N-Cadherin Nanoantagonist Driven Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in Fibroblasts for Improving Reprogramming Efficiency

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold promise in revolutionizing medicine; however, their application potential is limited because of low reprogramming efficiency. Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET) has been proved to involve reprogramming of somatic cells into iPSCs, making it a promising target for enhancing generation of iPSCs. Here, we nanoengineered N-cadherin-blocking peptide ADH-1 with gold nanoparticles, generating a multivalent N-cadherin antagonist (ADH-AuNPs), for improving reprogramming efficiency through driving cell MET. ADH-AuNPs exhibited good biocompatibility and showed higher N-cadherin inhibitory activity than ADH-1 due to multivalency, thereby enhancing cell-state reprogramming toward epithelial lineages. Particularly, ADH-AuNPs improved reprogramming efficiency by more than 7-fold after introduction of four Yamanaka factors. Importantly, ADH-AuNPs generated iPSCs displayed high stemness and pluripotency in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, we provide a cooperative strategy for promoting the iPSC generation efficacy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 21(2021), 13 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 5540-5546

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meng, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Anwei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yurui [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Kaifeng [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Xinghai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-57-5
ADH-1 functionalized gold nanoparticles
Cadherins
Gold
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Journal Article
Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
N-cadherin
Reprogramming efficiency
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.07.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00880

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327083867