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Designing peptide nanoparticles for efficient brain delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2020; 160:52-77. [PMID: 33031897 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain is arguably the most significant open problem in drug delivery today. Nanoparticles (NPs) based on peptides and designed using the emerging principles of molecular engineering show enormous promise in overcoming many of the barriers to brain delivery faced by NPs made of more traditional materials. However, shortcomings in our understanding of peptide self-assembly and blood-brain barrier (BBB) transport mechanisms pose significant obstacles to progress in this area. In this review, we discuss recent work in engineering peptide nanocarriers for the delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain: from synthesis, to self-assembly, to in vivo studies, as well as discussing in detail the biological hurdles that a nanoparticle must overcome to reach the brain.
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Tarvirdipour S, Huang X, Mihali V, Schoenenberger CA, Palivan CG. Peptide-Based Nanoassemblies in Gene Therapy and Diagnosis: Paving the Way for Clinical Application. Molecules 2020; 25:E3482. [PMID: 32751865 PMCID: PMC7435460 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Nanotechnology approaches play an important role in developing novel and efficient carriers for biomedical applications. Peptides are particularly appealing to generate such nanocarriers because they can be rationally designed to serve as building blocks for self-assembling nanoscale structures with great potential as therapeutic or diagnostic delivery vehicles. In this review, we describe peptide-based nanoassemblies and highlight features that make them particularly attractive for the delivery of nucleic acids to host cells or improve the specificity and sensitivity of probes in diagnostic imaging. We outline the current state in the design of peptides and peptide-conjugates and the paradigms of their self-assembly into well-defined nanostructures, as well as the co-assembly of nucleic acids to form less structured nanoparticles. Various recent examples of engineered peptides and peptide-conjugates promoting self-assembly and providing the structures with wanted functionalities are presented. The advantages of peptides are not only their biocompatibility and biodegradability, but the possibility of sheer limitless combinations and modifications of amino acid residues to induce the assembly of modular, multiplexed delivery systems. Moreover, functions that nature encoded in peptides, such as their ability to target molecular recognition sites, can be emulated repeatedly in nanoassemblies. Finally, we present recent examples where self-assembled peptide-based assemblies with "smart" activity are used in vivo. Gene delivery and diagnostic imaging in mouse tumor models exemplify the great potential of peptide nanoassemblies for future clinical applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shabnam Tarvirdipour
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (S.T.); (X.H.); (V.M.)
- Department of Biosystem Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (S.T.); (X.H.); (V.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (S.T.); (X.H.); (V.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (S.T.); (X.H.); (V.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (S.T.); (X.H.); (V.M.)
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Polymersomes, also called polymeric vesicles, are self-assembled by amphiphilic copolymers. Due to their unique characters, polymersomes are attracting more and more interest as an important class of vehicles for nanopharmaceuticals. In this chapter, various methods to prepare and characterize polymersomes are introduced systematically with several applicable examples. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of each method were compared and analyzed with the aim to help readers choose the appropriate method in the process of experiments. Although some methods we introduced here are effective in preparing and characterizing polymersomes, the remaining challenge in this filed is to develop new tools. The reason is that polymersome is a kind of complex nanostructure, and some minor factors can affect the formation of polymersome. Meanwhile, more advanced technology should be developed to precisely determine the structure of some complex polymersomes such as multilayer polymersomes.
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- Yumiao Hu
- Ministry of Educational (MOE) Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Ministry of Educational (MOE) Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Li M, Radić Stojković M, Ehlers M, Zellermann E, Piantanida I, Schmuck C. Use of an Octapeptide-Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole Conjugate for the Formation of a Supramolecular β-Helix that Self-Assembles into pH-Responsive Fibers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Mao Li
- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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Li M, Radić Stojković M, Ehlers M, Zellermann E, Piantanida I, Schmuck C. Use of an Octapeptide-Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole Conjugate for the Formation of a Supramolecular β-Helix that Self-Assembles into pH-Responsive Fibers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:13015-13018. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mao Li
- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen; 45117 Essen Germany
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Sigg SJ, Postupalenko V, Duskey JT, Palivan CG, Meier W. Stimuli-Responsive Codelivery of Oligonucleotides and Drugs by Self-Assembled Peptide Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:935-45. [PMID: 26871486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Ever more emerging combined treatments exploiting synergistic effects of drug combinations demand smart, responsive codelivery carriers to reveal their full potential. In this study, a multifunctional stimuli-responsive amphiphilic peptide was designed and synthesized to self-assemble into nanoparticles capable of co-bearing and -releasing hydrophobic drugs and antisense oligonucleotides for combined therapies. The rational design was based on a hydrophobic l-tryptophan-d-leucine repeating unit derived from a truncated sequence of gramicidin A (gT), to entrap hydrophobic cargo, which is combined with a hydrophilic moiety of histidines to provide electrostatic affinity to nucleotides. Stimuli-responsiveness was implemented by linking the hydrophobic and hydrophilic sequence through an artificial amino acid bearing a disulfide functional group (H3SSgT). Stimuli-responsive peptides self-assembled in spherical nanoparticles in sizes (100-200 nm) generally considered as preferable for drug delivery applications. Responsive peptide nanoparticles revealed notable nucleotide condensing abilities while maintaining the ability to load hydrophobic cargo. The disulfide cleavage site introduced in the peptide sequence induced responsiveness to physiological concentrations of reducing agent, serving to release the incorporated molecules. Furthermore, the peptide nanoparticles, singly loaded or coloaded with boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) and/or antisense oligonucleotides, were efficiently taken up by cells. Such amphiphilic peptides that led to noncytotoxic, reduction-responsive nanoparticles capable of codelivering hydrophobic and nucleic acid payloads simultaneously provide potential toward combined treatment strategies to exploit synergistic effects.
