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Cañadas Benito, Olga

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Olga
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Cañadas Benito
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/74363
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Biológicas
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Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
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Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
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    Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Protein–Lipid Interactions
    (Lipid-Protein Interactions: Methods and Protocols, 2019) Cañadas Benito, Olga; Casals Carro, Cristina; Kleinschmidt, Jörg H.
    Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a highly sensitive nonperturbing technique used for studying the thermodynamic properties of thermally induced transitions. Since these properties might be affected by ligand binding, DSC is particularly useful for the characterization of protein interactions with biomimetic membranes. The advantages of this technique over other methods consist in the direct measurement of intrinsic thermal properties of the samples, requiring no chemical modifications or extrinsic probes. This chapter describes the basic theory of DSC and provides the reader with an understanding of the capabilities of DSC instrumentation and the type of information that can be achieved from DSC studies of lipid-protein interactions. In particular, the chapter provides a detailed analysis of DSC data to assess the effects of proteins on biomimetic membranes.
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    Conserved bacterial-binding peptides of the scavenger-like human lymphocyte receptor CD6 protect from mouse experimental sepsis
    (Frontiers in Immunology, 2018) Martínez Florensa, Mario; Català, Cristina; Velasco de Andrés, María; Cañadas Benito, Olga; Fraile Ágreda, Víctor; Casadó Llombart, Sergi; Armiger Borràs, Noelia; Consuegra Fernández, Marta; Casals Carro, María Cristina; Lozano, Francisco; Kishore, Uday
    Sepsis is an unmet clinical need constituting one of the most important causes of death worldwide, a fact aggravated by the appearance of multidrug resistant strains due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics. Host innate immune receptors involved in pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) recognition represent a source of broad-spectrum therapies alternative or adjunctive to antibiotics. Among the few members of the ancient and highly conserved scavenger receptor cysteine-rich superfamily (SRCR-SF) sharing bacterial-binding properties there is CD6, a lymphocyte-specific surface receptor. Here, we analyze the bacterial-binding properties of three conserved short peptides (11-mer) mapping at extracellular SRCR domains of human CD6 (CD6.PD1, GTVEVRLEASW; CD6.PD2 GRVEMLEHGEW; and CD6.PD3, GQVEVHFRGVW). All peptides show high binding affinity for PAMPs from Gram-negative (lipopolysaccharide; Kd from 3.5 to 3,000 nM) and Gram-positive (lipoteichoic acid; Kd from 36 to 680 nM) bacteria. The CD6.PD3 peptide possesses broad bacterial-agglutination properties and improved survival of mice undergoing polymicrobial sepsis in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Accordingly, CD6.PD3 triggers a decrease in serum levels of both pro-inflammatory cytokines and bacterial load. Interestingly, CD6.PD3 shows additive survival effects on septic mice when combined with Imipenem/Cilastatin. These results illustrate the therapeutic potential of peptides retaining the bacterial-binding properties of native CD6.
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    Pulmonary surfactant protein A-mediated enrichment of surface-decorated polymeric nanoparticles in alveolar macrophages
    (Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2016) Ruge, Christian A.; Hillaireau, Hervé; Grabowski, Nadège; Beck-Broichsitter, Mortiz; Cañadas Benito, Olga; Tsapis, Nicolas; Casals Carro, María Cristina; Nicolas, Julien; Fattal, Elias
    Surfactant protein A (SP-A), a lung anti-infective protein, is a lectin with affinity for sugars found on fungal and micrococcal surfaces such as mannose. We synthesized a mannosylated poly(lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLA-PEG) copolymer and used it to produce nanoparticles with a polyester (PLGA/PLA) core and a PEG shell decorated with mannose residues, designed to be strongly associated with SP-A for an increased uptake by alveolar macrophages. Nanoparticles made of the copolymers were obtained by nanoprecipitation and displayed a size of around 140 nm. The presence of mannose on the surface was demonstrated by zeta potential changes according to pH and by a strong aggregation in the presence of concanavalin A. Mannosylated nanoparticles bound to SP-A as demonstrated by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The association with SP-A increased nanoparticle uptake by THP-1 macrophages in vitro. In vivo experiments demonstrated that after intratracheal administration of nanoparticles with or without SP-A, SP-A-coated mannosylated nanoparticles were internalized by alveolar macrophages in greater proportion than SP-A-coated nonmannosylated nanoparticles. The data demonstrate for the first time that the pool of nanoparticles available to lung cells can be changed after surface modification, using a biomimetic approach.