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Laomeephol C, Tawinwung S, Suppipat K, Arunmanee W, Wang Q, Amie Luckanagul J. Surface functionalization of virus-like particles via bioorthogonal click reactions for enhanced cell-specific targeting. Int J Pharm 2024; 660:124332. [PMID: 38866085 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Surface functionalization of nano drug carriers allows for precise delivery of therapeutic molecules to the target site. This technique involves attaching targeting molecules to the nanoparticle surface, facilitating selective interaction. In this study, we engineered virus-like particles (VLPs) to enhance their targeting capabilities. Azide groups incorporated on the lipid membranes of VLPs enabled bioorthogonal click reactions for conjugation with cycloalkyne-bearing molecules, providing efficient conjugation with high specificity. HIV-1 Gag VLPs were chosen due to their envelope, which allows host membrane component incorporation, and the Gag protein, which serves as a recognition motif for human T cells. This combination, along with antibody-mediated targeting, addresses the limitations of intracellular delivery to T cells, which typically exhibit low uptake of exogenous materials. The selective uptake of azide VLPs by CD3-positive T cells was evaluated in a co-culture system. Even without antibody conjugation, VLP uptake was enhanced in T cells, indicating their intrinsic targeting potential. Antibody conjugation further amplified this effect, demonstrating the synergistic benefits of the combined targeting approach. Our study shows that recombinant production of azide functionalized VLPs results in engineered nanoparticles that can be easily modified using bioorthogonal click reactions, providing high specificity and versatility for conjugation with various molecules, making it applicable to a wide range of biological products.
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- Chavee Laomeephol
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence in Biomaterial Engineering in Medical and Health, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Cellular Immunotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Cellular Immunotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Department of Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Biomaterial Engineering in Medical and Health, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence in Plant-produced Pharmaceuticals, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Li L, Jing L, Tang Z, Du J, Zhong Y, Liu X, Yuan M. Dual-targeting liposomes modified with BTP-7 and pHA for combined delivery of TCPP and TMZ to enhance the anti-tumour effect in glioblastoma cells. J Microencapsul 2024:1-15. [PMID: 38989705 DOI: 10.1080/02652048.2024.2376114] [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: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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AIM To construct a novel nano-carrier with dual ligands to achieve superior anti-tumour efficacy and lower toxic side effects. METHODS Liposomes were prepared by thin film hydration method. Ultraviolet, high performance liquid chromatography, nano-size analyser, ultrafiltration centrifugation, dialysis, transmission electron microscope, flow cytometry, Cell Counting Kit-8, confocal laser scanning microscopy, transwell, and tumorsphere assay were used to study the characterisations, cytotoxicity, and in vitro targeting of dg-Bcan targeting peptide (BTP-7)/pHA-temozolomide (TMZ)/tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (TCPP)-Lip. RESULTS BTP-7/pHA-TMZ/TCPP-Lip was a spheroid with a mean diameters of 143 ± 3.214 nm, a polydispersity index of 0.203 ± 0.025 and a surface charge of -22.8 ± 0.425 mV. The drug loadings (TMZ and TCPP) are 7.40 ± 0.23% and 2.05 ± 0.03% (mg/mg); and the encapsulation efficiencies are 81.43 ± 0.51% and 84.28 ± 1.64% (mg/mg). The results showed that BTP-7/pHA-TMZ/TCPP-Lip presented enhanced targeting and cytotoxicity. CONCLUSION BTP-7/pHA-TMZ/TCPP-Lip can specifically target the tumour cells to achieve efficient drug delivery, and improve the anti-tumour efficacy and reduces the systemic toxicity.
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- Lili Li
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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Petersen DMS, Weiss RM, Hajj KA, Yerneni SS, Chaudhary N, Newby AN, Arral ML, Whitehead KA. Branched-Tail Lipid Nanoparticles for Intravenous mRNA Delivery to Lung Immune, Endothelial, and Alveolar Cells in Mice. Adv Healthc Mater 2024:e2400225. [PMID: 38888972 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202400225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are proven safe and effective delivery systems on a global scale. However, their efficacy has been limited primarily to liver and immune cell targets. To extend the applicability of mRNA drugs, 580 ionizable lipidoids are synthesized and tested for delivery to extrahepatocellular targets. Of these, over 40 enabled protein expression in mice, with the majority transfecting the liver. Beyond the liver, several LNPs containing new, branched-tail ionizable lipidoids potently delivered mRNA to the lungs, with cell-level specificity depending on helper lipid chemistry. Incorporation of the neutral helper lipid 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) at 16 mol% enabled highly specific delivery to natural killer and dendritic cells within the lung. Although inclusion of the cationic lipid 1,2-di-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) improved lung tropism, it decreased cell specificity, resulting in equal transfection of endothelial and lymphoid cells. DOTAP formulations are also less favorable than DOPE formulations because they elevated liver enzyme and cytokine levels. Together, these data identify a new branched-tailed LNP with a unique ability to selectively transfect lung immune cell populations without the use of toxicity-prone cationic helper lipids. This novel vehicle may unlock RNA therapies for lung diseases associated with immune cell dysregulation, including cancer, viral infections, and autoimmune disorders.
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- Daria M Strelkova Petersen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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Jeon M, Ryu JS, Kim SE, Seo JY, Cho HD, Kim S, Lee S, Kim S, Kim JW. Selective Binding of Tannic Acid-Conjugated Lipid Nanovesicles to Proline-Rich Proteins Enhances Transdermal Lipophilic-Antioxidant Delivery. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:3786-3795. [PMID: 38828920 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00168] [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] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Tannic acid (TA) possesses a notable ability to adhere to proline-rich proteins that make up skin cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the skin tissue. Drug carriers with this specific adhesion ability exhibit improved drug delivery efficiency on the skin. Taking advantage of this, this study presents skin-adhesive TA-conjugated lipid nanovesicles (TANVs) for enhanced transdermal antioxidant delivery. We found that TANVs exhibited selective intermolecular interactions with keratinocyte proline-rich proteins (KPRPs) and collagen that makes up skin cells by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions, further enabling the strong bonding to macroscopic skin itself and ECM. We used vitamin E (α-tocopherol), which is known to effectively reduce oxidative stress but has limited skin penetration, as a drug to verify improved in vitro delivery and therapeutic efficacy. The evaluation revealed that the antioxidant-loaded TANVs exerted excellent scavenging effects against reactive oxygen species induced by ultraviolet light or peroxides in the skin, thereby enabling the development of an active drug delivery system for dermal therapy.
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- Minha Jeon
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biocosmetics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- New Technology Lab., Cosmecca Korea Co. Ltd, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- New Technology Lab., Cosmecca Korea Co. Ltd, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
- Department of Cosmetics Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- New Technology Lab., Cosmecca Korea Co. Ltd, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Hu M, Li X, You Z, Cai R, Chen C. Physiological Barriers and Strategies of Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Nucleic Acid Drug Delivery. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2303266. [PMID: 37792475 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202303266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Lipid-based nanoparticles (LBNPs) are currently the most promising vehicles for nucleic acid drug (NAD) delivery. Although their clinical applications have achieved success, the NAD delivery efficiency and safety are still unsatisfactory, which are, to a large extent, due to the existence of multi-level physiological barriers in vivo. It is important to elucidate the interactions between these barriers and LBNPs, which will guide more rational design of efficient NAD vehicles with low adverse effects and facilitate broader applications of nucleic acid therapeutics. This review describes the obstacles and challenges of biological barriers to NAD delivery at systemic, organ, sub-organ, cellular, and subcellular levels. The strategies to overcome these barriers are comprehensively reviewed, mainly including physically/chemically engineering LBNPs and directly modifying physiological barriers by auxiliary treatments. Then the potentials and challenges for successful translation of these preclinical studies into the clinic are discussed. In the end, a forward look at the strategies on manipulating protein corona (PC) is addressed, which may pull off the trick of overcoming those physiological barriers and significantly improve the efficacy and safety of LBNP-based NADs delivery.
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- Mingdi Hu
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing, 100049, China
- The GBA National Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Guangzhou, 510700, China
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Zong L, Xu H, Zhang H, Tu Z, Zhang X, Wang S, Li M, Feng Y, Wang B, Li L, Xie X, He Z, Pu X. A review of matrix metalloproteinase-2-sensitive nanoparticles as a novel drug delivery for tumor therapy. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 262:130043. [PMID: 38340921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130043] [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: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2)-responsive nanodrug vehicles have garnered significant attention as antitumor drug delivery systems due to the extensive research on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) within the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM). These nanodrug vehicles exhibit stable circulation in the bloodstream and accumulate specifically in tumors through various mechanisms. Upon reaching tumor tissues, their structures are degraded in response to MMP-2 within the ECM, resulting in drug release. This controlled drug release significantly increases drug concentration within tumors, thereby enhancing its antitumor efficacy while minimizing side effects on normal organs. This review provides an overview of MMP-2 characteristics, enzyme-sensitive materials, and current research progress regarding their application as MMP-2-responsive nanodrug delivery system for anti-tumor drugs, as well as considering their future research prospects. In conclusion, MMP-2-sensitive drug delivery carriers have a broad application in all kinds of nanodrug delivery systems and are expected to become one of the main means for the clinical development and application of nanodrug delivery systems in the future.
