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Pérez-Rubio P, Vendrell-Flotats M, Romero EL, Enemark-Rasmussen K, Cervera L, Gòdia F, Lavado-García J. Internalization of PEI-based complexes in transient transfection of HEK293 cells is triggered by coalescence of membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycans like Glypican-4. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 176:116893. [PMID: 38850653 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116893] [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: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Polymer-cationic mediated gene delivery is a well-stablished strategy of transient gene expression (TGE) in mammalian cell cultures. Nonetheless, its industrial implementation is hindered by the phenomenon known as cell density effect (CDE) that limits the cell density at which cultures can be efficiently transfected. The rise in personalized medicine and multiple cell and gene therapy approaches based on TGE, make more relevant to understand how to circumvent the CDE. A rational study upon DNA/PEI complex formation, stability and delivery during transfection of HEK293 cell cultures has been conducted, providing insights on the mechanisms for polyplexes uptake at low cell density and disruption at high cell density. DNA/PEI polyplexes were physiochemically characterized by coupling X-ray spectroscopy, confocal microscopy, cryo-transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Our results showed that the ionic strength of polyplexes significantly increased upon their addition to exhausted media. This was reverted by depleting extracellular vesicles (EVs) from the media. The increase in ionic strength led to polyplex aggregation and prevented efficient cell transfection which could be counterbalanced by implementing a simple media replacement (MR) step before transfection. Inhibiting and labeling specific cell-surface proteoglycans (PGs) species revealed different roles of PGs in polyplexes uptake. Importantly, the polyplexes uptake process seemed to be triggered by a coalescence phenomenon of HSPG like glypican-4 around polyplex entry points. Ultimately, this study provides new insights into PEI-based cell transfection methodologies, enabling to enhance transient transfection and mitigate the cell density effect (CDE).
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- Pol Pérez-Rubio
- Grup d'Enginyeria de Bioprocessos i Biocatàlisi Aplicada, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Servei de Microscòpia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Grup d'Enginyeria de Bioprocessos i Biocatàlisi Aplicada, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Grup d'Enginyeria de Bioprocessos i Biocatàlisi Aplicada, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain; Serra Hunter Lecturer Professor.
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- Grup d'Enginyeria de Bioprocessos i Biocatàlisi Aplicada, Escola d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby Kgs 2800, Denmark.
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Elizarova TN, Antopolsky ML, Novichikhin DO, Skirda AM, Orlov AV, Bragina VA, Nikitin PI. A Straightforward Method for the Development of Positively Charged Gold Nanoparticle-Based Vectors for Effective siRNA Delivery. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083318. [PMID: 37110552 PMCID: PMC10144622 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The therapeutic potential of short interfering RNA (siRNA) to treat many diseases that are incurable with traditional preparations is limited by the extensive metabolism of serum nucleases, low permeability through biological membrane barriers because of a negative charge, and endosomal trapping. Effective delivery vectors are required to overcome these challenges without causing unwanted side effects. Here, we present a relatively simple synthetic protocol to obtain positively charged gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with narrow size distribution and the surface modified with Tat-related cell-penetrating peptide. The AuNPs were characterized using TEM and the localized surface plasmon resonance technique. The synthesized AuNPs showed low toxicity in experiments in vitro and were able to effectively form complexes with double-stranded siRNA. The obtained delivery vehicles were used for intracellular delivery of siRNA in an ARPE-19 cell line transfected with secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP). The delivered oligonucleotide remained intact and caused a significant knockdown effect on SEAP cell production. The developed material could be useful for delivery of negatively charged macromolecules, such as antisense oligonucleotides and various RNAs, particularly for retinal pigment epithelial cell drug delivery.
