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ArticleBiomaterials2023

Polycationic PAMAM ameliorates obesity-associated chronic inflammation and focal adiposity.

Baoding Huang, Qianfen Wan, Tianyu Li, Lexiang Yu, Wen Du, Carmen Calhoun, Kam W Leong, Li Qiang

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Article in Biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Baoding HuangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Guangzhou, 510000, China; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Qianfen WanNaomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Tianyu LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Lexiang YuNaomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Wen DuDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Carmen CalhounNaomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Kam W LeongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA. Electronic address: kwl2121@columbia.edu.
Li QiangNaomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA. Electronic address: lq2123@cumc.columbia.edu.
Columbia University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

RESEARCH TRAININGP30DK026687 · NIDDK · ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT INST FOR HLTH SCIS · PI Anthony W Ferrante, DYMPNA GALLAGHER · 1986 to 2026
$33.0M
Engineering Polymers to Scavenge DAMPs in Arthritis and LupusR01AR073935 · NIAMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LEONG, KAM W, SULLENGER, BRUCE ALAN · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073935NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK026687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a surging public health crisis, obesity and overweight predispose individuals to various severe comorbidities contributed by the accompanying chronic inflammation. However, few options exist for tackling chronic inflammation in obesity or inhibiting depot-specific adiposity. Here, we report that polycationic polyamidoamine (PAMAM) treatment can improve both aspects of obesity. With the discovery that the plasma cell-free RNA (cfRNA) level is elevated in obese subjects, we applied the cationic PAMAM generation 3 (P-G3) scavenger to treat diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. Intraperitoneal delivery of P-G3 alleviated the chronic inflammation in DIO mice and reduced their body weight, resulting in improved metabolic functions. To further enhance the applicability of P-G3, we complexed P-G3 with human serum albumin (HSA) to attain a sustained release, which showed consistent benefits in treating DIO mice. Local injection of HSA-PG3 into subcutaneous fat completely restricted the distribution of the complex within the targeted depot and reduced focal adiposity. Our study illuminates a promising cationic strategy to ameliorate chronic inflammation in obesity and target local adiposity.

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AdiposityObesityAnimalsBody WeightDiet, High-FatHumansInflammationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPolyaminesPoly(amidoamine)PolyaminesChronic inflammationLocal fat reductionMetabolic diseasesObesityPolycationic PAMAM

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PMID36450630
PMCPMC12433583
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