Targeting Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts for Therapeutic Delivery in Desmoplastic Tumors.
Targeting Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts for Therapeutic Delivery in Desmoplastic Tumors.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0866
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发表时间:
2017-02-01
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Huang L
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作者:
Miao L;Liu Q;Lin CM;Luo C;Wang Y;Liu L;Yin W;Hu S;Kim WY;Huang L
The off-target distribution of anticancer nanoparticles (NP) to fibroblasts creates a barrier to the effective treatment of desmoplastic tumors. However, we hypothesized that this NP detriment might be exploited to target the expression of secreted cytotoxic proteins from tumor-associated fibroblasts (TAF) as an anticancer strategy. In addressing this hypothesis, plasmids encoding the secretable TNF-related factor sTRAIL were loaded into lipid-coated protamine DNA complexes (LPD) and administered by infusion in a murine xenograft model of human desmoplastic bladder carcinoma. Three doses were sufficient to generate ~70% of TAFs as sTRAIL-producing cells. sTRAIL triggered apoptosis in tumor cell nests adjacent to TAFs. Further, it reverted residual fibroblasts to a quiescent state due to insufficient activation, further compromising tumor growth and remodeling the microenvironment to favor second-wave nanotherapy. We confirmed the efficacy of this strategy in an orthotopic xenograft model of human pancreatic cancer, where the desmoplastic stroma is well-known to be a major barrier to the delivery of therapeutic NP. Collectively, our results offer a proof of concept for the use of NP to modify TAFs as an effective strategy to treat desmoplastic cancers. Results offer a preclinical proof of concept for the use of nanoparticles to modify tumor-associated fibroblasts as a strategy to treat desmoplastic cancers.