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The archaeal Dps nanocage targets kidney proximal tubules via glomerular filtration.


ABSTRACT: Nature exploits cage-like proteins for a variety of biological purposes, from molecular packaging and cargo delivery to catalysis. These cage-like proteins are of immense importance in nanomedicine due to their propensity to self-assemble from simple identical building blocks to highly ordered architecture and the design flexibility afforded by protein engineering. However, delivery of protein nanocages to the renal tubules remains a major challenge because of the glomerular filtration barrier, which effectively excludes conventional size nanocages. Here, we show that DNA-binding protein from starved cells (Dps) - the extremely small archaeal antioxidant nanocage - is able to cross the glomerular filtration barrier and is endocytosed by the renal proximal tubules. Using a model of endotoxemia, we present an example of the way in which proximal tubule-selective Dps nanocages can limit the degree of endotoxin-induced kidney injury. This was accomplished by amplifying the endogenous antioxidant property of Dps with addition of a dinuclear manganese cluster. Dps is the first-in-class protein cage nanoparticle that can be targeted to renal proximal tubules through glomerular filtration. In addition to its therapeutic potential, chemical and genetic engineering of Dps will offer a nanoplatform to advance our understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of glomerular filtration and tubular endocytosis.

SUBMITTER: Uchida M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The archaeal Dps nanocage targets kidney proximal tubules via glomerular filtration.

Uchida Masaki M   Maier Bernhard B   Waghwani Hitesh Kumar HK   Selivanovitch Ekaterina E   Pay S Louise SL   Avera John J   Yun EJun E   Sandoval Ruben M RM   Molitoris Bruce A BA   Zollman Amy A   Douglas Trevor T   Hato Takashi T  

The Journal of clinical investigation 20190901 9


Nature exploits cage-like proteins for a variety of biological purposes, from molecular packaging and cargo delivery to catalysis. These cage-like proteins are of immense importance in nanomedicine due to their propensity to self-assemble from simple identical building blocks to highly ordered architecture and the design flexibility afforded by protein engineering. However, delivery of protein nanocages to the renal tubules remains a major challenge because of the glomerular filtration barrier,  ...[more]

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