Insights into kinetics, release, and behavioral effects of brain-targeted hybrid nanoparticles for cholesterol delivery in Huntington's disease.
Blood-brain barrier
Cholesterol
Huntington
Nanoparticles
Journal
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society
ISSN: 1873-4995
Titre abrégé: J Control Release
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8607908
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 02 2021
10 02 2021
Historique:
received:
28
10
2020
revised:
23
12
2020
accepted:
28
12
2020
pubmed:
8
1
2021
medline:
8
7
2021
entrez:
7
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Supplementing brain cholesterol is emerging as a potential treatment for Huntington's disease (HD), a genetic neurodegenerative disorder characterized, among other abnormalities, by inefficient brain cholesterol biosynthesis. However, delivering cholesterol to the brain is challenging due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents it from reaching the striatum, especially, with therapeutically relevant doses. Here we describe the distribution, kinetics, release, and safety of novel hybrid polymeric nanoparticles made of PLGA and cholesterol which were modified with an heptapeptide (g7) for BBB transit (hybrid-g7-NPs-chol). We show that these NPs rapidly reach the brain and target neural cells. Moreover, deuterium-labeled cholesterol from hybrid-g7-NPs-chol is released in a controlled manner within the brain and accumulates over time, while being rapidly removed from peripheral tissues and plasma. We confirm that systemic and repeated injections of the new hybrid-g7-NPs-chol enhanced endogenous cholesterol biosynthesis, prevented cognitive decline, and ameliorated motor defects in HD animals, without any inflammatory reaction. In summary, this study provides insights about the benefits and safety of cholesterol delivery through advanced brain-permeable nanoparticles for HD treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33412229
pii: S0168-3659(20)30775-6
doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.12.051
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Cholesterol
97C5T2UQ7J
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
587-598Informations de copyright
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