Templated Self-Assembly of a Covalent Polymer Network for Intracellular Protein Delivery and Traceless Release
Kingshuk Dutta1, Ding Hu1, Bo Zhao1
1Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, §The Center for Bioactive Delivery, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, and ∥Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9336, United States.
Abstract:
Trafficking proteins inside cells is an emerging field with potential utility in basic cell biology and biological therapeutics. A robust and sustainable delivery strategy demands not only good protection of the cargo but also reversibility in conjugation and activity. We report a protein-templated polymer self-assembly strategy for forming a sheath around the proteins and then tracelessly releasing them in the cytosol. The versatility of the approach, demonstrated here, suggests that the strategy is compatible with a wide array of biologics.
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