XXVIIIth GTRV SCIENTIFIC MEETING
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XXVIIIth GTRV SCIENTIFIC MEETING
MOT DE LA PRESIDENTE Groupe Thématique De Recherche sur la Vectorisation (GTRV) Association loi de 1901 XXVIIIth GTRV SCIENTIFIC MEETING Le "Groupe Thématique de Recherche sur les Vecteurs" (G.T.R.V.) a été créé en 1986 à l'initiative d'éminents chercheurs français, Patrick COUVREUR (Professeur à l'Université de Paris-Sud), Francis SCHUBER (Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Strasbourg) et Jean PHILLIPOT (Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Montpellier). Cette initiative n’a eu pour but depuis lors que de développer et promouvoir les activités de recherche pluridisciplinaires tournant autour des Nanotechnologies pour la Santé. Aujourd’hui, les nanoparticules pour la santé sont présentes dans de nombreux domaines allant de l’imagerie, en passant par la photothérapie, de la régénérescence tissulaire, ou encore la radiothérapie. Le GTRV dont les membres sont au cœur de ces problématiques a souhaité mieux vous représenter et rendre les équipes plus visibles en créant une nouvelle société : la Société Française de Nanomédecine. Ces journées seront les dernières journées du GTRV qui seront d’un très haut niveau scientifique avec une demi-journée sur la délivrance intra-dermique hautement à propos dans un lieu proche de la Cosmetic Valley, une journée dédiée à la thérapie génique non virale en coordination avec la Société française de Thérapie Cellulaire et Génique, et une journée dédiée aux systèmes particulaires dans le domaine de l’imagerie. La Société Française de Nanomédecine aura à cœur de vous proposer des congrès et des journées de réflexion sur des sujets d’intérêts pour vous. En 2014, SFnano vous proposera : December 2-4, 2013 - une journée sur « l’intérêt de la chimie pour les nanomédecines » le 8 avril 2014, journée coorganisée avec la Société de Chimie Thérapeutique, - un workshop à Porto en octobre sur les modèles relevants in silico, in vitro et in vivo pour l’étude de la délivrance de médicaments en fonction du mode d’administration et University of Orléans – Campus La Source In collaboration with - enfin, le 1er congrès annuel qui aura lieu à Nancy sur les thèmes suivants : nanoparticules et rayonnements, vieillissement et stress oxydant, nanomédecine régénérative. Notre activité est aujourd’hui à la frontière entre la délivrance de médicaments et nouveaux outils d’imagerie. Le GTRV qui regroupe les acteurs clefs de ces domaines doit demeurer à la pointe et à la hauteur de l’enjeu dans ce domaine en forte accélération. N’hésitez pas à nous aider afin d’œuvrer ensemble pour que nos équipes soient fortes et acteurs de la mutation des nanomédecines. Nathalie Mignet -2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS GTRV Presidents GTRV PRESIDENTS .............................................................................................................................................4 1986-1991 : P. Couvreur GTRV BOARD 2012-2014 ....................................................................................................................................5 1992-1993 : F. Schuber 1994-1995 : Ph. Maincent 1996-1997 : F. Lescure PROGRAM MONDAY DECEMBER 2 .......................................................................................................................11 1998-1999 : J.P. Benoît PROGRAM TUESDAY DECEMBER 3.......................................................................................................................17 2000-2001 : G. Barratt PROGRAM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4 .................................................................................................................31 2002-2003 : D. Scherman 2004-2007 : D. Betbeder 2008-2011 : B. Lebleu 2012-2014 : N. Mignet SPONSORS ...........................................................................................................................................................7 GTRV SANOFI PRIZE ............................................................................................................................................8 GTRV DEBIOPHARM PRIZE .................................................................................................................................10 POSTERS – SESSION A .......................................................................................................................................40 POSTERS – SESSION B .......................................................................................................................................76 -3 - -4 - Dr. Jean-Luc COLL GTRV BOARD 2012-2014 Pr. Patrick COUVREUR Founding member Inserm UJF U823 Institut Albert Bonniot 38042 Grenoble Cedex 8 France Founding member CEA LETI Campus Minatec 38042 Grenoble France UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie 5, Rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 92296 CHATENAY-MALABRY Cedex France Website Dr. Anne-Claude COUFFIN Dr. Francis SCHUBER UMR 7199 CNRS/UdS, Faculté de Pharmacie 74, Route du Rhin 67401 ILLKIRCH Cedex France Communication Dr. Benoît FRISCH Dr. Gillian BARRATT Honorary member UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie 5, Rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 92296 CHATENAY-MALABRY Cedex France Vice Treasurer Laboratoire de Conception et application de molécules bioactives Université Strasbourg UMR CNRS 7199 – Faculté de Pharmacie 74 route du Rhin, BP 60024 67401 Illkirch cedex France Dr. Harivardhan LAKKIREDDY Dr. Nathalie MIGNET Head of Drug Delivery Technologies and Innovation Nanotechnologies Pharmaceutical Sciences Department Sanofi Research & Development 13, Quai Jules Guesde 94403 Vitry-sur-Seine France Vice President Dr. Bernard LEBLEU Inserm U1022/ UMR 8151 Université Paris Descartes 4, Avenue de l’Observatoire 75006 Paris France Dr. Sergio CAPANCIONI Sponsoring President Communication UMR CNRS 5235 - DIMNP Université de Montpellier II, cc107 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France Debio R.P. SA 146, Route du Levant 1920 Martigny Suisse Pr. Catherine PASSIRANI Secretary - Communication Inserm U1066 - Université d’Angers 10, Rue André Boquel 49100 Angers France Dr. Marie-Pierre ROLS Vice secretary - Communication Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale UMR-CNRS 5089 Route de Narbonne, 205 31077 Toulouse France Pr. Véronique PRÉAT Abstract book Université catholique de Louvain Louvain Drug Research Institute Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery Avenue E. Mounier, 73 bte B1.73.12 1200 Bruxelles Organizing committee Dr. Sylvie BEGU Treasurer Institut Gerhardt - UMR5253 UFR des Sciences pharmaceutiques 15, Avenue Charles Flahault BP14491 34093 Montepellier Cedex France Pr. Didier BETBEDER Sponsoring Patrick Midoux, CBM Orléans Chantal Pichon, CBM Orléans Eva J Toth, CBM Orléans Jean-Luc Coll, Institut Albert Bonniot UJF823, Grenoble Sylvie Bégu, Université Montpellier Anne-Claude Couffin, CEA Leti, Grenoble Catherine Passirani, Université Angers Nathalie Mignet, Université Paris Descartes EA 2689 IFR 114 – Laboratoire de Physiologie Fac. Med. pôle recherche, Lille 2 1, Place de Verdun 59045 Lille Cedex France -5 - -6 - The GTRV board thanks all its partners DebioPharm Sanofi Malvern Instruments Cordouan Nanosight Horiba Schaeffer In cell Art GTRV SANOFI PRIZE Xèmes Journées (Angers, 7-8 décembre 1995) F. Boury (Université de Angers) : « Propriétés rhéologiques de monocouches polymères à l’interface eau/dichloromethane » Président du jury : P. Couvreur XIèmes Journées (Paris, 12-13 décembre 1996) C. Meunier-Durmort (Ceremod, CNRS, Meudon) : « Lipoadenofection : quel rôle attribuer à l’adenovirus ? » Président du jury : M. Vert XIIèmes Journées (Bruxelles, 11-12 décembre 1997) H. Soyez (Polymer Materials Research Group, Université de Gand, Belgique) « Poly(2hydroxyethyl)glutamine as carrier for cytotoxic agents » Président du jury : F. Schuber XIIIèmes Journées (Paris, 7-8 décembre 1998) P. Schelté (UMR CNRS 7514, Strasbourg-Illkirch) « Construction liposomique diépitopique et études immunologiques : vers la mise au point de vaccins entièrement synthétiques » Président du jury : J.-P. Benoît XIVèmes Journées (Marseille, 11-12 décembre 1999) C. Pean (CEA, Saclay) : « Synthèse, analyse conformationnelle et évaluation des propriétés biologiques de vecteurs à base de cyclodextrines portant une antenne peptidique » Président du jury : G. Barratt XVèmes Journées (Paris, 7-8 décembre 2000) O. Raguin (INSERM-Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris) : « L’immunociblage simultané de deux antigènes de différenciation améliore la sélectivité pour les cellules tumorales » Président du jury : J. Barbet XVIèmes Journées (Lyon, 13-14 décembre 2001) C. Charnay (Université de Montpellier) : « Vers de nouveaux systèmes de délivrance : les silices mésoporeuses à tensioactifs structurants » Président du jury : J.M. Devoisselle XVIIèmes Journées (Paris, 12-13 décembre 2002) ex aequo C. Raffournier (UMR CNRS 8612, Université de Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry): « Solubilisation d’une émulsion par un détergent : évolutions structurales » A. Roth (UMR CNRS 7514, Strasbourg-Illkirch) : « Activité anti-tumorale de constructions liposomales à base de peptides synthétiques » Président du jury : E. Fattal XVIIIèmes Journées (Lille, 11-12 décembre 2003) G. Phan (Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunologie, CEA, Saclay) : « Amélioration de la décorporation du plutonium-239 in vivo par vectorisation liposomale optimisée de l’acide diéthylènediaminopentaacétique (DTPA) » Président du jury : B. Lebleu -7 - -8 - XIXèmes Journées (Paris, 16-17 décembre 2004) S. Daoud-Mahammed (UMR CNRS 8612, Université Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry) : « Gels associatifs originaux à base de cyclodextrines pour la libération prolongée de principes actifs hydrophobes » Président du jury : G. Barratt XXèmes Journées (Montpellier, 1-2 décembre 2005) C. Bloquel (INSERM U 640 - CNRS UMR 8151, Université René Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Paris) : « Plasmid electrotransfer of eye ciliary muscle : principle and uveitis therapeutic efficacy using hTNF- soluble receptor » Président du jury : C. Damgé GTRV DEBIOPHARM PRIZE XXèmes Journées (Montpellier, 1-2 décembre 2005) A. Paillard (EA 2465, Faculté des Sciences J. Perrin, Université d’Artois, Lens) : « Evaluation of neutral or cationic 60 nm nanoparticle as delivery systems of proteins on an in vitro model of blood brain barrier » Président du jury : D. Betbeder XXIèmes Journées (Paris, 13-15 décembre 2006) B. Aussedat (UMR 7613 CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) : « Synthèse et évaluation biologique de nouveaux vecteurs pseudo-peptidiques » Président du jury : J. Barbet XXIèmes Journées (Paris, 13-15 décembre 2006) K. Van Butsele (Centre d’Education et de Recherche sur les Macromolécules, Université de Liège, Belgique) : « New polymeric architectures for stealth and pH-responsive micelles » Président du jury : V. Préat XXIIèmes Journées (Strasbourg, 17-19 décembre 2007) H. de Martimprey (UMR CNRS 8121, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif) : « Nanoparticules copolymériques pour la vectorisation in vivo de siRNA dirrigés contre une tumeur » Président du jury : B. Ducrey XXIIèmes Journées (Strasbourg, 17-19 décembre 2007) J. Barbeau (ENSCR, UMR 6226 CNRS, Equipe « Chimie Organique et Supramoléculaire », Rennes) : « Archaeosomes : nouvelles formulations liposomiales pour la vectorisation de principes actifs et de gènes thérapeutiques » Président du jury : F. Artzner XXIIIèmes Journées (Angers, 8-10 décembre 2008) A. Boudier (UMR 5253 CNRS-ENSCM-UM2-UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Montpellier) : « Micelles pour des thérapies par l’interférence appliquées à des cellules dendritiques primaires » Président du jury : F. Boury XXIIIèmes Journées (Angers, 8-10 décembre 2008) C. Ancla (Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, site ENSCPB, Université de Bordeaux 1, Pessac) «Insulin delivery from glucose-responsive microgels» Président du jury : J.P. Benoît XXIVèmes Journées (Paris, 7-9 décembre 2009) L. Plapied (Université Catholique de Louvain, Unité de Pharmacie Galénique, Bruxelles, Belgique) : « Optimisation de la stratégie de vaccination par voie orale par nanoparticules polymériques : ciblage des cellules M ou bioadhésion ? » Président du jury : B. Lebleu XXVèmes Journées (Toulouse, 6-8 décembre 2010) C. Rosazza (IPBS Toulouse, France) « The cytoskeleton is an active partner in gene electortransfer process » Président du jury : N. Mignet XXIVèmes Journées (Paris, 7-9 décembre 2009) P. Castagnos (UMR CNRS 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse) : « Vésicules catanioniques: un système polyvalent pour la délivrance de principes actifs » Président du jury : E. Fattal XXVèmes Journées (Toulouse, 6-8 décembre 2010) H. Marie (UMR CNRS 8612, Chatenay-Malabry, France) « Magnetic-fluid loaded liposomes for diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases » Président du jury : C. Passirani XXVIèmes Journées (Bruxelles, 5-7 décembre 2011) E. Moysan (University of Angers) « Nanoparticle-encapsulated gemcitabine for lung cancer treatment » XXVIIèmes Journées (Paris, 3-5 décembre 2012) J Lavaud , Institut Albert Bonniot UJF823, Grenoble « Development and multimodal imaging characterization of relevant models in oncology » XXVIèmes Journées (Bruxelles, 5-7décembre 2011) R. Marchione (University Joseph Fournier, Grenoble, France) « EB virus Zebra protein as a delivery vector for therapeutic proteins » XXVIIèmes Journées (Paris, 3-5 décembre 2012) Emilie Secret (ICG Montpellier, France) « Multi-functionalized porous silicon nanoparticles for cancer therapy applications » Président du Jury : S. Begu -9 - -10- DECEMBER 2, 2013 THE SKIN: WHY IS IT SUCH AN EFFECTIVE BARRIER AND HOW CAN IT BE OVERCOME? 13h15 14h00 Dr. Yogeshvar N. Kalia Registration Opening session NATHALIE MIGNET(Présidente GTRV) & CHANTAL PICHON (Directrice ITP) PATRICE SOULLIÉ (Délégué Régional CNRS) & CHRISTINE ROUSSELLE (VPCS Université Orléans) SESSION « COSMETICS AND TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION » Chairperson: Patrick Couvreur 14h30 DR. YOGESHVAR KALIA, University of Geneva, Switzerland The skin: why is it such an effective barrier and how can it be overcome? 15h10 Topical delivery of ciclosporin A using polymeric micelles and visualization of transport pathways in the skin School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland [email protected], www.unige.ch/pharm//sbg/kalia.html After completing undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, he held postdoctoral positions in the Dept. of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge and the School of Pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco. He joined the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Geneva in 1996 where he currently holds the position of Senior Lecturer. His group’s research interests include (i) development of new formulations to increase local and systemic bioavailability of topical and transdermal therapeutics, (ii) investigation into the influence of permeant physicochemical properties on electrically-assisted transport across the skin, (iii) development of new techniques for the non- and minimally invasive delivery of biotechnology-derived therapeutics across the skin and (iv) synthesis and characterisation of prodrugs optimised for topical and transdermal administration. Their research is funded by public grants and through industrial collaborations. He has published ~115 papers, presented ~150 communications at international conferences and he is a coinventor on 4 patents. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery and he is also a reviewer for several journals in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields. M. Lapteva, V. Santer, K. Mondon, M. Möller, Y. Kalia 15h30 Biodegradable nanoparticles carrying an antioxidant and a fibroblastic growth factor for dermis reparation in a context of wound healing M. Berthet, C. Primard, V. Lahaye, B. Fromy, D. Sigaudo-Roussel, B. Verrier 15h50 Coffee break 16h20 New vectors for the immunobiological diagnosis of contact allergy to fragrances A. Cortial, S. Briançon 16h40 Sponsor presentations M. Terray, Malvern Instruments P. Peotta, Nanosight C. Megier, Horiba, Taille et concentration en Nanoparticules : Outils innovants et perspectives. S. Aguy, Cordouan 17h35 DR. VALÉRIE ALARD, LVMH Recherche, Orléans, France Bioavailability of cosmetic active ingredients: what kind of technologies for which goal? 18h15 End of the day 19h15 Welcome cocktail at the City Hall (Courtesy of Mairie d’Orleans) -11- The composition and structure of the stratum corneum make it an extremely effective barrier against molecular transport. As a consequence, therapeutic agents (or, for that matter, cosmeceuticals) that rely on passive diffusion to reach their target must combine potency and the correct balance of physicochemical properties to ensure efficacy. They must first enter and cross the stratum corneum before passing into the viable epidermis (the target for many dermatologic agents). Systemically-acting therapeutics must penetrate further still and reach the dermis in order to enter the capillary network. The transfer of a molecule from a topically applied formulation into the body and its subsequent transport involves many different steps but is dominated by two distinct physical processes: (i) partitioning between the formulation and the stratum corneum and (ii) diffusion through the biological membrane. The first step is thermodynamic in nature – governed by the relative affinities of the molecule for the two media – whereas the second is a kinetic process in which the rate of transport is determined by the molecular diffusivity in the biological matrix. For most molecules, the rate-limiting step is transit across the stratum corneum. Many potentially useful locally and systemically-acting therapeutic agents, with good pharmacological activity, lack the requisite physicochemical properties to ensure efficient delivery. This is also true for certain cosmeceuticals, e.g., polar anti-oxidants with insufficient lipophilicity to favour partitioning into the stratum corneum. As a result, different methods have been developed in an attempt to enhance delivery into and transport across the skin. These approaches rely on several strategies including (i) chemical modification to make molecular physicochemical properties more amenable to entry into the stratum corneum (e.g., esterification), (ii) use of advanced formulation techniques to encapsulate the active ingredient (e.g., micelles or liposomes, again to favour partitioning), (iii) incorporation of excipients that alter solubility or act as chemical penetration enhancers to reversibly perturb the diffusional barrier, (iv) application of an additional driving force to complement the flux due to the concentration gradient (e.g., the electric potential gradient used in iontophoresis) and (v) reversible impairment of skin barrier integrity through either mechanical or physical means (e.g., lasers, microneedles or radio-frequency). Although very different in their approach, in general, these techniques either enhance partitioning from the formulation or facilitate diffusion in the skin. They have the ability to significantly expand the range of molecules that can be considered for topical or transdermal administration and provide new treatment options for the clinician. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of some of these methods – including the molecules studied and the results achieved. -12- TOPICAL DELIVERY OF CICLOSPORIN A USING POLYMERIC MICELLES AND VISUALIZATION OF TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN THE SKIN Maria Lapteva∗ , Verena Santer, Karine Mondon, Michael Möller, and Yogeshvar Kalia† BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES CARRYING AN ANTIOXIDANT AND A FIBROBLASTIC GROWTH FACTOR FOR DERMIS REPARATION IN A CONTEXT OF WOUND HEALING. † Morgane Berthet∗ , Charlotte Primard, Vincent Lahaye, Bérengère Fromy, Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel, and Bernard Verrier School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne – 30 Quai Ansermet - 1211 Geneva - Switzerland Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI) – CNRS : UMR5305 – 7 Passage du Vercors - 69007 Lyon, France Ciclosporin A (CsA) is a potent immunosuppressant; however, its systemic administration exposes the patient to severe side effects. Topical delivery offers significant advantages but CsA is a difficult molecule to formulate and to deliver because of its lipophilicity and poor aqueous solubility. Micelle formulations using a novel amphiphilic block copolymer (MPEG-dihexPLA) have recently been shown to incorporate several poorly water soluble drugs with high loading efficiencies and to increase their delivery into the skin. Aims: (i) To evaluate cutaneous delivery of CsA after topical application of a MPEG- dihexPLA micelle formulation, (ii) to synthesize a fluorescent analogue of CsA (Fluo-CsA) and (iii) to use confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to visualize micelle and drug distribution in the skin and to identify molecular penetration pathways . CsA-loaded micelles were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. CsA was quantified by an in-house HPLC-UV method. Micelle size and morphology were characterized by DLS and TEM. CsA was labelled with the fluorescent dye, NHS-fluorescein, using 4-vinylbenzylamine as a linker. Fluo-CsA-loaded micelles were prepared by adding NR- MPEG-dihexPLA to MPEG-dihexPLA copolymer. Skin transport experiments with CsA and Fluo-CsA loaded micelles were performed using porcine skin. Skin samples exposed to fluorescent micelles were subsequently observed with a Zeiss LSM 710 confocal microscope. Micelle formulations with different copolymer content (5-20 mg/ml) were prepared. CsA drug loadings ranged between 310.93 9.36 and 333.75 5.56 mgCsA/gcopo and drug contents ranged between 1.67 0.03 and 6.23 022 mg/ml. The micelles were found to be spherical with a diameter below 50 nm. The Fluo-CsA loaded micelles with a 5 mg/ml copolymer content had a similar drug loading to that of CsA micelles. The amount of CsA deposited in porcine skin after formulation application for 24 h was dependent on the formulation drug content and the drug loading in the micelles and ranged between 7.4 1.1 and 16.3 3.0 g/cm2. No CsA was detected in the receiver compartment. The investigation into the skin deposition kinetics showed that the micelle formulation with the lowest drug content was able to deliver 1.1 0.5 g/cm2 after application for only 1 h, which exceeds by 15-fold the IC90 value in non-CsA sensitive psoriatic patients. The CLSM images suggested that the labelled copolymer was localized in the uppermost skin layers, whereas Fluo-CsA was released and penetrated deeper into the skin. Micelles seemed to be preferentially deposited between single corneocytes and larger groups of corneocyte called clusters. Moreover, the regions situated directly under the inter-cluster junctions showed more permeability to Fluo- CsA. CsA was successfully delivered in supra-therapeutic amounts into the skin using nano-sized MPEG-dihexPLA micelles. CSLM images showed that the copolymer did not cross intact skin whereas the encapsulated drug seemed to preferentially penetrate through the inter-cluster regions. Soldiers’ wounds caused by improvised explosive devices proved to be slow to heal. The development of new tools is therefore essential for a rapid wound healing, limiting the risks of infection. Wound healing is a sequential process, and our goal is to develop a tool able to manage the critical steps of this process by promoting (i) the wound reepithelialisation to reduce risks of infection and (ii) to lead to the redevelopment of a functional dermis in order to limit fibrosis and the weakening of the scar tissue. In this way, reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are toxic for cells and alter the extracellular matrix composition will be contented and growth factors will be brought to activate fibroblasts. Those agents will be carried by biodegradable particles made of poly lactic acid (PLA) to deliver drugs selectively to the specific site(s) of action over a prolonged time course. We have developed two models of nanoparticles made of poly lactic acid (PLA) and synthetized by nanoprecipitation without surfactant, resulting in negatively-charged, monodisperse particles (200-nm). On one hand, PLA nanoparticles encapsulating the antioxidant lipoïc acid, on the other hand, PLA nanoparticles carrying a fibroblastic growth factor 2 (FGF2) adsorbed on their surface. For the first model, the lipoïc acid encapsulation efficiency has been measured by an indirect quantification method using HPLC. Furthermore, its biological action has been evaluated in vitro on endothelial cells by quantification of the intracellular ROS, using the H2DCF-DA (2’,7’-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate) reagent. For the second model, FGF2 has been adsorbed on PLA particles and the adsorption rate has been evaluated by quantification of the residual protein, using BCA test. Biological action of the adsorbed FGF-2 compared to non-adsorbed one has been evaluated in vitro by measuring the proliferation of fibroblasts, and in vivo in mice using a skin lesion model. Our results suggest a decrease of the intracellular ROS in presence of encapsulated antioxidants, compared to free-delivered lipoïc acid. Moreover, particles carrying adsorbed FGF2 have shown to improve the cellular proliferation of fibroblasts in vitro, and in vivo speed up the wound healing in mice. Those preliminary studies allowed the characterization of the biological activities of therapeutic agents (an antioxidant and a growth factor) carried by biocompatible particles made of PLA, in vitro and in vivo in the context of wound healing. The biological activities of those drugs were not damaged by the formulation process, on the contrary the transport by the particles may increase their effect in vitro. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -13- -14- NEW VECTORS FOR THE IMMUNOBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CONTACT ALLERGY TO FRAGRANCES Angele Cortial∗1,2, and Stephanie Briancon 1 Laboratoire d’automatique et de génie des procédés (LAGEP) – CNRS : UMR5007, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, Ecole Supérieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon – bat 308G ESCPE-Lyon, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918 - 69622 Villeurbanne, France Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI) – Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, Inserm : U1111 – 21 avenue Tony Garnier - 69365 Lyon, France 2 The diagnosis of contact allergy to haptens relies on patch-testing. Nevertheless, skin tests display several caveats, notably they are time consuming and can promote active sensitization. Immunological assays based on the detection of hapten-specific T cells from the blood of allergic patients proved reliable alternatives to patchtesting. However, such assays are still not in use, mainly due to the highly hydrophobic nature of haptens that are poorly soluble in conventional culture media. Here, we have developed new vectors to encapsulate and solubilize a complex mixture of 8 fragrances (Fragrance Mix (FM)), and we report on their use for the reactivation of FM-specific T cells in a standard ex vivo immunobiological assay (using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) purified from sensitized patients to FM). Two different types of nanoparticles (NP) were generated: i) poly -caprolactone (PCL)NPs by a nanoprecipitation method, and ii) petrolatum (Pet)-NPs using an emulsification- sonication process. Use of PCLNP-FM, but not control NP, allowed for a robust secondary T cell response in a large number of FM sensitized individuals (FM+ patch-tests). Importantly, no reactivation was observed from individuals negative to FM. These results suggest that encapsulation of haptens and complex mixture into NP vectors is promising to improve the immunobiological diagnosis of contact allergy to fragrances. BIOAVAILABILITY OF COSMETIC ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR WHICH GOAL Valérie Alard LVMH Recherche, 185 avenue de Verdun - 45800 St Jean de Braye, France [email protected] Graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse in 1987, she works for the Parfums Christian Dior Research center and then for LVMH Research for 26 years. During this period she worked on physico-chemistry, make-up and skincare formulations, suncare Innovative formulations and in vitro evaluations. She is currently involved in development and formulation of biodelivery systems in innovative formula. The goal of cosmetic industry is to find the best compromise between “efficacy” and sensory properties (visual, touch, smell and sometimes …taste), in a legislative context more and more strict and that generate a very complex network. To achieve this goal, a pragmatic approach is necessary, considering the partition coefficient of the active ingredients, their interactions with all the other cosmetic formulation materials, from oil phases to aqueous polymers and powders, then the evolution of the structures when the product is applied on the top of skin and, for sure, the behavior into the skin. Different analytical measurements are considered to characterize these different steps. Transmission electron microscopy using freeze fracture to prepare the sample is a relevant and elegant technique to characterize the different structures at these steps, and their stability during time under different thermal conditions. Franz cells, using pig ear skin is an efficient tool that allow to evaluate the impact of the modifications of the compositions on the behavior of the active ingredient in contact with skin. A practical example of the development of a new delivery system in a range of different formulations, from a serum to a cream, illustrate this topic and show that using this kind of approach, stabilization of liposomes may be achieved even in very nice and comfortable creams, and in parallel penetration of a model active ingredient in the skin could be increased. ∗Intervenant -15- -16- RNAI-BASED NANOMEDICINES FOR TARGETED PERSONALIZED THERAPY DECEMBER 3, 2013 Prof. Dan Peer 8h30 Registration – Poster installation Session A SESSION « GENE THERAPY : NON VIRAL VECTORS » Chairpersons: Patrick Midoux and Pierre Cordelier 9H00 PR. DAN PEER, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel RNAi-based nanomedicines for targeted personalized therapy 9h40 Development of anti-HIV lipoplexes for the treatment of cervical cancer A. Lechanteur, T. Furst, B. Evrard, P. Roncarati, P. Delvenne, G. Piel, P. Hubert 10h00 Development of smart siRNA LNCs to improve the cellular uptake into melanoma cells 10h20 Coffee break & Poster session (Session A) 10h50 Efficient delivery of therapeutic small nucleic acids using ketal nucleoside lipid nanoparticles P. Resnier, J. Bejaud, N. Yilmaz, N. Lautram, P. Legras, T. Benvegnu, J.-P. Benoit, C. Passirani P. Barthélémy 11h10 Electrotransfer of oligonucleotides into cancer cells 11h30 Utilization of the dynein molecular motor to improve perinuclear accumulation of Dynein Prof. Dan Peer is an associate professor that leads an NIH-funded lab in the Faculty of Life Science at Tel Aviv University (TAU). He is also the director of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Nanotechnology Research Fund and the director of the Focal Technology Area (FTA) on Nanomedicines for Personalized Theranostics, a national nanotechnology initiative, which includes 11 academic labs and a grant of $11.5M that support this effort. He was recruited to Tel Aviv University from Harvard Medical School in 2008. Prof. Peer has been a senior affiliate member of the Research Institute of Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas since 2011 and a visiting scientist at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts since 2008. Prof. Dan Peer’s work was among the first to demonstrate systemic delivery of RNA molecules using targeted nanocarriers to the immune system and he pioneered the use of RNA interference (RNAi) for in vivo validation of new drug targets within the immune system. He was recruited to TAU in 2008 from Harvard to establish the laboratory of NanoMedicine. Prof. Peer generated an international recognition and collaboration in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and oncology area. He received numerous awards; among them he was recognized by the AAAS excellence in Science program for young investigators and was recently awarded the innovator (2010) and the breakthrough (2011, 2012, 2013) awards from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation on his pioneering work in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). M. Golzio, S. Pelofy, A. Paganin, S. Chabot, E. Bellard, M.-P. Rols, J. Teissié Light Chain Associated Sequences functionalized fluospheres N. Parassol, C. Bienvenu, C. Boglio, S. Fiorucci, D. Cerezo, X.-M. Yu, G. Godeau, J. Greiner, P. Vierling, S. Noselli, C. Di Giorgio, V. Van De Bor 11h50 He is an editor of several books in the field of nanomedicine, an associate editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, BMC Biochemistry and Molecular and cellular therapies and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Controlled Release (Elsevier), Nanotechnology (IOP) , BioMEMs and Biomedical Nanotechnology (Springer) and Cancer Letters (Elsevier). He has more than 45 pending and granted patents. Some of them have been licensed to several pharmaceutical companies and one is under a phase II clinical evaluation. In addition, based on his work, 2 spin-off companies were generated LeukoBiosciences in the US and Quiet Therapeutics in Israel, aiming to bring nanomedicine into clinical practice. Cationic nanostructured lipid carriers dedicated to siRNA delivery J. Bruniaux, E. Sulpice, M. Menneteau, I.Texier, X.Gidrol, F. Navarro 12H10-13H40 LUNCH RNA interference (RNAi)-based approaches have greatly contributed to better understanding of gene expression and function in vitro. The capability to apply these strategies in vivo in order to validate the role of specific genes in normal or pathological conditions, and to induce therapeutic gene silencing, 13H50 POSTER SESSION (SESSION A) CHAIRPERSONS: BERNARD LEBLEU AND TRISTAN MONTIER opened new avenues for utilizing RNAi as a novel therapeutic modality. However, the translation of RNAi 15h00 DR. EVA VAN ROOIJ, University Medical Center of Utrecht, The Netherlands from an effective genomic tool into a novel therapeutic modality has been hindered by the difficulty to 15h40 An E3-14.7K peptide that promotes microtubules-mediated transport of plasmid DNA MicroRNAs as therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease increases polyplexes transfection efficiency L. Pigeon, C. Gonçalves, C. Pichon, P. Midoux 16h00 Effects of a novel archaeal Tetraether-based colipid on the in vivo gene transfer activity of deliver RNAi molecules into their target tissues by systemic administration, especially to hematopoietic cells. In this presentation, I will describe some of the challenges and opportunities in modulating leukocytes response using RNAi and discuss adverse effects such as immuno-toxicity. Special emphasize will be made on delivery strategies that target subsets of leukocytes such as the integrin- cationic amphiphiles targeted and stabilized nanoparticles platform and the gagomers and I will detail examples from C. Ballet, T. Le Gall, J. Barbeau, S. Barrier, L. Lemiègre, P. Lehn, T. Benvegnu, T. Montier inflammatory bowel diseases, viral infection and blood cancers. 