Transdermal drug delivery relies heavily on the skin permeability of therapeutic agents.In order to develop a peptide-based delivery strategy for promoting transdermal absorption,the key physicochemical factors influe...Transdermal drug delivery relies heavily on the skin permeability of therapeutic agents.In order to develop a peptide-based delivery strategy for promoting transdermal absorption,the key physicochemical factors influencing skin permeability are first identified through cell-penetrating peptides(CPPs)screening and computational simulation.Penetratin exhibits the most outstanding permeability and safety among CPPs from various origins,and positive surface patch area emerges as the key property correlated with skin permeability of the peptides.Based on these findings,a precise model to predict skin permeability of the peptides is established,leading to the computational redesign of penetratin’s amino acid sequence.The transdermal delivery efficiency of optimized penetratin derivative(589WP)is significantly improved in vitro compared with wild-type penetratin and visualized through in vivo imaging.Furthermore,the anti-metabolic drug floxuridine(FUdR)is covalently conjugated with 589WP via ester linkage,leading to accelerated FUdR release due to esterase degradation.Subsequently,this conjugate is formulated into an anhydrous gel,which significantly inhibits melanoma growth with topical application,outperforming a higher dose of free FUdR without observed skin irritancy or toxicity.The peptide prediction and design approaches established herein hold great potential for advancing transdermal drug delivery.展开更多
AIM: To assess the effect of our novel cell-permeable nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) inhibitor peptide PN50 in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis. PN50 was produced by conjugating the cell-penetrating penetra...AIM: To assess the effect of our novel cell-permeable nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) inhibitor peptide PN50 in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis. PN50 was produced by conjugating the cell-penetrating penetratin peptide with the nuclear localization signal of the NF-κB p50 subunit.METHODS: Pancreatitis was induced in male Wistar rats by administering 2×100 μg/kg body weight of cholecystokininoctapeptide (CCK) intraperitoneally (IP) at an interval of 1 h. PN50-treated animals received 1 mg/kg of PN50 IP 30 min before or after the CCK injections. The animals were sacrificed 4 h after the first injection of CCK.RESULTS: All the examined laboratory (the pancreatic weight/body weight ratio, serum amylase activity,pancreatic levels of TNF-α and IL-6, degree of lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione levels, NF-κB binding activity, pancreatic and lung myeloperoxidase activity) and morphological parameters of the disease were improved before and after treatment with the PN50 peptide.According to the histological findings, PN50 protected the animals against acute pancreatitis by favoring the induction of apoptotic, as opposed to necrotic acinar cell death associated with severe acute pancreatitis.CONCLUSION: Our study implies that reversible inhibitors of stress-responsive transcription factors like NF-κB might be clinically useful for the suppression of the severity of acute pancreatitis.展开更多
Trabeculectomy is the mainstay of surgical glaucoma treatment,while the success rate was unsatistying due to postoperative scarring of the filtering blebs.Clinical countermeasures for scar prevention are intraoperativ...Trabeculectomy is the mainstay of surgical glaucoma treatment,while the success rate was unsatistying due to postoperative scarring of the filtering blebs.Clinical countermeasures for scar prevention are intraoperative intervention or repeated subconjunctival injections.Herein,we designed a codelivery system capable of transporting fluorouracil and anti-TGF-β2 oligonucleotide to synergistically inhibit fibroblast proliferation via topical instillation.This co-delivery system was built based on a cationic dendrimer core(PAMAM),which encapsulated fluorouracil within hydrophobic cavity and condensed oligonucleotide with surface amino groups,and was further modified with hyaluronic acid and cell-penetrating peptide penetratin.The co-delivery system was self-assembled into nanoscale complexes with increased cellular uptake and enabled efficient inhibition on proliferation of fibroblast cells.In vivo studies on rabbit trabeculectomy models further confirmed the anti-fibrosis efficiency of the complexes,which prolonged survival time of filtering blebs and maintained their height and extent during wound healing process,exhibiting an equivalent effect on scar prevention compared to intraoperative infiltration with fluorouracil.Qualitative observation by immunohistochemistry staining and quantitative analysis by Western blotting both suggested that TGF-β2 expression was inhibited by the co-delivery complexes.Our study provided a potential approach promising to guarantee success rate of trabeculectomy and prolong survival time of filtering blebs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82273864)the National Key R&D Program of China(2024YFA1210203)+1 种基金the Seed Program for Medical New Technology Research and Translation of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(2025ZZ1020,China)the Shanghai Science and Technology Program(21ZR1407100 and 21S11905300,China).