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- Lanlan Zong
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China; Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Hebei Provincial Eye Hospital, Xingtai City, Hebei Province 054001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Medical School, Henan Technical Institute, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China; Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China; Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, N. Jinming Ave., Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Zhu J, Batra H, Ananthaswamy N, Mahalingam M, Tao P, Wu X, Guo W, Fokine A, Rao VB. Design of bacteriophage T4-based artificial viral vectors for human genome remodeling. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2928. [PMID: 37253769 PMCID: PMC10229621 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38364-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Designing artificial viral vectors (AVVs) programmed with biomolecules that can enter human cells and carry out molecular repairs will have broad applications. Here, we describe an assembly-line approach to build AVVs by engineering the well-characterized structural components of bacteriophage T4. Starting with a 120 × 86 nm capsid shell that can accommodate 171-Kbp DNA and thousands of protein copies, various combinations of biomolecules, including DNAs, proteins, RNAs, and ribonucleoproteins, are externally and internally incorporated. The nanoparticles are then coated with cationic lipid to enable efficient entry into human cells. As proof of concept, we assemble a series of AVVs designed to deliver full-length dystrophin gene or perform various molecular operations to remodel human genome, including genome editing, gene recombination, gene replacement, gene expression, and gene silencing. These large capacity, customizable, multiplex, and all-in-one phage-based AVVs represent an additional category of nanomaterial that could potentially transform gene therapies and personalized medicine.
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- Jingen Zhu
- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Bacteriophage Medical Research Center, Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 20064, USA.
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Application Prospects of Triphenylphosphine-Based Mitochondria-Targeted Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15030666. [PMID: 36765624 PMCID: PMC9913854 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and the most important impediments to the efforts to increase life expectancy worldwide. Currently, chemotherapy is the main treatment for cancer, but it is often accompanied by side effects that affect normal tissues and organs. The search for new alternatives to chemotherapy has been a hot research topic in the field of antineoplastic medicine. Drugs targeting diseased tissues or cells can significantly improve the efficacy of drugs. Therefore, organelle-targeted antitumor drugs are being explored, such as mitochondria-targeted antitumor drugs. Mitochondria is the central site of cellular energy production and plays an important role in cell survival and death. Moreover, a large number of studies have shown a close association between mitochondrial metabolism and tumorigenesis and progression, making mitochondria a promising new target for cancer therapy. Combining mitochondrial targeting agents with drug molecules is an effective way of mitochondrial targeting. In addition, hyperpolarized tumor cell membranes and mitochondrial membrane potentially allow selective accumulation of mitochondria-targeted drugs. This enhances the direct killing of tumor cells by drug molecules while minimizing the potential toxicity to normal cells. In this review, we discuss the common pro-mitochondrial agents, the advantages of triphenylphosphine (TPP) in mitochondrial-targeted cancer therapy and systematically summarize various TPP-based mitochondria-targeting anticancer drugs.
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Bellanti F, Lo Buglio A, Vendemiale G. Muscle Delivery of Mitochondria-Targeted Drugs for the Treatment of Sarcopenia: Rationale and Perspectives. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14122588. [PMID: 36559079 PMCID: PMC9782427 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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An impairment in mitochondrial homeostasis plays a crucial role in the process of aging and contributes to the incidence of age-related diseases, including sarcopenia, which is defined as an age-dependent loss of muscle mass and strength. Mitochondrial dysfunction exerts a negative impact on several cellular activities, including bioenergetics, metabolism, and apoptosis. In sarcopenia, mitochondria homeostasis is disrupted because of reduced oxidative phosphorylation and ATP generation, the enhanced production of reactive species, and impaired antioxidant defense. This review re-establishes the most recent evidence on mitochondrial defects that are thought to be relevant in the pathogenesis of sarcopenia and that may represent promising therapeutic targets for its prevention/treatment. Furthermore, we describe mechanisms of action and translational potential of promising mitochondria-targeted drug delivery systems, including molecules able to boost the metabolism and bioenergetics, counteract apoptosis, antioxidants to scavenge reactive species and decrease oxidative stress, and target mitophagy. Even though these mitochondria-delivered strategies demonstrate to be promising in preclinical models, their use needs to be promoted for clinical studies. Therefore, there is a compelling demand to further understand the mechanisms modulating mitochondrial homeostasis, to characterize powerful compounds that target muscle mitochondria to prevent sarcopenia in aged people.
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Yasin D, Sami N, Afzal B, Husain S, Naaz H, Ahmad N, Zaki A, Rizvi MA, Fatma T. Prospects in the use of gold nanoparticles as cancer theranostics and targeted drug delivery agents. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-022-02701-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Martins SA, Santos J, Silva RDM, Rosa C, Cabo Verde S, Correia JDG, Melo R. How promising are HIV-1-based virus-like particles for medical applications. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:997875. [PMID: 36275021 PMCID: PMC9585283 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.997875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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New approaches aimed at identifying patient-specific drug targets and addressing unmet clinical needs in the framework of precision medicine are a strong motivation for researchers worldwide. As scientists learn more about proteins that drive known diseases, they are better able to design promising therapeutic approaches to target those proteins. The field of nanotechnology has been extensively explored in the past years, and nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as promising systems for target-specific delivery of drugs. Virus-like particles (VLPs) arise as auspicious NPs due to their intrinsic properties. The lack of viral genetic material and the inability to replicate, together with tropism conservation and antigenicity characteristic of the native virus prompted extensive interest in their use as vaccines or as delivery systems for therapeutic and/or imaging agents. Owing to its simplicity and non-complex structure, one of the viruses currently under study for the construction of VLPs is the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Typically, HIV-1-based VLPs are used for antibody discovery, vaccines, diagnostic reagent development and protein-based assays. This review will be centered on the use of HIV-1-based VLPs and their potential biomedical applications.
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- Sofia A. Martins
- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- *Correspondence: João D. G. Correia, ; Rita Melo,
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- *Correspondence: João D. G. Correia, ; Rita Melo,
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Zhu Z, Zhai Y, Hao Y, Wang Q, Han F, Zheng W, Hong J, Cui L, Jin W, Ma S, Yang L, Cheng G. Specific anti-glioma targeted-delivery strategy of engineered small extracellular vesicles dual-functionalised by Angiopep-2 and TAT peptides. J Extracell Vesicles 2022; 11:e12255. [PMID: 35932288 PMCID: PMC9451528 DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Glioma is one of the primary malignant brain tumours in adults, with a poor prognosis. Pharmacological reagents targeting glioma are limited to achieve the desired therapeutic effect due to the presence of blood-brain barrier (BBB). Effectively crossing the BBB and specifically targeting to the brain tumour are the major challenge for the glioma treatments. Here, we demonstrate that the well-defined small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) with dual-targeting drug delivery and cell-penetrating functions, modified by Angiopep-2 and trans-activator of transcription peptides, enable efficient and specific chemotherapy for glioma. The high efficiency of engineered sEVs in targeting BBB and glioma was assessed in both monolayer culture cells and BBB model in vitro, respectively. The observed high targeting efficiency was re-validated in subcutaneous tumour and orthotopic glioma mice models. After loading the doxorubicin into dual-modified functional sEVs, this specific dual-targeting delivery system could cross the BBB, reach the glioma, and penetrate the tumour. Such a mode of drug delivery significantly improved more than 2-fold survival time of glioma mice with very few side effects. In conclusion, utilization of the dual-modified sEVs represents a unique and efficient strategy for drug delivery, holding great promise for the treatments of central nervous system diseases.
