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Machado FR, Bortolotto VC, Araujo SM, Dahleh MMM, Fernandes EJ, Musachio EAS, Funguetto-Ribeiro AC, Haas SE, Guerra GP, Prigol M, Boeira SP. Toxicological analysis of chronic exposure to polymeric nanocapsules with different coatings in Drosophila melanogaster. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 283:109939. [PMID: 38723702 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Nanotechnology involves the utilization of nanomaterials, including polymeric nanocapsules (NCs) that are drug carriers. For modify drug release and stability, nanoformulations can feature different types of polymers as surface coatings: Polysorbate 80 (P80), Polyethylene glycol (PEG), Chitosan (CS) and Eudragit (EUD). Although nanoencapsulation aims to reduce side effects, these polymers can interact with living organisms, inducing events in the antioxidant system. Thus far, little has been described about the impacts of chronic exposure, with Drosophila melanogaster being an in vivo model for characterizing the toxicology of these polymers. This study analyzes the effects of chronic exposure to polymeric NCs with different coatings. Flies were exposed to 10, 50, 100, and 500 μL of NCP80, NCPEG, NCCS, or EUD. The survival rate, locomotor changes, oxidative stress markers, cell viability, and Nrf2 expression were evaluated. Between the coatings, NCPEG had minimal effects, as only 500 μL affected the levels of reactive species (RS) and the enzymatic activities of catalase (CAT) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) without reducing Nrf2 expression. However, NCEUD significantly impacted the total flies killed, RS, CAT, and Superoxide dismutase from 100 μL. In part, the toxicity mechanisms of these coatings can be explained by the imbalance of the antioxidant system. This research provided initial evidence on the chronic toxicology of these nanomaterials in D. melanogaster to clarify the nanosafety profile of these polymers in future nanoformulations. Further investigations are essential to characterize possible biochemical pathways involved in the toxicity of these polymeric coatings.
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- Franciéle Romero Machado
- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Pharmacology Laboratory - LABFAR, Federal University of Pampa, Uruguaiana, RS 22 97650-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacological and Toxicological Evaluations Applied to Bioactives Molecules - LaftamBio, Federal University of Pampa, Itaqui, RS 97650-000, Brazil.
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Mora-Boza A, Ahmedin Z, García AJ. Controlled release of therapeutic antibody using hydrolytically degradable microgels. J Biomed Mater Res A 2024; 112:1265-1275. [PMID: 37927169 PMCID: PMC11069594 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies have gained significant interest as potential therapeutics for treating various diseases. However, these therapies are not always effective due to poor treatment compliance associated with multiple administrations and drug resistance. Thus, there is a growing interest in developing advanced monoclonal antibody delivery systems that can customize pharmacokinetics to enhance therapeutic outcomes. This work aimed to engineer hydrolytic 4-arm PEG maleimide (PEG-4MAL) microgels for the controlled delivery of therapeutic antibodies, specifically anti-angiogenic bevacizumab, to overcome the limitations of current monoclonal antibody therapies. Through a PEGylation reaction with a thiol-terminated PEG linker, the antibody was covalently conjugated to the macromer backbone before microgel synthesis. The PEGylation reaction was simple, effective, and did not affect antibody bioactivity. Antibody release kinetics was tuned by changing the concentration of the hydrolytic linker (0-2 mM) and/or PEG-4MAL:protein molar ratio (1000:1, 2000:1, and 5000:1) in the macromer precursor solution during microgel fabrication. The bioactivity of the released antibody was assessed on human umbilical endothelial vascular cells (HUVEC), demonstrating that extracts from hydrolytic microgels reduced cell proliferation over time. Collectively, this study demonstrates the development of highly tunable delivery platform based on degradable PEG-4MAL microgels that can be adapted for therapeutic antibody-controlled release.
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- Ana Mora-Boza
- Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Xu X, Xu J, Sun Z, Tetiana D. Cyclodextrin-grafted redox-responsive hydrogel mediated by disulfide bridges for regulated drug delivery. Des Monomers Polym 2024; 27:21-34. [PMID: 38826495 PMCID: PMC11141310 DOI: 10.1080/15685551.2024.2358581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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In this paper, a novel mono-methacrylated β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) monomer mediated by disulfide bond was synthesized, and then thermal copolymerized with HEMA monomer in the presence of a little crosslinker to prepare redox-responsive hydrogel for regulated drug delivery. The structure of the monomer was confirmed by FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR spectroscopy. The substitution degree of polymerizable methacrylated group grafted onto β-CD was about 1 by calculating by1H NMR (0.987) and element analysis (0.937). The mono-methacrylated β-CD monomer can well copolymerize with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomer with gel fraction over 80%. The hydrogel shows low cytotoxicity, and copolymerization of the mono-methacrylated β-CD monomer in the hydrogels increases its equilibrium swelling degree (ESD) and tensile strength, while its transmittance slightly decreases. Drug loading and release rate are dependent on the β-CD content. The hydrogel with high β-CD content of 13.83 wt% shows 1.8 and 8.5 folds puerarin (PUE) and curcumin (CUR) loading than pure pHEMA hydrogel, respectively. The incorporation of β-CD sustained drug release, especially CUR release was prolonged more than 24 h from 5 h of pure pHEMA hydrogel (80% release). The hydrogels are highly sensitive to reduced glutathione (GSH), and low concentration of GSH of 3 mM can significantly accelerate drug release rate. The higher of β-CD content, the more sensitive the hydrogels to GSH, resulting in rapider drug release rate.
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- Xin Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
- College of Pharmacy, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- College of Pharmacy, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Gorantla A, Hall JTVE, Troidle A, Janjic JM. Biomaterials for Protein Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges to Clinical Translation. MICROMACHINES 2024; 15:533. [PMID: 38675344 PMCID: PMC11052476 DOI: 10.3390/mi15040533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The development of biomaterials for protein delivery is an emerging field that spans materials science, bioengineering, and medicine. In this review, we highlight the immense potential of protein-delivering biomaterials as therapeutic options and discuss the multifaceted challenges inherent to the field. We address current advancements and approaches in protein delivery that leverage stimuli-responsive materials, harness advanced fabrication techniques like 3D printing, and integrate nanotechnologies for greater targeting and improved stability, efficacy, and tolerability profiles. We also discuss the demand for highly complex delivery systems to maintain structural integrity and functionality of the protein payload. Finally, we discuss barriers to clinical translation, such as biocompatibility, immunogenicity, achieving reliable controlled release, efficient and targeted delivery, stability issues, scalability of production, and navigating the regulatory landscape for such materials. Overall, this review summarizes insights from a survey of the current literature and sheds light on the interplay between innovation and the practical implementation of biomaterials for protein delivery.
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- Amogh Gorantla
- Department of Engineering, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA;
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- School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA;
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Kabil MF, Azzazy HMES, Nasr M. Recent progress on polySarcosine as an alternative to PEGylation: Synthesis and biomedical applications. Int J Pharm 2024; 653:123871. [PMID: 38301810 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Biotherapeutic PEGylation to prolong action of medications has gained popularity over the last decades. Various hydrophilic natural polymers have been developed to tackle the drawbacks of PEGylation, such as its accelerated blood clearance and non-biodegradability. Polypeptoides, such as polysarcosine (pSar), have been explored as hydrophilic substitutes for PEG. pSar has PEG-like physicochemical characteristics such as water solubility and no reported cytotoxicity and immunogenicity. This review discusses pSar derivatives, synthesis, characterization approaches, biomedical applications, in addition to the challenges and future perspectives of pSar based biomaterials as an alternative to PEG.
