Department of Neurosurgery, Sichuan provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
Department of neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital in Shuangliu District/West China Airport Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Oct 5;14(39):44228-44238. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c14626. Epub 2022 Sep 23.
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by excessive amyloid β protein-induced neurotoxicity. However, drugs targeting amyloid β protein production face many problems, such as the low utilization rate of drugs by cells and the difficulty of drugs in penetrating the blood-brain barrier. A tetrahedral framework nucleic acid is a new type of nanonucleic acid structure that functions as a therapy and drug carrier. Here, we synthesized a BACE1 aptamer-modified tetrahedral framework nucleic acid and tested its therapeutic effect on Alzheimer's disease and . Our results demonstrated that the tetrahedral framework nucleic acid could be used as a carrier to deliver the BACE1 aptamer to the brain to reduce the production of amyloid β proteins. It also played an antiapoptotic role by reducing the production of reactive oxygen species. Thus, this nanomaterial is a potential drug for Alzheimer's disease.
阿尔茨海默病是一种由过量淀粉样 β 蛋白诱导的神经毒性引起的神经退行性疾病。然而,针对淀粉样 β 蛋白产生的药物面临许多问题,例如药物在细胞中的利用率低以及药物难以穿透血脑屏障。四面体框架核酸是一种新型的纳米核酸结构,可作为治疗和药物载体发挥作用。在这里,我们合成了一种 BACE1 适体修饰的四面体框架核酸,并测试了它对阿尔茨海默病的治疗效果。我们的结果表明,四面体框架核酸可用作载体将 BACE1 适体递送到大脑中以减少淀粉样 β 蛋白的产生。它还通过减少活性氧的产生发挥抗凋亡作用。因此,这种纳米材料是治疗阿尔茨海默病的一种潜在药物。