Duvall Lab Poster 2018

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Advanced Therapeutics Laboratory Craig Duvall, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Overview

Scaffolds and Cell Delivery NSF CAREER & NIH NIBIB R01

Local Delivery of siRNA Modulates Tissue Healing

ROS-Responsive Materials Match Degradation to Tissue Infiltration

Breast Cancer Therapies DOD BCRP & NIH NCI R01

The Advanced Therapeutics Laboratory focuses on the design and applications of novel polymer-based materials for drug delivery pH Responsive Hydrophobicity

Improved siRNA Polyplex Chemistries for In Vivo Gene Knockdown In Vivo Luciferase Knockdown

Thermal Gelation

Days

Local Degradation

Environmental Activation

siRNA Lipid Conjugates for Carrier-Free Gene Silencing

“Smart” polymers can respond to changes in temperature, pH, reactive oxygen species, enzymes, and more!

ROS-Shielding Hydrogels for Therapeutic Cell Delivery

“RAFT” Polymerization Allows Rational Design of Diverse Polymers RAFT Chain Transfer Reagent

Polymer

Monomer (M) Initiator

PDN Hydrogels Solidify Upon Heating

Allows Many Polymer Backbone Architectures

Defined End Groups for Pre- or PostPolymerization Conjugates = R Group

Osteoarthritis Therapies

= Z Group

Vascular Graft Therapies

DOD PRORP

NIH NHLBI R01

1 .5

Polymer-enhanced Peptide Drug Delivery Prevents Vascular Graft Failure Polymeric Materials to Tackle Multi-Scalar Drug Delivery Challenges

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1 .0

Nanoparticle Formulation

Intracellular Delivery Cellular Internalization

pH-responsive Polymer

Gal8-YFP Reporter Cell

Glycan

Endosome

EndosomalMembrane Disrupted; Gal8 binds and induces punctate fluorescence

0 .5

pH-triggered Endosomal Escape

Therapeutic Peptide

Nanoparticles

for intracellular biologic drug delivery

Microspheres for local, controlled drug release

Vein graft harvest

PPS-MS

60 min

Surgical Implantation

Nanoparticle

Ex vivo treatment

Improved Graft Patency

Galectin-8 recruitment shows real time endosomal escape

Graft Copolymer Library for Structure-Function Characterization

(x107) 5

Cartilage Damage (CII680)

Endosome

0 min

Clinical Application

Scaffolds

for large tissue defects

Gal8

Peptide

No Tx

B a re N P

m A b C II N P

0 .0

Gal8-YFP Reporter Cell

YFP

Intra-articular Drug Delivery Treats Osteoarthritis 8 Saline

Emulsion

YFP Gal8

Antioxidant Microspheres Provide Local Sustained Drug Delivery

PPS Poly(Propylenesulfide)

Endosomal Membrane Intact; Gal8 binding blocked

Intracellular Release

+O A

Antioxidant Microspheres

Endosome Escape Screening

Electrostatic Complexation

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No Tx

Intracellular Delivery of siRNA N o r m a liz e d

Targeted Accumulation in Joint Space

M M P - 1 3 E x p r e s s io n

Antibody Conjugated Nanoparticles Target Damaged Cartilage

CDMRP 11 Fellowships since 2010

BCRP & PRORP

PBS

Alkyl Side Chains Modulate pH-dependent Hemolysis

pAA

70:30 Octyl