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- Zhanchi Zhu
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China.,Guangdong Institute of Semiconductor Micro-Nano Manufacturing Technology, Guangdong, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China.,Guangdong Institute of Semiconductor Micro-Nano Manufacturing Technology, Guangdong, China
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Bose D, Roy L, Chatterjee S. Peptide therapeutics in the management of metastatic cancers. RSC Adv 2022; 12:21353-21373. [PMID: 35975072 PMCID: PMC9345020 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra02062a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cancer remains a leading health concern threatening lives of millions of patients worldwide. Peptide-based drugs provide a valuable alternative to chemotherapeutics as they are highly specific, cheap, less toxic and easier to synthesize compared to other drugs. In this review, we have discussed various modes in which peptides are being used to curb cancer. Our review highlights specially the various anti-metastatic peptide-based agents developed by targeting a plethora of cellular factors. Herein we have given a special focus on integrins as targets for peptide drugs, as these molecules play key roles in metastatic progression. The review also discusses use of peptides as anti-cancer vaccines and their efficiency as drug-delivery tools. We hope this work will give the reader a clear idea of the mechanisms of peptide-based anti-cancer therapeutics and encourage the development of superior drugs in the future.
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- Debopriya Bose
- Department of Biophysics Bose Institute Unified Academic Campus EN 80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar Kolkata 700091 WB India
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- Department of Biophysics Bose Institute Unified Academic Campus EN 80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar Kolkata 700091 WB India
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- Department of Biophysics Bose Institute Unified Academic Campus EN 80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar Kolkata 700091 WB India
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Co-Delivery of siRNA and Chemotherapeutic Drug Using 2C5 Antibody-Targeted Dendrimer-Based Mixed Micelles for Multidrug Resistant Cancers. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14071470. [PMID: 35890364 PMCID: PMC9324017 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14071470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) observed in tumors significantly hinders the efficacy of chemotherapy. Downregulation of efflux proteins, such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp), using small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be an effective way to minimize the resistance in tumors. In this study, monoclonal antibody 2C5 (mAb 2C5)-PEG7k-DOPE conjugates were post-inserted into the mixed dendrimer micelles containing generation 4 (G4) polyamidoamine (PAMAM)-PEG2k-DOPE and PEG5k-DOPE. The inherent amphiphilic nature of DOPE conjugates causes the copolymers to self-assemble to form a micelle, which can encapsulate hydrophobic chemotherapeutic drugs in its core. The siRNA electrostatically binds to the cationic charges on the G4 PAMAM dendrimer. The tumor-specific mAb 2C5 on the surface of these nano-preparations resulted in improved tumor targeting. This active targeting to tumors can cause increase in the drug and siRNA accumulation at the tumor site, and thereby minimizing the off-target effects. The micelles were shown to have higher cellular association and effectiveness in vitro. The immunomicelle preparation was also tested for cytotoxicity in breast (MDA-MB-231) and ovarian (SKOV-3TR) MDR cancer cell lines.
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Design and Evaluation of Autophagy-Inducing Particles for the Treatment of Abnormal Lipid Accumulation. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14071379. [PMID: 35890275 PMCID: PMC9318411 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14071379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a fundamental housekeeping process by which cells degrade their components to maintain homeostasis. Defects in autophagy have been associated with aging, neurodegeneration and metabolic diseases. Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLDs) are characterized by hepatic fat accumulation with or without inflammation. No treatment for NAFLDs is currently available, but autophagy induction has been proposed as a promising therapeutic strategy. Here, we aimed to design autophagy-inducing particles, using the autophagy-inducing peptide (Tat-Beclin), and achieve liver targeting in vivo, taking NAFLD as a model disease. Polylactic acid (PLA) particles were prepared by nanoprecipitation without any surfactant, followed by surface peptide adsorption. The ability of Tat-Beclin nanoparticles (NP T-B) to modulate autophagy and to decrease intracellular lipid was evaluated in vitro by LC3 immunoblot and using a cellular model of steatosis, respectively. The intracellular localization of particles was evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Finally, biodistribution of fluorescent NP T-B was evaluated in vivo using tomography in normal and obese mice. The results showed that NP T-B induce autophagy with a long-lasting and enhanced effect compared to the soluble peptide, and at a ten times lower dose. Intracellular lipid also decreased in a cellular model of NAFLD after treatment with T-B and NP T-B under the same dose conditions. Ultrastructural studies revealed that NP T-B are internalized and located in endosomal, endolysosomal and autolysosomal compartments, while in healthy and obese mice, NP T-B could accumulate for several days in the liver. Given the beneficial effects of autophagy-inducing particles in vitro, and their capacity to target the liver of normal and obese mice, NP T-B could be a promising therapeutic tool for NAFLDs, warranting further in vivo investigation.
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Markowicz-Piasecka M, Markiewicz A, Darłak P, Sikora J, Adla SK, Bagina S, Huttunen KM. Current Chemical, Biological, and Physiological Views in the Development of Successful Brain-Targeted Pharmaceutics. Neurotherapeutics 2022; 19:942-976. [PMID: 35391662 PMCID: PMC9294128 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-022-01228-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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One of the greatest challenges with successful pharmaceutical treatments of central nervous system (CNS) diseases is the delivery of drugs into their target sites with appropriate concentrations. For example, the physically tight blood-brain barrier (BBB) effectively blocks compounds from penetrating into the brain, also by the action of metabolizing enzymes and efflux transport mechanisms. However, many endogenous compounds, including both smaller compounds and macromolecules, like amino acids, sugars, vitamins, nucleosides, hormones, steroids, and electrolytes, have their peculiar internalization routes across the BBB. These delivery mechanisms, namely carrier-mediated transport and receptor-mediated transcytosis have been utilized to some extent in brain-targeted drug development. The incomplete knowledge of the BBB and the smaller than a desirable number of chemical tools have hindered the development of successful brain-targeted pharmaceutics. This review discusses the recent advancements achieved in the field from the point of medicinal chemistry view and discusses how brain drug delivery can be improved in the future.
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- Magdalena Markowicz-Piasecka
- Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Students Research Group, Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Students Research Group, Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Medical University of Lodz, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, POB 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo Namesti 542/2, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Charles River Discovery Research Services Finland Oy, Neulaniementie 4, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, POB 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Salehi D, Mozaffari S, Zoghebi K, Lohan S, Mandal D, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptides Containing Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids as Drug Delivery Agents. Cells 2022; 11:cells11071156. [PMID: 35406720 PMCID: PMC8997995 DOI: 10.3390/cells11071156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A series of cyclic peptides, [(DipR)(WR)4], [(DipR)2(WR)3], [(DipR)3(WR)2], [(DipR)4(WR)], and [DipR]5, and their linear counterparts containing arginine (R) as positively charged residues and tryptophan (W) or diphenylalanine (Dip) as hydrophobic residues, were synthesized and evaluated for their molecular transporter efficiency. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the synthesized peptides was determined in human epithelial ovary adenocarcinoma cells (SK-OV-3), human lymphoblast peripheral blood cells (CCRF-CEM), human embryonic epithelial kidney healthy cells (HEK-293), human epithelial mammary gland adenocarcinoma cells (MDA-MB-468), pig epithelial kidney normal cells (LLC-PK1), and human epithelial fibroblast uterine sarcoma cells (MES-SA). A concentration of 5–10 µM and 3 h incubation were selected in uptake studies. The cellular uptake of a fluorescent-labeled phosphopeptide, stavudine, lamivudine, emtricitabine, and siRNA was determined in the presence of peptides via flow cytometry. Among the peptides, [DipR]5 (10 µM) was found to be the most efficient transporter and significantly improved the uptake of F’-GpYEEI, i.e., by approximately 130-fold after 3 h incubation in CCRF-CEM cells. Confocal microscopy further confirmed the improved delivery of fluorescent-labeled [DipR]5 (F’-[K(DipR)5]) alone and F’-GpYEEI in the presence of [DipR]5 in MDA-MB-231 cells. The uptake of fluorescent-labeled siRNA (F’-siRNA) in the presence of [DipR]5 with N/P ratios of 10 and 20 was found to be 30- and 50-fold higher, respectively, compared with the cells exposed to F’-siRNA alone. The presence of endocytosis inhibitors, i.e., nystatin, chlorpromazine, chloroquine, and methyl β-cyclodextrin, did not completely inhibit the cellular uptake of F’-[K(DipR)5] alone or F’-GpYEEI in the presence of [DipR]5, suggesting that a combination of mechanisms contributes to uptake. Circular dichroism was utilized to determine the secondary structure, while transmission electron microscopy was used to evaluate the particle sizes and morphology of the peptides. The data suggest the remarkable membrane transporter property of [DipR]5 for improving the delivery of various small molecules and cell-impermeable negatively charged molecules (e.g., siRNA and phosphopeptide).
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- David Salehi
- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 82826, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
- School of Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar 751024, India
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
- Correspondence: (R.K.T.); (K.P.); Tel.: +1-714-516-5483 (R.K.T.); +1-714-516-5489 (K.P.)
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- Center for Targeted Drug Delivery, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, USA; (D.S.); (S.M.); (K.Z.); (S.L.); (D.M.)
