Guo Xian, Zhang Borui, Chen Yutong, Jia Zhi, Yuan Xiaoyu, Zhang Li, Liu Jie, Liu Yanan
Shenzhen Longhua Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen 518110, China; College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Key Laboratory of Central CNS Regeneration (Ministry of Education), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2025 Jan;245:114300. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114300. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
Clinical trials based on a single molecular target continue to fail, and the adverse effects of Aβ protein aggregation and neuroinflammation need to be solved and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Herein, by designed a nano-sized flower mesoporous selenium transport carrier (Met@MSe@Tf) with high enzyme-like activity, metformin (Met) was loaded, and transferrin (Tf) was modified to bind to transferrin receptor to promote receptor-mediated transport across the BBB. In the AD lesion environment, with the acidic environment response dissociation, promote the release of metformin by nanoflower to achieve therapeutic effect in the brain lesion site. Metformin, a major anti-diabetic drug in diabetic metabolism, has been found to be a promising new therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases. Further studies showed that the metformin drug release from the designed and synthesized transport nanoparticles showed high intrinsic activity and the ability to degrade the substrate involved, especially the degradation of Aβ deposition in the cortex and hippocampus, increased the phagocytosis of microglia, thus relieving neuroinflammation simultaneously. Collectively, in vivo experiments demonstrated that Met@MSe@Tf significantly increased the number of NeuN-positive neurons in the hippocampus of AD mice, promoted neurovascular normalization in the brain, and improved cognitive dysfunction in AD transgenic AD mice. Thus, it provides a preclinical proof of concept for the construction of a highly modular accurate drug delivery platform for Alzheimer's disease.
基于单一分子靶点的临床试验持续失败,β淀粉样蛋白(Aβ)聚集和神经炎症的不良影响有待解决,这也是阿尔茨海默病治疗的关键所在。在此,通过设计一种具有高类酶活性的纳米花状介孔硒转运载体(Met@MSe@Tf),负载二甲双胍(Met),并修饰转铁蛋白(Tf)以结合转铁蛋白受体,促进受体介导的跨血脑屏障转运。在阿尔茨海默病病变环境中,纳米花状载体可通过酸性环境响应解离,促进二甲双胍释放,从而在脑病变部位发挥治疗作用。二甲双胍是糖尿病代谢中的主要抗糖尿病药物,现已发现它在神经退行性疾病中是一个有前景的新治疗靶点。进一步研究表明,从设计合成的转运纳米颗粒中释放的二甲双胍药物具有高内在活性和降解相关底物的能力,尤其是对皮质和海马中Aβ沉积的降解,增加了小胶质细胞的吞噬作用,从而同时减轻神经炎症。总体而言,体内实验表明,Met@MSe@Tf显著增加了阿尔茨海默病小鼠海马中NeuN阳性神经元的数量,促进了脑内神经血管正常化,并改善了阿尔茨海默病转基因小鼠的认知功能障碍。因此,它为构建用于阿尔茨海默病的高度模块化精准药物递送平台提供了临床前概念验证。