Improved Bone Delivery of Osteoprotegerin by Bisphosphonate Conjugation in a Rat Model of Osteoarthritis
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Abstract
This study investigated the delivery of a model therapeutic protein, namely, osteoprotegerin (OPG), to bone sites in an animal model of osteoarthritis. The OPG was chemically conjugated to a "bone seeking" thiol-bisphosphonate (thiolBP) via a disulfide linkage. The BP conjugates of OPG were shown to display a higher hydroxyapatite affinity in vitro as compared to unmodified OPG. After intravenous injection, the bone uptake of OPG-thiolBP conjugate was increased 2-fold over that of control OPG under conditions of normal bone turnover. Furthermore, the retention of the OPG-thiolBP conjugate was significantly higher after 72 h. When administered to osteoarthritic rats undergoing active bone remodeling, the delivery of OPG-thiolBP conjugate to bone was increased more than 4-fold over that of control OPG after 24 h. These results suggest a significant advantage of BP conjugation as a drug delivery strategy for therapeutic cytokines in osteopenic bone diseases.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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