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Polymersome nanoparticles for delivery of Wnt-activating small molecules

Polymersome nanoparticles for delivery of Wnt-activating small molecules
Polymersome nanoparticles for delivery of Wnt-activating small molecules

Spatiotemporal control of drug delivery is important for a number of medical applications and may be achieved using polymersome nanoparticles (PMs). Wnt signalling is a molecular pathway activated in various physiological processes, including bone repair, that requires precise control of activation. Here, we hypothesise that PMs can be stably loaded with a small molecule Wnt agonist, 6-bromoindirubin-3′-oxime (BIO), and activate Wnt signalling promoting the osteogenic differentiation in human primary bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). We showed that BIO-PMs induced a 40% increase in Wnt signaling activation in reporter cell lines without cytotoxicity induced by free BIO. BMSCs incubated with BIO-PMs showed a significant up-regulation of the Wnt target gene AXIN2 (14 ± 4 fold increase, P < 0.001) and a prolonged activation of the osteogenic gene RUNX2. We conclude that BIO-PMs could represent an innovative approach for the controlled activation of Wnt signaling for promoting bone regeneration after fracture.

Drug delivery, Polymersomes, Wnt
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1267-1277
Scarpa, Edoardo
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Janeczek, Agnieszka A.
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Hailes, Alethia
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de Andrés, Maria C.
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De Grazia, Antonio
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Oreffo, Richard OC
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Newman, Tracey A.
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Scarpa, Edoardo
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Janeczek, Agnieszka A.
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Hailes, Alethia
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de Andrés, Maria C.
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De Grazia, Antonio
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Oreffo, Richard OC
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Newman, Tracey A.
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Scarpa, Edoardo, Janeczek, Agnieszka A., Hailes, Alethia, de Andrés, Maria C., De Grazia, Antonio, Oreffo, Richard OC, Newman, Tracey A. and Evans, Nicholas D. (2018) Polymersome nanoparticles for delivery of Wnt-activating small molecules. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 14 (4), 1267-1277. (doi:10.1016/j.nano.2018.02.014).

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Abstract

Spatiotemporal control of drug delivery is important for a number of medical applications and may be achieved using polymersome nanoparticles (PMs). Wnt signalling is a molecular pathway activated in various physiological processes, including bone repair, that requires precise control of activation. Here, we hypothesise that PMs can be stably loaded with a small molecule Wnt agonist, 6-bromoindirubin-3′-oxime (BIO), and activate Wnt signalling promoting the osteogenic differentiation in human primary bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). We showed that BIO-PMs induced a 40% increase in Wnt signaling activation in reporter cell lines without cytotoxicity induced by free BIO. BMSCs incubated with BIO-PMs showed a significant up-regulation of the Wnt target gene AXIN2 (14 ± 4 fold increase, P < 0.001) and a prolonged activation of the osteogenic gene RUNX2. We conclude that BIO-PMs could represent an innovative approach for the controlled activation of Wnt signaling for promoting bone regeneration after fracture.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 March 2018
Published date: 1 June 2018
Keywords: Drug delivery, Polymersomes, Wnt

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Local EPrints ID: 421254
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421254
ISSN: 1549-9634
PURE UUID: 192d20c2-c72b-4c06-a9ce-2f5671fb70db
ORCID for Agnieszka A. Janeczek: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9745-8346
ORCID for Richard OC Oreffo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-6726
ORCID for Tracey A. Newman: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3727-9258
ORCID for Nicholas D. Evans: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3255-4388

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Date deposited: 29 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:48

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Author: Edoardo Scarpa
Author: Agnieszka A. Janeczek ORCID iD
Author: Alethia Hailes
Author: Maria C. de Andrés
Author: Antonio De Grazia

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