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Targeting Tumor Vasculature with Aptamer-Functionalized Doxorubicin - Polylactide Nanoconjugates for Enhanced Cancer Therapy

Tang, Li  
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Tong, Rong
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Coyle, Virginia J.
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2015
ACS Nano

An A10 aptamer (Apt)-functionalized, sub-100 nm doxorubicin–polylactide (Doxo-PLA) nanoconjugate (NC) with controlled release profile was developed as an intravenous therapeutic strategy to effectively target and cytoreduce canine hemangiosarcoma (cHSA), a naturally occurring solid tumor malignancy composed solely of tumor-associated endothelium. cHSA consists of a pure population of malignant endothelial cells expressing prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and is an ideal comparative tumor model system for evaluating the specificity and feasibility of tumor-associated endothelial cell targeting by A10 Apt-functionalized NC (A10 NC). In vitro, A10 NCs were selectively internalized across a panel of PSMA-expressing cancer cell lines, and when incorporating Doxo, A10 Doxo-PLA NCs exerted greater cytotoxic effects compared to nonfunctionalized Doxo-PLA NCs and free Doxo. Importantly, intravenously delivered A10 NCs selectively targeted PSMA-expressing tumor-associated endothelial cells at a cellular level in tumor-bearing mice and dramatically increased the uptake of NCs by endothelial cells within the local tumor microenvironment. By virtue of controlled drug release kinetics and selective tumor-associated endothelial cell targeting, A10 Doxo-PLA NCs possess a desirable safety profile in vivo, being well-tolerated following high-dose intravenous infusion in mice, as supported by the absence of any histologic organ toxicity. In cHSA-implanted mice, two consecutive intravenous infusions of A10 Doxo-PLA NCs exerted rapid and substantial cytoreductive activities within a period of 7 days, resulting in greater than 70% reduction in macroscopic tumor-associated endothelial cell burden as a consequence of enhanced cell death and necrosis.

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DOI
10.1021/acsnano.5b00166
Author(s)
Tang, Li  
Tong, Rong
Coyle, Virginia J.
Yin, Qian
Pondenis, Holly
Borst, Luke B.
Cheng, Jianjun
Fan, Timothy M.
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Published in
ACS Nano
Volume

9

Issue

5

Start page

5072

End page

5081

Subjects

nanoconjugate drug delivery

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cancer targeting by aptamer

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tumor-associated endothelium

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comparative tumor model

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prostate-specific membrane antigen

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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August 15, 2016
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