BRD4 targeting nanotherapy prevents lipopolysaccharide induced acute respiratory distress syndrome

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life threatening respiratory disease associated with pulmonary edema, alveolar dysfunction, hypoxia, and inflammatory cell accumulation. The most contagious form of COVID-19 associated with ARDS caused by SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 majorly produces the cytokine storm and severe lung inflammation and ultimately leads to respiratory failure. ARDS is a complex disease and there is no proper therapeutics for effective therapy. Still, there is a huge scope to identify novel targets to combat respiratory illness. In the current study, we have identified the epigenetic regulating protein BRD4 and developed siRNA based nanomedicine to treat the ARDS. The liposomes were prepared by thin-film hydration method, where BRD4 siRNA complexed with cationic lipid and exhibited 96.24 ± 18.01 nm size and stable even in the presence of RNase. BRD4 siRNA lipoplexes (BRD4-siRNA-LP) inhibited inflammatory cells in lungs and suppressed the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced the neutrophil infiltration and mast cell accumulation. Also, BRD4 siRNA based nanomedicine significantly reduced the LPS induced cytokine storm followed by inflammatory signaling pathways. Interestingly, BRD4-siRNA-LP suppressed the LPS-induced p65 and STAT3 nuclear translocation and ameliorated the lung inflammation. Thus, BRD4-siRNA-LP could be a plausible therapeutic option for treating ARDS and might be useful for combating the COVID-19 associated respiratory illness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:601

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International journal of pharmaceutics - 601(2021) vom: 15. Mai, Seite 120536

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pooladanda, Venkatesh [VerfasserIn]
Thatikonda, Sowjanya [VerfasserIn]
Muvvala, Sai Priya [VerfasserIn]
Devabattula, Geetanjali [VerfasserIn]
Godugu, Chandraiah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
BRD4
BRD4 protein, human
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cytokine storm
Journal Article
Lipoplexes
Lipopolysaccharides
Nuclear Proteins
P65
STAT3 nuclear translocation
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 17.06.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120536

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323376940