连接体用于直接将分子输送到细胞质中
Avinash K Gadok1, David J Busch1, Silvia Ferrati1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, ‡College of Pharmacy, and §Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 9, 2016
概括
连接体,细胞衍生的囊与间隙连接通道,使细胞质直接传递分子载荷. 这种新的方法提高了药物的有效性, 绕过了细胞膜障碍,
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学
- 生物技术
- 制药公司
背景情况:
- 细胞膜传输效率低下,限制了药物的有效性.
- 目前的药物输送方法,如颗粒封装, 面临细胞内释放的挑战.
- 间隙连接提供直接的细胞质路径,绕过等离子膜.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种用于分子载荷的直接细胞质传递的新方法.
- 使用间隙连接来增强药物和试剂的传输到细胞.
- 为了证明间隙结介导的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 连接体的发展:含有功能性间隙连接通道的细胞衍生的脂质囊.
- 在Connectosomes中的分子载荷封装.
- 连接细胞间隙结形成和货物转移的演示.
主要成果:
- 连接体成功地与细胞形成了功能间隙连接通道.
- 将分子载荷直接和有效地输送到细胞质中.
- 通过间隙连接输送多克索鲁比辛,有效剂量降低了10倍以上.
结论:
- 连接体提供了直接和有效的细胞质输送途径,绕过了血.
- 间隙结介导的药物输送显著提高了治疗效果.
- 这种方法有望改进现有药物并提供膜不透的治疗方法.
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