and in vivo metastatic ability was evaluated by lung metastasis test.Results: The result demonstrated that dual-ligand-modified liposomes showed greater inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis in comparison with other combined groups. Significantly, the mechanism analysis revealed that curcumin and combretastatin A-4 phosphate could inhibit tumor angiogenesis and metastasis via down-regulation of VEGF and VEGFR2 expression, respectively, and that GA&Gal-Lip could improve antitumor effect by GA/Gal-mediated active-targeting delivery.Conclusion: CUCA/GA&Gal-Lip hold great potentials in hepatoma-targeting delivery of antitumor drugs and can achieve anti-angiogenic and anti-metastatic effects by simultaneously blocking VEGF/VEGFR2 signal pathway, therefore exhibiting superior anti-hepatoma efficacy.Keywords: dual-ligand-modified, liposomes, anti-angiogenesis, VEGF, co-deliveryWang FLi YJiang HLi CLi ZQi CLi ZGao ZZhang BWu JDove Medical Pressarticledual-ligand-modifiedliposomesanti-angiogenesisvegfco-deliveryMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 16, Pp 4001-4016 (2021)
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liposomes
anti-angiogenesis
vegf
co-delivery
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle dual-ligand-modified
liposomes
anti-angiogenesis
vegf
co-delivery
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Wang F
Li Y
Jiang H
Li C
Li Z
Qi C
Li Z
Gao Z
Zhang B
Wu J
Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
description Fangqing Wang, 1,* Yanying Li, 1,* Hong Jiang, 1,* Chenglei Li, 2 Zhaohuan Li, 2 Cuiping Qi, 3 Zhipeng Li, 1 Zhiqin Gao, 1 Bo Zhang, 2 Jingliang Wu 1 1School of Bioscience and Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bo Zhang; Jingliang Wu Email zhangbo@wfmc.edu.cn ; jlwu2008@163.comBackground: Tumor angiogenesis has been proven to potentiate tumor growth and metastasis; therefore, the strategies targeting tumor-related angiogenesis have great potentials in antitumor therapy.Methods: Here, the GA&Gal dual-ligand-modified liposomes co-loaded with curcumin and combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CUCA/GA&Gal-Lip) were prepared and characterized. A novel “BEL-7402+HUVEC” co-cultured cell model was established to mimic tumor microenvironment. The cytotoxicity and migration assays were performed against the novel co-cultured model. Angiogenesis ability was evaluated by tube formation test, and in vivo metastatic ability was evaluated by lung metastasis test.Results: The result demonstrated that dual-ligand-modified liposomes showed greater inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis in comparison with other combined groups. Significantly, the mechanism analysis revealed that curcumin and combretastatin A-4 phosphate could inhibit tumor angiogenesis and metastasis via down-regulation of VEGF and VEGFR2 expression, respectively, and that GA&Gal-Lip could improve antitumor effect by GA/Gal-mediated active-targeting delivery.Conclusion: CUCA/GA&Gal-Lip hold great potentials in hepatoma-targeting delivery of antitumor drugs and can achieve anti-angiogenic and anti-metastatic effects by simultaneously blocking VEGF/VEGFR2 signal pathway, therefore exhibiting superior anti-hepatoma efficacy.Keywords: dual-ligand-modified, liposomes, anti-angiogenesis, VEGF, co-delivery
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author Wang F
Li Y
Jiang H
Li C
Li Z
Qi C
Li Z
Gao Z
Zhang B
Wu J
author_facet Wang F
Li Y
Jiang H
Li C
Li Z
Qi C
Li Z
Gao Z
Zhang B
Wu J
author_sort Wang F
title Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
title_short Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
title_full Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
title_fullStr Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
title_full_unstemmed Dual-Ligand-Modified Liposomes Co-Loaded with Anti-Angiogenic and Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Inhibiting Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis
title_sort dual-ligand-modified liposomes co-loaded with anti-angiogenic and chemotherapeutic drugs for inhibiting tumor angiogenesis and metastasis
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/b561849824834c7db6f5c665a1535c00
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