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Development of target‐tunable P22 VLP‐based delivery nanoplatforms using bacterial superglue

Development of target‐tunable P22 VLP‐based delivery nanoplatforms using bacterial superglue

Authors :
Hansol Kim
Hyukjun Choi
Sebyung Kang
Yoonji Bae
Source :
Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 116:2843-2851
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Wiley, 2019.

Abstract

Protein cage nanoparticles are widely used as targeted delivery nanoplatforms, because they have well-defined symmetric architectures, high biocompatibility, and enough plasticity to be modified to produce a range of different functionalities. Targeting peptides and ligands are often incorporated on the surface of protein cage nanoparticles. In this research, we adopted the SpyTag/SpyCatcher protein ligation system to covalently display target-specific affibody molecules on the exterior surface of bacteriophage P22 virus-like particles (VLP) and evaluated their modularity and efficacy of targeted delivery. We genetically introduced the 13 amino acid SpyTag peptide into the C-terminus of the P22 capsid protein to construct a target-tunable nanoplatform. We constructed two different SpyCatcher-fused affibody molecules as targeting ligands, SC-EGFRAfb and SC-HER2Afb, which selectively bind to EGFR and HER2 surface markers, respectively. We produced target-specific P22 VLP-based delivery nanoplatforms for the target cell lines by selectively combining SpyTagged P22 VLP and SC-fused affibody molecules. We confirmed its target-switchable modularity through cell imaging and verified the target-specific drug delivery efficacy of the affibody molecules displaying P22 VLP using cell viability assays. The P22 VLP-based delivery nanoplatforms can be used as multifunctional delivery vehicles by ligating other functional proteins, as well as affibody molecules. The interior cavity of P22 VLP can be also used to load cargoes like enzymes and therapeutic proteins. We anticipate that the nanoplatforms will provide new opportunities for developing target-specific functional protein delivery systems.

Details

ISSN :
10970290 and 00063592
Volume :
116
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e856d0a47df47d07bded6d43df99a2a7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27129