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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Engineering exosome polymer hybrids by atom transfer radical polymerization.

Sushil Lathwal, Saigopalakrishna S Yerneni, Susanne Boye, Upenyu L Muza, Shuntaro Takahashi, Naoki Sugimoto, Albena Lederer, Subha R Das, Phil G Campbell, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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10 authors.

Sushil LathwalDepartment of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-3131-4550
Saigopalakrishna S YerneniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0003-4837-5592
Susanne BoyePolymer Separation Group, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., 01069 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1223-2434
Upenyu L MuzaDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1397-8932
Shuntaro TakahashiFrontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research, Konan University, 650-0047 Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7569-1761
Naoki SugimotoFrontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research, Konan University, 650-0047 Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2928-7028
Albena LedererPolymer Separation Group, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., 01069 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1760-6426
Subha R DasDepartment of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; srdas@andrew.cmu.edu pcampbel@cs.cmu.edu matyjaszewski@cmu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5353-0422
Phil G CampbellDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; srdas@andrew.cmu.edu pcampbel@cs.cmu.edu matyjaszewski@cmu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4309-250X
Krzysztof MatyjaszewskiDepartment of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; srdas@andrew.cmu.edu pcampbel@cs.cmu.edu matyjaszewski@cmu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1960-3402

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are emerging as ideal drug delivery vehicles due to their biological origin and ability to transfer cargo between cells. However, rapid clearance of exogenous exosomes from the circulation as well as aggregation of exosomes and shedding of surface proteins during storage limit their clinical translation. Here, we demonstrate highly controlled and reversible functionalization of exosome surfaces with well-defined polymers that modulate the exosome's physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Using cholesterol-modified DNA tethers and complementary DNA block copolymers, exosome surfaces were engineered with different biocompatible polymers. Additionally, polymers were directly grafted from the exosome surface using biocompatible photo-mediated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These exosome polymer hybrids (EPHs) exhibited enhanced stability under various storage conditions and in the presence of proteolytic enzymes. Tuning of the polymer length and surface loading allowed precise control over exosome surface interactions, cellular uptake, and preserved bioactivity. EPHs show fourfold higher blood circulation time without altering tissue distribution profiles. Our results highlight the potential of precise nanoengineering of exosomes toward developing advanced drug and therapeutic delivery systems using modern ATRP methods.

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Drug Delivery SystemsExosomesHumansPolymerizationPolymersProtein EngineeringSurface PropertiesPolymersATRPexosomepolymerpolymer biohybrid

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PMID33384328
PMCPMC7812758

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