Bypassing protein corona issue on active targeting: Zwitterionic coatings dictate specific interactions of targeting moieties and cell receptors

Hajipour, Mohammad Javad and Safavi-Sohi, Reihaneh and Maghari, Shokoofeh and Raoufi, Mohammad and Jalali, Seyed Amir and Ghassempour, Alireza and Mahmoudi, Morteza (2016) Bypassing protein corona issue on active targeting: Zwitterionic coatings dictate specific interactions of targeting moieties and cell receptors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (35). pp. 22808-22818.

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Abstract

Surface functionalization strategies for targeting nanoparticles (NP) to specific organs, cells, or organelles, is the foundation for new applications of nanomedicine to drug delivery and biomedical imaging. Interaction of NPs with biological media leads to the formation of a biomolecular layer at the surface of NPs so-called as "protein corona". This corona layer can shield active molecules at the surface of NPs and cause mistargeting or unintended scavenging by the liver, kidney, or spleen. To overcome this corona issue, we have designed biotin-cysteine conjugated silica NPs (biotin was employed as a targeting molecule and cysteine was used as a zwitterionic ligand) to inhibit corona-induced mistargeting and thus significantly enhance the active targeting capability of NPs in complex biological media. To probe the targeting yield of our engineered NPs, we employed both modified silicon wafer substrates with streptavidin (i.e., biotin receptor) to simulate a target and a cell-based model platform using tumor cell lines that overexpress biotin receptors. In both cases, after incubation with human plasma (thus forming a protein corona), cellular uptake/substrate attachment of the targeted NPs with zwitterionic coatings were significantly higher than the same NPs without zwitterionic coating. Our results demonstrated that NPs with a zwitterionic surface can considerably facilitate targeting yield of NPs and provide a promising new type of nanocarriers in biological applications.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: QW Microbiology and Immunology
Divisions: Research Center > Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center
Depositing User: زهرا صفایی
Date Deposited: 31 Dec 2018 08:21
Last Modified: 31 Dec 2018 08:21
URI: http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/7291

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