Tissue-specific targeting of DNA nanodevices in a multicellular living organism
Abstract
Nucleic acid nanodevices present great potential as agents for logic-based therapeutic intervention as well as in basic biology. Often, however, the disease targets that need corrective action are localized in specific organs, and thus realizing the full potential of DNA nanodevices also requires ways to target them to specific cell types in vivo. Here, we show that by exploiting either endogenous or synthetic receptor-ligand interactions and leveraging the biological barriers presented by the organism, we can target extraneously introduced DNA nanodevices to specific cell types in Caenorhabditis elegans, with subcellular precision. The amenability of DNA nanostructures to tissue-specific targeting in vivo significantly expands their utility in biomedical applications and discovery biology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 28, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.7554/elife.67830
Entities
People
- Franck Perez
- Jihad Aburas
- Kasturi Chakraborty
- Palapuravan Anees
- Paschalis Kratsios
- Sandhya P Koushika
- Sandrine Moutel
- Simona Martin
- Sunaina Surana
- Yamuna Krishnan
Organizations
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Ono Pharmaceutical
- PSL Research University
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- University of Chicago
- Whitehall Foundation