In Vivo Electroporation Improves Retinal Delivery of Intravitreally Injected Exosomes

Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived exosomes are promising therapeutic agents and natural nanoscale delivery platforms for treating degenerative retinal diseases. This study investigated the effect of electroporation on the retinal delivery of intravitreally administered MSC-derived exosomes in a murine model. Methods: Exosomes isolated from adipose tissue-derived MSCs were stained with ExoGlow exosome-specific dye and administered to the right eyes of 40 Sprague-Dawley rats. Electroporation was performed in 20 rats immediately after intravitreal injection (electroporation group); 5 square pulses of 40 V/cm for 50 ms each with 950-ms intervals were administered. The remaining 20 rats were assigned to the no-electroporation group. The eyeballs were harvested 24 h later for evaluation. The total number of fluorescent particles per hyperfield was counted from the retinal flat mounts to quantify the retinal delivery of exosomes. Tissue damage after electroporation was evaluated using retinal histological sections and a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. Results: A significantly higher number of fluorescent particles per hyperfield were observed in the retinal flat mounts of the electroporation group compared with that in the no-electroporation group (599.0 ± 307.5 vs. 376.9 ± 175.4; P = 0.013). Retinal histological sections and TUNEL assays showed no signs of tissue damage after electroporation. Conclusions: In vivo electroporation can improve the retinal delivery of intravitreally injected exosomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - 39(2023), 7 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 463-471

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hwang, Jin Sun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Junho [VerfasserIn]
You, Ga Eun [VerfasserIn]
Hong, In Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Cho, In Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Song, Hyun Beom [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Young Joo [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Dae Joong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electroporation
Exosome
Intravitreal injection
Journal Article
Mesenchymal stem cell
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retina
Retinal degeneration

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Date Completed 20.09.2023

Date Revised 29.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/jop.2023.0016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359869459