Gene delivery targeted to the brain using an Angiopep-conjugated polyethyleneglycol-modified polyamidoamine dendrimer.
Angiopep targeting to the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP1) was identified to exhibit high transcytosis capacity and parenchymal accumulation. In this study, it was exploited as a ligand for effective brain-targeting gene delivery. Polyamidoamine dendrimers (PAMAM) were modified with angiopep through bifunctional PEG, then complexed with DNA, yielding PAMAM-PEG-Angiopep/DNA nanoparticles (NPs). The angiopep-modified NPs were observed to be internalized by brain capillary endothelial cells (BCECs) through a clathrin- and caveolae-mediated energy-depending endocytosis, also partly through marcopinocytosis. Also, the cellular uptake of the angiopep-modified NPs were competed by angiopep-2, receptor-associated protein (RAP) and lactoferrin, indicating that LRP1-mediated endocytosis may be the main mechanism of cellular internalization of angiopep-modified NPs. And the angiopep-modified NPs showed higher efficiency in crossing blood-brain barrier (BBB) than unmodified NPs in an in vitro BBB model, and accumulated in brain more in vivo. The angiopep-modified NPs also showed higher efficiency in gene expressing in brain than the unmodified NPs. In conclusion, PAMAM-PEG-Angiopep showed great potential to be applied in designing brain-targeting drug delivery system.
Ke
Weilun
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Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
Shao
Kun
K
Huang
Rongqin
R
Han
Liang
L
Liu
Yang
Y
Li
Jianfeng
J
Kuang
Yuyang
Y
Ye
Liya
L
Lou
Jinning
J
Jiang
Chen
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D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000378:metabolism
C531860:Angiopep-2; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D050091:Dendrimers; C104700:PAMAM Starburst; D010455:Peptides; D011073:Polyamines; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols