Department of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, 27, South Shanda Road, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Curr Pharm Des. 2013;19(37):6655-66. doi: 10.2174/1381612811319370009.
The development of multidrug resistance (MDR) to chemotherapy is a major obstacle for the successful treatment of cancer. A number of mechanisms have been postulated to account for MDR in cancer. The most common and best-studied mechanism of resistance is mediated through the drug efflux protein P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which is overexpressed in drug-resistant cancer cells and is responsible for the removal of many chemotherapeutic agents. Therapeutic nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as an innovative and promising option to combat P-gp-mediated MDR and have shown enhanced therapeutic efficacy and reduced toxicity compared to their small molecule counterparts. This review focuses on recent studies using therapeutic NPs to circumvent P-gp-mediated MDR in cancer therapy. The advantages and strategies by which therapeutic NPs were used to overcome P-gp-mediated MDR in cancer are discussed.
多药耐药(MDR)的发展是癌症化疗成功治疗的主要障碍。已经提出了许多机制来解释癌症中的 MDR。最常见和研究最多的耐药机制是通过药物外排蛋白 P-糖蛋白(P-gp)介导的,P-糖蛋白在耐药癌细胞中过度表达,负责清除许多化疗药物。治疗性纳米颗粒(NPs)作为一种创新和有前途的选择,已被用于对抗 P-gp 介导的 MDR,与小分子相比,它们显示出增强的治疗效果和降低的毒性。本综述重点介绍了最近使用治疗性 NPs 来克服癌症治疗中 P-gp 介导的 MDR 的研究。讨论了治疗性 NPs 用于克服癌症中 P-gp 介导的 MDR 的优势和策略。