卟啉金属有机骨架材料在肿瘤治疗中的应用

目前,恶性肿瘤严重威胁人类健康和生命。临床上常用放疗法和化疗法治疗肿瘤,在一定程度上抑制肿瘤的生长和转移。但是,传统的化疗药物在给药过程中缺乏靶向性、副作用大,而且大多数化疗药物水溶性差,效果有限,高剂量的重复给药会导致耐药,单一模式的治疗策略效果不佳。因此通过构建靶向智能多功能纳米载药系统实现肿瘤精准诊断和治疗成为近年来的研究热点。卟啉金属有机骨架（MOFs）材料具有多孔性、大比表面积、表面可修饰等特性,有望成为良好的靶向刺激响应型药物载体。而且卟啉MOFs可以避免卟啉分子的自聚集以及在激发态的自猝灭,还具有卟啉分子的宽光谱响应范围,是一类具有广阔应用前景的固体光敏剂,因此卟啉MOFs近年来成为构建靶向智能多功能纳米载药系统的重要平台。本论文综述了近年来基于卟啉金属有机骨架材料的肿瘤治疗策略,特别是基于肿瘤内源性组分（pH、酶、氧化还原）和外源性物理信号（声、磁、光）刺激触发的多功能纳米平台用于肿瘤精准诊断和治疗的最新研究进展,并讨论了卟啉MOFs在未来肿瘤治疗中面临的挑战和机遇。     

细菌小细胞在癌症治疗中的应用

癌症一直是危害人类健康的主要疾病之一。传统的癌症治疗方法包括放疗、化疗和手术,均具有明显的毒副作用或局限性。脂质体和纳米颗粒作为被广泛研究的药物递送载体,在人体临床试验中也出现了药物渗漏和装载功能不全等问题。目前而言,应用具有肿瘤靶向性的载体递送抗肿瘤药物或小分子,是有希望介导安全、有效的肿瘤治疗的策略之一。近年来,细菌来源的非复制型小细胞已受到越来越多的关注。小细胞是细菌异常分裂时期产生的纳米级无核细胞,其直径为200–400 nm,因而具有较大的药物装载能力。对小细胞的表面进行修饰,例如,装配能与肿瘤细胞表面特异性抗原或受体结合的抗体/配体,可显著提高小细胞的肿瘤靶向性。这种具有靶向性的纳米材料能将抗肿瘤的化疗药物、功能性核酸或编码功能性小分子的质粒靶向递送至肿瘤,而减少药物在正常组织器官的集聚。因此,使用小细胞作为靶向递送载体有助于降低药物对机体的毒性,从而最大限度地发挥药物分子在体内的抗肿瘤活性。文中将对小细胞的产生与纯化、药物装载、肿瘤细胞靶向性、内化过程以及其用于递送抗肿瘤药物的研究进展等方面进行综述,为开发基于小细胞的癌症治疗策略提供一定的参考。     

青蒿素及其衍生物抗肿瘤的研究进展

青蒿素类药物是治疗疟疾的主要药物,其衍生物有青蒿琥酯、蒿甲醚和二氢青蒿素等.近年来研究发现,青蒿素及其衍生物具有明显的抗肿瘤作用.研究表明:青蒿素及其衍生物可以抑制或杀伤肿瘤细胞;抑制肿瘤细胞增殖与诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡;抑制血管生成;选择性杀伤肿瘤细胞;逆转肿瘤细胞的多重耐药;具有放射增敏效应.因青蒿素及其衍生物安全低毒,有望成为新型的广泛、高效、低毒的抗癌药物.     

纳米药物递送系统在基于化疗的联合治疗中的研究进展

肿瘤是一种病理过程复杂的疾病。大多数肿瘤患者接受化疗和放疗，但这些治疗通常只对部分有效，并产生各种严重的副作用。因此，有必要开发新的治疗策略。联合治疗是目前肿瘤治疗的热点，联合用药引起的多种协同作用是提高抗肿瘤活性的关键。纳米药物递送系统的出现对临床治疗产生了深远的影响。药物的体内递送常不能达到令人满意的治疗效果，而纳米药物递送系统可以实现肿瘤靶向给药，在提高抗肿瘤效果的同时降低药物的毒副作用。本文介绍了多种基于化疗的联合治疗方法，重点阐述了纳米药物递送系统在基于化疗的联合治疗中的运用，并对该领域面临的挑战和未来发展方向进行了展望。     

