In vivo delivery of transcription factors with multifunctional oligonucleotides Murthy Laboratory U.C. Berkeley Department of Bioengineering
Nrf2 plays a central role in protecting cells from oxidative stress
Galactose DART Nrf2 promoter sequence Endosomal disruption labile linkage Gal DNA Assembled Recombinant Transcription Factor Delivery (DARTs)
Hydrolyzed DART pH 5 in endosome Unmasked hydrophobic domain Nrf2 release in cytoplasm DART-Nrf2 Receptor mediated endocytosis DARTs are designed to deliver Nrf2
DARTs undergo pH sensitive hydrolysis
DARTs are pH sensitive membrane disruptive agents
DARTs can deliver Nrf2 to cells Nrf2DART-Nrf2
HO1 NQO1 GCLC GAPDH Control Free Nrf2DART-Nrf2 DARTs can deliver Nrf2 to hepatocytes and transcribe downstream genes
DARTs are designed to deliver Nrf2 and treat liver disease
APAP DARTs can deliver Nrf2 in vivo and rescue mice from drug induced liver toxicity
Infection Imaging Diagnosing infections at an early stage is a central challenge in medicine
Maltodextrin Transporter The maltodextrin transporter is an ideal target for imaging bacteria MDPs Ning et al. Nature Materials 2011, 10(8),
MDPs are robustly internalized by bacteria MDP-1 mM / CFU EC PA BS SA
p s -1 cm EC Saline 10 7 ECSaline * MDPs can image bacteria in vivo MDP-2 Ning et al. Nature Materials 2011, 10(8),
CuI, DIPEA, DMF, rt 1.K 18 F, CH 3 CN, 110 ⁰C; 2.NaOH, H 2 O, 110 ⁰C MH 18 F Maltohexaose- 18 F (MH 18 F) for PET imaging Angewandte Chemie International accepted for publication 2014
MH 18 F images bacteria by Micro- CT/PET 10 9 EC Control 10 9 CFUs ECControl *** Relative radio activity Angewandte Chemie International accepted for publication 2014
Conclusions Imaging Bacteria Transcription Factor Delivery Gal
Acknowledgments Funding from the NIH