16h20 Coffee break & Poster session (Session A) Personalized nanomedicine has the power of combining nanomedicine with clinical and molecular 16h50 New cationic liposomes bubbles for nucleic acids transfer biomarkers ("OMICS" data) achieving improve prognosis and disease management as well as A. Delalande, S. Manta, M. Bessodes, P. Midoux, N. Mignet, C. Pichon 17h10 Cyclodextrin-based multicomponent gene vectors: optimizing nanoparticle self-assembling and site-specific gene delivery L. Gallego-Yerga, I. Pflueger, C. Tros de Ilarduya, J. M Benito, C. Ortiz Mellet, individualized drug selection and dosage profiling to ensure maximum efficacy and safety. In this presentation, I will also detail aspects of personalized nanomedicine both from the drug and the carrier standpoint. J. Garcia Fernandez, F. Mendicuti 17h30 DR. STEPHEN C. HYDE, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 18h10 Round table: Perspectives of non-viral vectors 19h15 Bus for Gala DinnerSESSION « Nano-Oncology » Non-Viral Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis: From Basic Research to Clinical Impact -17- -18- DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-HPV LIPOPLEXES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER 1 1 1 2 2 DEVELOPMENT OF STEALTH AND PH-SENSITIVE SIRNA LNCS TO IMPROVE THE CELLULAR UPTAKE INTO MELANOMA CELLS 1 Anna Lechanteur∗ , Tania Furst , Brigitte Evrard , Patrick Roncarati , Philippe Delvenne , Géraldine Piel , and 2 Pascale Hubert 1 1 1 1 1 2 Pauline Resnier∗ , Jérôme Bejaud , Nesrin Yilmaz , Nolwenn Lautram , Pierre Legras , Thierry Benvegnu3, Jean-Pierre Benoit1, and Catherine Passirani1 Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy - CIRM, University of Liège – Belgique 2 Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, GIGA-CANCER, University of Liège – Belgique 1 Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) are responsible for several diseases and some of them (such as HPV16 and HPV18) can induce cervical cancer. In this case the two HPV E6 and E7 oncoproteins are essential players in order to immortalize keratinocytes by decreasing tumor suppressor genes (p53 and pRb). Nowadays cervical cancer is known to be the third most frequent cause of death in women and only prophylactics vaccines exist. Except classical cancer therapy (surgery and radio/chemotherapy), there is no more treatment if the lesion is already developed. Gene therapy is a promising strategy to treat cancer. We focus on RNA interferences (siRNA) to target mRNA coding for both HPV E6 and E7 oncoproteins. siRNA would be encapsulated in cationic lipidic nanovectors to form lipoplexes. This association is essential to protect siRNA, to allow the diffusion into the vaginal mucus and to cross the anionic cellular membrane. The aim of this study is to develop a local treatment of cervical cancer by siRNA antiE6 and/or antiE7 that would be encapsulated in cationic nanovectors. In the first time, we validated the efficacy of both siRNA antiE6 and antiE7 with a commercially transfection agent (Oligofectamine ®). Some objectives are achieved: high transfection, extinction of E6 and E7 mRNA and decreased proliferation of cells. However, the induction of apoptosis is quite low. To enhance the rate of cell death, we will trigger an anti-apoptotic protein with another siRNA. In the second time, Oligofectamine® had been replaced by liposomes with good physicochemical characteristics (size, surface charge, stability...). Liposomes composed of DOTAP/DOPE/Cholesterol (1:0,5:0,5; molar ratio) are preformed and then mixed with siRNA (100 nM; N/P 5). The size of obtained lipoplexes is around 200nm and the zeta potential is around +45mV. This formulation leads a very efficient transfection (FACS Analysis). Moreover, a promising efficacy was obtained as the percentage of mRNA is significantly reduced (qPCR analysis). However, lipoplexes seem to be more toxic (Fixable Viability Stain 450) than Oligofectamine® complexed with siRNA. In order to decrease this toxicity, a reduced concentration of lipoplexes was tested. We showed that at a lower concentration, we were able to reduce toxicity while the efficacy remains the same. In conclusion, even if the results are hopeful, some other tests will have to be done to validate the efficacy of lipoplexes. Especially, the decrease of proliferation, the induction of apoptosis and the safety on cells will have to be confirmed. The formulation will then be optimized to obtain the best efficacy/toxicity ratio. Finally, we have developed a 3D model of cervical lesion and lipoplexes will be inoculated on it. We will analyze the safety of lipoplexes, its diffusion into the pluristratified epithelium, and the action of the loaded siRNA. Micro et nanomédecines biomimétiques (MINT) – Inserm : U1066, Université d’Angers – Université d’Angers, 10 rue André Boquel - 49100 Angers, France 2 Service commun d’animalerie hospitalo-universitaire (SCAHU) – Université d’Angers – Rue haute de reculée - 49933 Angers, France 3 Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) - Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS : UMR6226, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes – Campus de Beaulieu - Bat. 10 Avenue du Général Leclerc - 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Melanoma remains the most aggressive form of skin cancer that caused worldwide 80% of death by skin cancer. Indeed, advanced-stage melanoma is often associated with overall median survival of 2-10 monthswith only 5-10% of overall above 5 years (1-2). This dramatic clinical prognosis can be explained by resistance phenomena towards the chemotherapeutic agents that are currently in use (1).Nowadays, siRNA toolsfor alternative treatment were developed to sensitive cancer cells to classic chemotherapy (3). However, the biodistribution of siRNA is limited and delivery systemsarea necessity to carrynucleic acidsand to target tumor and metastatic sites.In this way, siRNA lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) were developed recently to encapsulate and carrysiRNAbysystemic route. These LNCs were formed with polymers and cationic lipids that interact with anionic siRNA. These siRNA LNCs had a size of 75 nm, neutral zeta potential and an encapsulation efficiency of 40% with stability over 3 months (4-5). Moreover, thepegylationof LNCs by postinsertion methodshouldimprove the lifetime in bloodandlead toa passive tumoral targeting by EPR effect (6). However, the addition of PEG can prevent the internalization of LNCs into cells.In this work, classical DSPE-PEG with stealth property and new innovative tetraether-pHsensitive-PEG, developed at Rennes, weregraftedon siRNA LNCsby post-insertion method(7). Stability, siRNA protection against serum nucleases, cellular uptake and lifetime in blood after intravenous injections were evaluated for siRNA LNCs with these different surface modifications.Encapsulation efficiency of siRNA was not modified afterpegylationprocess. Moreover, the grafting of PEG on LNC surface improved the stability of LNCs at 37C and their protection versus blood nucleases. Otherwise, siRNALNCs demonstrated a good cell uptake with the detection of fluorescent siRNA in all cells after 24h incubation. Finally, CH50 assays proved the efficacy of PEG to protect LNC against complement recognition compared to non-modified LNCs. The intravenous injection of LNCs and PEG LNCs into nude mice confirmed a longer lifetime in blood for pegylated form of siRNA LNCs.All these experimentsconcerning the stealth LNCswill be compared to the ongoing experiments with pH-sensitive LNCs. 1. Matos AM, Francisco AP.2013.ChemMedChem. 2. Rastrelli M, Alaibac M,Stramare R,Chiarion Sileni V,Montesco MC Campana LG, Rossi CR.2013.ISRN Dermatol;616170. 3. Chen Y, Wu JJ, Huang L. 2010.Mol Ther;18:828e34. 4. David S, Resnier P, Guillot A, Pitard B, Benoit JP, Passirani C. 2012.EurJPharmBiopharm;81:448e52. 5. Resnier P, LeQuinio P,Lautram N, André E, Gaillard C, Bastiat G, Benoit J-P, Passirani C. 2013.Submitto Nanotechnology 6. Maeda H, Wu J, Sawa T, Matsumura Y, Hori K. 2000.J Control Release;65:271e84. 7. Barbeau J, Cammas-Marion S, Auvray P, Benvegnu T. 2011. J Drug Deliv:396068. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -19- -20- EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC SMALL NUCLEIC ACIDS USING KETAL NUCLEOSIDE LIPID NANOPARTICLES ELECTROTRANSFER OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES INTO CANCER CELLS Muriel Golzio∗, Sandrine Pelofy, Aurelie Paganin, Sophie Chabot, Elisabeth Bellard, Marie-Pierre Rols, and Justin Teissié Philippe Barthelemy Institut de pharmacologie et de biologie structurale (IPBS) – CNRS : UMR5089, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III – 205 Route de Narbonne - 31077 Toulouse, France Université Bordeaux, INSERM U869 – France A novel nucleoside lipid derived from dioleyl ketal was synthesized from uridine in three steps starting from dioleyl ketone. Electronic microscopy studies show that Ketals Nucleoside Lipids (KNL) self-assemble to formliposome-like structures in aqueous solutions. KNL is able to bind siRNA as demonstrated by electrophoresis experiment and standard ethidiumbromide fluorescence displacement assay. Transfection assays of stable hepaticcell lines HupIRF, carrying a luciferase reporter gene demonstrate that KNL is able to transfect siRNA and exhibits protein knockdown more efficiently than its diester analog (DOTAU) and lipofectamine. Interfering RNAs (siRNA, miRNA) have been proposed to revolutionize the medicine by opening new therapeutic ways. Perhaps the most serious obstacle to siRNA drug development is delivery. Improving delivery efficiency will likely require greater insight into the mechanisms by which cells take up siRNA. The biophysical approach described in this work brings a safe and efficient delivery on the targeted organ. The electrotransfer or the electropermeabilization (EP) consists in the injection of oligonucleotides in a tissue followed by the application of calibrated electric pulses which permeabilize the membrane of cells and therefore promote the entry of hydrophilic molecules into the cell. We demonstrate that electrotransfer of siRNA is highly effective for the inhibition of the expression of the target gene.EP allows direct transfer of the oligonucleotides in the cytoplasm of cells. EP acts at the same time on the permeabilization of the plasma membrane of the cells and on the electrophoretic forces that push the negatively charged oligonucleotides. Our results showed that EP allowed direct entry into the cytoplasm bypassing the endocytosic pathway. The results of our observations will allow to give important directives (pulse parameters, chemical modifications) for RNAi-based clinical protocols implying the transfer of oligonucleotides in target tissues and to have new tools for targeted therapy. ∗ Intervenant -21- -22- UTILIZATION OF THE DYNEIN MOLECULAR MOTOR TO IMPROVE PERINUCLEAR ACCUMULATION OF DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN ASSOCIATED SEQUENCES FUNCTIONALIZED FLUOSPHERES CATIONIC NANOSTRUCTURED LIPID CARRIERS DEDICATED TO SIRNA DELIVERY 1,2,3,4 Jonathan Bruniaux∗ Nadège Parassol1, Céline Bienvenu2, Cécile Boglio2, Sébastien Fiorucci2, 1 2 2 2 2 Delphine Cerezo , Xiao-Min Yu , Guilhem Godeau , Jacques Greiner , Pierre Vierling , 1 *2 §1 ∗ Stéphane Noselli , Christophe Di Giorgio , and Véronique Van De Bor 1 Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer (IBDC) – CNRS: UMR6543, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS] – Parc Valrose - 06108 Nice, France 2Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN) – CNRS : UMR7272, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS] – Faculté des Sciences Parc Valrose 28 Avenue Valrose - 06108 Nice, France A significant challenge in nanotechnology, and more particularly in gene transfer, is to improve drug nuclear delivery by engineering nanocarriers transported by cytoskeletal motors1. Molecular motors transport various cargoes including proteins, mRNAs, organelles, vesicles, viruses, to distinct intracellular compartments2. Cytoplasmic dynein is an anterograde molecular motor which uses the microtubules to actively carry cargoes from the membrane periphery toward the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) and hence to nucleus. We developed an assay to visualize the movement of fluospheres (FS) using intracytoplasmic microinjection into drosophila oocytes coupled with real time videomicroscopy. We designed dynein motor driven FS using different dynein light chain 8 (LC8) peptide binding motifs as molecular linkers3-6 allowing us to characterize in real time the efficiency and dynamics of the FS movement according to its linker’s sequence. Results show that sufficient concentration of highly conserved LC8 binding motif allows unambiguously fast perinuclear nanoparticle’s accumulation in a microtubule as well as in a dynein dependent mechanism. 1. Cohen, R.N., Rashkin, M.J.Wen, X. Szoka F.C. Molecular motors as drug delivery vehicles. Drug Discovery Today: Technologies 2, 111-118 (2005). 2. Ross, J.L., Ali, M.Y. & Warshaw, D.M. Cargo transport: molecular motors navigate a complex cytoskeleton. Curr Opin Cell Biol 20, 41-47 (2008). 3. Wang, L., Hare, M., Hays, T.S. & Barbar, E. Dynein light chain LC8 promotes assembly of the coiled-coil domain of swallow protein. Biochemistry 43, 4611-4620 (2004). 4. Fan, J., Zhang, Q., Tochio, H., Li, M. & Zhang, M. Structural basis of diverse sequencedependent target recognition by the 8 kDa dynein light chain. J Mol Biol 306, 97-108 (2001). 5. Benison, G., Karplus, P.A. & Barbar, E. Structure and dynamics of LC8 complexes with KXTQT-motif peptides: swallow and dynein intermediate chain compete for a common site. J Mol Biol 371, 457-468 (2007). 6. Rodr´ıguez-Crespo, I., Yelamos, B., Roncal, F., Albar, J.P., Ortiz de Montellano, P.R., Gavilanes, F. Identification of novel cellular proteins that bind to the LC8 dynein light chain using a pepscan technique. FEBS Lett 503, 135-1417 (2001). † 1 Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble 1 UJF) – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I – Université Joseph Fourier - BP 53 – 38041 Grenoble, France 2 INSERM U1038 (INSERM U1038) – Inserm – Grenoble, France 3 CEA DSV/IRTSV/Biomics - Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives - 17 Rue des Martyrs - 38054 Grenoble, France 4 CEA LETI MINATEC DTBS– Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives - 17 Rue des Martyrs - 38054 Grenoble, France Since the discovery of RNA interference mechanism, the use of siRNA in research is a potent tool for studying the gene functions and/or for identifying new biomarkers of diseased cells. High throughput screening is an emerging field which requires generic vectors with highly efficient transfection to study thousands different siRNA. In this way, progresses have been made regarding the design of non-viral vectors (lipids, peptides, polymers) as delivery agents. The efficiency and specificity of gene-based expression of siRNA have been improved, while at the same time reducing toxicity. Among these carriers, lipid-based agents, already used as commercial reagents for in vitro transfection, are emerging as a promising approach for siRNA delivery. Here, we focus on multifunctional nanostructured lipid carriers with a cationic shell, as a ready-to-use system allowing simple, fast and stable over time complexation by establishment of electrostatic bonds with anionic siRNA. These particles demonstrate an outstanding colloidal stability and their cationic charges promote effective complexation, as e vidence by gel retardation assay, without generating cytotoxicity. Compared to the commercially available lipoplexes, these highly stable lipid nanoemulsions offer the possibility to combine several functions into a unique carrier, such as fluorescent particle tracking through the encapsulation of lipophilic dyes and/or the co-delivery of other drugs. Thereby, the distribution monitoring into cells with nanocarriers, entrapping lipophilic cyanine derivatives, demonstrate an improved internalization of nucleic acids. Furthermore, these lipid particles present high in vitro transfection efficiency in several human cell lines, with a demonstrated down regulation of targeted proteins. Besides, ligand moieties can be grafted onto their surface in order to selectively target a specific subset of cells. Such cationic lipid nanodroplets open new avenues in the development of high throughput RNAi screening as well as their translation to clinics. Intervenant -23- -24- MICRORNAS AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AN E3-14.7K PEPTIDE THAT PROMOTES MICROTUBULES-MEDIATED TRANSPORT OF PLASMID DNA INCREASES POLYPLEXES TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY Eva van Rooij 1 1 1 †1 Lucie Pigeon∗ , Cristine Goncalves , Chantal Pichon , and Patrick Midoux Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands 1 Eva van Rooij attended University Hospital Maastricht in the Netherlands where she received a Ph.D. at the department of Cardiology. She then went on to complete postdoctoral training in Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the lab of Dr. Eric Olson where she served as lead scientist in the studies that linked microRNAs to cardiovascular disease. Her work subsequently became the foundation of miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on the development of microRNA therapeutics. In the last years Eva van Rooij served as miRagen’s Senior Director of Biology and co-founder during which she oversaw all the preclinical studies for the company’s microRNA programs. In 2013 she started an academic lab at the Hubrecht Institute to further unveil the molecular signaling pathways that are relevant for cardiovascular biology. Chronic and acute stress to the heart results in a pathological remodeling response accompanied by hypertrophy, fibrosis, myocyte apoptosis and eventual death from pump failure and arrhythmias. We have identified signature expression patterns of microRNAs associated with different forms of heart disease. Gainand loss-of-function studies have revealed profound and unexpected functions for these microRNAs in numerous facets of cardiac biology, providing glimpses of new regulatory mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets for heart disease. Disease-inducing cardiac microRNAs can be persistently regulated in vivo through systemic delivery of antimiRs. The therapeutic opportunities for manipulating microRNA biology in the setting of heart disease will be discussed. Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Inserm and University of Orléans - 45071 Orléans, France Cationic polymers and lipids are promising chemical vectors for gene therapy. However, the limited cytosolic diffusion of plasmid DNA (pDNA) impairs its delivery to the nucleus. To improve its intracellular trafficking to the nucleus of the cell, one strategy is to make a pDNA able to interact with cytoskeleton motors, as most viruses do. We have identified a 20 amino-acids peptide (P79-98) of the E3-14.7K early adenoviral protein interacting with the Dynein light chain TCTEL1 via FIP-1. Videomicroscopy and Single Particle Tracking clearly demonstrate that a P79-98/pDNA conjugate exhibits a linear transport with large amplitude along microtubules upon 2h polyfection whereas pDNA conjugated with a control peptide exhibits short non-directional movements in the cytosol. Remarkably, the number of transfected cells is enhanced by a factor 2.5 - up to 76% - upon in vitro polyfection with P79-98/peGFP. No improvement was observed with a peptide that interacts directly to dynein. In vivo P79-98/pLuc clearly show a 3- to 5-fold transgene expression in skeletal muscles and liver after intramuscular and tail vein hydrodynamic injection in mice, respectively. Comparatively, P79-98/peGFP lipofection do not improve transfection suggesting that the peptide is hidden after the multilamellar assembly of lipoplexes. Our results demonstrate for the first time that in vitro and in vivo non viral gene transfer can be drastically increased when pDNA is conjugated with a FIP-1 interacting sequence allowing its migration on microtubules. This is a real breakthrough in the non viral gene delivery field that opens hope to build artificial viruses. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: patrick.midoux@cnrs- orleans.fr -25- -26- EFFECTS OF A NOVEL ARCHAEAL TETRAETHER-BASED COLIPID ON THE IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER ACTIVITY OF CATIONIC AMPHIPHILES NEW CATIONIC LIPOSOMES BUBBLES FOR NUCLEIC ACIDS TRANSFER 1 1 2,3 1 1 2 1 Chimie Organique et Supramoléculaire (COS, UMR - CNRS 6226) – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes – 11 allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837 - 35708 Rennes, France 2 Unité INSERM 1078, SFR ScInBioS – Université de Bretagne occidentale – 46 rue Félix Le Dantec, CS51819 - 29218 Brest, France 3Plateforme SynNanoVect, SFR ScInBioS – Université de Bretagne occidentale – Brest, France Gene therapy is a promising strategy to cure a broad range of acquired and inherited diseases, through the delivery into target cells of nucleic acids used as pharmaceutical agents. Amongst others, this might be achieved using multi-modular non-viral lipid-based systems to treat cystic fibrosis.[i] To date, most optimizations have concerned the structure of cationic lipids[ii] rather than the nature of colipids. Our work focus on an original archaeal Tetraether derivative used as a colipid in combination with one monocationic amphiphile. The liposomes obtained, termed archaeosomes, were characterized regarding lipid self-assembling properties, macroscopic/microscopic structures, DNA condensation/ neutralization/relaxation abilities, and colloidal stability in presence of serum. In addition, gene transfer experiments were conducted in mice with lipid/DNA complexes being administered via systemic or local delivery routes. [iii] The synthesis of the original Tetraether as well as glycine betaine cationic lipid MM18 will be shortly presented. Several in vivo gene experiments performed in mice using these preparations will be exposed, confirming in vitro assays. [iv] For intravenous administration, the presence of Tetraether in a 10/1 ratio dramatically enhanced the transfection efficiency. Surprisingly, the incorporation of increased quantities of colipid (10/1 up to 10/3) displayed selectivity changes towards targeted organs. 2 2 1 2 Anthony Delalande∗ , Simona Manta , Michel Bessodes , Patrick Midoux , Nathalie Mignet , †1 and Chantal Pichon 1,3 Caroline Ballet∗ , Tony Le Gall , Julie Barbeau , Sylvain Barrier , Loïc Lemiègre , 2 †1,3 ‡2,3 Pierre Lehn , Thierry Benvegnu , and Tristan Montier 1 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron – 45071 Orléans, France Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie – Inserm : U1022, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France Ultrasound and microbubbles-mediated gene transfer is a non-invasive, targetable and controlled DNA delivery technique. Under ultrasound microbubbles are known to interact with cells and to permeabilize the plasma membrane leading to sonoporation [1]. The main limitation of this technique is the low transfection efficiency of the commercially available microbubbles. Our project concerns the design of cationic microbubbles with the aim of binding DNA on the microbubble shell and having the capacity to fuse with cellular membranes. Several microbubble formulations were produced using three kinds of cationic lipids: Lipid 1 (triple cationic lipid), Lipid 2 (mono charged cationic lipid) and Lipid 3 (fusogenic lipid). Microbubble stability was assessed by optical observations, counting, sizing and flow cytometry. Their acoustic activity and interaction in the presence of cells has also been measured by attenuation measurements and high-speed imaging microscopy. Microbubbles produced by mechanical shaking showed required properties: a proper stability up to 3 hours, a size distribution centered at 1.9 m and a resonance frequency around 1.5 MHz. Microbubbles produced presented a Zeta potential of +45 mV when lipid 1 was used and +12 mV with lipid 2. Plasmid DNA molecules were found on the microbubble surface when observed by confocal microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Flow cytometry analyzes conducted showed a good DNA binding capacity. In vitro sonoporation of HeLa cells using the produced microbubbles resulted in almost 30% of GFP transfected cells. In vivo, gene transfer was achieved on a previous animal model developed on the Achilles tendon [2]. A stable luciferase expression lasting over two weeks was obtained after local injection of microbubbles bearing DNA and sonoporation. Further experiments on in vivo ultrasound microbubble imaging and DNA delivery after systemic injection are in progress. For intranasal administration, MM18-based lipoplexes in highly concentrated formulations, incorporating PEPEG5000 for colloidal stabilization, are the most efficient for gene transfection. Altogether, the results showed that the Tetraether colipid can provide complexes with different in vivo transfection abilities depending on the lipid combination, the lipid/colipid molar ratio, and the administration route. This original colipid appears thus as an innovative modular platform endowed with properties possibly beneficial for fine-tuning of in vivo lipofection and other biomedical applications. 1. 2. Delalande, A., et al., Sonoporation at a low mechanical index. Bubble science, Engineering and Technology, 2011. 3(1): p. 3-11. Delalande, A., et al., Ultrasound and microbubble-assisted gene delivery in Achilles tendons: Long lasting gene expression and restoration of fibromodulin KO phenotype. J Control Release, 2011. 156(2): p. 223-30. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -27- -28- CYCLODEXTRIN-BASED MULTICOMPONENT GENE VECTORS: OPTIMIZING NANOPARTICLE SELFASSEMBLING AND SITE-SPECIFIC GENE DELIVERY 1 2 3 2 †1 Laura Gallego-Yerga , Iris Pflueger , Conchita Tros De Ilarduya , Juan M Benito∗ , Carmen Ortiz Mellet , Jose ‡2 4 Garcia Fernandez , and Francisco Mendicuti NON-VIRAL GENE THERAPY FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO CLINICAL IMPACT Stephen C Hyde UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium Gene Medicine Research Group, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK 1 2 Dept. Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sevilla – C/ Prof. Garcá Gonzalez 1, 41012 Sevilla, Espagne Institute for Chemical Research, CSIC - University of Sevilla (IIQ, CSIC - Univ. Sevilla) – Americo Vespucio 49 - 41092 Sevilla, Espagne 3 Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Navarra - Pamplona, Espagne 4 Departamento de Quìmica Fìsica, Universidad de Alcala – Universidad de Alcala - 28871 Alcala de Henares Madrid, Spain, Espagne Dr Stephen Hyde is the University Lecturer in Gene Therapy at the University of Oxford (UK). His group was the first to demonstrate that the fundamental defect in CF could be corrected by gene therapy and has subsequently run four CF non-viral gene therapy clinical trials. The clinical success of gene therapy critically depends on the development of safe and efficient delivery systems. Despite their natural ability to infect cells, the use of virus-based carriers is hampered due to limite their inherent immunogenicity and scaled-up availability. This fact, together with the advent of nanotechnology, steered research to the design of artificial carriers. Cationic polymers hold a prominent position within non-viral gene vectors [1], though their intrinsic polydispersity represents a difficulty for structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies. Inspired in the facial amphiphilicity concept and its potential to induce predictable self-assembling patterns [2], we have developed a new family of artificial gene vectors based on molecularly well-defined self-assembling cyclodextrins (CDs) [3]. The strategy relies on regioselective chemical functionalization of this macrocyclic scaffold to elaborate pre-organized macromolecules with segregated cationic and lipophilic domains (polycationic amphiphilic cyclodextrins, paCDs). Co-formulation of paCDs with plasmid DNA furnish small nanoparticles (CDplexes) exhibiting gene transfer capabilities rivaling those of commercial standards (e.g. PEI) and reduced toxicity [4]. The synthetic versatility of the concept permitted the elaboration of structurally diverse paCD libraries to conduct SAR studies [5]. CDplex stability and gene transfer capabilities critically depend on finely tuning hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance around the paCD scaffold, which can be easily tailored. Herein, we wish to illustrate the potential of this approach for (i) controlling formation and dissociation of CDplexes, (ii) engineering their surface topology [6], and (iii) promoting cell-specific gene transfer [7] by manipulating paCD molecular structure and rationally building multicomponent assemblies. 1. 2. 3. 4. M.A. Mintzer, E.E. Simanek, Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 259. C. Ortiz Mellet, J.M. Benito, J.M. García Fernandez, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 6728. C. Ortiz Mellet, J. M. Garc´ıa Fernandez, J.M. Benito, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1586. A. Díaz-Moscoso, L. Le Gourrierec, M. Gomez-Garc´ıa, J.M. Benito, P. Balbuena, F. Ortega- Caballero, N. Guilloteau, C. Di Giorgio, P. Vierling, J. Defaye, C. Ortiz Mellet, J.M. Garc´ıa Fernandez, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12871. 5. C. Ortiz Mellet, J.M. Benito, J.M. Garc´ıa Fernandez, Pure Appl. Chem. 2013, 85, 1825-1845, and references therein. 6. C. Aranda, K. Urbiola, A. Méndez Ardoy, J.M. García Fernandez, C. Ortiz Mellet, C. Tros de Ilarduya, Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2013, in press 7. A. Díaz-Moscoso, N. Guilloteau, C. Bienvenu, A. Méndez-Ardoy, J.L. Jiménez Blanco, J.M. Benito, L. Le Gourriérec, C. Di Giorgio, P. Vierling, J. Defaye, C. Ortiz Mellet, J.M. García Fernandez, Biomaterials, 2011, 32, 7263-7273. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal inherited disease of Caucasian populations, affecting ~80,000 individuals worldwide. Approximately 30% of this population live in the EU. CF individuals, homozygous for mutations in the CFTR gene, suffer from repeated bacterial infections of the conducting airways leading to lung failure. Current treatments are focused on symptomatic relief and are associated with a huge treatment burden, requiring several hours of self-administered therapy daily, and high individual patient costs (€20-60K/year). Despite this, the current median age at death in France and the UK is ~25 years. The UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium (UKCFGTC) have previously demonstrated proof-of-principle for CFTR gene replacement therapy – showing correction of the underlying CF chloride channel defect for 1-2 weeks in patients receiving early-generation non-viral gene transfer vectors. Our most advanced non-viral vector system is a cationic liposome-based vector termed pGM169/GL67A. This system comprises an entirely CG dinucleotide-free plasmid DNA (pGM169) that directs sustained CFTR lung expression in animal models, and a cationic liposome mixture (GL67A) the most effective non-viral lung gene transfer agent we identified from a large in vivo screen. Unlike conventional plasmids, pGM169 does not engage with the CpG-dependent TLR-9 inflammatory pathway and thus has minimal inflammatory effects. GL67A-based formulations are readily and potently delivered by aerosol generating devices and are thus ideal for lung delivery. Following successful nonclinical toxicology studies, two clinical studies have been initiated. In an open-label Phase I/IIa study we have shown that a single dose to the nose and lungs of CF patients administered via a nebuliser was safe and could correct the CF chloride channel defect for up to 3 months following a single administration. We have subsequently initiated a Phase IIb study in which pGM169/GL67A is repeatedly (once a month for 1 year) delivered to the lungs of CF patients. This study, recruiting 130 patients from around the UK, is the largest CF gene therapy trial ever conducted worldwide. All patients are now recruited, and the study will be completed in the summer of 2014. Funding for these studies has been provided by grants to the UKCFGTC from the UK NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -29- -30- DECEMBER 4, 2013 RESPONSIVE AND MULTIMODAL IMAGING PROBES BASED ON LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES Éva Tóth 8h30 Registration – Poster installation - Session B SESSION « IMAGING » Chairpersons: Jean-Luc Coll and Eva Jakab-Toth 9h00 DR. EVA JAKAB-TOTH, CBM CNRS Orléans, France Responsive and multimodal imaging probes based on lanthanide complexes 9h40 Local delivery of large payloads with composite droplets and a clinical ultrasound scanner C. Errico, M. Bezagu, O. Couture, S. Arseniyadis, J. Cossy, P. Tabeling, M. Tanter 10h00 Adenosine-Squalene nanoparticles and cerebral ischemia: toward a theranostic tool A. Gaudin, S. Lepêtre, M. Yemisci, M. Boucher, B. Larrat, S. Mériaux, O. Tagit, N. Hildebrandt, K. Andrieux, T. Dalkara, P. Couvreur 10h20 In vivo characterization of MV-1 magnetosomes as biogenic contrast agents dedicated to high field MRI: a dose study M. Boucher, N. Ginet, D. Garcia, D. Pignol, S. Mériaux 10h40 Coffee break & Poster session (Session B) 11h20 PR. KLAAS NICOLAY, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Quantitative MRI for diagnostics and image-guided therapy 12h00 Patrick Boisseau, Presentation of ETP Nanomedecine 12h10 GENERAL ASSEMBLY of GTRV 12h40 LUNCH & Poster session (Session B) Chairpersons: Chantal Pichon and Nathalie Mignet 14h30 Pr. Eric Allémann, University of Geneva, Switzerland Microbubbles - From ultrasound contrast agents to new therapeutic modalities. 15h10 Development of multimodal nanocarriers for vectorized radiotherapy in the context glioblastoma treatment. D. Sehedic, M. Mougin Degraef, F. Hindré, F.s Davodeau, E. Garcion 15h30 Nanoparticules à luminescence persistante pour la bioimagerie C. Richard, T. Maldiney, J. Seguin, E. Teston, M. Bessodes, D. Scherman 15h50 GTRV-SANOFI PRIZE 16h00 GTRV-DEBIOPHARM PRIZE 16h15 End of the 2013 GTRV Annual Meeting -31- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Orléans, France III Eva Jakab Toth has been active in the design and physical-chemical characterization of Ln chelates related to MRI applications with a special focus on understanding the relationships between chemical III structure and MRI efficacy of Gd complexes. She has a solid experience in designing highly efficient and smart MRI imaging probes based on lanthanide complexes. Recently, she reported responsive agents for the detection of enzymatic activities, extracellular CaII, pyrophosphate, etc. Currently Eva Jakab Toth is the director of the Centre of Molecular Biophysics, CNRS, Orléans. In the last two decades, lanthanide coordination chemistry has witnessed a spectacular evolution, largely promoted by the successful use of lanthanide complexes in biomedical applications. Millions of clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations are carried out after the injection of Gd3+ chelates. Luminescent lanthanide complexes are also gaining more and more importance for in vitro optical assays and cellular optical imaging. Emerging applications in molecular imaging seek a real-time, repeatable, in vivo visualization of molecules or molecular events at the cellular and tissue level. One important field in molecular imaging involves the in vivo detection of physico-chemical parameters of tissues, concentration of ions, metabolites, etc. by applying smart, activatable imaging probes that are responsive to the specific parameter to detect. In contrast to nuclear imaging modalities, MRI is particularly well adapted to the design of responsive probes, involving Gd3+based or PARACEST (Paramagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer) agents. The efficacy (relaxivity or CEST properties) of the probe has to be selectively influenced, based on coordination chemistry concepts, by the particular biomarker that we wish to detect. We develop potential smart contrast agents to detect cation or neurotransmitter concentration changes in the extracellular space or to monitor enzyme activity. Recently, bimodal imaging has emerged as a novel concept to ascertain observations made in one imaging modality by a complementary technique. Ideally, bimodal imaging is performed by using bimodal probes that combine the characteristics required for both imaging modalities within a single molecular entity. Our major interest is to use lanthanide chelates as bimodal imaging agents for combined MRI and optical detection. Given the diverse magnetic and optical properties of lanthanide ions, lanthanide complexes are perfectly suited for the design of MRI and optical bimodal probes. Different approaches to develop lanthanide-based bimodal agents will be presented. -32- LOCAL DELIVERY OF LARGE PAYLOADS WITH COMPOSITE DROPLETS AND A CLINICAL ULTRASOUND SCANNER 1 2 †1 2 ADENOSINE-SQUALENE NANOPARTICLES AND CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA: TOWARD A THERANOSTIC TOOL 2 1 Claudia Errico∗ , Marine Bezagu , Olivier Couture , Stellios Arseniyadis , Janine Cossy , 3 1 Patrick Tabeling , and Mickael Tanter 2 1 Institut Langevin – CNRS : UMR7587, Inserm : E979, ESPCI ParisTech – France Laboratoire de Chimie Organique (LCO) – ESPCI ParisTech – 10 rue Vauquelin - 75231 Paris, France 3 Laboratoire Microfluidique, MEMS, Nanostructures (MMN) – ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS : UMR7083 – 10 rue Vauquelin - 75231 Paris, France Delivering agents with a clinical ultrasound scanner would simplify procedures, permit millimetric resolution and allow perfect registration between imaging and therapy. For example, tattooing tissue with fluorescent markers under radiological guidance could improve the localization of tumors during surgery. Such a system could also be used to deliver therapeutic doses of chemotherapy within small, but detectable metastasis. Our objective is to create ultrasound-inducible carriers that could both be uniformly released with low-energy pulses and deliver large payloads in-situ. For this purpose, composite droplets were produced by injecting, in a microfluidic system, a nanoemulsion of an aqueous solution in perfluorohexane stabilized by a fluorosurfactant. Microfluidic production generates droplets that are 4 microns in diameter with a polydispersity of 3%. The matrix of perfluorohexane can be vaporized with low-intensity ultrasound, but also acts as a barrier preventing exchange between the inner and outer media. For the various studies using this system, composite droplets comprising fluorescein, cyanine, DMSO, azidocoumarin and gadolinium-DTPA were produced. The release of fluorescein droplets was performed both in-vitro and in-vivo, to demonstrate the applicability of the combination of the composition droplets and ultrasound scanner, along with the concept of ultrasound tattooing. In-vitro, the release of the composite droplets was tested by injecting them in a tissue culture plate and focusing the ultrasonic scanner at a specific site observed with a fluorescence microscope. The droplets were released at a pressure of 1.5 MPa PNP within a pulse of two cycles at 5 MHz (less than a microsecond). The release of the droplets was 3.3mm in width. Along with the delivery, direct ultrafast monitoring with planewave ultrasound imaging was performed at 13 KHz frame rate. Such ultrafast imaging technique can highlight small and rapid changes induced by the release of perfluorohexane. Up to 70 dB contrast between the target region and the surrounding tissue was obtained, demonstrating that the release can be monitored within the first few milliseconds of initiation. In-vivo, 100 uL of composite droplets(50x106 droplets) were injected in the femoral vein of a rat. The ultrasonic array was aligned on the liver and pulses of 1.2 to 4.4 MPa at 5 MHz were focused in specific regions. These millimetric spots were clearly observable on the ultrasound images. The droplets released within the FDA guidelines for imaging pulses. Ultrafast imaging also provided high contrast between the zone of release and unaffected regions, up to 27 dB. The release zones were also viewed under an intraoperative camera, currently used by surgeon. Tattooing tissue with an ultrasound scanner was thus demonstrated. These studies showed that the composite droplets can deliver large payloads in-vivo and that the process can be induced, guided and monitored with the same ultrasonic scanner. Such a combination could become a useful tool for localized tagging and therapy, since ultrasonic scanners are already ubiquitous in hospitals. Additionally, due to the high isolation between the inner and outer phase of the droplets, these agents could also perform ultrasound-induced chemical reaction in-situ and generate drugs remotely. 