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- Mohamed Fawzi Kabil
- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, AUC Avenue, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, AUC Avenue, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Luu CH, Nguyen NT, Ta HT. Unravelling Surface Modification Strategies for Preventing Medical Device-Induced Thrombosis. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2301039. [PMID: 37725037 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The use of biomaterials in implanted medical devices remains hampered by platelet adhesion and blood coagulation. Thrombus formation is a prevalent cause of failure of these blood-contacting devices. Although systemic anticoagulant can be used to support materials and devices with poor blood compatibility, its negative effects such as an increased chance of bleeding, make materials with superior hemocompatibility extremely attractive, especially for long-term applications. This review examines blood-surface interactions, the pathogenesis of clotting on blood-contacting medical devices, popular surface modification techniques, mechanisms of action of anticoagulant coatings, and discusses future directions in biomaterial research for preventing thrombosis. In addition, this paper comprehensively reviews several novel methods that either entirely prevent interaction between material surfaces and blood components or regulate the reaction of the coagulation cascade, thrombocytes, and leukocytes.
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- Cuong Hung Luu
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia
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Chen M, Ma A, Sun Z, Xie B, Shi L, Chen S, Chen L, Xiong G, Wang L, Wu W. Enhancing activity of food protein-derived peptides: An overview of pretreatment, preparation, and modification methods. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2023; 22:4698-4733. [PMID: 37732471 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Food protein-derived peptides have garnered considerable attention due to their potential bioactivities and functional properties. However, the limited activity poses a challenge in effective utilization aspects. To overcome this hurdle, various methods have been explored to enhance the activity of these peptides. This comprehensive review offers an extensive overview of pretreatment, preparation methods, and modification strategies employed to augment the activity of food protein-derived peptides. Additionally, it encompasses a discussion on the current status and future prospects of bioactive peptide applications. The review also addresses the standardization of mass production processes and safety considerations for bioactive peptides while examining the future challenges and opportunities associated with these compounds. This comprehensive review serves as a valuable guide for researchers in the food industry, offering insights and recommendations to optimize the production process of bioactive peptides.
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- Mengting Chen
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Products Processing and Nuclear agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Agro-product Processing Research Sub-center of Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Kaltbeitzel J, Wich PR. Protein-based Nanoparticles: From Drug Delivery to Imaging, Nanocatalysis and Protein Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216097. [PMID: 36917017 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Proteins and enzymes are versatile biomaterials for a wide range of medical applications due to their high specificity for receptors and substrates, high degradability, low toxicity, and overall good biocompatibility. Protein nanoparticles are formed by the arrangement of several native or modified proteins into nanometer-sized assemblies. In this review, we will focus on artificial nanoparticle systems, where proteins are the main structural element and not just an encapsulated payload. While under natural conditions, only certain proteins form defined aggregates and nanoparticles, chemical modifications or a change in the physical environment can further extend the pool of available building blocks. This allows the assembly of many globular proteins and even enzymes. These advances in preparation methods led to the emergence of new generations of nanosystems that extend beyond transport vehicles to diverse applications, from multifunctional drug delivery to imaging, nanocatalysis and protein therapy.
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- Jonas Kaltbeitzel
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Zhao Y, Chudasama V, Baker JR. Trifunctional Dibromomaleimide Reagents Built Around A Lysine Scaffold Deliver Site-selective Dual-modality Antibody Conjugation. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300356. [PMID: 37548625 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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We describe the synthesis and application of a selection of trifunctional reagents for the dual-modality modification of native, solvent accessible disulfide bonds in trastuzumab. The reagents were developed from the dibromomaleimide (DBM) platform with two orthogonal clickable functional groups built around a lysine core. We also describe the development of an aryl diselenide additive which enables antibody disulfide reduction in 4 minutes and a rapid overall reduction-bridging-double click sequence.
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- Yanbo Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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Shanker S, Sanner MF. Predicting Protein-Peptide Interactions: Benchmarking Deep Learning Techniques and a Comparison with Focused Docking. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:3158-3170. [PMID: 37167566 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The accurate prediction of protein structures achieved by deep learning (DL) methods is a significant milestone and has deeply impacted structural biology. Shortly after its release, AlphaFold2 has been evaluated for predicting protein-peptide interactions and shown to significantly outperform RoseTTAfold as well as a conventional blind docking method: PIPER-FlexPepDock. Since then, new AlphaFold2 models, trained specifically to predict multimeric assemblies, have been released and a new ab initio folding model OmegaFold has become available. Here, we assess docking success rates for these new DL folding models and compare their performance with our state-of-the-art, focused peptide-docking software AutoDock CrankPep (ADCP). The evaluation is done using the same dataset and performance metric for all methods. We show that, for a set of 99 nonredundant protein-peptide complexes, the new AlphaFold2 model outperforms other Deep Learning approaches and achieves remarkable docking success rates for peptides. While the docking success rate of ADCP is more modest when considering the top-ranking solution only, it samples correct solutions for around 62% of the complexes. Interestingly, different methods succeed on different complexes, and we describe a consensus docking approach using ADCP and AlphaFold2, which achieves a remarkable 60% for the top-ranking results and 66% for the top 5 results for this set of 99 protein-peptide complexes.
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- Sudhanshu Shanker
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Kommineni N, Sainaga Jyothi VGS, Butreddy A, Raju S, Shapira T, Khan W, Angsantikul P, Domb AJ. SNAC for Enhanced Oral Bioavailability: An Updated Review. Pharm Res 2023; 40:633-650. [PMID: 36539668 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-022-03459-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The delivery of proteins and peptides via an oral route poses numerous challenges to improve the oral bioavailability and patient compliance. To overcome these challenges, as well as to improve the permeation of proteins and peptides via intestinal mucosa, several chemicals have been studied such as surfactants, fatty acids, bile salts, pH modifiers, and chelating agents, amongst these medium chain fatty acid like C10 (sodium caprate) and Sodium N-[8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl) amino] caprylate (SNAC) and its derivatives that have been well studied from a clinical perspective. This current review enumerates the challenges involved in protein and peptide delivery via the oral route, i.e., non-invasive routes of protein and peptide administration. This review also covers the chemistry behind SNAC and toxicity as well as mechanisms to enhance the oral delivery of clinically proven molecules like simaglutide and other small molecules under clinical development, as well as other permeation enhancers for efficient delivery of proteins and peptides.
