A Long-Acting Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Implant Promotes the Drainage of Macromolecules by Brain-Related Lymphatic System in Treating Aged Alzheimer's Disease

Numerous evidence has demonstrated that the brain is not an immune-privileged organ but possesses a whole set of lymphatic transport system, which facilitates the drainage of harmful waste from brains to maintain cerebral homeostasis. However, as individuals age, the shrinkage and dysfunction of meningeal and deep cervical lymphatic networks lead to reduced waste outflow and elevated neurotoxic molecules deposition, further inducing aging-associated cognitive decline, which act as one of the pathological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Consequently, recovering the function of meningeal and deep cervical lymph node (dCLNs) networks (as an important part of the brain waste removal system (BWRS)) of aged brains might be a feasible strategy. Herein we showed that the drug brain-entering efficiency was highly related to administration routes (oral, subcutaneous, or dCLN delivery). Besides, by injecting a long-acting lyotropic liquid crystalline implant encapsulating cilostazol (an FDA-approved selective PDE-3 inhibitor) and donepezil hydrochloride (a commonly used symptomatic relief agent to inhibit acetylcholinesterase for Alzheimer's disease) near the deep cervical lymph nodes of aged mice (about 20 months), an increase of lymphatic vessel coverage in the nodes and meninges was observed, along with accelerated drainage of macromolecules from brains. Compared with daily oral delivery of cilostazol and donepezil hydrochloride, a single administered dual drugs-loaded long-acting implants releasing for more than one month not only elevated drug concentrations in brains, improved the clearing efficiency of brain macromolecules, reduced Aβ accumulation, enhanced cognitive functions of the aged mice, but improved patient compliance as well, which provided a clinically accessible therapeutic strategy toward aged Alzheimer's diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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ACS nano - 18(2024), 13 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 9688-9703

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shan, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yichao [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Zhenyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xiaoqi [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xuemeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Huanli [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Junlei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jiaxin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yingying [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Jinfang [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Lihua [VerfasserIn]
You, Jian [VerfasserIn]

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8SSC91326P
Acetylcholinesterase
Cilostazol
Deep cervical lymph nodes
Donepezil
Donepezil hydrochloride
EC 3.1.1.7
Journal Article
Long-acting lyotropic liquid crystalline implant
Meningeal lymphatic vessels
N7Z035406B

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.4c01206

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37007338X