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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2017

Comparison of Avidin, Neutravidin, and Streptavidin as Nanocarriers for Efficient siRNA Delivery.

Akshay Jain, Ashutosh Barve, Zhen Zhao, Wei Jin, Kun Cheng

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akshay JainDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.
Ashutosh BarveDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.
Zhen ZhaoDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.
Wei JinDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.
Kun ChengDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9544-4680
University of Missouri–Kansas City · US

Funding

Targeted delivery of PCBP2 siRNA for treating alcoholic liver fibrosisR01AA021510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI CHENG, KUN · 2012 to 2022
$3.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-based drug delivery carrier has been one of the most employed modalities in biopharmaceuticals. In this study, we have compared avidin and its two analogues, neutravidin and streptavidin, as nanocarriers for the delivery of biotin-labeled siRNA with the help of biotinylated cholesterol (targeting ligand) and protamine (condensing agent). These proteins have similar binding affinity to biotin but substantial difference in their physical and chemical characteristics. Here, we have shown how these characteristics affect the size, cellular uptake, and activity of the avidin-based siRNA nanocomplex. In contrast to avidin and streptavidin nanocomplexes, neutravidin-based nanocomplex shows very low endosome entrapment and high cytoplasmic localization at extended times. High amount of the siRNA released in the cytoplasm by neutravidin-based nanocomplex at extended times (24 h) results in extensive and sustained PCBP2 gene silencing activity in HSC-T6 rat hepatic stellate cells. Neutravidin-based nanocomplex shows significantly low exocytosis in comparison to the streptavidin-based nanocomplex. Avidin-, neutravidin-, and streptavidin-based nanocomplexes are similar in size and had no significant cytotoxicity in transfected HSC-T6 cells or inflammatory cytokine induction in a whole blood assay. Compared to free siRNA, the neutravidin-based siRNA nanocomplex exhibits higher accumulation at 2 h in the liver of the rats with CCl

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AnimalsApoptosisAvidinCell LineDrug Delivery SystemsExocytosisGene SilencingRatsRNA, Small InterferingStreptavidinAvidinneutravidinRNA, Small InterferingStreptavidinavidinbiotinconjugationdisulfide bondliver fibrosisnanocomplexneutravidinsiRNAstreptavidin

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PMID28026957
PMCPMC6628714
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