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- Nagavendra Kommineni
- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- School of Pharmacy and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Kerem Campus, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Natco Research Centre, NATCO Pharma Limited, Hyderabad, 500018, India
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Kerem Campus, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Lam SF, Shang X, Ghosh R. Membrane-Based Hybrid Method for Purifying PEGylated Proteins. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:182. [PMID: 36837684 PMCID: PMC9966431 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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PEGylated proteins are usually purified using chromatographic methods, which are limited in terms of both speed and scalability. In this paper, we describe a microfiltration membrane-based hybrid method for purifying PEGylated proteins. Polyethylene glycol (or PEG) is a lower critical solution temperature polymer which undergoes phase transition in the presence of a lyotropic salt and forms micelle-like structures which are several microns in size. In the proposed hybrid method, the PEGylated proteins are first converted to their micellar form by the addition of a lyotropic salt (1.65 M ammonium sulfate). While the micelles are retained using a microfiltration membrane, soluble impurities such as the unmodified protein are washed out through the membrane. The PEGylated proteins thus retained by the membrane are recovered by solubilizing them by removing the lyotropic salt. Further, by precisely controlling the salt removal, the different PEGylated forms of the protein, i.e., mono-PEGylated and di-PEGylated forms, are fractionated from each other. Hybrid separation using two different types of microfiltration membrane devices, i.e., a stirred cell and a tangential flow filtration device, are examined in this paper. The membrane-based hybrid method for purifying PEGylated proteins is both fast and scalable.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-905-525-9140 (ext. 27415)
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Hou J, Li N, Zhang W, Zhang W. Exploring the impact of PEGylation on the cell-nanomicelle interactions by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy and force tracing. Acta Biomater 2023; 157:310-320. [PMID: 36535567 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PEGylation has been considered the gold standard method for the modification of various drug delivery systems since the last century. However, the impact of PEGylation on the dynamic interaction between drug carriers and cell membranes has not been quantitatively clarified. Herein, the cellular binding and receptor-mediated endocytosis of a model PEGylated polypeptide nanomicelle were systematically investigated at the single-particle level using AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) and force tracing. A self-assembled elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) nanomicelle, which is capable of cross-linking, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) modification, and PEGylation was prepared. The cross-linked ELP-based nanomicelles exhibited outstanding stability in a broad temperature range of 4-40 °C, which facilitate the drug loading, as well as our cell-nanomicelle study at the single particle level. The unbinding force between the cross-linked ELP-based nanomicelles and the GRP receptor (GRPR)-containing cell (PC-3) membranes was quantitatively measured by AFM-SMFS. It is found that the PEGylated GRP-displaying nanomicelles exhibit the highest unbinding force, indicating the enhanced specific binding effect of PEGylation. Furthermore, the receptor-mediated endocytosis of the cross-linked ELP-based nanomicelles was monitored with the help of force tracing based on AFM-SMFS. Our results show that PEGylation decreases the endocytic force, duration, and engulfment depth of the PEGylated GRP-displaying nanomicelles, but increases their endocytic velocity, which results from the elimination of non-specific interactions during endocytosis. These observations demonstrate the diverse and complex roles of PEGylation on the interaction of polypeptide nanomicelles to cell membranes and may shed light on the rational design of organic polymer-based drug delivery systems aiming for active and passive targeting strategies. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A self-assembled elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) nanomicelle, which can be easily cross-linked, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) modified, and PEGylated, is designed. The AFM-SMFS experiment shows that PEGylation can enhance specific binding of the nanomicelles to the receptors on cell membranes. The force tracing experiment indicates that PEGylation decreases the endocytic force as well as engulfment depth of the nanomicelles through the elimination of non-specific interactions. PEGylation can benefit the drug delivery systems aiming at active targeting, while might not be an ideal modification for drug carriers designed for passive targeting, whose cellular uptake mainly depends on non-specific interactions.
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- Jue Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, PR China; College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Center for Supramolecular Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, PR China.
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Mohammed GK, Böttger R, Krizsan A, Volke D, Mötzing M, Li SD, Knappe D, Hoffmann R. In Vitro Properties and Pharmacokinetics of Temporarily PEGylated Onc72 Prodrugs. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2202368. [PMID: 36631971 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The favorable properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to rapidly kill pathogens are often limited by unfavorable pharmacokinetics due to fast degradation and renal clearance rates. Here, a prodrug strategy linking proline-rich AMP Onc72 to polyethylene glycol (PEGs) with average molecular weights of 5 and 20 kDa via a peptide linker containing a protease cleavage site is tested for the first time in vivo. Onc72 is released from these 5k- and 20k-prodrugs in mouse serum with half-life times (t1/2 ) of 8 and 14 h, respectively. Importantly, PEGylation protects Onc72 from proteolytic degradation providing a prolonged release of Onc72, balancing the degradation of free Onc72, and leading to relatively stable Onc72 concentrations and high antibacterial activities. The prodrugs are not hemolytic on human erythrocytes and show only slight cytotoxic effects on human cell lines indicating promising safety margins. When administered subcutaneously to female CD-1 mice, the prodrugs elimination t1/2 are 66 min and ≈5.5 h, respectively, compared to 43 min of free Onc72. The maximal Onc72 plasma levels are obtained ≈1 and ≈8 h postadministration, respectively. In conclusion, the prodrugs provide extended elimination t1/2 and a constant release of Onc72 in mice, potentially limiting adverse effects and increasing efficacy.
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- Gubran Khalil Mohammed
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,EnBiotix GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Leipzig University, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Tashima T. Delivery of Drugs into Cancer Cells Using Antibody-Drug Conjugates Based on Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis and the Enhanced Permeability and Retention Effect. Antibodies (Basel) 2022; 11:antib11040078. [PMID: 36546903 PMCID: PMC9774242 DOI: 10.3390/antib11040078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Innumerable people worldwide die of cancer every year, although pharmaceutical therapy has actualized many benefits in human health. For background, anti-cancer drug development is difficult due to the multifactorial pathogenesis and complicated pathology of cancers. Cancer cells excrete hydrophobic low-molecular anti-cancer drugs by overexpressed efflux transporters such as multiple drug resistance 1 (MDR1) at the apical membrane. Mutation-driven drug resistance is also developed in cancer. Moreover, the poor distribution of drug to cancer cells is a serious problem, because patients suffer from off-target side effects. Thus, highly selective and effective drug delivery into solid cancer cells across the membrane should be established. It is known that substances (10-100 nm in diameter) such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) (approximately 14.2 nm in diameter) or nanoparticles spontaneously gather in solid tumor stroma or parenchyma through the capillary endothelial fenestration, ranging from 200-2000 nm, in neovasculatures due to the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Furthermore, cancer antigens, such as HER2, Nectin-4, or TROP2, highly selectively expressed on the surface of cancer cells act as a receptor for receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) using mAbs against such antigens. Thus, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are promising anti-cancer pharmaceutical agents that fulfill accurate distribution due to the EPR effect and due to antibody-antigen binding and membrane permeability owing to RME. In this review, I introduce the implementation and possibility of highly selective anti-cancer drug delivery into solid cancer cells based on the EPR effect and RME using anti-cancer antigens ADCs with payloads through suitable linkers.
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- Toshihiko Tashima
- Tashima Laboratories of Arts and Sciences, 1239-5 Toriyama-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-0035, Japan
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Ward SP, Mcdermott ST, Heichel D, Burke KA, Adamson DH. Solvent-Free Direct PEGylation of Collagen Fibers. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2022; 8:5101-5109. [PMID: 36374748 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The addition of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) to biomolecules and biomaterials is a well-established approach to modify their properties for therapeutic applications. For biomaterials, the approach is typically to blend or electrospray the synthetic polymer with the biomaterial. Effective surface modification approaches such as surface-initiated polymer brushes are challenging since the harsh solvents required for brush synthesis may destroy the biomaterial. Herein, we describe the PEGylation of collagen fibers by surface-initiated PEG brushes using a living anionic grafting-from mechanism. This brush synthesis is done in the absence of solvents to minimize the degradation of the native collagen structure. We quantify the effect the brush synthesis has on the native structure of the collagen fiber using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and find that even at long reaction times a significant fraction of the native structure remains. Dynamic mechanical analysis indicates the collagen undergoes only modest structural degradation, while adhesion studies find a significant improvement of antifouling properties. Further, our approach opens the way for further chemistry, as the growing polymer chain is a potassium alkoxy group that can be functionalized by termination or by subsequent reaction by a wide variety of molecules.
