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2020年10月1日

Effect of vesicle size on the cytolysis of cell‐ penetrating peptides (CPPS)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Kazutami Sakamoto
  • ,
  • Takeshi Kitano
  • ,
  • Haruka Kuwahara
  • ,
  • Megumi Tedani
  • ,
  • Kenichi Aburai
  • ,
  • Shiroh Futaki
  • ,
  • Masahiko Abe
  • ,
  • Hideki Sakai
  • ,
  • Hiroyasu Ohtaka
  • ,
  • Yuji Yamashita

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開始ページ
1
終了ページ
13
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/ijms21197405

A specific series of peptides, called a cell‐penetrating peptide (CPP), is known to be free to directly permeate through cell membranes into the cytosol (cytolysis); hence, this CPP would be a potent carrier for a drug delivery system (DDS). Previously, we proposed the mechanism of cytolysis as a temporal and local phase transfer of membrane lipid caused by positive membrane curvature generation. Moreover, we showed how to control the CPP cytolysis. Here, we investigate the phospholipid vesicle’s size effect on CPP cytolysis because this is the most straightforward way to control membrane curvature. Contrary to our expectation, we found that the smaller the vesicle diameter (meaning a higher membrane curvature), the more cytolysis was suppressed. Such controversial findings led us to seek the reason for the unexpected results, and we ended up finding out that the mobility of membrane lipids as a liquid crystal is the key to cytolysis. As a result, we could explain the cause of cytolysis suppression by reducing the vesicle size (because of the restriction of lipid mobility); osmotic pressure reduction to enhance positive curvature generation works as long as the membrane is mobile enough to modulate the local structure. Taking all the revealed vital factors and their effects as a tool, we will further explore how to control CPP cytolysis for developing a DDS system combined with appropriate cargo selection to be tagged with CPPs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21197405
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33036492
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7582850
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ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/ijms21197405
  • ISSN : 1661-6596
  • eISSN : 1422-0067
  • PubMed ID : 33036492
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7582850
  • SCOPUS ID : 85092389263

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