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Lim MSH, Nishiyama Y, Ohtsuki T, Watanabe K, Kobuchi H, Kobayashi K, Matsuura E. Lactosome-Conjugated siRNA Nanoparticles for Photo-Enhanced Gene Silencing in Cancer Cells. J Pharm Sci 2021; 110:1788-1798. [PMID: 33529684 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2021.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The A3B-type Lactosome comprised of poly(sarcosine)3-block-poly(l-lactic acid), a biocompatible and biodegradable polymeric nanomicelle, was reported to accumulate in tumors in vivo via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Recently, the cellular uptake of Lactosome particles was enhanced through the incorporation of a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP), L7EB1. However, the ability of Lactosome as a drug delivery carrier has not been established. Herein, we have developed a method to conjugate the A3B-type Lactosome with ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 (ABCG2) siRNA for inducing in vitro apoptosis in the cancer cell lines PANC-1 and NCI-H226. The L7EB1 peptide facilitates the cellular uptake efficiency of Lactosome but does not deliver siRNA into cytosol. To establish the photoinduced cytosolic dispersion of siRNA, a photosensitizer loaded L7EB1-Lactosome was prepared, and the photosensitizer 5,10,15,20-tetra-kis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (TPFPP) showed superiority in photoinduced cytosolic dispersion. We exploited the combined effects of enhanced cellular uptake by L7EB1 and photoinduced endosomal escape by TPFPP to efficiently deliver ABCG2 siRNA into the cytosol for gene silencing. Moreover, the silencing of ABCG2, a protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) transporter, also mediated photoinduced cell death via 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated PpIX accumulated photodynamic therapy (PDT). The synergistic capability of the L7EB1/TPFPP/siRNA-Lactosome complex enabled both gene silencing and PDT.
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- Melissa Siaw Han Lim
- Department of Cell Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Cell Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Cell Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Cell Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; Neutron Therapy Research Centre, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; Collaborative Research Centre for OMIC, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Rueda-Gensini L, Cifuentes J, Castellanos MC, Puentes PR, Serna JA, Muñoz-Camargo C, Cruz JC. Tailoring Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Cellular Internalization and Endosomal Escape. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1816. [PMID: 32932957 PMCID: PMC7559083 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) have been widely explored for biomedical applications due to their high biocompatibility, surface-coating versatility, and superparamagnetic properties. Upon exposure to an external magnetic field, IONs can be precisely directed to a region of interest and serve as exceptional delivery vehicles and cellular markers. However, the design of nanocarriers that achieve an efficient endocytic uptake, escape lysosomal degradation, and perform precise intracellular functions is still a challenge for their application in translational medicine. This review highlights several aspects that mediate the activation of the endosomal pathways, as well as the different properties that govern endosomal escape and nuclear transfection of magnetic IONs. In particular, we review a variety of ION surface modification alternatives that have emerged for facilitating their endocytic uptake and their timely escape from endosomes, with special emphasis on how these can be manipulated for the rational design of cell-penetrating vehicles. Moreover, additional modifications for enhancing nuclear transfection are also included in the design of therapeutic vehicles that must overcome this barrier. Understanding these mechanisms opens new perspectives in the strategic development of vehicles for cell tracking, cell imaging and the targeted intracellular delivery of drugs and gene therapy sequences and vectors.
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- Laura Rueda-Gensini
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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Wang X, Tong J, He Z, Yang X, Meng F, Liang H, Zhang X, Luo L. Paclitaxel-Potentiated Photodynamic Theranostics for Synergistic Tumor Ablation and Precise Anticancer Efficacy Monitoring. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:5476-5487. [PMID: 31910619 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photodynamic theranostics that allows for concurrent photodynamic therapy (PDT) and precise therapeutic response report has emerged as an intriguing direction in the development of precision medicine. An ultra-efficient photodynamic theranostics platform was developed here based on combining and potentiating a theranostic photosensitizer, TPCI, with other therapies for synergistic anticancer effect and synchronous self-reporting of therapeutic response. In this study, TPCI and a chemotherapy agent paclitaxel (PTX) were co-encapsulated in liposomes, which exhibited a superb synergistic anticancer effect against a series of tumor cell lines. The potency of both drugs had been boosted for up to 30-fold compared with sole PDT or chemotherapy. More strikingly, the released TPCI lighted up the nuclei of dead cells, triggered either by PDT or chemotherapy, through binding with the chromatin and activating its aggregation-induced emission, therefore self-reporting the anticancer effect of the combined therapy in real time. The in vivo study using a mouse model bearing PC3 prostate tumor cells demonstrated the effective ablation of tumors with initial sizes of 200 mm3 and the precise early tumor response monitoring by TPCI/PTX@Lipo. This PTX-potentiated photodynamic theranostics strategy herein represented a new prototype of self-reporting nanomedicine for precise tumor therapy.
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- Xiuxia Wang
- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430022 , China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430022 , China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430022 , China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074 , China
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Shin D, Nguyen L, T Le M, Ju D, N Le J, Berg K, Hirschberg H. The effects of low irradiance long duration photochemical internalization on glioma spheroids. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2019; 26:442-447. [PMID: 31075319 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photodynamic therapy (PDT), if given over extended time periods (i.e. hours or days) and at very low irradiance in the μW/cm2 range, has been shown to be more effective than acute PDT (aPDT) administered over minutes. This has led to the concept of metronomic PDT (mPDT), which consists of ultra-low irradiance light illumination for extended periods of time along with either continuous or repetitive delivery of photosensitizer. Since the drug activating technology photochemical internalization (PCI) is based on PDT it seemed reasonable to expect that ultra-low irradiance, if administered over an extended period of time, could nevertheless result in effective metronomic PCI (mPCI) comparable to or more effective than that obtained with relatively high and short irradiance i.e. acute PCI (aPCI). METHODS Tumor spheroids consisting of F98 cells were used as in-vitro tumor models. The amphiphilic photosensitizer Al phthalocyanine disulfonate (AlPcS2a) was used for all PCI experiments. Light treatment was administered from a diode laser at λ=670 nm at various irradiance exposures of 2 mW/cm2 for aPCI and 0.05 - 0.2 mW/cm2 for mPCI with durations ranging from 3 to 12 min for aPCI and 120 min for mPCI. RESULTS AlPcS2a fluorescence was seen throughout the cytosol following short or long light treatment, corresponding to aPCI and mPCI respectively. Spheroid growth was significantly inhibited or completely suppressed at a mPCI radiance of 0.05 or 0.72 J/cm2 respectively, with all bleomycin (BLM) concentrations used, compared to either BLM alone or aPCI at radiant exposure at these levels. The effects of BLM-aPCI and mPCI were comparable at radiance levels of 0.96 and 1.44 J/cm2. CONCLUSIONS Results show that mPCI could effectively cause significant spheroid growth inhibition with the delivery of extremely low light irradiance rates delivered over an extended period of time. These findings suggest that effective implementation of mPCI can deliver adequate drug efficacy at depths necessary to reach infiltrating glioma cells in the surgical resection cavity wall.