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- Shawn P Ward
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States.,Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States.,Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut06269, United States
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Braatz D, Cherri M, Tully M, Dimde M, Ma G, Mohammadifar E, Reisbeck F, Ahmadi V, Schirner M, Haag R. Chemical Approaches to Synthetic Drug Delivery Systems for Systemic Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203942. [PMID: 35575255 PMCID: PMC10091760 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Poor water solubility and low bioavailability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are major causes of friction in the pharmaceutical industry and represent a formidable hurdle for pharmaceutical drug development. Drug delivery remains the major challenge for the application of new small-molecule drugs as well as biopharmaceuticals. The three challenges for synthetic delivery systems are: (i) controlling drug distribution and clearance in the blood; (ii) solubilizing poorly water-soluble agents, and (iii) selectively targeting specific tissues. Although several polymer-based systems have addressed the first two demands and have been translated into clinical practice, no targeted synthetic drug delivery system has reached the market. This Review is designed to provide a background on the challenges and requirements for the design and translation of new polymer-based delivery systems. This report will focus on chemical approaches to drug delivery for systemic applications.
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- Daniel Braatz
- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFreie Universität BerlinTakustr. 314195BerlinGermany
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Qin L, Cui Z, Wu Y, Wang H, Zhang X, Guan J, Mao S. Challenges and Strategies to Enhance the Systemic Absorption of Inhaled Peptides and Proteins. Pharm Res 2022; 40:1037-1055. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-022-03435-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Flexibility, size and hydrophobicity of alkyl side groups in methoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-polypeptide for the nano-assembly and thermo-sensitivity. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Meziadi A, Zuberi N, de Haan HW, Gauthier MA. Overcoming PEG─Protein Mutual Repulsion to Improve the Efficiency of PEGylation. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:4948-4956. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ahlem Meziadi
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes J3X 1S2, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes J3X 1S2, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa L1H 7K4, Ontario, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes J3X 1S2, Quebec, Canada
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Liang Y, Zhang C, Wei H, Du H, Zhang G, Yang Y, Zhang H, Gong H, Li P, Song F, Xu Z, He R, Zhou W, Zheng H, Sun L, Luo X. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties and short-term outcome of a novel once-weekly PEGylated recombinant human growth hormone for children with growth hormone deficiency. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:922304. [PMID: 36034448 PMCID: PMC9405430 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.922304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objectives To investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of Y-shape branched PEGylated recombinant human growth hormone (YPEG-rhGH) and evaluate its short-term efficacy and safety in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Methods A total of 43 children with GHD from 12 sites in China were enrolled in this randomized, multicenter, active-controlled, double-blind (YPEG-rhGH doses) trial. Patients were randomized 1:1:1:1 to 100, 120, and 140 μg/kg/week of YPEG-rhGH groups and daily rhGH 35 μg/kg/day groups. The treatment lasted 12 weeks. The primary outcome was the area under the curve of the change of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). The secondary outcome was the height velocity (HV) increment at week 12. Results A dose-dependent response of maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) and area under the concentration-time curves from 0 to 168 hours (AUC0-168h) were observed for YPEG-rhGH. The ratio of Cmax and the ratio of AUC0-168h from the first to the last dosing were 1.09~1.11 and 1.22~1.26 respectively. A YPEG-rhGH dose-dependent increase in area under effect curve (AUEC) of IGF-1 fold change was observed. Model-derived mean IGF-1 SDS was in the normal range for all three YPEG-rhGH doses. At week 12, HV was 7.07, 10.39, 12.27 cm/year, and 11.58 cm/year for YPEG-rhGH 100, 120, and 140 μg/kg/week and daily rhGH respectively. Adherence and safety were consistent with the profile of daily rhGH. No related serious adverse events were reported. Conclusion The PK/PD suggests that YPEG-rhGH is suitable for the once-weekly treatment of pediatric GHD. YPEG-rhGH 120 ~ 140 μg/kg/week provides the closest HV increment with similar safety and tolerability compared to daily rhGH 35 μg/kg/day in children with GHD. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier [NCT04513171].
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- Yan Liang
- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Shanxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sanya Central Hospital, Sanya, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wuxi Fourth People’s Hospital, Wuxi, China
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- Office of General Manager, Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd, Xiamen, China
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- Office of General Manager, Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Office of General Manager, Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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A Poly-(ethylene glycol)-diacrylate 3D-Printed Micro-Bioreactor for Direct Cell Biological Implant-Testing on the Developing Chicken Chorioallantois Membrane. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13081230. [PMID: 36014153 PMCID: PMC9414255 DOI: 10.3390/mi13081230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Advancements in biomaterial manufacturing technologies calls for improved standards of fabrication and testing. Currently 3D-printable resins are being formulated which exhibit the potential to rapidly prototype biocompatible devices. For validation purposes, 3D-printed materials were subjected to a hierarchical validation onto the chorioallantoic membrane of the developing chicken, better known as the HET CAM assay. Working along these lines, prints made from poly-(ethylene glycol)-diacrylate (PEGDA), which had undergone appropriate post-print processing, outperformed other commercial resins. This material passed all tests without displaying adverse effects, as experienced with other resin types. Based on this finding, the micro bioreactors (MBR) design, first made of PDMS and that also passed with cell tests on the HET-CAM, was finally printed in PEGDA, and applied in vivo. Following this workflow shows the applicability of 3D-printable resins for biomedical device manufacturing, consents to adherence to the present standards of the 3R criteria in material research and development, and provides flexibility and fast iteration of design and test cycles for MBR adaptation and optimization.
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Mejía-Manzano LA, Campos-García VR, Perdomo-Abúndez FC, Medina-Rivero E, González-Valdez J. Mono-PEGylated lysozyme purification with increased productivity and isomer differentiation through heparin monolith chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022; 1204:123323. [PMID: 35700648 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PEGylated protein purification with the required quality attributes has represented a bioengineering challenge and Affinity Monolith Chromatography (AMC) has never been exploited for this goal. This work reports the generation of a heparin-modified affinity monolith disk by reductive alkylation with raised ligand density for its use as chromatographic support in the separation of lysozyme PEGylation reactions (LPRs) with three different PEG sizes (1, 20 and 40 kDa). For immobilized heparin determination a modified toluidine colorimetric assay adapted to microplate format was proposed. The heparin modified-disk was able to differentiate positional isomers of 20 kDa mono-PEGylated lysozyme at neutral pH using a salt linear gradient. Identity of PEG-conjugates was verified by SDS-PAGE and positional isomers were partially characterized by peptide mapping mass spectrometry. 20 kDa mono-PEGylated lysozyme conjugate purity (99.69 ± 0.05%) was comparable with traditional chromatographic methods while productivity (0.0964 ± 0.0001 mg/mL*min) was increased up to 6.1 times compared to that obtained in heparin packed-bed affinity chromatography procedures. The proposed AMC method represents a reliable, efficient, easy-handling, fast and single-step operation for the analysis or preparative isolation of PEGylated proteins containing a heparin binding domain.
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- Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Science, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Science, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- Unidad de Desarrollo e Investigación en Bioprocesos (UDIBI), Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Desarrollo e Investigación en Bioprocesos (UDIBI), Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Science, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
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Zhu C, Nicolas J. (Bio)degradable and Biocompatible Nano-Objects from Polymerization-Induced and Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:3043-3080. [PMID: 35707964 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) techniques have emerged as powerful approaches to produce a broad range of advanced synthetic nano-objects with high potential in biomedical applications. PISA produces nano-objects of different morphologies (e.g., spheres, vesicles and worms), with high solids content (∼10-50 wt %) and without additional surfactant. CDSA can finely control the self-assembly of block copolymers and readily forms nonspherical crystalline nano-objects and more complex, hierarchical assemblies, with spatial and dimensional control over particle length or surface area, which is typically difficult to achieve by PISA. Considering the importance of these two assembly techniques in the current scientific landscape of block copolymer self-assembly and the craze for their use in the biomedical field, this review will focus on the advances in PISA and CDSA to produce nano-objects suitable for biomedical applications in terms of (bio)degradability and biocompatibility. This review will therefore discuss these two aspects in order to guide the future design of block copolymer nanoparticles for future translation toward clinical applications.
