Selective Targeting of Breast Cancer by Tafuramycin A Using SMA-Nanoassemblies
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Pittala, V
Eltayeb, D
Greish, K
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous subtype of tumors that tests negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and excess HER2 protein. The mainstay of treatment remains chemotherapy, but the therapeutic outcome remains inadequate. This paper investigates the potential of a duocarmycin derivative, tafuramycin A (TFA), as a new and more effective chemotherapy agent in TNBC treatment. To this extent, we optimized the chemical synthesis of TFA, and we encapsulated TFA in a micellar system to reduce side effects and increase tumor accumulation. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that both TFA and SMA–TFA possess high anticancer effects in TNBC models. Finally, the encapsulation of TFA offered a preferential avenue to tumor accumulation by increasing its concentration at the tumor tissues by around four times in comparison with the free drug. Overall, the results provide a new potential strategy useful for TNBC treatment.
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Molecules
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26
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12
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Oncology and carcinogenesis
Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
Organic chemistry
EPR effect
TNBC
duocarmycin
nanoformulation
nanomedicine
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El‐deeb, IM; Pittala, V; Eltayeb, D; Greish, K, Selective Targeting of Breast Cancer by Tafuramycin A Using SMA-Nanoassemblies, Molecules, 2021, 26 (12), pp. 3532