Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Department of Ophthalmology, Jacobs Retinal Center at Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Nanomedicine (Lond). 2022 Nov;17(27):2089-2108. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2022-0255. Epub 2023 Feb 7.
To evaluate an intravitreally injected nanoparticle platform designed to deliver VEGF-A siRNA to inhibit retinal neovascular leakage as a new treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. Fusogenic lipid-coated porous silicon nanoparticles loaded with VEGF-A siRNA, and pendant neovascular integrin-homing iRGD, were evaluated for efficacy by intravitreal injection in a rabbit model of retinal neovascularization. For 12 weeks post-treatment, a reduction in vascular leakage was observed for treated diseased eyes versus control eyes (p = 0.0137), with a corresponding reduction in vitreous VEGF-A. Fusogenic lipid-coated porous silicon nanoparticles siRNA delivery provides persistent knockdown of VEGF-A and reduced leakage in a rabbit model of retinal neovascularization as a potential new intraocular therapeutic.
评估一种旨在将 VEGF-A siRNA 递送至抑制视网膜新生血管渗漏的玻璃体注射纳米颗粒平台,作为治疗增生性糖尿病视网膜病变和糖尿病性黄斑水肿的新方法。 负载 VEGF-A siRNA 和悬挂新生血管整合素靶向 iRGD 的融合脂质包覆多孔硅纳米颗粒,通过兔视网膜新生血管模型的玻璃体注射评估其疗效。 在治疗后 12 周,与对照眼相比,治疗患病眼的血管渗漏减少(p=0.0137),玻璃体内 VEGF-A 相应减少。 融合脂质包覆多孔硅纳米颗粒 siRNA 递送可在兔视网膜新生血管模型中持续敲低 VEGF-A 并减少渗漏,有望成为新的眼内治疗方法。