Albumin nanoparticles targeted with Apo E enter the CNS by transcytosis and are delivered to neurones
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) represents a considerable obstacle to brain entry of the majority of drugs and thus severely restricts the therapy of many serious CNS diseases including brain tumours, brain HIV, Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases. The use of nanoparticles coated with polysorbate 80 or with attached apolipoprotein E has enabled the delivery of drugs across the BBB. However, the mechanism of this enhanced transport is still not fully understood. In this present study, human serum albumin nanoparticles, with covalently bound apolipoprotein E (Apo E) as a targetor as well as without apolipoprotein E, were manufactured and injected intravenously into SV 129 mice. The animals were sacrificed after 15 and 30 min, and their brains were examined by transmission electron microscopy. Only the nanoparticles with covalently bound apolipoprotein E were detected in brain capillary endothelial cells and neurones, whereas no uptake into the brain was detectable with nanoparticles without apolipoprotein E. We have also demonstrated uptake of the albumin/ApoE nanoparticles into mouse endothelial (b.End3) cells in vitro and their intracellular localisation. These findings indicate that nanoparticles with covalently bound apolipoprotein E are taken up into the cerebral endothelium by an endocytic mechanism followed by transcytosis into brain parenchyma.
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Brain-targeting plasma proteins, such as transferrin and ApoE, have been used as targeting ligand for brain-targeted drug delivery.
“Brain-targeting plasma proteins, such as transferrin and ApoE, have been used as targeting ligand for brain-targeted drug delivery52–55.”
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Ligand-receptor interaction is possible only if the two components are in close proximity (< 0.5 nm).
“Ligand-receptor interaction is possible only if the two components are in close proximity (< 0.5 nm).228”
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- Authors
- Zensi, A., Begley, D., Pontikis, C., Legros, C., Mihoreanu, L., Wagner, S., Büchel, C., von Briesen, H., & Kreuter, J.
- Affiliations
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- King's College London (GB)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kreuter, Jörg
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- Journal of Controlled Release
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- 2009-07
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- 137
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- 78-86
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
- Keywords
- human serum albumin nanoparticles, apolipoprotein E, blood-brain barrier, transcytosis, brain drug delivery, endocytosis, brain microvascular endothelial cells, nanoparticle targeting, intracellular localisation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Apolipoproteins E, Biological Transport, Blood-Brain Barrier, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex, Endothelium, Vascular, Female, Formazans, Hippocampus, Humans, Indicators and Reagents, Mice, Inbred Strains, Neurons, Particle Size, Serum Albumin, Mice, Nanoparticles
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