Description

Mannosereceptortargetingbymannosylatedliposomeshasbeendemonstratedforavarietyofmannosylatedlipidconjugatesinavarietyofliposomemorphologiesandcompositionsinseveraldifferent invitro and invivo models.Averylargenumberofpublicationsisaboutusingahydrophobicderivativeofmannose(4-aminophenylalpha-D-mannopyranoside)ratherthanusingamannosylatedlipidinClodronateliposomes.Thisismainlyduetothehighcostandcomplexityofsynthesizingandconjugatingmannosetolipid.4-aminophenylalpha-D-mannopyranosideiscommerciallyavailableandfarlessexpensivethansynthesizingmannoseconjugatedlipid.

Whymannose?Mannoseisoneofthecarbohydratecomponentsofmanybacterialandviralcellsurfaces;therefore,theever-efficient,highlyredundantimmunesystemhasevolvedmultiplemechanismsforidentifyingpathogensbasedonmannoserecognition.Theanimalandplantkingdomslikewiseutilizecarbohydraterecognitionsignalingmechanismsincludingmannoseresidues.Manypublicationsevaluateothercarbohydratesastargetingmechanismsforvariouscelltypes,howevermannosetargetingtophagocytesappearstobeoneofthemorespecificmechanismsidentifiedtodate.Mammaliancellsurfaceidentificationmoleculesbasedonmannosebinding,suchastheICAMfamilyofleukocyteadhesionmolecules,targettheSIGNfamilyofmannosereceptorstoaccomplishself-recognition invivo.

Awell-knownandcitedstudybyUmezawa&Eto[1]demonstratesthatliposomescontainingaminophenylmannosideweremostefficientlyincorporatedintothemousebrainacrossthebloodbrainbarrier.TherADIolabeledliposomesbearingaminophenyl-alpha-D-mannopyranosideweremaximallyincorporatedintothemousebrainafter48hours,whereasinthespleenandliver,theseradioactivitiesweremaximumafter12hours.Thestudiesalsoshowedthatliposomesweremostincorporatedwasglialcellsratherthanneuronalcell.Thesubcellularfractionationstudyindicatesthatmannoselabeledliposomesareincorporatedintolysosomesrichfractionbothinliverandbrain.

Therearefivemannosylatedfluorescentcontrolliposomeproducts(m-Fluoroliposome®)form-Clodrosome®(mannosylatedclodronateliposomes).Allfivemannosylatedfluorescentliposomesincorporatealipophilicdyeinsidetheirmembranes.Theyareinsolubleinwater;however,theirfluorescenceiseasilydetectedwhenincorporatedintomembranes.DiI,DiO,DiD,DiRandDiAcoverawiderangeofexcitationandemissionwavelengthsfrom300sto900s.DiIandDiOhavefluorescenceexcitationandemissionmaximaseparatedbyabout65nm,facilitatingtwo-colorlabeling.TheemissionspectrumofDiAisverybroad,allowingittobedetectedasgreen,orange,orevenredfluorescencedependingontheopticalfilterused.DiI,DiO,DiDandDiRbelongtothedialkylcarbocyaninesfamilyofcompounds.Thespectralpropertiesofthedialkylcarbocyaninesarelargelyindependentofthelengthsofthealkylchainsbutareinsteaddeterminedbytheheteroatomsintheterminalringsystemsandthelengthoftheconnectingbridge.Theyhaveextremelyhighextinctioncoefficients,moderatefluorescencequantumyields,andshortexcitedstatelifetimesinlipidenvironments(~1ns).Thefluorescencespectrumofthedyeisshownbelow.

Youcanchoosethem-Fluoroliposome®basedonthetypeofthefluorescentequipmentandfiltersthatyouuseinyourlab.Mannosylatedclodronateliposomescannotbemadefluorescentsimplyduetothepotentialforinaccurateand/oruninterpretabledatabeinggeneratedbylabelledm-Clodrosome®.Formoreinformation,pleaserefertothetechnicalnotesection.

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FormulationInformation

Clodrosome®LiposomalClodronateSUSPension

Fluoroliposome®-DiA

FluorescentDye	Excitation/Emission(nm)	Concentration(mg/ml)	Concentration(mM)
4-(4-(Dihexadecylamino)styryl)-N-methylpyridiniumIodide(DiA)	456/590	0.0625	0.0794

BufferandLiposomeSize	Specification
Buffer	PhosphateBufferedSaline
pH	7.4
LiposomeSize	1.5-2µm

