Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/13411
Title
A modular approach toward producing nanotherapeutics targeting the innate immune system.
Author(s)
van Leent, Mandy M T | Meerwaldt, Anu E | Berchouchi, Alexandre | Toner, Yohana C | Burnett, Marianne E | Klein, Emma D | Verschuur, Anna Vera D | Nauta, Sheqouia A | Munitz, Jazz | Prévot, Geoffrey | van Leeuwen, Esther M | Ordikhani, Farideh | Mourits, Vera P | Calcagno, Claudia C | Robson, Philip M | Soultanidis, George | Reiner, Thomas | Joosten, Rick R M | Friedrich, Heiner | Madsen, Joren C | Kluza, Ewelina | van der Meel, Roy | Joosten, Leo A B | Netea, Mihai G | Ochando, Jordi ISCIII | Fayad, Zahi A | Perez-Medina, Carlos CNIC | Mulder, Willem J M | Teunissen, Abraham J P
Date issued
2021-03
Citation
Sci Adv. 2021; 7(10):eabe7853
Language
Inglés
Document type
journal article
Abstract
Immunotherapies controlling the adaptive immune system are firmly established, but regulating the innate immune system remains much less explored. The intrinsic interactions between nanoparticles and phagocytic myeloid cells make these materials especially suited for engaging the innate immune system. However, developing nanotherapeutics is an elaborate process. Here, we demonstrate a modular approach that facilitates efficiently incorporating a broad variety of drugs in a nanobiologic platform. Using a microfluidic formulation strategy, we produced apolipoprotein A1-based nanobiologics with favorable innate immune system-engaging properties as evaluated by in vivo screening. Subsequently, rapamycin and three small-molecule inhibitors were derivatized with lipophilic promoieties, ensuring their seamless incorporation and efficient retention in nanobiologics. A short regimen of intravenously administered rapamycin-loaded nanobiologics (mTORi-NBs) significantly prolonged allograft survival in a heart transplantation mouse model. Last, we studied mTORi-NB biodistribution in nonhuman primates by PET/MR imaging and evaluated its safety, paving the way for clinical translation.
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