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MOLECULAR THERAPY
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 69-80Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2013.214
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- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney [RO1-DK-071594, K01-DK-097192]
- American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellowship
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Intestinal CD98 expression plays a crucial role in controlling homeostatic and innate immune responses in the gut. Modulation of CD98 expression in intestinal cells therefore represents a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory intestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease. Here, the advantages of nanoparticles (NPs) are used, including their ability to easily pass through physiological barriers and evade phagocytosis, high loading concentration, rapid kinetics of mixing and resistance to degradation. Using physical chemistry characterizations techniques, CD98 siRNA/polyethyleneimine (PEI)-loaded NPs was characterized (diameter of similar to 480 nm and a zeta potential of -5.26 mV). Interestingly, CD98 siRNA can be electrostatically complexed by PEI and thus protected from RNase. In addition, CD98 siRNA/PEI-loaded NPs are nontoxic and biocompatible with intestinal cells. Oral administration of CD98/PEI-loaded NPs encapsulated in a hydrogel reduced CD98 expression in mouse colonic tissues and decreased dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in a mouse model. Finally, flow cytometry showed that CD98 was effectively downregulated in the intestinal epithelial cells and intestinal macrophages of treated mice. Finally, the results collectively demonstrated the therapeutic effect of hierarchical nano-micro particles with colon-homing capabilities and the ability to directly release molecularly specific CD98 siRNA in colonic cells, thereby decreasing colitis.
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