TechnicalNotes

• Toreachbloodstream-accessIBLe,mannose-receptorpositivecellsoutsidetheliver,asignificantnumberofliposomeswillhavetoescapefirst-passuptakebytheliverandspleen,sothatthetargetcellsareexposedtoahigherconcentrationofmannosylatedliposomesfromtheblood.Onestrategythathasbeenusedtoensurethatliposomesescapetheliverandspleenisknownasreticuloendothelialsystem(RES)blockadeinwhichanimalsarepre-dosedwithasufficientquantityofliposomestotemporarilysaturatethephagocyticcellsoftheblood,liverandspleen,alsoknownasthereticuloendothelialsystem(RES)orthemononuclearphagocytesystem(MPS).Thissufficientquantityisdependentupontheliposometypeandcompositionaswellasthespeciesbeingdosed;thepre-dosedliposomesdonotnecessarilyneedtobethesametypeorcompositionasthetherapeuticordiagnosticliposomesavoidingtheRES.Soonafterthispre-doseisclearedfromthebloodstream(usuallywithinacoupleofhours),theliposomesofinterestaredosed.SincetheRESisinvolvedindigestingthepreviousdoseofliposomes,thesubsequentlydosedliposomeswillremaininthecirculationmuchlongerthusbemuchmorelikelytobindtotheirtargetsiteoutsidetheRESincludingthosephagocyticcellswhichareaccessible,butarenotusuallyexposedtoahigherconcentrationofliposomes.
• WhileRESblockadeisusuallythoughtofassaturatingphagocyticcells,ithasbeenshownthatopsonin-bindingbyliposomesisasaturablephenomenon.Therefore,partofRESblockademayinvolveserumdepletionofcomplementandotheropsoninsknowntocoatliposomes.Inthecurrentapplication,removalorreductionintheconcentrationofsolublemannose-receptorsmayfurtherincreasetheprobABIlityofamannosylatedliposomebeingabletointeractwithmannosereceptorsonthetargetcell.Therefore,ifthegoalistodepleteatargetsubsetofmannose-receptor+cellswhichmaynotnormallybeexposedtoasubstantialnumberofmannosylatedliposomes,pre-dosingwithmannosylatedclodronateliposomes,inordertobothsaturatetheblood,liverandspleenphagocytesandreducetheconcentrationofopsoninsincludingsolublemannosereceptors,shouldincreasethenumberofsubsequentlydosedmannosylatedclodronateliposomesavailabletothistargetsubsethypotheticallyresultinginincreaseduptakeanddepletionbythesetargetedcells.
• TheissuewithfluorescentClodrosome®hastodowiththepotentialforinaccurateand/oruninterpretabledatabeinggeneratedbylabelledClodrosome®.WhenClodrosome®inducesmacrophageapoptosis,thefluorescentlipidincorporatedintotheClodrosome®thatisdisruptedandmetabolizedinthephagolysosomewillbedispersedamongtheresidualapoptoticbodieswhicharesubsequentlyphagocytosedbyothermacrophages.Therefore,fluorescentlipidmaybedetectedinphagocyticcellswhichneverphagocytosedClodrosome®especiallywhenFACSorfluoroscopyareutilizedtodetectfluorescentcells(FACS)orfluorescencelevelsinatissuehomogenate(fluoroscopy).Anotherpotentialartifactarisesfromfluorescentlipidremainingintheextracellular“garbage”,whichhasnotyetbeenclearedbyotherphagocytes,generatingahighbackgroundfluorescence.However,experiencedconfocalmicroscopistmaybeabletodifferentiatebetweenthepunctatefluorescenceresultingfromfluorescentintactliposomesversusthemorediffusefluorescencecharacteristicofdisruptedliposomesandsomehavesuccessfullyusedfluorescentclodronateliposomestovisualizethecellularlocationoftheseliposomesbyconfocalmicroscopyinvivo[2].Afurthercomplicatingfactoristhatpublisheddatavarieswidelyastoexactlywhenclodronateliposomesbegintoinduceapoptosisinmacrophages.Mönkönnnen etal.showthatmacrophagedeathismeasurablewithinthefirsthourafterclodronateliposometreatmentonRAW264cellsinvitro[3],while othershavereportednosignsofmacrophageapoptosisuntilseveralhoursaftertreatmentinvivo.Thevariabilityinthedataislikelyduetodifferentliposomalformulationsofclodronateaswellasthevastlydifferentexperimentalconditions.Therefore,aswithmostBIOLOGicalstudies,especiallythoseinvolvingliposomes,theamountoftimebetweentreatingtheanimalorcellswithclodronateliposomesandtheonsetofapoptosiswillneedtobeestablishedineachexperimentalmodel.IfthenatureoftheresearchdemandsthatClodrosome®betrackedratherthanthecontrol,EncapsulacanprovideDiI-labelledClodrosome®uponrequest,andassumingthattheClodrosome®distributioncandefinitivelybeassessedpriortotheonsetofapoptosis,clearandvaliddataonthebiodistributionoffluorescentClodrosome®shouldbeobtainable.Still,formostpurposes,Fluoroliposome®(fluorescentcontrolliposomes)willprovidetherequireddatawithfarfewerpotentialartifacts.
• Whenmonitoringmonocyteuptakeinvivoinnormalanimals,thecirculatingmonocytesmay“disappear”orshowreducedcountswithinthefirst2hpost-injectionduetomarginationofthemonocytespost-liposomephagocytosis.Thesecellswillre-enterthecirculationwithinafewhours.Sunderkötter etal.demonstratethisphenomenonanddiscussthebehaviorindetail.Alsoconsiderthatcirculatingmonocyteshavealifetimeofabout24hsolabeledmonocyteswillbecontinuallyleavingthecirculation,eveninnormalanimals,duetoagingofthemonocytes[4].
• WhenanimalsorcellsaretreatedwithClodrosome®,phagocyticcellsrecognizetheliposomesasinvadingforeignparticlesandproceedtoremovetheliposomesfromthelocaltissueorserumviaphagocytosis.Theliposomesthenreleaseclodronateintothecytosolresultingincelldeath.Unencapsulatedclodronatecannotcrossthecellmembranetoinitiatecelldeath.
• Encapsome®controlliposomesarerecognizedandphagocytosedbythesamemechanismasClodrosome®.Sincethecontrolliposomesdonotcontainclodronate,thephagocyticcellsarenotkilled.However,phagocytesdorespondtotheingestionofthecontrolliposomesbycytokinesecretion,temporarysuspensionofphagocyticactivityandotherresponsesdescribedintheliterature.
• Theproductmustberemovedfromthevialusingsteriletechnique.Donotuseifsterilityiscompromised.Thisisparticularlyimportantifasinglevialisaccessedmultipletimesoverseveralweeks.Theproductshouldnotbeusedmorethan60daysafterreceipt,evenifunopened.
• Liposomesmaysettlewhenleftundisturbedformorethanafewhours.Immediatelypriortouse,inordertoensureahomogeneousliposomesuspension,slowlyinvertthevialseveraltimesuntilthesuspensionappearshomogeneousbyvisualinspection.Vigorousorerraticshakingwillnotdamagetheliposomesbutmayinducefoamingandbubbleformationmakingitmoredifficulttoaccuratelymeasurethedesireddosage.
• Ifthepersonnelperformingintravenousinjectionsarenotexperiencedinorfamiliarwith,precautionsforinjectinglargervolumes(~10%animalweightinml),viscousliquidsorparticulatesuspensions,considerhavingextraanimalsavailableincaseseriousinjection-relatedadverseeventsoccur.Dosecontrolanimalsfirsttobecomefamiliarwithlargevolumeinjections.
• WithinhoursaftersystemicadmiNISTrationofClodrosome®,animalsbegintoloseimportantcomponentsoftheirimmunesystem.Standardanimalhandlingandhousingprotocolsarenotsuitableforimmunocompromisedanimals.Evenwhensuchprecautionsaretaken,monitorthegeneralhealthofeachanimalforopportunisticinfectionsunrelatedtotheexperimentalprotocol.Thereisnoinherenttoxicitytotheproductattherecommendeddoselevels.
• Whendosingintravenously,usestandardprecautionsfordosinglargervolumestoanimalsincludingthefollowing:a)warmproducttoroomtemperaturepriortodosing;b)ensurethatallairbubblesareremovedfromthesyringepriortodosing.Intravenousinjectionofairbubblesmayresultinairemboliwhichcankillorseriouslyinjureanimals;c)injectproductataslow,steadyrateofnomorethan1ml/min;d)decreaseinfusionrateifanimalsdisplayanyatypicalreactionssuchasunusualagitation.
• Infusion-relatedadversereactionsusuallyinvolvetheanimalgaspingforairorotherseizure-likemovements.Animalsoftenrecoverwithnoapparentpermanentinjury,butanypotentialeffectsonexperimentalresultsmustbeassessedbytheresearcher.
• Liposomesshouldbekeptat4°CandNEVERbefrozen.

