Cell surface Nucleolin represents a novel cellular target for neuroblastoma therapy.


Journal

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
ISSN: 1756-9966
Titre abrégé: J Exp Clin Cancer Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8308647

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 24 02 2021
accepted: 24 05 2021
entrez: 3 6 2021
pubmed: 4 6 2021
medline: 15 12 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent and aggressive form of extracranial solid tumor of infants. Nucleolin (NCL) is a protein overexpressed and partially localized on the cell surface of tumor cells of adult cancers. Little is known about NCL and pediatric tumors and nothing is reported about cell surface NCL and NB. NB cell lines, Schwannian stroma-poor NB tumors and bone marrow (BM)-infiltrating NB cells were evaluated for the expression of cell surface NCL by Flow Cytometry, Imaging Flow Cytometry and Immunohistochemistry analyses. The cytotoxic activity of doxorubicin (DXR)-loaded nanocarriers decorated with the NCL-recognizing F3 peptide (T-DXR) was evaluated in terms of inhibition of NB cell proliferation and induction of cell death in vitro, whereas metastatic and orthotopic animal models of NB were used to examine their in vivo anti-tumor potential. NB cell lines, NB tumor cells (including patient-derived and Patient-Derived Xenografts-PDX) and 70% of BM-infiltrating NB cells show cell surface NCL expression. NCL staining was evident on both tumor and endothelial tumor cells in NB xenografts. F3 peptide-targeted nanoparticles, co-localizing with cell surface NCL, strongly associates with NB cells showing selective tumor cell internalization. T-DXR result significantly more effective, in terms of inhibition of cell proliferation and reduction of cell viability in vitro, and in terms of delay of tumor growth in all NB animal model tested, when compared to both control mice and those treated with the untargeted formulation. Our findings demonstrate that NCL could represent an innovative therapeutic cellular target for NB.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent and aggressive form of extracranial solid tumor of infants. Nucleolin (NCL) is a protein overexpressed and partially localized on the cell surface of tumor cells of adult cancers. Little is known about NCL and pediatric tumors and nothing is reported about cell surface NCL and NB.
METHODS METHODS
NB cell lines, Schwannian stroma-poor NB tumors and bone marrow (BM)-infiltrating NB cells were evaluated for the expression of cell surface NCL by Flow Cytometry, Imaging Flow Cytometry and Immunohistochemistry analyses. The cytotoxic activity of doxorubicin (DXR)-loaded nanocarriers decorated with the NCL-recognizing F3 peptide (T-DXR) was evaluated in terms of inhibition of NB cell proliferation and induction of cell death in vitro, whereas metastatic and orthotopic animal models of NB were used to examine their in vivo anti-tumor potential.
RESULTS RESULTS
NB cell lines, NB tumor cells (including patient-derived and Patient-Derived Xenografts-PDX) and 70% of BM-infiltrating NB cells show cell surface NCL expression. NCL staining was evident on both tumor and endothelial tumor cells in NB xenografts. F3 peptide-targeted nanoparticles, co-localizing with cell surface NCL, strongly associates with NB cells showing selective tumor cell internalization. T-DXR result significantly more effective, in terms of inhibition of cell proliferation and reduction of cell viability in vitro, and in terms of delay of tumor growth in all NB animal model tested, when compared to both control mice and those treated with the untargeted formulation.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our findings demonstrate that NCL could represent an innovative therapeutic cellular target for NB.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34078433
doi: 10.1186/s13046-021-01993-9
pii: 10.1186/s13046-021-01993-9
pmc: PMC8170797
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents 0
Liposomes 0
Peptides 0
Phosphoproteins 0
RNA-Binding Proteins 0
Doxorubicin 80168379AG

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

180

Subventions

Organisme : Ministero della Salute
ID : ER-2015-2360441-Eranet
Organisme : Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
ID : IG18474
Organisme : Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
ID : IG24397
Organisme : European Regional Development Fund
ID : ODD4PEGASEMP
Organisme : Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
ID : ENMed/0005/2015

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Auteurs

Chiara Brignole (C)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Veronica Bensa (V)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Nuno A Fonseca (NA)

CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine (Polo 1), Coimbra, Portugal.
TREAT U, SA - Parque Industrial de Taveiro, Lote 44, 3045-508, Coimbra, Portugal.

Genny Del Zotto (G)

Department of Research and Diagnostics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Silvia Bruno (S)

Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Ana F Cruz (AF)

CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine (Polo 1), Coimbra, Portugal.
UC - University of Coimbra, CIBB, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal.

Fabiana Malaguti (F)

Department of Pathology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Barbara Carlini (B)

Department of Pathology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Fabio Morandi (F)

Stem Cell Laboratory and Cell Therapy Center, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Enzo Calarco (E)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Patrizia Perri (P)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Vera Moura (V)

CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine (Polo 1), Coimbra, Portugal.
TREAT U, SA - Parque Industrial de Taveiro, Lote 44, 3045-508, Coimbra, Portugal.

Laura Emionite (L)

Animal Facility, IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.

Michele Cilli (M)

Animal Facility, IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.

Francesco De Leonardis (F)

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Azienda Ospedale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy.

Annalisa Tondo (A)

UOC Oncologia Pediatrica, Ospedale Meyer, Florence, Italy.

Loredana Amoroso (L)

UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Massimo Conte (M)

UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Alberto Garaventa (A)

UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Angela R Sementa (AR)

Department of Pathology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Maria V Corrias (MV)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Mirco Ponzoni (M)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. mircoponzoni@gaslini.org.

Joao N Moreira (JN)

CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine (Polo 1), Coimbra, Portugal.
UC - University of Coimbra, CIBB, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal.

Fabio Pastorino (F)

Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. fabiopastorino@gaslini.org.

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