纳米递送系统线粒体靶向策略在肿瘤诊疗中的应用

肿瘤是危害人类健康的重大疾病之一。目前用于肿瘤治疗的方法有手术治疗、化学药物治疗、放射治疗等。然而,传统的治疗方法存在治疗效果不佳、易引发多药耐药、毒副作用大等缺点,仍需进一步探索新的肿瘤治疗靶点和策略。线粒体作为细胞的能量转换器,被认为是肿瘤、心血管和神经性疾病新药设计的最重要靶点之一。纳米药物递送载体具有易被主动靶向基团修饰的特点,可实现细胞乃至细胞器的精准靶向给药。本文从抑制肿瘤细胞增殖、促进肿瘤细胞凋亡、抑制肿瘤复发与转移、诱导细胞自噬等方面综述了线粒体靶向纳米载体在肿瘤诊疗中的应用。     

二甲双胍在肿瘤治疗中的机制研究进展

作为胰岛素增敏剂的降糖药物二甲双胍具有抗肿瘤的多种生物活性,它能够抑制肿瘤细胞的增殖、促进凋亡、增强肿瘤对化疗药物的敏感性、并且能逆转部分肿瘤细胞对化疗药物的耐药性、甚至还能抑制肿瘤新生血管的生成.这些生物功能的实现依赖于AMPK等相关的信号通路的活化,进而负向调控mTOR通路信号分子的表达,再通过转录因子的表达调控相关靶基因的表达.因此这些信号分子的活化或抑制就成为了新的抗肿瘤治疗的靶点.肿瘤干细胞也是近年来研究的一个热点,二甲双胍能直接杀伤某些肿瘤的干细胞,从而达到有效抑瘤的作用.但二甲双胍杀伤肿瘤干细胞的分子机制不明确.另外.二甲双胍联合激素药物治疗肿瘤,可以增加保守治疗的效果.虽然二甲双胍具有显著的抗肿瘤的多重功效,但其具体的分子机制尚未被清晰完整的阐明,有待进一步的研究和证实.     

我科学家抗肿瘤化疗药物纳米载体研究获重大突破

2007年7月4日,国际著名学术期刊Journal of the National Cancer Institute发表了中科院生物物理所题为“磷脂-阿霉素自组装纳米胶束促进对肿瘤的渗透性”的研究论文。这一最新发现表明：聚乙二醇衍生化磷脂与抗肿瘤化疗药物．阿霉素可自组装形成纳米尺度的新型输送载体,     

叶酸受体介导的负载紫杉醇纳米药物输送系统的制备

目的:构建靶向肿瘤组织的药物输送系统,是解决目前临床肿瘤化疗问题的有效途径之一.我们拟开展叶酸受体介导的负载紫杉醇纳米药物输送系统的制备及其表征.方法:以丁二酰化肝素为载体,通过碳二亚胺法将叶酸和丁二酰化肝素连接,制备肝素-叶酸偶联物,然后通过物理方法将紫杉醇包裹在肝素-叶酸偶联物中,在水溶性条件下体系自组装成肝素-叶酸-紫杉醇纳米粒.应用核磁共振氢谱(1H NMR),动态光散射(DLS)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对构建的纳米药物结构进行表征,同时观测其在水溶性条件下的自组装行为.结果:成功制备了肝素-叶酸-紫杉醇纳米药物输送系统,检测表明药物系统带有8.5％(w/w)的叶酸并负载9.6％(w/w)的药物,SEM检测表明形成了球状的纳米颗粒,DLS表明粒子的粒径在了86 nm左右.结论:我们成功制备了叶酸受体介导的负载紫杉醇的纳米药物输送系统,在进一步开展的生物活性的检测中,希望通过叶酸受体的靶向作用,引导药物定向分布在肿瘤组织,从而提高化疗药物的治疗效果同时降低其对正常细胞的毒副作用,为开发新型靶向药物输送系统提供基础.     

