Silica Nanodepletors: Targeting and Clearing Alzheimer's beta-Amyloid Plaques
- Authors
- Jung, Huijin; Chung, You Jung; Wilton, Rosemarie; Lee, Chang Heon; Lee, Byung Il; Lim, Jinyeong; Lee, Hyojin; Choi, Jong-Ho; Kang, Hyuno; Lee, Byeongdu; Rozhkova, Elena A.; Park, Chan Beum; Lee, Joonseok
- Issue Date
- 2020-04
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Citation
- ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v.30, no.15
- Abstract
- Abnormal accumulation of beta-amyloid (A beta) peptide aggregates in the brain is a major hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A beta aggregates interfere with neuronal communications, ultimately causing neuronal damage and brain atrophy. Much effort has been made to develop AD treatments that suppress A beta aggregate formation, thereby attenuating A beta-induced neurotoxicity. Here, the design of A beta nanodepletors consisting of ultralarge mesoporous silica nanostructures and anti-A beta single-chain variable fragments, with the goal of targeting and eliminating aggregative A beta monomers, is reported. The A beta nanodepletors impart a notable decline in A beta aggregate formation, resulting in significant mitigation of A beta-induced neurotoxicity in vitro. Furthermore, stereotaxic injections of A beta nanodepletors into the brain of an AD mouse model system successfully suppress A beta plaque formation in vivo up to approximate to 30%, suggesting that A beta nanodepletors can serve as a promising antiamylodoisis material.
- Keywords
- BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; IN-VITRO; DISEASE; NEURODEGENERATION; NANOPARTICLES; MECHANISM; PEPTIDES; FIBRILS; DECLINE; beta-amyloid peptides; Alzheimer' s disease; nanodepletors; scFv; silica nanostructures
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/118791
- DOI
- 10.1002/adfm.201910475
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- KIST Article > 2020
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