Extracellular vesicles from dHL-60 cells as delivery vehicles for diverse therapeutics

  • Jun Kyu Kim
  • , Young Jin Youn
  • , Yu Bin Lee
  • , Sun Hwa Kim
  • , Dong Keun Song
  • , Minsang Shin
  • , Hee Kyung Jin
  • , Jae sung Bae
  • , Sanjeeb Shrestha
  • , Chang Won Hong

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Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-derived heterogeneous vesicles that mediate intercellular communications. They have recently been considered as ideal vehicles for drug-delivery systems, and immune cells are suggested as a potential source for drug-loaded EVs. In this study, we investigated the possibility of neutrophils as a source for drug-loaded EVs. Neutrophil-like differentiated human promyelocytic leukemia cells (dHL-60) produced massive amounts of EVs within 1 h. The dHL-60 cells are also easily loaded with various cargoes such as antibiotics (penicillin), anticancer drug (paclitaxel), chemoattractant (MCP-1), miRNA, and Cas9. The EVs derived from the dHL-60 cells showed efficient incorporation of these cargoes and significant effector functions, such as bactericidal activity, monocyte chemotaxis, and macrophage polarization. Our results suggest that neutrophils or neutrophil-like promyelocytic cells could be an attractive source for drug-delivery EVs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8289
JournalScientific Reports
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021
Externally publishedYes

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