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- Diane Shin
- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA.
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- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
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- Dept. of Radiation Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310, Oslo, Norway
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- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
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Strategies in the design of endosomolytic agents for facilitating endosomal escape in nanoparticles. Biochimie 2019; 160:61-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cervia LD, Chang CC, Wang L, Yuan F. Distinct effects of endosomal escape and inhibition of endosomal trafficking on gene delivery via electrotransfection. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171699. [PMID: 28182739 PMCID: PMC5300164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A recent theory suggests that endocytosis is involved in uptake and intracellular transport of electrotransfected plasmid DNA (pDNA). The goal of the current study was to understand if approaches used previously to improve endocytosis of gene delivery vectors could be applied to enhancing electrotransfection efficiency (eTE). Results from the study showed that photochemically induced endosomal escape, which could increase poly-L-lysine (PLL)-mediated gene delivery, decreased eTE. The decrease could not be blocked by treatment of cells with endonuclease inhibitors (aurintricarboxylic acid and zinc ion) or antioxidants (L-glutamine and ascorbic acid). Chemical treatment of cells with an endosomal trafficking inhibitor that blocks endosome progression, bafilomycin A1, resulted in a significant decrease in eTE. However, treatment of cells with lysosomotropic agents (chloroquine and ammonium chloride) had little effects on eTE. These data suggested that endosomes played important roles in protecting and intracellular trafficking of electrotransfected pDNA.
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- Lisa D. Cervia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Basic and Clinical Aspects of Photodynamic Therapy. RESISTANCE TO TARGETED ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12730-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Yen HC, Cabral H, Mi P, Toh K, Matsumoto Y, Liu X, Koori H, Kim A, Miyazaki K, Miura Y, Nishiyama N, Kataoka K. Light-induced cytosolic activation of reduction-sensitive camptothecin-loaded polymeric micelles for spatiotemporally controlled in vivo chemotherapy. ACS NANO 2014; 8:11591-11602. [PMID: 25333568 DOI: 10.1021/nn504836s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nanomedicines capable of smart operation at the targeted site have the potential to achieve the utmost therapeutic benefits. Providing nanomedicines that respond to endogenous stimuli with an additional external trigger may improve the spatiotemporal control of their functions, while avoiding drawbacks from their inherent tissue distribution. Herein, by exploiting the permeabilization of endosomes induced by photosensitizer agents upon light irradiation, we complemented the intracellular action of polymeric micelles incorporating camptothecin (CPT), which can sharply release the loaded drug in response to the reductive conditions of the cytosol, as an effective strategy for precisely controlling the function of these nanomedicines in vivo, while advancing toward a light-activated chemotherapy. These camptothecin-loaded micelles (CPT/m) were stable in the bloodstream, with minimal drug release in extracellular conditions, leading to prolonged blood circulation and high accumulation in xenografts of rat urothelial carcinoma. With the induction of endosomal permeabilization with the clinically approved photosensitizer, Photofrin, the CPT/m escaped from the endocytic vesicles of cancer cells into the cytosol, as confirmed both in vitro and in vivo by real-time confocal laser microscopies, accelerating the drug release from the micelles only in the irradiated tissues. This spatiotemporal switch significantly enhanced the in vivo antitumor efficacy of CPT/m without eliciting any toxicity, even at a dose 10-fold higher than the maximum tolerated dose of free CPT. Our results indicate the potential of reduction-sensitive drug-loaded polymeric micelles for developing safe chemotherapies after activation by remote triggers, such as light, which are capable of permeabilizing endosomal compartments.
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- Hung-Chi Yen
- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Castano AP, Demidova TN, Hamblin MR. Mechanisms in photodynamic therapy: part one-photosensitizers, photochemistry and cellular localization. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2014; 1:279-93. [PMID: 25048432 DOI: 10.1016/s1572-1000(05)00007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1295] [Impact Index Per Article: 129.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The use of non-toxic dyes or photosensitizers (PS) in combination with harmless visible light that is known as photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been known for over a hundred years, but is only now becoming widely used. Originally developed as a tumor therapy, some of its most successful applications are for non-malignant disease. In a series of three reviews we will discuss the mechanisms that operate in the field of PDT. Part one discusses the recent explosion in discovery and chemical synthesis of new PS. Some guidelines on how to choose an ideal PS for a particular application are presented. The photochemistry and photophysics of PS and the two pathways known as Type I (radicals and reactive oxygen species) and Type II (singlet oxygen) photochemical processes are discussed. To carry out PDT effectively in vivo, it is necessary to ensure sufficient light reaches all the diseased tissue. This involves understanding how light travels within various tissues and the relative effects of absorption and scattering. The fact that most of the PS are also fluorescent allows various optical imaging and monitoring strategies to be combined with PDT. The most important factor governing the outcome of PDT is how the PS interacts with cells in the target tissue or tumor, and the key aspect of this interaction is the subcellular localization of the PS. Examples of PS that localize in mitochondria, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and plasma membranes are given. Finally the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid as a natural precursor of the heme biosynthetic pathway, stimulates accumulation of the PS protoporphyrin IX is described.
