2024
Cathepsin B Nuclear Flux in a DNA-Guided “Antinuclear Missile” Cancer Therapy
Cao F, Tang C, Chen X, Tu Z, Jin Y, Turk O, Nishimura R, Ebens A, Dubljevic V, Campbell J, Zhou J, Hansen J. Cathepsin B Nuclear Flux in a DNA-Guided “Antinuclear Missile” Cancer Therapy. ACS Central Science 2024, 10: 1562-1572. PMID: 39220699, PMCID: PMC11363321, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntinuclear antibodiesCancer therapyTumor-specific surface antigenLysosomal protease cathepsin BAntibody-drug conjugatesNecrotic tumorTumor environmentExtracellular nucleic acidsSurface antigensProtease cathepsin BCancer cellsTumorNucleoside salvage pathwayDrug linkersNucleoside salvageTherapyCross membrane barriersMembrane barrierCathepsin BLiving cancer cellsDNA guidesAntinuclearSalvage pathwayCathepsinNuclear penetration
2020
Targeted tumour theranostics in mice via carbon quantum dots structurally mimicking large amino acids
Li S, Su W, Wu H, Yuan T, Yuan C, Liu J, Deng G, Gao X, Chen Z, Bao Y, Yuan F, Zhou S, Tan H, Li Y, Li X, Fan L, Zhu J, Chen AT, Liu F, Zhou Y, Li M, Zhai X, Zhou J. Targeted tumour theranostics in mice via carbon quantum dots structurally mimicking large amino acids. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2020, 4: 704-716. PMID: 32231314, PMCID: PMC7197249, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-020-0540-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid transporter 1Orthotopic mouse modelHuman tumor xenograftsLarge neutral amino acid transporter 1Neutral amino acid transporter 1High tumor selectivityTumor burdenMouse modelTumor xenograftsHuman gliomasDetectable toxicityTransporter 1TumorsCancer cellsTumor selectivitySurface moleculesDelivery of chemotherapeuticsTumor-specific imagingMiceDrugsLarge amino acidsAmino acidsImagingDeliveryXenografts