Camilla Carollo
Design and Preclinical Assessment of a Versatile Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery System for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.
Rel. Clara Mattu, Silvia Affo', Andrea Bezze. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2026
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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is the second most common primary liver malignancy after hepatocellular carcinoma and is associated with poor prognosis, due to late-stage diagnosis and limited therapeutic options. Although surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment, it is feasible in just 20-30% of patients, underscoring the urgent need for innovative therapies. This thesis explores a novel nanoparticle (NP)-based drug delivery system (DDS) designed to target the cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF)-rich tumor microenvironment of iCCA. The platform consists of NPs with a core-shell architecture, combining a polymeric core for efficient drug encapsulation with a lipid shell enabling surface functionalization. The DDS was engineered to deliver SR1078, a hydrophobic agonist of retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptors α/γ, known to promote anti-tumor activity.
In vitro, immunofluorescence analyses of a co-culture model comprising human fibroblasts (LX2) and iCCA cells (HUCCT-1) demonstrated that LX2 cells acquire a CAF-like phenotype, expressing periostin (POSTN) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), which were selected as targeting candidates
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