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Protein Corona: Impact of Lymph Versus Blood in a Complex In Vitro Environment

Bonvin, Debora  
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Aschauer, Ulrich  
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Alexander, Duncan T. L.  
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2017
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In biological environments, the surface of nanoparticles (NPs) are modified by protein corona (PC) that determines their biological behavior. Unfortunately, in vitro tests still give different PC than in vivo tests causing in vitro-in vivo discrepancy; hence, in vitro studies are not indicative for the NPs' behavior in vivo. Here is demonstrated that PC in vitro is strongly influenced by the type of extracellular fluid (ECF), blood or lymph, by their high and low flow conditions and transitions between ECFs, and a combination of these parameters. As a result, this in vitro study approaches fluidic and dynamic variations to which NPs are exposed in vivo: different ECF that NPs encounter first in different injection routes, different transitions in-between ECFs during circulation, and simultaneous change in the exposed flow in these transitions. The most-abundant proteins in PCs are found to be not the most abundant in ECFs, but those having high affinity for binding to the surface of NPs. Moreover, some proteins are differently abundant in PCs at different flows, which indicate force-promoted binding, catch bonds. These results suggest that future in vitro studies should consider more complex incubation conditions to improve the in vitro-in vivo consistency necessary for translational research.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/smll.201700409
Web of Science ID

WOS:000406795700009

Author(s)
Bonvin, Debora  
Aschauer, Ulrich  
Alexander, Duncan T. L.  
Chiappe, Diego
Moniatte, Marc
Hofmann, Heinrich  
Mionić Ebersold, Marijana
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2017

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Wiley-Blackwell

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Small
Article Number

1700409

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REVIEWED

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June 9, 2017
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