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Development of a Neuroprotective Erythropoietin Modified with a Novel Carrier for the Blood-Brain Barrier.


ABSTRACT: Extremely high doses of erythropoietin (EPO) has been used for neuroprotection in ischemia-reperfusion brain injury to deliver sufficient amounts of EPO across the blood-brain barrier (BBB); however, harmful outcomes were observed afterward. We aimed to test the ability of HBHAc (heparin-binding haemagglutinin adhesion c), an intracellular delivery peptide for macromolecules, as an EPO carrier across the BBB. The cellular internalization and transcytosis ability of HBHAc-modified EPO (EPO-HBHAc) were evaluated in bEnd.3 cells and in the bEnd.3/CTX TNA2 co-culture BBB model, respectively. Subsequently, the NMDA-induced-toxicity model and ischemia-reperfusion rat model were used to understand the neuronal protective activity of EPO-HBHAc. The biodistribution of EPO-HBHAc was demonstrated in rats by the quantification of EPO-HBHAc in the brain, plasma, and organs by ELISA. Our results demonstrate that EPO-HBHAc exhibited significantly higher cellular internalization in dose- and time-dependent manners and better transcytosis ability than EPO. In addition, the transported EPO-HBHAc in the co-culture transwell system maintained the neuronal protective activity when primary rat cortical neurons underwent NMDA-induced toxicity. The calculated cerebral infarction area of rats treated with EPO-HBHAc was significantly reduced compared to that of rats treated with EPO (29.9 ± 7.0% vs 48.9 ± 7.9%) 24 h after occlusion in 3VO rat experiments. Moreover, the EPO amount in both CSF and damaged cortex from the EPO-HBHAc group was 4.0-fold and 3.0-fold higher than the EPO group, respectively. These results suggest that HBHAc would be a favorable tool for EPO brain delivery and would further extend the clinical applications of EPO in neuroprotection.

SUBMITTER: Chiu PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609523 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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