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Torres-Salgado JF, Villagrana-Escareño MV, Duran-Meza AL, Segovia-Gonzalez XF, Cadena-Nava RD, Gelbart WM, Knobler CM, Ruiz-García J. Spontaneous bilayer wrapping of virus particles by a phospholipid Langmuir monolayer. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2023; 46:118. [PMID: 38051443 PMCID: PMC10697897 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00366-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
Abstract
We report here the spontaneous formation of lipid-bilayer-wrapped virus particles, following the injection of "naked" virus particles into the subphase of a Langmuir trough with a liquid monolayer of lipids at its air-water interface. The virus particles are those of the well-studied cowpea chlorotic mottle virus, CCMV, which are negatively charged at the pH 6 of the subphase; the lipids are a 9:1 mix of neutral DMPC and cationic CTAB molecules. Before adding CCMV particles to the subphase we establish the mixed lipid monolayer in its liquid-expanded state at a fixed pressure (17.5 mN/m) and average area-per-molecule of (41Å2). Keeping the total area fixed, the surface pressure is observed to decrease at about 15 h after adding the virus particles in the subphase; by 37 h it has dropped to zero, corresponding to essentially all the lipid molecules having been removed from the air-water interface. By collecting particles from the subphase and measuring their sizes by atomic force microscopy, we show that the virus particles have been wrapped by lipid bilayers (or by two lipid bilayers). These results can be understood in terms of thermal fluctuations and electrostatic interactions driving the wrapping of the anionic virus particles by the cationic lipids. Spontaneous acquisition by a virus particle of, first, a hydrophobic lipid monolayer envelope and, then, a hydrophilic lipid bilayer envelope, as it interacts from the subphase with an oppositely charged Langmuir monolayer.
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- J F Torres-Salgado
- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1569, USA
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
- Present Address: Center of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology-UNAM, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, 22800, Ensenada, BC, México
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1569, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1569, USA
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis/dF Potosí, 78000, San Luis Potosí, México
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Oh HJ, Jung Y. High order assembly of multiple protein cages with homogeneous sizes and shapes via limited cage surface engineering. Chem Sci 2023; 14:1105-1113. [PMID: 36756339 PMCID: PMC9891371 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02772k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Protein cages are attractive building blocks to build high order materials such as 3D cage lattices, which offer accurately ordered bio-templates. However, controlling the size or valency of these cage-to-cage assemblies is extremely difficult due to highly multivalent and symmetric cage structures. Here, various high order cage assemblies with homogeneous sizes and geometries are constructed by developing an anisotropic ferritin cage with limitedly exposed binding modules, leucine zipper. The anisotropic ferritin is produced as expressed in cells without the need of complex in vitro cage fabrication by careful subunit manipulation. Ferritin cages with limitedly exposed zippers are assembled around a core ferritin with fully exposed opposing zippers, generating homogeneous high order structures, whereas two fully exposed ferritins are assembled into heterogeneous cage aggregates. Diverse fully exposed core cages are prepared by varying the zipper-ferritin fusion geometries and even by using larger cage structures. With these core cages and the anisotropic ferritin, a range of high order cage assemblies with diverse ferritin valencies (3 to over 12) and sizes (over 40 nm) are created. Cell surface binding and internalization of cage structures are greatly varied by assembly sizes, where high order ferritins are clearly more effective than monomeric ferritin.
