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Bacterial invasion factors: Tools for crossing biological barriers and drug delivery?
Kochut, Annika Dersch, Petra
Kochut, Annika
Dersch, Petra
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2013-06
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The oral route is the preferential route of drug delivery in humans. However, effective delivery through the gastrointestinal tract is often hampered by the low permeability of the intestinal epithelium. One possibility to overcome this problem is the encapsulation of drugs inside nanoparticulate systems, containing targeting moieties with cell invasive properties. The bioinvasive features of the delivery system could be provided by the attachment of bacterial invasion factors, which promote efficient uptake into host cells and mediate rapid transcytosis of the pathogen through the intestinal epithelium. This review gives an overview of bacterial invasion systems. The molecular structure and function of suitable bacterial invasins, their relative values as targeting agents and possible pitfalls of their use are described. The potential of bioinvasive drug delivery systems is mainly presented on the basis of the well-characterized Yersinia invasin protein, which enters M cells to gain access to subepithelial layers of the gastrointestinal tract, but alternative approaches and future prospects for oral drug delivery are also discussed.
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Bacterial invasion factors: Tools for crossing biological barriers and drug delivery? 2013, 84 (2):242-50 Eur J Pharm Biopharm
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1873-3441
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