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Endothelial targeting of semi-permeable polymer nanocarriers for enzyme therapies
Ist Teil von
Biomaterials, 2008-01, Vol.29 (2), p.215-227
Ort / Verlag
Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Abstract The medical utility of proteins, e.g. therapeutic enzymes, is greatly restricted by their labile nature and inadequate delivery. Most therapeutic enzymes do not accumulate in their targets and are inactivated by proteases. Targeting of enzymes encapsulated into substrate-permeable polymer nano-carriers (PNC) impermeable for proteases might overcome these limitations. To test this hypothesis, we designed endothelial targeted PNC loaded with catalase, an H2 O2 -detoxifying enzyme, and tested if this approach protects against vascular oxidative stress, a pathological process implicated in ischemia–reperfusion and other disease conditions. Encapsulation of catalase (MW 247 kD), peroxidase (MW 42 kD) and xanthine oxidase (XO, MW 300 kD) into ∼300 nm diameter PNC composed of co-polymers of polyethylene glycol and poly-lactic/poly-glycolic acid (PEG–PLGA) was in the range ∼10% for all enzymes. PNC/catalase and PNC/peroxidase were protected from external proteolysis and exerted enzymatic activity on their PNC diffusible substrates, H2 O2 and ortho -phenylendiamine, whereas activity of encapsulated XO was negligible due to polymer impermeability to the substrate. PNC targeted to platelet-endothelial cell (EC) adhesion molecule-1 delivered active encapsulated catalase to ECs and protected the endothelium against oxidative stress in cell culture and animal studies. Vascular targeting of PNC-loaded detoxifying enzymes may find wide medical applications including management of oxidative stress and other toxicities.