Dosage

Appearance

m-Clodrosome®isawhitemilkysuspension,andm-Fluoroliposome®-DiAisayellowliquidsuspension,bothmadeoflargemicrosizemultilamellarliposomes.Duetotheirlargesize,someliposomesmightsettletothebottomofthevial.Ifleftsittingidleintherefrigerator,m-Fluoroliposome®-DiAwillphaseseparateandformpelletsinthebottomofthevial,leavingaclearsolutionontop.m-Clodrosome®mightdothesameonlynotasseverely.Therefore,bothshouldbegentlyshakennottoformbubblesbuttoformahomogeneoussolutionpriortouse.

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StorageandShelfLife

Storage

m-Clodrosome®andm-Fluoroliposome®shouldalwaysbestoredatinthedarkat4°C,exceptwhenbroughttoroomtemperatureforbriefperiodspriortoanimaldosing.DONOTFREEZE.Ifthesuspensionisfrozen,clodronatecanbereleasedfromtheliposomesthuslimitingitseffectivenessindepletingmacrophages.ENSisnotresponsibleforresultsgeneratedbyfrozenproduct.

ShelfLife

m-Clodrosome®andm-Fluoroliposome®aremadeondailybasis.Thebatchthatisshippedismanufacturedonthesameday.Itisadvisedtousetheproductswithin60daysofthemanufacturingdate.

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