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Zhou Z, Wang S, Feng T, Zhang P, Fan H, Zou J, Huang K. Nanoassembly-Mediated Exendin-4 Derivatives to Decrease Renal Retention. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:18757-18765. [PMID: 38708210 PMCID: PMC11064033 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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An Exendin-4 analogue that was conjugated with 68Ga exhibited an excellent diagnostic effect on insulinoma in clinical practice. On account of its low molecular weight and short hydration radius, 68Ga-Exendin-4 showed high accumulation in kidney tissues. Nanoparticle-mediated strategies have attracted much attention due to polyvalent properties and the size amplification effect. In this study, Exendin-4 derivatives of radionuclide nanodevices were developed and evaluated. The Exendin-4 derivatives consisting of a ternary block recombinant protein were purified by an inverse transition cycle (ITC) and allowed to self-assemble into a nanodevice under physiological conditions. Our results showed that the nanoassemblies of Exendin-4 derivatives formed homogeneous spherical nanoparticles, exhibited outstanding affinity for insulinoma cells, and could be deposited in insulinoma tissues in vivo. The nanoassembly-mediated Exendin-4 derivatives showed fivefold reduced renal retention and exhibited an outstanding tumor-suppression effect.
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- Zhengwei Zhou
- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
- School
of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
- School
of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
- School
of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department
of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
- School
of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
- School
of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing 210006, P. R. China
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Garanger E, Lecommandoux S. Emerging opportunities in bioconjugates of Elastin-like polypeptides with synthetic or natural polymers. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 191:114589. [PMID: 36323382 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114589] [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: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Nature is an everlasting source of inspiration for chemical and polymer scientists seeking to develop ever more innovative materials with greater performances. Natural structural proteins are particularly scrutinized to design biomimetic materials. Often characterized by repeat peptide sequences, that together interact by inter- and intramolecular interactions and form a 3D skeleton, they contribute to the mechanical properties of individual cells, tissues, organs, and whole organisms. (Numata, K. Polymer Journal 2020, 52, 1043-1056) Among them elastin, and its main repeat sequences, have been a source of intense studies for more than 50 years resulting in the specific research field dedicated to elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). These are currently widely investigated in different applications, namely protein purification, tissue engineering, and drug delivery, and some technologies based on ELPs are currently explored by several start-up companies. In the present review, we have summarized pioneering contributions on ELPs, progress made in their genetic engineering, and understanding of their thermal behavior and self-assembly properties. Considered as intrinsically disordered protein polymers, we have finally focused on the works where ELPs have been conjugated to other synthetic macromolecules as covalent hybrid, statistical, graft, or block copolymers, highlighting the huge opportunities that have still not been explored so far.
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- Elisabeth Garanger
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey-Berland, Pessac F-33600, France.
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey-Berland, Pessac F-33600, France.
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Hadar D, Strugach DS, Amiram M. Conjugates of Recombinant Protein‐Based Polymers: Combining Precision with Chemical Diversity. ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202100142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Dagan Hadar
- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Beer-Sheva 8410501 Israel
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Beer-Sheva 8410501 Israel
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Beer-Sheva 8410501 Israel
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Abdelghani M, Shao J, Le DHT, Wu H, van Hest JCM. Self-Assembly or Coassembly of Multiresponsive Histidine-Containing Elastin-Like Polypeptide Block Copolymers. Macromol Biosci 2021; 21:e2100081. [PMID: 33942499 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In this study a histidine containing elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) diblock copolymer is described with multiresponsive assembly behavior. Self-assembly into micelles is examined by two methods. First, the self-assembly is triggered by the addition of divalent metal ions, with Zn2+ being the most suitable one. Increasing the Zn2+ concentration stabilizes the nanoparticles over a large temperature window (4-45 °C). This diblock exhibits furthermore pH-responsiveness, and particles disassemble under mildly acidic conditions. Second, the coassembly of this ELP with a diblock ELP is examined, which is not responsive to pH and metal ions. Coassembly is triggered by heating the ELPs quickly above the transition temperature of the less hydrophobic block, which results in stable nanoparticles without the need to add metal ions. This novel ELP system offers a versatile modular nanocarrier platform that can respond to different stimuli and can be tuned effectively.