- Correspondence: (R.K.T.); (K.P.); Tel.: +1-714-516-5483 (R.K.T.); +1-714-516-5489 (K.P.)
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Villela Zumaya AL, Mincheva R, Raquez JM, Hassouna F. Nanocluster-Based Drug Delivery and Theranostic Systems: Towards Cancer Therapy. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14061188. [PMID: 35335518 PMCID: PMC8955999 DOI: 10.3390/polym14061188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Over the last decades, the global life expectancy of the population has increased, and so, consequently, has the risk of cancer development. Despite the improvement in cancer therapies (e.g., drug delivery systems (DDS) and theranostics), in many cases recurrence continues to be a challenging issue. In this matter, the development of nanotechnology has led to an array of possibilities for cancer treatment. One of the most promising therapies focuses on the assembly of hierarchical structures in the form of nanoclusters, as this approach involves preparing individual building blocks while avoiding handling toxic chemicals in the presence of biomolecules. This review aims at presenting an overview of the major advances made in developing nanoclusters based on polymeric nanoparticles (PNPs) and/or inorganic NPs. The preparation methods and the features of the NPs used in the construction of the nanoclusters were described. Afterwards, the design, fabrication and properties of the two main classes of nanoclusters, namely noble-metal nanoclusters and hybrid (i.e., hetero) nanoclusters and their mode of action in cancer therapy, were summarized.
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- Alma Lucia Villela Zumaya
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (R.M.); (J.-M.R.)
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (R.M.); (J.-M.R.)
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-220-444-099
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Mehrabian A, Vakili-Ghartavol R, Mashreghi M, Shokooh Saremi S, Badiee A, Arabi L, Alavizadeh SH, Moosavian SA, Jaafari MR. Preparation, characterization, and biodistribution of glutathione PEGylated nanoliposomal doxorubicin for brain drug delivery with a post-insertion approach. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2022; 25:302-312. [PMID: 35656188 PMCID: PMC9148397 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2022.60306.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Objectives Brain cancer treatments have mainly failed due to their inability to cross the blood-brain barrier. Several studies have confirmed the presence of glutathione (GSH) receptors on BBB's surface, as a result, products like 2B3-101, which contain over 5% pre-inserted GSH PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin, are being tested in clinical trials. Here we conducted the PEGylated nanoliposomal doxorubicin particles that are covalently attached to the glutathione using the post-insertion technique. Compared with the pre-insertion approach, the post-insertion method is notably simpler, faster, and more cost-effective, making it ideal for large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing. Materials and Methods The ligands of the DSPE PEG(2000) Maleimide-GSH were introduced in the amounts of 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 on the available Caelyx. Following physicochemical evaluations, animal experiments such as biodistribution, fluorescence microscopy, and pharmacokinetics were done. Results In comparison with Caelyx, the 200L and 400L treatment arms were the most promising formulations. We showed that nanocarriers containing 40 times fewer GSH micelles than 2B3-101 significantly increased blood-brain barrier penetrance. Due to the expressed GSH receptors on tissues as an endogenous antioxidant, doxorubicin will likely concentrate in the liver, spleen, heart, and lung in comparison with Caelyx, according to other tissue analyses. Conclusion The post-insertion technique was found a successful approach with more pharmaceutical aspects for large-scale production. Moreover, further investigations are highly recommended to determine the efficacy of 5% post-inserted GSH targeted nanoliposomes versus 2B3-101 as a similar formulation with a different preparation method.
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- Amin Mehrabian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Biosun Pharmed Pharmaceuticals Company, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran,Corresponding authors: Mahmoud Reza Jaafari. Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Tel.:+98-51-38823255; Fax: +98-51-38823251; ; Seyedeh Alia Moosavian. Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Biotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran,Corresponding authors: Mahmoud Reza Jaafari. Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Tel.:+98-51-38823255; Fax: +98-51-38823251; ; Seyedeh Alia Moosavian. Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Liu Y, Zhang J, Tu Y, Zhu L. Potential-Independent Intracellular Drug Delivery and Mitochondrial Targeting. ACS NANO 2022; 16:1409-1420. [PMID: 34920667 PMCID: PMC9623822 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this study, two types of the fluoroamphiphile analogs were synthesized and self-assembled into the "core-shell" micellar nanocarriers for intracellular delivery and organelle targeting. Using the fluorescent dyes or vitamin E succinate as the cargo, the drug delivery and targeting capabilities of the fluoroamphiphiles and their micelles were evaluated in the cell lines, tumor cell spheroids, and tumor-bearing mice. The "core-fluorinated" micelles exhibited favorable physicochemical properties and improved the cellular uptake of the cargo by around 20 times compared to their "shell-fluorinated" counterparts. The results also indicated that the core-fluorinated micelles underwent an efficient clathrin-mediated endocytosis and a rapid endosomal escape thereafter. Interestingly, the internalized fluoroamphiphile micelles preferentially accumulated in mitochondria, by which the efficacy of the loaded vitamin E succinate was boosted both in vitro and in vivo. Unlike the popularly used cationic mitochondrial targeting ligands, as a charge-neutral nanocarrier, the fluoroamphiphiles' mitochondrial targeting was potential independent. The mechanism study suggested that the strong binding affinity with the phospholipids, particularly the cardiolipin, played an important role in the fluoroamphiphiles' mitochondrial targeting. These charge-neutral fluoroamphiphiles might have great potential to be a simple and reliable tool for intracellular drug delivery and mitochondrial targeting.
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- Yin Liu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 330106, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Synthesis and Evaluation of High Functionality and Quality Cell-penetrating Peptide Conjugated Lipid for Octaarginine Modified PEGylated Liposomes In U251 and U87 Glioma Cells. J Pharm Sci 2021; 111:1719-1727. [PMID: 34863974 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2021.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The use of peptide ligand modified PEGylated liposomes has been widely investigated for tumor targeting. Peptides are mainly inserted in the liposomal lipid bilayer using PEG2K-lipid spacer (Peptide-PEG2K-DSPE). However, a lower cellular uptake from longer nonlinear PEG2K spacer was reported, we here synthesized a high functionality and quality (HFQ) lipid with a short, linear serine-glycine repeated peptide [(SG)5] spacer. The objective of the current study is to develop novel octaarginine (R8) peptide-HFQ lipid grafted PEGylated liposomes for glioma cells targeting. In vitro liposomes characterization showed that the mean particle size of all liposomal formulations was in the nano-scale range < 120 nm, with a small PDI value (i.e. ∼0.2) and had a spherical shape under Transmission Electron Microscope, indicating a homogenous particle size distribution. The flow cytometry in vitro cellular association data with U251 MG and U87 cells revealed that 1.5% R8-(SG)5-lipid-PEGylated liposomes exhibited significantly higher cellular association of ∼15.87 and 7.59-fold than the conventional R8-PEG2K-lipid-PEGylated liposomes (10.4 and 6.19-fold), respectively, relative to the unmodified PEGylated liposomes. Moreover, intracellular distribution studies using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) corroborated the results of the in vitro cell association. The use of ligand-HFQ-lipid liposomes could be a potential alternative to ligand-PEG2K-lipid-modified liposomes as a drug delivery system for tumor targeting.
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Morbioli I, Casnati A, Esko JD, Tor Y, Sansone F. Calixarene-decorated liposomes for intracellular cargo delivery. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:6598-6602. [PMID: 34268550 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01055g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Amphiphilic calix[4]arenes, functionalized with guanidinium groups, are used to decorate the outer surface of liposomes and significantly improve the cellular uptake of a cargo compared to plain liposomes. The improved uptake is elicited and mediated by the interaction between the cationic polar heads of the macrocycle units embedded in the liposome bilayer and anionic heparan-sulfate proteoglycans surrounding the exterior of cells.
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- Ilaria Morbioli
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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Liang T, Wen D, Chen G, Chan A, Chen Z, Li H, Wang Z, Han X, Jiang L, Zhu JJ, Gu Z. Adipocyte-Derived Anticancer Lipid Droplets. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2100629. [PMID: 33987883 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Engineering of efficient and safe materials remains a challenge for cancer therapy. Here, the lipid droplet, an organelle in adipocytes, is demonstrated to be a controllable and biocompatible vehicle to deliver anticancer drugs. It is validated that isolated lipid droplets maintain their key physiological functions to interact with other organelles and augment the therapeutic effect of cancer photodynamic therapy by encapsulation with a lipid-conjugated photosensitizer (Pyrolipid) through a variety of pathways, including generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS); lipid peroxidation; and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. As such, the IC50 value of Pyrolipid is reduced by 6.0-fold when loaded into the lipid droplet. Of note, in vivo results demonstrate that engineered lipid droplets induce significant inhibition of tumor growth with minimal side effects.
