PMID- 35404619 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220503 LR - 20220509 IS - 1543-8392 (Electronic) IS - 1543-8384 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 5 DP - 2022 May 2 TI - Enhanced Therapeutic Effect of Liposomal Doxorubicin via Bio-Orthogonal Chemical Reactions in Tumors. PG - 1400-1409 LID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00936 [doi] AB - Liposomes are highly biocompatible drug carriers in drug delivery systems (DDSs). Preferential accumulation of liposomes and acceleration of drug release at target tumor sites are essential for effective cancer therapy using liposomal formulations; however, conventional liposomes are unsuitable for on-demand drug release. We have previously reported that drug release can be accelerated via a bio-orthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction between amphiphilic tetrazine (Tz)-containing liposomes and norbornene (NB) derivatives in vitro. In this study, we prepared HSTz-liposomes composed of hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine (HSPC) and Tz compound (2-hexadecyl-N-(6-(6-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazin-3-yl)pyridin-3-yl)octadecanamide) with particle sizes of 60-80 nm and zeta-potentials of -5 to 0 mV. Similar to our previous report, the addition of 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid (NBCOOH) to HSTz-liposomes accelerated drug release from the liposomes in vitro. In the biodistribution study using colon26 tumor-bearing mice, the radiolabeled HSTz-liposomes were accumulated and retained in the tumor at 6-48 h post-injection, whereas the radioactivity in the blood almost disappeared at 48 h. Therefore, the timing of the injection of NBCOOH was selected to be 48 h after the injection of the HSTz-liposome to avoid the IEDDA reaction in the bloodstream. We investigated the in vivo drug release by evaluating the intratumoral localization of doxorubicin (DOX) encapsulated in HSTz-liposomes labeled with fluorescent lipids. In the tumors treated with HSTz-liposomes and NBCOOH, DOX was more widely dispersed in the tumor compared with fluorescent lipid, suggesting that the release of encapsulated drugs (DOX) from HSTz-liposomes was enhanced in the tumor tissue via the bio-orthogonal IEDDA reaction. Furthermore, the combination of DOX-encapsulated HSTz-liposomes with NBCOOH significantly suppressed tumor growth compared to conventional DOX-encapsulated liposomes. In conclusion, the bio-orthogonal IEDDA reactions in the liposomal membrane enabled the acceleration of drug release from HSTz-liposomes in vivo, suggesting a promising strategy for effective cancer therapy. FAU - Kannaka, Kento AU - Kannaka K AD - Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. FAU - Sano, Kohei AU - Sano K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8748-026X AD - Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. FAU - Munekane, Masayuki AU - Munekane M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3405-4512 AD - Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. FAU - Yamasaki, Toshihide AU - Yamasaki T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8567-8213 AD - Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. FAU - Hagimori, Masayori AU - Hagimori M AD - Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, 11-68 Koshien Kyuban-cho, Nishinomiya 663-8179, Japan. FAU - Mukai, Takahiro AU - Mukai T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6334-4466 AD - Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220411 PL - United States TA - Mol Pharm JT - Molecular pharmaceutics JID - 101197791 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (Norbornanes) RN - 0 (liposomal doxorubicin) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Doxorubicin/analogs & derivatives/chemistry MH - *Liposomes MH - Mice MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Norbornanes MH - Polyethylene Glycols MH - Tissue Distribution OTO - NOTNLM OT - bio-orthogonal IEDDA reactions OT - controlled release OT - doxorubicin OT - liposome OT - norbornene OT - tetrazine EDAT- 2022/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/04 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/11 17:20 PHST- 2022/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/11 17:20 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00936 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Pharm. 2022 May 2;19(5):1400-1409. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00936. Epub 2022 Apr 11.