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A minimalist and robust chemo-photothermal nanoplatform capable of augmenting autophagy-modulated immune response against breast cancer

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Ming, Hui, Li, Bowen, Tian, Hailong, Zhou, Li, Jiang, Jingwen, Zhang, Tingting, Qiao, Ling, Wu, Peijie +5 more·2022·Materials Today Bio

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Previously used in anti-fungal therapy, itraconazole has now been shown to be successful in treating advanced breast cancer (NCT00798135). However, its poor solubility still restricts its application in clinical treatment. There is therefore an urgent need for combined methods to enhance the therapeutic effect of itraconazole (IC) in breast cancer treatment. With this goal, co-assembled IC/IR820 NPs with synergistic photonic hyperthermia and itraconazole payloads have been constructed to overcome these shortcomings. The IC/IR820 NPs show an enhanced therapeutic effect on breast cancer by inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated apoptosis and autophagic death. Further evaluation in a mouse model has shown impressive effects of the IC/IR820 NPs on both inhibiting tumor metastasis and activating immunity to prevent tumor recurrence. Mechanistically, itraconazole may promote both tumor cell antigen presentation through autophagy and the activation of dendritic cells to induce an immune response, which displays a synergistic effect with the immune response generated by photothermal therapy to inhibit tumor recurrence. This strategy of combining itraconazole and IR820 into one minimalist and robust nanoplatform through co-assembly results in excellent therapeutic efficacy, suggesting its potential application as an alternative method for the clinical treatment of breast cancer.

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Ming, H., Li, B., Tian, H., Zhou, L., Jiang, J., Zhang, T., Qiao, L., Wu, P., Nice, E. C., Zhang, W., He, W., Huang, C., & Zhang, H.
Affiliations
  • Sichuan University (CN)
  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
  • Monash University (AU)
  • Army Medical University (CN)
  • Yangtze University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • He, Weifeng
  • Huang, Canhua
  • Zhang, Haiyuan
Venue
Materials Today Bio
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-06
Volume
15
Pages
100289
ISSN
2590-0064 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4280493953
Cited by
33
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9
FWCI
2.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Materials Today Bio (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81790251, 81821002, 82130082)
  • Sichuan University (ZYJC21004)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research (2020YFA0509400)
  • Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2019B030302012)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
Keywords
itraconazole, IR820, breast cancer, photothermal therapy, autophagy, reactive oxygen species, apoptosis, cancer immunotherapy, dendritic cell activation, metastasis, tumor recurrence, drug solubility

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