Co-delivery of hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs from nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates
Co-delivery of hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs from nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates
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DOI:
10.1002/cmdc.200700121
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发表时间:
2007-09-01
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3.4
通讯作者:
Farokhzad, Omid C.
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作者:
Zhang, Liangfang;Radovic-Moreno, Aleksandar F.;Farokhzad, Omid C.
Numerous nanoparticle (NP) drug delivery vehicles have emerged during the past two decades including, for example, polymeric NPs, block copolymer micelles, liposomes, dendrimers, and hydrogels, many of which have been engineered for improved serum stability, biocompatibility, and in vivo circulation time.[1–4] A promising application of nanoparticle (NP) drug delivery systems is the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents in a cell-, tissue-, or disease-specific manner. This goal may be achieved by the surface-modification of NPs with antibodies, nucleic acid ligands (aptamers; Apt), peptides, or small molecules that bind to antigens present on the target cells or tissues.[5, 6] Another promising application of NPs may be the codelivery of different drugs using the same NP delivery device. Compared to delivering a single drug, co-delivery of multiple drugs has several potential advantages, including: 1) synergistic effects,[7] 2) suppressed drug resistance,[8] and 3) the ability to tune the relative dosage of various drugs to the level of a single NP carrier.Liposomes and cationic core-shell NP have been developed to simultaneously deliver drugs and DNA plasmids to cells.[9, 10] More recently, a novel multifunctional system comprising of polymeric NPs entrapped within liposomes has also been described that can deliver two hydrophilic drugs in a temporal manner.[11] One major challenge in engineering multifunctional nanoparticles is maintaining the simplicity in design to assure future scale-up, while incorporating the desired functionalities such as targeted delivery, temporally regulated drug release, and the ability to simultaneously deliver distinct drugs. A logi-