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- Chen Zhu
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Peptides have traditionally been perceived as poor drug candidates due to unfavorable characteristics mainly regarding their pharmacokinetic behavior, including plasma stability, membrane permeability and circulation half-life. Nonetheless, in recent years, general strategies to tackle those shortcomings have been established, and peptides are subsequently gaining increasing interest as drugs due to their unique ability to combine the advantages of antibodies and small molecules. Macrocyclic peptides are a special focus of drug development efforts due to their ability to address so called ‘undruggable’ targets characterized by large and flat protein surfaces lacking binding pockets. Here, the main strategies developed to date for adapting peptides for clinical use are summarized, which may soon help usher in an age highly shaped by peptide-based therapeutics. Nonetheless, limited membrane permeability is still to overcome before peptide therapeutics will be broadly accepted.
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Cesur S, Cam ME, Sayın FS, Su S, Harker A, Edirisinghe M, Gunduz O. Metformin-Loaded Polymer-Based Microbubbles/Nanoparticles Generated for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:5040-5051. [PMID: 34096296 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disease that is increasingly common all over the world with a high risk of progressive hyperglycemia and high microvascular and macrovascular complications. The currently used drugs in the treatment of T2DM have insufficient glucose control and can carry detrimental side effects. Several drug delivery systems have been investigated to decrease the side effects and frequency of dosage, and also to increase the effect of oral antidiabetic drugs. In recent years, the use of microbubbles in biomedical applications has greatly increased, and research into microactive carrier bubbles continues to generate more and more clinical interest. In this study, various monodisperse polymer nanoparticles at different concentrations were produced by bursting microbubbles generated using a T-junction microfluidic device. Morphological analysis by scanning electron microscopy, molecular interactions between the components by FTIR, drug release by UV spectroscopy, and physical analysis such as surface tension and viscosity measurement were carried out for the particles generated and solutions used. The microbubbles and nanoparticles had a smooth outer surface. When the microbubbles/nanoparticles were compared, it was observed that they were optimized with 0.3 wt % poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solution, 40 kPa pressure, and a 110 μL/min flow rate, thus the diameters of the bubbles and particles were 100 ± 10 μm and 70 ± 5 nm, respectively. Metformin was successfully loaded into the nanoparticles in these optimized concentrations and characteristics, and no drug crystals and clusters were seen on the surface. Metformin was released in a controlled manner at pH 1.2 for 60 min and at pH 7.4 for 240 min. The process and structures generated offer great potential for the treatment of T2DM.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
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Rawat M, Ahuja S. Design of low cost waterborne
polyvinyl alcohol
coatings using plasticizer polyethylene glycol to minimize the residual solvent and coating defects. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Manju Rawat
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Deemed to be University Patiala India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Deemed to be University Patiala India
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Rapaka H, Manturthi S, Arjunan P, Venkatesan V, Thangavel S, Marepally S, Patri SV. Influence of Hydrophobicity in the Hydrophilic Region of Cationic Lipids on Enhancing Nucleic Acid Delivery and Gene Editing. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:1489-1500. [PMID: 35297601 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c01226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Intracellular delivery of biomolecules using non-viral vectors critically depends on the vectors' ability to allow the escape and release of the contents from the endosomes. Prior findings demonstrated that aromatic/hydrophobic group-containing amino acids such as phenylalanine (F) and tryptophan (W) destabilize cellular membranes by forming pores in the lipid bilayer. Taking cues from these findings, we have developed four α-tocopherol-based cationic amphiphiles by varying the aromatic/hydrophobic amino acids such as glycine (G), proline (P), phenylalanine (F), and tryptophan (W) as head groups and triazole in the linker region to study their impact on endosomal escape for the enhanced transfection efficacy. The lipids tocopherol-triazole-phenylalanine (TTF) and tocopherol-triazole-tryptophan (TTW) exhibited similar potential to commercial transfecting reagents, Lipofectamine (LF) 3000 and Lipofectamine Messenger Max (LFMM), respectively, in transfecting plasmid DNA and messenger RNA in multiple cultured cell lines. The TTW liposome was also found to be effective in delivering Cas9 mRNA and demonstrated equal efficiency of gene editing AAVS1 locus compared to LFMM in CHO, Neuro-2a, and EA.HY926 cell lines. In this current investigation, it is shown that the synthesized cationic lipids with aromatic hydrophobic R group-containing amino acids are safe, economic, and actually more efficient in nucleic acid delivery and genome-editing applications. These findings can be further explored in the genome-editing approach for treating genetic disorders.
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- Hithavani Rapaka
- National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana 506004, India
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- National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana 506004, India
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- Christian Medical College, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore, Tamilnadu 632001, India
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- Christian Medical College, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore, Tamilnadu 632001, India
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- National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana 506004, India
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Sunada Y, Hatori K. Polymer-Carrying Ability of Actin Filaments Interacting with Myosin Motors in a Biological Motility System In Vitro. Macromol Biosci 2022; 22:e2100471. [PMID: 35261163 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100471] [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: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The reconstituted motility system of actin-myosin is expected to be used in bioinspired transport devices, in which carried materials are attached to either moving actin filaments or walking myosin molecules. However, the dependence of the ability to transport on the size of the attached materials is still inadequately understood. Here, as carried materials, polyethylene glycols (PEGs) of various sizes are covalently bound to actin filaments, and the motility of PEG-attached filaments on a heavy meromyosin immobilized on a glass surface is observed via fluorescence microscopy. Full attachment of 2 kDa PEG, with an approximately 2 nm gyration radius, decreases the velocity and fraction of moving actin filaments by approximately 10% relative to unattached filaments. For the 5 kDa PEG, the fraction of moving filaments is decreased by approximately 70% even when the filaments contain only 20% PEG-attached actin. The attachment of both sizes of PEGs suppresses the actin-activated ATPase activity at the same level. These results suggest that actin filaments can carry PEGs up to 2 kDa having the same size as actin monomers, while the rate of ATP hydrolysis is limited. The size-dependence may provide a criterion for material delivery via actin filaments in nanotransport applications. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Yuma Sunada
- Department of Bio-Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16, Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Bio-Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16, Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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El Sayed MM, Shimizu T, Abu Lila AS, Elsadek NE, Emam SE, Alaaeldin E, Kamal A, Sarhan HA, Ando H, Ishima Y, Ishida T. A mouse model for studying the effect of blood anti-PEG IgMs levels on the in vivo fate of PEGylated liposomes. Int J Pharm 2022; 615:121539. [PMID: 35124114 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The presence of anti-polyethylene glycol (PEG) antibodies in the systemic circulation might have potential implications for the therapeutic activity of PEGylated products in vivo in the clinic. In order to study the effect of pre-existing anti-PEG antibodies on the in vivo fate and the therapeutic efficiency of PEGylated therapeutics, we developed a BALB/c mouse model by virtue of the intraperitoneal (i.p.) inoculation of hybridoma cells (HIK-M09 and HIK-M11), secreting monoclonal anti-PEG IgM, mimicking the presence of pre-existing anti-PEG antibodies in the blood. In the model, the titers of anti-PEG IgM in the blood increased as a function of hybridoma cells numbers and time after i.p. inoculation. The in vivo levels of anti-PEG IgM decreased in a dose-dependent manner, following i.v. administration of empty PEGylated liposomes. C26 tumor-bearing mice with measurable levels of anti-PEG IgM, receiving i.v. injection of DiR-labeled empty PEGylated liposomes, showed lower levels of liposomal tumor accumulation and higher levels of liver and spleen accumulation, compared to C26 tumor-bearing mice without measurable anti-PEG IgM. This specifies that the presence of anti-PEG IgM in the murine circulation induced accelerated blood clearance of PEGylated liposomes and reduced their tumor accumulation. The biodistribution and antitumor efficacy of commercially available doxorubicin (DXR)-containing PEGylated liposomes, Doxil®, were scrutinized in the anti-PEG IgM mouse model. In C26 tumor-bearing mice having circulating anti-PEG IgM, at 24 h after injection almost no DXR was observed in blood and tumor, and increased DXR accumulation was observed in spleen and liver, compared to tumor-bearing mice with no circulating anti-PEG IgM. The antitumor efficacy of Doxil® was significantly compromised in the C26 tumor-bearing mice in the presence of anti-PEG IgM. These results demonstrate that the anti-PEG IgM mouse model could be a useful prognostic indicator for the therapeutic effectiveness of different formulations of PEGylated therapeutics in pre-clinical studies.
