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Functional metal-organic framework-based nanocarriers for accurate magnetic resonance imaging and effective eradication of breast tumor and lung metastasis

  • J Colloid Interface Sci. 2021 Jan 1;581(Pt A):31-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.072.
Zihan Meng 1,  Hubiao Huang 2,  Dan Huang 1,  Feng Zhang 1,  Peng Mi 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu 610041, China.
  • 2 Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu 610041, China; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
  • 3 Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address: mi@scu.edu.cn.
PMID: 32768733 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.072
Abstract

The use of nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as drug delivery vehicles has attracted considerable attention in tumor therapy. In this study, novel biocompatible MOF-based nanocarriers were used as part of a facile and reproducible strategy for precision Cancer theranostics. Both diagnostic (Mn2+) and therapeutic compounds (doxorubicin, DOX) were incorporated into the multifunctional MOF-based nanocarriers, which exhibited high colloidal stability and promoted T1-weighted proton relaxivity and low-pH-activated drug release. The obtained MOF-based nanocarriers exhibited significantly high cellular uptake and efficient intracellular drug delivery into Cancer cells, which resulted in high Apoptosis and cytotoxicity, in addition to effectively inhibiting the migration of 4T1 breast Cancer cells. Moreover, the MOF-based nanocarriers could intensively deliver diagnostic and therapeutic agents to tumors to enable precise visualization of the nanocarrier accumulation and accurate tumor positioning, diagnosis, and imaging-guided therapy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In addition, the functional MOF-based nanocarriers exhibited effective ablation of the primary breast Cancer, as well as significant inhibition of lung metastasis with a high survival rate. Therefore, the developed nanocarriers represent a viable platform for Cancer theranostics.

Keywords

Diagnosis; Drug delivery system; Lung metastasis; Metal–organic frameworks; Tumor therapy.

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