Surface avidity of anionic polypeptide coatings target nanoparticles to cancer-associated amino acid transporters
Ivan Susin Pires, Margaret M. Billingsley, Ezra Gordon, Andrew J. Pickering, Eva Cai, Gonzalo J. Esparza, Mae L. Pryor, Alexander D. Stoneman, Aidan Kindopp, Darrell J. Irvine, Paula Therese Hammond
The paper shows that anionic polypeptide coatings on nanoparticles bind to cancer-associated amino acid transporters, enabling targeted drug delivery through electrostatic interactions and transporter clustering.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Dec 22, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering