Author:
Wang Mengjun,He Hongliang,Liu Di,Ma Ming,Zhang Yu
Abstract
Although cerium oxide nanoparticles are attracting much attention in the biomedical field due to their unique physicochemical and biological functions, the cerium oxide nanoparticles greatly suffer from several unmet physicochemical challenges, including loss of enzymatic activity during the storage, non-specific cellular uptake, off-target toxicities, etc. Herein, in order to improve the targeting property of cerium oxide nanoparticles, we first modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2) with polyacrylic acid (PAA) and then conjugated with an endothelium-targeting peptide glycine-arginine-aspartic acid (cRGD) to construct CeO2@PAA@RGD. The physiochemical characterization results showed that the surface modifications did not impact the intrinsic enzymatic properties of CeO2, including catalase-like (CAT) and superoxide dismutase-like (SOD) activities. Moreover, the cellular assay data showed that CeO2@PAA@RGD exhibited a good biocompatibility and a higher cellular uptake due to the presence of RGD targeting peptide on its surface. CeO2@PAA@RGD effectively scavenged reactive oxygen species (ROS) to protect cells from oxidative-stress-induced damage. Additionally, it was found that the CeO2@PAA@RGD converted the phenotype of macrophages from proinflammatory (M1) to anti-inflammatory (M2) phenotype, inhibiting the occurrence of inflammation. Furthermore, the CeO2@PAA@RGD also promoted endothelial cell-mediated migration and angiogenesis. Collectively, our results successfully demonstrate the promising application of CeO2@PAA@RGD in the future biomedical field.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Special Fund for Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements of Jiangsu Province
Subject
Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
Cited by
7 articles.
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