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- Tatiana N Elizarova
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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Kohon AI, Man K, Mathis K, Webb J, Yang Y, Meckes B. Nanoparticle targeting of mechanically modulated glycocalyx. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.27.529887. [PMID: 36909503 PMCID: PMC10002687 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.27.529887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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The mechanical properties and forces in the extracellular environment surrounding alveolar epithelial cells have the potential to modulate their behavior. Particularly, breathing applies 3-dimensional cyclic stretches to the cells, while the stiffness of the interstitium changes in disease states, such as fibrosis and cancer. A platform was developed that effectively imitates the active forces in the alveolus, while allowing one to control the interstitium matrix stiffnesses to mimic fibrotic lung tumor microenvironments. Alveolar epithelial cancer cells were cultured on these platforms and changes in the glycocalyx expression were evaluated. A complex combination of stiffness and dynamic forces altered heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressions. Consequently, we designed liposomal nanoparticles (LNPs) modified with peptides that can target heparan sulphate and chondroitin sulfates of cell surface glycocalyx. Cellular uptake of these modified nanoparticles increased in stiffer conditions depending on the stretch state. Namely, chondroitin sulfate A targeting improved uptake efficiency in cells experiencing dynamic stretches, while cells seeded on static stiff interstitium preferentially took up heparan sulfate targeting LNPs. These results demonstrate the critical role that mechanical stiffness and stretching play in the alveolus and the importance of including these properties in nanotherapeutic design for cancer treatment.
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- Afia Ibnat Kohon
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
- BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle Denton, Texas 76203-5017
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
- BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle Denton, Texas 76203-5017
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 3940 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76207
- BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle Denton, Texas 76203-5017
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Tryptophan, more than just an interfacial amino acid in the membrane activity of cationic cell-penetrating and antimicrobial peptides. Q Rev Biophys 2022; 55:e10. [PMID: 35979810 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583522000105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Trp is unique among the amino acids since it is involved in many different types of noncovalent interactions such as electrostatic and hydrophobic ones, but also in π-π, π-cation, π-anion and π-ion pair interactions. In membranotropic peptides and proteins, Trp locates preferentially at the water-membrane interface. In antimicrobial or cell-penetrating peptides (AMPs and CPPs respectively), Trp is well-known for its strong role in the capacity of these peptides to interact and affect the membrane organisation of both bacteria and animal cells at the level of the lipid bilayer. This essential amino acid can however be involved in other types of interactions, not only with lipids, but also with other membrane partners, that are crucial to understand the functional roles of membranotropic peptides. This review is focused on this latter less known role of Trp and describes in details, both in qualitative and quantitative ways: (i) the physico-chemical properties of Trp; (ii) its effect in CPP internalisation; (iii) its importance in AMP activity; (iv) its role in the interaction of AMPs with glycoconjugates or lipids in bacteria membranes and the consequences on the activity of the peptides; (v) its role in the interaction of CPPs with negatively charged polysaccharides or lipids of animal membranes and the consequences on the activity of the peptides. We intend to bring highlights of the physico-chemical properties of Trp and describe its extensive possibilities of interactions, not only at the well-known level of the lipid bilayer, but with other less considered cell membrane components, such as carbohydrates and the extracellular matrix. The focus on these interactions will allow the reader to reevaluate reported studies. Altogether, our review gathers dedicated studies to show how unique are Trp properties, which should be taken into account to design future membranotropic peptides with expected antimicrobial or cell-penetrating activity.
