Redesigning of cell-penetrating peptides to improve their efficacy as a drug delivery system

I Szabó, M Yousef, D Soltész, C Bató, G Mező… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) are promising tools for the transport of a broad range of
compounds into cells. Since the discovery of the first members of this peptide family, many …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in peptide-mediated cytosolic delivery of proteins

M Sánchez-Navarro - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The number of protein-based drugs is exponentially increasing. However, development of
protein therapeutics against intracellular targets is hampered by the lack of efficient cytosolic …

Cell-surface-retained peptide additives for the cytosolic delivery of functional proteins

JVV Arafiles, J Franke, L Franz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The delivery of functional proteins remains a major challenge in advancing biological and
pharmaceutical sciences. Herein, we describe a powerful, simple, and highly effective …

Liquid droplet formation and facile cytosolic translocation of IgG in the presence of attenuated cationic amphiphilic lytic peptides

T Iwata, H Hirose, K Sakamoto, Y Hirai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fc region binding peptide conjugated with attenuated cationic amphiphilic lytic peptide L17E
trimer [FcB (L17E) 3] was designed for immunoglobulin G (IgG) delivery into cells. Particle …

Incorporation of endosomolytic peptides with varying disruption mechanisms into EGFR-Targeted protein conjugates: the effect on intracellular protein delivery and …

RM Lieser, Q Li, W Chen, MO Sullivan - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2022 - ACS Publications
Intracellular delivery of protein therapeutics remains a significant challenge limiting the
majority of clinically available protein drugs to extracellular targets. Strategies to deliver …

Artificial nanocage formed via self-assembly of β-annulus peptide for delivering biofunctional proteins into cell interiors

K Sakamoto, H Furukawa, JVV Arafiles… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocarriers that deliver functional proteins to cell interiors are an attractive platform for the
intracellular delivery of intact proteins without further modification, with in vivo compatibility …

KCNN4 as a genomic determinant of cytosolic delivery by the attenuated cationic lytic peptide L17E

M Kuriyama, H Hirose, Y Kawaguchi, J Michibata… - Molecular Therapy, 2025 - cell.com
The development of a cytosolic delivery strategy for biopharmaceuticals is one of the central
issues in drug development. Knowledge of the mechanisms underlying these processes …

Cytosolic protein delivery using pH-responsive, charge-reversible lipid nanoparticles

Y Hirai, H Hirose, M Imanishi, T Asai, S Futaki - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Although proteins have attractive features as biopharmaceuticals, the difficulty in delivering
them into the cell interior limits their applicability. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a promising …

Cell-penetrating dabcyl-containing tetraarginines with backbone aromatics as uptake enhancers

M Yousef, I Szabó, J Murányi, F Illien, D Soltész, C Bató… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cell-penetrating peptides represent an emerging class of carriers capable of effective
cellular delivery. This work demonstrates the preparation and investigation of efficient CPPs …

Stearylated macropinocytosis-inducing peptides facilitating the cellular uptake of small extracellular vesicles

Y Nakagawa, JVV Arafiles, Y Kawaguchi… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Macropinocytosis is a form of endocytosis that allows massive uptake of extracellular
materials and is a promising route for intracellular delivery of biofunctional macromolecules …