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- Tingxizi Liang
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory of Systems & Precision Medicine, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Huang S, Ren D, Wu X, Li M, Yu X, Nie X, Wang Y, Wang Y. Glycyrrhetinic Acid and TAT Peptide Modified Dual-functional Liposomes for Treatment of Hepatocellular Cancer. Curr Top Med Chem 2021; 20:2493-2505. [PMID: 32703132 DOI: 10.2174/1568026620666200722110244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surgery remains the front-line therapeutic strategy to treat early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the 5-year recurrence rates of HCC patients are high. 10- Hydroxycamptothecin (10-HCPT) is a known anti-HCC agent but its poor solubility and bioavailability have limited its clinical use. OBJECTIVE In this study, we developed a novel nanoliposome encapsulated 10-hydroxycamptothecin modified with glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) and TAT peptide (GA/TAT-HCPT-LP) for the treatment of HCC. Dual modified GA and TAT can enhance tumor targeting and tumor penetration. METHODS The GA/TAT-HCPT-LP NPs were synthesized using the thin-film dispersion method. GA/TAT-HCPT-LP were characterized for particle size, zeta potential and morphology. Drug release from the GA/TAT-HCPT-LP liposomes was measured by dialysis. Cell-uptake was assessed by microscopy and flow cytometry. Cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis were measured to evaluate in vitro antitumor activity of GA/TAT-HCPT-LP via CCK-8 assays, Transwell assays, and flow cytometry, respectively. The in vivo distribution of GA/TAT-HCPT-LP was evaluated in HCC animal models. Tumor- bearing mouse models were used to assess the in vivo therapeutic efficacy of GA/TAT-HCPT-LP. RESULTS The mean particle size and mean zeta potential of GA/TAT-HCPT-LP were 135.55 ± 2.76 nm and -4.57 ± 0.23 mV, respectively. Transmission electron micrographs (TEM) showed that the GA/TAT-HCPT-LP had a near spherical shape and a double-membrane structure. GA/TAT-HCPT-LP led to slow and continuous drug release, and could bind to HepG2 cells more readily than other groups. Compared to control groups, treatment with GA/TAT-HCPT-LP had a significantly large effect on inhibiting cell proliferation, tumor cell migration and cell apoptosis. In vivo assays showed that GA/TATHCPT- LP selectively accumulated in tumor tissue with obvious antitumor efficacy. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the synthesized GA/TAT-HCPT-LP could effectively target tumor cells and enhance cell penetration, highlighting its potential for hepatocellular cancer therapy.
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- Sixi Huang
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- General Hospital of Southern Theater Command, PLA, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biosciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biosciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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Phyo P, Zhao X, Templeton AC, Xu W, Cheung JK, Su Y. Understanding molecular mechanisms of biologics drug delivery and stability from NMR spectroscopy. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 174:1-29. [PMID: 33609600 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein therapeutics carry inherent limitations of membrane impermeability and structural instability, despite their predominant role in the modern pharmaceutical market. Effective formulations are needed to overcome physiological and physicochemical barriers, respectively, for improving bioavailability and stability. Knowledge of membrane affinity, cellular internalization, encapsulation, and release of drug-loaded carrier vehicles uncover the structural basis for designing and optimizing biopharmaceuticals with enhanced delivery efficiency and therapeutic efficacy. Understanding stabilizing and destabilizing interactions between protein drugs and formulation excipients provide fundamental mechanisms for ensuring the stability and quality of biological products. This article reviews the molecular studies of biologics using solution and solid-state NMR spectroscopy on structural attributes pivotal to drug delivery and stability. In-depth investigation of the structure-function relationship of drug delivery systems based on cell-penetrating peptides, lipid nanoparticles and polymeric colloidal, and biophysical and biochemical stability of peptide, protein, monoclonal antibody, and vaccine, as the integrative efforts on drug product design, will be elaborated.
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- Pyae Phyo
- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States.
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Tuzikov AB, Ryabukhina EV, Paramonov AS, Chizhov AO, Bovin NV, Vodovozova EL. A convenient route to conjugates of 1,2-diglycerides with functionalized oligoethylene glycol spacer arms. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2021.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Jiang J. Cell-penetrating Peptide-mediated Nanovaccine Delivery. Curr Drug Targets 2021; 22:896-912. [PMID: 33538670 DOI: 10.2174/1389450122666210203193225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vaccination with small antigens, such as proteins, peptides, or nucleic acids, is used to activate the immune system and trigger the protective immune responses against a pathogen. Currently, nanovaccines are undergoing development instead of conventional vaccines. The size of nanovaccines is in the range of 10-500 nm, which enables them to be readily taken up by cells and exhibit improved safety profiles. However, low-level immune responses, as the removal of redundant pathogens, trigger counter-effective activation of the immune system invalidly and present a challenging obstacle to antigen recognition and its uptake via antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In addition, toxicity can be substantial. To overcome these problems, a variety of cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-mediated vaccine delivery systems based on nanotechnology have been proposed, most of which are designed to improve the stability of antigens in vivo and their delivery into immune cells. CPPs are particularly attractive components of antigen delivery. Thus, the unique translocation property of CPPs ensures that they remain an attractive carrier with the capacity to deliver cargo in an efficient manner for the application of drugs, gene transfer, protein, and DNA/RNA vaccination delivery. CPP-mediated nanovaccines can enhance antigen uptake, processing, and presentation by APCs, which are the fundamental steps in initiating an immune response. This review describes the different types of CPP-based nanovaccines delivery strategies.
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- Jizong Jiang
- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Schlich M, Palomba R, Costabile G, Mizrahy S, Pannuzzo M, Peer D, Decuzzi P. Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles. Bioeng Transl Med 2021; 6:e10213. [PMID: 33786376 PMCID: PMC7995196 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the most clinically advanced nano-delivery system for therapeutic nucleic acids. The great effort put in the development of ionizable lipids with increased in vivo potency brought LNPs from the laboratory benches to the FDA approval of patisiran in 2018 and the ongoing clinical trials for mRNA-based vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Despite these success stories, several challenges remain in RNA delivery, including what is known as "endosomal escape." Reaching the cytosol is mandatory for unleashing the therapeutic activity of RNA molecules, as their accumulation in other intracellular compartments would simply result in efficacy loss. In LNPs, the ability of ionizable lipids to form destabilizing non-bilayer structures at acidic pH is recognized as the key for endosomal escape and RNA cytosolic delivery. This is motivating a surge in studies aiming at designing novel ionizable lipids with improved biodegradation and safety profiles. In this work, we describe the journey of RNA-loaded LNPs across multiple intracellular barriers, from the extracellular space to the cytosol. In silico molecular dynamics modeling, in vitro high-resolution microscopy analyses, and in vivo imaging data are systematically reviewed to distill out the regulating mechanisms underlying the endosomal escape of RNA. Finally, a comparison with strategies employed by enveloped viruses to deliver their genetic material into cells is also presented. The combination of a multidisciplinary analytical toolkit for endosomal escape quantification and a nature-inspired design could foster the development of future LNPs with improved cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids.
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- Michele Schlich
- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of CagliariCagliariItaly
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
- Laboratory of Precision NanoMedicine, Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of EngineeringTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Center for Nanoscience and NanotechnologyTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Cancer Biology Research CenterTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
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- Laboratory of Precision NanoMedicine, Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of EngineeringTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Center for Nanoscience and NanotechnologyTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Cancer Biology Research CenterTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision MedicineGenoaItaly
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Allahyari SE, Hajizadeh F, Zekiy AO, Mansouri N, Gilan PS, Mousavi SM, Masjedi A, Hassannia H, Ahmadi M, Mohammadi H, Yousefi M, Izadi S, Zolbanin NM, Jafari R, Jadidi-Niaragh F. Simultaneous inhibition of CD73 and IL-6 molecules by siRNA-loaded nanoparticles prevents the growth and spread of cancer. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2021; 34:102384. [PMID: 33771704 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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High concentrations of adenosine and interleukin (IL)-6 in the tumor microenvironment have been identified as one of the leading causes of cancer growth. Thus, we decided to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by inhibiting the production of adenosine and IL-6 in the tumor environment at the same time. For this purpose, we used chitosan-lactate-PEG-TAT (CLP-TAT) nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with siRNA molecules against CD73, an adenosine-producing enzyme, and IL-6. Proper physicochemical properties of the produced NPs led to high cell uptake and suppression of target molecules. Administration of these NPs to tumor-bearing mice (4T1 and CT26 models) greatly reduced the size of the tumor and increased the survival of the mice, which was accompanied by an increase in anti-tumor T lymphocyte responses. These findings suggest that combination therapy using siRNA-loaded CLP-TAT NPs against CD73 and IL-6 molecules could be an effective treatment strategy against cancer that needs further study.
