Chitosan coated pH/redox-responsive hyaluronic acid micelles for enhanced tumor targeted co-delivery of doxorubicin and siPD-L1

  • Panpan Song
  • , Zhongxia Lu
  • , Tianze Jiang
  • , Wenwei Han
  • , Xiangyan Chen
  • , Xia Zhao

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Abstract

The complex tumor microenvironment (TME) makes it difficult for single chemotherapy to achieve satisfactory therapeutic effects. Here, chitosan-coated hyaluronic acid micelles (R/C/D@HAssOA) that co-delivers doxorubicin (DOX) and programmed death-ligand 1 small interfering RNA (siPD-L1) are developed to enhance anti-tumor effect by combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy. The pH/reduction dual-responsive co-delivery micelles R/C/D@HAssOA are spherical particles about 180 nm, and have good drug loading performance, stability, biocompatibility, and TME-responsive drug release properties. The CD44 receptor targeting HA significantly enhances the cellular uptake of DOX and siPD-L1, and siPD-L1 causes the immune infiltration of CD4+/CD8+ T cells by silencing PD-L1 expression. In vivo studies show that R/C/D@HAssOA exhibits significantly stronger anti-breast cancer effect than that of free DOX and micelles loaded only DOX. Therefore, the dual-stimulus responsive micelles provide a promising strategy for combining chemotherapy and siRNA-based immunotherapy to enhance efficacy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1078-1091
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume222
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Breast cancer
  • Dual-stimulus responsiveness
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Immunotherapy
  • Programmed death-ligand 1 small interfering RNA (siPD-L1)

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