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Salvi S, Jain A, Pontrelli G, McGinty S. Modeling Dual Drug Delivery from Eluting Stents: The Influence of Non-Linear Binding Competition and Non-Uniform Drug Loading. Pharm Res 2023; 40:215-230. [PMID: 36473984 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-022-03419-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is increasing interest in simultaneous endovascular delivery of more than one drug from a drug-loaded stent into a diseased artery. There may be an opportunity to obtain a therapeutically desirable uptake profile of the two drugs over time by appropriate design of the initial drug distribution in the stent. Due to the non-linear, coupled nature of diffusion and reversible specific/non-specific binding of both drugs as well as competition between the drugs for a fixed binding site density, a comprehensive numerical investigation of this problem is critically needed. METHODS This paper presents numerical computation of dual drug delivery in a stent-artery system, accounting for diffusion as well as specific and non-specific reversible binding. The governing differential equations are discretized in space, followed by integration over time using a stiff numerical solver. Three different cases of initial dual drug distribution are considered. RESULTS For the particular case of sirolimus and paclitaxel, results show that competition for a limited non-specific binding site density and the significant difference in the forward/backward reaction coefficients play a key role in determining the nature of drug uptake. The nature of initial distribution of the two drugs in the stent is also found to influence the binding process, which can potentially be used to engineer a desirable dual drug uptake profile. CONCLUSIONS These results help improve the fundamental understanding of endovascular dual drug delivery. In addition, the numerical technique and results presented here may be helpful for designing and optimizing other drug delivery problems as well.
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- Swapnil Salvi
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 W First St, Rm 211, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 W First St, Rm 211, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.
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- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo - CNR, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.,Glasgow Computational Engineering Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Joshi DC, Gosse C, Huang SY, Lin JH. A Curvilinear-Path Umbrella Sampling Approach to Characterizing the Interactions Between Rapamycin and Three FKBP12 Variants. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:879000. [PMID: 35874613 PMCID: PMC9304761 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.879000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant macrolide that exhibits anti-proliferative properties through inhibiting the mTOR kinase. In fact, the drug first associates with the FKBP12 enzyme before interacting with the FRB domain of its target. Despite the availability of structural and thermodynamic information on the interaction of FKBP12 with rapamycin, the energetic and mechanistic understanding of this process is still incomplete. We recently reported a multiple-walker umbrella sampling simulation approach to characterizing the protein–protein interaction energetics along curvilinear paths. In the present paper, we extend our investigations to a protein-small molecule duo, the FKBP12•rapamycin complex. We estimate the binding free energies of rapamycin with wild-type FKBP12 and two mutants in which a hydrogen bond has been removed, D37V and Y82F. Furthermore, the underlying mechanistic details are analyzed. The calculated standard free energies of binding agree well with the experimental data, and the roles of the hydrogen bonds are shown to be quite different for each of these two mutated residues. On one hand, removing the carboxylate group of D37 strongly destabilizes the association; on the other hand, the hydroxyl group of Y82 is nearly unnecessary for the stability of the complex because some nonconventional, cryptic, indirect interaction mechanisms seem to be at work.
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- Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Biomedical Translation Research Center, National Biotechnology Research Park, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- College of Engineering Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Jung-Hsin Lin,
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Escuer J, Schmidt AF, Peña E, Martínez MA, McGinty S. Mathematical modelling of endovascular drug delivery: balloons versus stents. Int J Pharm 2022; 620:121742. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Escuer J, Aznar I, McCormick C, Peña E, McGinty S, Martínez MA. Influence of vessel curvature and plaque composition on drug transport in the arterial wall following drug-eluting stent implantation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2021; 20:767-786. [PMID: 33533998 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-020-01415-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In the last decade, many computational models have been developed to describe the transport of drug eluted from stents and the subsequent uptake into arterial tissue. Each of these models has its own set of limitations: for example, models typically employ simplified stent and arterial geometries, some models assume a homogeneous arterial wall, and others neglect the influence of blood flow and plasma filtration on the drug transport process. In this study, we focus on two common limitations. Specifically, we provide a comprehensive investigation of the influence of arterial curvature and plaque composition on drug transport in the arterial wall following drug-eluting stent implantation. The arterial wall is considered as a three-layered structure including the subendothelial space, the media and the adventitia, with porous membranes separating them (endothelium, internal and external elastic lamina). Blood flow is modelled by the Navier-Stokes equations, while Darcy's law is used to calculate plasma filtration through the porous layers. Our findings demonstrate that arterial curvature and plaque composition have important influences on the spatiotemporal distribution of drug, with potential implications in terms of effectiveness of the treatment. Since the majority of computational models tend to neglect these features, these models are likely to be under- or over-estimating drug uptake and redistribution in arterial tissue.
