Guo, PengYou, Jin-OhYang, JiangJia, DiMoses, MarshaAuguste, Debra2015-02-022014Guo, Peng, Jin-Oh You, Jiang Yang, Di Jia, Marsha A. Moses, and Debra T. Auguste. 2014. “Inhibiting Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Migration via the Synergy of Targeted, pH-triggered siRNA Delivery and Chemokine Axis Blockade.” Molecular Pharmaceutics 11 (3): 755-765. doi:10.1021/mp4004699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/mp4004699.1543-8384http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13890595Because breast cancer patient survival inversely correlates with metastasis, we engineered vehicles to inhibit both the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) mediated migratory pathways. pH-responsive liposomes were designed to protect and trigger the release of Lcn2 siRNA. Liposomes were modified with anti-CXCR4 antibodies to target metastatic breast cancer (MBC) cells and block migration along the CXCR4-CXCL12 axis. This synergistic approach—coupling the CXCR4 axis blockade with Lcn2 silencing—significantly reduced migration in triple-negative human breast cancer cells (88% for MDA-MB-436 and 92% for MDA-MB-231). The results suggested that drug delivery vehicles engineered to attack multiple migratory pathways may effectively slow progression of MBC.en-USArticleCXCR4liposomesiRNAbreast cancerlipocalin-2migrationJournal Article2015-02-0210.1021/mp4004699