1 2 3 1 3 Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR CNRS 8612 – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI – 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément - 92290 Chatenay-Malabry, France 2 Brain Research Laboratory - Hacetteppe University – Ankara, Turquie 3 Service NEUROSPIN (NEUROSPIN) – CEA – France 4 NanoBioPhotonics – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI – Université d’Orsay 15 Rue Georges Clémenceau Batiment 220 - 91405 Orsay, France Cerebral ischemia is the third leading cause of death in developed countries [1], and the first cause of acquired handicap during adulthood. The only clinical treatment currently available, the rt-PA, can only be used in very restrained conditions, mainly because of a high risk of hemorrhage. It has been proposed that the use of MRI and MRI contrast agents could be helpful in the earliest decisional steps of stroke patients handling. On the other hand, adenosine has been for a long time considered as a putative treatment of the penumbra [2], the zone surrounding the ischemic core. However, most of the strategies involving adenosine and MRI contrast agents encountered the problems of their inability to cross the BloodBrain Barrier (BBB). Our goals are to covalently link the squalene to the adenosine (“squalenoylation” [3]), in order to obtain stable nanoparticles according to the amphiphilic structure of the compound, and to encapsulate USPIO in these nanoparticles to obtain a theranostic tool. This should allow the nanoobjects to cross the BBB, and finally permit to reach a cerebral concentration in adenosine able to have a therapeutic effect, and to obtain a MRI signal thanks to the penetration of the USPIO in the brain parenchyma. By nanoprecipitating the adenosine-squalene we obtained stable nanoparticles, with a mean diameter ofc.a. 120 nm, a mean polydipsersity below 0.2 and a mean zeta potential of around -30 mV. Using an in vitro model of human BBB [4] (hCMEC/D3 cell line) and a transwell collagen-coated system the ability of the nanoparticles to cross the BBB has been shown and confirmed by the in vivo biodistribution of radiolabeled nanoparticles in mice. Moreover, using FRET nanoparticles we were able to show that the nanoparticles were opening during the transcytosis and exocytosed in a molecular form in the brain parenchyma. The pharmacological efficiency of the adenosine-squalene nanoparticles was studied in a transient and permanent model of cerebral ischemia in mice, leading to an impressive neuroprotective effect as shown by a dramatic decrease of the infarct volume. Finally, by co-nanoprecipitating the adenosine-squalene with USPIO, magnetic nanoparticles are formed and characterized for their properties of relaxivity. These results show for the first time that the “squalenoylation” technology, which has already b e e n applied to the intravenous administration of anticancer compounds [5][6], is competent for the delivery of hydrophilic drugs to the brain sanctuary, and could became a new theranostic platform for neurological diseases. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dirnagl U. et al, Trends Neurosci., 1999, 22: 391-397 Williams-Karnesky R.L. and Stenzel-Poore M.P., Current Neuropharmacology, 2009, 7: 217-227 Couvreur P. et al., Nanoletters, 2006, 6(11): 2544-2548 Weksler B.B. et al, FASEB J., 2005, 19(13): 1872-1874 Reddy L.H. et al., The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2008, 325(2): 484-490 Arias J.L. et al., ACS Nano, 2011, 5(2): 1513-1521 *Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant -33- 3 Alice Gaudin∗ , Sinda Lepêtre , Müge Yemisci , Marianne Boucher , Benoît Larrat , Sébastien Meriaux , 4 4 1 2 1 Oya Tagit , Niko Hildebrandt , Karine Andrieux , Turgay Dalkara , and Patrick Couvreur -34- IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF MV-1 MAGNETOSOMES AS BIOGENIC CONTRAST AGENTS DEDICATED TO HIGH FIELD MRI: A DOSE STUDY QUANTITATIVE MRI FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY Klaas Nicolay †1 2 2 2 Marianne Boucher∗ , Nicolas Ginet , Daniel Garcia , David Pignol , and Sébastien Mériaux 2 1 1 UNIRS (UNIRS, CEA / DSV / I2BM / NeuroSpin) – CEA – Gif-sur-Yvette, France, France LBC (LBC, CEA / DSV / IBEB / SBVME) – CEA – Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, France Magnetosomes are superparamagnetic nanoparticles produced by magnetotactic bacteria that exhibit different characteristics of interest for molecular MRI applications: a perfectly crystalline and regular nanocrystal of magnetite coated by a natural lipid bilayer, which can be functionalized for biomarkers targeting [1] (Figure 1). Here, we demonstrate with ultra high field MRI acquisitions the very high in vivo contrasting efficiency of magnetosomes compared to a commercial SPIO solution (Ferumoxide). Both magnetosomes and Ferumoxide cannot pass through the blood-brain-barrier because of their relatively large diameter. Therefore, contrast efficiency of both nanoparticles has been characterized towards their ability to provide high-resolution 3D angiograms of mouse brain after intravenous injection. Magnetovibrio blakemorei MV-1 strain is grown at 30 C in defined media following an already published protocol [1]. Their magnetosomes (MV-1m) were then extracted after bacteria centrifugation using a permanent magnet. To calibrate the injected doses for in vivo acquisitions, we investigated the MRI contrast efficiency of both tested nanoparticles by measuring in vitro their transverse relaxivity r2 at 17.2 T (BioSpec scanner, Bruker, Germany): we acquired T2 parametric map (Multi-Slice Multi- Echoes sequence, TE=7.7 ms, 66 echoes) of phantom containing 12 tubes filled with different concentrations of contrast agent. In vivo experiments were carried out on Swiss mice at 17.2 T. T2*-weighted images (Fast Low Angle Shot sequence, TE/TR= 8/680 ms, R = 90x90x180 m3) were acquired pre and post injection at the tail vein of MV-1m or Ferumoxide (100 L, 20 molFe/kg and 200 molFe/kg), or control solution (100 L of physiological serum). The post–processing included the Frangi filtering method implemented by [2] to reveal brain vasculature enhancement induced by contrast agent circulating in blood stream. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Center for Imaging Research & Education (CIRE), Eindhoven, the Netherlands Klaas Nicolay was trained as a physical chemist and has been involved in the use and development of Magnetic Resonance techniques for most of his scientific career. Presently, he is Professor of Biomedical NMR at Eindhoven University of Technology and supervising an extensive research and teaching program in the field of biomedical imaging. Nicolay is member of the councils of the World Molecular Imaging Society and European Society for Molecular Imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays in important role in clinical diagnostics and biomedical research. This presentation will highlight recent developments of quantitative MRI techniques to allow for the objective evaluation of tissue status in vivo and how this technology can be used to improve disease diagnosis, the guidance of therapeutic interventions and the assessment of their efficacy. Examples will be drawn from research in the area of cancer, metabolic diseases and cardiovascular disorders. Advances in MRI contrast agent design play an important role in the above research and therefore will receive special attention. Transverse relaxivities r2 (Table 1) show the great contrasting efficiency of MV-1m compared to Ferumoxide. 3D angiograms visualization presented in Figure 2 reveal that both high doses of MV-1m or Ferumoxide strongly highlight brain vasculature, whereas for low doses only magnetosomes do. Large vessels already detected before injection of contrast agent due to endogenous iron in the blood are enhanced, and smaller ones are only revealed by low dose of MV-1m or by high doses of MV-1m and Ferumoxide. As expected, the injection of physiological serum does not provide any vasculature enhancement (control solution). In conclusion, our relaxometry measurements and in vivo MRI acquisitions performed at ultra high field confirm that MV-1m exhibit very high contrasting properties compared with a commercially produced SPIO solution. The observed gain enables to obtain high-resolution angiograms of mouse brain after injection of significantly lower dose than the one commonly used in rodent studies. These magnetosomes should therefore provide enough sensitivity for molecular imaging studies. ∗ Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -35- -36- MICROBUBBLES - FROM ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS TO NEW THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMODAL NANOCARRIERS FOR VECTORIZED RADIOTHERAPY IN THE CONTEXT GLIOBLASTOMA TREATMENT Eric Allémann 1 2 1 2 Delphine Sehedic∗ , Marie Mougin Degraef , Francois Hindré , Francois Davodeau , 1 and Emmanuel Garcion Geneva-Lausanne School of Pharmacy - University of Geneva, 30, quai E.-Ansermet - CH-1211 Geneva 4 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.unige.ch/sciences/pharm/fatec/index.html 2 1 UMR 1066 (MINT) – Inserm : UMR1066 – 4 rue Larrey 49933 Angers, France Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes - Angers (CRCNA) – Inserm : U892, Université de Nantes – France School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland Eric Allémann was born in1963. He studied pharmacy at the University of Geneva. From 1990 to 1993, he worked on his thesis in the field of parenteral polymeric drug delivery systems with extended release properties. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1993. He went then to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec) for postdoctoral research in the field of photodynamic therapy of tumours with polymeric drug delivery systems. In 1995, he became research associate and lecturer at the University of Geneva. In 1997, the Swiss Confederation for the renewal of academic positions appointed him. He obtained in October 1999 a position of “maître d'enseignement et de recherche”. Since October 2001, he joined the Geneva research center of the pharmaceutical company Bracco Group, as senior research scientist. He was involved in therapeutics and targeting projects. In 2004, he was appointed Manager and was heading the Department of Novel Agents Research at Bracco Research Geneva. In 2009 he became full professor of Pharmaceutical technology at the Geneva-Lausanne School of Pharmacy, located at the University of Geneva. He has authored and an co-authored 73 research and review articles and is (co)-inventor for 11 international patents. He is member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, of the International Journal of Pharmaceutics and of the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. Eric Allémann's research interests are focused on the delivery of active substances by means of supramolecular constructs, nanoand microparticles for the controlled release and drug targeting as well as for contrast agents for various medical imaging techniques. Microbubbles are gas-filled vesicles or microspheres, originally designed and used as ultrasound contrast agents for diagnostic purpose. Microbubbles are mostly used in contrast-enhanced ultrasound examinations to increase the contrast between the blood compartments and the surrounding tissues. Microbubbles are composed of a gas core (air, sulphurhexafluoride or perfluorocarbon gases) stabilized by a shell, whether made of proteins (albumin), fatty acids, phospholipids or polymers. Stabilized microbubbles are stored as aqueous suspensions or reconstituted from a freeze-dried product before use. The presentation will review the formulation aspect, the interplay between these fragile structures and the ultrasound waves. It will show the advantages of using this type of contrast agents for clinical diagnosis procedures as well as for treatment monitoring and treatment follow up. For instance, contrast-enhance ultrasound examinations can monitor precisely the effect of targeted anti-cancer therapies. Microbubbles can be designed as blood pool agents freely circulating in the blood stream or they can be tailored with proteins at their surface in order to provide targeted microbubbles for molecular imaging. Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor in adult with a prevalence of 5 cases/100000 habitants. Current therapy effectiveness is indeed largely limited by resistance mechanisms combining intrinsic properties of tumour cells to the influence of the microenvironment in which they develop (e.g. hypoxia). In this work, we deal to target a radioresistance-associated epitope in GBM cells, the CXCR4, and to develop lipid nanocapsules (LNC) loaded with radionuclides. This investigation was made in the context of using multimodal emitters that can be used for radiotherapy and imaging: 188rhenium (188Re) displaying gamma emission that allows its detection by SPECT-CT and 211Astatin (211At) the development of which alpha-camera are in progress. As CXCR4 receptor has been associated with radio-resistance and with cancer stem-like cell (CSLC) occurrence, we focused on the targeting of this protein in a human GBM models (A172, U87MG overexpressing the CXCR4 and human primary GBM cells). In line with this, by using immunofluorescence flow cytometry, we found that CXCR4 expression is correlated with radiation doses with 10% CXCR4 positive cells in control versus 41% after a 32Gy treatment. We then developed and characterized 50 nm lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) functionalized with a function-blocking monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against CXCR4 (or isotype control). Those functionalized or function-free LNCs were further combined to 188Re (beta emitter) and 211At (-emitter) for physicochemical evaluation and capability to stably convey the chosen radiopharmaceutics in vivo. Encapsulation of 125I (-emitter and halogen) in miniaturization of the process, which will help for the development of 211At (halogen), demonstrated its feasibility with a stable encapsulation over time of SIB or more lipophilic SIB-octadécylamine (in C18) in different medium. In vivo efficacy of the different systems is under investigation after othotopic implantation of human GBM cells in immunodeprived SCID mice and locoregional convective infusion of the radiotherapeutic nano-objects. Our work combined the interest of targeting CSLC associated epitopes to the one of inhibiting CXCR4 signaling pathways to overcome radioresistance. It also constitutes a prerequisite for addressing the relevance of versus -nanocarrier radiotherapy in glioblastoma. Depending on ultrasound parameters, microbubbles can undergo stable or intertial cavitation. Inertial cavitation conditions can be used to enhance delivery of drugs or genetic material to cells, a process named sonoporation. Finally, inertial cavitation with microbubbles can be used to enhance thrombolytic treatments with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. Recent studies on sonothrombolysis will be presented during this talk. ∗Intervenant -37- -38- NANOPARTICULES À LUMINESCENCE PERSISTANTE POUR LA BIOIMAGERIE Cyrille Richard∗, Thomas Maldiney, Johanne Seguin, Eliott Teston, Michel Bessodes, and Daniel Scherman POSTERS – SESSION A A1 FUNCTIONALIZING LIPOSOMES WITH ANTI-CD44 APTAMER FOR ACTIVE DRUG DELIVERY W ALHAN ALSHAER, HERVÉ HILLAIREAU, SAID ISMAIL, AND ELIAS FATTAL A2 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION OF A NANOEMULSION-CONTAINIG PDNA IN SERUM ENVIRONMENT ANDRÉ SILVA, ALÉLIA ROSA , PRISCILA DE PAULA , LOURENA VERÍSSIMO , LUCYMARA AGNEZ-LIMA , AND ERYVALDO EGITO A3 RILES, A NOVEL MOLECULAR PROBE TO MONITOR THE KINETIC OF MICRORNA EXPRESSION OF BREAST CANCER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY OF RNAI-BASED DRUGS SAFIA EZZINE, JEAN MARC MALINGE, PATRICK MIDOUX, CHANTAL PICHON, AND PATRICK BARIL A4 IDENTIFICATION OF NEW BIO-EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND AND MICROBUBBLES-ASSISTED DRUG DELIVERY ANTHONY DELALANDE, LUCIE PIGEON, CHLOÉ LEDUC, PATRICK TAUC, ERIC DEPREZ, PATRICK MIDOUX, AND CHANTAL PICHON A5 DNA MINICIRCLE AS POTENTIAL NEW DECOY ODN FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TARGETING. THOMAS THIBAULT, STÉPHANE BOURG, CHANTAL PICHON, PATRICK MIDOUX, AND JEAN-MARC MALINGE A6 CONCEPTION OF CATIONIC MICROBUBBLES FOR DNA DELIVERY IN VIVO UNDER SONOPORATION SIMONA MANTA, ANTHONY DELALANDE, MATHIAS LEBERTRE, GILLES RENAULT, OLIVIER COUTURE, DANIEL SCHERMAN, MICHEL FRANCIS BUREAU, PATRICK MIDOUX, CHANTAL PICHON , MICHEL BESSODES, AND NATHALIE MIGNET A7 ENHANCED SENSITIVITY OF U87MG GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS TO TEMOZOLOMIDE AFTER TREATMENT BY SIRNA CARRIED BY LIPID NANOCAPSULES KHALED MESSAOUDI, ANNE CLAVREUL, PATRICK SAULNIER, JEAN-PIERRE BENOIT, AND FREDERIC LAGARCE A8 PTG1: NEW ROBUST TRANSFECTION REAGENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS AND VIRAL PARTICLES HERVÉ CHERADAME, PHILIPPE GUÉGAN, FABIAN GROSS, AND PATRICK MIDOUX A9 CHARACTERIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF SIRNA LIPID NANOCAPSULES FOR GENE THERAPY PAULINE RESNIER, PIERRE LEQUINIO, NOLWENN LAUTRAM, EMILIE ANDRÉ, CÉDRIC GAILLARD, GUILLAUME BASTIAT, JEAN-PIERRE BENOIT, AND CATHERINE PASSIRANI A10 ADVANTAGES OF USING THE LIPOTHIOUREA DDSTU AS A COLIPID FOR DNA OR SIRNA DELIVERY JOHANNE SEGUIN, MICHEL BESSODES, JEAN HERSCOVICI, KARIM FEKIR, ALICE W EYLAND , DANIEL SCHERMAN, ANDREW MILLER, AND NATHALIE MIGNET A11 INFLUENCE OF NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS ON THE FORMATION OF MIXED NANO-OB JECTS WITH AMPHIPHILIC CYCLODEXTRINS LEILA ZERKOUNE, ANGELINA ANGELOVA, LUC CHOISNARD, ANNABELLE GEZE, DENIS WOUESSIDJEWE, AND SYLVIANE LESIEUR Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie (UPCGI) – CNRS : UMR8151 – 4 avenue de l’observatoire - 75006 Paris - France Les derniers développements dans le domaine de l’imagerie optique du petit animal ont permis de voir apparaitre plusieurs nouvelles sondes photoniques [1] Les quantum dots [2] et les nanoparticules à upconversion [3] présentent notamment des alternatives intéressantes aux sondes organiques par leur fort rendement quantique, ou leur capacité à contourner l’autofluorescence des tissus. [4] Notre équipe a proposé l’utilisation de nanoparticules à luminescence persistante (PLNP) pour l’imagerie optique en temps réel chez le petit animal. [5] Comparables à des condensateurs optiques, ces cristaux se chargent sous l’effet d’une excitation lumineuse et émettent de la lumière sur une période pouvant aller de quelques minutes à plusieurs heures. Ces propriétés de luminescence persistante permettent une détection optique à travers les tissus, sans phénomène d’autofluorescence. Nous rapporterons les premiers exemples d’utilisation de nanoparticules à luminescence persistante pour l’imagerie du petit animal [5] Nous montrerons comment la fonctionnalisation de leur surface permet le ciblage de plusieurs lignées cancéreuses [6] et décrirons l’impact du diamètre sur leur biodistribution. [7] Nous retracerons les étapes qui ont permis de passer de la première génération de nanoparticules, uniquement visible pendant 1 heure in vivo au matériau intermédiaire détectable 5 fois plus longtemps [8] pour enfin décrire le matériau de dernière génération, ré-excitable in situ permettant un suivi in vivo pendant plusieurs semaines. [9] 1 . Weissleder R et al. Nature 2008; 452, 580-589 Medintz IL, et al. Nature Mater. 2005; 4435-446 Zhou J, et al. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012; 41, 1323-1349 2. Frangioni JV. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2003; 7, 626-634 3 . le Masne de Chermont Q, et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 2007; 104, 9266-9271 4 . Maldiney T, et al. Bioconjugate Chem. 2012; 23, 472-478 5 . Maldiney T, et al. ACS Nano. 2011; 5, 854-862 6. Maldiney T, et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011; 133, 11810-11815 Maldiney T, et al. 7. French Patent FR1250846, 2012 ∗Intervenant -39- -40- A12 STXB TECHNOLOGY FOR TUMOR THERANOSTIC AND IMMUNOTHERAPY ESTELLE DRANSART, KAMÉLIA KARA ALI, LAURA BRULLÉ, THI TRAN, BIRGIT OBERLEITNER, OLIVIER COUTURE, VINCENT SEMETEY, ERIC TARTOUR, AND LUDGER JOHANNES A13 ANTI-PPRV THERAPY BASED ON IN VIVO EFFIENCY OF SIRNA: PROOF OF CONCEPT USING A SMALL ANIMAL MODEL CÉCILE MINET, RENATA SERVAN DE ALMEIDA, CARINE HOLZ, RENAUD LANCELOT, GENEVIÈVE LIBEAU, MATTIAS HALLBRINK, ÜLO LANGEL, AND EMMANUEL ALBINA A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A24 EFFECTS OF A NOVEL ARCHAEAL TETRAETHER-BASED COLIPID ON THE IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER ACTIVITY OF TWO CATIONIC AMPHIPHILES TONY LE GALL, JULIE BARBEAU, SYLVAIN BARRIER, MATHIEU BERCHEL, LOIC LEMIEGRE, JELENA JEFTIC, CRISTELLE MERIADEC, FRANCK ARTZNER, DEBORAH GILL, STEPHEN HYDE, CLAUDE FEREC, PIERRE LEHN, PAUL-ALAIN JAFFRES, THIERRY BENVEGNU, AND TRISTAN MONTIER A25 OPTIMIZING THE FORMULATION PROTOCOL OF MAGNETIC SIRNA NANOVECTORS USING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHODOLOGY STÉPHANIE DAVID, HERVÉ MARCHAIS, DIDIER BEDIN, AND IGOR CHOURPA A26 STUDY OF NFKB CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSGENE EXPRESSION MEDIATED BY ELECTROTRANSFER IN MOUSE TIBIAL CRANIAL MUSCLE. SAYSOUDA MAHINDHORATEP, HAMID AIT BOUDA, NELLY EL SHAFEY, DANIEL SCHERMAN, ANTOINE KICHLER, CHANTAL PICHON, PATRICK MIDOUX, NATHALIE MIGNET, AND MICHEL FRANCIS BUREAU A27 BIODISTRIBUTION IN VIVO DE FORMULATIONS LIPIDIQUES FLUORESCENTES APRÈS INJECTION SYSTÉMIQUE NAWAL BELMADI LUNG CANCER TREATMENT BY TARGETING CD44 RECEPTORS: SIRNA DELIVERY BY HYALURONIC ACIDACID-MODIFIED LIPOPLEXES THAIS LEITE NASCIMENTO, HERVÉ HILLAIREAU, MAGALI NOIRAY, DELPHINE COURILLEAU, MYRIAM TAVERNA, SILVIA ARPICCO, AND ELIAS FATTAL A28 FORMULATION ET BIODISTRIBUTION IN VIVO DE VECTEURS SYNTHETIQUES POUR LE TRANSFERT DE GENES DANS LE CADRE DE LA THERAPIE GENIQUE DE LA MUCOVISCIDOSE NAWAL BELMADI STUDY OF NFKB CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSGENE EXPRESSION MEDIATED BY ELECTROTRANSFER IN MOUSE TIBIAL CRANIAL MUSCLE. SAYSOUDA MAHINDHORATEP, HAMID AIT BOUDA, NELLY EL SHAFEY, DANIEL SCHERMAN, ANTOINE KICHLER, CHANTAL PICHON, PATRICK MIDOUX, NATHALIE MIGNET, AND MICHEL FRANCIS BUREAU A29 POLYMERS WITH PH-SENSITIVE DISSOLUTION SWITCH FOR INTRACYTOSOLIC DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS: RECENT ADVANCES GUY ZUBER A30 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF NITROSOTHIOLS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION SHEFAAT ULLAH SHAH, MARIE SOCHA, AND STÉPHANE GIBAUD A31 CHEMICAL GELS OF LIPID NANOPARTICLES FOR THE CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIPOPHILIC DRUGS ISMAIL CHEIBANI, ANTOINE HOANG, MARIE ESCUDÉ, ERIC BAYMA, RACHEL AUZÉLY, AND ISABELLE TEXIERNOGUES A32 CHITOSAN-BASED NANOPARTICLES: A STRATEGY FOR THE INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGS GIOVANNA GIACALONE, HERVÉ HILLAIREAU, AND ELIAS FATTAL A33 THE INTRACELLULAR FATE OF POLYCARBONATE POLYPLEXES MODULATES THE EFFICACY OF SIRNA ANTOINE FRÈRE, MICHAL KAWALEC, PAUL PEIXOTO, BRIGITTE EVRARD, PHILIPPE DUBOIS, LAETITIA MESPOUILLE, DENIS MOTTET, AND GÉRALDINE PIEL TRIPPARTITE PH-SENSITIVE MICELLES OF POLYETHYLENIMINE AND DOUBLE HYDROPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS AS GENE DELIVERY SYSTEMS NAILA MEBAREK, ANNE AUBERT, CORINE GERARDIN, JEAN-MARIE DEVOISSELLE, AND SYLVIE BÉGU PH-SENSITIVE POLYION COMPLEX MICELLES AS SIRNA VECTORS FOR DC ENGINNEERING TO INDUCE TOLERANCE NAILA MEBAREK, RITA VICENTE, ANNE AUBERT, CHRISTIAN JORGENSEN, JEAN-MARIE DEVOISSELLE, PASCALE LOUIS-PLENCE, AND SYLVIE BÉGU DELIVERY OF SIRNA IN LUNG METASTASIS BY TARGETED HISTIDINYLATED LIPOPOLYPLEXES. MARIE-PIERRE GOSSELIN, CRISTINE GONCALVES, SAFIA EZZINE, VIRGINIE MALARD, CHANTAL PICHON, AND PATRICK MIDOUX DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF NITROSOTHIOLS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION SHEFAAT ULLAH SHAH, MARIE SOCHA, AND STÉPHANE GIBAUD A20 SYNTHESE ET PROPRIETES DE NUCLEOSIDES AMPHIPHILES FLUORES GUILHEM GODEAU, LAURENT LATXAGUE, CHRISTOPHE DI GIORGIO, AND PHILIPPE BARTHÉLÉMY A21 EFFECT OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES ON TRANS-ENDOTHELIAL PASSAGE OF NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY VECTORS IN A SKELETAL MUSCLE ENDOTHELIUM MODEL. JEAN-PIERRE GOMEZ, MATHIEU BERCHEL, PAUL-ALAIN JAFFRES, HERVÉ CHERADAME, PHILIPPE GUEGAN, MATHIEU MEVEL, BRUNO PITARD, TRISTAN MONTIER, PIERRE LEHN, CHANTAL PICHON, AND PATRICK MIDOUX A22 LIPOPHOSPHORAMIDYL-CYCLODEXTRIN NANOPARTICLES AS NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS MATHIEU LÉTÉVÉ, OLIVIER WATTRAINT, VÉRONIQUE BONNET, FLORENCE DJEDAÏNI-PILARD, AND CATHERINE SARAZIN A23 POLYPLEX MIXING: EVIDENCE OF PDNA EXCHANGE BETWEEN POLYPLEXES. CRISTINE GONÇALVES, LUCIE PIGEON, CHANTAL PICHON, AND PATRICK MIDOUX -41- -42- POSTER A1 FUNCTIONALIZING LIPOSOMES WITH ANTI-CD44 APTAMER FOR ACTIVE DRUG DELIVERY Walhan Alshaer∗1, Hervé Hillaireau1, Said Ismail2, and Elias Fattal1 POSTER A2 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION OF A NANOEMULSION-CONTAINIG PDNA IN SERUM ENVIRONMENT 1 André Silva∗ , Alélia Rosa, Priscila De Paula, Lourena Veríssimo, Lucymara Agnez-Lima , and Eryvaldo Egito† 1 2 UMR CNRS 8612, Institut Galien Paris-Sud, Faculté Pharmacie – Université Paris XI - Paris – France Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan – Amman 11942 - Jordan, Jordanie Aptamers are nucleic acid ligands which are isolated from combinatorial oligonucleotide libraries by an in vitro selection method called Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX). Aptamers exhibit highly complex and sophisticate molecular recognition properties and are capable of binding tightly and specifically to targets ranging from small molecules to complex multimeric structures. Moreover, many studies showed that aptamers exhibit low toxicity and no immunogenicity in vivo. Consequently, aptamers are considered promising molecules that can be used in many biomedical applications including molecular sensors, therapeutics, biomarkers discovery, active targeting agents, high throughput screening, and regulation of gene expression1,2. In the last decade Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) have been receiving a lot of interest due to their cancer initiating and maintaining capabilities making them the key cells within a malignant mass, by making it more aggressive and more resistant to anticancer drugs. These cells have been linked to many markers in an attempt to better characterize them. Such markers include CD44, EpCAM and CD133 among others. Liposome is one of the most common and successful drug delivery system in nanomedicine. Thereby, conjugation of aptamers to liposomes to form specific active drug delivery vehicles is believed to be a promising therapeutic system to target CSCs. In this study, the SELEX technology was used to isolate RNA aptamers using human recombinant full length CD44 protein and 2’-F-pyrimidine modified RNA library with a complexity of around 1014 different molecules. Following eleven iterative rounds of SELEX, the selected aptamers were cloned and sequenced where only three different sequences were identified. The binding affinity (Kd) of Apt1 was ˜81 nM. Now we are performing experiments to functionalized liposomes with Apt1 to be used as a model for active drug delivery to CD44 expressing cells. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) – Laboratório de Sistemas Dispersos. Departamento de Farmacia. R. Gal Cordeiro de Farias, Petrópolis. Natal/Brasil. 59.012-570, Brésil Gene therapy is a purpose of treatment that employs viral or non-viral vehicles to deliver a genetic material into the cell. Problems regarding the safety of viral vectors have guided the research of non-viral ones, like cationic nanoemulsions (CN). This kind of vehicle interacts electrostatically with the negative charged DNA making possible the transfection process. The aim of this work was to evaluate the behavior of lipoplexes built from a cationic nanoemulsion and the plasmid pIRES2-EGFP in serum environment. Therefore, the nanoemulsion was prepared by the sonication method. Complexation was done by mixing the pDNA to the CN at 5.8 Nitrogen:Phosphate ratio in ice bath for 120 min. Efficiency of complexation was assessed by electrophoresis in 0.7% agarosis gel, being the complete formation of lipoplex represented by no migration pattern into the gel. The droplet size and the polidispersity index (PI) were measured by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), after 300 fold water dilution. Samples were added of fetal bovine serum (FBS) at 2:1 (FSB:Lipoplex) ratio and incubated at 37 o C for different times from 0 to 30 minutes. At the end of each time 0.5 M EDTA was added to the mix in order to inactivate the serum enzymatic action. All the tests were performed before and after FBS addition. The results revealed that homogeneous cationic nanoemulsions (PI 0.19) of 224.2 (2.3) nm size and zeta potential of 51.64 (3.6) mV were produced. The lipoplexes formation did not change the CN droplet size (p>0.05), but the zeta potential decreased to 13.25 (7.8) mV. At the used N:P ratio, 100% of lipoplex formation was achieved. When SFB was added, the size of lipoplexes increased 3.3 fold and the zeta potential was inverted to negative (-21.53 mV). However, the lipoplex migration pattern was not modified and the profile of migration was maintained. Besides the EDTA used to inactivate the FBS did not influence the size, zeta potential or migration pattern of the lipoplexes. It can be concluded that the CN was able to form lipoplexes and those lipoplexes increase their size in the presence of serum. The serum also inverted the zeta potential of the lipoplexes formulation. However, no signs of pDNA degradation were observed. Moreover, the formulation was able to protect its cargo from serum degradation. Further studies should be performed in order to guarantee that the increase in size of the lipoplexes will not change the endocytosis process. ∗ Intervenant ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -43- -44- POSTER A3 POSTER A4 RILES, A NOVEL MOLECULAR PROBE TO MONITOR THE KINETIC OF MICRORNA EXPRESSION OF BREAST CANCER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY OF RNAI-BASED DRUGS IDENTIFICATION OF NEW BIO-EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND AND MICROBUBBLES-ASSISTED DRUG DELIVERY 1 Safia Ezzine∗†, Jean Marc Malinge, Patrick Midoux, Chantal Pichon, and Patrick Baril 1 2 2 1 1 Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire – CNRS : UPR4301 – France 2 MicroRNAs are small nucleic acids can regulate vital biological functions such as embryonic development, metabolism and cell differentiation. Recently we engineered a plasmid based RNAi-Inducible Luciferase Expression System (RILES) to monitor the activity of the endogenous RNAi machinery. We customized the Cumate gene-switch inducible system in such way that it is the miRNA of interest that controls the expression of a transcriptional repressor. When the targeted microRNA is present in cells, it represses the production of the repressor and switch-ON the production of the luciferase protein. Using this system, we were the first to demonstrate that the kinetic of miRNA expression can be monitored noninvasively in mice during development of a physiopathological process. Current experiments aim now at exploiting this novel in-vivo molecular imaging system to determine the kinetic of endogenous microRNAs expression during the tumor dissemination of the 4T1 breast cancer. We first established a novel 4T1 stable cell line expressing the luciferase (4T1 -Luc) to better understand the mode of tumor spread of this cancer model. Primary tumors were found highly heterogeneous characterized by a biphasic phase of tumor development and apparition of spontaneous pulmonary metastasis at late time point. The expression profile of three oncomiRs (miR-10b, -23a and -200c) was established in the 4T1 cells using RILES as molecular probes. Functional studies demonstrate that RILES constructs are functional, respond well to the presence of both agonists (miR mimics) and antagonists (antagomiRs). This indicate that RILES can be used as molecular probe to evaluate the functional delivery of RNAi-based drugs both in vitro and in vivo. We are currently screening several homemade non-viral delivery systems capable to deliver the RILES constructs and RNAi-based oligoribonucleotides to the 4T1 primary tumors. Our objective is to establish from mice to mice, the expression peak of the microRNAs of interests to administrate pharmacological inhibitors (antagomiRs) at this specific time point by sonoporation (ultrasound assisted- microbubbles delivery) or by the use of chemical based vectors. Our project is line with the development of novel era of personalized medicine aiming at delivering therapeutic drugs according to the expression of pattern of targeted genes. 1 Anthony Delalande∗ , Lucie Pigeon , Chloé Leduc , Patrick Tauc , Eric Deprez , Patrick Midoux , and Chantal †1 Pichon Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron – 45071 Orléans, France Laboratoire de Biologie et Pharmacologie Appliquée (LBPA) – CNRS : UMR8113, École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan – 61, avenue du Président Wilson - 94235 Cachan, France Upon ultrasound exposure, gas microbubbles can be expanded, moved and even destroyed. These properties offer the opportunity of site-specific local drug/gene delivery. Activation of microbubbles under specific ultrasound beams induces a transient cell membrane permeabilization with a process known as sonoporation. Transient pores formed at the plasma membrane are supposed to be responsible for inward and outward transports of molecules [1]. A key to success of this technique lies in understanding mechanisms governing microbubble-cell interactions. Improving our knowledge will allow us to fully exploit this method for therapy. Here, we investigate how microbubbles and ultrasound behave towards cells upon sonoporation at 1 MHz of frequency in presence of MicromarkerTM microbubbles. In the context of gene delivery in HeLa cells, optimal transgene expression was obtained with the following parameters: 150 kPa, 40% duty cycle and 60 sec of stimulation time. In addition to cellular massage and shear stress, some microbubbles were translated inside cells under this condition, as shown previously [2]. We assessed which cellular bio-effects are induced by these physical stresses. Actin stress fibers formation, an increase of intracellular calcium concentration and ROS production were observed as already reported by others in the context of ultrasound stimulation [3]. Interestingly, we found that the nucleus was also affected. In line with data obtained by Furosawa et al., DNA damage sensor -H2AX was transiently detected [4]; the level was dependent on ultrasound dose and the cell type. The novelty of this work was the determination of ultrasound effect on chromatin compaction by using HeLa cells stably co-expressing histones H2B-GFP and H2B-Cherry [5]. FLIM-FRET experiments allowed us concluding that sonoporation was able to reverse the chromatin compaction during mitosis or induced by ATP depletion and 1 mM MgCl2 treatments. This has been validated by an increase of phosphorylated H2B in treated cells. Since Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK), a mechanical and energy sensor molecule, is acting upstream of pathways involving H2B and H2AX phosphorylation, we evaluated its activation [6]. Indeed, AMPK phosphorylation was dependent on ultrasound intensity. The downstream effect of AMPK activation is currently investigated in our laboratory. Knowing that AMPK can be linked to protein expression, cell survival and cell cycle regulation, a deep knowledge on the signaling pathway(s) involved here will be of interest for a safe and fine use of sonoporation for drug/gene delivery. 