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- Sima Emadi Allahyari
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technologies Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunogenetic Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Amol Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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- Solid Tumor Research Center, Cellular and Medicine Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Mohammadi Z, Eini M, Rastegari A, Tehrani MR. Chitosan as a machine for biomolecule delivery: A review. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 256:117414. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Narayanaswamy R, Torchilin VP. Targeted Delivery of Combination Therapeutics Using Monoclonal Antibody 2C5-Modified Immunoliposomes for Cancer Therapy. Pharm Res 2021; 38:429-450. [PMID: 33655395 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-021-02986-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop immunoliposomes modified with monoclonal cancer-specific antibody (mAb) 2C5 and co-loaded with a combination of two chemotherapeutics, in order to simultaneously target bulk cancer cells using paclitaxel and cancer stem cells (CSCs) using salinomycin to prevent cancer growth and metastases. METHODS Breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and/or SK-BR-3) were chosen as models for all in vitro testing. Liposomes composed of natural phospholipids co-loaded with salinomycin and paclitaxel were prepared and physically characterized. Immunoliposomes modified with mAb 2C5 coupled to polymeric conjugate were prepared and characterized for specific targeting. Wound healing assay was performed using the combination of free drugs in vitro. In vitro studies on cellular interaction and uptake were followed by holographic imaging to study cell-killing, cell-division and proliferation inhibiting effects of the formulation. Ex-vivo study on hemolysis was investigated to check possible toxicity of the formulation. RESULTS Physical characterization of the liposomes showed stable nanoparticles of consistent and desirable size range (170-220 nm), zeta potential (-13 mV to - 20 mV), polydispersity indices (<0.2) and drug encapsulation efficiencies (~150 μg per ml for salinomycin, ~210 μg/ml for paclitaxel and 1:1 for combination drug loaded liposomes). Combination therapy strongly affected cancer cell proliferation as shown by significant diminishing of artificial gap closure at the wound site on MDA-MB-231 cells in culture using wound healing assay. Quantitation of changes in wound widths showed ~219 μm for drug combination, ~104 μm for only paclitaxel, and ~ 7 μm for only salinomycin treatments. Statistically significant increase in cellular interaction and specific uptake of the targeted drug co-loaded liposomal nanopreparation (p value ≤ 0.05) by MDA-MB-231 and SK-BR-3 cells confirmed the effectiveness of the approach. Holographic imaging using MDA-MB-231 cells produced visible increase in cell-killing, proliferation and division in vitro. Ex-vivo experimentation showed reduced hemolysis correlating with low toxicity in athymic nude mice model. CONCLUSION The results demonstrated the enhanced therapeutic efficacy of a combination of salinomycin and paclitaxel delivered by mAb 2C5-modified liposomal preparation in cancer therapy.
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- Radhika Narayanaswamy
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, 140 The Fenway Building 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, 140 The Fenway Building 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.
- Department of Oncology, Radiotherapy and Plastic Surgery, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.
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Jung HY, Kwon HJ, Kim W, Hwang IK, Choi GM, Chang IB, Kim DW, Moon SM. Tat-Endophilin A1 Fusion Protein Protects Neurons from Ischemic Damage in the Gerbil Hippocampus: A Possible Mechanism of Lipid Peroxidation and Neuroinflammation Mitigation as Well as Synaptic Plasticity. Cells 2021; 10:cells10020357. [PMID: 33572372 PMCID: PMC7916150 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The present study explored the effects of endophilin A1 (SH3GL2) against oxidative damage brought about by H2O2 in HT22 cells and ischemic damage induced upon transient forebrain ischemia in gerbils. Tat-SH3GL2 and its control protein (Control-SH3GL2) were synthesized to deliver it to the cells by penetrating the cell membrane and blood–brain barrier. Tat-SH3GL2, but not Control-SH3GL2, could be delivered into HT22 cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner and the hippocampus 8 h after treatment in gerbils. Tat-SH3GL2 was stably present in HT22 cells and degraded with time, by 36 h post treatment. Pre-incubation with Tat-SH3GL2, but not Control-SH3GL2, significantly ameliorated H2O2-induced cell death, DNA fragmentation, and reactive oxygen species formation. SH3GL2 immunoreactivity was decreased in the gerbil hippocampal CA1 region with time after ischemia, but it was maintained in the other regions after ischemia. Tat-SH3GL2 treatment in gerbils appreciably improved ischemia-induced hyperactivity 1 day after ischemia and the percentage of NeuN-immunoreactive surviving cells increased 4 days after ischemia. In addition, Tat-SH3GL2 treatment in gerbils alleviated the increase in lipid peroxidation as assessed by the levels of malondialdehyde and 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α and in pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-6; while the reduction of protein levels in markers for synaptic plasticity, such as postsynaptic density 95, synaptophysin, and synaptosome associated protein 25 after transient forebrain ischemia was also observed. These results suggest that Tat-SH3GL2 protects neurons from oxidative and ischemic damage by reducing lipid peroxidation and inflammation and improving synaptic plasticity after ischemia.
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- Hyo Young Jung
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (H.Y.J.); (I.K.H.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Oral Sciences, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea;
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; (H.Y.J.); (I.K.H.)
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24253, Korea;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang 14068, Korea;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Oral Sciences, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea;
- Correspondence: (D.W.K.); or (S.M.M.); Tel.: +82-31-8086-2412 (ext. 2330) (S.M.M.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Hwaseong 18450, Korea
- Research Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24253, Korea
- Correspondence: (D.W.K.); or (S.M.M.); Tel.: +82-31-8086-2412 (ext. 2330) (S.M.M.)
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Uhl P, Sauter M, Hertlein T, Witzigmann D, Laffleur F, Hofhaus G, Fidelj V, Tursch A, Özbek S, Hopke E, Haberkorn U, Bernkop‐Schnürch A, Ohlsen K, Fricker G, Mier W. Overcoming the Mucosal Barrier: Tetraether Lipid‐Stabilized Liposomal Nanocarriers Decorated with Cell‐Penetrating Peptides Enable Oral Delivery of Vancomycin. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202000247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Philipp Uhl
- Department of Nuclear Medicine Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg 69120 Germany
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg 97080 Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck University of Innsbruck Innsbruck 6020 Austria
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- Bioquant, CellNetWorks University of Heidelberg Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy Ruprecht‐Karls University Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Department of Molecular Evolution and Genomics University of Heidelberg Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Department of Molecular Evolution and Genomics University of Heidelberg Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg 97080 Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck University of Innsbruck Innsbruck 6020 Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg 97080 Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy Ruprecht‐Karls University Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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P27 Protects Neurons from Ischemic Damage by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Increasing Autophagy in the Hippocampus. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249496. [PMID: 33327462 PMCID: PMC7764997 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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p27Kip1 (p27), a well-known cell regulator, is involved in the regulation of cell death and survival. In the present study, we observed the effects of p27 against oxidative stress induced by H2O2 in HT22 cells and transient ischemia in gerbils. Tat (trans-acting activator of transcription) peptide and p27 fusion proteins were prepared to facilitate delivery into cells and across the blood-brain barrier. The tat-p27 fusion protein, rather than its control protein Control-p27, was delivered intracellularly in a concentration and incubation time-dependent manner and showed its activity in HT22 cells. The localization of the delivered Tat-p27 protein was also confirmted in the HT22 cells and hippocampus in gerbils. In addition, the optimal concentration (5 μM) of Tat-p27 was determined to protect neurons from cell death induced by 1 mM H2O2. Treatment with 5 μM Tat-p27 significantly ameliorated H2O2-induced DNA fragmentation and the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in HT22 cells. Tat-p27 significantly mitigated the increase in locomotor activity a day after ischemia and neuronal damage in the hippocampal CA1 region. It also reduced the ischemia-induced membrane phospholipids and ROS formation. In addition, Tat-p27 significantly increased microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B light chain 3A/3B expression and ameliorated the H2O2 or ischemia-induced increases of p62 and decreases of beclin-1 in the HT22 cells and hippocampus. These results suggest that Tat-p27 protects neurons from oxidative or ischemic damage by reducing ROS-induced damage and by facilitating the formation of autophagosomes in hippocampal cells.