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- Marwa M El Sayed
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt; Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail 81442, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan; Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokuahima, Japan.
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Mogensen DJ, Etzerodt M, Ogilby PR. Photoinduced Bleaching in an Efficient Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizing Protein: Identifying a Culprit in the Flavin-Binding LOV-Based Protein SOPP3. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.113894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Santos JHPM, Feitosa VA, Meneguetti GP, Carretero G, Coutinho JAP, Ventura SPM, Rangel-Yagui CO. Lysine-PEGylated Cytochrome C with Enhanced Shelf-Life Stability. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:94. [PMID: 35200354 PMCID: PMC8869816 DOI: 10.3390/bios12020094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cytochrome c (Cyt-c), a small mitochondrial electron transport heme protein, has been employed in bioelectrochemical and therapeutic applications. However, its potential as both a biosensor and anticancer drug is significantly impaired due to poor long-term and thermal stability. To overcome these drawbacks, we developed a site-specific PEGylation protocol for Cyt-c. The PEG derivative used was a 5 kDa mPEG-NHS, and a site-directed PEGylation at the lysine amino-acids was performed. The effects of the pH of the reaction media, molar ratio (Cyt-c:mPEG-NHS) and reaction time were evaluated. The best conditions were defined as pH 7, 1:25 Cyt-c:mPEG-NHS and 15 min reaction time, resulting in PEGylation yield of 45% for Cyt-c-PEG-4 and 34% for Cyt-c-PEG-8 (PEGylated cytochrome c with 4 and 8 PEG molecules, respectively). Circular dichroism spectra demonstrated that PEGylation did not cause significant changes to the secondary and tertiary structures of the Cyt-c. The long-term stability of native and PEGylated Cyt-c forms was also investigated in terms of peroxidative activity. The results demonstrated that both Cyt-c-PEG-4 and Cyt-c-PEG-8 were more stable, presenting higher half-life than unPEGylated protein. In particular, Cyt-c-PEG-8 presented great potential for biomedical applications, since it retained 30-40% more residual activity than Cyt-c over 60-days of storage, at both studied temperatures of 4 °C and 25 °C.
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- João H. P. M. Santos
- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (V.A.F.); (G.P.M.)
- Bionanomanufacturing Center, Institute for Technological Research, São Paulo 05508-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (V.A.F.); (G.P.M.)
- Bionanomanufacturing Center, Institute for Technological Research, São Paulo 05508-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (V.A.F.); (G.P.M.)
- Bionanomanufacturing Center, Institute for Technological Research, São Paulo 05508-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil;
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (J.A.P.C.); (S.P.M.V.)
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (J.A.P.C.); (S.P.M.V.)
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (V.A.F.); (G.P.M.)
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Zhou Y, Edgar KJ. Regioselective synthesis of polysaccharide-amino acid ester conjugates. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 277:118886. [PMID: 34893289 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Site-specific conjugation of polysaccharides with proteins is very challenging. Creating the ability to control chemo- and regioselective reaction between polysaccharides and amino acid derivatives can not only create potentially useful and bioactive natural polymer constructs, but should also provide useful guidance for the principles of polysaccharide-protein conjugate synthesis. In this work, we exploited regioselective bromination of the non-reducing end primary dextran hydroxyl using N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) and triphenylphosphine (Ph3P) in the dimethylacetamide (DMAc) and lithium bromide solvent system, thereby enabling a regio- and chemoselective synthetic strategic approach to a variety of polysaccharide-amino acid ester adducts. We demonstrated selective condensation of the α-amino groups of esters of the amino acids tyrosine and proline, displacing the single, terminal C6 bromides of 6-BrDextran, as well as the 6-Br moieties of 6-BrCA320S, with high conversion (71-96%). Histidine ester side group amines were found to react with 6-BrCA320S, while those of tryptophan ester did not. These results provide useful access to polysaccharide-amino acid ester adducts of various architectures, and guide us in designing new pathways to polysaccharide-protein copolymers.
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- Yang Zhou
- Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States
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- Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States; Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States.
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Pham Le Khanh H, Nemes D, Rusznyák Á, Ujhelyi Z, Fehér P, Fenyvesi F, Váradi J, Vecsernyés M, Bácskay I. Comparative Investigation of Cellular Effects of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Derivatives. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:279. [PMID: 35054686 PMCID: PMC8779311 DOI: 10.3390/polym14020279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nowadays, polyethylene glycols referred to as PEGs are widely used in cosmetics, consumer care products, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their advantageous properties such as chemical stability, low immunogenicity, and high tolerability explain why PEGs are applied in many fields of pharmaceutical formulations including parenteral, topical, ophthalmic, oral, and rectal preparations and also in modern drug delivery systems. Given their extensive use, they are considered a well-known group of chemicals. However, the number of large-scale comparative studies involving multiple PEGs of wide molecular weight range is low, as in most cases biological effects are estimated upon molecular weight. The aim of this publication was to study the action of PEGs on Caco-2 cells and G. mellonella larvae and to calculate the correlation of these effects with molecular weight and osmolality. Eleven PEGs of different molecular weight were used in our experiments: PEG 200, PEG 300, PEG 400, PEG 600, PEG 1000, PEG 1500, PEG 4000, PEG 8000, PEG 10,000, 12,000, and PEG 20,000. The investigated cellular effects included cytotoxicity (MTT and Neutral Red assays, flow cytometry with propidium iodide and annexin V) and autophagy. The osmolality of different molecular weight PEGs with various concentrations was measured by a vapor pressure osmometer OSMOMAT 070 and G. mellonella larvae were injected with the solutions of PEGs. Sorbitol was used as controls of the same osmolality. Statistical correlation was calculated to describe the average molecular weight dependence of the different measured effects. Osmolality, the cytotoxicity assays, flow cytometry data, and larvae mortality had significant correlation with the structure of the PEGs, while autophagosome formation and the proportion of early apoptotic cells showed no statistical correlation. Overall, it must be noted that PEGs must be tested individually for biological effects as not all effects can be estimated by the average molecular weight.
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- Ha Pham Le Khanh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- Institute of Healthcare Industry, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- Institute of Healthcare Industry, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (H.P.L.K.); (D.N.); (Á.R.); (Z.U.); (P.F.); (F.F.); (J.V.); (M.V.)
