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ArticleCell chemical biology2016

The Late Endosome and Its Lipid BMP Act as Gateways for Efficient Cytosolic Access of the Delivery Agent dfTAT and Its Macromolecular Cargos.

Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, Kristina Najjar, Dat Truong, Ting-Yi Wang, Dakota J Brock, Austin R Prater, Jean-Philippe Pellois

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alfredo Erazo-OliverasDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Kristina NajjarDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Dat TruongDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ting-Yi WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Dakota J BrockDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Austin R PraterDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Jean-Philippe PelloisDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Electronic address: pellois@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Mechanisms and optimization of endosomal escape for delivery applicationsR01GM110137 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI PELLOIS, JEAN-PHILIPPE · 2015 to 2022
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endosomal entrapment is a severely limiting bottleneck in the delivery of biologics into cells. The compound dfTAT was recently found to circumvent this problem by mediating endosomal leakage efficiently and without toxicity. Herein, we report on the mechanism of endosomal escape of this cell-penetrating peptide. By modulating the trafficking of the peptide within the endocytic pathway, we identify late endosomes as the organelles rendered leaky by dfTAT. We establish that dfTAT binds bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), a lipid found in late endosomes, and that the peptide causes the fusion and leakage of bilayers containing BMP. Together, these data identify late endosomes as desirable gateways for cell penetration and BMP as a cellular factor that can be exploited for the development of future delivery agents.

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Drug Delivery SystemsCell-Penetrating PeptidesCytosolEndosomesHumansLipidsLysophospholipidsMacromolecular SubstancesMonoglyceridesbis(monoacylglyceryl)phosphateCell-Penetrating PeptidesLipidsLysophospholipidsMacromolecular SubstancesMonoglyceridescellular deliveryendosomal escapefigubis(monoacylglycero)phosphatelate endosomesmembrane leakage

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PMID27161484
PMCPMC4874899
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