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Perfluorocarbon regulates the intratumoural environment to enhance hypoxia-based agent efficacy.
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Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2019 Apr 05; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 1580. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 05. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Hypoxia-based agents (HBAs), such as anaerobic bacteria and bioreductive prodrugs, require both a permeable and hypoxic intratumoural environment to be fully effective. To solve this problem, herein, we report that perfluorocarbon nanoparticles (PNPs) can be used to create a long-lasting, penetrable and hypoxic tumour microenvironment for ensuring both the delivery and activation of subsequently administered HBAs. In addition to the increased permeability and enhanced hypoxia caused by the PNPs, the PNPs can be retained to further achieve the long-term inhibition of intratumoural O <subscript>2</subscript> reperfusion while enhancing HBA accumulation for over 24 h. Therefore, perfluorocarbon materials may have great potential for reigniting clinical research on hypoxia-based drugs.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology
Cell Hypoxia
Cell Line, Tumor
Drug Delivery Systems methods
Fluorocarbons chemistry
Mice
Nanoparticles chemistry
Prodrugs pharmacology
Tirapazamine pharmacology
Tumor Hypoxia
Antineoplastic Agents administration & dosage
Fluorocarbons pharmacology
Prodrugs administration & dosage
Tirapazamine administration & dosage
Tumor Microenvironment
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041-1723
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30952842
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09389-2