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- Hyeok Jin Oh
- Department of Chemistry, KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea +82-42-350-2810 +82-42-350-2817
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea +82-42-350-2810 +82-42-350-2817
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McNeale D, Dashti N, Cheah LC, Sainsbury F. Protein cargo encapsulation by
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particles: Strategies and applications. WIRES NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 15:e1869. [PMID: 36345849 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Viruses and the recombinant protein cages assembled from their structural proteins, known as virus-like particles (VLPs), have gained wide interest as tools in biotechnology and nanotechnology. Detailed structural information and their amenability to genetic and chemical modification make them attractive systems for further engineering. This review describes the range of non-enveloped viruses that have been co-opted for heterologous protein cargo encapsulation and the strategies that have been developed to drive encapsulation. Spherical capsids of a range of sizes have been used as platforms for protein cargo encapsulation. Various approaches, based on native and non-native interactions between the cargo proteins and inner surface of VLP capsids, have been devised to drive encapsulation. Here, we outline the evolution of these approaches, discussing their benefits and limitations. Like the viruses from which they are derived, VLPs are of interest in both biomedical and materials applications. The encapsulation of protein cargo inside VLPs leads to numerous uses in both fundamental and applied biocatalysis and biomedicine, some of which are discussed herein. The applied science of protein-encapsulating VLPs is emerging as a research field with great potential. Developments in loading control, higher order assembly, and capsid optimization are poised to realize this potential in the near future. This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Protein and Virus-Based Structures.
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- Donna McNeale
- Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery Griffith University Nathan Queensland Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology The University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology The University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery Griffith University Nathan Queensland Australia
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology The University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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Wang Y, Douglas T. Bioinspired Approaches to Self-Assembly of Virus-like Particles: From Molecules to Materials. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:1349-1359. [PMID: 35507643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ConspectusWhen viewed through the lens of materials science, nature provides a vast library of hierarchically organized structures that serve as inspiration and raw materials for new synthetic materials. The structural organization of complex bioarchitectures with advanced functions arises from the association of building blocks and is strongly supported by ubiquitous mechanisms of self-assembly, where interactions among components result in spontaneous assembly into defined structures. Viruses are exemplary, where a capsid structure, often formed from the self-assembly of many individual protein subunits, serves as a vehicle for the transport and protection of the viral genome. Higher-order assemblies of viral particles are also found in nature with unexpected collective behaviors. When the infectious aspect of viruses is removed, the self-assembly of viral particles and their potential for hierarchical assembly become an inspiration for the design and construction of a new class of functional materials at a range of different length scales.Salmonella typhimurium bacteriophage P22 is a well-studied model for understanding viral self-assembly and the construction of virus-like particle (VLP)-based materials. The formation of cage-like P22 VLP structures results from scaffold protein (SP)-directed self-assembly of coat protein (CP) subunits into icosahedral capsids with encapsulation of SP inside the capsid. Employing the CP-SP interaction during self-assembly, the encapsulation of guest protein cargos inside P22 VLPs can be achieved with control over the composition and the number of guest cargos. The morphology of cargo-loaded VLPs can be altered, along with changes in both the physical properties of the capsid and the cargo-capsid interactions, by mimicking aspects of the infectious P22 viral maturation. The structure of the capsid differentiates the inside cavity from the outside environment and serves as a protecting layer for the encapsulated cargos. Pores in the capsid shell regulate molecular exchange between inside and outside, where small molecules can traverse the capsid freely while the diffusion of larger molecules is limited by the pores. The interior cavity of the P22 capsid can be packed with hundreds of copies of cargo proteins (especially enzymes), enforcing intermolecular proximity, making this an ideal model system in which to study enzymatic catalysis in crowded and confined environments. These aspects highlight the development of functional nanomaterials from individual P22 VLPs, through biomimetic design and self-assembly, resulting in fabrication of nanoreactors with controlled catalytic behaviors.Individual P22 VLPs have been used as building blocks for the self-assembly of higher-order structures. This relies on a balance between the intrinsic interparticle repulsion and a tunable interparticle attraction. The ordering of VLPs within three-dimensional assemblies is dependent on the balance between repulsive and attractive interactions: too strong an attraction results in kinetically trapped disordered structures, while decreasing the attraction can lead to more ordered arrays. These higher-order assemblies display collective behavior of high charge density beyond those of the individual VLPs.The development of synthetic nanomaterials based on P22 VLPs demonstrates how the potential for hierarchical self-assembly can be applied to other self-assembling capsid structures across multiple length scales toward future bioinspired functional materials.