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Konate K, Josse E, Tasic M, Redjatti K, Aldrian G, Deshayes S, Boisguérin P, Vivès E. WRAP-based nanoparticles for siRNA delivery: a SAR study and a comparison with lipid-based transfection reagents. J Nanobiotechnology 2021; 19:236. [PMID: 34380479 PMCID: PMC8359084 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-021-00972-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Recently, we designed novel amphipathic cell-penetrating peptides, called WRAP, able to transfer efficiently siRNA molecules into cells. In order to gain more information about the relationship between amino acid composition, nanoparticle formation and cellular internalization of these peptides composed of only three amino acids (leucine, arginine and tryptophan), we performed a structure–activity relationship (SAR) study. First, we compared our WRAP1 and WRAP5 peptides with the C6M1 peptide also composed of the same three amino acids and showing similar behaviors in siRNA transfection. Afterwards, to further define the main determinants in the WRAP activity, we synthesized 13 new WRAP analogues harboring different modifications like the number and location of leucine and arginine residues, the relative location of tryptophan residues, as well as the role of the α-helix formation upon proline insertions within the native WRAP sequence. After having compared the ability of these peptides to form peptide-based nanoparticles (PBNs) using different biophysical methods and to induce a targeted gene silencing in cells, we established the main sequential requirements of the amino acid composition of the WRAP peptide. In addition, upon measuring the WRAP-based siRNA transfection ability into cells compared to several non-peptide transfection agents available on the markets, we confirmed that WRAP peptides induced an equivalent level of targeted gene silencing but in most of the cases with lower cell toxicity as clearly shown in clonogenic assays. ![]()
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- Karidia Konate
- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Sys2Diag, UMR 9005-CNRS/ALCEDIAG, 1682 Rue de la Valsière, 34184, Montpellier CEDEX 4, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- PhyMedExp - Université de Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 av. doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Zhong H, He J, Yu J, Li X, Mei Y, Hao L, Wu X. Mig6 not only inhibits EGFR and HER2 but also targets HER3 and HER4 in a differential specificity: Implications for targeted esophageal cancer therapy. Biochimie 2021; 190:132-142. [PMID: 34293452 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The human EGF receptor family plays pivotal roles in physiology and cancer, which contains four closely-related members: HER1/EGFR, HER2, HER3 and HER4. Previously, it was found that the mitogen-inducible gene 6 (Mig6) protein is a negative regulator of EGFR and HER2 by using its S1 segment to bind at the kinase dimerization interface. However, it is still unclear whether the S1 segment can also effectively target HER3 and HER4? Here, we performed a systematic investigation to address this issue. The segment can bind to all the four HER kinases with a varying affinity and moderate selectivity; breaking of the segment into shorter hotspot peptides would largely impair the affinity and selectivity, indicating that the full-length sequence is required for the effective binding of S1 to these kinases. The hs2 peptide, which corresponds to the middle hotspot region of S1 segment, can partially retain the affinity to HER kinases, can moderately compete with S1 segment at the dimerization interfaces, and can mimic the biological function of Mig6 protein to suppress HER4+ esophageal cancer at cellular level. In addition, we also analyzed the binding potency of S1 segment and hs2 peptide to the kinase domains of other five widely documented growth factor receptors (GFRs). It was showed that both the S1 and hs2 cannot effectively interact with these receptors. Overall, the Mig6 is suggested as a specific pan-HER inhibitor, which can target and suppress HER family members with a broad selectivity, but exhibits weak or no activity towards other GFRs.
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- Hai Zhong
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Huiqiao Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, 315040, China
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, 315040, China
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, 315040, China
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- Department of Emergency, Huiqiao Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Urology, Wenling Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wenling, 317500, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ningbo Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, 315040, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Huiqiao Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
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Qiao Z, Wang S. Directed Molecular Engineering of Mig6 Peptide Selectivity between Proto-oncogene ErbB Family Receptor Tyrosine Kinases. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-020-0102-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zha J, Liu Z, Sun R, Gong G, Dordick JS, Wu X. Endolysin-Based Autolytic E. coli System for Facile Recovery of Recombinant Proteins. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:3134-3143. [PMID: 33656890 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recovery of recombinant proteins from the Escherichia coli cytoplasm depends on cell disruption by mechanical, chemical, and/or enzymatic methods, which usually cause incomplete cell breakage or protein denaturation. Controllable autolytic E. coli strains have been designed to facilitate the purification of recombinant proteins; however, these strains suffer from low recovery yield, slow cell lysis, or extensive strain engineering. Herein, we report an improved, highly efficient programmable autolytic E. coli platform, in which cell lysis is initiated upon the induced expression of T4 lysozyme with N-terminal fusion of a cell-penetrating peptide. Through the engineering of the peptide sequence and copy number, and by incorporating the fusion lytic gene into the E. coli genome, more than 99.97% of cells could be lysed within 30 min of induction regardless of cell age. We further tested the expression and release of a recombinant enzyme lysostaphin (Lst) and demonstrated that 4 h induction of the lytic gene after 3 h of Lst expression resulted in 98.97% cell lysis. Lst obtained from this system had the same yield, yet 1.63-fold higher activity, compared with that obtained from cells lysed by freeze-thawing and sonication. This autolytic platform shows potential for use in large-scale microbial production of proteins and other biopolymers.
