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- 조회349
Hana Cho1, Yeon Su Choi1, Da Gyeom Choung1, Won Gu Choi, Min Seo Lee, Yong-Yeon Cho, Joo Young Lee, Hye Suk Lee, Han Chang Kang
Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea
1H Cho, YS Choi, and DG Choung contributed equally to this study.
Corresponding author: Han Chang Kang
Abstract
Despite the significance of organelle-targeted delivery and the subsequent release of therapeutics, the therapeutic outcome of this technology is limited due to undesired organelle targeting and unwanted cytosolic drug release. In this study, an ε-poly(l-lysine) (EPL)-based bioreducible nanogel (REPL-NG) was designed to deliver and release hydrophobic payloads to mitochondria targets, and the NG was synthesized via a sequential thiolation and oxidation reaction. REPL-NG contains a hydrophilic NG surface, which provides colloidal stability in aqueous environments due to the ionizable amine in lysine. Hydrophobic chemicals were encapsulated as a result of the multiple disulfide-mediated and crosslinked inner compartments. The capability of the ionizable amines to buffer protons helped the NG escape endolysosomes. The neighboring hydrophobic lysine preferentially drove the NG into mitochondria rather than the nucleus, and the neighboring hydrophobic disulfide bonds were slowly cleaved by the intracellularly reduced glutathione (GSH) in mitochondria. In an HCT116 xenograft tumor-bearing mouse model, doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded REPL-NG (DOX@REPL-NG) resulted in better blood circulation, better tumor accumulation and retention, and ultimately more effective inhibition of tumor growth than free drugs. In conclusion, hydrophobicity could modulate both the nucleus-to-mitochondria targeting switch and slow disulfide cleavage, resulting in mitochondria-targeted delivery of DOX@REPL-NG and release of DOX from DOX@REPL-NG.
논문정보
- Research article
- 2023년 01월 (BRIC 등록일 2023-01-05)
- 국내 연구진
- 바이오·의료융합 > 바이오센싱 및 나노바이오물질
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