Engineering Extracellular Vesicles to Target Pancreatic Tissue In Vivo
| Autor: | Hiroaki Komuro, Anshu Malik, Shakhlo Aminova, Nathaniel Pascual, Yuki Kawai-Harada, Christopher H. Contag, Masako Harada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Biodistribution
Chemistry media_common.quotation_subject Biomedical Engineering Medicine (miscellaneous) law.invention Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure law Drug delivery Systemic administration medicine Recombinant DNA Luciferase Internalization Pancreas Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) Biotechnology Lactadherin media_common |
| Zdroj: | Nanotheranostics. 5:378-390 |
| ISSN: | 2206-7418 |
| Popis: | Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are naturally released, cell-derived vesicles that mediate intracellular communication, in part, by transferring genetic information and, thus, have the potential to be modified for use as a therapeutic gene or drug delivery vehicle. Advances in EV engineering suggest that directed delivery can be accomplished via surface alterations. Here we assess enriched delivery of engineered EVs displaying an organ targeting peptide specific to the pancreas. We first characterized the size, morphology, and surface markers of engineered EVs that were decorated with a recombinant protein specific to pancreatic β-cells. This β-cell-specific recombinant protein consists of the peptide p88 fused to the EV-binding domain of lactadherin (C1C2). These engineered EVs, p88-EVs, specifically bound to pancreatic β-cells in culture and transferred encapsulated plasmid DNA (pDNA) as early as in 10 min suggesting that the internalization of peptide-bearing EVs is a rapid process. Biodistribution of p88-EVs administrated intravenously into mice showed an altered pattern of EV localization and improved DNA delivery to the pancreas relative to control EVs, as well as an accumulation of targeting EVs to the pancreas using luciferase activity as a readout. These findings demonstrate that systemic administration of engineered EVs can efficiently deliver their cargo as gene carriers to targeted organs in live animals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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