- Doctorate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- Institute of Healthcare Industry, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Körút 98, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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Li K, Li Z, Shen Y, Fu X, Chen C, Li Z. Organobase 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl guanidine catalyzed rapid ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides adaptive to amine, alcohol and carboxyl acid initiators. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01508g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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For amine, hydroxyl and carboxyl terminated initiators, the organobase 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine (TMG) catalyzes the rapid polymerization to afford polypeptides with controllable molecular weights and dispersities.
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- Kai Li
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Ningbo Key Laboratory of Specialty Polymers, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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Giri P, Pagar AD, Patil MD, Yun H. Chemical modification of enzymes to improve biocatalytic performance. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 53:107868. [PMID: 34774927 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Improvement in intrinsic enzymatic features is in many instances a prerequisite for the scalable applicability of many industrially important biocatalysts. To this end, various strategies of chemical modification of enzymes are maturing and now considered as a distinct way to improve biocatalytic properties. Traditional chemical modification methods utilize reactivities of amine, carboxylic, thiol and other side chains originating from canonical amino acids. On the other hand, noncanonical amino acid- mediated 'click' (bioorthogoal) chemistry and dehydroalanine (Dha)-mediated modifications have emerged as an alternate and promising ways to modify enzymes for functional enhancement. This review discusses the applications of various chemical modification tools that have been directed towards the improvement of functional properties and/or stability of diverse array of biocatalysts.
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- Pritam Giri
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nanomaterials and Application Technology, Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Sector-81, PO Manauli, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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Campos-García VR, Benavides J, González-Valdez J. Reactive aqueous two-phase systems for the production and purification of PEGylated proteins. ELECTRON J BIOTECHN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2021.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cheng L, Niu MM, Yan T, Ma Z, Huang K, Yang L, Zhong X, Li C. Bioresponsive micro-to-nano albumin-based systems for targeted drug delivery against complex fungal infections. Acta Pharm Sin B 2021; 11:3220-3230. [PMID: 34729311 PMCID: PMC8546853 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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As a typical human pathogenic fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans is a life-threatening invasive fungal pathogen with a worldwide distribution causing ∼700,000 deaths annually. Cryptococcosis is not just an infection with multi-organ involvement, intracellular survival and extracellular multiplication of the fungus also play important roles in the pathogenesis of C. neoformans infections. Because adequate accumulation of drugs at target organs and cells is still difficult to achieve, an effective delivery strategy is desperately required to treat these infections. Here, we report a bioresponsive micro-to-nano (MTN) system that effectively clears the C. neoformans in vivo. This strategy is based on our in-depth study of the overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) in infectious microenvironments (IMEs) and secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) in several associated target cells. In this MTN system, bovine serum albumin (BSA, a natural ligand of SPARC) was used for the preparation of nanoparticles (NPs), and then microspheres were constructed by conjugation with a special linker, which mainly consisted of a BSA-binding peptide and an MMP-3-responsive peptide. This MTN system was mechanically captured by the smallest capillaries of the lungs after intravenous injection, and then hydrolyzed into BSA NPs by MMP-3 in the IMEs. The NPs further targeted the lung tissue, brain and infected macrophages based on the overexpression of SPARC, reaching multiple targets and achieving efficient treatment. We have developed a size-tunable strategy where microspheres "shrink" to NPs in IMEs, which effectively combines active and passive targeting and may be especially powerful in the fight against complex fungal infections.
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Key Words
- Albumin
- AmB, amphotericin B
- BBB, blood‒brain barrier
- BSA, bovine serum albumin
- Complex fungal infection
- DDS, drug delivery system
- IME, infectious microenvironment
- MMP-3
- MMP-3, matrix metalloproteinase 3
- MTN, micro-to-nano
- Microenvironment responsive
- NP, nanoparticle
- PEG, polyethylene glycol
- PMVECs, pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells
- RFP, red fluorescent protein
- SPARC
- SPARC, secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine
- Size-tunable strategy
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- Liting Cheng
- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (Ministry of Education), China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Chen BM, Cheng TL, Roffler SR. Polyethylene Glycol Immunogenicity: Theoretical, Clinical, and Practical Aspects of Anti-Polyethylene Glycol Antibodies. ACS NANO 2021; 15:14022-14048. [PMID: 34469112 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a flexible, hydrophilic simple polymer that is physically attached to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, liposomes, and nanoparticles to reduce renal clearance, block antibody and protein binding sites, and enhance the half-life and efficacy of therapeutic molecules. Some naïve individuals have pre-existing antibodies that can bind to PEG, and some PEG-modified compounds induce additional antibodies against PEG, which can adversely impact drug efficacy and safety. Here we provide a framework to better understand PEG immunogenicity and how antibodies against PEG affect pegylated drug and nanoparticles. Analysis of published studies reveals rules for predicting accelerated blood clearance of pegylated medicine and therapeutic liposomes. Experimental studies of anti-PEG antibody binding to different forms, sizes, and immobilization states of PEG are also provided. The widespread use of SARS-CoV-2 RNA vaccines that incorporate PEG in lipid nanoparticles make understanding possible effects of anti-PEG antibodies on pegylated medicines even more critical.
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- Bing-Mae Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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Venkatesh K, Arthanareeswaran G, Suresh Kumar P, Kweon J. Fabrication of Zwitterion TiO 2 Nanomaterial-Based Nanocomposite Membranes for Improved Antifouling and Antibacterial Properties and Hemocompatibility and Reduced Cytotoxicity. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:20279-20291. [PMID: 34395976 PMCID: PMC8358967 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Although zwitterion nanomaterials exhibit outstanding antifouling property, hemocompatibility, and antibacterial activity, their poor solubility in organic solvents limits their practical applications. In the present study, natural lysine (amino acids) was surface-grafted onto one-dimensional (1D) TiO2 nanofibers (NFs) through an epoxy ring opening in which the 3-glycidyloxypropyl (dimethoxy) methyl silane was used as a coupling agent. Chemical binding and morphological studies, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, were conducted to confirm the successful grafting of lysine onto the TiO2 NFs. The lysine-grafted TiO2 NF-polyethersulfone (PES) membrane induced electrostatic interactions and increased the surface charges from -28 to 16 mV in ζ-potential analysis. The lysine exhibited zwitterion characteristics owing to the presence of amino (cations) and carboxyl (anions) functional groups. Moreover, the modified TiO2-PES zwitterion membranes exhibited good water flux performances compared to the pristine membrane. ZT-4 membrane displayed the highest water fluxand bovine serum albumin (BSA) rejection of 137 ± 1.8 L m-2 h-1 and 94 ± 1%, respectively. The cell viability results revealed that the zwitterion PES membrane had excellent biocompatibility with peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The present work offers a convenient strategy to improve the hydrophilicity, antifouling property, and hemocompatibility of modified TiO2-PES zwitterion membranes for their biomedical and blood-contacting applications such as hemodialysis.
