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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2023

Exploring the translational potential of PLGA nanoparticles for intra-articular rapamycin delivery in osteoarthritis therapy.

Jian-Chao Ma, Tingting Luo, Binyang Feng, Zicheng Huang, Yiqing Zhang, Hanqing Huang, Xiao Yang, Jing Wen, Xiaochun Bai, Zhong-Kai Cui

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian-Chao MaDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Tingting LuoDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Binyang FengDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Zicheng HuangDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Yiqing ZhangDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Hanqing HuangDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Xiao YangDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Jing WenDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Xiaochun BaiDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. baixc15@smu.edu.cn.
Zhong-Kai CuiDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. zhongkaicui@smu.edu.cn.
Southern Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent joint disease that affects all the tissues within the joint and currently lacks disease-modifying treatments in clinical practice. Despite the potential of rapamycin for OA disease alleviation, its clinical application is hindered by the challenge of achieving therapeutic concentrations, which necessitates multiple injections per week. To address this issue, rapamycin was loaded into poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles (RNPs), which are nontoxic, have a high encapsulation efficiency and exhibit sustained release properties for OA treatment. The RNPs were found to promote chondrogenic differentiation of ATDC5 cells and prevent senescence caused by oxidative stress in primary mouse articular chondrocytes. Moreover, RNPs were capable to alleviate metabolism homeostatic imbalance of primary mouse articular chondrocytes in both monolayer and 3D cultures under inflammatory or oxidative stress. In the mouse destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) model, intra-articular injection of RNPs effectively mitigated joint cartilage destruction, osteophyte formation, chondrocytes hypertrophy, synovial inflammation, and pain. Our study demonstrates the feasibility of using RNPs as a potential clinically translational therapy to prevent the progression of post-traumatic OA.

Indexed as

Cartilage, ArticularNanoparticlesOsteoarthritisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceSirolimusSirolimusIntra-articular injectionmTORC1Osteoarthritis therapyPLGA nanoparticlesRapamycin

Identifiers

PMID37794470
PMCPMC10548624
OpenAlexW4387337766

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