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ArticlePharmaceutical research2014

Mono and dually decorated nanoliposomes for brain targeting, in vitro and in vivo studies.

E Markoutsa, K Papadia, A D Giannou, M Spella, A Cagnotto, M Salmona, G T Stathopoulos, S G Antimisiaris

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

E MarkoutsaLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, 26510, Greece.
K Papadia
A D Giannou
M Spella
A Cagnotto
M Salmona
G T Stathopoulos
S G Antimisiaris
University of Patras · GRMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITFoundation for Research and Technology Hellas · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMono- and dual-decorated (DUAL) liposomes (LIP) were prepared, by immobilization of MAb against transferrin (TfR[OX26 or RI7217]) and/or a peptide analogue of ApoΕ3 (APOe) -to target low-density lipoprotein receptor(LPR)-, characterized physicochemically and investigated for BBB-targeting, in-vitro and in-vivo.

methodsHuman microvascular endothelial cells (hCMEC/D3) were used as BBB model, and brain targeting was studied by in-vivo imaging of DiR-labelled formulations (at two doses and surface ligand densities), followed by ex-vivo organ imaging.

resultsLIP diameter was between 100 nm and 150 nm, their stability was good and they were non-cytotoxic. LIP uptake and transport across the hCMEC/D3 cell monolayer was significantly affected by decoration with APOe or MAb, the DUAL exerting an additive effect. Intact vesicle-transcytosis was confirmed by equal transport of hydrophilic and lipophilic labels. In-vivo and ex-vivo results confirmed MAb and DUAL-LIP increased brain targeting compared to non-targeted PEG-LIPs, but not for APOe (also targeting ability of DUAL-LIP was not higher than MAb-LIP). The contradiction between in-vitro and in-vivo results was overruled when in-vitro studies (uptake and monolayer transport) were carried out in presence of serum proteins, revealing their important role in targeted-nanoformulation performance.

conclusionsA peptide analogue of ApoΕ3 was found to target BBB and increase the targeting potential of TfR-MAb decorated LIP, in-vitro, but not in-vivo, indicating that different types of ligands (small peptides and antibodies) are affected differently by in-vivo applying conditions. In-vitro tests, carried out in presence of serum proteins, may be a helpful predictive "targetability" tool.

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LiposomesNanostructuresBlood-Brain BarrierBrainCell Line, TransformedEndothelium, VascularHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionLiposomes

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