Targeted crystallization of mixed-charge nanoparticles in lysosomes induces selective death of cancer cells
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- Title
- Targeted crystallization of mixed-charge nanoparticles in lysosomes induces selective death of cancer cells
- Author
- Borkowska, Magdalena; Siek, Marta; Kolygina, Diana V.; Sobolev, Yaroslav I.; Lach, Slawomir; Kumar, Sumit; Cho, Yoon-Kyoung; Kandere-Grzybowska, Kristiana; Grzybowski, Bartosz A.
- Issue Date
- 2020-04
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.15, no.4, pp.331 - +
- Abstract
- Lysosomes have become an important target for anticancer therapeutics because lysosomal cell death bypasses the classical caspase-dependent apoptosis pathway, enabling the targeting of apoptosis- and drug-resistant cancers. However, only a few small molecules-mostly repurposed drugs-have been tested so far, and these typically exhibit low cancer selectivity, making them suitable only for combination therapies. Here, we show that mixed-charge nanoparticles covered with certain ratios of positively and negatively charged ligands can selectively target lysosomes in cancerous cells while exhibiting only marginal cytotoxicity towards normal cells. This selectivity results from distinct pH-dependent aggregation events, starting from the formation of small, endocytosis-prone clusters at cell surfaces and ending with the formation of large and well-ordered nanoparticle assemblies and crystals inside cancer lysosomes. These assemblies cannot be cleared by exocytosis and cause lysosome swelling, which gradually disrupts the integrity of lysosomal membranes, ultimately impairing lysosomal functions and triggering cell death.
Mixed-charge nanoparticles preferentially assemble inside the lysosomes of cancer cells, which causes lysosomal membrane disruption and lysosome-dependent cell death in cancer but not in healthy cells.
- URI
- https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/31967
- URL
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0643-3
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41565-020-0643-3
- ISSN
- 1748-3387
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