Tumor-Penetrating Peptide-Modified DNA Tetrahedron for Targeting Drug Delivery

Biochemistry. 2016 Mar 8;55(9):1326-31. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01181. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

Abstract

DNA self-assembling nanostructure has been considered as a promising candidate as a drug delivery vehicle because of its compactness, mechanical stability, and noncytotoxicity. In this work, we developed functional, multiform DNA nanostructures by appending a tumor-penetrating peptide to tetrahedral DNA nanostructure (p-TDN). This functional structure is able to efficiently increase the rate of uptake of glioblastoma cell U87MG compared with the DNA tetrahedron and the double-stranded DNA structures. We found that the DNA tetrahedron plays the main role in the endocytosis of U87MG cells, whereas the tumor-penetrating peptide could also bind to transmembrane glycoprotein neuropilin-1 and mediate the endocytosis of the p-TDN nanostructure. Moreover, given the high efficiency of the growth inhibitory effect of the p-TDN loading doxorubicin hydrochloride, the p-TDN distinguishes itself as a promising candidate as an effective delivery carrier.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / physiology
  • DNA Adducts / administration & dosage*
  • DNA Adducts / chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Humans
  • Nanostructures / administration & dosage*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / administration & dosage*
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • DNA Adducts
  • Peptide Fragments
  • doxorubicin-DNA
  • Doxorubicin