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- Ana P Castano
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, USA
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Hung YH, Chen LMW, Yang JY, Yang WY. Spatiotemporally controlled induction of autophagy-mediated lysosome turnover. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2111. [PMID: 23817530 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Lysosomes are the major degradative compartments within cells, harbouring a wide variety of hydrolytic enzymes within their lumen. Release of lysosomal hydrolases from lysosomes into the cell cytoplasm results in cell death. Here we report that damaged lysosomes undergo autophagic turnover. Using a light-induced lysosome impairing scheme that can be controlled spatially and temporally within a cell, we show that damaged lysosomes are selectively ubiquitinated, recruit autophagic proteins and are eventually incorporated into autolysosomes for degradation. We propose that autophagic removal of lysosomes, which we term lysophagy, is a surveillance mechanism that alleviates cells from the adverse effects of lysosomal damage. We envision our method to induce lysosomal damage will enable detailed molecular studies of the lysophagy pathway in the future.
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- Yu-Hsien Hung
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Chen H, Xiao L, Anraku Y, Mi P, Liu X, Cabral H, Inoue A, Nomoto T, Kishimura A, Nishiyama N, Kataoka K. Polyion Complex Vesicles for Photoinduced Intracellular Delivery of Amphiphilic Photosensitizer. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 136:157-63. [DOI: 10.1021/ja406992w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Huabing Chen
- Jiangsu
Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases,
and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- Department
of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Center
for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Center
for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Center for Molecular Systems & Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Center for
NanoBio Integration (CNBI), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Polymer
Chemistry Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Center
for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department
of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- Center for
NanoBio Integration (CNBI), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Photochemical internalization (PCI) is a method for releasing macromolecules from endosomal and lysosomal compartments. The PCI approach uses a photosensitizer that localizes to endosomal and lysosomal compartments, and a light source with appropriate light spectra for excitation of the photosensitizer. Upon photosensitizer excitation, endosomal and lysosomal membranes are destroyed, due to the formation of reactive oxygen species, followed by release of the endocytosed material. PCI has been demonstrated to enhance and control (site- and time-specific) delivery of various macromolecules such as viruses, proteins, chemotherapeutics, nucleic acid, and so on. In this Review we present past and current studies of PCI-controlled delivery of natural and artificial nucleic acids, such as peptide nucleic acids, siRNA molecules, mRNA molecules and plasmids. We also discuss critical aspects to further the possibilities for successful gene targeting in space and time.
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Vikdal M, Weyergang A, Selbo PK, Berg K. Vascular endothelial cells as targets for photochemical internalization (PCI). Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:1185-92. [DOI: 10.1111/php.12126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Marie Vikdal
- Department of Radiation Biology; Institute for Cancer Research; the Norwegian Radium Hospital; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo; Norway
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- Department of Radiation Biology; Institute for Cancer Research; the Norwegian Radium Hospital; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo; Norway
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- Department of Radiation Biology; Institute for Cancer Research; the Norwegian Radium Hospital; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo; Norway
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Lehner R, Wang X, Marsch S, Hunziker P. Intelligent nanomaterials for medicine: Carrier platforms and targeting strategies in the context of clinical application. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2013; 9:742-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2013.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Waeckerle-Men Y, Mauracher A, Håkerud M, Mohanan D, Kündig TM, Høgset A, Johansen P. Photochemical targeting of antigens to the cytosol for stimulation of MHC class-I-restricted T-cell responses. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2013; 85:34-41. [PMID: 23461859 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2013.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Tumour chemotherapy with drugs is typically associated with severe systemic and local side effects for which reason immunotherapy represents a safer alternative. However, vaccination often fails to generate the required cytotoxic CD8 T-cell responses due to insufficient access of antigens to the cytosol and the MHC class I pathway of antigen presentation. One important issue of tumour research is therefore to develop strategies that allow cytosolic targeting or endosomal escape of tumour antigens. The objective of the current study was to test whether endocytosed antigen could be delivered to MHC class I by means of photochemical internalisation (PCI). Briefly, the antigen and the photosensitiser Amphinex were loaded in vitro onto bone-marrow-derived murine dendritic cells (DCs). After light activation, which is supposed to cause disruption of OVA- and Amphinex-containing endosomes, the DCs were cultured with OVA-specific CD8 T cells or used for immunisation of mice. PCI facilitated CD8 T-cell responses as measured by IFN-γ secretion in vitro and CD8 T-cell proliferation in vivo. In conclusion, the current proof-of-concept study is the first to describe PCI-mediated immunisation and the results revealed the feasibility of this novel technology in autologous vaccination for stimulation of CD8 T-cell responses.
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According to recent advances in nanotechnology, various nano-sized formulations have been designed for the application in biomedical fields, including diagnosis, drug delivery, and therapeutics. The nanotechnology-based formulations have a great merit in the design of multifunctional platform for the biomedical applications. Therefore, recent trends in nanotechnology are moving onto the combination of nanotechnology and conventional therapeutic. Typically, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is one of promising techniques for the combination with nanotechnology owing to its less invasiveness. In this paper, we are going to briefly review recent advances in nanotechnology-based PDT, including selective delivery and excitation of photosensitizers, combination therapy, and multifunctional PDT.
