Fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles for rapid internalization into donor corneal endothelial tissue to enable prophylaxis before transplantation
Cold stress (hypothermia) during storage and cytokine stress due to acute allograft rejection adversely affect the donor corneal endothelium in the short term. Pharmacological pre-treatment (before transplantation) of the donor corneal endothelium or cells (propagated in vitro for cell injection the...
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Published in | Nanoscale advances Vol. 5; no. 23; pp. 641 - 6422 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
21.11.2023
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Summary: | Cold stress (hypothermia) during storage and cytokine stress due to acute allograft rejection adversely affect the donor corneal endothelium in the short term. Pharmacological pre-treatment (before transplantation) of the donor corneal endothelium or cells (propagated
in vitro
for cell injection therapy) with microtubule stabilizers, cold stress protectants, and other molecules is an attractive strategy to tackle damage caused by hypothermia and cytokine stress. These molecules can be delivered intracellularly to the donor corneal endothelium or cells at controlled rates for desired periods and with one-time administration using nanoparticles. However, the death-to-preservation time of donor corneas of more than 4 to 6 h significantly decreases endothelial cell density and increases the risk of microbial contamination. Therefore, we have developed fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles for rapid internalization of nanoparticles into cultured corneal endothelial cells and
ex vivo
corneal endothelial tissue. Here, we have shown that the fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles have the intrinsic ability to efficiently and rapidly internalize into cultured corneal endothelial cells and
ex vivo
corneal tissue within 3 h by possibly fusing with the cell membrane and bypassing the endocytic pathway. Lactate dehydrogenase assay showed that the internalized fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles did not cause cytotoxicity in endothelial cells associated with the
ex vivo
cornea for at least up to 2 days. Thus, fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles have great potential as a platform for engineering cells and endothelial tissue of donor corneas to facilitate prophylactic drug delivery during storage and after transplantation.
Fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles rapidly internalize into
ex vivo
donor corneal endothelium within 3 hours of incubation at physiological temperature possibly
via
the non-endocytic, membrane fusion mechanism. Scale bar is 10 μm |
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Bibliography: | https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na00535f Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 2516-0230 2516-0230 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d3na00535f |