Nanostructured Glycopolymer Augmented Liposomes to Elucidate Carbohydrate-Mediated Targeting

Abstract

Carbohydrate receptors on alveolar macrophages are attractive targets for receptor-mediated delivery of nanostructured therapeutics. In this study, we employed reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization to synthesize neoglycopolymers, consisting of mannose- and galactose methacrylate-based monomers copolymerized with cholesterol methacrylate for use in functional liposome studies. Glycopolymer-functional liposomes were employed to elucidate macrophage mannose receptor (CD206) and macrophage galactose-type lectin (CD301) targeting in both primary macrophage and immortal macrophage cell lines. Expression of CD206 and CD301 was observed to vary significantly between cell lines (murine alveolar macrophage, murine bone marrow-derived macrophage, RAW264.7, and MH-S), which has significant implications in in vitro targeting and uptake studies. Synthetic glycopolymers and glycopolymer augmented liposomes demonstrated specific receptor-mediated uptake in a manner dependent on carbohydrate receptor expression. These results establish a platform capable of probing endogenous carbohydrate receptor-mediated targeting via glycofunctional nanomaterials.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Carbohydrate; Glycopolymer; Liposome; Macrophage

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1549-9634

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2016 Elsevier Inc., All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Oct 2016

PubMed ID

27184097

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