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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2023

Probing milk extracellular vesicles for intestinal delivery of RNA therapies.

Yunyue Zhang, Mona Belaid, Xiang Luo, Armond Daci, Rinë Limani, Julia Mantaj, Matthias Zilbauer, Komal Nayak, Driton Vllasaliu

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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 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yunyue ZhangInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
Mona BelaidInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
Xiang LuoInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
Armond DaciFaculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Rinë LimaniFaculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Julia MantajInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
Matthias ZilbauerWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK.
Komal NayakWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK.
Driton VllasaliuInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK. driton.vllasaliu@kcl.ac.uk.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Prishtina · XKAnglia Ruskin University · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral delivery remains unattainable for nucleic acid therapies. Many nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have been investigated for this, but most suffer from poor gut stability, poor mucus diffusion and/or inefficient epithelial uptake. Extracellular vesicles from bovine milk (mEVs) possess desirable characteristics for oral delivery of nucleic acid therapies since they both survive digestion and traverse the intestinal mucosa.

resultsUsing novel tools, we comprehensively examine the intestinal delivery of mEVs, probing whether they could be used as, or inform the design of, nanoparticles for oral nucleic acid therapies. We show that mEVs efficiently translocate across the Caco-2 intestinal model, which is not compromised by treatment with simulated intestinal fluids. For the first time, we also demonstrate transport of mEVs in novel 3D 'apical-out' and monolayer-based human intestinal epithelial organoids (IEOs). Importantly, mEVs loaded with small interfering RNA (siRNA) induced (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, GAPDH) gene silencing in macrophages. Using inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as an example application, we show that administration of anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) siRNA-loaded mEVs reduced inflammation in a IBD rat model.

conclusionsTogether, this work demonstrates that mEVs could either act as natural and safe systems for oral delivery or nucleic acid therapies, or inform the design of synthetic systems for such application.

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Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesNanoparticlesNucleic AcidsAnimalsCaco-2 CellsHumansIntestinal MucosaMilkRatsRNA, Small InterferingNucleic AcidsRNA, Small InterferingExtracellular vesiclesInflammatory bowel diseaseIntestinal epitheliumOral nucleic acid deliverysiRNA

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PMID37924132
PMCPMC10623793
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