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Diseño de un sistema de marco metálico-orgánico funcionalizado para una entrega dirigida mejorada a las mitocondrias

Salame Haddad¹, Isabel Abánades Lázaro², Marcus Fantham³

¹Adsorption & Advanced Materials Laboratory (AAML), Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|March 18, 2020

Resumen

Este estudio introduce un nuevo marco metálico orgánico (MOF) dirigido a las mitocondrias para la administración de fármacos contra el cáncer. Este MOF dirigido aumenta significativamente la eficacia del fármaco, reduciendo la dosis requerida para el tratamiento del cáncer.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ingeniería biomédica
Nanotecnología
En el campo de la oncología

Sus antecedentes:

Las mitocondrias son cruciales en el desarrollo del cáncer y son un objetivo clave para las terapias contra el cáncer.
La administración efectiva de fármacos *in vivo* a las mitocondrias sigue siendo un reto importante en el tratamiento del cáncer.

Objetivo del estudio:

Diseñar y evaluar un marco metálico orgánico (MOF) dirigido a las mitocondrias para mejorar la administración de fármacos contra el cáncer.
Evaluar la mayor eficacia y el impacto celular del sistema de administración de fármacos MOF objetivo.

Principales métodos:

Desarrollo de un nuevo marco metálico orgánico (MOF) dirigido a las mitocondrias.
Evaluación del rendimiento del sistema MOF mediante microscopía de superresolución y análisis de todo el transcriptoma.
Evaluación de las respuestas celulares en las células MCF-7 tratadas con el sistema MOF objetivo.

Principales resultados:

El sistema MOF dirigido aumentó dramáticamente la eficacia de un fármaco modelo contra el cáncer, reduciendo la dosis requerida a menos del 1% del fármaco libre.
La microscopía de súper resolución mostró cambios significativos en la morfología mitocondrial asociados con la muerte celular dentro de los 30 minutos de incubación.
El análisis del transcriptoma reveló cambios generalizados en la expresión génica que afectan la fisiología celular y las vías de muerte celular.

Conclusiones:

Dirigirse a las mitocondrias con MOF es una estrategia altamente efectiva para desarrollar sistemas avanzados de administración de fármacos contra el cáncer.
El sistema MOF desarrollado ofrece un enfoque prometedor para mejorar la eficacia de la terapia contra el cáncer y reducir la dosis del medicamento.

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