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- Javier Escuer
- Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. .,Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Zaragoza, Spain. .,, María de Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Kostrz D, Wayment-Steele HK, Wang JL, Follenfant M, Pande VS, Strick TR, Gosse C. A modular DNA scaffold to study protein-protein interactions at single-molecule resolution. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 14:988-993. [PMID: 31548690 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0542-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The residence time of a drug on its target has been suggested as a more pertinent metric of therapeutic efficacy than the traditionally used affinity constant. Here, we introduce junctured-DNA tweezers as a generic platform that enables real-time observation, at the single-molecule level, of biomolecular interactions. This tool corresponds to a double-strand DNA scaffold that can be nanomanipulated and on which proteins of interest can be engrafted thanks to widely used genetic tagging strategies. Thus, junctured-DNA tweezers allow a straightforward and robust access to single-molecule force spectroscopy in drug discovery, and more generally in biophysics. Proof-of-principle experiments are provided for the rapamycin-mediated association between FKBP12 and FRB, a system relevant in both medicine and chemical biology. Individual interactions were monitored under a range of applied forces and temperatures, yielding after analysis the characteristic features of the energy profile along the dissociation landscape.
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- Dorota Kostrz
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, LPN-CNRS, Marcoussis, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
- Programme Equipe Labellisée, Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
- Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, LPN-CNRS, Marcoussis, France.
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Saha R. A Computational Approach for Stent Elution Rate Determined Specific Drug Binding and Receptor-mediated Effects in Arterial Tissue. JOURNAL OF EXPLORATORY RESEARCH IN PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 3:105-118. [DOI: 10.14218/jerp.2018.00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wear MA, Nowicki MW, Blackburn EA, McNae IW, Walkinshaw MD. Thermo-kinetic analysis space expansion for cyclophilin-ligand interactions - identification of a new nonpeptide inhibitor using Biacore™ T200. FEBS Open Bio 2017; 7:533-549. [PMID: 28396838 PMCID: PMC5377415 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We have established a refined methodology for generating surface plasmon resonance sensor surfaces of recombinant his‐tagged human cyclophilin‐A. Our orientation‐specific stabilisation approach captures his‐tagged protein under ‘physiological conditions’ (150 mm NaCl, pH 7.5) and covalently stabilises it on Ni2+‐nitrilotriacetic acid surfaces, very briefly activated for primary amine‐coupling reactions, producing very stable and active surfaces (≥ 95% specific activity) of cyclophilin‐A. Variation in protein concentration with the same contact time allows straightforward generation of variable density surfaces, with essentially no loss of activity, making the protocol easily adaptable for studying numerous interactions; from very small fragments, ~ 100 Da, to large protein ligands. This new method results in an increased stability and activity of the immobilised protein and allowed us to expand the thermo‐kinetic analysis space, and to determine accurate and robust thermodynamic parameters for the cyclophilin‐A–cyclosporin‐A interaction. Furthermore, the increased sensitivity of the surface allowed identification of a new nonpeptide inhibitor of cyclophilin‐A, from a screen of a fragment library. This fragment, 2,3‐diaminopyridine, bound specifically with a mean affinity of 248 ± 60 μm. The X‐ray structure of this 109‐Da fragment bound in the active site of cyclophilin‐A was solved to a resolution of 1.25 Å (PDB: 5LUD), providing new insight into the molecular details for a potential new series of nonpeptide cyclophilin‐A inhibitors.
