Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taibah University, P.O. Box 344, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt.
Histochem Cell Biol. 2022 Jun;157(6):641-656. doi: 10.1007/s00418-022-02086-0. Epub 2022 Feb 14.
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a multifunctional polymer that has many uses in medical and biological applications. Recently, PEG has been mainly used in developing nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems (DDS). PEG is characterized by its high solubility, biological inertness, and ability to escape from immune cells (stealthiness) after systemic injection. The most challenging problem for PEGylated nanomaterials is their rapid elimination from the bloodstream after repeated doses of systemic injection, called accelerated blood clearance (ABC). Therefore, in this study, the effect of PEGylated nanomaterial dose concentration on ABC induction will be investigated using quantitative, histological, and immunohistochemical analyses. A higher dose concentration (2 mg/kg) of PEGylated gold nanoparticles (PEG-coated AuNPs) reduced the ABC phenomenon when intravenously injected into mice preinjected with the same dose. In contrast, a lower dose concentration (< 1 mg/kg) significantly induced the ABC phenomenon by the rapid elimination of the second dose of PEG-coated AuNPs from the bloodstream. To explain the relationship between the dose concentration (from PEG and AuNPs) and the induction of ABC, the biodistribution of PEG-coated AuNPs in liver and spleen [reticuloendothelial systems (RES)-rich organs] was investigated. The injected dose of PEG-coated AuNPs accumulated mainly in the hepatic Kupffer cells and hepatocytes. Similarly, spleen red pulp received a higher amount of the injected dose of PEG-coated AuNPs. However, the biodistriution profiles of PEG-coated AuNPs after the first and second dose for different dose concentrations varied in RES-rich organs. Additionally, the number of B lymphocytes, which have an important role in producing anti-PEG immunoglobulin (Ig)M, was affected by the repeated dose of PEG-coated AuNPs in the spleen. Therefore, for effective nanomaterial-based DDS development, dose optimization of PEG molecules that express PEGylated nanomaterials is important to reduce the ABC phenomenon effect. The ideal concentration of PEG molecules used to coat nanomaterials and the role of RES-rich organs must be determined to control the ABC phenomenon effect of PEGylated nanomaterials.
聚乙二醇(PEG)是一种多功能聚合物,在医学和生物学应用中有许多用途。最近,PEG 主要用于开发基于纳米材料的药物递送系统(DDS)。PEG 的特点是高溶解度、生物惰性和在全身注射后能够逃避免疫细胞(隐身性)。PEG 化纳米材料最具挑战性的问题是在多次全身注射后,即加速血液清除(ABC),从血液中迅速消除。因此,在这项研究中,将使用定量、组织学和免疫组织化学分析来研究 PEG 化纳米材料剂量浓度对 ABC 诱导的影响。当以相同剂量预先注射到小鼠体内时,较高剂量浓度(2mg/kg)的 PEG 化金纳米粒子(PEG 包覆的 AuNPs)可减少 ABC 现象。相比之下,较低剂量浓度(<1mg/kg)通过从血液中快速消除第二剂量的 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs 显著诱导 ABC 现象。为了解释剂量浓度(PEG 和 AuNPs)与 ABC 诱导之间的关系,研究了 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs 在肝和脾中的生物分布[富含网状内皮系统(RES)的器官]。注射剂量的 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs 主要积聚在肝库普弗细胞和肝细胞中。同样,脾脏红髓也接收了更高剂量的注射剂量的 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs。然而,不同剂量浓度的 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs 在 RES 丰富的器官中的第一次和第二次剂量后的生物分布曲线有所不同。此外,在脾脏中,重复剂量的 PEG 包覆的 AuNPs 会影响产生抗-PEG 免疫球蛋白(Ig)M 的 B 淋巴细胞数量。因此,为了有效开发基于纳米材料的 DDS,表达 PEG 化纳米材料的 PEG 分子的剂量优化对于减少 ABC 现象的影响很重要。必须确定用于涂覆纳米材料的 PEG 分子的理想浓度以及富含 RES 的器官的作用,以控制 PEG 化纳米材料的 ABC 现象效应。
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