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- Hee-Jae Yoon
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Because RNA interference (RNAi) can be applied to any gene, this technique has been widely used for studying gene functions. In addition, many researchers are attempting to use RNAi technology in RNAi-based therapies. However, several challenging and controversial issues have arisen during the widespread application of RNAi including target gene specificity, target cell specificity, and spatiotemporal control of gene silencing. To address these issues, several groups have utilized photochemistry to control the RNA release, both spatially and temporally. In this Account, we focus on recent studies using photocleavable protecting groups, photosensitizers, Hand gold nanoparticles for photoinduced RNAi. In 2005 the first report of photoinduced RNAi used a caged short interfering RNA (siRNA), an siRNA carrying a photocleavable protecting group. Caging groups block the bioactivities of target molecules, but allow for complete recovery of these functions via photoactivation. However, some RNAi activity can occur in these caged siRNAs, so it will be necessary to decrease this "leakage" and raise the RNAi activity restored after irradiation. This technique also uses UV light around 350 nm, which is cytotoxic, but in the near future we expect that it will be possible to use visible and near-infrared light We also examine the application of photochemical internalization (PCI) to RNAi technology, which involves a combination of photosensitizers and light. Instead of inducing RNAi using light, the strategy behind this method was to enhance RNAi using RNA carriers. Many wellknown RNA carriers deliver siRNAs into cells by endocytosis. The siRNAs are trapped in endocytic vesicles and have to be released into the cytoplasm in order to express their activity. To achieve the endosomal escape of siRNAs, PCI technology employed photosensitizers to generate light-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS) that disrupted the endocytic vesicles. In most studies, RNAi-mediated knockdown of the target gene was detected even without PCI. Recently, a polymer capable of trapping the siRNA in endocytic vesicles controlled RNAi almost entirely by light. CLIP-RNAi uses photosensitizing carrier proteins that can be activated over a wide range of visible light wavelengths. With this method RNA carrier/siRNA complexes are completely trapped within endosomes, and RNAi is controlled strictly by light. Such precise, light-dependent control will open up new possibilities for cellular and molecular biology and therapy. Most recently, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) conjugated to siRNA have provided temporal and spatial control of RNAi. The light-dependent melting of AuNPs accompanied by a shape transformation induces the release of thiolated siRNAs from AuNPs. In this method, the unique optical properties of the AuNP enable deep penetration of the excitation light into tissues at nearinfrared wavelengths. The development of photoinduced RNAi technology will lead to novel insights into gene functions and selective drug delivery, and many other scientific fields will continue to influence its progress.
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- Yuka Matsushita-Ishiodori
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Bøe SL, Longva AS, Hovig E. A novel photosensitizer for light-controlled gene silencing. Nucleic Acid Ther 2012; 21:359-67. [PMID: 22004417 DOI: 10.1089/nat.2011.0309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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We here demonstrate for the first time that 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA) covalently linked to nuclear localization signal (NLS)-conjugated peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are photosensitizers (PSs) with the capacity to initiate photochemical damage to endocytic membranes, resulting in release of endocytosed material into cytosol. Our results show that TAMRA/PNA/NLS conjugates work as multifunctional molecules by offering cellular uptake, PNA-directed gene silencing, and the possibility for targeting in a light-controlled manner. In addition to PNA-directed gene silencing, we demonstrate that TAMRA/PNA/NLS molecules may function as a PS for light-controlled release of small interfering RNA molecules from the endocytic pathway when combined with an appropriate carrier. Using these strategies, we could silence the S100A4 gene at both protein and mRNA levels in a light-controlled manner, without any detectable reduction in cell viability. Our data demonstrate the possibility for light-controlled delivery of macromolecules entrapped within endocytic vesicles using multifunctional TAMRA/PNA/NLS molecules as PSs.
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- Sigurd L Bøe
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
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Varkouhi AK, Scholte M, Storm G, Haisma HJ. Endosomal escape pathways for delivery of biologicals. J Control Release 2011; 151:220-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1102] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gillmeister MP, Betenbaugh MJ, Fishman PS. Cellular Trafficking and Photochemical Internalization of Cell Penetrating Peptide Linked Cargo Proteins: A Dual Fluorescent Labeling Study. Bioconjug Chem 2011; 22:556-66. [DOI: 10.1021/bc900445g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael P. Gillmeister
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care Service, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care Service, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Interactions between selected photosensitizers and model membranes: an NMR classification. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:1661-72. [PMID: 21334303 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Membrane interactions of porphyrinic photosensitizers (PSs) are known to play a crucial role for PS efficiency in photodynamic therapy (PDT). In the current paper, the interactions between 15 different porphyrinic PSs with various hydrophilic/lipophilic properties and phospholipid bilayers were probed by NMR spectroscopy. Unilamellar vesicles consisting of dioleoyl-phosphatidyl-choline (DOPC) were used as membrane models. PS-membrane interactions were deduced from analysis of the main DOPC 1H-NMR resonances (choline and lipid chain signals). Initial membrane adsorption of the PSs was indicated by induced changes to the DOPC choline signal, i.e. a split into inner and outer choline peaks. Based on this parameter, the PSs could be classified into two groups, Type-A PSs causing a split and the Type-B PSs causing no split. A further classification into two subgroups each, A1, A2 and B1, B2 was based on the observed time-dependent changes of the main DOPC NMR signals following initial PS adsorption. Four different time-correlated patterns were found indicating different levels and rates of PS penetration into the hydrophobic membrane interior. The type of interaction was mainly affected by the amphiphilicity and the overall lipophilicity of the applied PS structures. In conclusion, the NMR data provided valuable structural and dynamic insights into the PS-membrane interactions which allow deriving the structural constraints for high membrane affinity and high membrane penetration of a given PS.
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Bøe S, Prasmickaite L, Engesæter B, Hovig E. Light-directed delivery of nucleic acids. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 764:107-121. [PMID: 21748636 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-188-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A major barrier within the field of non-viral gene therapy toward therapeutic strategies, e.g., tumor therapy, has been lack of appropriate specific delivery strategies to the intended target tissues or cells. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for light-directed delivery of nucleic acids through the use of photochemical internalization (PCI) technology. PCI is based on a photosensitizing compound that localizes to endocytic membranes. Upon illumination, the photosensitizing compound induces damage to the endocytic membranes, resulting in release of endocytosed material, i.e., nucleic acids into cytosol. The main benefit of the strategy described is the possibility for site-specific delivery of nucleic acids to a place of interest.
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- Sigurd Bøe
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, N-0310, Norway.
