Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences, Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Publisher : Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine
Source : Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, Volume 9, Number 8, p.1317-1327 (2013)
Keywords : Acute, acute granulocytic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia cell, albumin, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Agents, apoptosis, article
Campus : Kochi
School : Center for Nanosciences, School of Medicine
Center : Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine Move, Nanosciences
Department : Medical Oncology, Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Year : 2013
Abstract : Simultaneous inhibition of deregulated cancer kinome using rationally designed nanomedicine is an advanced therapeutic approach. Herein, we have developed a polymer-protein core-shell nanomedicine to inhibit critically aberrant pro-survival kinases (mTOR, MAPK and STAT5) in primitive (CD34+/CD38-) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) cells. The nanomedicine consists of poly-lactide-co-glycolide core ( 250nm) loaded with mTOR inhibitor, everolimus, and albumin shell ( 25nm thick) loaded with MAPK/STAT5 inhibitor, sorafenib and the whole construct was surface conjugated with monoclonal antibody against CD33 receptor overexpressed in AML. Electron microscopy confirmed formation of core-shell nanostructure ( 290nm) and flow cytometry and confocal studies showed enhanced cellular uptake of targeted nanomedicine. Simultaneous inhibition of critical kinases causing synergistic lethality against leukemic cells, without affecting healthy blood cells, was demonstrated using immunoblotting, cytotoxicity and apoptosis assays. This cell receptor plus multi-kinase targeted core-shell nanomedicine was found better specific and tolerable compared to current clinical regime of cytarabine and daunorubicin. From the Clinical Editor: These authors demonstrate simultaneous inhibition of critical kinases causing synergistic lethality against leukemic cells, without affecting healthy blood cells by using rationally designed polymer-protein core-shell nanomedicine, provoding an advanced method to eliminate cancer cells, with the hope of future therapeutic use. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Cite this Research Publication : P. Chandran, Gupta, N., Retnakumari, A. P., Malarvizhi, G. L., Keechilat, P., Nair, S., and Dr. Manzoor K., “Simultaneous Inhibition of Aberrant Cancer Kinome Using Rationally Designed Polymer-Protein Core-shell Nanomedicine”, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, vol. 9, pp. 1317-1327, 2013.