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Framework Nucleic Acids as Blood-Retinal-Barrier-Penetrable Nanocarrier for Periocular Administration.
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ACS applied materials & interfaces [ACS Appl Mater Interfaces] 2023 Jan 11; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 541-551. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 19. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Designing an ocular drugs delivery system that can permeate the outer blood-retinal barrier (oBRB) is crucial for the microinvasive or noninvasive treatment of ocular fundus diseases. However, due to the lack of a nanocarrier that can maintain structure and composition at the oBRB, only intravitreal injection at the eyeball can deliver therapeutics directly to the ocular fundus via paracellular and intercellular routes, despite the intraocular operations risks. Here, we demonstrated tetrahedral framework nucleic acids (tFNAs) can penetrate the oBRB and deliver therapeutic nucleic acids to the retina of the rat eye in vivo following subconjunctival injection. We also discovered that tFNAs were transported via a paracellular route across the intercellular tight junctions at the oBRB. The histology analysis for ocular layers indicated that individual and aptamer/doxorubicin-loaded tFNAs penetrated all layers of the posterior segment of the eyeball to reach the innermost retina and persisted for over 3 days with minimal systemic biodistribution. We expect that the programmability and penetrability of tFNAs will provide a promising method for drug delivery across oBRB and long-term sustenance at the target site via periocular administration to various tissues.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1944-8252
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- ACS applied materials & interfaces
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36534594
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c18042