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Berg K, Nordstrand S, Selbo PK, Tran DTT, Angell-Petersen E, Høgset A. Disulfonated tetraphenyl chlorin (TPCS2a), a novel photosensitizer developed for clinical utilization of photochemical internalization. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011; 10:1637-51. [DOI: 10.1039/c1pp05128h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Park S, Lee SJ, Chung H, Her S, Choi Y, Kim K, Choi K, Kwon IC. Cellular uptake pathway and drug release characteristics of drug-encapsulated glycol chitosan nanoparticles in live cells. Microsc Res Tech 2010; 73:857-65. [PMID: 20232459 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Herein, we evaluated the cellular uptake pathways of hydrophobically modified glycol chitosan (HGC) nanoparticles as nano-sized drug carriers using cellular imaging technology. The endocytic pathway of nanocarriers for intracellular drug delivery is of great interest for the design of high efficacy delivery carriers for therapeutic agents. To evaluate the cellular uptake pathways of HGC nanoparticles, HGC was chemically labeled with near infrared (NIR) fluorescence dye, Cy5.5, to visualize the nanoparticle under confocal laser scanning microscopy. The internalization pathways of HGC nanoparticles were evaluated after treatment of specific endocytosis inhibitors. Importantly, HCG nanoparticles showed different cellular uptake efficiency and intracellular fate in cytoplasm according to the internalization pathways. Furthermore, drug distribution also evaluated according to the endocytic pathways after treatment of drug encapsulated HGC nanoparticles. As a model drug, fluorescent photosensitizer, Ce6, was encapsulated into HGC (Ce6-HGC) nanoparticles and the distribution of Ce6 in cytoplasm was evaluated using confocal laser scanning microscopy. The intracellular drug distribution showed different manner through specific endocytic pathways. The cellular imaging technology is highly useful for evaluation of endocytosis pathways and intracellular fate of drug delivery carrier which are closely related to drug distribution and therapeutic efficacy.
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- Sangjin Park
- Biomedical Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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Selbo PK, Weyergang A, Høgset A, Norum OJ, Berstad MB, Vikdal M, Berg K. Photochemical internalization provides time- and space-controlled endolysosomal escape of therapeutic molecules. J Control Release 2010; 148:2-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2010] [Revised: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Photochemical internalization: a new tool for gene and oligonucleotide delivery. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2010; 296:251-81. [PMID: 21504105 DOI: 10.1007/128_2010_63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Photochemical internalization (PCI) is a novel technology for release of endocytosed macromolecules into the cytosol. The technology is based on the use of photosensitizers located in endocytic vesicles. Upon activation by light such photosensitizers induce a release of macromolecules from their compartmentalization in endocytic vesicles. PCI has been shown to increase the biological activity of a large variety of macromolecules and other molecules that do not readily penetrate the plasma membrane, including type I ribosome-inactivating proteins, immunotoxins, plasmids, adenovirus, various oligonucleotides, dendrimer-based delivery of chemotherapeutica and unconjugated chemotherapeutica such as bleomycin and doxorubicin. This review will present the basis for the PCI concept and the most recent significant developments.
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Berg K, Weyergang A, Prasmickaite L, Bonsted A, Høgset A, Strand MTR, Wagner E, Selbo PK. Photochemical internalization (PCI): a technology for drug delivery. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 635:133-45. [PMID: 20552345 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-697-9_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The utilization of macromolecules in therapy of cancer and other diseases is becoming increasingly relevant. Recent advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have made it possible to improve targeting and design of cytotoxic agents, DNA complexes, and other macromolecules for clinical applications. To achieve the expected biological effect of these macromolecules, in many cases, internalization to the cell cytosol is crucial. At an intracellular level, the most fundamental obstruction for cytosolic release of the therapeutic molecule is the membrane-barrier of the endocytic vesicles. Photochemical internalization (PCI) is a novel technology for release of endocytosed macromolecules into the cytosol. The technology is based on the use of photosensitizers located in endocytic vesicles that upon activation by light induces a release of macromolecules from their compartmentalization in endocytic vesicles. PCI has been shown to potentiate the biological activity of a large variety of macromolecules and other molecules that do not readily penetrate the plasma membrane, including type I ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs), gene-encoding plasmids, adenovirus, oligonucleotides, and the chemotherapeutic bleomycin. PCI has also been shown to enhance the treatment effect of targeted therapeutic macromolecules. The present protocol describes PCI of an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted protein toxin (Cetuximab-saporin) linked via streptavidin-biotin for screening of targeted toxins as well as PCI of nonviral polyplex-based gene therapy. Although describing in detail PCI of targeted protein toxins and DNA polyplexes, the methodology presented in these protocols are also applicable for PCI of other gene therapy vectors (e.g., viral vectors), peptide nucleic acids (PNA), small interfering RNA (siRNA), polymers, nanoparticles, and some chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Kristian Berg
- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway
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Norum OJ, Selbo PK, Weyergang A, Giercksky KE, Berg K. Photochemical internalization (PCI) in cancer therapy: from bench towards bedside medicine. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2009; 96:83-92. [PMID: 19467605 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PDT in cancer therapy has been reviewed several times recently and many published reports have been showing promising results. The clinical approvals for PDT include curative treatment of early or superficial cancers and palliative treatment of more advanced disease. Still PDT has yet to become a widely used cancer treatment. This may partly be due to limitations in current PDT regimens and partly due to effective alternative treatment modalities. If the specificity and selectivity of PDT could be improved, PDT would probably make substantial progress and comprise an even more competitive alternative in cancer treatment. The PCI technology is based on the same principles as PDT, the activation of a photosensitizer by light and subsequently followed by formation of reactive oxygen species. Unlike PDT, the photosensitizer used in PCI has to be located in the endocytic vesicles of the targeted cells and will, upon activation of light, induce a release of endocytosed therapeutic agents after a photochemically induced rupture of the endocytic vesicles. The endocytosed therapeutic agent will then be released and may reach their intracellular target of action before being degraded in lysosomes. This site-specific drug delivery induced by PCI will take place in addition to the well described cytotoxic, vascular and immunostimulatory effects of PDT. PCI has been shown to facilitate intracellular delivery of a large variety of macromolecules that do not otherwise readily penetrate the plasma membrane, including type I ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs), RIP-based immunotoxins, genes and some chemotherapeutic agents. Several animal models have been used for in vivo documentation of the PCI principle and more animal models of clinical relevance have recently been utilized for addressing clinical issues. This review will focus on the possibilities and limitations offered by PCI to overcome some of the challenges recognized in current PDT regimens in cancer treatment.
