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Inhibition of acute complement responses towards bolus-injected nanoparticles using targeted short-circulating regulatory proteins

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Moein MoghimiORCiD

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© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.Effective inhibition of the complement system is needed to prevent the accelerated clearance of nanomaterials by complement cascade and inflammatory responses. Here we show that a fusion construct consisting of human complement receptor 2 (CR2) (which recognizes nanosurface-deposited complement 3 (C3)) and complement receptor 1 (CR1) (which blocks C3 convertases) inhibits complement activation with picomolar to low nanomolar efficacy on many types of nanomaterial. We demonstrate that only a small percentage of nanoparticles are randomly opsonized with C3 both in vitro and in vivo, and CR2-CR1 immediately homes in on this subpopulation. Despite rapid in vivo clearance, the co-injection of CR2-CR1 in rats, or its mouse orthologue CR2-Crry in mice, with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles nearly completely blocks complement opsonization and unwanted granulocyte/monocyte uptake. Furthermore, the inhibitor completely prevents lethargy caused by bolus-injected nanoparticles, without inducing long-lasting complement suppression. These findings suggest the potential of the targeted complement regulators for clinical evaluation.


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Author(s): Li Y, Jacques S, Gaikwad H, Wang G, Banda NK, Holers VM, Scheinman RI, Tomlinson S, Moghimi SM, Simberg D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology

Year: 2024

Volume: 19

Pages: 246-254

Print publication date: 01/02/2024

Online publication date: 05/10/2023

Acceptance date: 25/08/2023

Date deposited: 25/01/2024

ISSN (print): 1748-3387

ISSN (electronic): 1748-3395

Publisher: Nature Research

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01514-z

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01514-z

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/nnr1-2k52

Data Access Statement: Uncropped gels and dot blots for Supplementary Figs. 1, 14 and 16 are provided in the Supplementary Information. Additional raw data are available from the corresponding author upon request. Source data are provided with this paper.

PubMed id: 37798566


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NIH
R01 AI154959
R01 AR051749
R01 CA257958

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