High-Efficiency Treatment for Osteoarthritis via Self-Assembled Dual-Functionalized Nanobiologics.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive joint disease that has a complex pathogenesis and lacks effective drugs. OA develops with cartilage degeneration and inflammation, thus synthesizing a drug with both anti-inflammatory properties and cartilage-repair capacity provides a promising treatment strategy. Therefore, in this study, we report self-assembled nanobiologics composed of an engineered recombinant IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) chimeric protein with chondroitin sulfate (CS). The nanobiologics, termed ICN, exhibit extraordinary biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and good bioefficacy. Furthermore, our study revealed that ICN significantly reduced cartilage degradation, inhibited synovial inflammation, and suppressed osteophyte formation in OA rat models. The excellent therapeutic effects on OA can be attributed to the synergistic anti-inflammatory and cartilage-repair properties of ICN's constituents. Thus, our novel strategy offers insights into the development of drugs for OA treatment and research on nanobiomedicine, which can also be adapted for other diseases with similar pathologies.

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