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- Ole-Jacob Norum
- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Nishiyama N, Morimoto Y, Jang WD, Kataoka K. Design and development of dendrimer photosensitizer-incorporated polymeric micelles for enhanced photodynamic therapy. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2009; 61:327-38. [PMID: 19385091 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which involves systemic administration of photosensitizers (PSs) followed by local photoillumination, is a promising method for the treatment of solid tumors and other diseases. Recently, considerable efforts have been devoted to the development of nanocarriers for the PS delivery with the aim of avoiding non-specific phototoxicity to normal tissues such as the skin. Here, we discuss the biological significance of the use of nanocarrier-encapsulated PSs in PDT. Also, we report our recent achievements on the development of dendrimer photosensitizer-loaded micelles as nanocarriers for PS delivery. We found that our nanocarriers greatly enhanced the PDT efficacy in vitro and in vivo, and also significantly reduced the skin phototoxicity. These results indicate the importance of a development strategy for nanocarriers and their great potential for clinical use. In addition, this review discusses the development of nanocarriers for emerging PDT-related technologies such as photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) and photochemical internalization (PCI).
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Nishiyama N, Jang WD, Date K, Miyata K, Kataoka K. Photochemical enhancement of transgene expression by polymeric micelles incorporating plasmid DNA and dendrimer-based photosensitizer. J Drug Target 2008; 14:413-24. [PMID: 17092841 DOI: 10.1080/10611860600834508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The development of synthetic gene carriers has recently received much attention; however, they might lack the ability to control the transgene expression. The use of external stimuli for enhancement of the transgene expression may be a promising approach for the site-directed transfection in vivo. In this regard, a new technology of "photochemical internalization (PCI)" has recently been reported, in which the endosomal escape of gene carriers is assisted by photodamage of the endosomal membrane with co-incubating photosensitizers. To apply this technology for systemic gene delivery, the development of appropriate carrier systems for both the plasmid DNA (pDNA) and photosensitizer is of crucial importance. Also, the photocytotoxicity accompanied by the photochemical enhancement of the gene expression may need to be reduced. In this study, the combinational formulation of polymeric micelles incorporating pDNA and a dendrimer-based photosensitizer (DP) (dendrimer phthalocyanine (DPc)) was applied in the PCI-mediated transfection in vitro and then, estimating its potential utility for in vivo applications. The PCI using the polymeric micelle system achieved a remarkable photochemical enhancement of the transgene expression while maintaining an approximate 80% cell viability over a wide range of the DPc concentrations and light doses. Thus, this system may be promising for in vivo PCI-mediated gene delivery.
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- Nobuhiro Nishiyama
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Photochemical enhancement of DNA delivery by EGF receptor targeted polyplexes. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2008. [PMID: 18470645 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-248-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Photochemical internalization (PCI) is a physico-chemical targeting method that enables light directed delivery of nucleic acids into cells. The technology is based on photosensitizers that localize in the membranes of endocytic vesicles. A light activation of the photosensitizers induces photochemical reactions that lead to rupture of the vesicular membranes. This results in the release of endocytosed compounds (e.g., nucleic acids) into the cell cytosol. Physico-chemical and biological targeting techniques can be combined to promote efficient and specific gene delivery to target cells. The present protocol describes PCI of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted DNA polyplexes. The DNA polyplexes made are small (50-100 nm in diameter), and they contain polyethylenimine (PEI) conjugated with the EGF protein as a cell-binding ligand for EGFR-mediated endocytosis and polyethylene glycol (PEG) for masking the polyplex surface charge. PCI of such targeted PEG-PEI/DNA polyplexes enables high and EGFR-specific gene transfer activity in cells. Although describing in detail PCI of DNA polyplexes, the methodology presented in this protocol is also applicable for PCI of other gene therapy vectors (e.g. viral vectors), peptide nucleic acids (PNA), small interfering RNA (siRNA), and for vectors targeted to alternate cell surface receptors. Generally, PCI can be applied whenever 100% survival of the treated cell population is not required.
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Yao CP, Zhang ZX, Rahmanzadeh R, Huettmann G. Laser-based gene transfection and gene therapy. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2008; 7:111-9. [PMID: 18556259 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2008.2000742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The plasma membrane of mammalian cells can be transiently permeablized by optical means and exogenous materials or genes can be introduced into the cytoplasm of living cells. Until now, few mechanisms were exploited for the manipulation: laser is directly and tightly focused on the cells for optoinjection, laser-induced stress waves, photochemical internalization, and irradiation of selective cell targeting with light-absorbing particles. During the past few years, extensive progress and numerous breakthroughs have been made in this area of research. This review covers four different laser-assisted transfection techniques and their advantages and disadvantages. Universality towards various cell lines is possibly the main advantage of laser-assisted optoporation in comparison with presently existing methods of cell transfection.
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- C P Yao
- The Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiantong University, Xi'an, China.
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Weyergang A, Kaalhus O, Berg K. Photodynamic therapy with an endocytically located photosensitizer cause a rapid activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38, and c-Jun NH2 terminal kinase with opposing effects on cell survival. Mol Cancer Ther 2008; 7:1740-50. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pashkovskaya A, Maizlish V, Shaposhnikov G, Kotova E, Antonenko Y. Role of electrostatics in the binding of charged metallophthalocyanines to neutral and charged phospholipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:541-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2007] [Revised: 10/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Christie JG, Kompella UB. Ophthalmic light sensitive nanocarrier systems. Drug Discov Today 2008; 13:124-34. [PMID: 18275910 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2007.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The eye is afflicted by chronic vision debilitating neovascular disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and corneal angiogenesis. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an innovative, evolving approach for treating neovascular diseases of the eye. PDT refers to the process of activating a light sensitive agent or carrier with non-thermal light to induce chemical reactions that ameliorate a pathological condition. Key components of PDT include a photosensitizer, a colloidal carrier or formulation and a light source. This article summarizes currently available clinical PDTs, desirable features of PDTs and photosensitizers, useful light sources for PDT and investigational nanosystems, and colloidal carriers for PDT.