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- Yang Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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McFall-Boegeman H, Huang X. Mechanisms of cellular and humoral immunity through the lens of VLP-based vaccines. Expert Rev Vaccines 2022; 21:453-469. [PMID: 35023430 PMCID: PMC8960355 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2029415] [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: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vaccination can be effective defense against many infectious agents and the corresponding diseases. Discoveries elucidating the mechanisms of the immune system have given hopes to developing vaccines against diseases recalcitrant to current treatment/prevention strategies. One such finding is the ability of immunogenic biological nanoparticles to powerfully boost the immunogenicity of poorer antigens conjugated to them with virus-like particle (VLP)-based vaccines as a key example. VLPs take advantage of the well-defined molecular structures associated with sub-unit vaccines and the immunostimulatory nature of conjugate vaccines. AREAS COVERED In this review, we will discuss how advances in understanding the immune system can inform VLP-based vaccine design and how VLP-based vaccines have uncovered underlying mechanisms in the immune system. EXPERT OPINION As our understanding of mechanisms underlying the immune system increases, that knowledge should inform our vaccine design. Testing of proof-of-concept vaccines in the lab should seek to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of immune responses. The integration of these approaches will allow for VLP-based vaccines to live up to their promise as a powerful plug-and-play platform for next generation vaccine development.
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- Hunter McFall-Boegeman
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.,Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.,Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Selivanovitch E, Koliyatt R, Douglas T. Chemically Induced Morphogenesis of P22 Virus-like Particles by the Surfactant Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. Biomacromolecules 2018; 20:389-400. [PMID: 30462501 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In the infectious P22 bacteriophage, the packaging of DNA into the initially formed procapsid triggers a remarkable morphological transformation where the capsid expands from 58 to 62 nm. Along with the increase in size, this maturation also provides greater stability to the capsid and initiates the release of the scaffolding protein (SP). (2,4) In the P22 virus-like particle (VLP), this transformation can be mimicked in vitro by heating the procapsid particles to 65 °C or by treatment with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). (5,6) Heating the P22 particles at 65 °C for 20 min is well established to trigger the transformation of P22 to the expanded (EX) P22 VLP but does not always result in a fully expanded population. Incubation with SDS resulted in a >80% expanded population for all P22 variants used in this work. This study elucidates the importance of the stoichiometric ratio between P22 subunits and SDS, the charge of the headgroup, and length of the carbon chain for the transformation. We propose a mechanism by which the expansion takes place, where both the negatively charged sulfate group and hydrophobic tail interact with the coat protein (CP) monomers within the capsid shell in a process that is facilitated by an internal osmotic pressure generated by an encapsulated macromolecular cargo.
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- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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Jain A, Singh SK, Arya SK, Kundu SC, Kapoor S. Protein Nanoparticles: Promising Platforms for Drug Delivery Applications. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2018; 4:3939-3961. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Annish Jain
- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
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- 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs − Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, AvePark, 4805-017 Barco, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
- Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Amity University, Noida 201 313, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Within the materials science community, proteins with cage-like architectures are being developed as versatile nanoscale platforms for use in protein nanotechnology. Much effort has been focused on the functionalization of protein cages with biological and non-biological moieties to bring about new properties of not only individual protein cages, but collective bulk-scale assemblies of protein cages. In this review, we report on the current understanding of protein cage assembly, both of the cages themselves from individual subunits, and the assembly of the individual protein cages into higher order structures. We start by discussing the key properties of natural protein cages (for example: size, shape and structure) followed by a review of some of the mechanisms of protein cage assembly and the factors that influence it. We then explore the current approaches for functionalizing protein cages, on the interior or exterior surfaces of the capsids. Lastly, we explore the emerging area of higher order assemblies created from individual protein cages and their potential for new and exciting collective properties.
