期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 14, 期 30, 页码 34470-34479出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09488
关键词
DNA nanotechnology; stimuli-responsive drug delivery; MD simulation; base excision repair (BER) pathway; DNA-modifying enzyme
资金
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2019YFC120050, 2019YFC1200502]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31971361]
- Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality [5212013]
- Capital Health Research and Development of Special Fund [021-1G-4302]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [XK-2020-08]
DNA nanostructure-based responsive drug delivery is an effective method in cancer therapy, and the exploration of important cancer biomarkers in targeted delivery systems is still lacking. This study used molecular dynamic simulation to predict the enzyme reactivity on different DNA designs and demonstrated the reliability of this simulation method. The efficiency of drug release from the nanotubes can be regulated by tuning the positions of uracil modification.
DNA nanostructure-based responsive drug delivery has become an increasingly potent method in cancer therapy. However, a variety of important cancer biomarkers have not been explored in searching of new and efficient targeted delivery systems. Uracil degradation glycosylase and human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease are significantly more active in cancer cells. Here, we developed uracil-modified DNA nanotubes that can deliver drugs to tumor cells through an enzyme-induced disassembly process. Although the reaction of these enzymes on their natural DNA substrates has been established, their reactivity on self-assembled nanostructures of nucleic acids is not well understood. We leveraged molecular dynamic simulation based on coarse-grained model to forecast the enzyme reactivity on different DNA designs. The experimental data are highly consistent with the simulation results. It is the first example of molecule simulation being used to guide the design of enzyme-responsive DNA nano-delivery systems. Importantly, we found that the efficiency of drug release from the nanotubes can be regulated by tuning the positions of uracil modification. The DNA nanotubes equipped with cancer-specific aptamer AS1411 are used to deliver doxorubicin to tumor-bearing mice not only effectively inhibiting tumor growth but also protecting major organs from drug-caused damage. We believe that this work provides new knowledge on and insights into future design of enzyme-responsive DNA-based nanocarriers for drug delivery.
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