PEGylated-carbon nanotubes (PNTs) were evaluated as nanocarriers of antisense oligonucleotides into T-cells using protein tyrosine phosphatase N22 (PTPN22) as a model target gene. PTPN22 is an important predisposing gene and drug target in type 1 diabetes and several other human autoimmune diseases. Here, we generated the first anti-PTPN22 20-mer antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and tethered them to PNTs through a cleavable disulfide bond. Spectroscopic and atomic force microscopy analyses were used to determine the loading of ASO onto PNTs, whereas the cleavable nature of the disulfide bond connecting the oligonucleotide to the nanocarrier was confirmed by incubation with dithiothreitol followed by agarose gel electrophoresis. PNT-conjugated ASOs achieved efficient (>50%) knockdown of PTPN22 expression in T-lymphocytes in culture at the mRNA and protein level, as measured by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Considering the high biocompatibility and low in vivo toxicity of PNTs, we expect that our approach will be easily translated to achieve in vivo knockdown of PTPN22 and other T lymphocyte targets, thus enabling novel ASO-mediated immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.

Conjugation of antisense oligonucleotides to PEGylated carbon Nanotubes enables efficient knockdown of PTPN22 in T lymphocytes / Delogu, Lucia Gemma; Magrini, A.; Bergamaschi, A.; Rosato, N.; Dawson, M. I.; Bottini, N.; Bottini, M.. - In: BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1043-1802. - 20:3(2009), pp. 427-431. [10.1021/bc800540j]

Conjugation of antisense oligonucleotides to PEGylated carbon Nanotubes enables efficient knockdown of PTPN22 in T lymphocytes

DELOGU, Lucia Gemma;
2009-01-01

Abstract

PEGylated-carbon nanotubes (PNTs) were evaluated as nanocarriers of antisense oligonucleotides into T-cells using protein tyrosine phosphatase N22 (PTPN22) as a model target gene. PTPN22 is an important predisposing gene and drug target in type 1 diabetes and several other human autoimmune diseases. Here, we generated the first anti-PTPN22 20-mer antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and tethered them to PNTs through a cleavable disulfide bond. Spectroscopic and atomic force microscopy analyses were used to determine the loading of ASO onto PNTs, whereas the cleavable nature of the disulfide bond connecting the oligonucleotide to the nanocarrier was confirmed by incubation with dithiothreitol followed by agarose gel electrophoresis. PNT-conjugated ASOs achieved efficient (>50%) knockdown of PTPN22 expression in T-lymphocytes in culture at the mRNA and protein level, as measured by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Considering the high biocompatibility and low in vivo toxicity of PNTs, we expect that our approach will be easily translated to achieve in vivo knockdown of PTPN22 and other T lymphocyte targets, thus enabling novel ASO-mediated immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.
2009
Conjugation of antisense oligonucleotides to PEGylated carbon Nanotubes enables efficient knockdown of PTPN22 in T lymphocytes / Delogu, Lucia Gemma; Magrini, A.; Bergamaschi, A.; Rosato, N.; Dawson, M. I.; Bottini, N.; Bottini, M.. - In: BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1043-1802. - 20:3(2009), pp. 427-431. [10.1021/bc800540j]
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