Nature Communications (May 2017)

Lipoprotein-biomimetic nanostructure enables efficient targeting delivery of siRNA to Ras-activated glioblastoma cells via macropinocytosis

  • Jia-Lin Huang,
  • Gan Jiang,
  • Qing-Xiang Song,
  • Xiao Gu,
  • Meng Hu,
  • Xiao-Lin Wang,
  • Hua-Hua Song,
  • Le-Pei Chen,
  • Ying-Ying Lin,
  • Di Jiang,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Jun-Feng Feng,
  • Yong-Ming Qiu,
  • Ji-Yao Jiang,
  • Xin-Guo Jiang,
  • Hong-Zhuan Chen,
  • Xiao-Ling Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15144
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Drug delivery in brain tumours is still a significant clinical concern. In this study, the authors develop a biomimetic lipoprotein nanoparticle for the efficient delivery of ATF5 siRNA inRas-activated brain cancer cells, where the nanoparticle is internalized by macropinocytosis in a Ras-dependent manner.