Controlling the semi-permeability of protein nanocapsules influences the cellular response to macromolecular payloads
| Autor: | Marina Machtakova, Stephan Gehring, Katharina Landfester, Sebastian Wirsching, Héloïse Thérien-Aubin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Proteases
Vaccines Chemistry Macromolecular Substances Biomedical Engineering Proteins General Chemistry General Medicine Small molecule Nanocapsules Nanoshell Permeability Fluorescamine Drug Liberation Drug Delivery Systems Permeability (electromagnetism) Restricted Diffusion Biophysics General Materials Science Endopeptidase K Site of action Macromolecule |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Materials Chemistry B |
| ISSN: | 2050-7518 |
| Popis: | Nanocapsules are an excellent platform for the delivery of macromolecular payloads such as proteins, nucleic acids or polyprodrugs, since they can both protect the sensitive cargo and target its delivery to the desired site of action. However, the release of macromolecules from nanocapsules remains a challenge due to their restricted diffusion through the nanoshell compared to small molecule cargo. Here, we designed degradable protein nanocapsules with varying crosslinking densities of the nanoshell to control the release of model macromolecules. While the crosslinking did not influence the degradability of the capsules by natural proteases, it significantly affected the release profiles. Furthermore, the optimized protein nanocapsules were successfully used to deliver and effectively release a bioactive macromolecular vaccine adjuvant in vitro and, thus, can be used as an efficient platform for the design of potential nanovaccines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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