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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2021

Determinants of Ligand-Functionalized DNA Nanostructure-Cell Interactions.

Glenn A O Cremers, Bas J H M Rosier, Ab Meijs, Nicholas B Tito, Sander M J van Duijnhoven, Hans van Eenennaam, Lorenzo Albertazzi, Tom F A de Greef

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Glenn A O CremersLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Bas J H M RosierLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0062-7087
Ab MeijsLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Nicholas B TitoElectric Ant Lab, Science Park 106, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8602-012X
Sander M J van DuijnhovenAduro Biotech Europe B.V., Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, The Netherlands.
Hans van EenennaamAduro Biotech Europe B.V., Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, The Netherlands.
Lorenzo AlbertazziLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6837-0812
Tom F A de GreefLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Eindhoven University of Technology · NLElectric Ant Lab (Netherlands) · NLETH Zurich · CHRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthesis of ligand-functionalized nanomaterials with control over size, shape, and ligand orientation facilitates the design of targeted nanomedicines for therapeutic purposes. DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful tool to rationally construct two- and three-dimensional nanostructures, enabling site-specific incorporation of protein ligands with control over stoichiometry and orientation. To efficiently target cell surface receptors, exploration of the parameters that modulate cellular accessibility of these nanostructures is essential. In this study, we systematically investigate tunable design parameters of antibody-functionalized DNA nanostructures binding to therapeutically relevant receptors, including the programmed cell death protein 1, the epidermal growth factor receptor, and the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. We show that, although the native affinity of antibody-functionalized DNA nanostructures remains unaltered, the absolute number of bound surface receptors is lower compared to soluble antibodies due to receptor accessibility by the nanostructure. We explore structural determinants of this phenomenon to improve efficiency, revealing that receptor binding is mainly governed by nanostructure size and DNA handle location. The obtained results provide key insights in the ability of ligand-functionalized DNA nanostructures to bind surface receptors and yields design rules for optimal cellular targeting.

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Cell CommunicationNanostructuresAnimalsCHO CellsCricetulusDNADrug Delivery SystemsHumansImmune Checkpoint ProteinsLigandsNanotubesProtein BindingDNAImmune Checkpoint ProteinsLigands

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PMID34180666
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