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Peritumoral Microgel Reservoir for Long‐Term Light‐Controlled Triple‐Synergistic Treatment of Osteosarcoma with Single Ultra‐Low Dose
Author(s) -
Yan Jiaqi,
Wang Yichuan,
Ran Meixin,
Mustafa Rawand A.,
Luo Huanhuan,
Wang Jixiang,
Smått JanHenrik,
Rosenholm Jessica M.,
Cui Wenguo,
Lu Yong,
Guan Zhenpeng,
Zhang Hongbo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202100479
Subject(s) - doxorubicin , osteosarcoma , materials science , drug delivery , drug , biomedical engineering , microfluidics , nanotechnology , cancer research , pharmacology , chemotherapy , medicine , surgery
Local minimally invasive injection of anticancer therapies is a compelling approach to maximize the utilization of drugs and reduce the systemic adverse drug effects. However, the clinical translation is still hampered by many challenges such as short residence time of therapeutic agents and the difficulty in achieving multi‐modulation combination therapy. Herein, mesoporous silica‐coated gold nanorods (AuNR@SiO 2 ) core‐shell nanoparticles are fabricated to facilitate drug loading while rendering them photothermally responsive. Subsequently, AuNR@SiO 2 is anchored into a monodisperse photocrosslinkable gelatin (GelMA) microgel through one‐step microfluidic technology. Chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX) is loaded into AuNR@SiO 2 and 5,6‐dimethylxanthenone‐4‐acetic acid (DMXAA) is loaded in the microgel layer. The osteosarcoma targeting ligand alendronate is conjugated to AuNR@SiO 2 to improve the tumor targeting. The microgel greatly improves the injectability since they can be dispersed in buffer and the injectability and degradability are adjustable by microfluidics during the fabrication. The drug release can, in turn, be modulated by multi‐round light‐trigger. Importantly, a single super low drug dose (1 mg kg −1 DOX with 5 mg kg −1 DMXAA) with peritumoral injection generates long‐term therapeutic effect and significantly inhibited tumor growth in osteosarcoma bearing mice. Therefore, this nanocomposite@microgel system can act as a peritumoral reservoir for long‐term effective osteosarcoma treatment.