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- Jian Zha
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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Liu Q, Zhou J, Gao J, Ma W, Wang S, Xing L. Rational design of EGFR dimerization-disrupting peptides: A new strategy to combat drug resistance in targeted lung cancer therapy. Biochimie 2020; 176:128-137. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Chiongson JBV, Sabido EM, Lin KG, Alea GV, Dalisay DS, Wu SH, Saludes JP. Multimeric TAT peptides are effective in vitro inhibitors of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. Chem Biol Drug Des 2020; 96:1348-1354. [PMID: 32562357 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13706] [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: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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TAT (48-60) is a tridecapeptide from the envelope protein of HIV that was previously shown to possess cell-penetrating properties and antibacterial activity, making it a potential drug delivery agent for anticancer drugs and as antibacterial compound. Previous reports indicated that dimerization enhances the desired bioactivity of TAT; hence, we sought to synthesize multimeric TAT peptides. Herein, we describe the effects of multimerization on the antibacterial activity and secondary structure of the peptide. Terminal modifications such as N-acetylation and C-amidation were employed in the design. TATp monomer, dimer, and tetramer were synthesized using solid-phase peptide synthesis, purified by reversed-phase HPLC, and then characterized by mass spectrometry. Multimerization of the peptide did not change the secondary structure conformation. The CD analysis revealed a polyproline-II conformation for all peptide designs. Thus, this study provides a method of increasing the biological activity of the peptide by multimerization while retaining the secondary conformation of its monomeric unit. Furthermore, the bacteria Staphylococcus saprophyticus was found to be susceptible to the dimer and tetramer, with MIC50 of 12.50 μm and <1.56 μm, respectively. This suggests a structure-activity relationship whereby the antibacterial activity increases with increase in valency.
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- Justin Brian V Chiongson
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.,Department of Chemistry and Physics, College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Education, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines
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- Center for Natural Drug Discovery and Development (CND3), University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
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- Center for Chemical Biology and Biotechnology (C2B2), University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Education, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines.,Center for Natural Drug Discovery and Development (CND3), University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines
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Xu Y, Zhang X, Wang N, Pei X, Guo Y, Wang J, Barth S, Yu F, Lee SJ, He H, Yang VC. Cell-penetrating peptide enhanced insulin buccal absorption. Int J Pharm 2020; 584:119469. [PMID: 32470482 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Non-injectable delivery of peptides and proteins is not feasible due to the limitations of large molecular mass, high hydrophilic properties, and gastrointestinal degradation. Therefore, proposing a new method to solve this problem is a burning issue. The objective of this study was to propose a novel protein delivery strategy to overcome the poor efficacy and irritation of buccal insulin delivery. In this study, we applied a conjugate of cell-penetrating peptides (LMWP) and insulin (INS-PEG-LMWP) for buccal delivery. INS-PEG-LMWP was prepared using insulin solution and mixture as references. The transport behaviour, in vivo bioactivity, hypoglycaemic effect, and safety of INS-PEG-LMWP were systematically characterised. An in vitro study demonstrated that the uptake and transportation of INS-PEG-LMWP across buccal mucosal multilayers significantly increased. By comparing the effects of different endocytic inhibitors on INS-PEG-LMWP uptake, the conjugate might be delivered via an energy independent, electrostatically adsorbed pathway. INS-PEG-LMWP's relative pharmacological bioavailability was high and its relative bioavailability was up to 26.86%, demonstrating no visible mucosal irritation. Cell-penetrating peptides are likely to become a reliable and safe tool for overcoming insulin's low permeability through the epithelial multilayers, the major barrier to buccal delivery.
