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Enzyme-MOF Nanoreactor Activates Nontoxic Paracetamol for Cancer Therapy.


ABSTRACT: Prodrug activation, by exogenously administered enzymes, for cancer therapy is an approach to achieve better selectivity and less systemic toxicity than conventional chemotherapy. However, the short half-lives of the activating enzymes in the bloodstream has limited its success. Demonstrated here is that a tyrosinase-MOF nanoreactor activates the prodrug paracetamol in cancer cells in a long-lasting manner. By generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) and depleting glutathione (GSH), the product of the enzymatic conversion of paracetamol is toxic to drug-resistant cancer cells. Tyrosinase-MOF nanoreactors cause significant cell death in the presence of paracetamol for up to three days after being internalized by cells, while free enzymes totally lose activity in a few hours. Thus, enzyme-MOF nanocomposites are envisioned to be novel persistent platforms for various biomedical applications.

SUBMITTER: Lian X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6621563 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enzyme-MOF Nanoreactor Activates Nontoxic Paracetamol for Cancer Therapy.

Lian Xizhen X   Huang Yanyan Y   Zhu Yuanyuan Y   Fang Yu Y   Zhao Rui R   Joseph Elizabeth E   Li Jialuo J   Pellois Jean-Philippe JP   Zhou Hong-Cai HC  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20180414 20


Prodrug activation, by exogenously administered enzymes, for cancer therapy is an approach to achieve better selectivity and less systemic toxicity than conventional chemotherapy. However, the short half-lives of the activating enzymes in the bloodstream has limited its success. Demonstrated here is that a tyrosinase-MOF nanoreactor activates the prodrug paracetamol in cancer cells in a long-lasting manner. By generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) and depleting glutathione (GSH), the product  ...[more]

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