TY - JOUR
T1 - Modularity of RBC hitchhiking with polymeric nanoparticles
T2 - testing the limits of non-covalent adsorption
AU - Lenders, Vincent
AU - Escudero, Remei
AU - Koutsoumpou, Xanthippi
AU - Armengol Álvarez, Laura
AU - Rozenski, Jef
AU - Soenen, Stefaan J.
AU - Zhao, Zongmin
AU - Mitragotri, Samir
AU - Baatsen, Pieter
AU - Allegaert, Karel
AU - Toelen, Jaan
AU - Manshian, Bella B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework for ERC (ERC StG 750973) and KU Leuven Internal Funds C2 (C24/18/101).
Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/7/16
Y1 - 2022/7/16
N2 - Red blood cell (RBC) hitchhiking has great potential in enhancing drug therapy, by improving targeting and reducing rapid clearance of nanoparticles (NPs). However, to improve the potential for clinical translation of RBC hitchhiking, a more thorough understanding of the RBC-NP interface is needed. Here, we evaluate the effects of NP surface parameters on the success and biocompatibility of NP adsorption to extracted RBCs from various species. Major differences in RBC characteristics between rabbit, mouse and human were proven to significantly impact NP adsorption outcomes. Additionally, the effects of NP design parameters, including NP hydrophobicity, zeta potential, surfactant concentration and drug encapsulation, on RBC hitchhiking are investigated. Our studies demonstrate the importance of electrostatic interactions in balancing NP adsorption success and biocompatibility. We further investigated the effect of varying the anti-coagulant used for blood storage. The results presented here offer new insights into the parameters that impact NP adsorption on RBCs that will assist researchers in experimental design choices for using RBC hitchhiking as drug delivery strategy.
AB - Red blood cell (RBC) hitchhiking has great potential in enhancing drug therapy, by improving targeting and reducing rapid clearance of nanoparticles (NPs). However, to improve the potential for clinical translation of RBC hitchhiking, a more thorough understanding of the RBC-NP interface is needed. Here, we evaluate the effects of NP surface parameters on the success and biocompatibility of NP adsorption to extracted RBCs from various species. Major differences in RBC characteristics between rabbit, mouse and human were proven to significantly impact NP adsorption outcomes. Additionally, the effects of NP design parameters, including NP hydrophobicity, zeta potential, surfactant concentration and drug encapsulation, on RBC hitchhiking are investigated. Our studies demonstrate the importance of electrostatic interactions in balancing NP adsorption success and biocompatibility. We further investigated the effect of varying the anti-coagulant used for blood storage. The results presented here offer new insights into the parameters that impact NP adsorption on RBCs that will assist researchers in experimental design choices for using RBC hitchhiking as drug delivery strategy.
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U2 - 10.1186/s12951-022-01544-0
DO - 10.1186/s12951-022-01544-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 35842697
AN - SCOPUS:85134319105
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Nanobiotechnology
JF - Journal of Nanobiotechnology
SN - 1477-3155
IS - 1
M1 - 333
ER -