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- Kanagaraj Venkatesh
- Membrane
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, India
- Nanomaterials
Laboratory, Department of Physics, National
Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, India
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- Membrane
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, India
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- Environmental
& Water Technology Centre of Innovation (EWTCOI), Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, 599489 Singapore
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- Water
Treatment and Membrane Laboratory, Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic
of Korea
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Zhu H, Gu D, Rao Z, Li Y, Liu Y, Hao J. Design of gel-to-sol UCST transition peptides by controlling polypeptide β-sheet nanostructures. Polym J 2021. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-021-00490-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Mao T, Zhu C, Tao L. Multifunctional Polymer–Protein Conjugates Generated by Multicomponent Reactions†. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Tengfei Mao
- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian Beijing 102205 China
- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Materials Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Sanner MF, Dieguez L, Forli S, Lis E. Improving Docking Power for Short Peptides Using Random Forest. J Chem Inf Model 2021; 61:3074-3090. [PMID: 34124893 PMCID: PMC8543977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In recent years, therapeutic peptides have gained a lot interest as demonstrated by the 60 peptides approved as drugs in major markets and 150+ peptides currently in clinical trials. However, while small molecule docking is routinely used in rational drug design efforts, docking peptides has proven challenging partly because docking scoring functions, developed and calibrated for small molecules, perform poorly for these molecules. Here, we present random forest classifiers trained to discriminate correctly docked peptides. We show that, for a testing set of 47 protein-peptide complexes, structurally dissimilar from the training set and previously used to benchmark AutoDock Vina's ability to dock short peptides, these random forest classifiers improve docking power from ∼25% for AutoDock scoring functions to an average of ∼70%. These results pave the way for peptide-docking success rates comparable to those of small molecule docking. To develop these classifiers, we compiled the ProptPep37_2021 data set, a curated, high-quality set of 322 crystallographic protein-peptides complexes annotated with structural similarity information. The data set also provides a collection of high-quality putative poses with a range of deviations from the crystallographic pose, providing correct and incorrect poses (i.e., decoys) of the peptide for each entry. The ProptPep37_2021 data set as well as the classifiers presented here are freely available.
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- Michel F. Sanner
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 93037, USA
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- Koliber Biosciences Inc., 12265 World Trade Drive, Suite G, San Diego, CA 92128, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 93037, USA
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- Koliber Biosciences Inc., 12265 World Trade Drive, Suite G, San Diego, CA 92128, USA
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Noncovalent Protection for Direct Synthesis of α-Amino-ω-hydroxyl Poly(ethylene oxide). ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:737-743. [PMID: 35549103 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The synthesis of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) with amino end group, a key functionality for PEGylation, is a long-standing challenge. Multistep routes based on postmodification or covalent protection have been adopted to circumvent ethoxylation of the amino group by ethylene oxide (EO). Here, we report a noncovalent protection strategy for one-step synthesis of PEO amine. An amino (di)alcohol is mixed with a small amount of mild phosphazene base and excess triethylborane (Et3B) before addition of EO. The complexation of the amino group with Et3B guarantees that polymerization of EO occurs selectively from the hydroxyl group through the bicomponent metal-free catalysis. Simply by precipitation in diethyl ether, the protective Et3B as well as the catalyst can be removed to afford α-amino-ω-hydroxyl PEO with controlled molar mass, low dispersity, and complete end functionality. The effect of initiator structure and retention of Et3B on the storage (oxidative) stability of PEO amine is also revealed.
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Dual thermoresponsive mPEG-b-poly(O-benzyl-l-threonine acid) hydrogel based on β-sheet nano-structural disassembly and PEG dehydration. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Zhang Y, Cao J, Yuan Z. Strategies and challenges to improve the performance of tumor-associated active targeting. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:3959-3971. [PMID: 32222756 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00289e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Over the past decade, nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have been extensively explored. However, the average tumour enrichment ratio of passive targeting systems corresponds to only 0.7% due to the nonspecific uptake by normal organs and poor selective retention in tumours. The therapeutic specificity and efficacy of nano-medicine can be enhanced by equipping it with active targeting ligands, although it is not possible to ignore the recognition and clearance of the reticuloendothelial system (RES) caused by targeting ligands. Given the complexity of the systemic circulation environment, it is necessary to carefully consider the hydrophobicity, immunogenicity, and electrical property of targeting ligands. Thus, for an active targeting system, the targeting ligands should be shielded in blood circulation and de-shielded in the tumour region for enhanced tumour accumulation. In this study, strategies for improving the performance of active targeting ligands are introduced. The strategies include irreversible shielding, reversible shielding, and methods of modulating the multivalent interactions between ligands and receptors. Furthermore, challenges and future developments in designing active ligand targeting systems are also discussed.
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- Yahui Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Pagar AD, Patil MD, Flood DT, Yoo TH, Dawson PE, Yun H. Recent Advances in Biocatalysis with Chemical Modification and Expanded Amino Acid Alphabet. Chem Rev 2021; 121:6173-6245. [PMID: 33886302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The two main strategies for enzyme engineering, directed evolution and rational design, have found widespread applications in improving the intrinsic activities of proteins. Although numerous advances have been achieved using these ground-breaking methods, the limited chemical diversity of the biopolymers, restricted to the 20 canonical amino acids, hampers creation of novel enzymes that Nature has never made thus far. To address this, much research has been devoted to expanding the protein sequence space via chemical modifications and/or incorporation of noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs). This review provides a balanced discussion and critical evaluation of the applications, recent advances, and technical breakthroughs in biocatalysis for three approaches: (i) chemical modification of cAAs, (ii) incorporation of ncAAs, and (iii) chemical modification of incorporated ncAAs. Furthermore, the applications of these approaches and the result on the functional properties and mechanistic study of the enzymes are extensively reviewed. We also discuss the design of artificial enzymes and directed evolution strategies for enzymes with ncAAs incorporated. Finally, we discuss the current challenges and future perspectives for biocatalysis using the expanded amino acid alphabet.
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- Amol D Pagar
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, 206 World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea
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Taguchi S, Suga H. Targeting of extracellular protein-protein interactions with macrocyclic peptides. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2021; 62:82-89. [PMID: 33774472 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Targeting of extracellular protein-protein interactions (PPI) is emerging as a major application for de novo discovered macrocyclic peptides. Modern discovery platforms can routinely identify macrocyclic peptide ligands capable of highly selective modulation of extracellular signaling pathways; amenability to chemical synthesis and natural modularity of peptides additionally provides an avenue for their further structural elaboration, while the challenge of cell internalization can be minimized. Here, we discuss the recent progress in targeting extracellular PPIs with macrocyclic peptides by focusing on a number of recent case studies. We analyze the scope and potential limitations of the discovery systems in identifying functional macrocyclic ligands. We also highlight the recent technical advancements allowing for a more streamlined discovery pipeline and our brief perspective in this field.
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- Shota Taguchi
- Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Wang Z, Li Y, Zhang T, Li H, Yang Z, Wang C. Effect of Micelle-Incorporated Cisplatin With Sizes Ranging From 8 to 40 nm for the Therapy of Lewis Lung Carcinoma. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:632877. [PMID: 33762955 PMCID: PMC7982401 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.632877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Insufficient transport of therapeutic cargo into tumor bed is a bottleneck in cancer nanomedicine. Block copolymers are promising carriers with smaller particle size by ratio modification. Here, we constructed cisplatin nanoparticles with sizes ranging from 8 to 40 nm to study the permeability and therapy of Lewis lung carcinoma. We synthesized methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)2000-block poly(L-glutamic acid sodium salt)1979 loading cisplatin through complexation reaction. The cisplatin nanomedicine has high drug loading and encapsulation efficiency. In vitro data demonstrated that cisplatin nanoparticles had equivalent growth-inhibiting effects on Lewis lung carcinoma cells compared to free cisplatin. In vivo evidences showed cisplatin nanoparticles had superior antitumor effects on the Lewis lung carcinoma mouse model with no obvious side effects. All results indicated that optimizing the ratio of block copolymers to obtain smaller sized nanomedicine could act as a promising strategy for overcoming the inadequate accumulation in poorly vascularized tumors.
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- Zhicheng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Institute for Food and Drug Control, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Qingdao Institute for Food and Drug Control, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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