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Engineering protein self-assembling in protein-based nanomedicines for drug delivery and gene therapy
Ferrer-Miralles, Neus (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Rodríguez-Carmona, Escarlata (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Corchero Nieto, José Luis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Garcia-Fruitos, Elena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Vázquez Gómez, Esther (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Villaverde Corrales, Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)

Date: 2015
Abstract: Lack of targeting and improper biodistribution are major flaws in current drug-based therapies that prevent reaching high local concentrations of the therapeutic agent. Such weaknesses impose the administration of high drug doses, resulting in undesired side effects, limited efficacy and enhanced production costs. Currently, missing nanosized containers, functionalized for specific cell targeting will be then highly convenient for the controlled delivery of both conventional and innovative drugs. In an attempt to fill this gap, health-focused nanotechnologies have put under screening a growing spectrum of materials as potential components of nanocages, whose properties can be tuned during fabrication. However, most of these materials pose severe biocompatibility concerns. We review in this study how proteins, the most versatile functional macromolecules, can be conveniently exploited and adapted by conventional genetic engineering as efficient building blocks of fully compatible nanoparticles for drug delivery and how selected biological activities can be recruited to mimic viral behavior during infection. Although engineering of protein self-assembling is still excluded from fully rational approaches, the exploitation of protein nano-assemblies occurring in nature and the direct manipulation of protein-protein contacts in bioinspired constructs open intriguing possibilities for further development. These methodologies empower the construction of new and potent vehicles that offer promise as true artificial viruses for efficient and safe nanomedical applications.
Grants: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BFU2010-17450
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ACI2009-0919
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad IT2009-0021
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-0108
Note: Altres ajuts: FISS/PS09-00165
Note: Altres ajuts: FISS/PI12-00327
Rights: Tots els drets reservats.
Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject: Drug delivery ; Nanomedicine ; Nanoparticles ; Non-viral gene therapy ; Protein engineering
Published in: Critical reviews in biotechnology, Vol. 35 (2015) , ISSN 0738-8551

DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.833163


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