ADC药物的抗体组成及其作用靶点研究进展*

抗体药物偶联物(antibody-drug conjugates,ADC)是一类由单克隆抗体和小分子细胞毒性药物通过连接子偶联而成的新型生物治疗药物。与传统的细胞毒药物相比,ADC具有靶向性强、毒副作用小等优势,在临床上展现较好的治疗潜力。其中,抗体部分通过与肿瘤细胞表面的靶向抗原结合,精准地将小分子细胞毒性药物递送至肿瘤部位,从而实现肿瘤特异性杀伤效果,是影响ADC疗效的核心要素之一。对近年来ADC药物中抗体的组成及其作用靶点的研究进展进行了综述。     

喜树碱聚前药纳米粒子包埋吲哚箐绿用于化疗与光动力联合抗肿瘤治疗

肿瘤单一药物化疗的效果往往达不到理想的肿瘤治疗效果,且容易导致耐药。因此,肿瘤的药物化疗与其他的抗肿瘤治疗方法,如光热治疗和光动力治疗等,联合治疗具有明显优势,并受到越来越多的关注。本工作构建了一种还原性响应的新型智能纳米体系,采用喜树碱聚前药两亲分子(PEG-b-PCPTM)物理包埋光敏剂吲哚箐绿(ICG)。在肿瘤细胞的还原性微环境中,控制释放化疗药物喜树碱,激活化疗;同时,光敏剂ICG用于光动力治疗,从而实现化疗与光动力的联合治疗,表现出良好的抗肿瘤活性。     

肽基生物可激活的活体自组装纳米材料及生物医学应用

在生理环境下原位构筑自组装纳米材料,由于其生物体内的可控性、相容性及功能性优势,在临床应用方面具有广泛前景.利用病理条件在体内触发响应,能够在多重弱键相互作用下自发形成高级有序结构.其中内源性组装触发因素,如酶、pH、活性氧和配受体相互作用等,通过生物可激活的体内自组装(bioactivated in vivo ass...     

Prognostic significance of lysosomal cysteine proteases in the estimation of the effectiveness of the antitumor therapy

The influence of the antitumor drugs, cyclophosphamide (CPA) and nitrosomethylurea (NMU) on the activity of lysosomal cysteine proteases cathepsin B and L in tumor tissue has been investigated using CPA-sensitive (LS) and CPA-resistant mouse lymphosarcomas (RLS). (These drugs exhibit high and low antitumor efficiency towards LS and RLS mouse lymphosarcomas, respectively). Regression or reduction in the growth rate of LS and RLS lymphosarcomas caused by CPA or NMU administration was accompanied by the increase in the activity of cysteine proteases cathepsin B and L in the tumor tissue. The increase of cathepsin B and L activity in tumor tissue correlated with the therapeutic effect of these drugs. Data obtained suggest that activity of cathepsin B and L in tumor tissue has a prognostic significance for the estimation of the effectiveness of antitumor therapy.     

4-Deoxyraputindole C induces cell death and cell cycle arrest in tumor cell lines

Several molecules extracted from natural products exhibit different biological activities, such as ion channel modulation, activation of signaling pathways, and anti-inflammatory or antitumor activity. In this study, we tested the antitumor ability of natural compounds extracted from the Raputia praetermissa plant. Among the compounds tested, an alkaloid, here called compound S4 (4-Deoxyraputindole C), showed antitumor effects against human tumor lineages. Compound S4 was the most active against Raji, a lymphoma lineage, promoting cell death with characteristics that including membrane permeabilization, dissipation of the mitochondrial potential, increased superoxide production, and lysosomal membrane permeabilization. The use of cell death inhibitors such as Z-VAD-FMK (caspase inhibitor), necrostatin-1 (receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 inhibitor), E-64 (cysteine peptidases inhibitor), and N-acetyl- L -cysteine (antioxidant) did not decrease compound S4-dependent cell death. Additionally, we tested the effect of cellular activity on adherent human tumor cells. The highest reduction of cellular activity was observed in A549 cells, a lung carcinoma lineage. In this lineage, the effect on the reduction of the cellular activity was due to cell cycle arrest, without plasma membrane permeabilization, loss of the mitochondrial potential or lysosomal membrane permeabilization. Compound S4 was able to inhibit cathepsin B and L by a nonlinear competitive (negative co-operativity) and simple-linear competitive inhibitions, respectively. The potency of inhibition was higher against cathepsin L. Compound S4 promoted cell cycle arrest at G ₀ and G ₂ phase, and increase the expression of p16 and p21 proteins. In conclusion, compound S4 is an interesting molecule against cancer, promoting cell death in the human lymphoma lineage Raji and cell cycle arrest in the human lung carcinoma lineage A549.     

