Controlling self-assembling and tumor cell-targeting of protein-only nanoparticles through modular protein engineering


Por: Volta-Duran, E, Cano-Garrido, O, Serna, N, Lopez-Laguna, H, Sanchez-Garcia, L, Pesarrodona, M, Sanchez-Chardi, A, Mangues, R, Villaverde, A, Vazquez, E, Unzueta, U

Publicada: 1 ene 2020
Resumen:
Modular protein engineering is suited to recruit complex and multiple functionalities in single-chain polypeptides. Although still unexplored in a systematic way, it is anticipated that the positioning of functional domains would impact and refine these activities, including the ability to organize as supramolecular entities and to generate multifunctional protein materials. To explore this concept, we have repositioned functional segments in the modular protein T22-GFP-H6 and characterized the resulting alternative fusions. In T22-GFP-H6, the combination of T22 and H6 promotes self-assembling as regular nanoparticles and selective binding and internalization of this material in CXCR4-overexpressing tumor cells, making them appealing as vehicles for selective drug delivery. The results show that the pleiotropic activities are dramatically affected in module-swapped constructs, proving the need of a carboxy terminal positioning of H6 for protein self-assembling, and the accommodation of T22 at the amino terminus as a requisite for CXCR4(+) cell binding and internalization. Furthermore, the failure of self-assembling as regular oligomers reduces cellular penetrability of the fusions while keeping the specificity of the T22-CXCR4 interaction. All these data instruct how multifunctional nanoscale protein carriers can be designed for smart, protein-driven drug delivery, not only for the treatment of CXCR4(+) human neoplasias, but also for the development of anti-HIV drugs and other pathologies in which CXCR4 is a relevant homing marker.

Filiaciones:
Volta-Duran, E:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Cano-Garrido, O:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Nanoligent SL, Edifici EUREKA, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

Serna, N:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Lopez-Laguna, H:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Sanchez-Garcia, L:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Pesarrodona, M:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Sanchez-Chardi, A:
 Universitat Barcelona, Departament Biol Evolut, Ecol Ciencies Ambientals, Facultat Biol, . Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

Mangues, R:
 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Josep Carreras Res Inst, Institut d'Investigac Biomediques Sant Pau, E-08041 Barcelona, Spain

Villaverde, A:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Vazquez, E:
 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Institut Biotecnol Biomedicina, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Departament Genet MicroBiol, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

Unzueta, U:
 CIBER BioIngn, Biomateriales Nanomedicina, CIBER, BBN, C/Monforte Lemos 3-5, E-28029 Madrid, Spain

 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Josep Carreras Res Inst, Institut d'Investigac Biomediques Sant Pau, E-08041 Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 20958226
Editorial
SCIENCE PRESS, 16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING 100717, PEOPLES R CHINA, China
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 63 Número: 1
Páginas: 147-156
WOS Id: 000511708400016
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