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Makwana V, Karanjia J, Haselhorst T, Anoopkumar-Dukie S, Rudrawar S. Liposomal doxorubicin as targeted delivery platform: Current trends in surface functionalization. Int J Pharm 2020; 593:120117. [PMID: 33259901 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.120117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Liposomal delivery systems have significantly enhanced the efficacy and safety of chemotherapeutic agents compared to free (non-liposomal) formulations. Liposomes are vesicles made up of lipophilic bilayer and a hydrophilic core which provides perfect opportunity for their application as transport vehicle for various therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Doxorubicin is the most exploited chemotherapeutic agent for evaluation of different liposomal applications, as its physicochemical properties permit high drug entrapment and easy remote loading in pre-formulated liposomes. Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin clinically approved and, on the market, Doxil®, exemplifies the benefits offered upon the surface modification of liposome with polyethylene glycol. This unique formulation prolonged the drug residence time in the circulation and increased accumulation of doxorubicin in tumor tissue via passive targeting (enhanced permeability and retention effect). However, there is ample scope for further improvement in the efficiency of targeting tumors by coupling biological active ligands onto the liposome surface to generate intelligent drug delivery systems. Small biomolecules such as peptides, fraction of antibodies and carbohydrates have the potential to target receptors present on the surface of the malignant cells. Hence, active targeting of malignant cells using functionalised nanocarrier (liposomes encapsulated with doxorubicin) have been attempted which is reviewed in this article.
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- Vivek Makwana
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Quality Use of Medicines Network, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Quality Use of Medicines Network, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia; Quality Use of Medicines Network, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia.
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Gehan P, Kulifaj S, Soule P, Bodin J, Amoura M, Walrant A, Sagan S, Thiam A, Ngo K, Vivier V, Cribier S, Rodriguez N. Penetratin translocation mechanism through asymmetric droplet interface bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183415. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Chandrasekaran R, Madheswaran T, Tharmalingam N, Bose RJ, Park H, Ha DH. Labeling and tracking cells with gold nanoparticles. Drug Discov Today 2020; 26:94-105. [PMID: 33130336 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have garnered much attention as contrast agents for computerized tomography (CT) because of their facile synthesis and surface functionalization, in addition to their significant X-ray attenuation and minimal cytotoxicity. Cell labeling using AuNPs and tracking of the labeled cells using CT has become a time-efficient and cost-effective method. Actively targeted AuNPs can enhance CT contrast and sensitivity, and further reduce the radiation dosage needed during CT imaging. In this review, we summarize the state-of-the-art use of AuNPs in CT for cell tracking, including the precautionary steps necessary for their use and the difficulty in translating the process into clinical use.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, No. 126 Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Infectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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- School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Masonic Medical Research Institute, Utica, NY, USA
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- School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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El Maghraby GM, Arafa MF. Liposomes for Enhanced Cellular Uptake of Anticancer Agents. Curr Drug Deliv 2020; 17:861-873. [PMID: 32640957 DOI: 10.2174/1567201817666200708113131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cancers are life threatening diseases and their traditional treatment strategies have numerous limitations which include poor pharmacokinetic profiles, non-specific drug distribution in the body tissues and organs and deprived tumor cells penetration. This attracted the attention of researchers to tailor efficient drug delivery system for anticancer agents to overcome these limitations. Liposomes are one of the newly developed delivery systems for anticancer agents. They are vesicular structures, which were fabricated to enhance drug targeting to tumor tissues either via active or passive targeting. They can be tailored to penetrate tumor cells membrane which is considered the main rate limiting step in antineoplastic therapy. This resulted in enhancing drug cellular uptake and internalization and increasing drug cytotoxic effect. These modifications were achieved via various approaches which included the use of cell-penetrating peptides, the use of lipid substances that can increase liposome fusogenic properties or increase the cell membrane permeability toward amphiphilic drugs, surface modification or ligand targeted liposomes and immuno-liposomes. The modified liposomes were able to enhance anticancer agent's cellular uptake and this was reflected in their ability to destroy tumor tissues. This review outlines different approaches employed for liposomes modification for enhancing anticancer agent's cellular uptake.
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- Gamal M El Maghraby
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt
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Therapeutic viral gene delivery is an emerging technology which aims to correct genetic mutations by introducing new genetic information to cells either to correct a faulty gene or to initiate cell death in oncolytic treatments. In recent years, significant scientific progress has led to several clinical trials resulting in the approval of gene therapies for human treatment. However, successful therapies remain limited due to a number of challenges such as inefficient cell uptake, low transduction efficiency (TE), limited tropism, liver toxicity and immune response. To adress these issues and increase the number of available therapies, additives from a broad range of materials like polymers, peptides, lipids, nanoparticles, and small molecules have been applied so far. The scope of this review is to highlight these selected delivery systems from a materials perspective.
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- Kübra Kaygisiz
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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An Underestimated Factor: The Extent of Cross-Reactions Modifying APIs in Surface-Modified Liposomal Preparations Caused by Comprised Activated Lipids. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194436. [PMID: 32992540 PMCID: PMC7582356 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite the nowadays available plentitude of strategies to selectively introduce functional surface modification of liposomes, in preclinical research this process is still primarily performed after liposomal preparation utilizing comprised activated phospholipids with functionalized head groups. However, because these activated lipids are present during the liposomal preparation process, they can cross-react with incorporated drugs, especially the particularly often utilized active esters and maleimide groups. Macromolecular drugs, being composed of amino acids, are particularly prone to such cross-reactions due to their often multiple reactive functionalities such as amino and disulfide groups. To demonstrate this impact on the formulation in liposomal surface modification, we assessed the extent of cross-reaction during the liposomal preparation of two activated phospholipids with typically used head group functionalized phospholipids, with the two peptide drugs vancomycin and insulin comprising disulfide and amino functionalities. Both drugs revealed a considerable fraction of covalent modification (estimated 2 to 12%) generated during the liposome preparation process with comprised activated lipids. Modification of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) was determined by high-resolution mass spectrometric analysis. These findings clearly demonstrate the non-negligibility of potential cross reactions using the post preparation liposomal surface modification strategy in preclinical research.
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Peng F, Zhang W, Qiu F. Self-assembling Peptides in Current Nanomedicine: Versatile Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:4855-4881. [PMID: 31309877 DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666190712154021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The development of modern nanomedicine greatly depends on the involvement of novel materials as drug delivery system. In order to maximize the therapeutic effects of drugs and minimize their side effects, a number of natural or synthetic materials have been widely investigated for drug delivery. Among these materials, biomimetic self-assembling peptides (SAPs) have received more attention in recent years. Considering the rapidly growing number of SAPs designed for drug delivery, a summary of how SAPs-based drug delivery systems were designed, would be beneficial. METHOD We outlined research works on different SAPs that have been investigated as carriers for different drugs, focusing on the design of SAPs nanomaterials and how they were used for drug delivery in different strategies. RESULTS Based on the principle rules of chemical complementarity and structural compatibility, SAPs such as ionic self-complementary peptide, peptide amphiphile and surfactant-like peptide could be designed. Determined by the features of peptide materials and the drugs to be delivered, different strategies such as hydrogel embedding, hydrophobic interaction, electrostatic interaction, covalent conjugation or the combination of them could be employed to fabricate SAPs-drug complex, which could achieve slow release, targeted or environment-responsive delivery of drugs. Furthermore, some SAPs could also be combined with other types of materials for drug delivery, or even act as drug by themselves. CONCLUSION Various types of SAPs have been designed and used for drug delivery following various strategies, suggesting that SAPs as a category of versatile nanomaterials have promising potential in the field of nanomedicine.
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- Fei Peng
- Laboratory of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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He Z, Zhang Y, Khan AR, Ji J, Yu A, Zhai G. A novel progress of drug delivery system for organelle targeting in tumour cells. J Drug Target 2020; 29:12-28. [PMID: 32698651 DOI: 10.1080/1061186x.2020.1797051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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At present, malignant tumours have become one of the most serious diseases that endanger human health. According to a survey on causes of death in Chinese population in early 1990s, the malignant tumours were the second leading cause of death. In the treatment of tumours, the ideal situation is that drugs should target and accumulate at tumour sites and destroy tumour cells specifically, without affecting normal cells and stem cells with regenerative capacity. This requires drugs to be specifically transported to the target organs, tissues, cells, and even specific organelles, like mitochondria, nuclei, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Golgi apparatus (GA). The nano drug delivery system can not only protect drugs from degradation but also facilitate functional modification and targeted drug delivery to the tumour site. This article mainly reviews the targeting of nano drug delivery systems to tumour cytoplasmic matrix, nucleus, mitochondria, ER, and lysosomes. Organelle-specific drug delivery system will be a major mean of targeting drug delivery with lower toxicity, less dosage and higher drug concentration in tumour cells.