1. Delalande, A., et al., Ultrasound and microbubble-assisted gene delivery: recent advances and ongoing challenges. TherapeuticDelivery,2012.3(10):p.1199-215. 2. Delalande, A., et al., Sonoporation at a low mechanical index. Bubble science, Engineering and Technology, 2011. 3(1):p.3-11. 3. Juffermans, L.J., et al., Ultrasound and microbubble-induced intra- and intercellular bioeffects in primary endothelial cells.UltrasoundMedBiol,2009.35(11):p.1917-27. 4. Furusawa, Y., et al., DNA double-strand breaks induced by cavitational mechanical effects of ultrasound in cancer cell lines.PloSone, 2012.7(1):p.e29012. 5. Lleres, D., et al., Quantitative analysis of chromatin compaction in living cells using FLIM-FRET. J Cell Biol, 2009.187(4):p.48196. 6. Bungard, D., et al., Signaling kinase AMPK activates stress-promoted transcription via histone H2B phosphorylation. Science, 2010. 329(5996):p.1201-5. ∗ Intervenant ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] †Auteur correspondant: safia.ezzine@cnrs- orleans.fr -45- -46- POSTER A5 POSTER A6 DNA MINICIRCLE AS POTENTIAL NEW DECOY ODN FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS TARGETING 1 1,2 1 1 Thomas Thibault , Stéphane Bourg , Chantal Pichon , Patrick Midoux , and Jean-Marc 2 Malinge∗†1 1 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron 45071 Orléans, France Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – CNRS : UMR7311, Université d’Orléans – UFR Sciences Rue de Chartres - 45067 Orléans, France A decoy oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) serves as a decoy sequence for usually one target transcription factor, then inhibiting its binding to consensus sequence at the promoter of genes, and in turn hinders the expression of critical genes implicated in several diseases (cancer, cardiovascular diseases...). In order to increase the efficiency of such strategy, we thought to design new ODN with the capability of trapping several different transcription factors by a single decoy molecule and of exhibiting high stability against nucleases. Short doublestranded DNA minicircle could fulfill such requirements, i. e. proteins multitargeting and stability. However, a production methodology yielding quantitative amounts of short DNA minicircles is lacking. We report a plasmid free method for production of double-stranded DNA minicircles of less than 250 base pairs in length from synthetic DNA ODN in a one pot reaction (*). We engineered an enzymatic reaction using synthetic ODNs which is characterized by : i) the design of blunt-ended linear nicked double-stranded ODN substrates comprising 5’ phosphorylated overlapping ODNs with the respective corresponding phosphorylated complementary ODN strands ii) the use of the designed nicked linear DNA substrate in a one pot ligasemediated circularization reaction in the presence of a bending protein followed by step by step addition of appropriate enzymes for elimination of reaction contaminants iii) recovery of closed DNA minicircles. Minicircles of any base composition with the freedom to choose the position and nature of sequences of interest within DNA minicircle are produced. Notably, minicircles can contain transcription factor binding sequences as exemplified with one to six binding sites for NF-kB or a combination of binding sites for three different transcription factors (NF-kB, ETS1, STAT3). In addition, the possibility to produce nicked minicircle gives the opportunity to control the topological constraint to yield negatively supercoiled minicircles. We showed that minicircle of 95 base pairs containing two binding sequence for NF-kB binds very efficiently two NF-kB (p50)2 dimers and that when two Ets1 binding sites are present together with a NF-kB binding site, these transcription factors bind efficiently and simultaneously. Another attractive possibility relates to minicircle incorporation of a variety of base modifications and chemical functionalization (fluorophores, biotin, amino-modifier dT) which is of interest for application in the field of gene therapy. Work is in progress to make the proof of concept of minicircle as active nucleic acid in the decoy strategy. CONCEPTION OF CATIONIC MICROBUBBLES FOR DNA DELIVERY IN VIVO UNDER SONOPORATION 1 2 3 1 Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie – Inserm, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France 2 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron - 45071 Orléans, France 3 Transderma – Transderma – France 4 Institut Cochin – CNRS : UMR8104, Inserm : U1016, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes – 22 rue Méchain - 75014 Paris, France 5 Institut Langevin ”ondes et images” – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS : UMR7587, Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot – 10 Rue Vauquelin - 75231 Paris, France DNA delivery in vivo via physical means or non-viral vectors still needs improvements in particular to reach deep tissues. Sonoporation is highly advantageous for this purpose as ultrasounds can be focalized to a particular tissue leading to targeted gene delivery, without alteration of the environing tissues. Associated with this technique, protein expression has already been obtained by other groups using a simple co-injection of DNA and microbubbles. We wondered if additional interactions of microbubbles with DNA could not provide a higher transfection efficacy. Different methods of microbubbles obtention have been investigated: simple mixing, ultrasounds, lyophilisation and the vialmix system. Association of DNA to these microbubbles has been evaluated by flow cytometry and optical detection of labeled DNA. Stability was addressed by following the evolution of the microbubbles under the microscope, taking 5 pictures per condition and using Image J for counting. Three pegylation methods of the microbubbles were investigated. Addition of pegylated lipid, pegylation of bubbles prior or post DNA interaction were performed. We found that the vialmix agitation system led to the less polydisperse microbubbles with a size being in the 1-2 m range and 98% of the microbubbles are under 10m. The cationic microbubbles are stable in vial up to 5h and 1h diluted in water. Labeled DNA was observed at the surface of the microbubbles. Pegylation post microbubbles formation was found to be the optimal condition to maintain microbubbles integrity and stability. We addressed here the first steps of microbubble obtention: conception, preparation and characterization of pegylated cationic microbubbles, which will be dedicated to in vivo gene delivery. We could form a monodisperse population of microbubbles, able to interact with DNA, while being pegylated. DNA minicircles comprising less than 250 base pairs. ∗ Intervenant -47- 5 1 (*) Malinge, J.-M., Thibault, T., Midoux, P and Pichon, C., (2012) Brevet européen CNRS dépot n 12 306 454.5. In vitro production of ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] 4 Simona Manta∗ , Anthony Delalande , Mathias Lebertre , Gilles Renault , Olivier Couture , Daniel Scherman , Michel Francis Bureau1, Patrick Midoux2, Chantal Pichon2, Michel Bessodes1, 1 and Nathalie Mignet -48- POSTER A7 ENHANCED SENSITIVITY OF U87MG GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS TO TEMOZOLOMIDE AFTER TREATMENT BY SIRNA CARRIED BY LIPID NANOCAPSULES POSTER A8 PTG1: NEW ROBUST TRANSFECTION REAGENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS AND VIRAL PARTICLES † †1 Khaled Messaoudi∗ , Anne Clavreul, Patrick Saulnier, Jean-Pierre Benoit, and Frederic Lagarce 2 3 4 Hervé Cheradame∗ , Philippe Guégan , Fabian Gross , and Patrick Midoux Inserm U1066 MINT – Université d’Angers – France 1 POLYTHERAGENE, LAMBE, CNRS UMR8587 Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, Evry, 94, France Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, CNRS UMR 7610 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France Plateforme de vectorologie, laboratoire de biothérapie UMR 1037/CRCT, CHU Rangueil - 31059 Toulouse, France 4 Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, 45071 Orléans, France 2 3 Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumors due to the resistance of tumor cells to current treatments combining surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy by oral Temozolomide (TMZ). The efficacy of TMZ for treating GBM is very limited; this is partly due to the high levels of enzyme activity of DNA repair O6methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) in tumor cells. On the other hand, overexpression of EGFR and galectin-1contribute significantly to TMZ resistance. It was shown that reducing the production of these proteins by small interfering RNA (siRNA) increases tumor sensitivity to TMZ. Lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) transacylated with chitosan were developed to bind siRNA. The resulted capsules were characterized (size, zeta potential, quantity of bound siRNA, cell toxicity). Then, an evaluation of EGFR and Galectin-1 knockdown in U87MG/MGMT- glioma cells and MGMT Knockdown in U87MG/MGMT+ cells after siRNA treatment were performed by FACS. Finally (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) test was used to determine if the sensitivity of tumor cells to TMZ was improved after siRNA treatment. The resulting nanocapsules have a size of 71.60 1.15 nm and zeta potential of 24.70 2.10 mV. The capacity of LNCs to graft siRNA was evaluated by fluorescence quenching and showed a fixation of 93.1 0.2 % of suspension of 2.4 M of siRNA with 6 L of LNCs. Cytotoxicity test of the nanocapsules on U87MG/MGMT- and U87MG/MGMT+ cells showed cell death at concentrations greater than 100 g/mL. Treatment of U87MG/MGMTcells with anti-EGFR and anti-Galectin-1 siRNAs at the concentration of 40 nM resulted in a reduction of EGFR and Galectin-1 expression by (51.95 6.03) % and (38.48 2.17) % respectively after 4 days of incubation. Processing U87MG/MGMT+ by anti-MGMT siRNA at the concentration of 5 nM for 4 days reduced the rate of MGMT by 31.68 2.83 %. The sensitivity of U87MG/MGMT- cells to TMZ was improved by 58.87 1.23 % with anti-EGFR siRNA and by 56.84 0.41 % with anti-Galectin-1 siRNA. The association of both siRNA resulted in an increase of 80.61 1.65 % of the sensibility to TMZ (P<0.05). Regarding the U87MG/MGMT+ cells, their sensitivity to TMZ was increased by 80.77 3.03 % after treatment with anti-MGMT siRNA compared to cells not treated with siRNA. This study showed that the reduction in cellular levels of EGFR and galectin-1 and MGMT resulted in an increase in tumor sensibility to TMZ. The combination of anti-EGFR siRNA and anti-Galectin-1 has shown a synergistic effect on tumor sensitivity to TMZ. This method could be implemented in future clinical models for experimental cancer treatment of GBM. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] The bioproduction becomes increasingly important in the fields of pharmacy, but also in cosmetics or foods. Recombinant proteins (r-proteins) such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies are very promising biopharmaceutics for cancer treatments and vaccines. Recombinant viruses including AAV and recombinant lentiviruses (r-lentivirus) are promising vectors for human gene therapy applications. Bioproduction requires robust transfection, an efficient protocol easy to implement, with good reproducibility for a maximum production of r-proteins or r-viral particles in a short time with low cytotoxicity. R-proteins are commonly produced after transfection of mammalians cells (CHO or HEK293-S cells) with a plasmid DNA encoding protein ensuring right glycosylation. When possible, it can be produced from CHO cells stably expressing the transgene, but such clones are difficult to establish and their stability varies. R-viral particles are commonly produced upon transfection of the human HEK293T packaging cells with at least three plasmids DNA. One encodes the gene of interest, one encodes gag, pol and rev genes and another one encodes the VSV-G envelope gene. After an incubation period, the virus containing supernatant is collected, concentrated, the virus titre is determined and the particles are then used for transfections. Bioproduction uses cells which are adapted to grow in suspension. Polytheragene has developed the PTG1 family which are very powerful transfection reagents. Here we report production of r-proteins and r-lentiviral vectors by using PTG1 reagents. PTG1.P mixed with plasmid DNA, does not affect significantly HEK293 cell viability. The transfection efficiency at 2x106 cell density per ml is found to be globally increased in presence of [PTG1.P + 0.75g/ml DNA] mix and in particular 120 hours post-transfection, compared to standard assay based on [jet- PEI + 1 g/ml plasmid DNA] mix. Production of r-lentiviral vectors was carried out upon Tri-transfection with pTRIP-GFP, 8.91 and VSV-G plasmids of HEK293 packaging cells. The PTG1.L method (adapted to lentivirus production) was compared to either the calcium phosphate or polyehtyleneimine (PEI25k) methods. The results indicate that the production of r-viral particles is several folds higher with PTG1.L than with bPEI. Although PTG1.L allowed the production of r-lentiviral vectors with the viral titre comparable to that obtained by the conventional calcium phosphate method, the great advantage of the PTG1.L reagent is that due to its low cytotoxicity, two harvests of virus particles are collected within three days. PTG1 transfection reagents could become the best partners for the production of r-proteins as well as r-viral particles for research academic or corporate laboratories. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -49- -50- POSTER A9 POSTER A10 CHARACTERIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF SIRNA LIPID NANOCAPSULES FOR GENE THERAPY 1 Resnier∗ 1 1 ADVANTAGES OF USING THE LIPOTHIOUREA DDSTU AS A COLIPID FOR DNA OR SIRNA DELIVERY 1 Pauline , Pierre Lequinio , Nolwenn Lautram , Emilie André , Cédric Gaillard2 , Guillaume Bastiat1, Jean-Pierre Benoit1, and Catherine Passirani†1 Johanne Seguin∗, Michel Bessodes, Jean Herscovici, Karim Fekir, Alice Weyland, Daniel Scherman, Andrew Miller, and Nathalie Mignet† Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie – Inserm, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France 1 2 Micro et nanomédecines biomimétiques (MINT) – Inserm : U1066, Université d’Angers, 10 rue André Boquel - 49100 Angers, France Unité de recherche sur les Biopolymères, Interactions Assemblages (BIA) – Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) : UR1268 – France Gene therapy with small interference RNA (siRNA) represents a promising strategy to temporarily inhibit the expression of proteins implicated incancerogenesisor chemotherapy resistance (1). Even though intra-tumoral administration could be envisaged, the current studies are performed with the goal of formulating nanomedicines to be injected intravenously topossivelytarget thetumorsite as well as metastases (2).Synthetic nanoparticles and liposomes have been widely developed during this last decade. In this work, polymers and lipids were associated to formulate lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) for encapsulation and systemic delivery of siRNA (3-4).siRNALNCs were prepared with DOTAP/DOPE lipoplexes, and assays on siRNA dose and lipid/siRNA charge ratios were performed to improve the stability and encapsulation yield. The observation of siRNA lipoplexes and LNC morphology were performed bycryo-TEM showing a specific molecular organization of siRNA DOTAP/DOPE lipoplexes and evidenced specific lipid microstructures. Finally, complement activation proved the feasibility of apegylationprocess onsiRNALNCs carried out in a passive targeting strategy for futurein vivoexperiments. No cytotoxicity on B16F10 and SK-Mel28 melanoma cell lines was evidenced up to 100 g/mL and 500 g/mL, respectively. This work described an adapted siRNA nanocarrier for intravenous administration, encouraging the pursuit of studies onin vitroandin vivomelanoma models. DDSTU is a lipothiourea derivative developped for systemic delivery of non-viral gene therapy [1-5]. Formulations based on lipothiourea are weakly charged but still able to interact with DNA, efficiently transfect cells in vitro and post local delivery in vivo. Recent insertion of thiourea functions in positively charged cyclodextrin amphiphiles revealed that the assocation of both hydrogen and ionic bonds increased the level of model protein expression [6]. We wondered if cooperative effects between hydrogen and ionic bond interaction with DNA phosphates could also be obtained with lipidic auto-assemblies and could incease DNA and siRNA retention in lipoplexes. To answer this question, we formulated two different cationic lipids DMAPAP and DODAG with DDSTU, used as a colipid, characterize these formulations by DLS and gel electrophoresis. Finally, the ratio lipid/DNA or required to achieve transfection in vitro B16 melanoma and CT26 colon carcinoma cell line was determined. The ratio of lipid/siRNA which provided a best inhibition of luciferase stably transfected B16 and CT26 cell was also determined. We found that the more stable formulations in media with serum were obtained for DMAPAP/DDSTU. With this formulation an enhancement of transfection was observed for the both cell line investigated and better result were obtained for a charge ratio of 6. Moreover, lipolexes of siRNA showed a higher luciferase inhibition. 1. 2. 3. 4. Resnier P, et al., 2013. Biomaterials Morille M, et al., 2009. Biomaterials David et al., 2012. Eur J Pharm Biopharm Resnier et al., 2013. Submit to Nanotechnology Addition of the lipothiourea DDSTU in cationic lipid formulations increases cell transfection while reducing the amount of cationic charges needed and thus limiting the cytotoxicity. We currently evaluated the efficacy of these lipoplexes after intratumoral injection in murine models. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Leblond J, Mignet N, Largeau C, Spanedda MV, Seguin J, Scherman D, Herscovici J. Lipopolythioureas: a new non-cationic system for gene transfer. Bioconjug Chem. 2007, Mar-Apr;18(2):484-93 Kral T, Leblond J, Hof M, Scherman D, Herscovici J, Mignet N. Lipopolythiourea/DNA interaction: a biophysical study. Biophys Chem. 2010;148(1-3):68-73. Breton M, Leblond J, Seguin J, Midoux P, Scherman D, Herscovici J, Pichon C, Mignet N. Comparative gene transfer between cationic and thiourea lipoplexes. J Gene Med. 201, Jan;12(1):45-54. Leblond J, Mignet N, Largeau C, Seguin J, Scherman D, Herscovici J. Lipopolythiourea transfecting agents: lysine thiourea derivatives. Bioconjug Chem. 2008 Jan;19(1):306-14. Leblond J, Mignet N, Leseurre L, Largeau C, Bessodes M, Scherman D, Herscovici J.Design, synthesis, and evaluation of enhanced DNA binding new lipopolythioureas. Bioconjug Chem., 2006 Sep-Oct;17(5):1200-8. Méndez -Ardoy A, Guilloteau N, Di Giorgio C, Vierling P, Santoyo-Gonz´alez F, Ortiz Mellet C, Garc´ıa Fernandez JM. -Cyclodextrin-based polycationic amphiphilic ”click” clusters: effect of structural modifications in their DNA complexing and delivery properties. J Org Chem. 2011;76(15):5882-94. ∗ Intervenant ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: catherine.passirani@univ- angers.fr †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -51- -52- POSTER A11 POSTER A12 INFLUENCE OF NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS ON THE FORMATION OF MIXED NANO-OB JECTS WITH AMPHIPHILIC CYCLODEXTRINS STXB TECHNOLOGY FOR TUMOR THERANOSTIC AND IMMUNOTHERAPY 1 Leila 1 Zerkoune∗ , 1 1 1 2 Angelina Angelova , Luc Choisnard , Annabelle Geze , Denis Wouessidjewe , and 1 Sylviane Lesieur 1 1 2 1 3 Estelle Dransart∗ , Kamélia Kara Ali , Laura Brullé , Thi Tran , Birgit Oberleitner , Olivier Couture , Vincent Semetey1, Eric Tartour2, and Ludger Johannes4 1 Institut Curie – 26 rue d’Ulm - 75248 Paris, France Hopital européen Georges Pompidou – Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Höpital européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes – France 3 Institut Langevin ”ondes et images” – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS : UMR7587, Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot – 10 Rue Vauquelin - 75231 Paris, France 4 Compartimentation et dynamique cellulaires (UMR144) – CNRS : UMR144, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI – 26 Rue d’Ulm - 75248 Paris, France 2 1 UMR CNRS 8612, Institut Galien Paris-Sud 11 – CNRS : UMR8612 – France 2UMR CNRS 5063 ICMG FR 2607 Université de Grenoble – CNRS : UMR5063 – France A recent methodology for grafting of aliphatic chains on the secondary face of native cyclodextrins (CD) by enzymatic transesterification, using thermolysin as a biocatalyzer, has opened new possibilities for the design of drug nanocarriers with colloidal behaviour [1-3]. Amphiphilic CD derivatives with decanoyl alkyl chains (CDC10) may self-assemble into nanospheres with multilamellar internal organization or in reservoir-type particles, which can embed lipophilic drugs. However, the physical stability of these carriers requires the addition of surfactants in the formulation. The purpose of this work is to study the interaction between -CD-C10 nanospheres and non-ionic surfactants, such as n-dodecyl -D maltoside (DDM) and polysorbate 80 (P80), and to determinate the CD and surfactant quantities enabling the formation of mixed nanoobjects. The non-ionic surfactants were chosen because they show a number of advantages in terms of nanoparticles stability, biocompatibility, and lower toxicity as compared to ionic surfactants [4]. Several physico-chemical methods were employed. Solubilization experiments were performed by optical density measurements (UV-Visible spectrophotometer) upon continuous addition of surfactants to CD nanosphere suspensions. Quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS) was employed for determination of the particles sizes and optical microscopy for establishing the colloidal behavior of the systems. Shiga toxin is produced by E. coli strains that are responsible for dysentery and hemolitic- uremic syndrome. It is composed of an A-subunit that mediates the toxic activity by inhibiting protein biosynthesis, and a B-subunit (STxB) that drives in cellular entry of the toxin through binding to the glycosphingolipid globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb3). Shiga toxin has evolved with its host to pass critical physiological barriers in order to reach its molecular target, ribosomal RNA. STxB has thus naturally developed properties required for a therapeutic delivery tool: high stability and resistance to extreme pH, low immunogenicity, and intracellular retrograde transport preventing its degradation in lysosomes. Gb3 expression is found on two therapeutically relevant cell types: cancer cells, and antigen presenting cells (dendritic cells). We thus took advantage of these characteristics to develop a technology based on the conjugation of a genetically modified STxB, bearing an additional cysteine residue at its C-terminus, to contrast agents as well as nucleic acids for anti-tumor therapy and tumor imaging. STxB-functionalized ecogenic microbubbles and nanorods are developed in the field of tumor theranostics to combine detection/localization and treatment of primary tumors and/or metastatic disease, based respectively on sonoporation or thermal properties of these particles. The delivery of nucleic acids by STxB is based on the use of STxB-polyethymenimine conjugates; two main applications are developed. On the one hand, STxB is used to target mRNA encoding antigenic proteins to dendritic cells in order to promote cytotoxic T cell response against tumors. On the other hand, cDNA encoding pro-apoptotic proteins are targeted to tumor epithelial cells. The present poster illustrates proofs of concept for each of these STxB-based biomedical applications. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -53- -54- POSTER A13 POSTER A14 ANTI-PPRV THERAPY BASED ON IN VIVO EFFIENCY OF SIRNA: PROOF OF CONCEPT USING A SMALL ANIMAL MODEL 1 1 1 1 Cécile Minet∗ , Renata Servan De Almeida , Carine Holz , Renaud Lancelot , Geneviève 1 2 2 3 Libeau , Mattias Hallbrink , Ülo Langel , and Emmanuel Albina TRIPPARTITE PH-SENSITIVE MICELLES OF POLYETHYLENIMINE AND DOUBLE HYDROPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS AS GENE DELIVERY SYSTEMS 1 †1 1 1 Naila Mebarek , Anne Aubert , Corine Gerardin , Jean-Marie Devoisselle , and Sylvie Bégu 1 Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-ENSCM-UM2-U – CNRS: UMR5253 – 8 rue de l‘Ecole Normale - 34296 Montpellier, France 1CIRAD UMR CMAEE (CMAEE : contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes)) – CIRAD, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) : UMR1309 – F-34398 Montpellier, France 2Dpt. Neurochemistry, Stockholm University – Dpt. Neurochemistry, Stockholm UniversityS.Arrheniusv. 21A, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Suède 3CIRAD UMR CMAEE (CMAEE : controle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes)) – CIRAD, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) : UMR1309 – F-97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France Morbilliviruses are responsible of important diseases in human beings and animals with economical impact in affected countries. Efficient vaccines exist but they are often used in emergency situation in animals and ten days are necessary to induce a sufficient immune protection. Co-administration of an antiviral treatment with the vaccine could limit the disease impact while conferring a long-lasting protection. CIRAD has explored a biological antiviral therapy based on RNA interference. The discovery of siRNA against morbilliviruses was patented. The objective of this work was to validate the in vivo efficiency of these siRNAs. To this end, one of our siRNAs anti-PPRV was assessed in mice, using a double-reporter plasmid expressing two luciferases. The plasmid is made of a firefly gene placed downstream of our morbillivirus siRNA target sequence and a renilla gene used as a housekeeping gene. Mice received a co-injection (double reporter plasmid + relevant or irrelevant si-RNA-PPRV) in the tibialis muscle, followed by an electroporation to promote cellular uptake of DNA. The firefly and renilla signals were measured daily using a bio-imager. The firefly expression was normalized using renilla signal. A good correlation in mice injected with the irrelevant siRNA was observed between firefly and renilla signals. In contrast, mice treated with siRNA-PPRV in one leg showed a strong inhibition of about 99% of the firefly signal. The specificity of siRNA-PPRV activity was demonstrated in the same mice since the irrelevant siRNA administered in the second leg did not inhibit the firefly signal. This mouse model system is a proof of concept of in vivo siRNA efficiency and a very useful tool to assess in vivo siRNA delivery systems. Several candidates for in vivo delivery systems are currently investigated in our laboratory, including recombinant baculovirus, adenovirus and non viral vehicles. Initial results showed that a cell membrane penetrating peptide (PF6) could efficiently deliver a siRNA and inhibit the expression of Firefly in tibialis muscle. The delivery of nucleic acids has great potential for advanced biomedical and therapeutic research. In RNA interference strategy with small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microR- NAs (miRNA) to silence homologous genes or in vaccination strategy with plasmid DNA (pDNA) to mediate specific expression, nucleic acids are important tools. However, their use for therapeutic applications is hindered by limited efficacy and delivery capacity, and safety problems. In order to express their best efficiency, nucleic acids need to reach their subcellular targets: the nucleus for pDNA and the RISC complex in the cytoplasm for siRNAs. It requires the crossing of multiple cellular barriers in particular cytoplasmic membrane and endosomal membrane while resisting to nuclease degradation. Among the numerous types of vectors, block copolymer micelles have shown encouraging results for siRNA and pDNA delivery. They possess a core-shell structure, and a narrow size distribution centered on a few tens of nanometers allowing a stealth facing to the reticulo-endothelial system or a possible accumulation into inflammatory or cancers tissues. Some polymers were selected for their endosomal escape capacity which was induced by various mechanisms such as proton sponge effect in the case of the polyethylene imine (PEI), or membrane interaction in the case of poly(acrylic acid) block copolymers. Polyion complex micelles were developed with poly(methacrylic acid)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymers (PMAA-b-PEO) and polyethyleneimine in order to deliver nucleic acids into cells. The aim of the study was to prepare a vector able to efficiently encapsulate nucleic acids, and carry them into the cytoplasm; this required an appropriate cellular uptake, and an efficient endosomal escape. Two different PEI (branched-modified PEI Y and a linear PEI) were tested with PMAA-b-POE copolymers to assess their capacity to form micelles, with nanometric size, efficient siRNA and pDNA loading and a high cytotolerance. The PEI Y based micelles showed better characteristics than the linear PEI based micelles with homogeneous sizes varying from 45 to 200 nm according to the molecular weight of the used PMAA-b-PEO, and a loading efficiency of 4 nmol/mL for siRNA and 10 g/mL for pDNA. Finally, PMAA-b-PEO / PEI Y micelles were stable in physiological medium and presented a pH-sensitivity permitting the delivery of nucleic acids in endosomes and a satisfying cytotolerance making possible cellular in vitro or in vivo applications. N. Mebarek, A. Aubert-Pouessel, C. Gerardin, R. Vicente, J.M. Devoisselle, S. Begu, Polymeric micelles based on poly(methacrylic acid) block-containing copolymers with different membrane destabilizing properties for cellular drug delivery. Int J Pharm (2013). ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant -55- -56- POSTER A15 POSTER A16 PH-SENSITIVE POLYION COMPLEX MICELLES AS SIRNA VECTORS FOR DC ENGINNEERING TO INDUCE TOLERANCE 1 2 † BIODISTRIBUTION IN VIVO DE FORMULATIONS LIPIDIQUES FLUORESCENTES APRÈS INJECTION SYSTÉMIQUE 1,2 3 Nawal Belmadi∗ Naila Mebarek , Rita Vicente , Anne Aubert∗ , Christian Jorgensen , Jean-Marie Devoisselle, 3 ‡1 Pascale Louis-Plence , and Sylvie Bégu∗ 1Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-ENSCM-UM2-U – CNRS: UMR5253 – 8 rue de l‘Ecole Normale - 34296 Montpellier, France 2INSERM, U844, Université Montpellier 1, Hôpital St Eloi – Inserm : U844 – 80 Avenue Augustin Fliche - 34296 Montpellier - France 3INSERM U844 – Inserm : U844 – Hôpital St Eloi, 80 Avenue Augustin Fliche - 34296 Montpellier, France Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells of the immune system, able to stimulate or to inhibit immune response according to their maturation state. Due to this contrasting properties DCs have a dual role in autoimmune diseases (AID). Indeed, mature DCs can induce T cell activation, participating in the deleterious role of these cells in AID but at immature state can also induce tolerance by inducing regulatory T cells (Treg). Our goal is to genetically engineer DCs with small interfering RNA (siRNA), targeting immunogenic molecules to enhance DC tolerogenic properties. In order to do so, we developed pH-sensitive tripartite polymeric micelles composed of a double-hydrophilic block copolymer (poly methacrylic acid -b poly ethylene oxide) (PMAA-b-POE) and a poly-counter ion poly-L-lysine (PLL) to be used as a siRNA vector. Four micelles were developed with different molecular weights copolymers. These micelles present a well-adapted stability in physiological conditions [1] and are biocompatibility with DCs [2,3]. In order to validate the micelles potential as siRNA vectors the capacity of endossomal destabilization was studied as well as their capacity to be endocytosed by DCs and to encapsulate siRNA. Interestingly, even if the four micelles were endocytosed by DCs, only the low molecular weight micelles presented the ability to destabilize endosomes and to encapsulate siRNA. siRNA targeting CD86, a DCs co-stimulatory molecule important for T cell activation, was used as model of targeting gene. A specific silencing of CD86 molecules was observed with both low molecular weight micelles by Flow Cytometry analysis (FACS). Our results underscore the potential of low molecular weight pH-sensitive polyion complex micelles to formulate therapeutic siRNA for DC engineering in AID therapy. 1. 2. 3. Boudier,A. et al.(2009).”Tripartite siRNA micelles as controlled delivery systems for primary dendritic cells”. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 35(8): 950-8. Boudier,A. et al.(2009).”The control of dendritic cell maturation by pH-sensitive polyion complex micelles”. Biomaterials 30(2): 233-41. Boudier,A. et al.(2011).”Development of tripartite polyion micelles for efficient peptide delivery into dendritic cells without altering their plasticity”. J Control Release 154(2): 156-63. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] 1 Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies – Inserm – INSERM U1078 ” Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies 22 Rue Camille Desmoulins – CS 93837 - 29238 BREST Cedex 3 - FRANCE, France 2Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), Université de Bretagne Occidentale [UBO] – 3 rue des Archives CS 93837 - F29238 Brest cedex 3, France Afin de poursuivre le développement et l’optimisation de formulations pour le transfert de gènes dans le cadre de thérapie génique de la mucoviscidose, des sondes fluorescentes lipidiques porteuses d’une cyanine (Exc : 645nm, Em : 665nm) ont été synthétisées et formulées en présence de lipides cationiques de type lipophosphoramidate. L’objectif est d’affiner nos connaissances sur le devenir de ces formulations in situ en fonction de la voie d’administration tout en évaluant leur efficacité et leur tolérance. Dans le cadre de ce travail, nous avons tout d’abord évalué plusieurs formulations, en présence ou en l’absence de sonde fluorescente, à la fois sur le plan d’une éventuelle toxicité ainsi que de leur efficacité de transfection sur différentes lignées cellulaires. Dans un second temps, des études de biodistribution avec l’une des formulations parmi les plus efficaces, avec ou sans DSPE-PEG2000, ont été menées après injection systémique sur souris Nude NMRI. Parallèlement à la mesure de l’expression du gène rapporteur par bioluminescence, les complexes ont été suivis et quantifiés par fluorescence in situ, puis sur organes isolés. Sur lignées cellulaires, nous avons ainsi montré que l’addition d’une sonde fluorescente (5 ou 10%; M/M) avec un vecteur de type lipide cationique n’interférait ni sur la capacité de complexation, ni sur l’efficacité du lipoplexe et n’induisait pas de toxicité additionnelle. La pharmacocinétique des liposomes et des lipoplexes formulés en présence de DSPE-PEG2000 indiquent également une distribution supérieure de 80% environ par rapport aux formulations sans PEG. Par ailleurs, les liposomes ont une demi-vie supérieure de 40% aux lipoplexes dans la circulation systémique. 