The application belongs to the field of
medicine, and specifically provides application of
drug-loaded nanoparticles in preparation of
medicine for preventing or treating atherosclerosis, wherein the
drug-loaded nanoparticles comprise: (1) a
polyamino acid carrier, wherein a
nitric oxide donor is grafted on the
polyamino acid carrier; and (2) a
nucleic acid drug for silencing Camk2g
gene expression, which is encapsulated in the
polyamino acid carrier. The drug-loaded nanoparticles target the
nucleic acid drug for silencing Camk2g
gene expression to be delivered into plaque macrophages, restore the
phagocytosis function of the macrophages, and then improve the microenvironment inside the plaque; meanwhile, the drug-loaded nanoparticles can also deliver the
nitric oxide donor to the macrophages, and the
nitric oxide donor reacts with inducible
nitric oxide synthase in the macrophages to generate nitric
oxide.
Nitric oxide gas molecules diffuse to the vicinity of damaged endothelial cells, repair the endothelial
cell barrier, restore the integrity of the vascular endothelial barrier, and play a
combined treatment role, thereby achieving efficient treatment of atherosclerosis.