An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications

The long blood circulatory property of human serum albumin, due to engagement with the cellular recycling neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), is an attractive drug half-life extension enabling technology. This work describes a novel site-specific albumin double-stranded (ds) DNA assembly approach, in which...

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Main Authors: Matthias Kuhlmann, Jonas B.R. Hamming, Anders Voldum, Georgia Tsakiridou, Maja T. Larsen, Julie S. Schmøkel, Emil Sohn, Konrad Bienk, David Schaffert, Esben S. Sørensen, Jesper Wengel, Daniel M. Dupont, Kenneth A. Howard
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Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
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author Matthias Kuhlmann
Jonas B.R. Hamming
Anders Voldum
Georgia Tsakiridou
Maja T. Larsen
Julie S. Schmøkel
Emil Sohn
Konrad Bienk
David Schaffert
Esben S. Sørensen
Jesper Wengel
Daniel M. Dupont
Kenneth A. Howard
author_facet Matthias Kuhlmann
Jonas B.R. Hamming
Anders Voldum
Georgia Tsakiridou
Maja T. Larsen
Julie S. Schmøkel
Emil Sohn
Konrad Bienk
David Schaffert
Esben S. Sørensen
Jesper Wengel
Daniel M. Dupont
Kenneth A. Howard
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description The long blood circulatory property of human serum albumin, due to engagement with the cellular recycling neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), is an attractive drug half-life extension enabling technology. This work describes a novel site-specific albumin double-stranded (ds) DNA assembly approach, in which the 3′ or 5′ end maleimide-derivatized oligodeoxynucleotides are conjugated to albumin cysteine at position 34 (cys34) and annealed with complementary strands to allow single site-specific protein modification with functionalized ds oligodeoxynucleotides. Electrophoretic gel shift assays demonstrated successful annealing of complementary strands bearing Atto488, 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM), or a factor IXa aptamer to the albumin-oligodeoxynucleotide conjugate. A fluorometric factor IXa activity assay showed retained aptamer inhibitory activity upon assembly with the albumin and completely blocked factor IXa at a concentration of 100 nM for 2 hr. The assembled construct exhibited stability in serum-containing buffer and FcRn engagement that could be increased using an albumin variant engineered for higher FcRn affinity. This work presents a novel albumin-oligodeoxynucleotide assembly technology platform that offers potential combinatorial drug delivery and half-life extension applications.
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spelling doaj.art-51d4e0deff5046be96587b3e4baa4f582022-12-22T00:34:45ZengElsevierMolecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids2162-25312017-12-019C28429310.1016/j.omtn.2017.10.004An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension ApplicationsMatthias Kuhlmann0Jonas B.R. Hamming1Anders Voldum2Georgia Tsakiridou3Maja T. Larsen4Julie S. Schmøkel5Emil Sohn6Konrad Bienk7David Schaffert8Esben S. Sørensen9Jesper Wengel10Daniel M. Dupont11Kenneth A. Howard12Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkNucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkThe long blood circulatory property of human serum albumin, due to engagement with the cellular recycling neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), is an attractive drug half-life extension enabling technology. This work describes a novel site-specific albumin double-stranded (ds) DNA assembly approach, in which the 3′ or 5′ end maleimide-derivatized oligodeoxynucleotides are conjugated to albumin cysteine at position 34 (cys34) and annealed with complementary strands to allow single site-specific protein modification with functionalized ds oligodeoxynucleotides. Electrophoretic gel shift assays demonstrated successful annealing of complementary strands bearing Atto488, 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM), or a factor IXa aptamer to the albumin-oligodeoxynucleotide conjugate. A fluorometric factor IXa activity assay showed retained aptamer inhibitory activity upon assembly with the albumin and completely blocked factor IXa at a concentration of 100 nM for 2 hr. The assembled construct exhibited stability in serum-containing buffer and FcRn engagement that could be increased using an albumin variant engineered for higher FcRn affinity. This work presents a novel albumin-oligodeoxynucleotide assembly technology platform that offers potential combinatorial drug delivery and half-life extension applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2162253117302652albuminaptameroligodeoxynucleotidesdrug deliveryhalf-life extensionneonatal Fc receptorcysteine 34factor IXaanticoagulantcovalent conjugation
spellingShingle Matthias Kuhlmann
Jonas B.R. Hamming
Anders Voldum
Georgia Tsakiridou
Maja T. Larsen
Julie S. Schmøkel
Emil Sohn
Konrad Bienk
David Schaffert
Esben S. Sørensen
Jesper Wengel
Daniel M. Dupont
Kenneth A. Howard
An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids
albumin
aptamer
oligodeoxynucleotides
drug delivery
half-life extension
neonatal Fc receptor
cysteine 34
factor IXa
anticoagulant
covalent conjugation
title An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
title_full An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
title_fullStr An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
title_full_unstemmed An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
title_short An Albumin-Oligonucleotide Assembly for Potential Combinatorial Drug Delivery and Half-Life Extension Applications
title_sort albumin oligonucleotide assembly for potential combinatorial drug delivery and half life extension applications
topic albumin
aptamer
oligodeoxynucleotides
drug delivery
half-life extension
neonatal Fc receptor
cysteine 34
factor IXa
anticoagulant
covalent conjugation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2162253117302652
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