文摘Transdermal drug delivery relies heavily on the skin permeability of therapeutic agents.In order to develop a peptide-based delivery strategy for promoting transdermal absorption,the key physicochemical factors influencing skin permeability are first identified through cell-penetrating peptides(CPPs)screening and computational simulation.Penetratin exhibits the most outstanding permeability and safety among CPPs from various origins,and positive surface patch area emerges as the key property correlated with skin permeability of the peptides.Based on these findings,a precise model to predict skin permeability of the peptides is established,leading to the computational redesign of penetratin’s amino acid sequence.The transdermal delivery efficiency of optimized penetratin derivative(589WP)is significantly improved in vitro compared with wild-type penetratin and visualized through in vivo imaging.Furthermore,the anti-metabolic drug floxuridine(FUdR)is covalently conjugated with 589WP via ester linkage,leading to accelerated FUdR release due to esterase degradation.Subsequently,this conjugate is formulated into an anhydrous gel,which significantly inhibits melanoma growth with topical application,outperforming a higher dose of free FUdR without observed skin irritancy or toxicity.The peptide prediction and design approaches established herein hold great potential for advancing transdermal drug delivery.
基金Supported by the National Research Foundation (OTKA) T30735 and T042589
文摘AIM: To assess the effect of our novel cell-permeable nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) inhibitor peptide PN50 in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis. PN50 was produced by conjugating the cell-penetrating penetratin peptide with the nuclear localization signal of the NF-κB p50 subunit.METHODS: Pancreatitis was induced in male Wistar rats by administering 2×100 μg/kg body weight of cholecystokininoctapeptide (CCK) intraperitoneally (IP) at an interval of 1 h. PN50-treated animals received 1 mg/kg of PN50 IP 30 min before or after the CCK injections. The animals were sacrificed 4 h after the first injection of CCK.RESULTS: All the examined laboratory (the pancreatic weight/body weight ratio, serum amylase activity,pancreatic levels of TNF-α and IL-6, degree of lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione levels, NF-κB binding activity, pancreatic and lung myeloperoxidase activity) and morphological parameters of the disease were improved before and after treatment with the PN50 peptide.According to the histological findings, PN50 protected the animals against acute pancreatitis by favoring the induction of apoptotic, as opposed to necrotic acinar cell death associated with severe acute pancreatitis.CONCLUSION: Our study implies that reversible inhibitors of stress-responsive transcription factors like NF-κB might be clinically useful for the suppression of the severity of acute pancreatitis.
基金supported by funding from the National Natural Science Fund of China(Grant Nos.81573358,81172994,81690263 and 81773670)the Development Project of Shanghai Peak Disciplines-Integrative Medicine(20180101,China)
文摘Trabeculectomy is the mainstay of surgical glaucoma treatment,while the success rate was unsatistying due to postoperative scarring of the filtering blebs.Clinical countermeasures for scar prevention are intraoperative intervention or repeated subconjunctival injections.Herein,we designed a codelivery system capable of transporting fluorouracil and anti-TGF-β2 oligonucleotide to synergistically inhibit fibroblast proliferation via topical instillation.This co-delivery system was built based on a cationic dendrimer core(PAMAM),which encapsulated fluorouracil within hydrophobic cavity and condensed oligonucleotide with surface amino groups,and was further modified with hyaluronic acid and cell-penetrating peptide penetratin.The co-delivery system was self-assembled into nanoscale complexes with increased cellular uptake and enabled efficient inhibition on proliferation of fibroblast cells.In vivo studies on rabbit trabeculectomy models further confirmed the anti-fibrosis efficiency of the complexes,which prolonged survival time of filtering blebs and maintained their height and extent during wound healing process,exhibiting an equivalent effect on scar prevention compared to intraoperative infiltration with fluorouracil.Qualitative observation by immunohistochemistry staining and quantitative analysis by Western blotting both suggested that TGF-β2 expression was inhibited by the co-delivery complexes.Our study provided a potential approach promising to guarantee success rate of trabeculectomy and prolong survival time of filtering blebs.
