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Core-shell DNA-cholesterol nanoparticles exert lysosomolytic activity in African trypanosomes

Göringer, H. Ulrich ; Knieß, Robert ; Leeder, Wolf-Matthias ; Reißig, Paul ; Geyer, Felix Klaus (2022)
Core-shell DNA-cholesterol nanoparticles exert lysosomolytic activity in African trypanosomes.
In: Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 23 (20)
doi: 10.1002/cbic.202200410
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Trypanosoma brucei is the causal infectious agent of African trypanosomiasis in humans and Nagana in livestock. Both diseases are currently treated with a small number of chemotherapeutics, which are hampered by a variety of limitations reaching from efficacy and toxicity complications to drug-resistance problems. Here, we explore the forward design of a new class of synthetic trypanocides based on nanostructured, core-shell DNA-lipid particles. In aqueous solution, the particles self-assemble into micelle-type structures consisting of a solvent-exposed, hydrophilic DNA shell and a hydrophobic lipid core. DNA-lipid nanoparticles have membrane-adhesive qualities and can permeabilize lipid membranes. We report the synthesis of DNA-cholesterol nanoparticles, which specifically subvert the membrane integrity of the T. brucei lysosome, killing the parasite with nanomolar potencies.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Göringer, H. Ulrich ; Knieß, Robert ; Leeder, Wolf-Matthias ; Reißig, Paul ; Geyer, Felix Klaus
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Core-shell DNA-cholesterol nanoparticles exert lysosomolytic activity in African trypanosomes
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 30 August 2022
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 23
(Heft-)Nummer: 20
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200410
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Trypanosoma brucei is the causal infectious agent of African trypanosomiasis in humans and Nagana in livestock. Both diseases are currently treated with a small number of chemotherapeutics, which are hampered by a variety of limitations reaching from efficacy and toxicity complications to drug-resistance problems. Here, we explore the forward design of a new class of synthetic trypanocides based on nanostructured, core-shell DNA-lipid particles. In aqueous solution, the particles self-assemble into micelle-type structures consisting of a solvent-exposed, hydrophilic DNA shell and a hydrophobic lipid core. DNA-lipid nanoparticles have membrane-adhesive qualities and can permeabilize lipid membranes. We report the synthesis of DNA-cholesterol nanoparticles, which specifically subvert the membrane integrity of the T. brucei lysosome, killing the parasite with nanomolar potencies.

ID-Nummer: pmid:36040754
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Artikel-ID: e202200410

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Genregulation und RNA-Therapeutika
Hinterlegungsdatum: 06 Sep 2022 08:41
Letzte Änderung: 28 Nov 2023 13:29
PPN: 500749604
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