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ArticleNature communications2024

Cholesterol-modified sphingomyelin chimeric lipid bilayer for improved therapeutic delivery.

Zhiren Wang, Wenpan Li, Yanhao Jiang, Jonghan Park, Karina Marie Gonzalez, Xiangmeng Wu, Qing-Yu Zhang, Jianqin Lu

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhiren Wang *Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2016-0517
Wenpan Li *Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8546-7384
Yanhao JiangSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2403-0601
Jonghan ParkSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Karina Marie GonzalezSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Xiangmeng WuSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Qing-Yu ZhangSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Jianqin LuSkaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA. lu6@arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5877-619X
University of Arizona · US

Funding

VITAMIN AP30CA023074 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Dan Theodorescu · 1985 to 2026
$110.2M
SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERP30ES006694 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI DEAN BILLHEIMER · 1994 to 2026
$36.7M
A fortified lipid bilayer platform for improved drug packaging and therapeutic deliveryR35GM147002 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jianqin Lu · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
A Phospholipid-Derived Nanotherapeutic Platform for Improved Colorectal Cancer ImmunochemotherapyR01CA272487 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jianqin Lu · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA272487NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006694NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol (Chol) fortifies packing and reduces fluidity and permeability of the lipid bilayer in vesicles (liposomes)-mediated drug delivery. However, under the physiological environment, Chol is rapidly extracted from the lipid bilayer by biomembranes, which jeopardizes membrane stability and results in premature leakage for delivered payloads, yielding suboptimal clinic efficacy. Herein, we report a Chol-modified sphingomyelin (SM) lipid bilayer via covalently conjugating Chol to SM (SM-Chol), which retains membrane condensing ability of Chol. Systemic structure activity relationship screening demonstrates that SM-Chol with a disulfide bond and longer linker outperforms other counterparts and conventional phospholipids/Chol mixture systems on blocking Chol transfer and payload leakage, increases maximum tolerated dose of vincristine while reducing systemic toxicities, improves pharmacokinetics and tumor delivery efficiency, and enhances antitumor efficacy in SU-DHL-4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma xenograft model in female mice. Furthermore, SM-Chol improves therapeutic delivery of structurally diversified therapeutic agents (irinotecan, doxorubicin, dexamethasone) or siRNA targeting multi-drug resistant gene (p-glycoprotein) in late-stage metastatic orthotopic KPC-Luc pancreas cancer, 4T1-Luc2 triple negative breast cancer, lung inflammation, and CT26 colorectal cancer animal models in female mice compared to respective FDA-approved nanotherapeutics or lipid compositions. Thus, SM-Chol represents a promising platform for universal and improved drug delivery.

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Lipid BilayersSphingomyelinsAnimalsCholesterolFemaleHumansLiposomesMicePhospholipidsCholesterolLipid BilayersLiposomesPhospholipidsSphingomyelins

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PMID38453918
PMCPMC10920917
OpenAlexW4392551577

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