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- William M Aumiller
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
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Shepardson KM, Schwarz B, Larson K, Morton RV, Avera J, McCoy K, Caffrey A, Harmsen A, Douglas T, Rynda-Apple A. Induction of Antiviral Immune Response through Recognition of the Repeating Subunit Pattern of Viral Capsids Is Toll-Like Receptor 2 Dependent. mBio 2017; 8:e01356-17. [PMID: 29138299 PMCID: PMC5686532 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01356-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Although viruses and viral capsids induce rapid immune responses, little is known about viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that are exhibited on their surface. Here, we demonstrate that the repeating protein subunit pattern common to most virus capsids is a molecular pattern that induces a Toll-like-receptor-2 (TLR2)-dependent antiviral immune response. This early antiviral immune response regulates the clearance of subsequent bacterial superinfections, which are a primary cause of morbidities associated with influenza virus infections. Utilizing this altered susceptibility to subsequent bacterial challenge as an outcome, we determined that multiple unrelated, empty, and replication-deficient capsids initiated early TLR2-dependent immune responses, similar to intact influenza virus or murine pneumovirus. These TLR2-mediated responses driven by the capsid were not dependent upon the capsid's shape, size, origin, or amino acid sequence. However, they were dependent upon the multisubunit arrangement of the capsid proteins, because unlike intact capsids, individual capsid subunits did not enhance bacterial clearance. Further, we demonstrated that even a linear microfilament protein built from repeating protein subunits (F-actin), but not its monomer (G-actin), induced similar kinetics of subsequent bacterial clearance as did virus capsid. However, although capsids and F-actin induced similar bacterial clearance, in macrophages they required distinct TLR2 heterodimers for this response (TLR2/6 or TLR2/1, respectively) and different phagocyte populations were involved in the execution of these responses in vivo Our results demonstrate that TLR2 responds to invading viral particles that are composed of repeating protein subunits, indicating that this common architecture of virus capsids is a previously unrecognized molecular pattern.IMPORTANCE Rapid and precise pathogen identification is critical for the initiation of pathogen-specific immune responses and pathogen clearance. Bacteria and fungi express common molecular patterns on their exteriors that are recognized by cell surface-expressed host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) prior to infection. In contrast, viral molecular patterns are primarily nucleic acids, which are recognized after virus internalization. We found that an initial antiviral immune response is induced by the repeating subunit pattern of virus exteriors (capsids), and thus, induction of this response is independent of viral infection. This early response to viral capsids required the cell surface-expressed PRR TLR2 and allowed for improved clearance of subsequent bacterial infection that commonly complicates respiratory viral infections. Since the repeating protein subunit pattern is conserved across viral capsids, this suggests that it is not easy for a virus to change without altering fitness. Targeting this vulnerability could lead to development of a universal antiviral vaccine.
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- Kelly M Shepardson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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Rohovie MJ, Nagasawa M, Swartz JR. Virus-like particles: Next-generation nanoparticles for targeted therapeutic delivery. Bioeng Transl Med 2017; 2:43-57. [PMID: 29313023 PMCID: PMC5689521 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Most drug therapies distribute the agents throughout the entire body, even though the drugs are typically only needed at specific tissues. This often limits dosage and causes discomfort and harmful side‐effects. Significant research has examined nanoparticles (NPs) for use as targeted delivery vehicles for therapeutic cargo, however, major clinical success has been limited. Current work focuses mainly on liposomal and polymer‐based NPs, but emerging research is exploring the engineering of viral capsids as noninfectious protein‐based NPs—termed virus‐like particles (VLPs). This review covers the research that has been performed thus far and outlines the potential for these VLPs to become highly effective delivery vehicles that overcome the many challenges encountered for targeted delivery of therapeutic cargo.
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- Marcus J Rohovie
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305
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- Dept. of Bioengineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305.,Dept. of Bioengineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305
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