Dendritic polyethylene glycol-modified folate–nickel nanotubes as an efficient antitumor nano-metal medicine

Metal-containing nanomaterials have attracted substantial research efforts due to their rich compositional and structural diversity as well as the broad possible applications. However, the most metal-containing nanomaterials are normally only used as new delivery vehicles in the field of biomedicine...

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Published in:Journal of materials science 2022-10, Vol.57 (37), p.17751-17764
Main Authors: Dong, Zhipeng, Zhang, Nanxia, Zhang, Jiahao, Luo, Jun, Xu, Yisong, Tang, Weifang, Ye, Baofen, Wang, Yue
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Anticancer properties
Apoptosis
Biological activity
Biomedical materials
Biotechnology
Cancer therapies
Cell cycle
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Cytotoxicity
Doxorubicin
Drugs
Folic acid
Hemodialysis
Laboratory animals
Life sciences
Ligands
Materials for Life Sciences
Materials Science
Medical research
Medicine
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nanotubes
Nickel
Penicillin
Pharmaceuticals
Polyethylene glycol
Polymer Sciences
Solid Mechanics
Vitamin B
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Summary:Metal-containing nanomaterials have attracted substantial research efforts due to their rich compositional and structural diversity as well as the broad possible applications. However, the most metal-containing nanomaterials are normally only used as new delivery vehicles in the field of biomedicine but do not possess biological activity by itself. Herein, we modified dendritic polyethylene glycol on one folate–nickel nanotube to fabricate a new-type of metal-containing nanotube PEG-FA-Ni NTs. We found PEG-FA-Ni NTs have exhibited excellent in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity comparable to the positive drugs doxorubicin and cisplatin. Meanwhile, this study indicates that the PEG-FA-Ni NTs may achieve more optimal antitumor effects by damaging DNA, blocking cell cycle, and ultimately inducing apoptosis. All the results showed that PEG-FA-Ni NTs could be a potent nanomedicine for the further development and application on cancer therapy.
ISSN:0022-2461
1573-4803
DOI:10.1007/s10853-022-07723-6