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PHARMACEUTICALS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ph16060818
Keywords
cyanine-3; cyanine-5; Forster resonance energy transfer; dendritic cells; poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles; peptide delivery
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Our previous study showed that BLG-Pep loaded in PLGA nanoparticles could protect mice from cow's milk allergy. However, the mechanism of interaction with DCs and the fate of the nanoparticles were unclear. FRET was used to investigate these processes.
Our previous study demonstrated that a selected & beta;-lactoglobulin-derived peptide (BLG-Pep) loaded in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles protected mice against cow's milk allergy development. However, the mechanism(s) responsible for the interaction of the peptide-loaded PLGA nanoparticles with dendritic cells (DCs) and their intracellular fate was/were elusive. Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET), a distance-dependent non-radioactive energy transfer process mediated from a donor to an acceptor fluorochrome, was used to investigate these processes. The ratio of the donor (Cyanine-3)-conjugated peptide and acceptor (Cyanine-5) labeled PLGA nanocarrier was fine-tuned for optimal (87%) FRET efficiency. The colloidal stability and FRET emission of prepared NPs were maintained upon 144 h incubation in PBS buffer and 6 h incubation in biorelevant simulated gastric fluid at 37 & DEG;C. A total of 73% of Pep-Cy3 NP was internalized by DCs as quantified using flow cytometry and confirmed using confocal fluorescence microscopy. By real-time monitoring of the change in the FRET signal of the internalized peptide-loaded nanoparticles, we observed prolonged retention (for 96 h) of the nanoparticles-encapsulated peptide as compared to 24 h retention of the free peptide in the DCs. The prolonged retention and intracellular antigen release of the BLG-Pep loaded in PLGA nanoparticles in murine DCs might facilitate antigen-specific tolerance induction.
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