Biological nanotechnologies have provided considerable opportunities in the management of malignancies with delicate design and negligible toxicity,from preventive and diagnostic to therapeutic fields.Lipoproteins,bec...Biological nanotechnologies have provided considerable opportunities in the management of malignancies with delicate design and negligible toxicity,from preventive and diagnostic to therapeutic fields.Lipoproteins,because of their inherent blood-brain barrier permeability and lesion-homing capability,have been identified as promising strategies for high-performance theranostics of brain diseases.However,the application of natural lipoproteins remains limited owing to insufficient accumulation and complex purification processes,which can be critical for individual therapeutics and clinical translation.To address these issues,lipoprotein-inspired nano drug-delivery systems(nano-DDSs),which have been learned from nature,have been fabricated to achieve synergistic drug delivery involving site-specific accumulation and tractable preparation with versatile physicochemical functions.In this review,the barriers in brain disease treatment,advantages of state-of-the-art lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs,and bio-interactions of such nano-DDSs are highlighted.Furthermore,the characteristics and advanced applications of natural lipoproteins and tailor-made lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs are summarized.Specifically,the key designs and current applications of lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs in the field of brain disease therapy are intensively discussed.Finally,the current challenges and future perspectives in the field of lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs combined with other vehicles,such as exosomes,cell membranes,and bacteria,are discussed.展开更多
Diabetic dyslipidemia is characterized by quantitative and qualitative abnormalities in lipoproteins.In addition to glycation and oxidation,carbamylation is also a post-translational modification affecting lipoprotein...Diabetic dyslipidemia is characterized by quantitative and qualitative abnormalities in lipoproteins.In addition to glycation and oxidation,carbamylation is also a post-translational modification affecting lipoproteins in diabetes.Patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D)exhibit higher levels of carbamylated low-density lipoproteins(cLDL)and high-density lipoproteins(cHDL).Accumulating evidence suggests that cLDL plays a role in atherosclerosis in diabetes.cLDL levels have been shown to predict cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.cLDL facilitates immune cell recruitment in the vascular wall,promotes accumulation of lipids in macrophages,and contributes to endothelial dysf-unction,endothelial nitric oxide-synthase(eNOS)inactivation and endothelial repair defects.Lastly,cLDL induces thrombus formation and platelet aggregation.On the other hand,recent data have demonstrated that cHDL serum level is independently associated with all-cause and cardiovascular-related mortality in T2D patients.This relationship may be causative since the atheroprotective properties of HDL are altered after carbamylation.Thus,cHDL loses the ability to remove cholesterol from macrophages,to inhibit monocyte adhesion and recruitment,to induce eNOS activation and to inhibit apoptosis.Taken together,it seems very likely that the abnormalities in the biological functions of LDL and HDL after carbamylation contribute to atherosclerosis and to the elevated cardiovascular risk in diabetes.展开更多
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82274104,82074024,82374042)the Open Project of Chinese Materia Medica FirstClass Discipline of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine(No.2020YLXK019)Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CACM(No.2021-QNRC2-A01)
文摘Biological nanotechnologies have provided considerable opportunities in the management of malignancies with delicate design and negligible toxicity,from preventive and diagnostic to therapeutic fields.Lipoproteins,because of their inherent blood-brain barrier permeability and lesion-homing capability,have been identified as promising strategies for high-performance theranostics of brain diseases.However,the application of natural lipoproteins remains limited owing to insufficient accumulation and complex purification processes,which can be critical for individual therapeutics and clinical translation.To address these issues,lipoprotein-inspired nano drug-delivery systems(nano-DDSs),which have been learned from nature,have been fabricated to achieve synergistic drug delivery involving site-specific accumulation and tractable preparation with versatile physicochemical functions.In this review,the barriers in brain disease treatment,advantages of state-of-the-art lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs,and bio-interactions of such nano-DDSs are highlighted.Furthermore,the characteristics and advanced applications of natural lipoproteins and tailor-made lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs are summarized.Specifically,the key designs and current applications of lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs in the field of brain disease therapy are intensively discussed.Finally,the current challenges and future perspectives in the field of lipoprotein-inspired nano-DDSs combined with other vehicles,such as exosomes,cell membranes,and bacteria,are discussed.
文摘Diabetic dyslipidemia is characterized by quantitative and qualitative abnormalities in lipoproteins.In addition to glycation and oxidation,carbamylation is also a post-translational modification affecting lipoproteins in diabetes.Patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D)exhibit higher levels of carbamylated low-density lipoproteins(cLDL)and high-density lipoproteins(cHDL).Accumulating evidence suggests that cLDL plays a role in atherosclerosis in diabetes.cLDL levels have been shown to predict cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.cLDL facilitates immune cell recruitment in the vascular wall,promotes accumulation of lipids in macrophages,and contributes to endothelial dysf-unction,endothelial nitric oxide-synthase(eNOS)inactivation and endothelial repair defects.Lastly,cLDL induces thrombus formation and platelet aggregation.On the other hand,recent data have demonstrated that cHDL serum level is independently associated with all-cause and cardiovascular-related mortality in T2D patients.This relationship may be causative since the atheroprotective properties of HDL are altered after carbamylation.Thus,cHDL loses the ability to remove cholesterol from macrophages,to inhibit monocyte adhesion and recruitment,to induce eNOS activation and to inhibit apoptosis.Taken together,it seems very likely that the abnormalities in the biological functions of LDL and HDL after carbamylation contribute to atherosclerosis and to the elevated cardiovascular risk in diabetes.