PMID- 35073914 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220331 LR - 20220401 IS - 1477-3155 (Electronic) IS - 1477-3155 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan 24 TI - Engineering of small-molecule lipidic prodrugs as novel nanomedicines for enhanced drug delivery. PG - 49 LID - 10.1186/s12951-022-01257-4 [doi] LID - 49 AB - A widely established prodrug strategy can effectively optimize the unappealing properties of therapeutic agents in cancer treatment. Among them, lipidic prodrugs extremely uplift the physicochemical properties, site-specificity, and antitumor activities of therapeutic agents while reducing systemic toxicity. Although great perspectives have been summarized in the progress of prodrug-based nanoplatforms, no attention has been paid to emphasizing the rational design of small-molecule lipidic prodrugs (SLPs). With the aim of outlining the prospect of the SLPs approach, the review will first provide an overview of conjugation strategies that are amenable to SLPs fabrication. Then, the rational design of SLPs in response to the physiological barriers of chemotherapeutic agents is highlighted. Finally, their biomedical applications are also emphasized with special functions, followed by a brief introduction of the promising opportunities and potential challenges of SLPs-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) in clinical application. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Huang, Lingling AU - Huang L AD - Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, People's Republic of China. AD - Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Jianmiao AU - Yang J AD - Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, 317000, Taizhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Tiantian AU - Wang T AD - Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gao, Jianqing AU - Gao J AD - Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China. gaojianqing@zju.edu.cn. AD - Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China. gaojianqing@zju.edu.cn. FAU - Xu, Donghang AU - Xu D AD - Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, People's Republic of China. xudonghang@zju.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - LY18H300004/Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province/ GR - LY15H300001/Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province/ GR - 2021ZYC-Z02/Clinical research project of Zhejiang Medical Association/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220124 PL - England TA - J Nanobiotechnology JT - Journal of nanobiotechnology JID - 101152208 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Lipids) RN - 0 (Prodrugs) SB - IM MH - *Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - Lipids/chemistry MH - Nanomedicine MH - *Prodrugs/chemistry PMC - PMC8785568 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer OT - Drug delivery OT - Lipidic prodrug OT - Nanomedicine OT - Small molecule COIS- There are no conflicts to declare. EDAT- 2022/01/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/01 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/24 CRDT- 2022/01/25 05:37 PHST- 2021/11/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/25 05:37 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12951-022-01257-4 [pii] AID - 1257 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12951-022-01257-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Nanobiotechnology. 2022 Jan 24;20(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12951-022-01257-4.