Targeted cowpea chlorotic mottle virus-based nanoparticles with tumor-homing peptide F3 for photothermal therapy |
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Authors: | Yuanzheng Wu Jishun Li Hetong Yang Jihyoun Seoung Ho-Dong Lim Geun-Joong Kim Hyun-Jae Shin |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Biochemical and Polymer Engineering,Chosun University,Gwangju,Korea;2.Ecology Institute,Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences),Jinan,China;3.Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences,Chonnam National University,Gwangju,Korea |
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Abstract: | Our aim was to devise targeted drug delivery systems using genetically modified cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) capsids by fusion expression with tumorhoming peptide F3 for efficient delivery of therapeutic substances into tumor cells. The RNA-binding domain at the N terminus (amino acid residues 1–25) of CCMV capsid protein (CP) was selectively deleted, and F3 was inserted for the expression in Pichia pastoris. After chromatographic purification, F3-CCMV capsids were obtained via selfassembly of the F3-CP fusion protein and then analyzed by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering analysis, which revealed spherical nanoparticles (NPs) ca. 18 nm in diameter with regular monodispersity. Near-infrared fluorescent dye IR780 iodide, which has been applied for cancer imaging, photodynamic therapy, and photothermal therapy, was encapsulated in F3-CCMV NPs. The resultant F3-CCMV-IR780 NPs showed excellent molecular targeting to nucleolin receptor overexpressed on the surface of MCF-7 tumor cells. Furthermore, the in vitro cellular uptake and cell viability assay proved a photothermal effect by a single dose of near-infrared laser irradiation. The present system may offer a programmable nanoscaffoldbased drug delivery system vehicle for fabrication of promising therapeutic substances for cancer therapy. |
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