Development of nanoparticles incorporated with quercetin and ACE2-membrane as a novel therapy for COVID-19

© 2024. The Author(s)..

INTRODUCTION: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and AXL tyrosine kinase receptor are known to be involved in the SARS-CoV-2 entry of the host cell. Therefore, targeting ACE2 and AXL should be an effective strategy to inhibit virus entry into cells. However, developing agents that can simultaneously target ACE2 and AXL remains a formidable task. The natural compound quercetin has been shown to inhibit AXL expression.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, we employed PLGA nanoparticles to prepare nanoparticles encapsulated with quercetin, coated with ACE2-containing cell membranes, or encapsulated with quercetin and then coated with ACE-2-containing cell membranes. These nanoparticles were tested for their abilities to neutralize or inhibit viral infection.

RESULTS: Our data showed that nanoparticles encapsulated with quercetin and then coated with ACE2-containing cell membrane inhibited the expression of AXL without causing cytotoxic activity. Nanoparticles incorporated with both quercetin and ACE2-containing cell membrane were found to be able to neutralize pseudo virus infection and were more effective than free quercetin and nanoparticles encapsulated with quercetin at inhibition of pseudo virus and SARS-CoV-2 infection.

CONCLUSIONS: We have shown that the biomimetic nanoparticles incorporated with both ACE-2 membrane and quercetin showed the most antiviral activity and may be further explored for clinical application.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Journal of nanobiotechnology - 22(2024), 1 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 169

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Jia-You [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Kuo-Yen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tong-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zih-Chan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chin-Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Sui-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, En-Li [VerfasserIn]
Chao, Tai-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Shuenn-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Pan-Chyr [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chi-Yuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9IKM0I5T1E
ACE2
AXL
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
COVID-19
EC 3.4.17.23
Journal Article
Nanoparticles
Quercetin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12951-024-02435-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370993098