Issue 44, 2020

A parallel and cascade control system: magnetofection of miR125b for synergistic tumor-association macrophage polarization regulation and tumor cell suppression in breast cancer treatment

Abstract

Polarization regulation of tumor-association macrophages (TAMs) is a promising treatment method for tumors, but aiming at TAMs alone shows unsatisfactory therapeutic efficiency. Therefore, we designed a parallel and cascade control system for both macrophage polarization and tumor cell inhibition. The system is composed of cationic lipopeptides with an arginine-rich periphery (RLS) and anionic magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for fleet transfection of miR-125b. Based on the highly efficient magnetofection, miR-125b successfully shows a parallel effect on both M1, promoting polarization by targeting interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) in macrophages, and tumor cell inhibition, by targeting ETS proto-oncogene 1 and cyclin- J. The cascading effect on M1-associated genes is upregulated by up to two orders of magnitude, while M2-associated genes are downregulated. Meanwhile, MNPs also have an effect on the TAM polarization and 4T1 tumor cell inhibition via inflammatory related gene expression and Fenton reaction. Further mimicking the co-culture of RAW264.7 and 4T1 cells in vitro confirmed the synergistic therapy effect. In the treatment of orthotopic breast cancer in mice, considerable M1 macrophage polarization was observed in the RM125b treated group, showing distinct tumor-suppressive effects, with a tumor weight reduction of 60% and tumor metastasis suppression of 50%.

Graphical abstract: A parallel and cascade control system: magnetofection of miR125b for synergistic tumor-association macrophage polarization regulation and tumor cell suppression in breast cancer treatment

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Aug 2020
Accepted
20 Oct 2020
First published
28 Oct 2020

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 22615-22627

A parallel and cascade control system: magnetofection of miR125b for synergistic tumor-association macrophage polarization regulation and tumor cell suppression in breast cancer treatment

A. Hu, X. Chen, Q. Bi, Y. Xiang, R. Jin, H. Ai and Y. Nie, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 22615 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06060G

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