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Cathepsin-sensitive nanoscale drug delivery systems for cancer therapy and other diseases

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Dheer, Divya, Nicolas, Julien, Shankar, Ravi·2019·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

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Cathepsins are an important category of enzymes that have attracted great attention for the delivery of drugs to improve the therapeutic outcome of a broad range of nanoscale drug delivery systems. These proteases can be utilized for instance through actuation of polymer-drug conjugates (e.g., triggering the drug release) to bypass limitations of many drug candidates. A substantial amount of work has been witnessed in the design and the evaluation of Cathepsin-sensitive drug delivery systems, especially based on the tetra-peptide sequence (Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly, GFLG) which has been extensively used as a spacer that can be cleaved in the presence of Cathepsin B. This Review Article will give an in-depth overview of the design and the biological evaluation of Cathepsin-sensitive drug delivery systems and their application in different pathologies including cancer before discussing Cathepsin B-cleavable prodrugs under clinical trials.

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  • Cathepsins E, L, S, and K can also be used as targets for the enzyme response of smart nanoparticles.

    “In addition, cathepsins E, L, S, and K can also be used as targets for the enzyme response of smart nanoparticles.150”

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Authors
Dheer, D., Nicolas, J., & Shankar, R.
Affiliations
  • Université Paris-Sud (FR)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IN)
Corresponding author
  • Nicolas, Julien
  • Shankar, Ravi
Venue
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-11
Volume
151-152
Pages
130-151
ISSN
0169-409X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2912174608
Cited by
144
References
232
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8
FWCI
0.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • DST (EMR/2016/002304, EEQ/2016/000102)
  • IIIM (IIIM/2244/2018)
  • CNRS
  • Université Paris-Sud
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Keywords
cathepsins, nanoscale drug delivery systems, cathepsin B, prodrugs, polymer-drug conjugates, cancer therapy, clinical trials
MeSH terms
Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Bone Diseases, Cardiotonic Agents, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cathepsins, Humans, Neoplasms, Drug Delivery Systems, Nanoparticles

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