PMID- 26516100 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160922 LR - 20151221 IS - 1873-3476 (Electronic) IS - 0378-5173 (Linking) VI - 496 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Dec 30 TI - Delivery of drugs to intracellular organelles using drug delivery systems: Analysis of research trends and targeting efficiencies. PG - 268-74 LID - S0378-5173(15)30321-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.10.053 [doi] AB - Targeting of drug delivery systems (DDSs) to specific intracellular organelles (i.e., subcellular targeting) has been investigated in numerous publications, but targeting efficiency of these systems is seldom reported. We searched scientific publications in the subcellular DDS targeting field and analyzed targeting efficiency and major formulation parameters that affect it. We identified 77 scientific publications that matched the search criteria. In the majority of these studies nanoparticle-based DDSs were applied, while liposomes, quantum dots and conjugates were used less frequently. The nucleus was the most common intracellular target, followed by mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. In 65% of the publications, DDSs surface was decorated with specific targeting residues, but the efficiency of this surface decoration was not analyzed in predominant majority of the studies. Moreover, only 23% of the analyzed publications contained quantitative data on DDSs subcellular targeting efficiency, while the majority of publications reported qualitative results only. From the analysis of publications in the subcellular targeting field, it appears that insufficient efforts are devoted to quantitative analysis of the major formulation parameters and of the DDSs' intracellular fate. Based on these findings, we provide recommendations for future studies in the field of organelle-specific drug delivery and targeting. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Maity, Amit Ranjan AU - Maity AR AD - Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. FAU - Stepensky, David AU - Stepensky D AD - Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Electronic address: davidst@bgu.ac.il. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20151026 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Pharm JT - International journal of pharmaceutics JID - 7804127 RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Drug Delivery Systems/*methods/trends MH - Endocytosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Fluid/drug effects/metabolism MH - Organelles/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Pharmaceutical Preparations/*administration & dosage/*metabolism MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Decoration with targeting residues OT - Drug delivery systems OT - Subcellular targeting OT - Targeted drug delivery OT - Targeting efficiency EDAT- 2015/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/23 06:00 CRDT- 2015/10/31 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/10/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-5173(15)30321-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.10.053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Pharm. 2015 Dec 30;496(2):268-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.10.053. Epub 2015 Oct 26.