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- You Xu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulation, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulation, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University & Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201203, China
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- South African Research Chair in Cancer Biotechnology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065, USA
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Kalmouni M, Al-Hosani S, Magzoub M. Cancer targeting peptides. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:2171-2183. [PMID: 30877335 PMCID: PMC11105397 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03061-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Despite continuing advances in the development of biomacromolecules for therapeutic purposes, successful application of these often large and hydrophilic molecules has been hindered by their inability to efficiently traverse the cellular plasma membrane. In recent years, cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have received considerable attention as a promising class of delivery vectors due to their ability to mediate the efficient import of a large number of cargoes in vitro and in vivo. However, the lack of target specificity of CPPs remains a major obstacle to their clinical development. To address this issue, researchers have developed strategies in which chemotherapeutic drugs are conjugated to cancer targeting peptides (CTPs) that exploit the unique characteristics of the tumor microenvironment or cancer cells, thereby improving cancer cell specificity. This review highlights several of these strategies that are currently in use, and discusses how multi-component nanoparticles conjugated to CTPs can be designed to provide a more efficient cancer therapeutic delivery strategy.
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- Mona Kalmouni
- Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Short peptides interfering with signaling pathways as new therapeutic tools for cancer treatment. Future Med Chem 2017; 9:199-221. [PMID: 28111982 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2016-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Short peptides have many advantages, such as low molecular weight, selectivity for a specific target, organelles or cells with minimal toxicity. We describe properties of short peptides, which interfere with communication networks in tumor cells and within microenvironment of malignant gliomas, the most common brain tumors. We focus on ligand/receptor axes and intracellular signaling pathways critical for gliomagenesis that could be targeted with interfering peptides. We review structures and efficacy of organelle-specific and cell-penetrating peptides and describe diverse chemical modifications increasing proteolytic stability and protecting synthetic peptides against degradation. We report results of application of short peptides in glioma therapy clinical trials, their rises and falls. The most advanced examples of therapeutics such as short interfering peptides combined with cell-penetrating peptides that show good effectiveness in disease models are presented. It is foreseen that identification of peptides with better clinical properties may improve their success rates in clinical trials.
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Progress in Research and Application of HIV-1 TAT-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide. J Membr Biol 2016; 250:115-122. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-016-9940-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hennig R, Kuespert S, Haunberger A, Goepferich A, Fuchshofer R. Cyclic RGD peptides target human trabecular meshwork cells while ameliorating connective tissue growth factor-induced fibrosis. J Drug Target 2016; 24:952-959. [PMID: 26973018 DOI: 10.3109/1061186x.2016.1163709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The major risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma is increased intraocular pressure stemming from elevated outflow resistance in the trabecular meshwork (TM) region. Integrins play a pivotal role in the TM by influencing its biological properties and growth factor signaling. Pathologic changes in the TM are partially mediated by growth factors like connective tissue growth factor (CTGF). Specific targeting of TM cells could play a critical clinical role by increasing the therapeutic efficacy of nanoparticles, e.g. for nonviral gene delivery. Quantum dots with cyclo(RGDfC) covalently immobilized to their surface effectively targeted cultured TM cells and were rapidly and efficiently endocytosed by binding to αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrins. Compared to the integrin-overexpressing U87-MG cell line, the association of RGD-modified nanoparticles with the TM cells was significantly higher. Binding and uptake into TM cells was receptor-mediated and suppressible with free peptide. Soluble cyclic RGD peptides effectively attenuated CTGF-mediated effects and inhibited CTGF signaling. Due to their antagonism for αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrins, these cyclic RGD pentapeptides effectively ameliorated the CTGF-induced effects and strongly promoted specific nanoparticle association. Thus, cyclic RGD peptides are powerful multifunctional ligands for both addressing nanomaterials to the TM and interfering with pathologic CTGF signaling upon arrival.