内皮抑素30肽基因真核表达载体的构建及实验研究

目的构建改构内皮抑素抗肿瘤相关肽（30肽）的真核表达载体pVAX1,检测该重组载体的生物学活性。方法在30肽基因的5′端加入胶原蛋白ⅩⅧ信号肽编码序列,通过PCR扩增获得目的基因30肽,并连接到质粒pVAX1中,构建表达分泌型内皮抑素的重组质粒pVAX1-30E,然后将重组质粒pVAX1-30E直接注入小鼠肿瘤组织。通过ELISA小鼠体内抑瘤实验检测目的基因的表达及其活性。结果ELISA实验表明构建的分泌型内皮抑素重组质粒pVAX1-30E能在肿瘤细胞中表达30肽,免疫组化结果表明瘤组织中表达的30肽能抑制肿瘤微血管的新生,而体内抑瘤实验表明在肿瘤部位直接注射重组质粒能抑制肿瘤生长,抑瘤率为28.19%。结论通过向瘤组织中直接注射分泌型内皮抑素重组质粒pVAX1-30E可以抑制小鼠体内肿瘤微血管新生和肿瘤生长而实现其抗肿瘤活性。     

Cathepsin L expression is directed to secretory vesicles for enkephalin neuropeptide biosynthesis and secretion

Proteases within secretory vesicles are required for conversion of neuropeptide precursors into active peptide neurotransmitters and hormones. This study demonstrates the novel cellular role of the cysteine protease cathepsin L for producing the (Met)enkephalin peptide neurotransmitter from proenkephalin (PE) in the regulated secretory pathway of neuroendocrine PC12 cells. These findings were achieved by coexpression of PE and cathepsin L cDNAs in PC12 cells with analyses of PE-derived peptide products. Expression of cathepsin L resulted in highly increased cellular levels of (Met)enkephalin, resulting from the conversion of PE to enkephalin-containing intermediates of 23, 18-19, 8-9, and 4.5 kDa that were similar to those present in vivo. Furthermore, expression of cathepsin L with PE resulted in increased amounts of nicotine-induced secretion of (Met)enkephalin. These results indicate increased levels of (Met)enkephalin within secretory vesicles of the regulated secretory pathway. Importantly, cathespin L expression was directed to secretory vesicles, demonstrated by colocalization of cathepsin L-DsRed fusion protein with enkephalin and chromogranin A neuropeptides that are present in secretory vesicles. In vivo studies also showed that cathepsin L in vivo was colocalized with enkephalin. The newly defined secretory vesicle function of cathepsin L for biosynthesis of active enkephalin opioid peptide contrasts with its function in lysosomes for protein degradation. These findings demonstrate cathepsin L as a distinct cysteine protease pathway for producing the enkephalin member of neuropeptides.     

Brain cathepsin B cleaves a caspase substrate

We show that an enzyme exists in rat brain capable of cleaving the caspase-3 specific peptide substrate Ac-DEVD-AMC at low pH. The enzyme shows properties of a cysteine protease and is localized, predominantly, in lysosomes. We have purified this enzyme from rat brain and identified it by MALDI-TOF MS. The enzyme possessing “acidic” DEVDase activity in rat brain appears to be cathepsin B. It remains obscure, whether cathepsin B participates in cleavage of caspase-3 substrates in vivo. We suggest that under certain conditions (e.g. in hypoxia) cathepsin B participates in cleavage of caspase-3 substrates in brain cells. Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 408–413.     

Azadirachtin-induced apoptosis involves lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cathepsin L release in Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cells

Azadirachtin as a kind of botanical insecticide has been widely used in pest control. We previously reported that azadirachtin could induce apoptosis of Spodoptera litura cultured cell line Sl-1, which involves in the up-regulation of P53 protein. However, the detailed mechanism of azadirachtin-induced apoptosis is not clearly understood in insect cultured cells. The aim of the present study was to address the involvement of lysosome and lysosomal protease in azadirachtin-induced apoptosis in Sf9 cells. The result confirmed that azadirachtin indeed inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis. The lysosomes were divided into different types as time-dependent manner, which suggested that changes of lysosomes were necessarily physiological processes in azadirachtin-induced apoptosis in Sf9 cells. Interestingly, we noticed that azadirachtin could trigger lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cathepsin L releasing to cytosol. Z-FF-FMK (a cathepsin L inhibitor), but not CA-074me (a cathepsin B inhibitor), could effectively hinder the apoptosis induced by azadirachtin in Sf9 cells. Meanwhile, the activity of caspase-3 could also be inactivated by the inhibition of cathepsin L enzymatic activity induced by Z-FF-FMK. Taken together, our findings suggest that azadirachtin could induce apoptosis in Sf9 cells in a lysosomal pathway, and cathepsin L plays a pro-apoptosis role in this process through releasing to cytosol and activating caspase-3.     

