DNA Polymer Nanoparticles Programmed via Supersandwich Hybridization for Imaging and Therapy of Cancer Cells

Anal Chem. 2018 Nov 6;90(21):12951-12958. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03253. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

Abstract

Spherical nucleic acid (SNA) constructs are promising new single entity materials, which possess significant advantages in biological applications. Current SNA-based drug delivery system typically employed single-layered ss- or ds-DNA as the drug carriers, resulting in limited drug payload capacity and disease treatment. To advance corresponding applications, we developed a novel DNA-programmed polymeric SNA, a long concatamer DNA polymer that is uniformly distributed on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), by self-assembling from two short alternating DNA building blocks upon initiation of immobilized capture probes on AuNPs, through a supersandwich hybridization reaction. The long DNA concatamer of polymeric SNA enables to allow high-capacity loading of bioimaging and therapeutics agents. We demonstrated that both of the fluorescence signals and therapeutic efficacy were effectively inhibited in resultant polymeric SNA. By further modifying with the nucleolin-targeting aptamer AS1411, this polymeric SNA could be specifically internalized into the tumor cells through nucleolin-mediated endocytosis and then interact with endogenous ATP to cause the release of therapeutics agents from long DNA concatamer via a structure switching, leading to the activation of the fluorescence and selective synergistic chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy. This nanostructure can afford a promising targeted drug transport platform for activatable cancer theranostics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / chemistry
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / genetics
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / metabolism
  • Chlorophyllides
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry*
  • Drug Carriers / metabolism
  • Drug Liberation
  • Female
  • Fluorescence
  • Gold / chemistry
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / chemistry
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / genetics
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / metabolism
  • Photosensitizing Agents / pharmacology
  • Photosensitizing Agents / radiation effects
  • Porphyrins / chemistry
  • Porphyrins / pharmacology
  • Porphyrins / radiation effects
  • Singlet Oxygen / metabolism
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine / methods*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • AGRO 100
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Chlorophyllides
  • Drug Carriers
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Porphyrins
  • Singlet Oxygen
  • phytochlorin
  • Gold
  • Doxorubicin
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • DNA