Exosome mimetics derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells deliver doxorubicin to osteosarcoma in vitro and in vivo

Osteosarcoma is a bone tumor with a high incidence in children and adolescents. Chemotherapy for osteosarcoma is limited, and effective targeted drugs are urgently needed to treat osteosarcoma. Exosomes as a natural nano drug delivery platform have been widely studied and proven to have good drug de...

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Main Authors: Jinkui Wang, Mujie Li, Liming Jin, Peng Guo, Zhaoxia Zhang, Chenghao Zhanghuang, Xiaojun Tan, Tao Mi, Jiayan Liu, Xin Wu, Guanghui Wei, Dawei He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Drug Delivery
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10717544.2022.2141921
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Summary:Osteosarcoma is a bone tumor with a high incidence in children and adolescents. Chemotherapy for osteosarcoma is limited, and effective targeted drugs are urgently needed to treat osteosarcoma. Exosomes as a natural nano drug delivery platform have been widely studied and proven to have good drug delivery performance. However, the low production of exosomes hinders its development as a carrier. Exosome mimetics (EMs) as an alternative product of exosomes solve the problem of low production of exosomes and maintain the good performance of exosomes as carriers. In this study, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were sequentially extruded to generate EMs to encapsulate doxorubicin (EM-Dox) to treat osteosarcoma. The results showed that we successfully prepared EMs of BMSC, and EM-Dox was prepared using an active-loading approach. Our engineered EM-Dox demonstrated significantly more potent tumor inhibition activity and fewer side effects than free doxorubicin. This novel biological nanomedicine system provides a promising opportunity to develop novel precision medicine for osteosarcoma.
ISSN:1071-7544
1521-0464