Cloaking nanoparticles with protein corona shield for targeted drug delivery

Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 31;9(1):4548. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06979-4.

Abstract

Targeted drug delivery using nanoparticles can minimize the side effects of conventional pharmaceutical agents and enhance their efficacy. However, translating nanoparticle-based agents into clinical applications still remains a challenge due to the difficulty in regulating interactions on the interfaces between nanoparticles and biological systems. Here, we present a targeting strategy for nanoparticles incorporated with a supramolecularly pre-coated recombinant fusion protein in which HER2-binding affibody combines with glutathione-S-transferase. Once thermodynamically stabilized in preferred orientations on the nanoparticles, the adsorbed fusion proteins as a corona minimize interactions with serum proteins to prevent the clearance of nanoparticles by macrophages, while ensuring systematic targeting functions in vitro and in vivo. This study provides insight into the use of the supramolecularly built protein corona shield as a targeting agent through regulating the interfaces between nanoparticles and biological systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Blood Proteins / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Female
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Corona / chemistry*
  • Proteomics
  • RAW 264.7 Cells

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Blood Proteins
  • Protein Corona