Multifunctional Bioconjugate for Cancer Cell-Targeted Theranostics

Bioconjug Chem. 2015 Dec 16;26(12):2571-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00570. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Abstract

Cancer cell-targeted imaging and drug delivery remain a challenge for precise cancer theranostics. MUC1 is a large transmembrane glycoprotein that may potentially serve as a target for cancer theranostics. Herein, using a MUC1-targeting aptamer (APT) as the "warhead", we rationally designed and constructed a hybrid nanoparticle 1-NPs-QDs-hAPT (Vehicle) that could be applied for MUC1-targeted cell uptake and imaging. By intercalating different Vehicle amounts with the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX), we obtained the multifunctional bioconjugate Vehicle-DOX with a maximized drug payload and DOX fluorescence quenching capability. Confocal microscopy cell imaging indicated that Vehicle-DOX could be used to track MUC1-targeted drug release. A cytotoxicity study indicated that Vehicle-DOX could be applied for MUC1-targeted cytotoxicity. We anticipate that our multifunctional bioconjugate Vehicle-DOX could be applied for in vivo tumor-targeted theranostics.

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / metabolism*
  • Breast / drug effects
  • Breast / metabolism
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Mucin-1 / metabolism*
  • Nanoparticles / metabolism*
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Optical Imaging
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Mucin-1
  • Doxorubicin