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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Therapeutic hypothermia reprograms nanocarrier protein corona via apolipoprotein C1 enrichment for precision cardiovascular therapy.

Chenwen Li, Guanli Zhao, Yuantong Qi, Menglong Sun, Ling Zhong, Qinghua Yang, Kaiyao Hu, Juan Cheng, Yin Dou, Yingxue Hao and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Chenwen Li *Department of Vascular Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1923-139X
Guanli Zhao *Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Yuantong Qi *Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Menglong SunDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Ling ZhongDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Qinghua YangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Kaiyao HuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Juan ChengDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Yin DouDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Yingxue HaoDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
Jianxiang ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0984-2947

Funding

Graduate Supervisor Team Program of Chongqing in 2022 NAKey Medical Program Integrated by Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau and Chongqing Health Commission 2023GGXM005Key Program for Technological Innovation & Application Development of Chongqing CSTB2022TIAD-KPX0156MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 32271451New Chongqing Youth Innovative Talent Program CSTB2024NSCQ-QCXMX0005
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Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the primary cause of global mortality, face persistent therapeutic challenges due to poor drug targeting and systemic side effects. While innovative nanotherapeutic approaches offer improved drug delivery through targeting and stimulus-responsive release mechanisms, clinical translation is limited by poor tissue specificity and manufacturing limitations. We present a universal therapeutic hypothermia (TH, i.e., 32 to 35 °C)-enhanced strategy that amplifies nanocarrier targeting across multiple CVD models. Both hard and soft nanocarriers showed 1.6- to 3-fold increased pathological tissue accumulation under TH versus normothermia, correlating with enhanced therapeutic efficacy in multiple murine models of CVDs, including heart failure, myocardial hypertrophy, ventricular fibrillation, ischemic stroke, atherosclerosis, and deep vein thrombosis. Mechanistically, TH induces temperature-dependent enrichment of apolipoproteins C1 (ApoC1) and C4 in the protein corona of nanoparticle surface, enabling receptor-mediated targeting through upregulated lipoprotein receptors in injured cardiovascular tissues. Notably, ApoC1-mediated targeting outperformed established cardiac-targeting peptides in directing nanoparticles to diseased hearts. The TH-driven approach and direct ApoC1 functionalization provide a straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective approach to enhance nanotherapy precision for CVD treatment, potentially addressing critical barriers in clinical translation.

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Apolipoprotein C-ICardiovascular DiseasesHypothermia, InducedNanoparticlesProtein CoronaAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLApolipoprotein C-IDrug CarriersProtein CoronaApoC1 decorationcardiovascular diseasesprotein coronatargeted therapytherapeutic hypothermia

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PMID41231950
PMCPMC12646227

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