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A biodistribution study of two differently shaped plant virus nanoparticles reveals new peculiar traits.

TitleA biodistribution study of two differently shaped plant virus nanoparticles reveals new peculiar traits.
Publication TypeArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsLico, Chiara, Giardullo Paola, Mancuso Mariateresa, Benvenuto Eugenio, Santi Luca, and Baschieri Selene
JournalColloids Surf B Biointerfaces
Volume148
Pagination431-439
Date Published2016 Dec 01
ISSN18734367
KeywordsAnimals, Antibodies, Viral, Brain, Female, Genetic Vectors, Genome, Viral, immunohistochemistry, kidney, Liver, lung, Mice, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Nanoparticles, Potexvirus, Spleen, Time Factors, Tissue Distribution, Tobacco, Tombusvirus, Virion, Virus Diseases
Abstract

Self-assembling plant virus nanoparticles (pVNPs) have started to be explored as nanometre-sized objects for biomedical applications, such as vaccine or drug delivery and imaging. Plant VNPs may be ideal tools in terms of biocompatibility and biodegradability endowed with a wide diversity of symmetries and dimensions, easy chemical/biological engineering, and rapid production in plants. Recently, we defined that icosahedral Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) and filamentous Potato virus X (PVX) are neither toxic nor teratogenic. We report here the results of an interdisciplinary study aimed to define for the first time the biodistribution of unlabelled, unpegylated, underivatized TBSV and PVX by proved detecting antibodies. These data add new insights on the in vivo behaviour of these nano-objects and demonstrate that the pVNPs under scrutiny are each intrinsically endowed with peculiar properties foreshadowing different applications in molecular medicine.

DOI10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.09.019
Alternate JournalColloids Surf B Biointerfaces
Citation Key6040
PubMed ID27648774