An extract of seeds fromAeginetia indica L., a parasitic plant,induces potent antigen-specific antitumor immunity in Meth A-bearing BALB/c mice

Summary The antitumor activity of an extract of seeds fromAeginetia indica L., a parasitic plant, was investigated. BALB/c mice, inoculated i.p. 1 × 10⁵ syngeneic Meth A tumor cells, were administered 2.5 mg/kgA. indica extract i.p. every 2 days from day 0. The untreated mice died of an ascitic form of tumor growth within 21 days, whereas all the treated mice completely recovered from tumor challenge without any side-effects. The extract did not exert direct cytotoxic activity against Meth A in vitro. Mice that survived after the first challenge as a result ofA. indica treatment overcame the rechallenge with homologous Meth A without additional administration of the extract. On the other hand, those mice could not survive after rechallenge with Meth 1 tumor cells, which were also established in BALB/c mice but were different in antigenicity from Meth A, suggesting the development of antigen-specific concomitant immunity in theA. indica-cured mice. In the induction phase of antitumor resistance in this system, CD4⁺ T cells appeared to be the main contributors, since in vivo administration of anti-CD4 mAb completely abolished such resistance. In contrast, anti-CD8 mAb administration did not influence the effect ofA. indica. The importance of CD4⁺ T cells in antitumor immunity was again clarified by Winn assay; that is, spleen and lymph node cells depleted of CD4⁺ T cells in vitro prior to assay abolished antitumor activity on co-grafted Meth A tumor cells in vivo.     

Probing the cathepsin D using a BODIPY FL-pepstatin A: applications in fluorescence polarization and microscopy

Redistribution of cathepsin D, a major lysosomal aspartic endopeptidase, has been related to various pathological progressions during tumor formation and oxidation stress. We have synthesized a fluorescent probe for cathepsin D, where the pepstatin A was covalently conjugated with the BODIPY (Boron dipyrromethene difluoride) fluorophore. In vitro, BODIPY FL-pepstatin A inhibits cathepsin D activity with an IC50 of 10 nM. The nature of its binding to cathepsin D was further characterized using a fluorescence polarization measurement. Results showed that BODIPY FL-pepstatin A selectively binds to cathepsin D at pH 4.5. In fixed cells, BODIPY FL-pepstatin A stained lysosomes, where it co-localized with cathepsin D. This staining was depleted when cells were co-incubated with unlabeled pepstatin A in acidic buffer. In live cells, BODIPY FL-pepstatin A is internalized and transported to lysosomes. The staining in the lysosomes can be competed with unlabeled pepstatin A. These properties, along with the good photostability of the BODIPY FL fluorophore, make this probe a novel tool for the study of the secretion and trafficking of cathepsin D.     

An Active 32-kDa Cathepsin L Is Secreted Directly from HT 1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells and Not via Lysosomal Exocytosis

Cathepsin L [EC 3.4.22.15] is secreted via lysosomal exocytosis by several types of cancer cells, including prostate and breast cancer cells. We previously reported that human cultured fibrosarcoma (HT 1080) cells secrete cathepsin L into the medium; this secreted cathepsin is 10-times more active than intracellular cathepsin. This increased activity was attributed to the presence of a 32-kDa cathepsin L in the medium. The aim of this study was to examine how this active 32-kDa cathepsin L is secreted into the medium. To this end, we compared the secreted active 32-kDa cathepsin L with lysosomal cathepsin L by using a novel gelatin zymography technique that employs leupeptin. We also examined the glycosylation and phosphorylation status of the proteins by using the enzymes endoglycosidase H [EC 3.2.1.96] and alkaline phosphatase [EC 3.1.3.1]. Strong active bands corresponding to the 32-kDa and 34-kDa cathepsin L forms were detected in the medium and lysosomes, respectively. The cell extract exhibited strong active bands for both forms. Moreover, both forms were adsorbed onto a concanavalin A-agarose column. The core protein domain of both forms had the same molecular mass of 30 kDa. The 32-kDa cathepsin L was phosphorylated, while the 34-kDa lysosomal form was dephosphorylated, perhaps because of the lysosomal marker enzyme, acid phosphatase. These results suggest that the active 32-kDa form does not enter the lysosomes. In conclusion, our results indicate that the active 32-kDa cathepsin L is secreted directly from the HT 1080 cells and not via lysosomal exocytosis.