Heat shock protein 90-targeted photodynamic therapy enables treatment of subcutaneous and visceral tumors.
Journal Article
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) ablates malignancies by applying focused near-infrared (nIR) light onto a lesion of interest after systemic administration of a photosensitizer (PS); however, the accumulation of existing PS is not tumor-exclusive. We developed a tumor-localizing strategy for PDT, exploiting the high expression of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in cancer cells to retain high concentrations of PS by tethering a small molecule Hsp90 inhibitor to a PS (verteporfin, VP) to create an Hsp90-targeted PS (HS201). HS201 accumulates to a greater extent than VP in breast cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo, resulting in increased treatment efficacy of HS201-PDT in various human breast cancer xenografts regardless of molecular and clinical subtypes. The therapeutic index achieved with Hsp90-targeted PDT would permit treatment not only of localized tumors, but also more diffusely infiltrating processes such as inflammatory breast cancer.
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Duke Authors
- Ginzel, Josh
- Haystead, Timothy Arthur James
- Lyerly, Herbert Kim
- Morse, Michael Aaron
- Osada, Takuya
- Snyder, Joshua Clair
Cited Authors
- Kaneko, K; Osada, T; Morse, MA; Gwin, WR; Ginzel, JD; Snyder, JC; Yang, X-Y; Liu, C-X; Diniz, MA; Bodoor, K; Hughes, PF; Haystead, TA; Lyerly, HK
Published Date
- May 8, 2020
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 3 / 1
Start / End Page
- 226 -
PubMed ID
- 32385408
Pubmed Central ID
- 32385408
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2399-3642
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1038/s42003-020-0956-7
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England