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- Mona Abdelghani
- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix (STO 3.41), P. O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix (STO 3.41), P. O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix (STO 3.41), P. O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix (STO 3.41), P. O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix (STO 3.41), P. O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Cobb JS, Engel A, Seale MA, Janorkar AV. Machine learning to determine optimal conditions for controlling the size of elastin-based particles. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6343. [PMID: 33737605 PMCID: PMC7973436 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85601-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This paper evaluates the aggregation behavior of a potential drug and gene delivery system that combines branched polyethyleneimine (PEI), a positively-charged polyelectrolyte, and elastin-like polypeptide (ELP), a recombinant polymer that exhibits lower critical solution temperature (LCST). The LCST behavior of ELP has been extensively studied, but there are no quantitative ways to control the size of aggregates formed after the phase transition. The aggregate size cannot be maintained when the temperature is lowered below the LCST, unless the system exhibits hysteresis and forms irreversible aggregates. This study shows that conjugation of ELP with PEI preserves the aggregation behavior that occurs above the LCST and achieves precise aggregate radii when the solution conditions of pH (3, 7, 10), polymer concentration (0.1, 0.15, 0.3 mg/mL), and salt concentration (none, 0.2, 1 M) are carefully controlled. K-means cluster analyses showed that salt concentration was the most critical factor controlling the hydrodynamic radius and LCST. Conjugating ELP to PEI allowed crosslinking the aggregates and achieved stable particles that maintained their size below LCST, even after removal of the harsh (high salt or pH) conditions used to create them. Taken together, the ability to control aggregate sizes and use of crosslinking to maintain stability holds excellent potential for use in biological delivery systems.
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- Jared S Cobb
- Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St. D528, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA
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- Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St. D528, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA
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- Information Technology Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA
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- Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St. D528, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA.
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Georgilis E, Abdelghani M, Pille J, Aydinlioglu E, van Hest JC, Lecommandoux S, Garanger E. Nanoparticles based on natural, engineered or synthetic proteins and polypeptides for drug delivery applications. Int J Pharm 2020; 586:119537. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fan L, Fan Y, Fan H, Huang K. Evaluation of Strategies for Decreasing Blood Glucose Using Albuminbinding Domain. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2020; 21:605-612. [PMID: 31893990 DOI: 10.2174/1389201021666200101105018] [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: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Frequent administrations for DPPIV-resistant GLP-1 analogs are necessary to maintain the blood concentrations due to the short half-life of less than 5 minutes. However, most delivery systems that possess the ability of sustainable release of GLP-1 have drawbacks such as low yield, high cost and undesirable side effects. Therefore, we aimed to prepare a simple and efficient delivery system that could be feasibly applied to reduce blood glucose. METHODS A novel GLP-1 delivery system (GLP-1-ELPs-SA) was prepared and characterized by circular dichroism. Furthermore, the activity and property of GLP-1-ELPs-SA were evaluated in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS GLP-1-ELPs-SA are easily expressed in E. coli in a soluble formulation and purified through the inverse transition cycle. GLP-1-ELPs-SA spontaneously generated depot under physiological conditions. GLP-1-ELPs-SA was also found to be dispersed in the blood vessels from the depot and showed a high affinity to bind with mice (C57BL/6J) albumin, which shows that GLP-1-ELPs-SA has a long circulation time in vivo. CONCLUSION Our delivery system could markedly decrease the clearance of recombinant proteins based on serum albumin, without substantially increasing the protein molecular weight and remarkably reducing the blood glucose within 120 h.
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- Lin Fan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing, 210006, China.,School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing, 210006, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing, 210006, China.,School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Tongjiaxiang 24, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changle Road 68, Nanjing, 210006, China
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Ficai D, Ficai A. New Challenges in Cancer Treatment, from Novel Agents to Innovative Administration. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2019; 19:4-5. [PMID: 31204621 DOI: 10.2174/187152061901190321114835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Denisa Ficai
- Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science; 1-7 Polizu Str., 011061 Bucharest, Romania
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- Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science; 1-7 Polizu Str., 011061 Bucharest, Romania.,Academy of Romanian Scientists, Spl. Independenţei 54, Bucharest, Romania
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Singh P, Ren X, Guo T, Wu L, Shakya S, He Y, Wang C, Maharjan A, Singh V, Zhang J. Biofunctionalization of β-cyclodextrin nanosponges using cholesterol. Carbohydr Polym 2018; 190:23-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 01/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Huang K, Gao M, Fan L, Lai Y, Fan H, Hua Z. IR820 covalently linked with self-assembled polypeptide for photothermal therapy applications in cancer. Biomater Sci 2018; 6:2925-2931. [DOI: 10.1039/c8bm00399h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Elastin-like polypeptide covalently was linked with IR820 in an aqueous environment, followed by self-assembly into nanoparticles after adding to zinc ions solution. ELP-IR820 nanoparticles significantly accumulated at the tumor site.
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- Kaizong Huang
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab
- Nanjing First Hospital
- Nanjing Medical University
- Nanjing 210006
- P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- School of Life Sciences
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- School of Life Sciences
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology Lab
- Nanjing First Hospital
- Nanjing Medical University
- Nanjing 210006
- P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- School of Life Sciences
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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