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Developing a Novel Indium(III) Agent Based on Human Serum Albumin Nanoparticles: Integrating Bioimaging and Therapy
Zhenlei Zhang1, Tongfu Yang1, Juzheng Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, P. R. China.
Abstract:
To effectively integrate diagnosis and therapy for tumors, we proposed to develop an indium (In) agent based on the unique property of human serum albumin (HSA) nanoparticles (NPs). A novel In(III) quinoline-2-formaldehyde thiosemicarbazone compound (C5) was optimized with remarkable cytotoxicity and fluorescence to cancer cells in vitro. An HSA-C5 complex NP delivery system was then successfully constructed. Importantly, the HSA-C5 complex NPs have stronger bioimaging and therapeutic efficiency relative to C5 alone in vivo. Besides, the results of gene chip analysis revealed that C5/HSA-C5 complex NPs act on cancer cells through multiple mechanisms: inducing autophagy, apoptosis, and inhibiting the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.