24h après l’injection, les principaux organes fluorescents sont tout d’abord les poumons, le foie, la rate, les reins et la vessie, les intestins et le cœur. Aucune toxicité hépatique in vivo n’est mesurée avec les liposomes alors qu’il existe une cytolyse de 2N, réversible sous 48h à 72h avec les lipoplexes. Dans tous les cas, l’inflammation est mineure et complètement réversible en quelques heures. Les perspectives consistent maintenant à évaluer le comportement de ces lipoplexes après administration par aérosolisation afin d’optimiser au mieux les formulations chimiques et en accroitre l’efficacité. Nous réaliserons à la suite des études de réadministration de ces molécules par les voies aériennes hautes. D’autres concentrations de lipides fluorescents seront également étudiées. ∗Intervenant -57- -58- POSTER A17 FORMULATION ET BIODISTRIBUTION IN VIVO DE VECTEURS SYNTHETIQUES POUR LE TRANSFERT DE GENES DANS LE CADRE DE LA THERAPIE GENIQUE DE LA MUCOVISCIDOSE POSTER A18 DELIVERY OF SIRNA IN LUNG METASTASIS BY TARGETED HISTIDINYLATED LIPOPOLYPLEXES 1 1 Nawal Belmadi∗ 1 Génétique, génomique fonctionnelle et biotechnologies (UMR1078) – Inserm : U1078, Université de Bretagne Occidentale [UBO], EFS – EFS Bretagne, 46 rue Félix le Dantec - 29218 Brest, France Depuis des années, l’équipe “Transfert de gènes” de l’UMR1078 INSERM, en collaboration avec l’UMR6562 CNRS, travaille sur le développement et l’optimisation de vecteurs synthétiques pour le transfert de gènes et notamment dans le cadre d’une thérapie génique de la mucoviscidose. Dans le cadre de ce projet de thérapie génique de la mucoviscidose, l’objectif est d’atteindre les cellules épithéliales pulmonaires afin d’y apporter le gène correcteur de la déficience génétique. Or, il a été démontré que les lipoplexes développés à Brest étaient en mesure de conduire à une expression du gène rapporteur dans les pneumocytes de type II aussi bien apr`ès injection systémique qu’après administration intratrachéale. Dans le cadre de ce travail, nous souhaitons réaliser des études de biodistribution et d’élimination de nos molécules après administration selon une voie générale (injection systémique) ou locale (intratrachéale). Pour ce faire, nous nous basons sur des vecteurs lipidiques fluorescents développés dans le cadre de cette collaboration, afin de suivre le chemin de ses nanostructures. Nous souhaitons également tester la possibilité de réadministration (par voie intratrachéale) de nos composés dans le but de restaurer et maintenir l’expression du gène d’intérêt à un niveau soutenu. Des études sur la cinétique d’expression et des effets secondaires potentiels de nos molécules seront réalisées, afin d’optimiser le travail de formulation en fonction de la voie d’administration. Cette approche sera complétée par des études d’immunohistochimie sur coupes de tissus. 1 1 1 †1 Marie-Pierre Gosselin∗ , Cristine Goncalves , Safia Ezzine , Virginie Malard , Chantal Pichon , and Patrick Midoux‡1 1 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron - 45071 Orléans, France SiRNA generate great hope for targeted therapies of a wide variety of diseases but clinical applications are delayed due to the absence of very efficient and safe delivery systems. To face the challenge of siRNA delivery, we are developing non-viral vectors called lipopolyplex (LPRi). We are using lipophosphoramidatebased liposomes in association with histidinylated polymers to produce siRNA lipopoplyplexes (LPRi) subsequently used for gene silencing (1). Compared to siRNA formulations made with commercial transfection reagents, our formulation appears to give the best specific inhibition of gene expression. His-lPEI LPRi100 is composed of siRNA, histidinylated lPEI (His-lPEI) (2) and liposomes made with lipophosphoramidates comprising imidazole/imidazolium moieties. We obtained the best inhibition at 10 nM siRNA with low cytotoxicity. This formulation exhibits a size and a zeta potential of 60 nm and +84 mV, respectively. According to our previous work, this formulation appears as a versatile formulation for DNA, mRNA and siRNA transfection. We are using these new LPRi to deliver siRNA in 4T1 cells, a murine model of tumor and lung metastasis of breast cancer. Ninety % inhibition of luciferase expression in 4T1- Luc cells stably expressing luciferase were obtained with 50 nM anti-Luc siRNA His-lPEI LPRi100. For in vivo delivery, LPRi are targeted using two peptides: uPA peptide specific of 4T1 cells and cyclic RGD which binds to v3 integrins frequently expressed in cancer cells and tumor microvessels. These peptides are attached to liposomes upon reaction with DSPEPEG2000-maleimide. The endocytosis efficiency of targeted liposomes in 4T1 cells, measured by flow cytometry, showed that they have a six-time greater endocytosis than non- targeted liposomes. In vivo biodistribution of intratracheally injected LPRi was analyzed by fluorescence using liposomes and polymer labeled with fluorophores emitting in the near infrared. We showed that the various components of the LPD (liposome and polymer) were localized in the lungs until 24 hours post-injection. Biological effect of targeted LPRi100 will be evaluated in small animals in 4T1-Luc experimental lung metastasis. (1) Perche F, Benvegnu T, Berchel M, Lebegue L, Pichon C, Jaffrs PA, Midoux P. , Enhancement of dendritic cells transfection in vivo and of vaccination against B16F10 melanoma with mannosylated histidylated lipopolyplexes loaded with tumor antigen messenger RNA, (2011) Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 7: 445-453. (2) Bertrand, E., Gonçalves, C., Billiet, L., Gomez, J-P., Pichon, C., Cheradame, H., Midoux, P. and Guégan, P. Histidinylated linear PEI: a new efficient non-toxic polymer for gene transfer, (2011) Chem. Commun., 47: 12547-12549. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: ‡Auteur correspondant: ∗ Intervenant -59- -60- POSTER A19 POSTER A20 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF NITROSOTHIOLS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION SYNTHESE ET PROPRIETES DE NUCLEOSIDES AMPHIPHILES FLUORES †1 †1 1 2 1 2 Guilhem Godeau∗ , Laurent Latxague , Christophe Di Giorgio , and Philippe Barthélémy ‡1 Shefaat Ullah Shah∗ , Marie Socha , and Stéphane Gibaud∗ 1 1Cibles thérapeutiques, formulation et expertise préclinique du médicament (CITHEFOR) – Université de Lorraine : EA3452 – Faculté de Pharmacie – 5, rue Albert Lebrun - 54000 Nancy, France The oral delivery of Nitric oxide and the methods to improve its oral bioavailability is being a keen interest for scientists and researchers. The aim of our work was to develop nitroso thiolated polymers by coupling glutathione with chitosan and then perform a post nitrosation. S-nitroso glutathione (GSNO) was synthesized by reacting NaNO2 with glutathione at predetermined conditions. S-nitroso-glutathione-chitosan (SNOC) was synthesized by covalently attaching chitosan oligosaccharide to glutathione resulting in Chitosan-glutathione conjugate followed by a post nitrosation step. The amount of thiol groups (-SH) available for Nitric oxide linkage in chitosan-glutathione conjugate was assessed by Ellman’s methods and Nitric oxide loading/releasing capacity was evaluated by Griess and Saville methods. In-vitro stability study of GSNO and permeation studies were performed in the Ussing Chamber (WPI Europe) through rat intestine (male Wister) at constant temperature and oxygen flow. The resulting conjugate displayed 216 1 mol reduced thiol groups and 776 9 mol total thiol groups in one gram of polymer. The amount of disulfide bonds was 560 per gram of polymer. Results from the nitrosation studies revealed that a total of 175 11 mol/g of NO was linked to the available reduced thiol groups on the polymer. Stability studies of GSNO and SNOC in the Ussing chamber at a constant temperature and oxygen flow showed that SNOC was more stable as compared to GSNO. SNOC showed a nearly sustained release as compared to GSNO exhibiting nearly 6 h of NO holding capacity while that of GSNO was only 4-5 h. Results from in-vitro studies through rat intestine by the Ussing chamber indicated that a small amount of GSNO (maximum 10%) could cross the rat intestine as compared to SNOC which was less than 5% permeated. 2 Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN) – CNRS : UMR7272, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS] – Faculté des Sciences Parc Valrose 28 Avenue Valrose - 06108 Nice, France ARN : régulations naturelle et artificielle – Inserm : U869, Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II, Institut Européen de Chimie et de Biologie – Université Victor Segalen 146, Rue Léo Saignat bâtiment 3a - 33076 Bordeaux, France Les dérivés d’acides nucléiques amphiphiles offrent une plateforme polyvalente pour le développement de ressources biomédicales. Ils combinent les propriétés propres aux dérivés d’acides nucléiques, telles que l’organisation structurale et la reconnaissance moléculaire, aux propriétés d’auto organisation des amphiphiles. Cette association aboutit à une vaste gamme de structures (nucléoside, gluconucléoside et oligonucléotide). Dans cette famille de composés amphiphiles une attention particulière doit être portée aux dérivés acides nucléiques amphiphiles fluorés. Les propriétés particulières du fluor en matière d’hydrophilie et de lipophilie renforcent considérablement les propriétés d’organisation de ces amphiphiles tout en diminuant leur toxicité de manière très significative. Dans le cadre de ce projet, nous nous proposons d’étudier la relation structure/comportement chez les nucléosides amphiphiles fluorés. Pour cela les nucléosides amphiphiles fluorés dérivés des différentes bases (A, C, G et T) seront préparés en faisant varier la chaîne fluorée. Les propriétés d’organisation des espèces synthétisées seront observées par microscopie électronique et les propriétés d’hydro- et organogélation de ces composés seront mises en évidence. Les recherches porteront sur la capacité des bases à reconnaître leur nucléoside complémentaire et sur la mise en évidence de la reconnaissance d’un gel nucléoside par le gel de son nucléoside complémentaire. The resulting polymeric S-nitroso glutathione (SNOC) was having a sustained release invitro as compared to GSNO and could be a promising oral drug delivery system for ischemic diseases. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: shefaat-ullah.shah@univ- lorraine.fr ‡Auteur correspondant: stephane.gibaud@univ- lorraine.fr ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -61- -62- POSTER A21 POSTER A22 EFFECT OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES ON TRANS-ENDOTHELIAL PASSAGE OF NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY VECTORS IN A SKELETAL MUSCLE ENDOTHELIUM MODEL LIPOPHOSPHORAMIDYL-CYCLODEXTRIN NANOPARTICLES AS NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS 1 2 1 1 Mathieu Létévé , Olivier Wattraint∗ , Véronique Bonnet , Florence Djedaïni-Pilard , and Catherine Sarazin †1 2 2 3 2 4 Jean-Pierre Gomez∗ , Mathieu Berchel , Paul-Alain Jaffres , Hervé Cheradame , Philippe Guegan , Mathieu 5 5 6 6 1 1 Mevel , Bruno Pitard , Tristan Montier , Pierre Lehn , Chantal Pichon , and Patrick Midoux 1 Laboratoire des Glucides (LG) – CNRS : FRE3517, Université de Picardie Jules Verne – 33, rue St Leu - 80039 Amiens, France 2Unité de Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire (GEC) – CNRS : FRE3580, Université de Picardie Jules Verne – 33, rue St Leu - 80039 Amiens, France 1 2 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron – 45071 Orléans, France CNRS (CEMCA) – CNRS UMR 6521, IFR148 ScInBioS – Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, France 3 CNRS (Polytheragene) – Genopole Evry et LAMBE, CNRS 8587 – Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, France 4 Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères – UPMC UMR 7610 – 94200 Ivry sur Seine, France 5 INSERM (Institut du Thorax) – INSERM U915 – Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, France 6 INSERM U613, IFR148ScInBioS – Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Hôpital Morvan - CHU Brest, France In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment, vascular delivery of gene encoding dystrophin by synthetic vectors faces to trans-endothelial passage (TEP) through capillary vascular wall to transfect underlying skeletal muscle cells. Furthermore, DMD results in aberrant regulation of inflammatory signaling cascades with the release of cytokines which contribute to amplify the deleterious effects of the pathology and could modify the endothelium integrity. We have evaluated TEP of DNA complexes with cationic polymers or cationic liposomes in an in vitro model comprising an endothelium of mouse endothelial cells (MCEC) seeded on a cell insert and mouse skeletal myoblast (C2C12) cells seeded on the well bottom. Luciferase activity in C2C12 cells was used to measure TEP efficiency of DNA complexes encoding luciferase. Among several synthetic vectors, polyplexes with histidinylated lPEI (His-lPEI) exhibit the best capacity (24%) to cross endothelium compared to that (< 2%) of other vectors. In the presence of 1 ng/ml IL-1b, TEP decreases significantly whatever the vectors used while in the presence of the same quantity of TNF-a, TEP efficiency depends on the vectors. Nevertheless, polyplexes keep high capacity to pass through MCEC endothelium. TEP is further reduced in the presence of the two cytokines. It is observed that the cytotoxicity of C2C12 cells is greatly increased when endothelial cells are stimulated with these cytokines whereas the cytokines do not induce direct cytotoxicity effect on C2C12 cells. This suggests that cytotoxicity is provided by pro-inflammatory factors produced by endothelial cells. These results indicate that the microenvironment of DMD skeletal muscles negatively influences the transfection of myoblasts by synthetic vectors. We find that His- lPEI polyplexes exhibit good capacity to cross the endothelium under both non-inflammatory and inflammatory conditions. Nanoparticles prepared from amphiphilic cyclodextrins (CD) constitute attractive drug delivery systems for their high stability and for wider surface area leading to a higher bioavailability [1]. Recently, amphiphilic CD have been used to develop drug delivery system for anticancer drugs [2]. The results presented in this poster include both the synthesis [3] of lipophosphoramidyl-b- CDwith various hydrocarbon chains (C12:0, C14:0, C16:0 et C18:0, C18:1 and C18:2) and the characterization of nanoparticles (NP) obtained from self-assembly in aqueous media (water, NaCl 0,9 % and glucose 5%). Size distributions and stability were determined by Photon Correlation Spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that the particles had diameters ranging from 200 to 600 nm and were stable over several days at room temperature. Encapsulation and drug release of a therapeutic agent currently used in the HIV treatment (atanazavir) were performed. Quantitative assays have revealed that about 130 g of atanazavir were encapsulated in 2 mg of NP formed from C14:0 acyl chains. 1. Duchêne, D., Ponchel, G., & Wouessidjewe, D. (1999). Cyclodextrins in targeting: Application to nanoparticles. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 36(1), 29–40 2. çirpanli, Y., Bilensoy, E., Dogan, A. L., &C¸ ali¸s, S. (2009). Comparative evaluation of polymeric and amphiphiliccyclodextrin nanoparticles for effective camptothecin delivery. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 73(1), 82–89 3. Gervaise, C., Bonnet, V., Wattraint, O., Aubry, F., Sarazin, C., Jaffrès, P.-A., & Djedaïni- Pilard, F. (2012). Synthesis of lipophosphoramidyl-cyclodextrins and their supramolecular properties. Biochimie, 94(1), 66–74 ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗ Intervenant -63- -64- POSTER A23 POLYPLEX MIXING: EVIDENCE OF PDNA EXCHANGE BETWEEN POLYPLEXES POSTER A24 EFFECTS OF A NOVEL ARCHAEAL TETRAETHER-BASED COLIPID ON THE IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER ACTIVITY OF TWO CATIONIC AMPHIPHILES Cristine Gonçalves∗, Lucie Pigeon, Chantal Pichon, and Patrick Midoux† †1 Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Inserm and University of Orléans, 45071 Orléans cedex 02, France 1 Electrostatic complexes between plasmid DNA (pDNA) and polycationic molecules such as cationic polymers or lipids are a non-viral alternative for gene therapy. Those interactions induce pDNA condensation with size reduction from ˜1000 nm to 50 – 100 nm, protection against pDNA degradation by nucleases and enhancement of the cellular uptake due the positive global charge of the resulting particles. The complexation of cationic liposomes with negatively charged pDNA leads spontaneously to the formation of dense positively charged particles rearranged in a multilayer structure with average diameter between 100 nm and 200 nm termed lipoplexes. The condensation of pDNA by cationic polymers differs from that of cationic liposomes, it often gives toroidal shape of outer radius between 50 nm and 100 nm termed polyplexes. It has been determined that several pDNA molecules are present in polyplexes and lipoplexes. It is well known that lipoplexes and polyplexes can be dissociated in the presence of an excess of polyanions such as dextran sulphate and heparin sulphate showing the instability of those particles. Here, we report evidence of pDNA exchange between one FITC-pDNA/polyplex and another Cy5pDNA/polyplex formulated with the same cationic polymer. We investigated complexes formed with four cationic vectors: linear Polyethylenimine (lPEI), Polylysine (pLK), Histidinylated lPEI (His-lPEI) and KLN25/MM27 liposome (Lip100). First fluorescence status of single labeled complexes (FITC and Cy5) is separately analyzed by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Secondly, each type of fluorescent polyplexes or lipoplexes are equally mixed (e.g.: FITC-pDNA/His-lPEI plus Cy5-pDNA/His-lPEI (v/v)) and dual fluorescence is analyzed. 2 2 3 Gene therapy for treating inherited diseases like cystic fibrosis might be achieved using multi-modular nonviral lipid-based systems. To date, most optimizations have concerned cationic lipids rather than colipids. In this study, an original archaeal tetraether derivative was used as a colipid in combination with one or the other of two monocationic amphiphiles. The liposomes obtained, termed archaeosomes, were characterized regarding lipid self-assembling properties, macroscopic/microscopic structures, DNA condensation/ neutralization/relaxation abilities, and colloidal stability in presence of serum. In addition, gene transfer experiments were conducted in mice with lipid/DNA complexes being administered via systemic or local delivery routes. Altogether, the results showed that the tetraether colipid can provide complexes with different in vivo transfection abilities depending on the lipid combination, the lipid/colipid molar ratio, and the administration route. This original colipid appears thus as an innovative modular platform endowed with properties possibly beneficial for fine-tuning of in vivo lipofection and other biomedical applications. Our results show that polyplex mixing is a new parameter that could be important in the design of efficient cationic polymer for gene transfer. Moreover polyplex mixing can be helpful to evaluate the number of pDNA molecules inside one polyplex, providing a new insight in formulation of monomolecular pDNA polyplexes. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: tony.legall@univ- brest.fr ‡Auteur correspondant §Auteur correspondant -65- 2 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale – Inserm : UMR1078 – Faculté de Médecine - 22, avenue Camille Desmoulins - CS 93837 – 29238 Brest, France 2 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes – CNRS : UMR6226 – UMR 6226 - 11 allée de Beaulieu - CS 50837 - 35708 Rennes, France 3 Université des Sciences de Brest – CNRS : UMR6521 – 3, rue des Archives - CS 93837 - 29238 Brest, France 4 Institut de Physique de Rennes – CNRS : UMR6251 – Campus Beaulieu Bat. 11A - 35042 Rennes, France 5 Gene Medicine Group, Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences – University of Oxford – John Radcliffe Hospital, Royaume-Uni We show that the phenomenon of pDNA exchange between polyplexes (so called polyplex mixing) is depending on the nature of the polymer and the N/P ratio. Polyplex mixing can result from the pDNA accessibility inside the toroid structure of polyplexes. In contrast, no pDNA mixing was observed with lipoplexes due to their multilayer structure and complete encapsulation of pDNA by lipid preventing its exchange with other complexes. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: patrick.midoux@cnrs- orleans.fr 2 Tony Le Gall∗ , Julie Barbeau , Sylvain Barrier , Mathieu Berchel , Loic Lemiegre , Jelena Jeftic , 4 4 5 5 1 1 Cristelle Meriadec , Franck Artzner , Deborah Gill , Stephen Hyde , Claude Ferec , Pierre Lehn , 3 ‡2 §1 Paul-Alain Jaffres , Thierry Benvegnu , and Tristan Montier -66- POSTER A25 POSTER A26 OPTIMIZING THE FORMULATION PROTOCOL OF MAGNETIC SIRNA NANOVECTORS USING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHODOLOGY NEW METHODS OF CHITOSAN-INSULIN NANOPARTICLES FORMULATION: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO VALIDATION OF STABILITY AND BIOFUNCTIONALITY El Hadji Mouhamadou Bamba Diop∗, Séverine Sigrist†, Frere Yves, Nathalie Auberval, and Elisa Pedracini † Stéphanie David , Hervé Marchais∗, Didier Bedin, and Igor Chourpa EA6295 nanomédicaments et nanosondes – Université de Tours – UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques - 31 avenue Monge - 37200 Tours, France Centre Européen d’étude du diabète (CeeD) – Université de Strasbourg: EA7294 – Bld René Leriche - 67200 Strasbourg, France Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) appear to be a promising tool to treat various human diseases, such as cancer. Once in the cell, siRNAs can regulate the protein synthesis via the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism. New delivery systems are developed in the aim to prevent the siRNA degradation, to facilitate their delivery in the cell, which should improve their action and prevent unwanted side effects. Previously, biocompatible superparamegnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) were developed in our laboratory to be used for magnetic drug targeting (MDT) and magnet resonant imaging (MRI) (1). These SPIONs were functionalized and then associated with siRNAs and chitosan to form magnetic siRNA nanovectors (MSN). Previously, the feasibility of the formulation was demonstrated and experimental design methodology was used to analyze the influence of different formulation parameters. The charge ratio (CR) between positive charged chitosan and negative charged siRNA as well as the ionic strength, expressed as [NaNO3] showed a significant effect on the hydrodynamic diameter (DH) of the MSNs, whereas the mass ratio (MR) between functionalized SPIONs and siRNA, as well as the siRNA concentration seems to influence the potential of the MSNs (2). In this work, experimental design was used to improve the formulation protocol and to optimize the formulation parameters identified previously (MR, CR, [NaNO3], [siRNA]). The aim was to obtain MSNs with DH smaller than 100nm and -potentials near zero to allow their systemic administration. In the first time, a PlackettBurman design was used to determine the influent parameters on the formulation protocol which resulted in three different protocols. Afterwards a Box-Behnken design was performed using the two most promising protocols. The formulation parameters identified in the previous study were used in the aim to obtain a surface response diagram which will help to optimize the physicochemical characteristics of the MSNs. 1. Hervé K, Douziech-Eyrolles L, Munnier E, Cohen-Jonathan S, Soucé M, Marchais H, et al. The development of stable aqueous suspensions of PEGylated SPIONs for biomedical applications. Nanotechnology. 2008 Nov 19;19(46):465608. 2. David S, Marchais H, Hervé-Aubert K, Bedin D, Garin A-S, Hoinard C, et al. Use of experimental design methodology for the development of new magnetic siRNA nanovectors (MSN). Int J Pharm. 2013 Oct 1;454(2):660–7. The oral route for administration of insulin has been considered to be the most attractive for diabetic patients, but also the more difficult route of administration (pH, enzymes...). Development of a complex pharmaceutical carrier composed of an enteric coated capsule and mucoadhesive NPs [1.2.3] has been performed to solve this issue. NPs are obtained by complex coacervation, with chitosan and insulin. However, insufficient stability of the system has been observed limiting in vitro and in vivo validation. The aim of this work was to stabilize NPs using methods as cross linking and/or freeze- drying and to validate in vitro and in vivo the passage through the intestinal barrier. For chitosan NPs, we developed two strategies to improve the stability: i) cross linking which consist on the addition of a solution of sodium tripolyphosphate (0.1mg/ml) in the complexing medium in order to increase the quality of interaction; ii) freeze-drying consisting on the sublimation of the colloidal suspension, in presence or not of mannitol (5 mg/ml) as cryoprotectant, to increase the of NPs stability. In vitro validation of intestinal permeation was performed using flow cytometry. Fluorescent nanoparticles using insulin FITC were incubated during 4 hours with Caco-2 cell line monolayer or co-culture (75% Caco-2 and 25% revHT29MTX) cultured during 21 days [1]. On these cells was realized the flow cytometry to quantify the absorption of NPs by the monolayer cell. For in vivo validation of NPs biofunctionality, diabetes was induced in Wistar rat by a single dose (75mg/kg) of streptozotocin by intraperitonal route. Intraperitoneal administration of encapsulated insulin was used as control of biofunctionality and intraduodenal route selected to validate the bioeffectiveness of NPs formulation (blood glucose measurement). Size analysis give a NPs size going from 390 to 330nm after cross-linking. The combination between crosslinking and freeze-drying reduce the size to 270nm when mannitol was used as cryoprotectant. A positive charge (+34mV) was maintained in all formulations. The flow cytometry analysis showed that NPs are able to be internalizing significantly by the Caco-2 monolayer cell line and co-culture, reflecting the passage through the intestinal barrier. Cross-linked and freeze-dryed NPs are most significantly uptakes by cells compared to others formulations (Geo-mean X % cell FITC (%): 633514 for reticulated and freeze dryed NPs, 333376 for reticulated and freeze dryed NPs with mannitol, 468250 for unreticulated and not freeze dryed NPs, 464450 for unreticulated and freeze dryed NPs). Biofunctionality of encapsulated insulin was demonstrated after intraperitoneal administration with a reduction of glyceamia from 6g/L at 0 hours to 1g/L after 3hours comparable to unencapsulated insulin. Finally, an intraduodenal administration of NPs demonstrated their ability to cross the intestinal barrier with the best efficiency for the combination freeze-dryed and cross-linked. This study demonstrated that a combination of freeze-dryed and cross linked of chitosaninsulin nanoparticules could improve their stability and their efficiency. ∗Intervenant ∗ Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: s.sigrist0@ceed- diabete.org † Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -67- -68- POSTER A27 POSTER A28 LUNG CANCER TREATMENT BY TARGETING CD44 RECEPTORS: SIRNA DELIVERY BY HYALURONIC ACIDACID-MODIFIED LIPOPLEXES STUDY OF NFKB CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSGENE EXPRESSION MEDIATED BY ELECTROTRANSFER IN MOUSE TIBIAL CRANIAL MUSCLE *†1 1 1 2 1 Thais Leite Nascimento , Hervé Hillaireau , Magali Noiray , Delphine Courilleau , Myriam Taverna , Silvia 3 1 Arpicco , and Elias Fattal 2 1 Institut Galien Paris Sud – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI – France Criblage, Interface Biologie-chimie et Laboratoire Opérationnel de Transfert, IFR 141 – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI – France 3 Dipartemento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco (Università degli Studi di Torino) – Italie Background: Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are potent molecules capable of blocking gene expression after entering cell cytoplasm. However, they need to be carried by nanoscale delivery systems that can protect them against degradation in biological fluids, increase their cellular uptake and favor their subcellular distribution. Purpose: Explore the potential of cationic liposomes as siRNA carriers and the targeting of CD44 receptor on lung cancer cells by hyaluronic acid (HA), and to better understand the aspects regarding the preparation of hyaluronic acid-bearing cationic liposomes and their interaction with siRNA to form lipoplexes. Methods: Liposomes of L-alpha-dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) and the cationic lipid [2-(23didodecyloxypropyl)hydroxyethyl]ammonium bromide (DE) were prepared containing different amounts of hyaluronic acid by the ethanolic injection method. They were complexed with luc-siRNA, and characterized in terms of lipid-siRNA and HA-DOPE conjugate- liposome interactions by ITC and capillary electrophoresis. Conjugation rate between liposomes and siRNA was determined after labelling siRNA with 33P-ATP and separating free from bound siRNA. Luciferase-expressing A549 lung cancer cells were used to study lipoplexes uptake by flow citometry and siRNA delivery by luciferase inhibition. Results: Lipoplexes showed negative zeta potential and mean diameter around 260 nm, depending on the amount of HA-DOPE conjugate added and the (+/-) charge ratio. The addition of the HA-DOPE conjugate did not compromise siRNA binding. Cytotoxicity was not modified by the presence of HA-DOPE and was decreased upon complexation with siRNA. Lipoplexes internalization and luciferase inhibition were shown to be efficient and CD44-mediated. Conclusions: HA-DOPE-containing cationic liposomes show promising results as carriers of siRNA into CD44expressing lung cancer cells. 1 1 1 1 2 Saysouda Mahindhoratep , Hamid Ait Bouda , Nelly El Shafey , Daniel Scherman , Antoine Kichler , Chantal 3 3 1 *†1 Pichon , Patrick Midoux , Nathalie Mignet , and Michel Francis Bureau 1 UPCGI, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France (Unité de Pharmacologie Chimique et Génétique d’imagerie) – CNRS : UMR8151, Inserm : U1022 – France 2 V-SAT, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France – CNRS : UMR7199 – France 3 Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, rue Charles Sadron, Orléans, France – CNRS : UPR4301 – France Activation of the NF-kB pathway induces the transcription of genes involved in inflammatory process, immune response and cell growth. When activated NF-kB can also favour nuclear import and transcription of exogenous DNA possessing consensus sequences for NF- kB such as DNA of some virus or plasmid DNA. Our question was: Is NF-kB involved in DNA electrotransfer? We transfected the mouse tibial cranial muscle with plasmid encoding luciferase gene, bearing or not NF-kB consensus sequences (p3NF-luc, p3NF-luc-3NF and pTAL- luc). Transgene expression was evaluated noninvasively by luminescence imaging after injection of the luciferase substrate at day two after transfection experiment. A methodological originality of our study was to evaluate the transgene expression and number of pDNA copies in paired experiments on the same muscles. Q-PCR to evaluate pDNA copies number was performed on muscles withdrawn the day after evaluation of luciferase expression. At this time, it was assumed that pDNA in extracellular space and in cell cytoplasm was totally degraded. It was thus possible to obtain the expression per nuclear pDNA copy that indicates the efficiency of nuclear pDNA transcription and or mRNA translation. RT-PCR of HsP70 mRNA was done to evidence the cell stress. Lastly, Western blot of phosphorylated Ikb alpha gave an index of the NF-kB activation. Electrotransfer increased significantly the total transgene expression per muscle and the expression per pDNA copy whatever the pDNA tested. It means that even with pTAL-luc which bears the weakest promoter, the pDNA transcription and/or mRNA translation was stimulated by the delivery of electric pulses, independently of NF-kB. But, it is also clear that NF-kB consensus sequences improved greatly pDNA total expression per muscle and the expression per DNA copy with or without electrotransfer. Electrotransfer induced a cell stress which was evidenced by HsP70 m RNA increase. However, relatively to non-treated muscle phosphorylated IkB alpha was slightly increased by simple pDNA injection and a bit more with electrotransfer. We also observed a basal level of phosphorylated IkB alpha and thus of free NF-kB without any stimulation. Our hypothesis is that this basal amount of free NF-kB could be used by plasmid with NF-kB consensus sequences for their expression. We evidence the usefulness of NF-kB consensus sequence to improve pDNA expression in muscle with or without electrotransfer. In this tissue the activation of NF-kB does not seems necessary to improve the expression of these pDNA as free NF-kB is available. We also showed that electrotransfer can increase efficiency of pDNA expression independently of NF-kB. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -69- -70- POSTER A29 POSTER A30 POLYMERS WITH PH-SENSITIVE DISSOLUTION SWITCH FOR INTRACYTOSOLIC DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS: RECENT ADVANCES DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF NITROSOTHIOLS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION Guy Zuber Shefaat Ullah Shah∗ , Marie Socha, and Stéphane Gibaud∗ UMR7199 (LCAMB) – Université de Strasbourg, CNRS : UMR7199 – VSAT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74, Route du rhin 67400 Illkirsch, France Cibles thérapeutiques, formulation et expertise préclinique du médicament (CITHEFOR) – Université de Lorraine : EA3452 – Faculté de Pharmacie - 5, rue Albert Lebrun - 54000 Nancy, France Synthetic oligonucleotides are highly specific modulators of the genetic information and may provide huge benefits in medicine. The oligonucleotides have unfortunately poor pharmacological properties and rely on multifunctional carriers for protection in biological fluids but also for cell anchorage and for crossing the cell membrane to reach their molecular target. In parallel, advances in biotechnology have led to therapeutic monoclonal antibodies able to mediate a benefit to patients by targeting extracellular receptors. Expending the therapeutic scope of antibodies will depend on our ability to develop specialized delivery systems that can successfully shuttle them into the cytoplasm for targeting intracellular pathology-mediating proteins. In here, we report our most recent results on intracytosolic protein and siRNA delivery ability using self-assembling PEIs which were prepared to possess a pH-dissolution at endosomal pHs. † ‡ The oral delivery of Nitric oxide and the methods to improve its oral bioavailability is being a keen interest for scientists and researchers. The aim of our work was to develop nitroso thiolated polymers by coupling glutathione with chitosan and then perform a post nitrosation. S-nitroso glutathione (GSNO) was synthesized by reacting NaNO2 with glutathione at predetermined conditions. S-nitroso-glutathione-chitosan (SNOC) was synthesized by covalently attaching chitosan oligosaccharide to glutathione resulting in Chitosan-glutathione conjugate followed by a post nitrosation step. The amount of thiol groups (-SH) available for Nitric oxide linkage in chitosan-glutathione conjugate was assessed by Ellman’s methods and Nitric oxide loading/releasing capacity was evaluated by Griess and Saville methods. In-vitro stability study of GSNO and permeation studies were performed in the Ussing Chamber (WPI Europe) through rat intestine (male Wister) at constant temperature and oxygen flow. The resulting conjugate displayed 216 1 mol reduced thiol groups and 776 9 mol total thiol groups in one gram of polymer. The amount of disulfide bonds was 560 per gram of polymer. Results from the nitrosation studies revealed that a total of 175 11 mol/g of NO was linked to the available reduced thiol groups on the polymer. Stability studies of GSNO and SNOC in the Ussing chamber at a constant temperature and oxygen flow showed that SNOC was more stable as compared to GSNO. SNOC showed a nearly sustained release as compared to GSNO exhibiting nearly 6 h of NO holding capacity while that of GSNO was only 4-5 h. Results from in-vitro studies through rat intestine by the Ussing chamber indicated that a small amount of GSNO (maximum 10%) could cross the rat intestine as compared to SNOC which was less than 5% permeated. The resulting polymeric S-nitroso glutathione (SNOC) was having a sustained release in- vitro as compared to GSNO and could be a promising oral drug delivery system for ischemic diseases. