PMID- 34642724 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211101 LR - 20211101 IS - 2040-3372 (Electronic) IS - 2040-3364 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 41 DP - 2021 Oct 28 TI - Evaluating the single-molecule interactions between targeted peptides and the receptors on living cell membrane. PG - 17318-17324 LID - 10.1039/d1nr05547j [doi] AB - As potential ligands, targeted peptides have become an important part in the construction of intelligent drug delivery systems (DDSs). The targeting interaction of peptides with receptors is a key point affecting the efficacy of targeted nano-drugs. Herein, three common peptides (HAIYPRH (T7), YHWYGYTPQNVI (GE11), and RGD) that have been widely used in cancer targeted therapy and tumor diagnostics, targeting the corresponding receptors (transferrin receptor (TfR), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and alpha(nu)beta(3) integrin receptor), were selected as examples to study the targeting interacton on living cell surface at the single-molecule level by using single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) based on atomic force microscopy (AFM). The dissociation activation energy in the absence of an external force (DeltaG(beta,0)) of T7-TfR, GE11-EGFR, and RGD-alpha(nu)beta(3) integrin is evaluated at single-molecule level. Among these three peptide-receptor pairs, the T7-TfR bond is the most stable with a smaller dissociation kinetic rate constant at zero force (K(off)), larger kinetic on-rate constant (K(on)), and shorter interaction time (tau). Furthermore, T7 can target TfR even more effectively on A549 cell membrane after treatment with drugs. Our methodology can also be applicable to the study of other ligand targeted DDSs. FAU - Li, Siying AU - Li S AD - School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. FAU - Pang, Xuelei AU - Pang X AD - School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. FAU - Zhao, Jing AU - Zhao J AD - School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. FAU - Zhang, Qingrong AU - Zhang Q AD - School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. FAU - Shan, Yuping AU - Shan Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1718-4067 AD - School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211028 PL - England TA - Nanoscale JT - Nanoscale JID - 101525249 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Membrane MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - Ligands MH - Microscopy, Atomic Force MH - *Peptides EDAT- 2021/10/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/03 06:00 CRDT- 2021/10/13 07:10 PHST- 2021/10/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/13 07:10 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d1nr05547j [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nanoscale. 2021 Oct 28;13(41):17318-17324. doi: 10.1039/d1nr05547j.