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Opioids opium morphine heroin POPPY ‘ Opioids top the list of illicit drugs and cause the most burden of disease and drug-related deaths worldwide. ’ —— The United Nations World Drug Report (2014)
Harm of opioids D rug hazard index A buse of Drug 60 Heroin Millions of users Cocaine 40 Alcohol ATS 20 Ecstasy 0 Opioids Opiates Cocaine ATS “ Ecstasy ” Mean Physical dependence Global estimate of users of different drugs , 2012 Psychological dependence Pleasure According to World drug report 2014
Current treatments Naltrexone opioid receptor antagonist Methadone Opioid receptor agonist
Target — Mu-opioid receptor Opioids act primarily as agonists of Opioid Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) Altered gene expression receptors Gi/c CREB CREB MOR is an ideal therapeutic μ Opioid Morphine target for opioid addiction Recetor PKA CREB Adenylate Cyclase PKA
Action of heroin on MOR
Medicine — siRNA A tiny but powerful gene silencing tool
Limitations Technical barriers : 1. tissue non-specificity 2. immune activation and toxicity 3. brain impermeability
Exosome Exosome Borrowing the body’s own RNA transport service Natural, endogenous nano-sized vesicles
Advantages 01 Specificity 02 Safety 03 Brain accessibility
E xperimental design
E xperimental design Target —— MOR Medicine —— siRNA opioid Agent —— exosome siRNA Silencing device exosome Targeting device Pumping device μ r eceptor Rewarding
Silencing device 5’ 3 ’ Plasmid skeleton
Silencing device exosomes siRNA siRNA plasmid siRNA HEK293 cell
Targeting device Neuron targeting RVG Lamp2b RVG : Rabies Virus Glycoprotein Lamp2b : lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2b
Pumping device nsMase2 HEK293 cell HEK293 cell Molecular pump
Assembly of RNAi-Targeting-Pumping devices nsMase2 Molecular pump exosomes Lamp2b-RVG degradation siRNA Acetyl-choline receptor targeting plasmid targeting plasmid HEK293 cell mRNA siRNA plasmid siRNA plasmid neuron
E xperimental results
E xperimental results Exosome modification Targeting and characterization capabil ility vali lidation Silencing Safety val alidation capability validation
Interference efficiency of MOR siRNA Relative levels of MOR mRNA in Neuro2A cells 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.47 0.45 0.42 0.22 0.5 0
siRNA concentration in exosomes siRNA is successfully packaged into exosomes 100 in exosome (pmol/ μg ) siRNA concentration 80 60 40 UD UD 20 0 TEM image of modified exosomes RVG siRNA siRNA-RVG control exosome exosome exosome
nSMase2 as a molecular pump Quantitative RT-PCR analysis control nSMase2 of siRNA loaded into exosomes 4 Relative siRNA level 3 control nSMase2 2 1 0 Nanoparticle tracking analysis of exosome production
E xperimental results Exosome modification Targeting and characterization capabil ility vali lidation Silencing Safety val alidation capability validation
Targeting capability validation ( in vitro ) Ne Neuro ro2A A549 A5 (non-neuro (n ronal) (neuronal) (n C2C1 C2 C12 MCF-7 (non-neuro (n ronal) (n (non-neuro ronal) siRNA siRNA-RVG siRNA siRNA-RVG contr trol contr trol exosome exosome exosome exosome
Targeting capability validation ( in vitro ) siRNA concentration (siRNA/U6) 0.4 0.3 0.2 UD UD UD 0.1 0.0 Neuro2A cell C2C12 cell
Targeting capability validation ( in vivo ) Olfactorius Olfactory brainstem cortex liver lung spleen bulbus medulla epencephalon contr trol siRNA exosome siRNA-RVG exosome Neuronal tissues Non-neuronal tissues
E xperimental results Exosome modification Targeting and characterization capabil ility vali lidation Silencing Safety val alidation capability validation
Silencing capability ( in vitro ) 1.5 Relative level of MOR mRNA lower MOR mRNA and protein levels become 1.0 Neuro2A cell 0.5 MOR GAPDH 0.0 siRNA siRNA-RVG siRNA siRNA-RVG control control exosome exosome exosomes exosome
Silencing capability ( in vivo ) Conditional Place Preference Test Natural preference Morphine-paired preference Morphine Injection