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- Robert Hennig
- a Department of Pharmaceutical Technology , University of Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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- b Department for Human Anatomy and Embryology , University of Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Technology , University of Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Technology , University of Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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- b Department for Human Anatomy and Embryology , University of Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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Szyrwiel Ł, Shimura M, Shirataki J, Matsuyama S, Matsunaga A, Setner B, Szczukowski Ł, Szewczuk Z, Yamauchi K, Malinka W, Chavatte L, Łobinski R. A novel branched TAT(47-57) peptide for selective Ni(2+) introduction into the human fibrosarcoma cell nucleus. Metallomics 2015; 7:1155-62. [PMID: 25927891 DOI: 10.1039/c5mt00021a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A TAT47-57 peptide was modified on the N-terminus by elongation with a 2,3-diaminopropionic acid residue and then by coupling of two histidine residues on its N-atoms. This branched peptide could bind to Ni under physiological conditions as a 1 : 1 complex. We demonstrated that the complex was quantitatively taken up by human fibrosarcoma cells, in contrast to Ni(2+) ions. Ni localization (especially at the nuclei) was confirmed by imaging using both scanning X-ray fluorescence microscopy and Newport Green fluorescence. A competitive assay with Newport Green showed that the latter displaced the peptide ligand from the Ni-complex. Ni(2+) delivered as a complex with the designed peptide induced substantially more DNA damage than when introduced as a free ion. The availability of such a construct opens up the way to investigate the importance of the nucleus as a target for the cytotoxicity, genotoxicity or carcinogenicity of Ni(2+).
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- Łukasz Szyrwiel
- CNRS/UPPA, LCABIE, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2, av. Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France.
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Naik RJ, Sharma R, Nisakar D, Purohit G, Ganguli M. Exogenous chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan associate with arginine-rich peptide-DNA complexes to alter their intracellular processing and gene delivery efficiency. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:1053-64. [PMID: 25637297 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Arginine-rich peptides have been used extensively as efficient cellular transporters. However, gene delivery with such peptides requires development of strategies to improve their efficiency. We had earlier demonstrated that addition of small amounts of exogenous glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) like heparan sulfate or chondroitin sulfate to different arginine-rich peptide-DNA complexes (polyplexes) led to an increase in their gene delivery efficiency. This was possibly due to the formation of a 'GAG coat' on the polyplex surface through electrostatic interactions which improved their extracellular stability and subsequent cellular entry. In this report, we have attempted to elucidate the differences in intracellular processing of the chondroitin sulfate (CS)-coated polyplexes in comparison to the native polyplexes by using a combination of endocytic inhibitors and co-localization with endosomal markers in various cell lines. We observed that both the native and CS-coated polyplexes are internalized by multiple endocytic pathways although in some cell lines, the coated polyplexes are taken up primarily by caveolae mediated endocytosis. In addition, the CS-coat improves the endosomal escape of the polyplexes as compared to the native polyplexes. Interestingly, during these intracellular events, exogenous CS is retained with the polyplexes until their accumulation near the nucleus. Thus we show for the first time that exogenous GAGs in small amounts improve intracellular routing and nuclear accumulation of arginine-based polyplexes. Therefore, addition of exogenous GAGs is a promising strategy to enhance the transfection efficiency of cationic arginine-rich peptides in multiple cell types.
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- Rangeetha J Naik
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110020, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110020, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110020, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110020, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110020, India.
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Helmfors H, Lindberg S, Langel Ü. SCARA Involvement in the Uptake of Nanoparticles Formed by Cell-Penetrating Peptides. Methods Mol Biol 2015. [PMID: 26202269 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2806-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The investigation of uptake mechanisms for cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) is and has been an ongoing project for as long as the peptides have been known, a time period that now spans over two decades. The ultimate answer is yet to be revealed and the current understanding is that no "one" mechanism will ever be found. The reason for this is that the uptake mechanism seems to be dependent on a multitude of factors that include which CPP, what cells are used, whether or not there is cargo and what the cargo is. CPPs are capable of delivering a variety of bio-macromolecules that are by themselves unable to enter into cells. Our group has reported on many different peptides in recent years, many aimed at delivering various oligonucleotide-based cargoes. These peptides have utilized the inherent positive charge of the peptides and some rationally designed modifications to non-covalently complex oligonucleotides and bring them into cells. In this chapter, we present a brief overview of the current proposals for the uptake mechanisms of CPPs and describe methods for detecting and evaluating the role of scavenger receptor class A receptors in the uptake of non-covalent cell-penetrating peptide:oligonucleotide complexes.
