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ArticleACS nano2025

Identification and Validation of Cyclic Peptides with Mucin-Selective, Location-Specific Binding in the Gastrointestinal Tract.

Deepak A Subramanian, Austin Chin, Yunhua Shi, Gary W Liu, Robert Langer, Giovanni Traverso

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Deepak A SubramanianDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6224-7533
Austin ChinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Yunhua ShiDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Gary W LiuDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5862-1019
Robert LangerDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4255-0492
Giovanni TraversoDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7851-4077

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Gates Foundation INV-009529NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral drug delivery is a widely preferred method of drug administration due to its ease of use and convenience for patients. Localization of drug release in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is important to treat localized diseases and maximize drug absorption. However, achieving drug localization in the dynamic GI tract is challenging. To address this challenge, we leveraged the geographic diversity of the GI tract by targeting its mucus layers, which coat the epithelial surfaces. These layers, composed of mucin glycoproteins, are synthesized with unique chemical compositions and expressed in different regions, making them ideal targets for drug localization. In this article, we identify cyclic peptides that bind selectively to MUC2 (in the intestines) and MUC5AC (in the stomach), serving as targeting ligands to these regions of the GI tract. We demonstrate the effectiveness of these peptides through

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Gastrointestinal TractMucin-2Mucin 5ACMucinsPeptides, CyclicAnimalsHumansMiceProtein BindingMucin-2Mucin 5ACMucinsPeptides, Cyclicbindinggastrointestinallocalizationmucinpeptidespecificity

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PMID40216380
PMCPMC12020424

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