Feasibility of mechanical extrusion to coat nanoparticles with extracellular vesicle membranes |
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Author: | Van Deun, Jan1,2; Roux, Quentin1,2; Deville, Sarah1,2; |
Organizations: |
1Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 2Cancer Research Institute Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 3Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
4Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20500 Turku, Finland
5Biocenter Oulu, Department of Pathology, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland 6Department of Pharmaceutics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 2.6 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020120399320 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2020
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Publish Date: | 2020-12-03 |
Description: |
AbstractBiomimetic functionalization to confer stealth and targeting properties to nanoparticles is a field of intense study. Extracellular vesicles (EV), sub-micron delivery vehicles for intercellular communication, have unique characteristics for drug delivery. We investigated the top-down functionalization of gold nanoparticles with extracellular vesicle membranes, including both lipids and associated membrane proteins, through mechanical extrusion. EV surface-exposed membrane proteins were confirmed to help avoid unwanted elimination by macrophages, while improving autologous uptake. EV membrane morphology, protein composition and orientation were found to be unaffected by mechanical extrusion. We implemented complementary EV characterization methods, including transmission- and immune-electron microscopy, and nanoparticle tracking analysis, to verify membrane coating, size and zeta potential of the EV membrane-cloaked nanoparticles. While successful EV membrane coating of the gold nanoparticles resulted in lower macrophage uptake, low yield was found to be a significant downside of the extrusion approach. Our data incentivize more research to leverage EV membrane biomimicking as a unique drug delivery approach in the near future. see all
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Series: |
Cells |
ISSN: | 2073-4409 |
ISSN-E: | 2073-4409 |
ISSN-L: | 2073-4409 |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 8 |
Article number: | E1797 |
DOI: | 10.3390/cells9081797 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/cells9081797 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology |
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Funding: |
This research was funded by Fund for Scientific Spearheads of the Ghent University Hospital, Concerted Research Actions from Ghent University, Kom Op Tegen Kanker, the National Cancer Plan, PhD (JVD) and post-doctoral positions (AH) and Krediet aan Navorsers (AH) from Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO), and European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No [722148]. |
Copyright information: |
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