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- Jennifer G Christie
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 985840 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5840, United States
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Pashkovskaya AA, Sokolenko EA, Sokolov VS, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN. Photodynamic activity and binding of sulfonated metallophthalocyanines to phospholipid membranes: Contribution of metal-phosphate coordination. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:2459-65. [PMID: 17662238 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Photosensitized efficacy of tetrasulfonated phthalocyanines of zinc, aluminum and nickel (ZnPcS(4), AlPcS(4) and NiPcS(4), respectively) as studied by gramicidin channel (gA) photoinactivation was compared with adsorption of the dyes on the surface of a bilayer lipid membrane as measured by the inner field compensation method. The adsorption of the negatively charged phthalocyanines on diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine (DPhPC) membranes led to formation of a negative boundary potential difference between the membrane/water interfaces. Good correlation was shown between the photodynamic activity and the membrane binding of the three metallophthalocyanines. ZnPcS(4) appeared to be the most potent of these photosensitizers, while NiPcS(4) was completely ineffective. All of these phthalocyanines displayed no binding and negligible gA photoinactivation with membranes formed of glycerol monooleate (GMO), whereas Rose Bengal exhibited significant binding and photodynamic efficacy with GMO membranes. Gramicidin photoinactivation in the presence of AlPcS(4), being insensitive to the ionic strength of the bathing solution, was inhibited by fluoride and attenuated by phosphate ions. A blue shift of the fluorescence peak position of ZnPcS(4) dissolved in ethanol was elicited by phosphate, similarly to fluoride, which was indicative of the coordination interaction of these ions with the central metal atom of the phthalocyanine macrocycle. This interaction was enhanced in the medium modeling the water-membrane interface. The results obtained imply that binding of tetrasulfonated metallophthalocyanines to phospholipid membranes is determined primarily by metal-phosphate coordination.
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- Alina A Pashkovskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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The history of PDT in Norway. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2007; 4:80-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bøe S, Longva AS, Hovig E. Photochemically Induced Gene Silencing Using Small Interfering RNA Molecules in Combination with Lipid Carriers. Oligonucleotides 2007; 17:166-73. [PMID: 17638521 DOI: 10.1089/oli.2007.0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Novel strategies for efficient delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules with a potential for targeting are required for development of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics. Here, we present a strategy that is based on delivery of siRNA molecules through the endocytic pathway, in order to develop a method for site-specific gene silencing. To achieve this, we combined the use of cationic lipids and photochemical internalization (PCI). Using the human S100A4 gene as a model system, we obtained potent gene silencing in four tested human cancer cell lines following PCI induction when using the cationic lipid jetSI-ENDO. Gene silencing was shown at both the RNA and protein levels, with no observed PCI toxicity when using the jetSI reagent and an optimized PCI protocol. This novel induction method opens for in vivo site-specific delivery of siRNA molecules toward a sequence of interest.
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- S Bøe
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Montebello, NO-0310 Oslo, Norway.
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Oliveira S, Fretz MM, Høgset A, Storm G, Schiffelers RM. Photochemical internalization enhances silencing of epidermal growth factor receptor through improved endosomal escape of siRNA. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:1211-7. [PMID: 17343820 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Photochemical internalization (PCI) has been employed as a tool for site-specific intracellular delivery of a variety of molecules. In this study, for the first time, PCI has been employed to facilitate the endosomal escape of small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules, which are the functional mediators of RNA interference (RNAi). In order to interact with the machinery that will induce post-transcriptional gene silencing, siRNA molecules need to enter the cytoplasm of the cells. This study shows that one of the important rate-limiting steps of siRNA silencing efficiency is the ability of siRNA molecules and/or complexes to escape from the endosomes into the cytosol of the cells. The target of this study, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), is known as an attractive target for cancer therapy. In this study, a 10-fold increased efficiency in knockdown of the EGFR protein was obtained when anti-EGFR siRNA treatment was combined with PCI as compared to siRNA treatment alone. The fact that this combined treatment resulted in a stronger silencing efficiency indicates that lower doses of siRNA can be used when PCI is employed to augment siRNA delivery. Lowering doses of siRNA would prevent saturation of the RNAi machinery and reduce off-target effects. In addition, local illumination of target tissue would only induce PCI in the desired cells, which can further increase the specificity of the treatment, supporting PCI as an attractive strategy to improve siRNA silencing efficiency.
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- Sabrina Oliveira
- Department Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.082, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dietze A, Bonsted A, Høgset A, Berg K. Photochemical Internalization Enhances the Cytotoxic Effect of the Protein Toxin Gelonin and Transgene Expression in Sarcoma Cells ¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0780283pietce2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Montanari J, Perez AP, Di Salvo F, Diz V, Barnadas R, Dicelio L, Doctorovich F, Morilla MJ, Romero EL. Photodynamic ultradeformable liposomes: Design and characterization. Int J Pharm 2007; 330:183-94. [PMID: 17157460 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2006] [Revised: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hydrophobic ([tetrakis(2,4-dimetil-3-pentyloxi)-phthalocyaninate]zinc(II)) (ZnPc) and hydrophilic ([tetrakis(N,N,N-trimethylammoniumetoxi)-phthalocyaninate]zinc(II) tetraiodide) (ZnPcMet) phthalocyanines were synthesized and loaded in ultradeformable liposomes (UDL) of soybean phosphatidylcholine and sodium cholate (6:1, w/w, ratio), resulting 100 nm mean size vesicles of negative Zeta potential, with encapsulation efficiencies of 85 and 53%, enthalpy of phase transition of 5.33 and 158 J/mmol for ZnPc and ZnPcMet, respectively, indicating their deep and moderate partition into UD matrices. Matrix elasticity of UDL-phthalocyanines resulted 28-fold greater than that of non-UDL, leaking only 25% of its inner aqueous content after passage through a nanoporous barrier versus 100% leakage for non-UDL. UDL-ZnPc made ZnPc soluble in aqueous buffer while kept the monomeric state, rendering singlet oxygen quantum yield (Phi(Delta)) similar to that obtained in ethanol (0.61), whereas UDL-ZnPcMet had a four-fold higher Phi(Delta) than that of free ZnPcMet (0.21). Free phthalocyanines were non-toxic at 1 and 10 microM, both in dark or upon irradiation at 15 J/cm2 on Vero and J-774 cells (MTT assay). Only liposomal ZnPc at 10 microM was toxic for J-774 cells under both conditions. Additionally, endo-lysosomal confinement of the HPTS dye was kept after irradiation at 15 J/cm2 in the presence of UDL-phtalocyanines. This could lead to improve effects of singlet oxygen against intra-vesicular pathogen targets inside the endo-lysosomal system.