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- Henrik Helmfors
- Department of Neurochemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden,
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Cells are covered by a layer of negatively charged oligo- and polysaccharides, the glycocalyx. Cell-penetrating peptides and other drug delivery vehicles first encounter these polyanions before contacting the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane. While a large body of data supports the notion that interactions with the glycocalyx promote or even trigger uptake, in some cases, the glycocalyx compromises delivery. As a consequence there is a need to address the role of the glycocalyx in delivery for each specific delivery vehicle and for each particular type of cell. Here, we describe protocols to obtain information on the composition and dynamics of the glycocalyx, and the role of individual glycocalyx components in the uptake of drug delivery vehicles.
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Ben-Dov N, Korenstein R. The uptake of HIV Tat peptide proceeds via two pathways which differ from macropinocytosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1848:869-77. [PMID: 25542781 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Revised: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been extensively studied as vectors for cellular delivery of therapeutic molecules, yet the identity of their uptake routes remained unclear and is still under debate. In this study we provide new insights into CPP entry routes by quantitatively measuring the intracellular uptake of FAM-labeled Tat-peptide under rigorous kinetic and thermal conditions. The uptake of Tat-peptide between 4 and 15°C corresponds to Q10=1.1, proceeding through a prompt (<5 min), temperature-independent process, suggesting direct membrane translocation. At longer durations, Tat rate of uptake shows linear dependence on temperature with Q10=1.44, accompanied by activation energy Ea=4.45 Kcal/mole. These values are significantly lower than those we found for the macropinocytosis probe dextran (Q10=2.2 and Ea=7.2 Kcal/mole) which possesses an exponential dependence on temperature, characteristic of endocytosis processes. Tat-peptide and dextran do not interfere with each other's uptake rate and the ratio of Tat-peptide uptake to its extracellular concentration is ~15 times higher than that for dextran. In addition, Phloretin, a modulator of cell membrane dipole potential, is shown to increase dextran uptake but to reduce that of Tat. We conclude that the uptake of Tat differs from that of dextran in all parameters. Tat uptake proceeds by dual entry routes which differ by their energy dependence.
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- Nadav Ben-Dov
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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Favretto ME, Wallbrecher R, Schmidt S, van de Putte R, Brock R. Glycosaminoglycans in the cellular uptake of drug delivery vectors – Bystanders or active players? J Control Release 2014; 180:81-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lalatsa A, Schatzlein AG, Uchegbu IF. Strategies to deliver peptide drugs to the brain. Mol Pharm 2014; 11:1081-93. [PMID: 24601686 DOI: 10.1021/mp400680d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neurological diseases such as neurodegeneration, pain, psychiatric disorders, stroke, and brain cancers would greatly benefit from the use of highly potent and specific peptide pharmaceuticals. Peptides are especially desirable because of their low inherent toxicity. The presence of the blood brain barrier (BBB), their short duration of action, and their need for parenteral administration limits their clinical use. However, over the past decade there have been significant advances in delivering peptides to the central nervous system. Angiopep peptides developed by Angiochem (Montreal, Canada), transferrin antibodies developed by ArmaGen (Santa Monica, USA), and cell penetrating peptides have all shown promise in delivering therapeutic peptides across the BBB after intravenous administration. Noninvasive methods of delivering peptides to the brain include the use of chitosan amphiphile nanoparticles for oral delivery and nose to brain strategies. The uptake of the chitosan amphiphile nanoparticles by the gastrointestinal epithelium is important for oral peptide delivery. Finally protecting peptides from plasma degradation is integral to the success of most of these peptide delivery strategies.