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- Severin J Sigg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Kashapov RR, Rassadkina RI, Ziganshina AY, Mukhitova RK, Mamedov VA, Zhukova NA, Kadirov MK, Nizameev IR, Zakharova LY, Sinyashin OG. Controlling the release of hydrophobic compounds by a supramolecular amphiphilic assembly. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03838g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Here, we report a novel approach of using a supramolecular system based on calix[4]resorcinarene and surfactant to facilitate the release of hydrophobic compounds.
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- Ruslan R. Kashapov
- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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- A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Kazan Scientific Center
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kazan 420088
- Russia
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Walde P, Umakoshi H, Stano P, Mavelli F. Emergent properties arising from the assembly of amphiphiles. Artificial vesicle membranes as reaction promoters and regulators. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:10177-97. [PMID: 24921467 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc02812k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This article deals with artificial vesicles and their membranes as reaction promoters and regulators. Among the various molecular assemblies which can form in an aqueous medium from amphiphilic molecules, vesicle systems are unique. Vesicles compartmentalize the aqueous solution in which they exist, independent on whether the vesicles are biological vesicles (existing in living systems) or whether they are artificial vesicles (formed in vitro from natural or synthetic amphiphiles). After the formation of artificial vesicles, their aqueous interior (the endovesicular volume) may become - or may be made - chemically different from the external medium (the exovesicular solution), depending on how the vesicles are prepared. The existence of differences between endo- and exovesicular composition is one of the features on the basis of which biological vesicles contribute to the complex functioning of living organisms. Furthermore, artificial vesicles can be formed from mixtures of amphiphiles in such a way that the vesicle membranes become molecularly, compositionally and organizationally highly complex, similarly to the lipidic matrix of biological membranes. All the various properties of artificial vesicles as membranous compartment systems emerge from molecular assembly as these properties are not present in the individual molecules the system is composed of. One particular emergent property of vesicle membranes is their possible functioning as promoters and regulators of chemical reactions caused by the localization of reaction components, and possibly catalysts, within or on the surface of the membranes. This specific feature is reviewed and highlighted with a few selected examples which range from the promotion of decarboxylation reactions, the selective binding of DNA or RNA to suitable vesicle membranes, and the reactivation of fragmented enzymes to the regulation of the enzymatic synthesis of polymers. Such type of emergent properties of vesicle membranes may have been important for the prebiological evolution of protocells, the hypothetical compartment systems preceding the first cells in those chemical and physico-chemical processes that led to the origin of life.
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- Peter Walde
- Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Gupta A, Krishna KV, Verma S. Microstructure manipulation and guest release from cation responsive peptide microspheres. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15827c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A thiolated C3-symmetric dihistidine conjugate and its self-assembly to yield nanospheres. Doughnut shaped, porous microspheres formed upon co-incubation with ATP that can be triggered to release cargo in response to cationic stimulus.
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- Astha Gupta
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Kanpur-208016
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Kanpur-208016
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Kanpur-208016
- India
- DST Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication
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de Bruyn Ouboter D, Schuster TB, Sigg SJ, Meier WP. Self-assembled peptide beads used as a template for ordered gold nanoparticle superstructures. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2013; 112:542-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Li Z, Hu C, Cheng Y, Xu H, Cao X, Song X, Zhang H, Liu Y. Supramolecular vesicles of cationic gemini surfactants modulated by p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene. Sci China Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4709-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zhang X, Tanner P, Graff A, Palivan CG, Meier W. Mimicking the cell membrane with block copolymer membranes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.26000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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