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Targeted thermal therapy with genetically engineered magnetite magnetosomes@RGD: Photothermia is far more efficient than magnetic hyperthermia

Anouchka Plan Sangnier,S. Prévéral,A. Curcio,Amanda K A Silva,C. Lefèvre,D. Pignol,Y. Lalatonne,C. Wilhelm

Published 2018 in Journal of Controlled Release

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ABSTRACT Providing appropriate means for heat generation by low intratumoral nanoparticle concentrations is a major challenge for cancer nanotherapy. Here we propose RGD‐tagged magnetosomes (magnetosomes@RGD) as a biogenic, genetically engineered, inorganic platform for multivalent thermal cancer treatment. Magnetosomes@RGD are biomagnetite nanoparticles synthesized by genetically modified magnetotactic bacteria thanks to a translational fusion of the RGD peptide with the magnetosomal protein MamC. Magnetosomes@RGD thus combine the high crystallinity of their magnetite core with efficient surface functionalization. The specific affinity of RGD was first quantified by single‐cell magnetophoresis with a variety of cell types, including immune, muscle, endothelial, stem and cancer cells. The highest affinity and cellular uptake was observed with PC3 prostatic and HeLa uterine cancer cells. The efficiency of photothermia and magnetic hyperthermia was then compared on PC3 cells. Unexpectedly, photothermia was far more efficient than magnetic hyperthermia, which was almost totally inhibited by the cellular environment. RGD targeting was then assessed in vivo at tumor site, in mice bearing PC3 tumors. As a result, we demonstrate that targeted magnetic nanoparticles could generate heat on a therapeutic level after systemic administration, but only under laser excitation, and successfully inhibit tumor progression.

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