Abstract
Targeting of therapeutic agents to their specific site of action not only increases the treatment efficacy, but also reduces systemic toxicity. Therefore, various drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been developed to achieve this target. However, most of those DDSs have several issues regarding biocompatibility and environmental hazard. In contrast to the synthetic DDSs, exosome-based natural carriers are biocompatible, biodegradable and safe for the environment. Since exosomes play a role in intercellular communication, they have been widely utilized as carriers for different therapeutic agents. This article was aimed to provide an overview of exosomes as an environment-friendly DDS in terms of engineering, isolation, characterization, application and limitation.
Keywords: Drug targeting, biological DDS, green DDS, exosome, bionanocarrier, vesicular carrier.
Graphical Abstract
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1517/17425247.2015.1086745] [PMID: 26358656]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.04.026] [PMID: 27155363]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2179-5]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2014.12.003] [PMID: 25543006]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00432-014-1767-3] [PMID: 25005786]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00543.x] [PMID: 10469134]
[PMID: 23898223]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.03.040] [PMID: 27049069]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.04.048] [PMID: 25899286]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/1061186X.2012.719231] [PMID: 22994427]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2015.03.024] [PMID: 26903771]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-2508] [PMID: 17000692]
[PMID: 24324087]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1208/s12249-018-1249-z] [PMID: 30617674]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2003.09.010] [PMID: 14684272]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/hum.2014.052] [PMID: 25569358]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04414.x] [PMID: 16307601]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2019.1577887] [PMID: 30873877]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.14471] [PMID: 27217833]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009603023214] [PMID: 14646500]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2016.05.047] [PMID: 27470404]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.08.035] [PMID: 30165139]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics10030159] [PMID: 30213143]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11095-014-1557-2] [PMID: 25366547]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wnan.1325] [PMID: 25583540]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S596] [PMID: 18686775]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00304]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.05.055] [PMID: 28559215]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2016.07.021] [PMID: 27496050]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.02.006] [PMID: 26928656]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gt.2008.41] [PMID: 18369324]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187153009789839156]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iub.478] [PMID: 21766411]
[http://dx.doi.org//10.1016/j.addr.2016.02.007] [PMID: 26941164]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.04.029] [PMID: 22594972]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.12.040] [PMID: 30586597]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.04.021] [PMID: 27129442]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.087] [PMID: 20619379]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.09.007] [PMID: 27641944]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2016.07.006] [PMID: 27459604]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-973X.167646] [PMID: 26682187]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/aps.2017.162] [PMID: 29219950]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.014] [PMID: 29448174]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm.2017.125] [PMID: 29339798]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.043] [PMID: 26967288]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2016.02.001] [PMID: 27471669]
[PMID: 22619510]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gpb.2015.02.001] [PMID: 25724326]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13588] [PMID: 27882925]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2014.05.004] [PMID: 24959705]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-017-2595-9] [PMID: 28733901]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI81135] [PMID: 27035812]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.07.037] [PMID: 30064087]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61186] [PMID: 28936243]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.21945] [PMID: 29290805]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2017.03.001] [PMID: 28300659]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.03.033] [PMID: 25836593]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.07.011] [PMID: 28715655]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.11.083] [PMID: 24345736]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.09.013] [PMID: 28916446]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn402232g] [PMID: 24004438]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.10.008] [PMID: 27742443]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/58310]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.13070/mm.en.5.1450]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2018.10.004] [PMID: 30316797]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6MB00082G] [PMID: 27030573]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201600699] [PMID: 28166394]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00479] [PMID: 30192545]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2015.01.003] [PMID: 25659648]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.02.019] [PMID: 25766927]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7LC00592J] [PMID: 28832692]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jev.v4.27031] [PMID: 26194179]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15717-7] [PMID: 29127410]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2018.09.015] [PMID: 30341012]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-017-1374-6] [PMID: 29316942]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145686] [PMID: 26690353]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2015.01.003] [PMID: 25659648]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12951-018-0403-9] [PMID: 30326899]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170628] [PMID: 28114422]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00050] [PMID: 25762995]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2016.2759] [PMID: 28025988]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33641] [PMID: 27640641]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi9120634] [PMID: 30501125]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.01.002] [PMID: 22285593]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2010.105] [PMID: 20571541]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2018.05.020] [PMID: 29935333]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2015.10.012] [PMID: 26586551]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.07.042] [PMID: 25084218]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2013.12.001] [PMID: 24333249]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2019.02.011] [PMID: 30771430]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1807] [PMID: 21423189]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/58814]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2012.180] [PMID: 23032975]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranon.2018.08.021] [PMID: 30393102]
[PMID: 24747178]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks463]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.08.014] [PMID: 23994516]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10616-016-9952-7] [PMID: 26856590]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.10.001] [PMID: 30290245]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.11.029] [PMID: 25483424]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11101-010-9183-z] [PMID: 20835386]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5BM00583C] [PMID: 26977477]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00082] [PMID: 28289371]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03733-8] [PMID: 29610454]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08982104.2016.1259628] [PMID: 27834116]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2016-0154] [PMID: 27558906]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/nnm.15.118] [PMID: 26420143]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/aps.2017.12] [PMID: 28392567]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2019.02.011] [PMID: 30771430]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2018.10.039] [PMID: 30419348]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2018.08.001] [PMID: 30098399]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.18133] [PMID: 28255367]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-3-10] [PMID: 15740633]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-3-9] [PMID: 15723705]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2008.1] [PMID: 18362931]