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: shefaat-ullah.shah@univ- lorraine.fr ‡Auteur correspondant: stephane.gibaud@univ- lorraine.fr -71- -72- POSTER A31 POSTER A32 CHEMICAL GELS OF LIPID NANOPARTICLES FOR THE CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIPOPHILIC DRUGS CHITOSAN-BASED NANOPARTICLES: A STRATEGY FOR THE INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGS Ismail Cheibani*1, Antoine Hoang1, Marie Escudé1, Eric Bayma2, Rachel Auzély2, and Isabelle Texier-Nogues1 Giovanna Giacalone*, Hervé Hillaireau, and Elias Fattal 1 Laboratoire d’Electronique et des Technologies de l’Information (LETI) – CEA – MINATEC 17, rue des Martyrs, 38054, Grenoble, France 2 Centre de recherches sur les macromolécules végétales (CERMAV) – CNRS : UPR5301, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I – 601 Rue de la Chimie 38400 Saint Martin D’heres, France Proteins, antibodies, DNA and their derivatives have opened the way for new promising treatments, but these molecules are fragile, unstable in vivo and degraded before reaching their site of action. Therefore, new materials adapted to the efficient encapsulation of these therapeutic agents are required for their controlled delivery. Institut Galien Paris-Sud – Université de Paris-Sud Orsay – France Nucleotide analogues such as Azidothymidine-triphosphate (AZT-TP), the active form of Zidovudine, display important pharmacological activity for the treatment of HIV. The administration of these nucleotide analogues would bypass the intracellular phosphorylation which can be a metabolic bottleneck. This possibility is however limited by their instability in physiological conditions, and furthermore their hydrophilicity restricts their access to the target cells. We have developped new nanostructured gel materials, based on lipid nanoparticles which can act as reservoirs for lipophilic drugs and can be surface-modified to vectorize biologicals. The lipid nanoparticles are composed of an oily core, and a shell of phospholipids and PEG surfactants. These nanoparticles are colloidally stable, biocompatible, non-immunogenic, and obtained from a simple solvent-free process. The particles can be self-assembled by hydrogen bonds to form physical gels displaying tunable rheological properties, or by covalent bonds to form chemical gels. Several nanocarriers have been proposed so far for the encapsulation of these molecules, but their applications are limited due to the low drug loading achieved. We will here present examples of nanostructured lipid gels with photo triggered assembling or photo cleaving properties. These lipid gels constitute two-compartment materials: an oily phase for trapping lipophilic drugs, and an aqueous phase that can encapsulate biomolecules such as therapeutic proteins or DNA. Different molar ratios between chitosan and AZT-TP (or ATP, used here as a model drug) have been tested in order to study the formation of nanoparticles; some selected ratios have been then evaluated for their size, surface properties, drug encapsulation and loading. In vitro cell uptake experiments were performed on a cell line of mouse macrophages (J774A.1), using the free molecule as a negative control. The intracellular distribution of the delivered molecules was further investigated using confocal laser microscopy. Assembly of the gel material can be obtained using different strategies: 1) By formation of covalent bonds between thiol functionalized nanoparticles and maleimide functionalized nanoparticles; 2) By formation of disulfide bonds between thiol bearing nanoparticles (upon photo-activation); 3) By crosslinking, in the presence of glutaraldehyde, particles bearing-ONHPOC functions which, upon 365 nm irradiation, are deprotected to expose oxyamine groups. The nanostructured gel materials have been characterized and resist to dilution. When a photoclivable group is inserted in the covalent bond linking 2 particles, light ex posure of the material destroys the gel and releases the nanovectors. The nanoparticles retain their integrity during the gel assembly and disassembly. The rheology and physicalchemical properties of the materials were investigated. The results obtained with different materials will be presented. Our strategy proposes the use of chitosan, a biocompatible polysaccharide which is known to form nanoparticles through complexation with TPP[1]; in contrast with previous methods, in our case the drug itself will be the driving force for the formation of nanoparticles[2]. Colloidal suspensions have been obtained from chitosan and AZT-TP at N/P 1; nanoparticles present a minimal size about 200 nm with a zeta potential above +20 mV. An encapsulation efficiency of 70% can be reached, allowing loading rates as high as 44% w/w. A cell viability of 80% has been found for particle concentrations up to 0.6 mg/mL. The cellular uptake is at least 2-fold higher when molecules are delivered as nanoparticles, compared to the free molecules. The delivery in the cell cytoplasm was further confirmed using confocal laser microscopy. An original method is proposed to design nanoparticles, which allows high loading rates; this lowers the amounts of excipients needed, thus limiting the toxicity concerns. These nanosystems permit an efficient in vitro intracellular delivery of nucleotide analogues, namely AZT-TP. Further in vivo studies will be worth being investigated to confirm the potential of these nanocarriers. 1. 2. ∗ Calvo, P.; RemunanLopez, C.; VilaJato, J. L.; Alonso, M. J., Novel hydrophilic chitosan- polyethylene oxide nanoparticles as protein carriers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 1997, 63, (1), 125-132. Giacalone, G.; Bochot, A.; Fattal, E.; Hillaireau, H., Drug-induced nanocarrier assembly as a strategy for the cellular delivery of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues. Biomacromolecules 2013, 14, (3), 737-42. ∗Intervenant Intervenant -73- -74- POSTER A33 POSTERS – SESSION B THE INTRACELLULAR FATE OF POLYCARBONATE POLYPLEXES MODULATES THE EFFICACY OF SIRNA †1 2 3 1 2 B1 ULTRASOUND-INDUCED BIOORTHOGONAL CHEMISTRY IN-SITU USING COMPOSITE DROPLETS MARINE BEZAGU, CLAUDIA ERRICO, VICTOR CHAULOT-TALMON, FABRICE MONTI, STELLIOS ARSENIYADIS, OLIVIER COUTURE, MICKAEL TANTER, JANINE COSSY , AND PATRICK TABELING B2 CONVENTIONAL VERSUS STEALTH LIPID NANOCAPSULES: IN VIVO FATE PREDICTION THROUGH FRET MONITORING ANNE-LAURE LAINÉ, MAXIME HENRY, JÉROME BEJAUD, JEAN-PIERRE BENOIT, JEAN-LUC COLL, AND CATHERINE PASSIRANI B3 EFFECTS OF LN-DO3A-PIB DERIVATIVES ON THE AMYLOID PEPTIDES: SELFASSEMBLY AND IN VITRO INTERACTIONS ANDRÉ MARTINS, DAVID DIAS, JEAN-FRANCOIS MORFIN, DOUGLAS LAURENTS, EVA TOTH, AND CARLOS GERALDES B4 IN SITU IMPLANTS FOR MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION AFTER INFARCTION MARIANNE PARENT, CAROLINE GAUCHER, NGUYEN TRAN, MAREK RYCHTER, PIERRE LEROY, AND ARIANE BOUDIER B5 POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BEADS FOR PER OS ADMINISTRATION OF S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE. WEN W U, CAROLINE GAUCHER, SONIA DARELLE TOUKAM, ISABELLE FRIES, PIERRE LEROY, XIANMING HU, PHILIPPE MAINCENT, AND ANNE SAPIN-MINET B6 LACTOSYL ALBUMIN AS IMAGING AGENT OF THE LIVER FUNCTION JOHANNE SEGUIN, MICHEL BESSODES, ZAHRA AIT RAMDANE, KATHIA LEMDANI, PHILIPPE CHAUMETRIFFAUD, DANIEL SCHERMAN, AND NATHALIE MIGNET B7 USE OF F-TAC OLIGOMERS FOR THERANOSTICS DEVELOPMENT STÉPHANE DESGRANGES, KSENIA ASTAFYEVA , LUCIE SOMAGLINO, NICOLAS TAULIER, W LADIMIR URBACH, ANGE POLIDORI, AND CHRISTIANE CONTINO-PEPIN B8 5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID RELEASE PROFILE FROM XYLAN AND XYLAN/EUDRAGIT R S100 MICROPARTICLES PRODUCED BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICOMECHANICAL APPROACHES BARTOLOMEU SOUZA, KAREN SILVA, FRANCISCO ALEXANDRINO-JÚNIOR , ANDRÉ SILVA , HENRIQUE MARCELINO AND ERYVALDO EGITO B9 DEVELOPMENT OF NANOEMULSIONS CONTAINING 8-METHOXYSALEN FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF VITILIGO THAIS BARRADAS, ANDRÉ SILVA, KATTYA SILVA , JÚLIA CONCEICAO , AND CLAUDIA MANSUR B10 ANTI-ABETA ANTIBODY DECORATED NANOPARTICLES FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE: IN VIVO PROOF OF CONCEPT KARINE ANDRIEUX B11 ONE-SHOT PROCEDURE FOR DEXTRAN, PULLULAN MICROASSEMBLY AND NANOASSEMBLY FORMATION MARTINA BOMBARDI, NARIMANE ZEGHBIB, AND KAWTHAR BOUCHEMAL 2 Antoine Frère∗ , Michal Kawalec , Paul Peixoto , Brigitte Evrard , Philippe Dubois , Laetitia Mespouille , Denis Mottet3, and Géraldine Piel‡1 1 Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy - CIRM, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium – Belgique 2 Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium – Belgique 3 Metastasis Research Laboratory – GIGA Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium – Belgique Vectors used in this work are polyplexes formed by the self-assembly of biodegradable polycarbonate polymers and siRNA specifically targeted against HDAC7. The specific inhibition of HDAC7 disturbs the angiogenic process, making it an attractive target for an anti-angiogenic therapy. The delivery of siRNA into the cytoplasm of target cells to exert their effects remains a significant challenge. To be effective in vivo, polyplexes must meet several physico-chemical characteristics. In this study, the main characteristics evaluated are the incorporation of the siRNA into the polyplexes (determined by agarose gel electrophoresis or by the Quant-iTTM RiboGreen R kit), the size (measured by dynamic light scattering), the charge (zeta potential measured by laser Doppler velocimetry) and the buffering capacity (measured by titration). The transfection capacity of polyplexes with good physicochemical characteristics has been examined in HeLa cells (determined by flow cytometry and microscopy). A western blot has been performed to assess the expression level of HDAC7 protein in treated cells compared to a control. Different architectures of biodegradable polycarbonate polymers at different ratios (N/P, polymer/siRNA) have been tested. Most of them show a complete incorporation of the siRNA at N/P above 10. At these N/P ratios, size measurements show an average diameter between 200 and 500 nm, ideal to avoid renal excretion, to escape the monomolecular phagocytic system and to allow accumulation of nanoparticles in the tumor due to the enhanced permeability and retention(EPR)effect. Zeta potential is slightly positive, around +5mV, positive enough to interact with cell membranes but lower than 10 mV to avoid a too high toxicity. In vitro, flow cytometry shows a high transfection level for most selected polyplexes (up to 90% of transfected cells). Unfortunately, whatever the architecture of the polymer, no decrease of the expression of HDAC7 has been observed by western blot. The two main hypotheses to explain the lack of efficacy of our new polyplexes are either a too high affinity between the polymer and siRNA that prevents the release of the siRNAin the cytoplasm or either the use of an endocytosis pathway without vesicle acidification. This acidification allows the endosome bursting using the buffering capacity of the polymer through the “proton sponge effect”. We first studied the effect of pharmacological inhibitors of endocytic pathways. Chlorpromazine is used to inhibit the clathrin-mediated endocytosis. This pathway leads to endosome acidification and fusion with lysosome, enabling polyplexes to use the “proton sponge effect” to escape from the endosome. Another inhibitor, filipin, is used to block caveolae-mediated endocytosis. In contrast, vesicles formed in this pathway do not lead to acidification and can sequester polyplexes. The first results show that chlorpromazine inhibits partially cellular internalization of polyplexes while filipin shows no effect on it. These results tend to confirm that part of the polyplexes population reached the cytosplasm using the clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In the next future, we will confirm these results and try to evaluate if the lack of efficacy of our polyplexes may be explained by a too high affinity between the polymer and siRNA. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -75- -76- AND AMYLOPECTIN B12 AUTO-ASSOCIATIVE ASSEMBLIES: A BIOMIMETIC PLATFORM AGAINST THE HEPARAN SULFATE-DEPENDENT VIRUSES HSV-1, HSV-2 AND HPV-16 DAVID LEMBO, MANUELA DONALISIO, CLAIRE LAINE, VALERIA CAGNO, ANDREA CIVRA, NARIMANE ZEGHBIB, AND KAWTHAR BOUCHEMAL B24 SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR RMI BRAIN TUMORS MOLECULAR IMAGING SOPHIE RICHARD, AMAURY HERBET, YOANN LALATONNE, SÉBASTIEN MÉRIAUX, FRÉDÉRICDUCONGÉ, DIDIER BOQUET , AND LAURENCE MOTTE B13 SYNTHESIS OF AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS TO FORMULATE NO-GRAFTED MICELLAR NANO-OB JECTS CÉCILE NOUVEL, ARIANE BOUDIER, MAÉVA CHAPON, FERJI KHALID, AND JEAN-LUC SIX B25 PASSIVE, ACTIVE AND MAGNETIC TARGETING OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES FOR THERANOSTIC APPLICATIONS NATHALIE SCHLEICH, JULIE MAGAT , CHRYSTELLE PO, VINCENT POURCELLE, JACQUELINE MARCHAND, BERNARD GALLEZ, VERONIQUE PREAT, AND FABIENNE DANHIER B14 NCAPSULATION OF HSP90 INHIBITOR LOADED NANOLIPOSOMES; EVALUATION OF THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT IN VITRO ON BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER CELLS FÉLIX SAUVAGE B26 FORMULATION OF SELF-EMULSIFYING MICROBUBBLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY ASSISTED BY ULTRASOUNDS CAROLINE THEBAULT, S YLVIE CRAUSTE-MANCIET, FREDÉRIC ROSA, SIMONA MANTA, YOHANN CORVIS, PHILIPPE ESPEAU, GILLES RENAULT, MICHEL FRANCIS BUREAU, NATHALIE MIGNET, AND MICHEL BESSODES B27 THERMAL ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBUBBLES FOR IMAGING FREDÉRIC ROSA, YOHANN CORVIS , NATHALIE MIGNET, DENIS BROSSARD, SYLVIE CRAUSTEMANCIET, AND PHILIPPE ESPEAU B28 FORMULATION OF HSP90 INHIBITOR LOADED NANOLIPOSOMES : EVALUATION OF THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT IN VITRO ON BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER CELLS FÉLIX SAUVAGE, SILVIA FRANZE, SAMIR MESSAOUDI, STÉPHANIE DENIS, BAPTISTE MARTIN, JEANDANIEL BRION, MOUAD ALAMI, GILLIAN BARRATT, AND JULIETTE VERGNAUD-GAUDUCHON B29 PACLITAXEL-LOADED MICELLES ENHANCE THE VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AND RETENTION OF NANOMEDICINES IN TUMORS FABIENNE DANHIER, PIERRE DANHIER, CHRISTOPHE DE SAEDELEER, NATHALIE SCHLEICH, BERNARD UCAKAR, PIERRE SONVEAUX, BERNARD GALLEZ, AND VÉRONIQUE PRÉAT B30 PHOTOACTIVE POROUS SILICON NANOVECTORS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FREDERIQUE CUNIN, EMILIE SECRET, MARIE MAYNADIER, ARNAUD CHAIX, MAGALI GARY-BOBO, MARCEL GARCIA, PHILIPPE MAILLARD, FRANCESCO DI RENZO, MICHAEL SAILOR, AND JEAN-OLIVIER DURAND B31 PLGA NANOPARTICLES INCORPORATING LIPOPHILIC GD CONTRAST AGENTS GUILLAUME RIGAUX, VALÉRIE GAËLLE ROULLIN, CYRIL CADIOU, GAËLLE BOEUF, NICOLAE-BOGDAN BERCU, MARIE-CHRISTINE ANDRY, MICHAËL MOLINARI, CHRISTOPHE PORTEFAI, CHRISTINE HOEFFEL, LUCE VANDER ELST, SOPHIE LAURENT, AND FRANÇOISE CHUBURU B32 DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL PARTICLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC & TARGETED DELIVERY IN CANCER THERAPEUTICS TAO JIA, JEREMIE CICCIONE, MICHAEL CLARON, DIDIER BOTURYN, GILLES SUBRA, AND JEAN-LUC COLL B33 VECTORIZATION OF MULTIMODAL GD-NANOPARTICLES FOR AMYLOIDOSIS DIAGNOSTIC. MARIE PLISSONNEAU, PIERRE MOWAT, NATHALIE STRANSKY-HEILKRON, CHRISTEL MARQUETTE, FRANCOIS LUX, ERIC ALLÉMANN,CÉDRIC LOUIS, VINCENT FORGE, VINCENT MONTET, MIREILLE DUMOULIN, AND OLIVIER TILLEMENT B34 GLYCOPOLYPEPTIDE-BASED NANOCARRIERS FOR LUNG CANCER TREATMENT SILVIA MAZZAFERRO, VICTOR JEANNOT, CHRISTOPHE SCHATZ, AMANDINE HURBIN, JEAN-LUC COLL, AND SEBASTIEN LECOMMANDOUX B15 TAZAROTENE ENCAPSULATION IN POLYLACTIC-ACID (PLA) NANOPARTICLES FOR PSORIASIS TREATMENT, IN VITRO AND EX VIVO ASSAYS ANNE-SOPHIE BOISGARD, VINCENT LAHAYE, CARINE MAINZER, CELINE TERRAT, FIORENZA RANCAN, ANNIKA VOGT, AND BERNARD VERRIER B16 POLYMERIC MICELLE NANOCARRIERS FOR THE TARGETED TOPICAL CUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF TACROLIMUS MARIA LAPTEVA, KARINE MONDON, MICHAEL MÖLLER , AND YOGESHVAR KALIA B17 FORMULATION OF ALGINATE-BASED NANOCAPSULES FOR TOPICAL DELIVERY HOANG TRUC PHUONG NGUYEN, EMILIE MUNNIER, XAVIER PERSE, SIMONE COHEN-JONATHAN, AND IGOR CHOURPA B18 CURCUMIN NANOCARRIERS DESIGNED FOR A TOPICAL USE AND THEIR STABILITY IN HYDROGELS HOANG TRUC PHUONG NGUYEN, EMILIE MUNNIER, XAVIER PERSE, MARTIN SOUCE, IGOR CHOURPA, AND SIMONE COHEN-JONATHAN B19 POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BEADS FOR PER OS ADMINISTRATION OF SNITROSOGLUTATHIONE WU WEN, CAROLINE GAUCHER, SONIA TOUKAM, ISABELLE FRIES, PIERRE LEROY, MING HU, PHILIPPE MAINCENT, AND ANNE MINET B20 NANOHYBRID BASED ON ZN(FE)O PULLULAN GRAFTED NANOPARTICLES AS POTENTIAL LUMINESCENT AND MAGNETIC BIMODAL IMAGING PROBES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, MODIFICATION AND CYTOXICITY STUDY IMEN BALTI B21 ZINC RESPONSIVE CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MRI CÉLIA BONNET, FABIEN CAILLÉ, AGNES PALLIER, FRANCK SUZENET, AND EVA TOTH B22 DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES FOR TRANSPORT OF ACTIVE MOLECULES SOPHIE LEGAZ, AGNÈS BOREL, VINCENT LAHAYE, BARBARA VIGINIER-MONOURY, CHRISTOPHE TERZIAN, AND BERNARD VERRIER B23 THE POLYMERIC MICRO/NANOCAPSULES OF PERFLUOROHEXANE AS CANDIDATES FOR ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS LUDIVINE MOUSNIER, ELIAS FATTAL, AND NICOLAS TSAPIS -77- -78- POSTER B1 POSTER B2 ULTRASOUND-INDUCED BIOORTHOGONAL CHEMISTRY IN-SITU USING COMPOSITE DROPLETS †1 2 3 CONVENTIONAL VERSUS STEALTH LIPID NANOCAPSULES: IN VIVO FATE PREDICTION THROUGH FRET MONITORING 3 Marine Bezagu∗ , Claudia Errico , Victor Chaulot-Talmon , Fabrice Monti , Stellios Arseniyadis1, Olivier Couture2, Mickael Tanter2, Janine Cossy1, and Patrick Tabeling3 2 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Organique - ESPCI ParisTech (LCO) – CNRS : UMR7084, ESPCI ParisTech – 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, France Institut Langevin ”ondes et images” – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS : UMR7587, Université Paris VII – Paris Diderot – 10 Rue Vauquelin - 75231 Paris, France 3 Laboratoire de Microfluidique, MEMs et Nanostructures - ESPCI ParisTech (MMN) – CNRS : UMR7083, ESPCI ParisTech – 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, France Localized delivery of active agents in the vicinity of a diseased tissue could improve their efficacy and reduce their side effects. In this context, we recently established that perfluorocarbon composite droplets comprised of a nanoemulsion of water within a perfluorohexane matrix (4 m in diameter) loaded with fluorescein could release their content by acoustic vaporization (Couture et al. Medical Physics, 2011, 2012). Here, we wish to report our efforts to control both temporally and spatially a spontaneous chemical reaction, using droplets to isolate two reactants (A and B) from one another. Our technology would allow the formation of the reactive species in a zone of interest upon vaporization of the perfluorocarbon matrix and the in situ generation of a new product (C) (Figure 1). The steep threshold of release (1.7 MPa PNP at 5 MHz) of these droplets allows the triggering of a chemical reaction with a high spatial (mm) and temporal resolution (ms). The demonstration was achieved by encapsulating a solution of A (azidocoumarin) in DMSO into composite droplets of perfluorohexane and releasing the content into the external flow containing B (reactive alkyne). Most importantly, the product of the reaction of A and B is fluorescent (ex: 350 nm, em: 430 nm). The two solutions (A encapulsated + B in solution) were injected in a microfluidic channel where a 2.25 MHz transducer was focused. A single pulse of 30 cycles was emitted while a camera (10 fps) mounted on a fluorescent microscope (10X, DAPI) recorded the fluorescence induced during the reaction. Within the microfluidic channel, a single acoustic pulse was able to vaporize several droplets, leading to the release of their content in the surrounding medium. As shown below, in the following 100 ms upon release, the fluorescence intensity within the focus zone was multiplied by a factor of 2.9 (A + B). As the fluorescence is specific to the reaction product, this demonstrates the subsequent formation of the latter after ultrasound release. In summary, we managed to remotely induce a chemical reaction with ultrasounds by releasing an encapsulated reactant locally into a flow containing its reactive partner. This reaction was limited temporally, following the 10 ms pulse, and spatially, within the focus of the transducer. We expect that such targeted chemistry could lead to the localized release of prodrugs or to the localized production of drugs in-vivo that are either too toxic or unstable to be injected. 1 2 1 1 Micro et nanomédecines biomimétiques (MINT) – Inserm : U1066, Université d’Angers – Université d’Angers, 10 rue André Boquel 49100 Angers, France 2 INSERM/UJF U823, Grenoble, France – Add this new organization – France Lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) have been taking an active part in the nanomedicine landscape for the past decade [1]. Today LNCs have reached an advanced level in term of preparation as well as characterization and showed promising performance as drug delivery systems. Before any translation from laboratory to clinical trials, the determination of the nanocarrier fate in preclinical models is required. Modern fluorescent imaging techniques have gained considerable advances becoming a powerful technology for non-invasive visualization in living subject. Among them, Forster (fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a particular fluorescence imaging which involves energy transfer between 2 fluorophores in a distance-dependent manner [2]. Considering this feature, the encapsulation of an acceptor/donor pair in LNCs allowed the carrier integrity to be tracked. Accordingly, we used this FRET technique to evaluate their in vitro /in vivo behavior. Two types of LNCs were studied, conventional LNCs and stealth LNCs obtained through a newly designed “one- step process” in contrast to the standard post-insertion method [3]. We firstly assessed in vitro guest exchange dynamics and release kinetics and secondly in vivo biodistribution of both LNCs. Results showed enhanced stability of encapsulation in stealth LNCs in comparison to conventional LNCs. Additionally, the presence of the long PEG chains on the LNC surface modified the biodistribution pattern. Besides showing extended blood circulation time, stealth LNCs mostly accumulated in the skin at 24 h whereas a residual FRET signal coming from conventional LNCs could be observed in bones. Both LNC types showed great structure stability over several hours. Further studies have been planned in order to assess the biodistribution of these LNCs in a subcutaneous glioma model. 1. 2. 3. Huynh N.T., Passirani C., Saulnier P., Benoît J.P: Lipid nanocapsules: a new platform for nanomedicine. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2009, 379:201–209. Jares-Erijman E.A., Jovin T.M.: FRET imaging. Nature Biotechnology 2003, 21:1387–1395. Perrier T., Saulnier P., Fouchet F., Lautram N., Benoît J.P: Post-insertion into Lipid NanoCapsules (LNCs): From experimental aspects to mechanisms. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2010, 396:204–209. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -79- †1 Anne-Laure Lainé∗ , Maxime Henry , Jérome Bejaud , Jean-Pierre Benoit , Jean-Luc Coll‡2, and Catherine Passirani1 -80- POSTER B3 POSTER B4 EFFECTS OF LN-DO3A-PIB DERIVATIVES ON THE AMYLOID PEPTIDES: SELF-ASSEMBLY AND IN VITRO INTERACTIONS IN SITU IMPLANTS FOR MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION AFTER INFARCTION André Martins1,2, David Dias3, Jean-Francois Morfin∗1, Douglas Laurents4, Eva Toth1, Marianne Parent∗, Caroline Gaucher, Nguyen Tran, Marek Rychter, Pierre Leroy, and Ariane Boudier∗† and Carlos Geraldes 2 1 CITHEFOR (EA 3452) – Université de Lorraine : EA3452 – Faculté de Pharmacie, Nancy, France 2 1 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron - 45071 Orléans, France Department of Life Sciences, Center of Neurosciences and Cell Biology (CNC) and Coimbra Chemistry Center, University of Coimbra – Coimbra, Portugal 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge – Cambridge, Royaume-Uni 4 Instituto de Química Física “Rocasolano – Madrid, Espagne As a contribution towards the visualization of b-amyloid plaques by in vivo imaging techniques for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we have recently reported a promising candidate to be used as a metal-based multimodal imaging probe for the detection of such plaques (L1). These are stable, noncharged M3+ complexes of a DO3A-monoamide derivative of Pittsburgh compound B (PiB), a wellestablished marker of Ab amyloid plaque [1,2]. (L1) coordinated with Gd3+ showed a good relaxivity (r1), reasonable binding properties to Ab1-40 and also to human serum albumin (HSA), excellent specificity to ex vivo amyloid deposits and moderate in vivo brain uptake of its radioactive 111In3+ labeled probe in normal Swiss mice [3]. Here we report on the synthesis, characterization, and the in vitro interaction with the amyloid peptide Ab1-40, of Gd3+ complexes formed by another DO3A-monoamide PiB derivatives (L2) that differ from the original one in the nature and size of the spacer linking the macrocyclic reporter probe and the PiB targeting moiety. In this work we describe studies of the interaction of these Ln3+ complexes with the Ab1-40 peptide in the aggregated or monomeric form by Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and Saturation Transfer Difference (STD) NMR [4]. The group epitope mapping (GEM) for the corresponding La3+ complexes, obtained by STD NMR, shows that the complexes interact with immobilized Ab1-40 mainly through the benzothiazole ring and the attached methoxy group. Their mode of interaction with the 15N-labeled Ab140 peptide monomer was studied at the atomic level using 1H15N Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence (HSQC) NMR. The assessment of their effect on the secondary structure and aggregation process of Ab1-40 was studied by Circular Dichroism (CD), ThT Fluorescence, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Transmission Emission Microscopy (TEM). We show in this study that the complexes interact weakly with the Ab1-40 peptide monomer, but much more strongly with b1-40 aggregates. They do not affect its self-association in the same way. They promote the early formation of -helical or b-sheet ordered structures, depending on their nature and concentration. As a consequence, they show inhibition or promotion of the formation of amyloid fibrils [57]. These studies also give important clues to improve the targeted specificity and affinity of this type of multimodal imaging probes. 1. Mathis, C. A.; Bacskai, B. J.; Kajdasz, S.T. et. al. W.E. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2002, 12, 295-298. 2. Vandenberghe, R.; Van Laere, K.; Ivanoiu, A. et. al. Ann. Neurol. 2010, 68, 319-29. 3. Martins, A.F., Morfin J.-F., Kub´ıˇckov´a A, et al. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 5,436–440. 4. Martins, A.F., Morfin J.-F., Geraldes C. F.G.C., et al. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem.,submitted 5. Lendel, C.; Bolognesi, B.; Wahlstrom, A. et. al. Biochemistry 2010, 49, 1358–1360. 6. Jarvet, J.; Danielsson, J.; Damberg, P.; et. al. J. Biomol. NMR 2007, 39, 63–72. 7. Abelein, A.; Bolognesi, B.; Dobson C.M. et.al. Biochemistry 2012, 51, 126–137. Myocardial infarction corresponds to an ischemic necrosis of the myocardium as a result of coronary occlusion. Beyond recurrence prevention and morbidity reduction, research is now focusing on regeneration of the ischemic area as well as avoidance of left ventricular remodeling and heart failure. For such a purpose, we studied the feasibility of a polymeric solution directly injected into the myocardium. Formulation will solidify in situ, fill tissue deficit and offer a scaffold for cell recruitment. Moreover, this formulation is able to release in a sustain manner a nitric oxide donor, i.e. S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), which showed previously benefits in ischemic pathologies. Rational of GSNO administration in myocardial infarction includes vasodilation, antiplatelet effect and progenitor cells recruitment. Formulation consisted of biocompatible polymer (poly(lactide-co-glycolide) PLGA 20% (m/m) dissolved in Nmethyl-2-pyrrolidone. GSNO 5% (m/m) was extemporaneously added to this solution. Precipitation of the polymeric matrix occurs upon contact with water or body fluids. In previous experiments, sustained release of GSNO was demonstrated both in vitro (102 6% after 24h, n = 3) and in vivo. Subcutaneous injection of GSNO formulations led indeed to a prolonged but mild reduction of Wistar rats arterial pressure (30h, i.e. a 18-fold increase in duration compared to GSNO alone, n = 7, telemetry system). Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy of implants showed surface and internal porosities allowing cell colonization. To evaluate this latter property, smooth muscle cells (A-10) were seeded onto implants previously formed in vitro (2 x 105 cells/implant). Viable cells were found on both unloaded and GSNO-loaded matrices, 24 or 48h after seeding. Cell proliferation at 24h was increased by 4.0 1.5% with GSNO (n = 3). Values were maintained after 48h (two-way Anova + Bonferoni, pinteraction ns, ptime and pdrug < 5%), despite the reduction of matrices volume observed within time (-60% after 24h, -85% after 48h vs initial volume). As the formulation showed a sustained release of GSNO and cytocompatibility, a feasibility study was conducted in a rat model of myocardial infarction (permanent coronary ligation). One month after surgery, rats received directly into the infarct area: unloaded formulation (n = 2), GSNO solution (n = 2; 5 mg/kg), or GSNO-loaded implant (n = 3; 5 mg GSNO/kg). Heart perfusion and function (ejection fraction EF) were assessed two weeks before (t-2) and after (t+2) injection by positron emission tomography. For all animals, at t-2, infarction was validated by a decrease of EF from -3% to -40%. Results indicated that GSNO solution did not improve heart perfusion or function. Unloaded formulations limited heart function worsening (e.g. EF 50% at t-2, 49% at t+2). As regards GSNO-loaded implants, heart function was degraded for one rat (EF 42% at t-2, 37% at t+2), conserved for the second one (47%, 47%) and improved for the third one (37%, 46%). Heart perfusion followed the same trends. These preliminary results are encouraging and will be confirmed by ongoing experiments. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -81- -82- POSTER B5 POSTER B6 POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BEADS FOR PER OS ADMINISTRATION OF S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE LACTOSYL ALBUMIN AS IMAGING AGENT OF THE LIVER FUNCTION 1 1 1 1 1 2 Wen Wu , Caroline Gaucher , Sonia Darelle Toukam , Isabelle Fries , Pierre Leroy , Xian-Ming Hu , Philippe 1 1 Maincent , and Anne Sapin-Minet∗ †1 ‡1 Johanne Seguin∗ , Michel Bessodes , Zahra Ait Ramdane, Kathia Lemdani, Philippe Chaumet-Riffaud, Daniel 1 §1 Scherman , and Nathalie Mignet 1 Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie – Inserm, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France 1 2 EA3452 “Drug targets, formulation and preclinical assessment” (CITHEFOR) – Université de Lorraine : EA3452 – Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lorraine 5, rue Albert Lebrun - 5400 Nancy, France State Key Laboratory of Virology, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery – Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences - 430071Wuhan, Chine The benefic role of nitric oxide (NO) in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and as a chemical messenger on cell signaling is already known[1]. Unfortunately, the low stability of this radical and its derivatives NO donors such as S-nitrosothiols, constitute a limitation for its therapeutic administration and chronic treatment establishment [2]. Pharmaceutical design and drug delivery systems, such as polymeric particles, can protect and control the release of various active compounds. The present study proposes the development of composite polymeric particles for oral delivery of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). This composite form is constituted by two different polymers adapted to oral route [3-5]: poly(methyl)metacrylate GSNO nanoparticles (obtained by double emulsion method) are encapsulated into calcium alginate beads (obtained by ionic gelation process). The integrity and biodisponibility of encapsulated GSNO into nanoparticles was verified following protein S-nitrosation (i.e. NO transfer to the protein thiol group) in intestinal cell line model (Caco-2 cells). This protein post-translational modification is crucial for cell signaling pathways and NO physiological functions. During 24 h of exposure, the intracellular protein S-nitrosation induces by GSNO released by nanoparticles was maintained at a constant level (around 100 nmol/mg protein). In parallel, an optimization of the gelation process was performed to define to the most adapted parameters (needle size equal to 21 G and sodium alginate concentration equal to 1% (w/w)) for encapsulation of the GSNO nanosuspension into alginate beads. The obtained GSNO nanoparticles and composite beads presented a size equal to 3367 nm and around 1 mm, respectively. The in vitro release study was then performed during 24 h and showed an increase in the sustained release of GSNO by composite particles when compared to GSNO nanoparticles, certainly due to a larger diffusion distance (composite particles and nanoparticles released 30% and 100% of encapsulated GSNO within 6 h, respectively). Therefore, protection and sustained release of NO in the gastrointestinal tract could be achieved by this new composite form associating NO donor nanoparticles and alginate bead. Assessment of the liver function is not directly accessible, but instead it has been routinely evaluated by indirect set of biochemical measurement and/or by hepatic biliary clearance of indocyanine green. In Corea and Japan however, the liver function is measured directly thanks to a dedicated imaging agent targeting the hepatocytes [1]. Few years ago, we obtained a similar agent based on an albumin support [2]. Our novelty was the process which in one short step, allowed to obtain a targeted and labelled protein devoided of undesirable by-products, while maintaining the number of charges of the protein. In this work, we wanted to investigate an optical agent of the liver function for animal imaging. Addition of fluorophores to a protein often induces aggregation and non-covalent binding. We addressed these points by varying the ratio between cyanin and albumin. Mass spectrometry analysis by Maldi and spectrofluorescence experiments were performed. We grafted a lactosyl maleimide derivative as targeting ligand. The imaging agent was then injected intravenously to healthy mice and the results compared to our previous data obtained by scintigraphy. We found that more than two fluorophores was damaging as the level of fluorescence diminished with the amount of fluorophores linked to the protein. Optimising the conditions of coupling the fluorophores also allowed obtaining only covalently linked derivatives. The number of lactosyl derivatives was found to be 16 to 20 derivatives per protein. The lactosyl albumin accumulated into the liver in few minutes while the non-targeted albumin taken as a control continued to circulate in whole organs, which was consistent with what we had obtained by scintigraphy. An optical imaging agent of the liver function was developed. This agent was validated by comparison with the data obtained with its radioactive counterpart labeled with 99mTc. 1. 2. Jeong JM, Hong MK, Lee J, Son M, So Y, Lee DS, Chung JK, Lee MC. 99mTc-neolactosylated human serum albumin for imaging the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor. Bioconjug Chem. 2004;15(4):850-5. [2] Chaumet-Riffaud P, Martinez-Duncker I, Marty AL, Richard C, Prigent A, Moati F, Sarda-Mantel L, Scherman D, Bessodes M, Mignet N. Synthesis and application of lactosylated, 99mTc chelating albumin for measurement of liver function. Bioconjug Chem. 2010;21(4):589-96. 1. Heinrich TA., da Silva RS, Miranda KM, Switzer CH, Wink DA, Fukuto JM, (2013) Biological nitric oxide signalling: chemistry and terminology British Journal of Pharmacology, 169, 1417-1429 . 2. Gaucher C, Boudier A, Dahboul F, Parent M, Leroy P, (2013) S-nitrosation/Denitrosation in Cardiovascular Pathologies: Facts and Concepts for the Rational Design of S-nitrosothiols. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 19, 458-472. 3. Viehof A, Javot L, Beduneau A, Pellequer Y, Lamprecht A, (2013) Oral insulin delivery in rats by nanoparticles prepared with non-toxic solvents. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 443, 169-174. 4. Collnot EM, Ali H, Lehr CM, (2012) Nano and microparticulate drug carriers for targeting of the inflamed intestinal mucosa Journal of Controlled Release, 161, 235-246. 5. [5] Wong T W, (2011) Alginate graft copolymers and alginate-co-excipient physical mixture in oral drug delivery, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 63, 1497-1512. