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ArticleScience advances2020

Neurotransmitter-derived lipidoids (NT-lipidoids) for enhanced brain delivery through intravenous injection.

Feihe Ma, Liu Yang, Zhuorui Sun, Jinjin Chen, Xuehui Rui, Zachary Glass, Qiaobing Xu

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Feihe MaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8511-3922
Liu YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7886-3362
Zhuorui SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Jinjin ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3386-5321
Xuehui RuiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1758-5255
Zachary GlassDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2114-8739
Qiaobing XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-7795

Funding

Efficient in Vivo RNP-based Gene Editing in the Sensory Organ Inner Ear Using Bioreducible Lipid NanoparticlesUG3TR002636 · NCATS · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI CHEN, ZHENG-YI, LIU, DAVID R · 2018 to 2020
$2.4M
ROS-responsive Chemical Modification of Protein and Its DeliveryR01EB027170 · NIBIB · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI XU, QIAOBING · 2018 to 2022
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UG3 TR002636NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Safe and efficient delivery of blood-brain barrier (BBB)-impermeable cargos into the brain through intravenous injection remains a challenge. Here, we developed a previously unknown class of neurotransmitter-derived lipidoids (NT-lipidoids) as simple and effective carriers for enhanced brain delivery of several BBB-impermeable cargos. Doping the NT-lipidoids into BBB-impermeable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) gave the LNPs the ability to cross the BBB. Using this brain delivery platform, we successfully delivered amphotericin B (AmB), antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) against tau, and genome-editing fusion protein (-27)GFP-Cre recombinase into the mouse brain via systemic intravenous administration. We demonstrated that the NT-lipidoid formulation not only facilitates cargo crossing of the BBB, but also delivery of the cargo into neuronal cells for functional gene silencing or gene recombination. This class of brain delivery lipid formulations holds great potential in the treatment of central nervous system diseases or as a tool to study the brain function.

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LipidsNanoparticlesAnimalsBrainInjections, IntravenousLiposomesMiceNeurotransmitter AgentsLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesNeurotransmitter Agents

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PMID32832671
PMCPMC7439549

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