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Tumor exosome-based nanoparticles are efficient drug carriers for chemotherapy

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Yong, Tuying, Zhang, Xiaoqiong, Bie, Nana, Zhang, Hongbo, Zhang, Xuting, Li, Fuying, Hakeem, Abdul, Hu, Jun +3 more·2019·Nature Communications

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Developing biomimetic nanoparticles without loss of the integrity of proteins remains a major challenge in cancer chemotherapy. Here, we develop a biocompatible tumor-cell-exocytosed exosome-biomimetic porous silicon nanoparticles (PSiNPs) as drug carrier for targeted cancer chemotherapy. Exosome-sheathed doxorubicin-loaded PSiNPs (DOX@E-PSiNPs), generated by exocytosis of the endocytosed DOX-loaded PSiNPs from tumor cells, exhibit enhanced tumor accumulation, extravasation from blood vessels and penetration into deep tumor parenchyma following intravenous administration. In addition, DOX@E-PSiNPs, regardless of their origin, possess significant cellular uptake and cytotoxicity in both bulk cancer cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs). These properties endow DOX@E-PSiNPs with great in vivo enrichment in total tumor cells and side population cells with features of CSCs, resulting in anticancer activity and CSCs reduction in subcutaneous, orthotopic and metastatic tumor models. These results provide a proof-of-concept for the use of exosome-biomimetic nanoparticles exocytosed from tumor cells as a promising drug carrier for efficient cancer chemotherapy.

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Authors
Yong, T., Zhang, X., Bie, N., Zhang, H., Zhang, X., Li, F., Hakeem, A., Hu, J., Gan, L., Santos, H. A., & Yang, X.
Affiliations
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
  • Åbo Akademi University (FI)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
Corresponding author
  • Gan, Lu
  • Santos, Hélder A.
  • Yang, Xiangliang
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2019-08-23
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
3838-3838
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2969354046
Cited by
806
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 52 · 2025: 121 · 2024: 100 · 2023: 138 · 2022: 151 · 2021: 143 · 2020: 93 · 2019: 7 · 2013: 1
FWCI
27.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Åbo Akademi University Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (IRT13016, 2018QYTD01, 81627901, 81803018, 81773653, 81672937, 2015CB931800, 2018YFA0208900)
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2018QYTD01)
  • Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsingin Yliopisto
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (81773653, IRT13016, 81627901, 2018YFA0208900, 2015CB931800)
  • Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT13016)
  • H2020 European Research Council (825020)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
Keywords
tumor-derived exosomes, biomimetic nanoparticles, porous silicon nanoparticles, doxorubicin, drug carriers, targeted cancer chemotherapy, exocytosis, cancer stem cells, tumor accumulation, extravasation, tumor penetration, side population cells, metastatic cancer
MeSH terms
Proof of Concept Study, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Doxorubicin, Drug Carriers, Drug Compounding, Exocytosis, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Silicon, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Porosity, Spheroids, Cellular, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Nanoparticles, Exosomes

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