Flow chart Morphine injection Exosome injection Day 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 26 26 28 30 32 33 34 32 34 12 CPP SCORE (sec ) 0 -500 -1000 Day 1 Pr Day 12 12 te Day 26 26 te Day 34 34 te Pre te test test-1 test-2 test-3 control siRNA-RVG exosome siRNA exosome Mobile heatmap control siRNA exosome siRNA-RVG exosome
MOR expression after CPP test 1.5 Relative level of MOR mRNA RVG exosome-delivered siRNA pass through 1.0 BBB to down-regulate MOR expression 0.5 MOR GAPDH 0.0 siRNA siRNA-RVG siRNA-RVG siRNA control control exosome exosome exosome exosome
E xperimental results Exosome modification Targeting and characterization capabil ility vali lidation Silencing Safety val alidation capability validation
Safety validation Forced Swimming Test Mobile time ( s ) 400 Inject exosomes 300 200 100 Record the video and analyze the activation of the mice
Model Model
Modeling Overview Delivery Module Silencing Module Signaling Module
Delivery Module Methods Pharmarcokinetics of exosome 𝑒 𝐶𝑑𝑔 = 𝐿 𝑐𝑚𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑗𝑡 ∙ 𝐶 𝑑𝑐 − 𝐿 𝑐𝑚𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑗𝑜𝑒 ∙ 𝐶 𝑑𝑔 − 𝐹𝑢 𝑒𝑢 𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 𝑒 𝐶𝑑𝑐 = −𝐿 𝑐𝑚𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑗𝑡 ∙ 𝐶 𝑑𝑐 + 𝐿 𝑐𝑚𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑗𝑜𝑒 ∙ 𝐶 𝑑𝑔 𝑒𝑢 𝑅 𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙𝐶 𝑑𝑔 𝑒 𝐹𝑢 𝑒𝑢 = 𝐿 𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑐𝑚𝑝𝑝𝑒 ∙ 𝑞𝑏𝑠𝑗𝑢𝑗𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙ − 𝐿 𝑐𝑗𝑜𝑒𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙ 𝐹𝑢 − 𝐿 𝑛 ∙ 𝐵𝑆 ∙ 𝐹𝑢 𝑅𝑑 exosome Cellular Trafficking of exosome binding internalization d Tb Lysosome dt = 𝐿 𝑐𝑗𝑜𝑒𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙ E𝑢 + 𝐿 𝑛 ∙ AR ∙ Et − 𝐿 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙ Tb degradation d Tissue = 𝐿 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑢𝑗𝑡𝑡𝑣𝑓 ∙ Tb − 𝐿 𝑓𝑚𝑗𝑛𝑢 ∙ Tissue endosome dt d Enc = 𝐿 𝑑 ∙ 𝐿 𝑗𝑜𝑢 ∙ Tbbrain − 𝐿 𝑓𝑡𝑑𝑓𝑜𝑒𝑤𝑓𝑑 ∙ Enc Endosome RISC complex dt escape
Delivery Module Results RVG modification helps exosomes pass through the BBB and target into brain Control siRNA-RVG exosome Control siRNA-RVG exosome
Silencing Module Methods d R dt = 𝐿 𝑓𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑒𝑤𝑓𝑑 ∙ 𝐹 𝑜𝑑 − 𝐿 𝑒𝑗𝑡 RISC ∙ R + 𝐿 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛 𝑆𝐽𝑇𝐷 · (𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑢 + 𝐿 𝑒𝑗𝑡 RISC · 𝑆 − C)·Can+ 𝐿 𝑑𝑚𝑓𝑏𝑤𝑏𝑓 · C −𝐿 𝑒𝑓 RISC· (R + C) − 𝐿 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛 RISC m ·R·M d 𝐷na = −𝐿 𝑒𝑗𝑡 RISC ∙ R + 𝐿 form RISC ∙ ( rtot + 𝐿 𝑒𝑗𝑡 RISC·R − R − C)·Cna dt −𝐿 𝑒𝑓inna ·Cna d 𝐷 dt = 𝐿 form RISC ∙ R ∙ M − 𝐿 dis 𝑆𝐽𝑇𝐷m ∙ C − 𝐿 𝑒𝑓 RISC· (R + C) − 𝐿 𝑑𝑚𝑓𝑏𝑤𝑏𝑓 · C d M dt = 𝐿 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛m𝑆𝑂𝐵 + 𝐿 dis 𝑆𝐽𝑇𝐷m ∙ C − 𝐿 𝑒𝑓m𝑆𝑂𝐵 ·M −𝐿 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛 RISC m ·R·M d P dt = 𝐿 𝑔𝑝𝑠𝑛prot ·M − 𝐿 degprot ∙ P Deterministic Model of Silencing Process
Silencing Module Results MOR mRNA MOR protein Injection of exosomes significantly reduce the level of MOR mRNA and protein
Signaling Module Methods — Activation of MOR Diagrams and ODEs are created using Matlab Simbiology d Cabg_R = − ReactionFlux1 + ReactionFlux5 dt G αβγ -R Opiates d Cabg_R_𝑛𝑝𝑠𝑞ℎ𝑗𝑜𝑓 = ReactionFlux1 − ReactionFlux2 + ReactionFlux8 dt d 𝑛𝑝𝑠𝑞ℎ𝑗𝑜𝑓_𝑆 = ReactionFlux2 + ReactionFlux6 − ReactionFlux8 dt G αβγ d 𝐻𝑏_𝐻𝑈𝑄 G αβγ -Opiates-R = ReactionFlux2 − ReactionFlux3 + ReactionFlux7 G αβγ + R dt d 𝐻𝑏_𝐻𝐸𝑄 = ReactionFlux3 − ReactionFlux4 GTP Opiates dt Opiates- d 𝐻𝑏𝑐 = ReactionFlux4 − ReactionFlux5 + ReactionFlux7 − ReactionFlux dt R G αβγ GDP d 𝑆 dt = − ReactionFlux5 − ReactionFlux6 G αβγ G α -GTP G α -GDP d 𝐻𝑐 GTP G βγ = ReactionFlux2 − ReactionFlux4 + ReactionFlux7 dt
Signaling Module Stochastic methods using Gillespie's Algorithm GABA GABA GABA synthesized docked release GABA inhibited
Signaling module results Counteractive impacts On inhibit of GABA release On decrease of cAMP level On activation of MOR
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