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- Martin A Wear
- The Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WTCCB) University of Edinburgh UK
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- The Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WTCCB) University of Edinburgh UK
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- The Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WTCCB) University of Edinburgh UK
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- The Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WTCCB) University of Edinburgh UK
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- The Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WTCCB) University of Edinburgh UK
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An ALuc-Based Molecular Tension Probe for Sensing Intramolecular Protein-Protein Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2016. [PMID: 27424905 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3813-1_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Optical imaging of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) facilitates comprehensive elucidation of intracellular molecular events. The present protocol demonstrates an optical measure for visualizing molecular tension triggered by any PPI in mammalian cells. A unique design of single-chain probes was fabricated, in which a full-length artificial luciferase (ALuc(®)) was sandwiched between two model proteins of interest, e.g., FKBP and FRB. A molecular tension probe comprising ALuc23 greatly enhances the bioluminescence in response to varying concentrations of rapamycin, and named "tension probe (TP)." The basic probe design can be further modified towards eliminating the C-terminal end of ALuc and was found to improve signal-to-background ratios, named "combinational probe." TPs may become an important addition to the tool box of bioassays in the determination of protein dynamics of interest in mammalian cells.
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Kim SB, Nishihara R, Citterio D, Suzuki K. Genetically Encoded Molecular Tension Probe for Tracing Protein-Protein Interactions in Mammalian Cells. Bioconjug Chem 2015; 27:354-62. [PMID: 26322739 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Optical imaging of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) facilitates comprehensive elucidation of intracellular molecular events. We demonstrate an optical measure for visualizing molecular tension triggered by any PPI in mammalian cells. Twenty-three kinds of candidate designs were fabricated, in which a full-length artificial luciferase (ALuc) was sandwiched between two model proteins of interest, e.g., FKBP and FRB. One of the designs greatly enhanced the bioluminescence in response to varying concentrations of rapamycin. It is confirmed with negative controls that the elevated bioluminescence is solely motivated from the molecular tension. The probe design was further modified toward eliminating the C-terminal end of ALuc and was found to improve signal-to-background ratios, named "a combinational probe". The utilities were elucidated with detailed substrate selectivity, bioluminescence imaging of live cells, and different PPI models. This study expands capabilities of luciferases as a tool for analyses of molecular dynamics and cell signaling in living subjects.
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- Sung Bae Kim
- Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8569, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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Chu R, Reczek D, Brondyk W. Capture-stabilize approach for membrane protein SPR assays. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7360. [PMID: 25484112 PMCID: PMC5154539 DOI: 10.1038/srep07360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Measuring the binding kinetics of antibodies to intact membrane proteins by surface plasmon resonance has been challenging largely because of the inherent difficulties in capturing membrane proteins on chip surfaces while retaining their native conformation. Here we describe a method in which His-tagged CXCR5, a GPCR, was purified and captured on a Biacore chip surface via the affinity tag. The captured receptor protein was then stabilized on the chip surface by limited cross-linking. The resulting chip surface retained ligand binding activity and was used for monoclonal antibody kinetics assays by a standard Biacore kinetics assay method with a simple low pH regeneration step. We demonstrate the advantages of this whole receptor assay when compared to available peptide-based binding assays. We further extended the application of the capture-stabilize approach to virus-like particles and demonstrated its utility analyzing antibodies against CD52, a GPI-anchored protein, in its native membrane environment. The results are the first demonstration of chemically stabilized chip surfaces for membrane protein SPR assays.
