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Mitochondrial-targeted DNA delivery using a DF-MITO-Porter, an innovative nano carrier with cytoplasmic and mitochondrial fusogenic envelopes
Title: | Mitochondrial-targeted DNA delivery using a DF-MITO-Porter, an innovative nano carrier with cytoplasmic and mitochondrial fusogenic envelopes |
Authors: | Yamada, Yuma Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Kawamura, Eriko Browse this author | Harashima, Hideyoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | Mitochondria | Mitochondrial-targeted DNA delivery | MITO-Porter | Membrane fusion | Cellular uptake | Endosomal escape | Nanomedicine |
Issue Date: | Aug-2012 |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Journal Title: | Journal of Nanoparticle Research |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 8 |
Start Page: | 1013 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s11051-012-1013-3 |
Abstract: | Mitochondrial gene therapy has the potential to cure a variety of diseases that are associated with mitochondrial DNA mutations and/or defects. To achieve this, it will be necessary to deliver therapeutic agents into the mitochondria in diseased cells. A number of mitochondrial drug delivery systems have been reported to date. However, reports of mitochondrial-targeted DNA delivery are limited. To achieve this, the therapeutic agent must be taken up by the cell (1), after which, the multi-processes associated with intracellular trafficking must be sophisticatedly regulated so as to release the agent from the endosome and deliver it to the cytosol (2) and to pass through the mitochondrial membrane (3). We report herein on the mitochondrial delivery of oligo DNA as a model therapeutic using a Dual Function (DF)-MITO-Porter, an innovative nano carrier designed for mitochondrial delivery. The critical structural elements of the DF-MITO-Porter include mitochondria-fusogenic inner envelopes and endosome-fusogenic outer envelopes, modified with octaarginine which greatly assists in cellular uptake. Inside the cell, the carrier passes through the endosomal and mitochondrial membranes via step-wise membrane fusion. When the oligo DNA was packaged in the DF-MITO-Porter, cellular uptake efficiency was strongly enhanced. Intracellular observation using confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that the DF-MITO-Porter was effectively released from endosomes. Moreover, the findings confirmed that the mitochondrial targeting activity of the DF-MITO-Porter was significantly higher than that of a carrier without outer endosome-fusogenic envelopes. These results support the conclusion that mitochondrial-targeted DNA delivery using a DF-MITO-Porter can be achieved when intracellular trafficking is optimally regulated. |
Rights: | The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/50077 |
Appears in Collections: | 薬学研究院 (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山田 勇磨
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