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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Mechanisms of Cellular Internalization of Quantum Dot® Conjugated Bone Formation Mimetic Peptide CK2.3.

Vrathasha Vrathasha, Karl Booksh, Randall L Duncan, Anja Nohe

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Conjugated to Quantum DotNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Vrathasha VrathashaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. vrathash@udel.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2629-8349
Karl BookshDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. kbooksh@udel.edu.
Randall L DuncanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. rlduncan@udel.edu.
Anja NoheDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. anjanohe@udel.edu.

Funding

Predictive Modeling & Optimal Control Framework for Model-Based Epidemic Response in DelawareP20GM103446 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI MELINDA K DUNCAN · 2012 to 2026
$67.2M
Mechanism of a mimetic peptide CK2.3 on bone formationR01AR064243 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI NOHE, ANJA G · 2013 to 2018
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR064243NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a debilitating skeletal disorder that is characterized by loss of bone densityover time. It affects one in two women and one in four men, age 50 and older. New treatmentsthat specifically drive bone formation are desperately needed. We developed a peptide, CK2.3, thatacts downstream of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor type Ia and it induces osteogenesisin-vitro and in-vivo. However, its mechanism of action, especially its mode of uptake by cellsremains unknown. To demonstrate CK2.3 internalization within a cell, we conjugated CK2.3to Quantum Dot®s (Qdot®s), semiconductor nanoparticles. We purified CK2.3-Qdot®s by sizeexclusion chromatography and verified the conjugation and stability using UV/VIS and Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy. Our results show that CK2.3 was conjugated to the Qdot®s andthe conjugate was stable for at least 4 days at 37 °C. Moreover, CK2.3-Qdot®s exerted biologicalresponse similar to CK2.3. Addition of CK2.3-Qdot®s to cells followed by confocal imaging revealedthat CK2.3-Qdot®s were internalized at 6 h post stimulation. Furthermore, using pharmacologicalinhibitors against endocytic pathways, we demonstrated that CK2.3-Qdot®s were internalized bycaveolae. These results show for the first time that the novel peptide CK2.3 is taken up by the cellthrough caveolae mediated endocytosis.

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BoneCK2.3Fluorescence imagingFTIROsteoporosisQdot®s

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PMID29987256
PMCPMC6071089

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