Perfluorocarbon regulates the intratumoural environment to enhance hypoxia-based agent efficacy.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30952842.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-09389-2 and PMC identifier 6450981.
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Abstract
Hypoxia-based agents (HBAs), such as anaerobic bacteria and bioreductive prodrugs, require both a permeable and hypoxic intratumoural environment to be fully effective. To solve this problem, herein, we report that perfluorocarbon nanoparticles (PNPs) can be used to create a long-lasting, penetrable and hypoxic tumour microenvironment for ensuring both the delivery and activation of subsequently administered HBAs. In addition to the increased permeability and enhanced hypoxia caused by the PNPs, the PNPs can be retained to further achieve the long-term inhibition of intratumoural O<sub>2</sub> reperfusion while enhancing HBA accumulation for over 24 h. Therefore, perfluorocarbon materials may have great potential for reigniting clinical research on hypoxia-based drugs.
Medical subject headings
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Fluorocarbons
- Prodrugs
- Tirapazamine
- Tumor Microenvironment