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ArticleDrug delivery2025

Development of a novel alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-selective cell-penetrating peptide for intracellular cargo transport.

Lahra Weber, Brittany C V O'Brien, Maegan M Weltzin

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Article in Drug delivery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lahra WeberDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-7079-1387
Brittany C V O'BrienDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States.
Maegan M WeltzinDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9051-8150

Funding

Research Analytics CoreP20GM103395 · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · 2025 to 2025
$4.2M
Nicotinic receptor selective cell penetrating peptide for brain cargo deliveryR03MH135358 · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · 2025 to 2025
$66k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103395NIMH NIH HHS R03 MH135358
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell membranes present barriers to the intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents. This impediment is frequently exacerbated by the hydrophobic characteristics of many such molecules, ultimately reducing the efficiency of their cellular uptake and therapeutic effectiveness. Therapeutics are being created that exploit natural bypass mechanisms by forming complexes with cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) derived from viruses. However, current CPPs lack the ability to selectively target precise cellular macromolecules. As a result, they are distributed broadly and cause off-target side effects. Neurotropic CPPs derived from the rabies virus glycoprotein (RVG) can access the brain by binding to plasma membrane targets, including, but not exclusively, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). To overcome this barrier of minimal target selectivity, we designed several chimeric peptides composed of regions from the RVG and

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alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorCell-Penetrating PeptidesAnimalsBungarotoxinsCell MembraneDrug Delivery SystemsGlycoproteinsHumansMiceNeuronsOocytesPeptide FragmentsViral ProteinsXenopus laevisalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorBungarotoxinsCell-Penetrating PeptidesGlycoproteinsPeptide Fragmentsrabies virus glycoprotein peptideViral Proteinsalpha 7Cell penetrating peptidedrug deliveryintracellular cargo deliverynicotinic acetylcholine receptorrabies virus glycoproteintarget selectivity

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PMCPMC12667308

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