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] §Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant -83- -84- POSTER B7 POSTER B8 USE OF F-TAC OLIGOMERS FOR THERANOSTICS DEVELOPMENT 1 2 2 2 5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID RELEASE PROFILE FROM XYLAN AND XYLAN/EUDRAGIT R S100 MICROPARTICLES PRODUCED BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICOMECHANICAL APPROACHES 2 Stéphane Desgranges , Ksenia Astafyeva , Lucie Somaglino , Nicolas Taulier , Wladimir Urbach , Ange Polidori1, and Christiane Contino-Pepin∗†1 1 1,2 Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) – CNRS : UMR5247, Université Montpellier I, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et techniques Faculté de pharmacie 15, Avenue Charles Flahault- 34060 Montpellier, France 2 Laboratoire d’Imagerie Paramétrique (LIP) – IFR58, CNRS : UMR7623, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI – 15 Rue de l’école de Médecine - 75006 Paris, France Cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Early detection of tumor development plays a key role in therapy success; moreover, the efficiency of many chemotherapeutic agents is hindered by their low therapeutic window, hence there is a growing need for controlled drug delivery systems.1 In this context, the development of sophisticated tools called “theranostics” combining therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities into a single construct appears to be a promising strategy for the future of cancer treatment.2 By this way, we focused our work on the development of stable nano-droplets of liquid perfluorocarbon dispersed in aqueous solution thanks to a shell resulting from the self-assembling properties of amphiphilic fluorinated oligomers called “F-TAC telomers”.3 When exposed to variable intensities of incident ultrasound waves, these nano-emulsions can be used as ultrasound-mediated theranostics with “two in one” medical applications: (i) low intensity ultrasound waves provide echogenicity according to the difference in acoustic impedance between the perfluorocarbon encapsulated within the shell and the surrounding tissues, (ii) highpower ultrasound waves focused at a specific site like a solid tumor or its surrounding vasculature trigger the disruption of the nano-emulsion. If a hydrophobic cytotoxic agent is encapsulated into the liquid core, it can hence be selectively delivered at its site of action.4 We will report herein the synthesis and structural characterization of a series of F-TAC telomers considered as promising tools for ultrasonic theranostics development. Some preliminary physicochemical results of the resulting nano-emulsions (size distribution and stability, acoustic echogenicity, encapsulation ability ...) will also be described. 1. 2. 3. P.S. Sheeran, S.H. Luois, L.B. Mullin et al. Biomaterials. 2012; 33, 3262-9. R. Duncan, R. Gaspar. Mol. Pharmaceutics 2011, 8, 21012141. C. Contino-Pépin, J. C. Maurizis, B. Pucci. Curr. Med. Chem. 2002, 2, 645-665. R. Diaz-Lopez, N. Tsapis, D. Libong, P. Chaminade, C. Connan, M.M.Chehimi, R. Berti, N. Taulier, W. Urbach, V. Nicolas, E. Fattal. Biomaterials 2009, 30, 1462-1472. 1,2 2,3 1 -85- 2,5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) – R. Gal. Cordeiro de Farias, Departamento de Farmacia. Petropolis, Natal-RN. 59012-570, Brésil 2 Laboratorio de Sistemas Dispersos - UFRN (LaSiD) – Brésil 3 Programa de Pos Graduac¸ao em Ciências Farmacˆeuticas (PPGCF) – Brésil 4 Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO) – Brésil 5 Programa de Pos Graduacão em Ciências da Saúde (PPGCSA) – Brésil Polymeric drug carriers have been described as able to modify the bioavailability of encapsulated or entrapped drugs. Such ability is intrinsically related to the control of the drug release from the polymeric matrix. Both the complex interaction among the formulation materials and the methods used to produce the polymeric drug carrier plays an important role on the drug release profile, which is an essential and mandatory step for its future use on clinical trials. The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of three different manufacturing approaches on the release of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) from microparticle based carriers. Xylan and xylanEudragit ® S-100 (ES100) were used as polymeric sources. The approaches used to the production of the microparticles were (i) interfacial crosslinking (B1); (ii) interfacial crosslinking followed by spray-drying (B2); and (iii) one-step spray-drying with xylan: ES100 (ratios 1:1 and 1:3) for B3 and B4 formulation, respectively. Fifteen milligrams of 5-ASA were added to all formulations. The in vitro drug release assay, for the formulations B2, B3 and B4, was performed by the addition of 40mg of microparticles into a beaker with 30 mL of phosphate buffer pH = 7.4, under magnetic stirring. For the batch B1 distilled water media was used. Aliquots were withdrew at time 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 24 h, centrifuged at 2,300g for 3 min, and analyzed by spectrophotometry at 328 nm (the withdraw volume was replaced to maintain sink conditions). The experiments were perfomed in triplicate. Higuchi model was able to fit data obtained from B1, in which almost all drug content was released after around 40h. On the other hand, the release profile for B2, B3 and B4 showed an unexpected profile, in which all the drug content was released as soon as the powder was added into the media. The probable reason for this behavior is the presence of remains of NaOH used to dissolve the polymers. In fact, pH measurements of the release media after the assay, for these formulations, revealed that the pH were around 9.0, which would completely dissolve the microparticles structure due to the polymer dissolution. Besides the unexpected results revealed by three formulations, the approach B1 seems to be a promising one to produce 5-ASA loading drug carriers to future use. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] 2,4 Bartolomeu Souza∗ , Karen Silva , Francisco Alexandrino-Júnior , André Silva∗ , Henrique Marcelino , †1,2,3,4,5 and Eryvaldo Egito -86- POSTER B9 DEVELOPMENT OF NANOEMULSIONS CONTAINING 8-METHOXYSALEN FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF VITILIGO POSTER B10 ANTI-ABETA ANTIBODY DECORATED NANOPARTICLES FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE: IN VIVO PROOF OF CONCEPT Karine Andrieux∗ Thaís 1 Barradas∗ , †2 André Silva , Kattya Silva, Júlia Conceicão, and Cláudia Mansur Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR CNRS 8612 – Université Paris Sud - Paris XI – 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément - 92290 Chatenay-Malabry, France 1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68525, 21945-970, Brésil 2Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) – LaSiD - DFAR. R. Gal. Cordeiro de Faria, Petropolis. Natal/RN. 59012-570, Brésil The aim of this work was to synthetize nanoparticles (NPs) able to interact with the A peptide 1-42 in order to increase its elimination and to correct the memory defect observed in Alzheimer Disease. Vitiligo is the most frequent depigmenting disorder affecting 0.5-2% of the population worldwide and is cosmetically and psychologically devastating. There are two main goals of any vitiligo treatment: (i) to stop the arrest of further depigmentation and (ii) to induce repigmentation1. The main topical treatment for vitiligo is based on a therapy with a psolaren such as 8-methoxalen (8-MOP) associated with ultraviolet A radiation. It is currently approved in different dosage forms for topical use. However, this approach has presented some disadvantages, such as frequent phototoxicity and slow response2. The effective treatment requires prolonged use of topical of 8-MOP. Nanostructured systems are able to promote controlled release and favor the follicular penetration, which cannot be achieved with conventional dosage forms3;4. In this work we developed and characterized of nanoemulsions (NE) for prolonged release of 8-MOP. Oil/water nanoemulsions were prepared by high pressure homogenizer (HPH). All systems were characterized: the hydrodynamic size and polydispersion index (PdI) were determined by dynamic light scattering, in a Zetasizer Nano ZS (Malvern Instruments, UK); the structure and morphology of samples were studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy and the rheological behavior was performed in a RS 600 Rheometer, Haake, using a cone/plate accessory, with cone diameter 35 and angle of 1°. In vitro drug release studies were carried on a vertical diffusion system. For selecting the appropriate NE components, solubility of 8-MOP was estimated in various oils and it presented highest solubility in clove oil. The NE presented droplet sizes of about 100 nm, PdI ranging from 0,094 to 0,116. Additionally, it was observed that some formulations were stable depending on the number of processing cicles on HPH. The globule size of NE should be as small as possible to penetrate into the deeper layers of skin. All the samples presented shear thinning rheological behavior. The results indicate that the formulations developed in this study represent a promising approach for the topical treatment of vitiligo. Furthermore, the composition of NE showing highest solubility of drug would probably result into its reduced partitioning into the skin layers, and majority of the drug will be retained in the vehicle after application of the formulation. 1. 2. 3. 4. Biotin-functionalized NPs were prepared by nanoprecipitation. Streptavidin- fluorescein isothiocyanate (SavFITC) was coupled with anti-A monoclonal antibody (anti-A mAb). Biotin-NPs and SavFITC – anti-A mAb conjugate were linked in a nanoconstruct complex purified by ultracentrifugation and verified by spectrofluorimetry. The affinity of nanoparticles for Abeta peptide was in vitro evaluated by SPR. The biodistribution of radiolabelled nanocarriers was determined by one IV injection in mice. Finally, anti-A mAb NPs have been evaluated in vivo on transgenic mice models (Tg2576 mice, 15 months old) receiving treatment (100 L) by IV 3 days by week during 3 weeks. Biotin- NPs showed a size around 100 nm, a good stability, a biotin amount of 9.6•1014 molecules by sample. The decorated NPs with anti-A mAb have a similar size and are stable in water. These nanocarriers have a very high affinity for monomers (Kd=700pM) and fibrils (Kd=300pM) of Abeta peptide as shown by SPR. Long circulation in plasma (PEG effect). Their in vivo biodistribution revealed a higher capture by spleen than by liver and a passage in brain of antiA- NPs. The object recognition memory test evidenced a complete correction of the memory defect on transgenic mice. Anti-A mAb decorated NPs are promising for Alzheimer disease treatment. Their mechanism of action would be evidenced in further experiments. Alikhan, A. et al. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 65(3), p. 473-491, 2011. Wolff, K. British Journal of Dermatology, 122, p. 117-125, 1990. Fang J.-Y. et al. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 70(2), p. 633-640, 2008. Lu, Y.; PARK, K. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, n.65, p.473-491, 2012. ∗Auteur correspondant: [email protected] †Intervenant ∗Intervenant -87- -88- POSTER B11 POSTER B12 ONE-SHOT PROCEDURE FOR DEXTRAN, PULLULAN AND AMYLOPECTIN MICROASSEMBLY AND NANOASSEMBLY FORMATION AUTO-ASSOCIATIVE ASSEMBLIES: A BIOMIMETIC PLATFORM AGAINST THE HEPARAN-SULFATEDEPENDENT VIRUSES HSV-1, HSV-2 AND HPV-16 Martina Bombardi∗, Narimane Zeghbib, and Kawthar Bouchemal David Lembo , Manuela Donalisio , Claire Laine , Valeria Cagno , Andrea Civra , Narimane Zeghbib , and †2 Kawthar Bouchemal∗ 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Institut Galien Paris Sud (UMR CNRS 8612) – Université Paris Sud – 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément - 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France 2 Although the large number of publications in the field of drug delivery systems, the current methods to produce microparticles and nanoparticles, have, unfortunately, important limitations due to the complexity of the processes used to manufacture the drug delivery device and thus the difficulty for the scaling-up of the production to the industrial sector. A novel method to produce polysaccharide microassemblies and nanoassemblies was described in the present work. They were obtained by the self-association in aqueous medium of and -cyclodextrin and O-palmitoyl-dextran, O-palmitoyl-pullulan or Opalmitoyl-amylopectin. The particles are formed at room temperature, without using surfactants, solvents or pH modification and without heating or purification steps.Attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopyand high-resolution solid-state 13C-NMR were used to confirm that palmitoyl moieties are covalently bonded to dextran, pullulan or amylopectin. Assembly-mean hydrodynamic diameter was modulated from 200 nm to 3 m by modifying the ration between the O-palmitoyl-saccharide and-cyclodextrin. Whatever the size of the assemblies, well-structured crystalline hexagonal assemblies were observed by transmission electron microscopy. 1 Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences – Regione Gonzole 10 - 10043 Torino, Italie Institut Galien Paris Sud (UMR CNRS 8612) – Université Paris Sud – Faculté de Pharmacie, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France Heparan-sulfate (HS) dependent viruses such as HSV-1, HSV-2, HPV-16 and RSV interact with HSproteoglycan receptors on the epithelial cells facilitating thus their initial attachment, cellular entry and infection. In the present work we propose a new approach to design locally-administrated HS-mimetic formulations able to specifically target the viruses and avoid their attachment to the mucosal surfaces. A new method was thus developed for the manufacturing of heparin assemblies active against the heparan-sulfatedependent viruses HSV-1, HSV-2, RSV and HPV-16. These assemblies were obtained by the autoassociation of O-palmitoyl-heparin and -cyclodextrin. The synthesized O-palmitoyl-heparin derivatives mixed with -cyclodextrin resulted in the formation of crystalline hexagonal assemblies as observed by transmission electron microscopy. The assembly mean hydrodynamic diameters were modulated from 340 to 3175nm depending on the type and the initial concentration of O-palmitoyl-heparin or -cyclodextrin. The concentration of the components did not affect the antiviral activity of the assemblies towards HSV-1, HSV-2, RSV and HPV16. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant -89- -90- POSTER B13 POSTER B14 SYNTHESIS OF AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS TO FORMULATE NO-GRAFTED MICELLAR NANOOBJECTS ENCAPSULATION OF HSP90 INHIBITOR LOADED NANOLIPOSOMES ; EVALUATION OF THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT IN VITRO ON BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER CELLS †1 ‡2 3 1 1 1 1Laboratoire de chimie physique macromoléculaire (LCPM FRE3564) – Université de Lorraine : FRE3564, CNRS : FRE3564 – Nancy, France 2CITHEFOR (EA3452) – Université de Lorraine : EA3452 – Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Lorraine, BP 80403 - 54001 Nancy, France, 2 HSP 90 is a heat shock protein involved in folding and maintaining the active conformation of proteins under stress (thermic stress, pH variation, hypoxia...). Among HSP 90’s client proteins, many are involved in oncogenic processes like metastatic phenomena, invasion and immune escape which contribute greatly to the complexity cancer diseases. Thus, HSP 90 is an interesting target for the treatment of cancer since, on one hand, its inhibition allows a multilateral approach and, on the other hand, it has a higher affinity for proteins and inhibitors in cancer cells compared with normal ones, (1). Recently, several HSP 90 inhibitors like geldanamycine have been synthesized, some of which are undergoing clinical trials. 6Br- CaQ is an inhibitor synthesized by the team of Chimie thérapeutique (collaboration with Dr. Samir Messaoudi, BioCIS UMR 8076) at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Chatenay-Malabry (University Paris-Sud) (2). This inhibitor binds the C-terminal domain of the protein, thus avoiding a ”rebound” after the inhibition stops. 6BrCaQ was observed to induce a G2/M arrest in breast and prostate cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and PC-3, respectively) after 24 hours of treatment by a high concentration of inhibitor (50 M) and after 72 hours by a lower concentration (10 M). At the highest concentration, PARP-1 and caspase-3 cleavage were detected by Western Blot, indicating that apoptosis was induced). The encapsulation of 6BrCaQ in stealth liposomes overcomes its low water solubility and contributes to a better effect of the molecule at low concentrations. Several methods were used to evaluate the cellular effect of 6BrCaQ: metabolic activity assay (MTS), cell counting after Trypan Blue dead cell exclusion and cell cycle analysis (Flow cytometry). The cytostatic effect (G2/M arrest) was significant at 5 and 10M after 24h treatment although apoptosis was not observed. The migration and invasion properties of breast and prostate cancer cells contribute to tumor resistance. Therefore 6BrCaQ-loaded liposomes are currently being tested in a wound healing assay in which the migration is induced by a chemokine, MCP-1. In a metabolic activity assay, a combination of the two free molecules exerted a higher cytotoxic effect than each molecule alone. The good anti-tumor activity of 6BrCaQ combined with the tumor targeting properties of liposomes strongly encourage the development of this molecule as a new cancer therapy. Kamal, 2004 Audisio, 2011 ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -91- 1 Univ Paris-Sud, Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR-CNRS 8612, LabEx LERMIT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément – 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France Univ Paris-Sud, CNRS, BioCIS-UMR 8076, LabEx LERMIT, Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France (1) (2) †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: Ariane.Boudier@univ- lorraine.fr 1 1 2 Recently several S-nitrosothiols (RSNO) have shown high potential for nitric oxide (NO) delivery in cardiovascular field. Unfortunately they lack of stability. This communication will introduce the first works on the synthesis of a new amphiphilic block copolymers to formulate NO-grafted micelles. The nano-objects will be cross-linked to enhance stability in blood stream. The cross-linking and the NO attachment via sulfurnitrogen bond will be redox-sensitive to obtain a sustained release at the targeted site (near muscle cells of vessel). 1 Félix Sauvage* , Silvia Franze , Samir Messaoudi , Stéphanie Denis , Baptiste Martin , 2 2 1 1 Jean-Daniel Brion , Mouad Alami , Gillian Barratt and Juliette Vergnaud-Gauduchon Cécile Nouvel∗ , Ariane Boudier , Maéva Chapon , Ferji Khalid , and Jean-Luc Six -92- POSTER B15 POSTER B16 TAZAROTENE ENCAPSULATION IN POLYLACTIC-ACID (PLA) NANOPARTICLES FOR PSORIASIS TREATMENT, IN VITRO AND EX VIVO ASSAYS †1 1 1 1 Anne-Sophie Boisgard∗ , Vincent Lahaye , Carine Mainzer , Celine Terrat , Fiorenza 2 2 ‡1 Rancan , Annika Vogt , and Bernard Verrier POLYMERIC MICELLE NANOCARRIERS FOR THE TARGETED TOPICAL CUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF TACROLIMUS Maria Lapteva∗, Karine Mondon, Michael Möller, and Yogeshvar Kalia † School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva University of Lausanne – 30 Quai Ansermet - 1211 Geneva, Switzerland 1 Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI) – CNRS : UMR5305 – 7 Passage du Vercors - 69367 Lyon, France 2 Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science (CRC) – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Allemagne Psoriasis is a common skin pathological condition, affecting around 2-3% of the worldwide population. It is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease, with a familial predisposition, and has a predilection for specific body areas such as elbows, knees and scalp. Tazarotene belongs to the pharmaceutical category of acetylenic retinoids, developed for the topical treatment of psoriasis. As vitamin A analogs, retinoids have a wide range of biological activities on cellular growth, differentiation, immune functions and malignant transformation. Tazarotene has a selective affinity for retinoic acid receptors RARb and RARg, liganddependent transcription factors able to induce or down regulate gene expressions. Tazarotene also has an upregulating action on three genes: TIG-1 (Tazarotene-induced gene-1), TIG-2 and TIG-3, which results in an antiproliferative effect. During this work, we encapsulated Tazarotene in Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA) nanoparticles. These particles have previously been investigated, and are suitable for local dermatotherapy. They have a tendency to accumulate preferentially into hair follicles, thus improving the therapeutic index for drug in dermatotherapy. Our goals are both to improve Tazarotene’s skin distribution and penetration in epidermis and dermis, and to reduce the adverse events related to its administration. Tazarotene is encapsulated during the nanoprecipitation process used for manufacturing PLA nanoparticles, after dissolution in an organic phase (acetone). The encapsulation rates of Tazarotene were measured by HPLC and drug release study was performed in different buffers, using HPLC as a quantification method. Expression of TIG-1 was evaluated in vitro on keratinocytes by Immunocytochemistry (ICC) and ex vivo on human skin explants by immuno-staining. Skin penetration of fluorescent nanoparticles (Coumarin-6) was investigated using fluorescence microscopy. We achieved efficient and reproducible encapsulation of Tazarotene in PLA nanoparticles, with a loading efficiency above 60%. In vitro drug release study showed that encapsulation of Tazarotene remained stable in physiological pH environment for 12 hours. Fluorescence microscopy revealed a more important concentration of encapsulated agents in stratum corneum and epidermis compared with the same agents in solution. This suggests that PLA nanoparticles are able to limit the diffusion of the encapsulated drugs and to target specifically the epidermis and dermis. ICC and immuno-staining assay of TIG-1 showed that the gene expression is activated by both Tazarotene in solution and encapsulated in PLA nanoparticles. This suggests that Tazarotene encapsulation in PLA nanoparticles induces no alteration of its biological activity. Psoriasis is an auto-immune mediated skin disorder where the mitotic rate of the basal keratinocytes is abnormally high, resulting in inflamed lesions covered by silvery- white scales. Many inflammatory cells including dendritic cells, macrophages and T cells are present in the dermis. Unlike in healthy skin, some T cells can also be found in the epidermis in psoriatic skin. Tacrolimus (TAC) is a potent macrolide immunosuppressant that inhibits the T-cell mediated immune response and is used off-label for the topical treatment of psoriasis. However, it suffers from poor topical bioavailability when administered using conventional vehicles. The objective of this study was to formulate and to characterize TAC-loaded polymeric micelles made using the biodegradable and biocompatible MPEG-dihexPLA diblock copolymer and to then evaluate their potential for the targeted delivery of TAC into the skin. TAC-loaded micelles were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. TAC was quantified by an in-house HPLC-UV method. Micelles were characterized in terms of drug content and stability. Size and morphology were investigated by DLS and by TEM. The micelle formulation was optimized so as to reach a TAC content of 0.1% in order to enable direct comparison with the Protopic ® ointment (0.1 %). In vitro skin transport experiments were performed first using porcine ear and then human abdominal skin. TAC delivery to skin and its biodistribution as a function of depth (in the epidermis and upper dermis) was quantified by using a sensitive UPLC MS/MS method developed in-house to quantify the drug in skin samples. Spherical micelles with diameters of 10-50 nm and drug loadings ranging from 44.72 0.16 to 233.21 0.64 mgTAC/gcopolymer were formulated. An optimal 0.1% micelle formulation was developed and proved to be stable over a period of 7 months at 4C. Delivery of TAC into the skin from the optimal 0.1% micelle formulation was statistically superior to that from Protopic® in both porcine (0.47 0.2 and 4.03 0.88 g/cm2, respectively) and human skin (0.36 0.05 and 1.50 0.59 g/cm2, respectively). No TAC was detected in the receiver compartment. The skin biodistribution profile of TAC was also improved using the micelle formulation, significantly increasing the drug deposited in the stratum corneum (250.7 84.8 ng/cm2) and viable epidermis (527.9 148.4 ng/cm2) in comparison to Protopic® (68.1 22.2 and 260.4 54.22 ng/cm2, respectively). MPEG-dihexPLA micelles are extremely efficient nanocarriers that are able to incorporate significant amounts of TAC, deliver it more efficiently into the skin than Protopic® , and importantly, target the viable epidermis, where the T cells reside. This preliminary study showed that PLA nanoparticles lead to an accumulation of Tazarotene in epidermis. The particles have no negative impact on the biological activity of Tazarotene. For these reasons, PLA nanoparticles appear to be good candidates for topical delivery of Tazarotene. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ‡Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] -93- -94- POSTER B17 POSTER B18 FORMULATION OF ALGINATE-BASED NANOCAPSULES FOR TOPICAL DELIVERY 1 1 1 Hoang Truc Phuong Nguyen , Emilie Munnier∗ , Xavier Perse , Simone Cohen-Jonathan1 , and Igor Chourpa1 CURCUMIN NANOCARRIERS DESIGNED FOR A TOPICAL USE AND THEIR STABILITY IN HYDROGELS ∗ †1 Hoang Truc Phuong Nguyen, Emilie Munnier , Xavier Perse, Martin Souce, Igor Chourpa, and Simone Cohen-Jonathan 1 EA 6295 Nanomédicaments et Nanosondes-Université de Tours (EA 6295 NMNS) –UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques 31 avenue Monge 37 Tours, France 1 EA 6295 Nanomédicaments et Nanosondes-Université de Tours (EA 6295 NMNS) –UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques 31 avenue Monge 37 Tours, France Some active pharmaceutical or cosmetic active ingredients could have their performances increased if they were included into entities that would help them reaching a particular layer of the skin, or that would increase their physico-chemical stability inside the final galenic form. Natural polysaccharides constitute a very potent material to create nanodevices allowing the preservation of an API in a formula and the release of this one into the skin. In the frame of the NANO’derm project, we chose to develop new nano-objects from alginates, a wellknow ingredient currently used as a gelifying agent. Alginates have the capacity to reticulate in presence of divalent cations. We used a preparation technique based on a nanoemulsion obtained with ultrasounds without any organic solvent. The calibrated nanoemulsion is solidified with an alginate envelope and contains curcumin as a model of active ingredient. This molecule is an interesting model because of its optical properties and its antioxidant activity. A design of experiment methodology was used to analyse the influence of the formulation parameters on the fundamental physicochemical characteristics of the nano-objects. The optimized nano-objects were then characterized with different techniques to evaluate their potential: their DH is close to 140 nm and their -potential close to -30 mV. The shape was observed by TEM, and the loading and release capacity were studied. Their ability to lyophilisation was also explored. Those nano-objects were included then into different galenic formula to study their stability in complex media, and their release properties in these conditions. Curcumin is a natural molecule extracted from Curcuma longa roots. It exhibits numerous properties that makes it of interest in dermatology and in cosmetics. Nevertheless, the poor skin penetration and water solubility of curcumin limit its topical use. The encapsulation of curcumin in nanocarriers could facilitate its incorporation in hydrogels and increase its skin penetration. Therefore, we encapsulated curcumin lipidic nanocapsules that could be o potent tool for the skin penetration of active molecules. Spectroscopic methods and zetametry were used to characterize curcumin loaded LNC (LNC-C). The antioxidant activity of the encapsulated curcumin was measured with two complementary techniques, testifying that it does not lose its pharmacological properties during the process. LNC-C were then dispersed in hydrogels currently used in pharmaceutical products and cosmetics. The physical stability and the rheological behavior of the LNC – enriched gels was studied in different storage conditions over 6 months (RT,4C and 30C). The size of the geldispersed LNC was followed by DLS and showed that they were not destroyed in the process or in the storage conditions, and the analysis of the fluorescence spectrum of curcumin showed if it remained encapsulated in the nanocarriers. We highlighted a hydrogel that seems a good candidate to vehicle curcumin-loaded LNC. We tested this galenic form on a skin in vitro model, Episkin. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: emilie.munnier@univ- tours.fr ∗Intervenant -95- -96- POSTER B19 POSTER B20 POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BEADS FOR PER OS ADMINISTRATION OF S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE. NANOHYBRID BASED ON ZN(FE)O PULLULAN GRAFTED NANOPARTICLES AS POTENTIAL LUMINESCENT AND MAGNETIC BIMODAL IMAGING PROBES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, MODIFICATION AND CYTOXICITY STUDY Wu Wen, Caroline Gaucher, Sonia Toukam, Isabelle Fries, Pierre Leroy, Ming Hu, Philippe Maincent, and Anne Minet Imen Balti1 Université Paris 13 – France “Drug targets, formulation and preclinical assessment”, Faculté de Pharmacie (CITHEFOR EA3452) – Université de Lorraine – France The benefic role of nitric oxide (NO) in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and as a chemical messenger on cell signaling is already known [1]. Unfortunately, the low stability of this radical and its derivatives NO donors such as S-nitrosothiols, constitute a limitation for its therapeutic administration and chronic treatment establishment [2]. Pharmaceutical design and drug delivery systems, such as polymeric particles, can protect and control the release of various active compounds. The present study proposes the development of composite polymeric particles for oral delivery of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). This composite form is constituted by two different polymers adapted to oral route [3-5]: poly(methyl)metacrylate GSNO nanoparticles (obtained by double emulsion method) are encapsulated into calcium alginate beads (obtained by ionic gelation process). The integrity and biodisponibility of encapsulated GSNO into nanoparticles was verified following protein S-nitrosation (i.e. NO transfer to the protein thiol group) in intestinal cell line model (Caco-2 cells). This protein post-translational modification is crucial for cell signaling pathways and NO physiological functions. During 24 h of exposure, the intracellular protein S-nitrosation induces by GSNO released by nanoparticles was maintained at a constant level (around 100 nmol/mg protein). In parallel, an optimization of the gelation process was performed to define to the most adapted parameters (needle size equal to 21 G and sodium alginate concentration equal to 1% (w/w)) for encapsulation of the GSNO nanosuspension into alginate beads. The obtained GSNO nanoparticles and composite beads presented a size equal to 3367 nm and around 1 mm, respectively. The in vitro release study was then performed during 24 h and showed an increase in the sustained release of GSNO by composite particles when compared to GSNO nanoparticles, certainly due to a larger diffusion distance (composite particles and nanoparticles released 30% and 100% of encapsulated GSNO within 6 h, respectively). Therefore, protection and sustained release of NO in the gastrointestinal tract could be achieved by this new composite form associating NO donor nanoparticles and alginate bead. During the past decades, the development of multifunctional nano-tools able to perform, at the same time, optical and magnetic tasks, has gained a significant attraction (for instance as probes for theranostic applications), where they simultaneously act as luminescent probes for optical imaging and contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Bioconjugated QDs, because of their photoluminescence, have been already used for ultrasensitive biological labeling, multicolor optical detection. In parallel, Fe cations have been already considered, in the form of either superparamagnetic, as efficient positive contrast agents to improve MRI sensitivity in medicine. They accelerate the relaxation of the nuclear magnetic moment of water protons in their proximity, thereby greatly increasing the contrast between specific tissues or organs [1]. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -97- We propose to produce Zn(Fe)O nanocrystals (see Figure 1) by the polyol method, and to evaluate their optical and magnetic properties for in vivo multimodal imaging. The as prepared nanoparticles were coated with the polysaccharide pullulan functionalized with carboxymethyl groups, to improve their compatibility with biological media and to allow further modifications by coupling the polysaccharidic shell with ligands of interest. Finally, the cytoxicity of bare and coated nanoparticles was assessed on vascular cells. 1. J. Roger, J. Pons, R. Massart, A. Halbreich and J. Bacri. Eur. Phys. J.: Appl. Phys., 5 (1999) 321. -98- POSTER B21 POSTER B22 ZINC RESPONSIVE CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MRI DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ACTIVE MOLECULES *1 2 1 2 Célia Bonnet , Fabien Caillé , Agnès Pallier , Franck Suzenet , and Eva Toth 2 *1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging has been devoted for a long time to obtaining anatomical and functional images. Recently emerging applications in molecular imaging seek information at the molecular level, looking at the biochemical or physiological abnormalities underlying the disease. This allows for a better understanding and earlier diagnosis. Unlike anatomic imaging, molecular imaging always requires an imaging probe that is selectively responsive to the parameter to detect. Gd3+-based contrast agents are particularly well-adapted for this purpose and most often the changes on the efficacy (relaxivity) are based on changes of the hydration number and/or rotational dynamics of the complexes; these two parameters being the easiest to be tailored by the chemist[1]. Endogenous cations are known to play vital role in many fundamental biological processes. Their concentration is tightly regulated by the cell, and misregulation of these ions is connected to different pathologies. Zinc is the second most abundant transition metal ion in humans, and it plays a central role in controlling gene transcription and metalloenzyme function. Exposure to high zinc concentration can lead to neuronal death. It is also an important signalling ion in the brain, which is implicated in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease. We have recently developed zinc responsive contrast agents based on a pyridine unit already used for Gd3+ complexation [2], to which a zinc complexing unit has been added through a linker. Potentiometric studies have shown that the presence of the amide is necessary for the stability of Gd3+ complexes in the presence of zinc. GdL2 and GdL3 show a relaxivity response to zinc, and analyses of the 17O NMR, and the NMRD profiles prove that changes of the rotational correlation time of the complexes are responsible for this behaviour. Finally the selectivity of the zinc complexing unit has been studied by relaxometry. 2. 2 1 Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) – CNRS : UPR4301 – Rue Charles Sadron – 45071 Orléans, France Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA) – CNRS : UMR7311, Université d’Orléans – UFR Sciences Rue de Chartres - 45067 Orléans, France 1 1. 1 Sophie Legaz , Agnès Borel, Vincent Lahaye , Barbara Viginier-Monoury , ChristopheTerzian2, and Bernard Verrier†1 1 C.S. Bonnet, L. Tei, M. Botta, E. Toth, Responsive Probes in “The Chemistry of Contrast Agents in Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 343-385. C.S. Bonnet, F. Buron et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 1419-1431. Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI) – CNRS : UMR5305 – 7 Passage du Vercors - 69367 Lyon, France 2 SFR BioSciences Gerland - Lyon Sud – CNRS : UMR754 – 50 Avenue Tony Garnier - 69366 Lyon, France Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) nanoparticles (NPs) are promising tools for vaccination according to their size close to virus (180nm) and their biodegradability. One or more molecules can be adsorbed on their surface and/or encapsulated inside NPs. Many in vivo studies (mouse, rabbit, monkey) showed an equivalent adjuvant potential to Alum or MF59 which are referent adjuvant used in humans. However in optical fluorescence microscopy, the nanoparticles become undetectable once in deep tissues. In order to monitor such particles trafficking we have developed specific tools using drosophila as model system We have designed PLA particles of 180 nm size, fluorescents or not, loaded with gal4min protein (composed of amino acids 1 to 100 and 840 to 881), a minimal form of the yeast transcription activator proteinGal4. As recipient organism, we used transgenic UAS-RFP Drosophila melanogaster strain. In these flies, RFP gene expression is under control of UAS promoter which could be switch on upon binding by gal4min. Fruit flies are fed by CAFE technique (Capillary Feeder) with a nutrient solution containing Coumarin-6 PLA NPs (green) or with the same NPs which gal4min adsorbed. Fluorescence microscopy is then performed on cryo-sections for observations to identify cells that have up take NPs (RFP positive cells). After feeding, PLA nanoparticles are mainly found in the digestive system and in the hemolymph of drosophila When monitoring RFP positive cells, we could identified the presence of particles in fat body and salivary glands, initiator site of the immune response in Drosophila. By using PLA nanoparticles loaded with Gal4min, we were able to track the fate of particles in whole organism of drosophila, after in vivo administration through feeding. We identify a specific uptake through intestinal mucosa and spreading to the circulatory system before reaching specific organs, involved in immune responses. This approach could be further extended to study antiviral delivery or tissue targeting by PLA particles. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] ∗Intervenant -99- -100- POSTER B23 POSTER B24 SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR RMI BRAIN TUMORS MOLECULAR IMAGING POLYMERIC MICRO/NANOCAPSULES OF PERFLUOROHEXANE AS CANDIDATES FOR ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS *1 2 1 3 4 Sophie Richard , Amaury Herbet , Yoann Lalatonne , Sébastien Mériaux , FrédéricDucongé , 2 1 Didier Boquet , and Laurence Motte Ludivine Mousnier*1, Elias Fattal2, and Nicolas Tsapis1 1 UMR 7244 CNRS – Université Paris-Nord - Paris XIII – 74 rue Marcel Cachin 93017 Bobigny, France Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Anticorps pour la Santé (LIAS) – CEA – CEA de Saclay DSV/ iBiTec-S/ SPI/ LIAS - 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette , France 3 Laboratoire d’Imagerie et de Spectroscopie RMN, CEA/DSV/I2BM/NeuroSpin (CEA/DSV/I2BM/NeuroSpin/LRMN) – CEA – CEA/DSV/I2BM/NeuroSpin, CEA Centre de Saclay, Bâtiment 145 - Point Courrier 156 - 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 4 CEA, Institut d’Imagerie Biomédicale, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (CEA-DSV-I2BM-SHFJ) – 4 place du Général Leclerc - 91400 Orsay, France 2 1 Univ Paris-Sud, Institut Galien Paris-Sud, LabEx LERMIT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France. 2 CNRS UMR 8612, Institut Galien Paris-Sud, LabEx LERMIT, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément - 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France. 3BioCIS, Univ Paris-Sud, UMR CNRS 8076, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément - 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France. During the last decade, a new type of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) composed of a perfluorocarbon core surrounded by a polymer shell have shown their echogenicity as well as their stability. In a strategy to optimize the ultrasound properties of these systems, encapsulating a liquid PFC with a low boiling point such as perfluorohexane (PFH) was suggested. The ultimate aim would be to induce phase- transition of the liquid PFH into gas by Acoustic Droplet Vaporization (ADV) to further increase the UCA acoustic response. These new bubbles, highly echogenic, could also trigger a possible drug release by degrading the polymer shell. Micro- and nanocapsules with a perfluorohexane core have been developped by an emulsion- evaporation process. For the formulation of microcapsules, three biodegradable polymers were used: PLGA and PLA with acid (PLA-COOH) and ester (PLA-COOR) terminations. Despite their rather similar properties, these polymers were found to strongly influence the final microcapsule morphology. While PLGA was able to form nice coreshell microcapsules, the use of PLA-COOH led to decentered microcapsules and big “eye” morphologies and PLA- COOR induced the formation of “acorn” morphologies. To understand these morphologies we have focused on the interfacial behaviour of the different polymers at the dichloromethane- water and the PFHdichloromethane interfaces. One can conclude that the core-shell structure is the result of a significant adsorption of the polymer at the dichloromethane-water interface together with a good stability of the PFH droplet within the emulsion globule. Previous work has shown that the capsule thickness-to-radius ratio can be controlled by easily varying the polymer to perfluorocarbon proportions [1]. This versatility was confirmed for PFH microcapsules with PLA-COOH and PLGA shells. Regarding the formulation of nanocapsules, using PEGylated copolymers (PLGA-PEG and PLA-PEG-COOH) was also investigated in a strategy of modifying the surface morphology. This hydrophilic PEG chains coating ensures a better plasmatic half-life of nanocapsules, and prevents their recognition and elimination by the mononuclear phagocyte system. Finally, the encapsulation efficiency of PFH of all types of capsules was assessed by relating the T/R ratio to the volume fraction of PFH and by 19F NMR [2]. 1. 2. Pisani, E., et al., Polymeric nano/microcapsules of liquid perfluorocarbons for ultrasonic imaging: physical characterization. Langmuir, 2006. 22(9): p. 4397-402. Diou, O., et al., Long-circulating perfluorooctyl bromide nanocapsules for tumor imaging by 19FMRI. Biomaterials, 2012. 33(22): p. 5593-602. Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumour in humans, affecting around 25000 people each year in Europe. To date, the only treatment of care consists of surgical removal of the tumor bulk, irradiation and chemotherapy, with finally a very poor prognosis especially for high grade gliomas (i.e. glioblastoma) for which overall mean survival is of 15-18 months. There are several explanations of the limited efficacy of current glioma surgery treatments. First, neurosurgeons encounter great difficulty in delimiting the required extent of tumour resection [1]. Second, gliomas are heterogeneous tumors and a major recent advance in the field has been the identification of a subpopulation of cells in high-grade gliomas that have high tumorigenic potential, being thus strongly responsible for tumours resurgence in the case of incomplete surgery resection [2]. Such cells, referred to as human brain cancer stem cells (hBCSCs) or glioblastoma stem cells (hGSCs) are multipotent and highly chemo- and radio-resistant [3]. Litterature and our personal works demonstrate that endothelin receptor B, EDNRB, is much more expressed in glioma stem cell cultures than in conventional glioma cell lines [4]. EDNRB antagonists had already administrated to patients during clinical assays for glioma treatment [5]. All together, these results underline the significance to target EDNRB for imaging and/or eradicating glioma stem cells. Moreover, superparamgnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are excellent MRI contrast agents because of their transverse relaxation T2* property. MNPs can be also used for drug delivery coating the nanoparticle surface with therapeutic molecules. Hence, this hybrid nanosystem combines both MR (diagnostic) and therapeutic applications. This strategy is referred to theranostic strategy [6, 7]. The aim of this project is the experimental development of targeted multimodal medical imaging capable of achieving a high resolution, specificity and sensitivity in vivo MRI imaging through T2 contrast agent properties of iron oxide nanoparticles with a high specificity and sensitivity in vivo IR fluorescent imaging for guided surgery. To achieve this goal, we will develop the first antibodies-based dual-modality Fluorescent-MRI contrast agents, by combining iron oxide nanoparticles SPIOs with fluorescent nanoprobes with the first available antibodies directed and validated on EDNRB hBCSCs [8]. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Van den Bent MJ et al., Eur. J. Cancer Suppl, 2005 Chen J, Li Y, Yu TS, McKay RM, Burns DK, Kernie SG, Parada LF. Nature. 2012 Aug 23;488(7412):522-6 Mannino M & Chalmers AJ, Mol. 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International Application n PCT/EP2011/067390 antagonist antibody of endothelin receptor subtype b, and uses thereof ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -101- -102- POSTER B25 POSTER B26 PASSIVE, ACTIVE AND MAGNETIC TARGETING OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES FOR THERANOSTIC APPLICATIONS *1 2 2 3 3 FORMULATION OF SELF-EMULSIFYING MICROBUBBLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY ASSISTED BY ULTRASOUNDS 2 *†1 Nathalie Schleich , Julie Magat , Chrystelle Pô , Vincent Pourcelle , Jacqueline Marchand , Bernard Gallez , 1 1 Véronique Préat , and Fabienne Danhier 1 1 Université catholique de Louvain - Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI) – Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery - Avenue E. Mounier, 73 B1.73.12. 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique 2 Université catholique de Louvain – Louvain Drug Research Institute – Biomedical Magnetic Resonance – Avenue E. Mounier, 73 B1.73.08 1200 Bruxelles 3 Université catholique de Louvain - Molecules, Solids and Reactivity - Place Louis Pasteur 1 bte L4.01.02 – 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Nanoparticles can target tumors either by passive targeting taking advantages of the particular tumor microenvironment (EPR effect) or by active targeting grafting specific ligand on their surface. A newly emerging approach is to address multifunctionnal nanoparticles to the tumor tissue using magnetic guidance. Previously, we developed PTX- loaded PEGylated PLGA-based nanoparticles showing a lower IC50 in vitro and improved in vivo anti-tumor efficacy when compared to Taxol® , due to the EPR effect (Danhier et al., 2009a). We also previously developed RGD-grafted PTX-loaded PEGylated PLGA-based nanoparticles showing an effective v3 targeting of the tumor endothelium (Danhier et al., 2009b). Recently, we developed PTX/SPIO loaded nanoparticles that could be used as potential tumor-targeting MRI contrast agents, thanks to the high uptake of nanoparticles by cells as well as their magnetic characteristics (Schleich et al., 2013). In the present study we compared the three targeting strategies mentioned above in terms of accumulation in tumor tissue. In the present study we compared the three targeting strategies mentioned above in terms of accumulation in tumor tissue. Nanoparticles presented a spherical morphology and a size of 240 nm. The PTX loading was 4.5-fold higher compared to previously described nanoparticles. Ex vivo biodistribution (iron dose injected: 15.5mg/kg) showed an iron accumulation in tumor of 3-fold higher for RGD-grafted PTX-loaded nanoparticles compared with non-targeted nanoparticles. This increase rose to 5-fold higher when using magnetic guidance and even more when combining active strategy and magnetic guidance. Those results were confirmed using a 11.7T MRI. The in vivo anti-tumor efficacy showed that all treatments (nontargeted PTX/SPIO co-loaded nanoparticles and RGD-grafted PTX-loaded nanoparticles with or without magnetic targeting) induced a higher regrowth delay compared with the control group. RGD-grafted PTXloaded nanoparticles and magnetically guided non-targeted PTX- loaded nanoparticles (PTX dose of 5 mg/kg) induced a higher regrowth delay of CT26-tumor bearing mice, compared to the non-targeted PTXloaded nanoparticles. This regrowth delay was even more impressive by combining active (RGD) and magnetic guidance. 1 1 DNA delivery in vivo in targeted area is facilitated by sonoporation. Indeed, ultrasounds can be focused in a particular tissue, including deep ones, without altered the environing tissues. A co-injection of microbubbles and DNA has already allowed protein expression with this method. Develop a self-emulsifying nanoemulsion of perfluorohexane in water that allows a targeted drug delivery by it specific acoustic response to ultrasounds.Method: The microbubbles formulation was optimized observing the concentration, the mean size and the stability of the microbubbles. They were measured using an optical microscope and counting the microbubbles of the 5 pictures taken using Image J. Thermogravimetry analyze between 25 and 200C was used to determinate the encapsulation rate of perfluorohexane into the microbubbles : the results were compared with the ones of a formulation in which perfluorohexane is substituted by medium chain triglyceride oil. The acoustic responses to ultrasounds of the microbubbles were tested in vitro with an applied power of the ultrasounds between 300 and 1400 kPa. Preliminary tests of transfection were made coinjecting microbubbles and DNA into the liver of mice. The optimized formulation of microbubbles consists on a blend of perfluorohexane (16%), surfactants (21%) and water (63%). It forms around 1x1010 microbubbles per milliliter with a mean diameter around 2m, stable for several hours, with an encapsulation rate of perfluorohexane closed to 86%. The tests in vitro show a non-linear response, characteristic of the microbubbles oscillations, from around 450kPa and microbubbles destruction from around 1000kPa. Preliminary tests in vivo show encouraging results on the mice. ∗Intervenant -103- 2 Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie (UPCGI) – Inserm : U1022, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France 2 Physico-Chimie Industrielle du Médicament, Université Paris Descartes (EA4066) – Université Paris Descartes - France Although active targeting using RGD-grafted PLGA-based nanoparticle showed interesting results, combining active targeting and magnetic guidance seems to be the most promising approach ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] †Auteur correspondant: [email protected] 1 Caroline Thebault , Sylvie Crauste-Manciet , Fredéric Rosa , Simona Manta , Yohann Corvis , Philippe Espeau2, Gilles Renault, Michel Francis Bureau1, Nathalie Mignet1, and Michel Bessodes1 -104- POSTER B27 POSTER B28 THERMAL ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBUBBLES FOR IMAGING FORMULATION OF HSP90 INHIBITOR LOADED NANOLIPOSOMES : EVALUATION OF THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT IN VITRO ON BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER CELLS 1 1 1 2 1 1 Physico-chimie industrielle du médicament – Université Paris V - Paris Descartes – Faculté des sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques – 4 Avenue de l’Observatoire - 75270 Paris, France 2 Unité de pharmacologie chimique et génétique et d’imagerie (UPCGI) – Inserm, CNRS : UMR8151, Université Paris V - Paris Descartes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris – Paris, France The objective of this study was to use thermal analyses to improve the formulation of self-emulsifying nanoemulsions (O/W) with regards to surfactant composition. These nanoemulsions were specially designed to improve the contrast of ultrasound images by inclusion of perfluorocarbon gas. Nanoemulsions were prepared using perfluorohexane (C6F14) or perfluoropentane (C5F12), two liquid gases at room temperature with boiling temperature of 59 and 28 C, respectively. The nanoemulsions consist of a blend of gas (20%), surfactants (50%) and water (30%). The surfactants mixture included polysorbate-85, span-8 Lutro®, glycerol and Zonyl®. Zonyl® is a polyethylene glycol with a fluorinated chainused to improve the capture of the gas within the emulsion. The effect of the Zonyl® concentration on the rate of gas included in the emulsions was assessed between 0.5 and 3%.The number of droplets per milliliter in the emulsion was determined by optical microscopy and Image J treatment. A mean value of 7.2x107 droplets/mL and 8.9x107droplets/mL was found respectively for perfluorohexane and perfluoropentane, with mean droplet sizes equal to 2.12 0.24 nm and 1.97 0.09 nm. With regards to stability, 50% of the droplets was still present after 72 hours for the perfluorohexane and 54 hours for the perfluoropentane. The physico-chemical behaviour of the different components of the nanoemulsion, such as the interaction between surfactants, the amount of gas encapsulated as a function of the amount of zonyl® included in the emulsions and the influence on the temperature of evaporation of the gas were characterized using thermal analyses techniques such as thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the -60 to 200 C temperature range. We found that: i/ the amount of gas encapsulated tendentiously increases with the amount of zonyl,ii/ the evaporation temperature of the gas decreases when the percentage of Zonyl® increases; Thermal analysis was a helpful method to optimize the formulation of the nanoemulsion containing perfluorocarbon gaz. This allowed us to show the interest of using the fluorinated surfactant on the one hand, and by choosing the appropriated concentration for the best gas encapsulation rate, on the other hand. 1 2 1 2 Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, BioCIS-UMR 8076, LabEx LERMIT, Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France HSP 90 is a heat shock protein involved in folding and maintaining the active conformation of proteins under stress (thermic stress, pH variation, hypoxia...). Among HSP 90’s client proteins, many are involved in oncogenic processes like metastatic phenomena, invasion and immune escape which contribute greatly to the complexity cancer diseases. Thus, HSP 90 is an interesting target for the treatment of cancer since, on one hand, its inhibition allows a multilateral approach and, on the other hand, it has a higher affinity for proteins and inhibitors in cancer cells compared with normal ones, (1). Recently, several HSP 90 inhibitors like geldanamycine have been synthesized, some of which are undergoing clinical trials. 6Br- CaQ is an inhibitor synthesized by the team of Chimie thérapeutique (collaboration with Dr. Samir Messaoudi, BioCIS UMR 8076) at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Chatenay-Malabry (University Paris-Sud) (2). This inhibitor binds the C-terminal domain of the protein, thus avoiding a ”rebound” after the inhibition stops. 6BrCaQ was observed to induce a G2/M arrest in breast and prostate cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and PC-3, respectively) after 24 hours of treatment by a high concentration of inhibitor (50 M) and after 72 hours by a lower concentration (10 M). At the highest concentration, PARP-1 and caspase-3 cleavage were detected by Western Blot, indicating that apoptosis was induced). The encapsulation of 6BrCaQ in stealth liposomes overcomes its low water solubility and contributes to a better effect of the molecule at low concentrations. Several methods were used to evaluate the cellular effect of 6BrCaQ: metabolic activity assay (MTS), cell counting after Trypan Blue dead cell exclusion and cell cycle analysis (Flow cytometry). The cytostatic effect (G2/M arrest) was significant at 5 and 10M after 24h treatment although apoptosis was not observed. The migration and invasion properties of breast and prostate cancer cells contribute to tumor resistance. Therefore 6BrCaQ-loaded liposomes are currently being tested in a wound healing assay in which the migration is induced by a chemokine, MCP-1. In a metabolic activity assay, a combination of the two free molecules exerted a higher cytotoxic effect than each molecule alone. The good anti-tumor activity of 6BrCaQ combined with the tumor targeting properties of liposomes strongly encourage the development of this molecule as a new cancer therapy. ∗Intervenant -105- 2 Université Paris-Sud, Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR-CNRS 8612, LabEx LERMIT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 Rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry, France 1. Kamal, 2004 2. Audisio, 2011 ∗Intervenant 1 Félix Sauvage , Silvia Franze , Samir Messaoudi , Stéphanie Denis , Baptiste Martin , Jean-Daniel Brion , 2 1 1 Mouad Alami , Gillian Barratt and Juliette Vergnaud-Gauduchon 2 Fredéric Rosa∗ , Yohann Corvis , Nathalie Mignet , Denis Brossard , Sylvie Crauste-Manciet∗2, and Philippe Espeau1 -106- POSTER B30 POSTER B29 PACLITAXEL-LOADED MICELLES ENHANCE THE VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AND RETENTION OF NANOMEDICINES IN TUMORS 1 2 3 1 1 PHOTOACTIVE POROUS SILICON NANOVECTORS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY Frederique Cunin∗1, Emilie Secret1, Marie Maynadier2, Arnaud Chaix3, Magali Gary-Bobo2, Marcel Garcia2, Philippe Maillard4, Francesco Di Renzo3, Michael Sailor5, and Jean-Olivier Durand1 Fabienne Danhier∗ , Pierre Danhier , Christophe De Saedeleer , Nathalie Schleich , Bernard Ucakar , Pierre Sonveaux3, Bernard Gallez2 , and Véronique Préat†1 1ICGM – CNRS : UMR5253 – France 2 IBMM – Inserm : UMR5247 – France 3 ICGM – CNRS – France 4iNSTITU cURIE – Université Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie – France 5 UCSD – Etats-Unis 1 2 Université catholique de Louvain – Louvain Drug Research Institute – Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery – Av. E. Mounier, 73 bte B1.7312 – 1200 Bruxelles Université catholique de Louvain – Louvain Drug Research Institute – Biomedical Magnetic Resonance – Av.E. Mounier, 73 bte B1.7308 – 1200 Bruxelles 3 Université catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique FATH – Av. Mounier 53 bte B1.53.09, 1200 Bruxelles– Belgique Paclitaxel (PTX)-loaded PEG750-p(CL-co-TMC) polymeric micelles (M-PTX) have been shown to enhance the oxygenation and blood flow of tumors 24 h after treatment. In the present study, we hypothesized that (i) these changes in tumor microenvironment could lead to an enhancement of the EPR (Enhanced Permeability and Retention) effect, allowing a more effective delivery of PTX or other anti-cancer nanomedicine into the tumor and (ii) that the underlying mechanisms include both the cytotoxic effet of PTX but also an anti-angiogenic effect of PTX (vascular normalization). Using two tumor models, Miles assay, Electron Spin Resonance spectroscopy and Intravital microscopy have been used to demonstrate an increased accumulation of particles after PTX treatment. The proof of concept has been validated by a regrowth delay assay. Different parameters of the underlying mechanisms were studied: (i) architecture of the vasculature using immunohistochemistry (CD-31, a-SMA) and whole mount staining (CD-31 and DAPI), (ii) the perfusion using DCE-MRI and (iii) the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) using the wick-in-needle technique. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has arisen as an alternative to chemo and radio therapy for non-invasive selective destruction of tumours. PDT involves the use of a photosensitizer which, in the presence of oxygen, upon irradiation at specific wavelengths, leads to the generation of cytotoxic species and consequently to irreversible cell damaging. PDT has been in clinical use for over a decade but, despite the advantages of the therapy itself, photosensitizers in use today induce a long photosensitivity of the patient that limits their use. To overcome this issue, encapsulation of the photosensitizers into nanoparticles is a promising new approach. In this work, we studied the use of porous silicon nanoparticles (pSinp) functionalized with both a photosensitizer and a targeting agent. Porous silicon is a biocompatible and biodegradable material which has been shown to be degraded into non-toxic silicic acid byproducts in vivo. The multi-functionalized pSiNP studied here were able to target, image and kill cancer cells in vitro by photodynamic therapy mechanisms with one and two photon excitations. The Miles assay demonstrated that tumors were more permeable to macromolecules when treated with M-PTX, whereas ESR spectroscopy showed a higher accumulation of iron oxide particles (30 nm) used as tracers in tumors. Intravital microscopy also showed that the extravasation of fluorescent FITC-dextran from abnormal tumor blood vessels was significantly enhanced in tumors treated with M-PTX. Two consecutive treatments with M-PTX were more efficient than the bolus delivery of the full M-PTX dose. A re-organization of the tumor vasculature (normalization) as well as a decrease of the IFP was observed when tumors were treated with MPTX, demonstrating an anti-angiogenic activity of PTX Together these experiments demonstrate an enhanced EPR effect after M-PTX treatment, as pre-treatment, which could lead to a better availability and an enhanced efficacy of a subsequent treatment. This enhanced EPR effect can be explained by a decrease of the IFP and a normalization of the tumor vasculature. ∗Intervenant †Auteur correspondant:[email protected] ∗Intervenant -107- -108- POSTER B31 POSTER B32 PLGA NANOPARTICLES INCORPORATING LIPOPHILIC GD CONTRAST AGENTS 1 Rigaux∗ , 1 1 1,2 2 Guillaume Valérie Gaëlle Roullin , Cyril Cadiou , Gaëlle Boeuf , Nicolae-Bogdan Bercu , Marie1 2 3 3 4 Christine Andry , Michaël Molinari , Christophe Portefai , Christine Hoeffel , Luce Vander Elst , Sophie 4 1 Laurent , and Françoise Chuburu DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL PARTICLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC & TARGETED DELIVERY IN CANCER THERAPEUTICS 1 To this end, the non-covalent incorporation of a lipophilic gadolinium complex into PLGA nanoparticles was performed. First, the lipophilic gadolinium complex was synthesized in three steps2 by alkylation of a DO3A(tBu)3 backbone with a C12 alkyl chain followed by tBu deprotection. Subsequent Gd(III) complexation led to a GdDO3AC12 complex. Then, the incorporation of this complex into a PLGA matrix was performed by a modified nanoprecipitation technique.3 Spherical and well-individualized nanoparticles (max. 150-200 nm), as observed by DLS/ELS and AFM, were formed with a 95% production yield. Nanoparticle Gd loading was evidenced by AFM / NanoInfrared absorption coupled measurements and quantified by ICP-OES. The relaxivity of the gadolinium-loaded nanoparticles was determined at 40 MHz (BrukerMinispec mq40) and their 1H NMRD profile was acquired at 37C and 5C between 0.01 to 300 MHz (Stelar Spinmaster FFC fast field cycling NMR relaxometer). These results were compared to ones obtained for the free GdDO3AC12 complex. The comparison indicated that entrapment of GdDO3AC12 complex in the polymer matrix provoked an important enhancement of the relaxivity of 104% and 126% for r1 and r2 respectively. Imaging of nanoparticle suspension phantoms was performed by using a 3.0 T MRI device (Achieva, Philips Medical Systems Sense head 8 coil). The images clearly indicated that the gain in Gd relaxation was translated into a contrast enhancement capability at 3T. Finally, the cytotoxicity measurements indicated that GdDO3AC12 loaded nanoparticles are not toxic towards fibroblast cells below 1mg/mL. 3 3 3. ∗Intervenant -109- 1 Tumor targeting depends strongly on the capacity of nanoparticles (NPs) or molecules to cross several barriers from the injection site to the targeted cells. Thus, it is tempting to develop targeted NPs or molecules that will recognize receptors overexpressed on both type of tissues: the tumor endothelium and the tumor cells. Integrins (especially integrin avß3) and Neuropilin-1, a co-receptor of VEGF (NRP) are over-expressed in the tumor vasculature and tumor cells, and their expression has been correlated with angiogenesis and progression. Importantly, integrin avß3 and NRP1 can interact physically and functionally. Dual targeting of these two receptors may thus be useful for development of tumor targeted nanomedicines. In the present study, we generated bifunctional scaffolds or particles (RAFT-[cRGD]n-[anti NRP1]m, internalized RGD (iRGD) and RGD/[anti NRP1] NPs) targeting integrin and NRP1 simultaneously and explored their activity. By Western Boltting and Flow cytometry (FACS) we characterized the expression of the receptors (VEGFR1/2, NRP1/2) in five different tumor cell lines, and choose MDA-MB-231 and H358 cells for in vitro experimental model. By introducing different ratio of RGD / [anti NRP1] peptides and several amount of peptides (1132, 113 and 11 peptides) on the surface, we generated 15 batches of NPs. In parallel, we also incorporated [anti NRP1] peptide or RAFT-[anti NRP1] to RAFT-[cRGD] platform with varying lengths of spacers. Finally, a CendR tumor penetrating peptide, iRGD, was also synthesized. In conclusion, our study suggests that bifunctional RAFT[cRGD]n-[anti NRP1]m molecules and RGD/[anti NRP1] NPs would be of great potential for cancer targeted drug delivery and therapy. P. Hermann, J. Kotek, V. Kubicek, I. Lukes.Dalton Trans. 23, 2008, 3027-3047. N. Raghunand, G. P. Guntle, V. Gokhale, G. S. Nichol, E. A. Mash, B. Jagadish. J. Med. Chem. 53, 2010, 6747–6757. H. Fessi, F. Puisieux, J. P. Devissaguet, N. Ammoury, S. Benita. Int. J. Pharm. 55, 1989, R1-R4; M. Callewaert, S. Dukic, L. V. Gulick, M. Vittier, V. Gafa, M. C. Andry, M. Molinari, V. G. Roullin. J Biomed Mater Res A. 101, 2013, 1319-1327. ∗Intervenant 2 INSERM/UJF U823, Grenoble, France – Add this new organization – France 2 UMR CNRS 5247, Montpellier, France – Add this new organization – France DCM, UMR CNRS 5250, ICMG FR2607, Grenoble, France – Add this new organization – France These results are promising for the development of new biocompatible and efficient contrast agents for MRI applications. 1. 2. 3 1 1Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims (ICMR) – Université de Reims - Champagne Ardenne, CNRS : UMR7312 – UFR Sciences, BP1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France 2 Nanosciences laboratory (LRN) – Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique – Reims, France 3 Hopital Maison Blanche – CHU Reims – 45 rue Cognacq Jay ; 51100 Reims, France 4 Université de Mons (UMons) – 20, place du Parc, B7000 Mons, Belgique Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GdCAs) are widely used to enhance image contrast in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures. To obtain a good contrast image, injection of high GdCA doses are required (for example the recommended dose for Dotarem® is 0,2mL/kg). Recently, it has been proposed that dechelation of GdCAs could be responsible for the development of a new disease, namely nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), in patients suffering from severe renal failure. Consequently, EU and US health authorities have expressed some reservations for using and developing new GdCAs. To improve the performance of existing contrast agents, one of the proposed strategies consists in confining them into synthetic nanoparticles. Indeed, the Solomon Bloembergen Morgan (SBM) theory assumes that minimizing the Gd3+ complex rotation, but also locally increasing their concentration, should result in an improvement in their effectiveness.[1] 2 Tao Jia∗ , Jerémie Ciccione , Michael Claron , Didier Boturyn , Gilles Subra , and Jean-Luc Coll -110- POSTER B33 POSTER B34 VECTORIZATION OF MULTIMODAL GD-NANOPARTICLES FOR AMYLOIDOSIS DIAGNOSTIC. GLYCOPOLYPEPTIDE-BASED NANOCARRIERS FOR LUNG CANCER TREATMENT Marie Plissonneau∗1, Pierre Mowat2, Nathalie Stransky-Heilkron3, Christel Marquette2, Francois Lux1, Eric 3 4 2 3 5 1 Allémann , Cédric Louis , Vincent Forge , Vincent Montet , Mireille Dumoulin , and Olivier Tillement Silvia Mazzaferro∗1, Victor Jeannot2, Christophe Schatz1, Amandine Hurbin2, Jean-Luc Coll2, and Sebastien Lecommandoux1 1 1 Institut Lumière Matière (ILM) – CNRS : UMR5306 – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Domaine Scientifique de La Doua Batiment Kastler, 10 rue Ada Byron 69622 Villeurbanne, France, 2 Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux (LCBM) – CEA, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I, CNRS : UMR5249 – 17, rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble, France 3 Université de Genève (Section des sciences pharmaceutiques) – 24 rue du Général-Dufour CH – 1211 Genève 4, Suisse 4 Nano-H S.A.S. (Nano-H S.A.S.) – Entreprise – 38070 Saint Quentin-Fallavier, France, France 5 Centre d’Ingénierie des Protéines (CIP) – Université de Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgique The aim of this project is to develop multimodal imaging nanoparticles for amyloidosis diagnosis. Amyloidosis is a group of disease in which proteins (e.g. Islet Amyloid PolyPeptide IAPP, Amyloid A or TransThyRetin TTR) form insoluble aggregates (or fibrils) in extracellular tissues. Depending of the protein nature and its deposition area, this accumulation could lead to different pathologies (e.g. Alzheimer disease, Neuropathies and Type II diabetes). We propose two different strategies to target the fibrils: - Camelid heavy-chain antibody fragment (or Nanobody), which shows affinity to any amyloidosis form.[1] - Peptides of few amino acid derived from the protein responsible of the aggregate, which are specific only to one form of fibrils.[2] In our group, we have developed ultra-small nanoparticles (AGuIX R ) with multimodal imaging properties [3] such as MRI, Scintigraphy and Optical Imaging. Theses nanoparticles are composed of a polysiloxane matrix holding DOTA-Gd3+ chelates and free DOTA ligands that can chelate radio-isotope. For optical imaging, near infrared fluorophores can be covalently grafted to the inorganic matrix. Laboratoire de Chimie des polymères organiques (LCPO) – ENSCPB, CNRS : UMR5629, Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I – 16, Avenue Pey Berland 33607 Pessac, France 2 INSERM/UJF U823, Grenoble, France – Add this new organization – France Because lung cancer is one of the most fatal diseases, there is an urgent need to propose new therapeutic approaches in addition to current radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In this context, this work aims to develop a new polysaccharide-block-polypeptide copolymer based nanocarrier and to evaluate its efficacy to target specifically tumour cells. The amphiphilic copolymers used here are combining Hyaluronan (Hya), a natural polysaccharide well known for its relative affinity towards CD44 receptors upregulated on cancer cells, and poly(g-benzyl-L-glutamate) (PBLG), a biodegradable polypeptide characterized by an ordered secondary structure (-helices). The two blocks were conjugated using the efficient and versatile azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition (refereed as “click” chemistry) and nanoparticles were formulated by solvent-displacement technique. By varying the hydrophilic/hydrophobic volume ratio of the copolymer, it was possible to obtain different nanoparticle (NPs) sizes and shapes in order to modulate the in vivo biodistribution. The ability of NPs to target the CD44 receptors was studied in vitro using different lung cancer cell lines (H358, H460, A549), and in vivo using an orthotopic lung cancer model investigating two routes of administration: systemic route (i.v. injections) and pulmonary route (nebulization). Non-invasive optical imaging techniques (2D and 3D fluorescence) allowed the real time followup of the nanoparticles in mice. The results of this study will allow us to select the best formulation to load the anticancer drugs and evaluate their antitumor activity in an orthotopic lung cancer model in mice. By grafting the targeting agents mentioned above on its surface, the particle could accumulate in fibrils area and lead to a specific and early diagnosis of amyloidosis. The first part of the study consists in optimizing the number of grafting site on the nanoparticle surface by increasing the number of carboxylic function at the surface. Indeed the targeting agents are linked to the Np via peptide coupling between their primary amine and a carboxylic acid function on the nanoparticle. Two different strategies have been tested: (i) addition of other DOTA on the surface. (ii) grafting of PEG chains ending by carboxylic functions. Grafting of the peptides and the nanobodies has then been performed on the two types of particles and characterized by granulometry, relaxometry, HPLC, fluorescence... First in vivo test on healthy mice demonstrate a rapid renal elimination with no apparent toxicity. The biodistribution is very closed to the one of the AGuIX nanoparticles without targeting species. The in vitro tests on IAPP fibrils are encouraging and show an active targeting. [1] M. Dumoulin and C. M. Dobson. (2004) Probing the origins, diagnosis and treatment of amyloid diseases using antibodies. Biochimie 86, 589-600 (Review). [2] A. Chenal et al. (2011) Amyloid fibril formed by the programmed cell death regulator Bcl- xL. J Mol Biol 415, 594-99 [3] F. Lux et al. (2011) Ultrasmall Rigid Particles as Multimodal Probes for Medical Applications. Angewandte Chemistry International Edition 50, 12299-12303. ∗Intervenant ∗Intervenant -111- -112-