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Phage-display-guided nanocarrier targeting to atheroprone vasculature.
Authors Hofmeister LH, Lee SH, Norlander AE, Montaniel KR, Chen W, Harrison DG, Sung HJ
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 7/24/2015
Status Published
Journal ACS nano
Year 2015
Date Published 4/28/2015
Volume : Pages 9 : 4435 - 4446
PubMed Reference 25768046
Abstract In regions of the circulation where vessels are straight and unbranched, blood
flow is laminar and unidirectional. In contrast, at sites of curvature, branch
points, and regions distal to stenoses, blood flow becomes disturbed.
Atherosclerosis preferentially develops in these regions of disturbed blood
flow. Current therapies for atherosclerosis are systemic and may not
sufficiently target these atheroprone regions. In this study, we sought to
leverage the alterations on the luminal surface of endothelial cells caused by
this atheroprone flow for nanocarrier targeting. In vivo phage display was used
to discover unique peptides that selectively bind to atheroprone regions in the
mouse partial carotid artery ligation model. The peptide GSPREYTSYMPH (PREY) was
found to bind 4.5-fold more avidly to the region of disturbed flow and was used
to form targeted liposomes. When administered intravenously, PREY-targeted
liposomes preferentially accumulated in endothelial cells in the partially
occluded carotid artery and other areas of disturbed flow. Proteomic analysis
and immunoblotting indicated that fibronectin and Filamin-A were preferentially
bound by PREY nanocarriers in vessels with disturbed flow. In additional
experiments, PREY nanocarriers were used therapeutically to deliver the nitric
oxide synthase cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), which we have previously
shown to be deficient in regions of disturbed flow. This intervention increased
vascular BH4 and reduced vascular superoxide in the partially ligated artery in
wild-type mice and reduced plaque burden in the partially ligated left carotid
artery of fat fed atheroprone mice (ApoE(-/-)). Targeting atheroprone sites of
the circulation with functionalized nanocarriers provides a promising approach
for prevention of early atherosclerotic lesion formation.




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