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- Ruiyin Chu
- Genzyme Corporation, 49 New York Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Genzyme Corporation, 49 New York Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Genzyme Corporation, 49 New York Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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Trypanosoma brucei FKBP12 differentially controls motility and cytokinesis in procyclic and bloodstream forms. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2012; 12:168-81. [PMID: 23104568 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00077-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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FKBP12 proteins are able to inhibit TOR kinases or calcineurin phosphatases upon binding of rapamycin or FK506 drugs, respectively. The Trypanosoma brucei FKBP12 homologue (TbFKBP12) was found to be a cytoskeleton-associated protein with specific localization in the flagellar pocket area of the bloodstream form. In the insect procyclic form, RNA interference-mediated knockdown of TbFKBP12 affected motility. In bloodstream cells, depletion of TbFKBP12 affected cytokinesis and cytoskeleton architecture. These last effects were associated with the presence of internal translucent cavities limited by an inside-out configuration of the normal cell surface, with a luminal variant surface glycoprotein coat lined up by microtubules. These cavities, which recreated the streamlined shape of the normal trypanosome cytoskeleton, might represent unsuccessful attempts for cell abscission. We propose that TbFKBP12 differentially affects stage-specific processes through association with the cytoskeleton.
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Tzafriri AR, Groothuis A, Price GS, Edelman ER. Stent elution rate determines drug deposition and receptor-mediated effects. J Control Release 2012; 161:918-26. [PMID: 22642931 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Drug eluting stent designs abound and yet the dependence of efficacy on drug dose and elution duration remains unclear. We examined these issues within a mathematical framework of arterial drug distribution and receptor binding following stent elution. Model predictions that tissue content linearly tracks stent elution rate were validated in porcine coronary artery sirolimus-eluting stents implants. Arterial content varied for stent types, progressively declining from its Day 1 peak and tracking with rate-limiting drug elution--near zero-order release was three-fold more efficient at depositing drug in the stented lesion than near first-order release. In vivo data were consistent with an overabundance of non-specific sirolimus-binding sites relative to the specific receptors and to the delivered dose. The implication is that the persistence time of receptor saturation and effect is more sensitive to duration of elution than to eluted amount. Consequently, the eluted amount should be sufficiently high to saturate receptors at the target lesion, but dose escalation alone is an inefficient strategy for prolonging the duration of sirolimus deposition. Moreover, receptor saturating drug doses are predicted to be most efficacious when eluted from stents in a constant zero order fashion as this maximizes the duration of elution and receptor saturation.
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A capture coupling method for the covalent immobilization of hexahistidine tagged proteins for surface plasmon resonance. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 627:91-100. [PMID: 20217615 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-670-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a robust method to detect and quantify macromolecular interactions; however, to measure binding interactions, one component must be immobilized on a sensor surface. This is typically achieved using covalent immobilization via free amines or thiols, or noncovalent immobilization using high-affinity interactions such as biotin/streptavidin or antibody/antigen. In this chapter we describe a robust method to covalently immobilize His(6) fusion proteins on the sensor surface for SPR analysis.
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Bjelić S, Jelesarov I. A survey of the year 2007 literature on applications of isothermal titration calorimetry. J Mol Recognit 2008; 21:289-312. [PMID: 18729242 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Elucidation of the energetic principles of binding affinity and specificity is a central task in many branches of current sciences: biology, medicine, pharmacology, chemistry, material sciences, etc. In biomedical research, integral approaches combining structural information with in-solution biophysical data have proved to be a powerful way toward understanding the physical basis of vital cellular phenomena. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a valuable experimental tool facilitating quantification of the thermodynamic parameters that characterize recognition processes involving biomacromolecules. The method provides access to all relevant thermodynamic information by performing a few experiments. In particular, ITC experiments allow to by-pass tedious and (rarely precise) procedures aimed at determining the changes in enthalpy and entropy upon binding by van't Hoff analysis. Notwithstanding limitations, ITC has now the reputation of being the "gold standard" and ITC data are widely used to validate theoretical predictions of thermodynamic parameters, as well as to benchmark the results of novel binding assays. In this paper, we discuss several publications from 2007 reporting ITC results. The focus is on applications in biologically oriented fields. We do not intend a comprehensive coverage of all newly accumulated information. Rather, we emphasize work which has captured our attention with originality and far-reaching analysis, or else has provided ideas for expanding the potential of the method.
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- Sasa Bjelić
- Biochemisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, Switzerland
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Rich RL, Myszka DG. Survey of the year 2007 commercial optical biosensor literature. J Mol Recognit 2008; 21:355-400. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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