Jeon, Jae Og Kim, Soyoun Choi, Eunsu Shin, Kihyuk Cha, Kiweon So, In-Seop Kim, Sun-Ji Jun, Eunsung Kim, Dohee Ahn, Hyung Jun Lee, Byung-Heon Lee, Seung-Hyo Kim, In San 2024-01-20T11:33:12Z 2024-01-20T11:33:12Z 2022-01-10 2013-09 1936-0851 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/127692 Protein-cage nanoparticles are promising multifunctional platforms for targeted delivery of imaging and therapeutic agents owing to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. The major advantage of protein-cage nanoparticles is the ability to decorate their surfaces with multiple functionalities through genetic and chemical modification to achieve desired properties for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes. Specific peptides identified by phage display can be genetically fused onto the surface of cage proteins to Promote the association of nanoparticles with a particular cell type or tissue. Upon symmetrical assembly of the cage, peptides are dustered on the surface of the cage protein in bunches. The resulting PBNC (peptide bunches on nanocage) offers the potential of synergistically increasing the avidity of the peptide ligands, thereby enhancing their blocking ability for therapeutic purposes. Here, we demonstrated a proof-of-principle of PBNCs, fusing the interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R)-targeting peptide, AP-1, identified previously by phage display, with ferritin-L-chain (FTL), which undergoes 24-subunit assembly to form highly stable AP-1-containing nanocage proteins (AP1-PBNCs). AP1-PBNCs bound specifically to the IL-4R-expressing cell line, A549, and their binding and internalization were specifically blocked by anti-IL-4R antibody. AP1-PBNCs exhibited dramatically enhanced binding avidity to IL-4R compared with AP-1 peptide, measured by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Furthermore, treatment with AP1-PBNCs in a murine model of experimental asthma diminished airway hyper-responsiveness and eosinophilic airway inflammation along with decreased mucus hyperproduction. These findings hold great promise for the application of various PBNCs with ligand-specific peptides in therapeutics for different diseases, such as cancer. English AMER CHEMICAL SOC Designed Nanocage Displaying Ligand-Specific Peptide Bunches for High Affinity and Biological Activity Article 10.1021/nn403184u 1 ACS NANO, v.7, no.9, pp.7462 - 7471 ACS NANO 7 9 7462 7471 N scie scopus 000330016900005 2-s2.0-84884921607 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry, Physical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Chemistry Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Article IL-4 RECEPTOR AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS DRUG-DELIVERY GENE DELIVERY MURINE MODEL ASTHMA NANOPARTICLES INFLAMMATION INTERLEUKIN-4 DIAGNOSIS protein cage nanoparticles AP-1 peptide IL-4 receptor asthma