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  • Butyrylcholinesterase nanoc...
    Zhang, Peng; Jain, Priyesh; Tsao, Caroline; Sinclair, Andrew; Sun, Fang; Hung, Hsiang-Chieh; Bai, Tao; Wu, Kan; Jiang, Shaoyi

    Journal of controlled release, 05/2016, Letnik: 230
    Journal Article

    Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is the most promising bioscavenger candidate to treat or prevent organophosphate (OP) poisoning. However, the clinical application of BChE is limited by two obstacles: an inadequate circulation half-life and limited sources for production. Although several modification technologies including glycosylation and PEGylation have been developed to improve its pharmacokinetics, none of them have been able to outperform blood-derived native BChE. In this work, we designed a long-circulating bioscavenger nanogel by coating equine serum-derived BChE with a zwitterionic polymer gel layer. This zwitterionic gel coating protected BChE from denaturation and degradation under harsh conditions. Notably, the nanocapsule exhibited a long circulation half-life of ~45h, a three-fold increase from the unmodified native version, enabling both therapeutic and prophylactic applications. In addition, the gel coating reduced the immunogenicity of equine BChE, unlocking the possibility to use non-human derived BChE as an OP bioscavenger in humans. Display omitted