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- Aikaterini Lalatsa
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth , St Michael's Building 5.05, White Swan Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, U.K
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Parhiz H, Shier WT, Ramezani M. From rationally designed polymeric and peptidic systems to sophisticated gene delivery nano-vectors. Int J Pharm 2013; 457:237-59. [PMID: 24060371 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lack of safe, efficient and controllable methods for delivering therapeutic genes appears to be the most important factor preventing human gene therapy. Safety issues encountered with viral vectors have prompted substantial attention to in vivo investigations with non-viral vectors throughout the past decade. However, developing non-viral vectors with effectiveness comparable to viral ones has been a challenge. The strategy of designing multifunctional synthetic carriers targeting several extracellular and intracellular barriers in the gene transfer pathway has emerged as a promising approach to improving the efficacy of gene delivery systems. This review will explain how sophisticated synthetic vectors can be created by combining conventional polycationic vectors such as polyethylenimine and basic amino acid peptides with additional polymers and peptides that are designed to overcome potential barriers to the gene delivery process.
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- Hamideh Parhiz
- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 91775-1365, Mashhad, Iran
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Zhao X, Dong Y, Zhao Z, Guo J, Liu J, Huang P, Dong D, Fan H, Guo Q, Yang X, Xu J, Li J, Fu L, Chen W. Intracellular delivery of artificial transcription factors fused to the protein transduction domain of HIV-1 Tat. Protein Expr Purif 2013; 90:27-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Different roles of cell surface and exogenous glycosaminoglycans in controlling gene delivery by arginine-rich peptides with varied distribution of arginines. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:1484-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Revised: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lépinoux-Chambaud C, Eyer J. The NFL-TBS.40-63 anti-glioblastoma peptide enters selectively in glioma cells by endocytosis. Int J Pharm 2013; 454:738-47. [PMID: 23603097 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glioblastoma are the most frequent and aggressive tumour of the nervous system despite surgical resection associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Recently, we showed that the NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide corresponding to the sequence of a tubulin-binding site of neurofilaments, enters selectively in glioblastoma cells where it blocks microtubule polymerization, inhibits their proliferation, and reduces tumour development in rats bearing glioblastoma (Bocquet et al., 2009; Berges et al., 2012a). Here, we characterized the molecular mechanism responsible for the uptake of NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide by glioblastoma cells. Unlike other cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), which use a balance between endocytosis and direct translocation, the NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide is unable to translocate directly through the membrane when incubated with giant plasma membrane vesicles. Then, using a panel of markers and inhibitors, flow cytometry and confocal microscopy investigations showed that the uptake occurs mainly through endocytosis. Moreover, glycosaminoglycans and αVβ3 integrins are not involved in the NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide recognition and internalization by glioblastoma cells. Finally, the signalling of tyrosine kinase receptors is involved in the peptide uptake, especially via EGFR overexpressed in tumour cells, indicating that the uptake of NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide by glioblastoma cells is related to their abnormally high proliferative activity.
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- Claire Lépinoux-Chambaud
- Laboratoire Neurobiologie & Transgenese, LUNAM, UPRES EA-3143, Université d'Angers, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Bâtiment IBS-IRIS, 49033 Angers, France
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Regberg J, Srimanee A, Langel U. Applications of cell-penetrating peptides for tumor targeting and future cancer therapies. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2012; 5:991-1007. [PMID: 24280701 PMCID: PMC3816645 DOI: 10.3390/ph5090991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Cell-penetrating peptides provide a highly promising strategy for intracellular drug delivery. One relevant clinical application of cell-penetrating peptides is cancer therapeutics. Peptide based delivery could increase the uptake of drugs in tumor cells and thereby increase the efficacy of the treatment, either of conventional small molecular drugs or oligonucleotide based therapeutics. This review is focused on the cancer applications of cell penetrating peptides as delivery systems; different aspects of drug loading, cargoes and delivery are discussed together with methods for targeted delivery, activatable cell-penetrating peptides and transducible agents coupled to cell-penetrating peptides.
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- Jakob Regberg
- Department of Neurochemistry, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 21A, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jones AT, Sayers EJ. Cell entry of cell penetrating peptides: tales of tails wagging dogs. J Control Release 2012; 161:582-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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