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ArticleBiomacromolecules2023

Oral Delivery of Nanoparticles Carrying Ancestral Uricase Enzyme Protects against Hyperuricemia in Knockout Mice.

Lily Tran, Soumen Das, Liangjun Zhao, M G Finn, Eric A Gaucher

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lily TranDepartment of Biology, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States.
Soumen DasSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0743-8131
Liangjun ZhaoSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0792-1473
M G FinnSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8247-3108
Eric A GaucherDepartment of Biology, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6836-0828
Georgia Institute of Technology · USGeorgia State University · US

Funding

Evolution of urate metabolismR01AR069137 · NIAMS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GAUCHER, ERIC · 2016 to 2021
$1.5M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic value of delivering recombinant uricase to human patients has been appreciated for decades. The development of therapeutic uricases has been hampered by the fact that humans do not encode an endogenous uricase and therefore most recombinant forms of the protein are recognized as foreign by the immune system and are therefore highly immunogenic. In order to both shield and stabilize the active enzyme, we encapsulated a functional ancestral uricase in recombinant, noninfectious Qβ capsid nanoparticles and characterized its catalytic activity. Oral delivery of the nanoparticles moderated key symptoms of kidney dysfunction in uricase-knockout mice by lowering uric acid levels. Histological kidney samples of the treated mice suggest that delivery of recombinant uricase had a protective effect against the destructive effects of uric acid that lead to renal failure caused by hyperuricemia.

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HyperuricemiaNanoparticlesAnimalsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutUrate OxidaseUric AcidUrate OxidaseUric Acid

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PMID37126604
PMCPMC10170503
OpenAlexW4367060103

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