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Biomimetic nanocarrier for direct cytosolic drug delivery

  • Zhihong Zhang
  • , Weiguo Cao
  • , Honglin Jin
  • , Jonathan F. Lovell
  • , Mi Yang
  • , Lili Ding
  • , Juan Chen
  • , Ian Corbin
  • , Qingming Luo
  • , Gang Zheng
  • University of Toronto
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Shanghai University

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Abstract

Getting straight to the point: A peptide-phospholipid-based biomimetic nanocarrier was developed that can transport cargo molecules directly into cytosolic compartments through a non-endocytotic uptake mechanism mediated by scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI ; see schematic illustration). The fluorescent image shows the cytosolic localization of a dye (red) delivered by the nanocarrier to SR-BI-positive cells (nuclei: blue, membranes: cyan).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9171-9175
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume48
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 16 2009

Keywords

  • Biomimetic structures
  • Cytosol
  • Drug delivery
  • Nanocarriers
  • Peptides

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