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- J Montanari
- Laboratorio de Diseño de Estrategias de Targeting de Drogas (LDTD), Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Saenz Peña 180, Bernal B1876BXD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Nishiyama N, Jang WD, Kataoka K. Supramolecular nanocarriers integrated with dendrimers encapsulating photosensitizers for effective photodynamic therapy and photochemical gene delivery. NEW J CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1039/b616050f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Juzeniene A, Moan J. The history of PDT in Norway Part one: Identification of basic mechanisms of general PDT. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2006; 4:3-11. [PMID: 25047184 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2006.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 10/12/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now an established treatment of malignant and premalignant dysplasias. A number of first and second generation photosensitizers have been studied in Norway. The aim has been to improve PDT efficiency and applicability. Many critical details regarding the mechanisms of PDT were elucidated by researchers in Norway. In this review we focus on the most important findings related to these basic mechanisms, such as generation of singlet oxygen, estimations of its lifetime, the oxygen effect itself, the subcellular localization of photosensitizers with different properties, their photodegradation during PDT and their tumour selectivity.
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- Asta Juzeniene
- Department of Radiation Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Radiation Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway; Institute of Physics, Oslo University, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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Kloeckner J, Boeckle S, Persson D, Roedl W, Ogris M, Berg K, Wagner E. DNA polyplexes based on degradable oligoethylenimine-derivatives: Combination with EGF receptor targeting and endosomal release functions. J Control Release 2006; 116:115-22. [PMID: 16959361 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Combination of the degradable polymeric gene carriers OEI-HD-1 and LT- OEI-HD-1 with an EGF targeting conjugate resulted in strongly (up to 900-fold) enhanced polyplex activity in EGF-receptor rich HUH7 hepatocellular carcinoma cells. The targeting ligand effect was DNA dose dependent, could be blocked by competitive receptor binding with unbound EGF ligand, and was not observed in receptor-negative control cells. Measures which enhance intracellular endosomal escape, either photochemically enhanced intracellular release (PCI) or the incorporation of a novel membrane-active melittin analog NMA-3, further enhanced gene transfer activity of EGF/OEI-HD-1 polyplexes.
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- Julia Kloeckner
- Pharmaceutical Biology-Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Berg K, Høgset A, Prasmickaite L, Weyergang A, Bonsted A, Dietze A, Lou PJ, Bown S, Norum OJ, Møllergård HMT, Selbo PK. Photochemical internalization (PCI): A novel technology for activation of endocytosed therapeutic agents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mla.2006.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nishiyama N, Kataoka K. Current state, achievements, and future prospects of polymeric micelles as nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:630-48. [PMID: 16815554 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 718] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Polymeric micelles, self-assemblies of block copolymers, are promising nanocarrier systems for drug and gene delivery. Until now, several micellar formulations of antitumor drugs have been intensively studied in preclinical and clinical trials, and their utility has been demonstrated. Even compared with long-circulating liposomes, polymeric micelles might have several advantages, such as controlled drug release, tissue-penetrating ability and reduced toxicity such as hand-foot syndrome and hypersensitivity reaction. Importantly, critical features of the polymeric micelles as drug carriers, including particle size, stability, and loading capacity and release kinetics of drugs, can be modulated by the structures and physicochemical properties of the constituent block copolymers. Also, nano-engineering of block copolymers might allow the preparation of polymeric micelles with integrated smart functions, such as specific-tissue targetability, as well as chemical or physical stimuli-sensitivity. Thus, polymeric micelles are nanotechnology-based carrier systems that might exert the activity of potent bioactive compounds in a site-directed manner, ensuring their effectiveness and safety in the clinical use.
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- Nobuhiro Nishiyama
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Hubbell JA. Non-viral gene delivery: Multifunctional polyplexes as locally triggerable nonviral vectors. Gene Ther 2006; 13:1371-2. [PMID: 16541118 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The successful gene therapy largely depends on the vector type that allows a selective and efficient gene delivery to target cells with minimal toxicity. Nonviral vectors are much safer and cheaper, can be produced easily in large quantities, and have higher genetic material carrying capacity. However, they are generally less efficient in delivering DNA and initiating gene expression as compared to viral vectors, particularly when used in vivo. As nonviral vectors, polycations may work well for efficient cell uptake and endosomal escape, because they do form compact and smaller complexes with plasmid DNA and carry amine groups, which give positive charge and buffering ability that allows safe escape from endosome/lysosome. However, this is a disadvantage in the following step, which is releasing the plasmid DNA within the cytosol. In order to initiate transcription and enhance gene expression, the polymer/plasmid complex should dissociate after releasing from endosome safely and effectively. There are also other limitations with some of the polycationic carriers, for example, aggregation, toxicity, etc. Intelligent polymers, also called as 'stimuli responsive polymers', have a great potential as nonviral vectors to obtain site-, timing-, and duration period-specific gene expression, which is already exhibited in recent studies that are briefly summarized here.
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- S Dinçer
- Chemical Engineering Department and Bioengineering Division, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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