title: Immunotherapy with injectable hydrogels to treat obstructive nephropathy.
abstract: Hydrogels are gaining attention as injectable vehicles for delivery of therapeutics for a range of applications. We describe self-assembling and injectable Dock-and-Lock hydrogels for local delivery of interleukin-10 (IL-10) to abate the progression of inflammation and fibrosis that leads to chronic kidney disease. As monitored with a fluorescent tag, hydrogels degraded within a few days in vitro and matched IL-10 release profiles; however, hydrogels remained in the kidney for up to 30 days in vivo. A unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) mouse model was used to investigate in vivo outcomes after hydrogel injection and IL-10 delivery. Eight groups were investigated (7, 21, 35 days, n = 4): healthy, sham, healthy injected with mouse serum albumin (MSA), healthy + hydrogel, UUO, UUO + IL-10, UUO + hydrogel, UUO + hydrogel/IL-10. 15 μL of IL-10, hydrogel, or hydrogel/IL-10 was injected under the renal capsule 3 days after the UUO. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed on paraffin sections to identify macrophages and apoptotic cells and trichrome staining was used to evaluate fibrosis. There were no significant differences in inflammatory markers between all control groups. With hydrogel delivery, macrophage infiltration and apoptosis were significantly reduced at days 21 and 35 compared to untreated animals. By day 35, IL-10 delivery via hydrogel reduced macrophage infiltration and apoptosis more than IL-10 injection alone. Fibrosis was decreased by day 35 in all treatment groups. This work supports the use of hydrogel delivery of IL-10 to treat chronic kidney disease.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Danielle E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Soranno
authors.forename: Hoang D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Burdick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D020100:Hydrogels; D007167:Immunotherapy; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000378:metabolism; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D020100:Hydrogels; D016753:Interleukin-10
keywords: drug delivery; hydrogel; inflammation; kidney; nephropathy
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