A self-assembled nanomedicine for glucose supply interruption-amplified
low-temperature photothermal therapy and anti-prometastatic inflammatory
processes of triple-negative breast cancer
Abstract
The poor prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) resulting
from its high metastasis, whereas inflammation accompanied by excessive
reactive oxygen species (ROS) is prone to aggravate tumor metastasis.
Although photothermal therapy (PTT) has extremely high therapeutic
efficiency, the crafty tumor cells allow increase the expression of heat
shock proteins to limit its effect, and PTT induced inflammation is also
thought to be a potential trigger for tumor metastasis. Herein,
myricetin, iron ions and polyvinylpyrrolidone were utilized to develop
nanomedicines by self-assembly strategy for the treatment of metastatic
TNBC. The nanomedicines with marvellous water solubility and dispersion
can inhibit glucose transporter 1 and interfer with mitochondrial
function to block the energy supply of tumor cells, achieving starvation
therapy on TNBC cells. Nanomedicines with excellent photothermal
conversion properties allow down-regulate the expression of HSPs to
enhance the effect of PTT. Interestingly, the broad spectrum of ROS
scavenging ability of nanomedicines successfully attenuat PTT induced
inflammation as well as regulate metastasis-related proteins through
glycometabolism inhibition to reduce tumor cell metastasis. Moreover,
the nanomedicines have negligible side effects and good clinical
application prospect, which provides a valuable paradigm for the
treatment of metastatic TNBC through glycometabolism interference,
anti-inflammation, starvation and photothermal synergistic therapy.