PMID- 33048944 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201204 LR - 20240329 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 10 DP - 2020 TI - Mannose receptor 1 expression does not determine the uptake of high-density mannose dendrimers by activated macrophages populations. PG - e0240455 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0240455 [doi] LID - e0240455 AB - The presence of a high number of macrophages within solid tumors is often significantly associated with poor prognosis and predict treatment failure for chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Macrophages are innate immune cells capable of performing diverse functions depending on the different signals from the microenvironment. The classically activated macrophage is commonly present during the early stages of tumor development while alternatively activated macrophages are associated with more advanced tumors. The distinction of the antitumoral macrophages from the pro-tumoral macrophages is not absolute. However, they have different cell surface markers such as mannose receptor (MRC1 or CD206) abundantly expressed by macrophages treated with interleukin-4 (IL-4). The important roles of macrophages in cancers suggest that it is important to develop novel therapies that target these cells. In the present study, we designed a probe using Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) fifth-generation (G5) dendrimers conjugated with mannose, Cyanine 7 (Cy7), and hydrazinonicotinamide (HYNIC) for target macrophages with high expression of MRC1 in the tumor. The intracellular uptake of 99mTc-HYNIC-dendrimer-mannose-Cy7 through the interaction with MRC1 in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) untreated or treated with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) + interferon (IFN)gamma or IL-4 was analyzed. Our results show that high-density mannose dendrimers are preferentially bound by macrophages treated by IFNgamma and LPS that express lower levels of MRC1 than for macrophages treated by IL-4 that express high levels of MRC1. Furthermore, the intracellular 99mTc-HYNIC-dendrimer-mannose-Cy7 uptake in BMDMs was not inhibited in the presence of free mannose or glucose. This result suggests that 99mTc-HYNIC-dendrimer-mannose-Cy7 is not internalized via macrophage MRC1. Based on these findings, we concluded that MRC1 expression does not determine the uptake of high-density mannose dendrimers. FAU - Kovacs, Luciana AU - Kovacs L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3139-7528 AD - Centro de Investigacao Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Cabral, Pablo AU - Cabral P AD - Departamento de Radiofarmacia, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay. FAU - Chammas, Roger AU - Chammas R AD - Centro de Investigacao Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. AD - Departamento de Radiologia e Oncologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201013 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Benzothiazoles) RN - 0 (Carbocyanines) RN - 0 (Dendrimers) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (MRC1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Organotechnetium Compounds) RN - 0 (PAMAM Starburst) RN - 0 (Radiopharmaceuticals) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) RN - 0 (hydrazinonictinamide) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 25X51I8RD4 (Niacinamide) RN - 57282-58-3 (cyanine dye 7) RN - PHA4727WTP (Mannose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Benzothiazoles/*chemistry MH - Carbocyanines/*chemistry MH - Dendrimers/*chemistry MH - Interleukin-4/pharmacology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mannose/*chemistry MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Niacinamide/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry MH - Organotechnetium Compounds/*chemistry MH - Radiopharmaceuticals/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Immunologic/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC7553290 COIS- We have a conflict of interest to disclose, one of the authors, Roger Chammas is an academic editor at PLOS ONE. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2020/10/14 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/13 CRDT- 2020/10/13 17:11 PHST- 2020/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/13 17:11 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-20-14513 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0240455 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2020 Oct 13;15(10):e0240455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240455. eCollection 2020.