Journal
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202143
Keywords
cartilage targeting; co-polymer nanoparticle; osteoarthritis; penetrability; RNA delivery
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In this study, a cartilage-targeting nanoparticle was designed to deliver therapeutic agents into cartilage for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). The results showed that the nanoparticle had significant deposition in cartilage and subchondral bone, reducing cartilage degeneration and inflammation in OA mice, and improving the microarchitecture of subchondral bone.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating joint disease affecting nearly 400 million people with no efficient etiological therapies. OA is primarily identified by cartilage destruction, and gradual degeneration of the whole joint would happen when the OA progresses. Hence, cartilage has been identified as the primary therapeutic target of OA. Unfortunately, numerous barriers block the delivery of therapeutic agents into cartilage, including avascular traits and high hardness of the extracellular matrix. Herein, a cartilage-targeting peptide (CAP) modified polyvinylamine (PVAm)- poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) copolymer (CAP-PVAm-PLGA) is designed, which can form spherical nanoparticles with the r-miR-140 (CPP-NPs). CPP-NPs possessed enhanced mechanical properties due to the introduction of PLGA to vehicles. Meanwhile, CAP endowed the cartilage targeting which facilitated CPP-NPs localization in cartilage. With such dual advantages, CPP-NPs exhibited outstanding penetrability and accumulation in cartilage even subchondral bone, and can penetrate to a depth of 1000 mu m into human cartilage. The degeneration area of cartilage is reduced by 65% and synovial inflammation score by 80% in OA mice, and the microarchitecture of subchondral bone is also ameliorated. These studies established a promising platform for therapeutic RNA delivery in OA therapy that overcame the cartilage barriers.
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