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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

Highly efficient delivery of functional cargoes by the synergistic effect of GAG binding motifs and cell-penetrating peptides.

James E Dixon, Gizem Osman, Gavin E Morris, Hareklea Markides, Michael Rotherham, Zahia Bayoussef, Alicia J El Haj, Chris Denning, Kevin M Shakesheff

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James E DixonSchool of Pharmacy, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; Kevin.Shakesheff@nottingham.ac.uk james.dixon@nottingham.ac.uk.
Gizem OsmanSchool of Pharmacy, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;
Gavin E MorrisSchool of Pharmacy, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;
Hareklea MarkidesInstitute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, United Kingdom;
Michael RotherhamInstitute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, United Kingdom;
Zahia BayoussefSchool of Pharmacy, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;
Alicia J El HajInstitute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, United Kingdom;
Chris DenningSchool of Medicine, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
Kevin M ShakesheffSchool of Pharmacy, Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Modelling, Centre of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; Kevin.Shakesheff@nottingham.ac.uk james.dixon@nottingham.ac.uk.
University of Nottingham · GBKeele University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E006159/1British Heart Foundation 04BX14CDLGBritish Heart Foundation P47352British Heart Foundation PG/09/027/27141British Heart Foundation PG/14/59/31000British Heart Foundation RG/14/1/30588European Research Council 227845Medical Research Council G0801098Medical Research Council G113/30Medical Research Council MR/K026682/1Medical Research Council MR/L012618/1Medical Research Council MR/M017354/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/C013105/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/C013202/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/K000225/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein transduction domains (PTDs) are powerful nongenetic tools that allow intracellular delivery of conjugated cargoes to modify cell behavior. Their use in biomedicine has been hampered by inefficient delivery to nuclear and cytoplasmic targets. Here we overcame this deficiency by developing a series of novel fusion proteins that couple a membrane-docking peptide to heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) with a PTD. We showed that this GET (GAG-binding enhanced transduction) system could deliver enzymes (Cre, neomycin phosphotransferase), transcription factors (NANOG, MYOD), antibodies, native proteins (cytochrome C), magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), and nucleic acids [plasmid (p)DNA, modified (mod)RNA, and small inhibitory RNA] at efficiencies of up to two orders of magnitude higher than previously reported in cell types considered hard to transduce, such as mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), human ESCs (hESCs), and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). This technology represents an efficient strategy for controlling cell labeling and directing cell fate or behavior that has broad applicability for basic research, disease modeling, and clinical application.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MembraneCell-Penetrating PeptidesCell ProliferationDetergentsEndocytosisGenomeGlycosaminoglycansHomeodomain ProteinsHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsIntegrasesCell-Penetrating PeptidesCre recombinaseDetergentsGlycosaminoglycansHomeodomain ProteinsIntegrasesMyoD ProteinNanog Homeobox ProteinNanog protein, mouseNucleic AcidsTrypsincell-penetrating peptidesdifferentiationheparin-binding domainhuman embryonic stem cellstransduction

Identifiers

PMID26733682
PMCPMC4725514
OpenAlexW2229137974

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