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Monocyte Differentiation-Surveilling Nano-Shuttles for Activatable Targeted Inhibition of Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression

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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202303150

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atherosclerotic plaque; drug delivery systems; legumain; monocytes; nanomedicine

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A bio-activatable nano-shuttle based on human serum albumin was developed, containing curcumin to precisely inhibit the progression of atherosclerosis. The nano-shuttles were engulfed by inflammatory monocytes and co-migrated with them towards the plaques, where they were activated to release curcumin in response to the generation of legumain. Treatment assessments on mice showed that the nano-shuttles effectively inhibited the progression of atherosclerosis without any adverse effects. The selective accumulation and specific drug activation of the nano-shuttles in plaques can provide an advanced therapeutic strategy for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Atherosclerosis can form intimal plaques in the arteries and undergo plaque rupture with followed stroke or myocardial infarction under certain pathological conditions. However, suboptimal intraplaque accumulation, along with severe off-target effects, remain formidable obstacles for efficient pharmacotherapy of atherosclerosis. A characteristic feature of the progression of atherosclerosis is the continuous recruitment of inflammatory monocytes that differentiate into foamy macrophages with the generation of legumain in the plaques. In this study, a bio-activatable nano-shuttle based on human serum albumin is conceived that contained curcumin to allow the precise inhibition of atherosclerosis progression. Following intravenous injection, the nano-shuttles are almost exclusively engulfed by inflammatory monocytes in an efferocytosis-mimetic manner and selectively co-migrated with the monocytes towards the plaques. The nano-shuttles are readily activated to release the initially arrested curcumin in response to the generation of legumain upon the differentiation of monocytes into foamy macrophages within the plaques. Treatment assessments on atheroprone apolipoprotein-E-deficient mice indicated that the nano-shuttles substantially inhibit the progression of atherosclerosis by attenuating the plaque inflammation burden without any obvious adverse effects. The integration of highly selective accumulation and specific drug activation of the nano-shuttles in plaques can arouse an advanced therapeutic strategy to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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