ArticlePharmaceutics2023
Protein Biocargo and Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Tomato Fruit-Derived Nanovesicles Separated by Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation and Loaded with Curcumin.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Systematic Review on Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Drug Delivery Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
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- Past, Present, and Future of Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Biomedical Applications.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Recent progress of plant-derived extracellular vesicle-like nanoparticles integrated with biomaterials for skin repair.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
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- Engineered Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Novel Strategy for Tumor-Targeted Therapy.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Plant-derived nanovesicles: the intelligent nanoplatforms for therapeutics and drug delivery.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
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- Plant-derived extracellular vesicles as a promising therapeutic and drug delivery strategy for tumor oxidative stress and inflammation.Discover nano · 2026Review
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- Unveiling the Potential of Plant-derived Exosomes: A Comprehensive Review.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2026Review
- Recent Advances in the Utilization of Dietary-Derived Exosome-like Nanoparticles in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Plant-derived exosome-like nanovesicles: dual-function platforms for anticancer therapy and drug delivery.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Harnessing plant-derived extracellular vesicles in advanced biomaterials: from structural scaffolds to responsive systems for next-generation wound therapeutics.Burns & trauma · 2026Review
- Plant-Derived Exosomes in Aesthetic Medicine.Biomaterials research · 2026Review
- Inhibitory Effect ofInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Plant-derived nanovesicles (PDNVs) have become attractive alternatives to mammalian cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) both as therapeutic approaches and drug-delivery vehicles. In this study, we isolated tomato fruit-derived NVs and separated them by the iodixanol density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGUC) into twelve fractions. Three visible bands were observed at densities 1.064 ± 0.007 g/mL, 1.103 ± 0.006 g/mL and 1.122 ± 0.012 g/mL. Crude tomato PDNVs and DGUC fractions were characterized by particle size-distribution, concentration, lipid and protein contents as well as protein composition using mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activity of the DGUC fractions associated to these bands were assessed in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human monocytic THP-1 cell culture. The middle and the low-density visible DGUC fractions of tomato PDNVs showed a significant reduction in LPS-induced inflammatory IL-1β cytokine mRNA production. Functional analysis of proteins identified in these fractions reveals the presence of 14-3-3 proteins, endoplasmic reticulum luminal binding proteins and GTP binding proteins associated to gene ontology (GO) term GO:0050794 and the regulation of several cellular processes including inflammation. The most abundant middle-density DGUC fraction was loaded with curcumin using direct loading, sonication and extrusion methods and anti-inflammatory activity was compared. The highest entrapment efficiency and drug loading capacity was obtained by direct loading. Curcumin loaded by sonication increased the basal anti-inflammatory activity of tomato PDNVs.
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