Codelivery of fibronectin and rapamycin via bioactive phosphorus dendrimers to ameliorate Alzheimer's disease through macrophage autophagy, oxidative stress alleviation and polarization modulation
The primary pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) involve neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and abnormal protein aggregation, while the main challenges facing effective treatment are limited drug targeting capabilities and the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that impedes drug delivery to damaged brain regions. To address these challenges, a nanosystem based on complexes of bioactive per se phosphorus dendrimers (AK-76) with hydroxyl surface groups and protein fibronectin (FN) with both targeting and therapeutic functions that were physically loaded with rapamycin was developed. The resulting R@A/F (R for rapamycin, A for dendrimer, and F for FN) nanocomplexes (NCs) with a size of 187.3 nm demonstrate good stability, cytocompatibility and targeting performance. We show that the R@A/F NCs can cooperatively modulate microglia by lowering reactive oxygen species level, restoring mitochondrial membrane potential, enhancing autophagy, promoting microglia M2 polarization, and suppressing inflammatory cytokine secretion in vitro. With the assistance of dendrimer terminal hydroxyl groups, the R@A/F NCs can cross the BBB and improve cognitive and memory impairments in an AD mouse model by reducing brain inflammation, stimulating autophagy and facilitating A beta protein degradation. Our study offers a versatile and highly adaptable nanoplatform for advancing the combined treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases, thus representing a significant step forward in addressing the challenges of AD therapy.
基金:
Research Funds for the Central Universities and Graduate Student Innovation Fund of Donghua University [CUSF-DH-D-2023054]; Fundaao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT); Regiao Auto<acute accent>noma da Madeira-Governo Regional
第一作者机构:[1]Donghua Univ, Coll Biol Sci & Med Engn, Shanghai Engn Res Ctr Nanobiomat & Regenerat Med, State Key Lab Adv Fiber Mat, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Donghua Univ, Coll Biol Sci & Med Engn, Shanghai Engn Res Ctr Nanobiomat & Regenerat Med, State Key Lab Adv Fiber Mat, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China[5]Univ Madeira, Ctr Quim Madeira, CQM, Campus Univ Penteada, P-9020105 Funchal, Portugal
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Zhan Mengsi,Dai Waicong,Sun Huxiao,et al.Codelivery of fibronectin and rapamycin via bioactive phosphorus dendrimers to ameliorate Alzheimer's disease through macrophage autophagy, oxidative stress alleviation and polarization modulation[J].NANO TODAY.2025,61:doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2025.102664.
APA:
Zhan, Mengsi,Dai, Waicong,Sun, Huxiao,Gao, Yue,Zou, Yu...&Shi, Xiangyang.(2025).Codelivery of fibronectin and rapamycin via bioactive phosphorus dendrimers to ameliorate Alzheimer's disease through macrophage autophagy, oxidative stress alleviation and polarization modulation.NANO TODAY,61,
MLA:
Zhan, Mengsi,et al."Codelivery of fibronectin and rapamycin via bioactive phosphorus dendrimers to ameliorate Alzheimer's disease through macrophage autophagy, oxidative stress alleviation and polarization modulation".NANO TODAY 61.(2025)