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Novel Paclitaxel Nanoformulation Impairs De Novo Lipid Synthesis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Enhances Gemcitabine Efficacy
- Source :
- ACS Omega, ACS Omega, Vol 5, Iss 15, Pp 8982-8991 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020.
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Abstract
- Pancreatic cancer (PanCa) is a highly lethal disease with a poor 5 year survival rate, less than 7%. It has a dismal prognosis, and more than 50% of cases are detected at an advanced and metastatic stage. Gemcitabine (GEM) is a gold standard chemotherapy used for PanCa treatment. However, GEM-acquired resistance in cancer cells is considered as a major setback for its continued clinical implementation. This phenomenon is evidently linked to de novo lipid synthesis. PanCa cells rely on de novo lipid synthesis, which is a prime event in survival and one of the key drivers for tumorigenesis, cancer progression, and drug resistance. Thus, the depletion of lipogenesis or lipid metabolism can not only improve treatment outcomes but also overcome chemoresistance, which is an unmet clinical need. Toward this effort, our study reports a unique paclitaxel–poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles (PPNPs) formulation which can target lipid metabolism and improve anticancer efficacy of GEM in PanCa cells. PPNPs inhibit excessive lipid formation and alter membrane stability with compromised membrane integrity, which was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and zeta potential measurements. The effective interference of PPNPs in lipid metabolic signaling was determined by reduction in the expression of FASN, ACC, lipin, and Cox-2 proteins. This molecular action profoundly enhances efficacy of GEM as evident through enhanced inhibitory effects on the tumorigenic and metastasis assays in PanCa cells. These data clearly suggest that the ablation of lipid metabolism might offer an innovative approach for the improved therapeutic outcome in PanCa patients.
- Subjects :
- biology
business.industry
Panca
General Chemical Engineering
Cancer
Lipid metabolism
General Chemistry
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Article
Gemcitabine
Metastasis
Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Paclitaxel
chemistry
Pancreatic cancer
Cancer cell
medicine
Cancer research
business
QD1-999
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24701343
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACS Omega
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e72f0240e757b8ddc61c0072ec8ae7a4