Enhancing proteasome-inhibitory activity and specificity of bortezomib by CD38 targeted nanoparticles in multiple myeloma

Pilar de la Puente, Micah J. Luderer, Cinzia Federico, Abbey Jin, Rebecca C. Gilson, Christopher Egbulefu, Kinan Alhallak, Shruti Shah, Barbara Muz, Jennifer Sun, Justin King, Daniel Kohnen, Noha Nabil Salama, Samuel Achilefu, Ravi Vij, Abdel Kareem Azab

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Abstract

The establishment of more effective treatments that can circumvent chemoresistance in Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a priority. Although bortezomib (BTZ) is one of the most potent proteasome inhibitors available, still possesses limitations related to dose limiting side effects. Several strategies have been developed to improve the delivery of chemotherapies to MM by targeting different moieties expressed on MM cells to nanoparticle delivery systems (NPs), which have failed mainly due to their heterogeneous expression on these cells. Our goal was to test CD38 targeted chitosan NPs as novel targeting moiety for MM to improve the potency and efficacy of BTZ in MM cells and reduce the side effects in healthy tissue. We have showed preferential BTZ release in tumor-microenvironment, specific binding to MM cells, and an improved drug cellular uptake through BTZ diffusion from the surface and endocytosed NPs, which translated in enhanced proteasome inhibition and robust cytotoxic effect on MM cells when BTZ was administered through anti-CD38 chitosan NPs. Furthermore, the anti-CD38 chitosan NPs specifically delivered therapeutic agents to MM cells improving therapeutic efficacy and reducing side effects in vivo. The anti-CD38 chitosan NPs showed low toxicity profile allowing enhancement of proteasome-inhibitory activity and specificity of BTZ by endocytosis-mediated uptake of CD38 representing a promising therapy in MM.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)158-176
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Controlled Release
Volume270
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 28 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bortezomib
  • CD38
  • Endocytosis
  • Nanoparticles, multiple myeloma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmaceutical Science

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