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- Zhijing He
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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Shamarekh KS, Gad HA, Soliman ME, Sammour OA. Development and evaluation of protamine-coated PLGA nanoparticles for nose-to-brain delivery of tacrine: In-vitro and in-vivo assessment. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pan J, Attia SA, Subhan MA, Filipczak N, Mendes LP, Li X, Kishan Yalamarty SS, Torchilin VP. Monoclonal Antibody 2C5-Modified Mixed Dendrimer Micelles for Tumor-Targeted Codelivery of Chemotherapeutics and siRNA. Mol Pharm 2020; 17:1638-1647. [PMID: 32233497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics to tumors has the potential to reach a high dose at the tumor while minimizing systemic exposure. Incorporation of antibody within a micellar platform represents a drug delivery system for tumor-targeted delivery of antitumor agents. Such modified immunomicelles can result in an increased accumulation of antitumor agents and enhanced cytotoxicity toward cancer cells. Here, mixed dendrimer micelles (MDM) composed of PEG2k-DOPE-conjugated generation 4 polyamidoamine dendrimer G4-PAMAM-PEG2k-DOPE and PEG5k-DOPE were coloaded with doxorubicin and siMDR-1. This formulation was further modified with monoclonal antibodies 2C5 with nucleosome-restricted specificity that effectively recognized cancer cells via the cell-surface-bound nucleosomes. Micelles with attached 2C5 antibodies significantly enhanced cellular association and tumor killing in both monolayer and spheroid tumor models as well as in vivo in experimental animals compared to the nontargeted formulations.
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- Jiayi Pan
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,Laboratory of Lipids and Liposomes, Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia 70040-020, Brazil
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug and Efficient Energy-Saving Pharmaceutical Equipment, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,Department of Oncology, Radiotherapy and Plastic Surgery, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia 119146
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Cell-Penetrating Peptide Modified PEG-PLA Micelles for Efficient PTX Delivery. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21051856. [PMID: 32182734 PMCID: PMC7084196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21051856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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On account of their excellent capacity to significantly improve the bioavailability and solubility of chemotherapy drugs, amphiphilic block copolymer-based micelles have been widely utilized for chemotherapy drug delivery. In order to further improve the antitumor ability and to also reduce undesired side effects of drugs, cell-penetrating peptides have been used to functionalize the surface of polymer micelles endowed with the ability to target tumor tissues. Herein, we first synthesized functional polyethylene glycol-polylactic acid (PEG-PLA) tethered with maleimide at the PEG section of the block polymer, which was further conjugated with a specific peptide, the transactivating transcriptional activator (TAT), with an approved capacity of aiding translocation across the plasma membrane. Then, TAT-conjugated, paclitaxel-loaded nanoparticles were self-assembled into stable nanoparticles with a favorable size of 20 nm, and displayed a significantly increased cytotoxicity, due to their enhanced accumulation via peptide-mediated cellular association in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) in vitro. But when further used in vivo, TAT-NP-PTX showed an acceleration of the drug’s plasma clearance rate compared with NP-PTX, and therefore weakened its antitumor activities in the mice model, because of its positive charge, its elimination by the endoplasmic reticulum system more quickly, and its targeting effect on normal cells leading towards being more toxic. So further modification of TAT-NP-PTX to shield TAT peptide’s positive charges may be a hot topic to overcome the present dilemma.
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Zhou Y, Han S, Liang Z, Zhao M, Liu G, Wu J. Progress in arginine-based gene delivery systems. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:5564-5577. [DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00498g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Arginine based gene delivery systems with enhanced membrane penetration and lower cytotoxicity greatly enrich the gene vectors library and outline a new development direction of gene delivery.
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- Yang Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instrument of Guangdong Province
- School of Biomedical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instrument of Guangdong Province
- School of Biomedical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instrument of Guangdong Province
- School of Biomedical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Shenzhen Lansi Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instrument of Guangdong Province
- School of Biomedical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instrument of Guangdong Province
- School of Biomedical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou
- China
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Koizumi K, Nakamura H, Iijima M, Matsuzaki T, Somiya M, Kumasawa K, Kimura T, Kuroda S. In vivo uterine local gene delivery system using TAT-displaying bionanocapsules. J Gene Med 2019; 21:e3140. [PMID: 31697013 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The uterus is an organ that is directly accessible via the transvaginal route, whereas the drug delivery system and the gene delivery system (GDS) for the uterus are very limited, even in animal models. In the present study, we optimized a bionanocapsule (BNC) comprising a hepatitis B virus envelope L-protein particle, for which a structurally similar particle has been used as an immunogen of a conventional HB vaccine worldwide for more than 30 years, as a local uterine GDS using a mouse model. METHODS To display various antibodies for re-targeting to different cells other than hepatic cells, the pre-S1 region of BNC was replaced with a tandem form of the protein A-derived immunoglobulin G Fc-interacting region (Z domain, ZZ-BNC). To induce strong cell adhesion after local administration into the uterine cavity, ZZ-BNC was modified with a transactivator of transcription (TAT) peptide. RESULTS Gene transfer using TAT-modified ZZ-BNC is approximately 5000- or 18-fold more efficient than the introduction of the same dose of naked DNAs or the use of the cationic liposomes, respectively. TAT-modified ZZ-BNC was rapidly eliminated from the uterus and had no effect on the pregnancy rate, litter size or fetal growth. CONCLUSIONS TAT-modified ZZ-BNC could be a useful GDS for uterine endometrial therapy via local uterine injection.
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- Kaori Koizumi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Biomolecular Science and Reaction, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Science and Reaction, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Science and Reaction, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Science and Reaction, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Zhang R, Qin X, Kong F, Chen P, Pan G. Improving cellular uptake of therapeutic entities through interaction with components of cell membrane. Drug Deliv 2019; 26:328-342. [PMID: 30905189 PMCID: PMC6442206 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2019.1582730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Efficient cellular delivery of biologically active molecules is one of the key factors that affect the discovery and development of novel drugs. The plasma membrane is the first barrier that prevents direct translocation of chemic entities, and thus obstructs their efficient intracellular delivery. Generally, hydrophilic small molecule drugs are poor permeability that reduce bioavailability and thus limit the clinic application. The cellular uptake of macromolecules and drug carriers is very inefficient without external assistance. Therefore, it is desirable to develop potent delivery systems for achieving effective intracellular delivery of chemic entities. Apart from of the types of delivery strategies, the composition of the cell membrane is critical for delivery efficiency due to the fact that cellular uptake is affected by the interaction between the chemical entity and the plasma membrane. In this review, we aimed to develop a profound understanding of the interactions between delivery systems and components of the plasma membrane. For the purpose, we attempt to present a broad overview of what delivery systems can be used to enhance the intracellular delivery of poorly permeable chemic entities, and how various delivery strategies are applied according to the components of plasma membrane.
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- Renshuai Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Taishan Medical University, Tai’an, P.R. China
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Ji X, Wang H, Chen Y, Zhou J, Liu Y. Recombinant expressing angiopep-2 fused anti-VEGF single chain Fab (scFab) could cross blood-brain barrier and target glioma. AMB Express 2019; 9:165. [PMID: 31617104 PMCID: PMC6794332 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-019-0869-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
In 2009, the FDA approved bevacizumab for the treatment of adult patients diagnosed with recurrent glioblastoma. However, the poor permeability of the macromolecules across the blood–brain barrier, determined by multifactorial anatomical and physiological milieu, restricts the clinical therapeutic effect of bevacizumab. The low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein 1 (LRP1) is highly expressed in the endothelial cells of the brain capillary and the glioma cells. Angiopep-2 (ANG) is a 19-aa oligopeptide that can bind to LRP1 and penetrate the blood–brain barrier by receptor-mediated transport. Therefore, ANG can be used as a dual-targeting drug delivery carrier into the brain and the glioma sites. In this study, ANG gene was fused with the C-terminal domain of single-chain antigen binding fragment (scFab) of the anti-VEGF antibody and recombinant scFab-ANG protein was expressed and purified using Rosatte (DE3) strain. We confirmed that ANG could carry anti-VEGF-scFab, penetrate a three-dimensional model of the brain tumor, and cross the hCMEC/D3 monolayer in the in vitro blood–brain barrier model. The animal experiments demonstrated that 3 h after the tail intravenous protein injection, the fluorescent signals in the brains of the mice in the scFab-ANG group were stronger than that in the scFab group. Furthermore, the study of the in situ rat glioma model shows that scFab-ANG could target glioma while anti-VEGF-scFab could not. These findings indicate that scFab-ANG had stronger transepithelial permeability and glioma targeting capacity. Thus, it can be a potential candidate drug for glioblastoma therapy.
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Suwannoi P, Chomnawang M, Tunsirikongkon A, Phongphisutthinan A, Müller-Goymann CC, Sarisuta N. TAT-surface modified acyclovir-loaded albumin nanoparticles as a novel ocular drug delivery system. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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