Zhang Mingzhen, Viennois Emilie, Xu Changlong, Merlin Didier
Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Tissue Barriers. 2016 Feb 11;4(2):e1134415. doi: 10.1080/21688370.2015.1134415. eCollection 2016 Apr-Jun.
In plant cells, nanoparticles containing miRNA, bioactive lipids and proteins serve as extracellular messengers to mediate cell-cell communication in a manner similar to the exosomes secreted by mammalian cells. Notably, such nanoparticles are edible. Moreover, given the proper origin and cargo, plant derived edible nanoparticles could function in interspecies communication and may serve as natural therapeutics against a variety of diseases. In addition, nanoparticles made of plant-derived lipids may be used to efficiently deliver specific drugs. Plant derived edible nanoparticles could be more easily scaled up for mass production, compared to synthetic nanoparticles. In this review, we discuss recent significant developments pertaining to plant derived edible nanoparticles and provide insight into the use of plants as a bio-renewable, sustainable, diversified platform for the production of therapeutic nanoparticles.
在植物细胞中,含有微小RNA、生物活性脂质和蛋白质的纳米颗粒作为细胞外信使,以类似于哺乳动物细胞分泌的外泌体的方式介导细胞间通讯。值得注意的是,这类纳米颗粒是可食用的。此外,鉴于其合适的来源和所载物质,植物源可食用纳米颗粒可在种间通讯中发挥作用,并可能作为针对多种疾病的天然疗法。此外,由植物源脂质制成的纳米颗粒可用于高效递送特定药物。与合成纳米颗粒相比,植物源可食用纳米颗粒更容易扩大规模进行大规模生产。在本综述中,我们讨论了与植物源可食用纳米颗粒相关的近期重大进展,并深入探讨了将植物用作生产治疗性纳米颗粒的生物可再生、可持续、多样化平台的用途。