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Table 4 Different approaches used in bacterial OMVs for different therapeutic purposes

From: Prokaryotic microvesicles Ortholog of eukaryotic extracellular vesicles in biomedical fields

Bacterial Species

Cargo Loaded

Loading Method

Application

References

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Doxorubicin-loaded OMVs

Incubation

Anti-tumor efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer

[178]

Escherichia coli

Loading indocyanine green to modified OMVs with a synthesized αvβ3 integrin targeting ligand and arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid

The fusion effect and electrostatic interaction

Melanoma

[179]

Escherichia coli

Spy ligation to factor hemoglobin protease on the surface of OMVs

Incubation

Vaccine design

[180]

Escherichia coli

Melanin

Genetic engineering of parent bacteria

Cancer

[181]

Escherichia coli

siRNA

Electroporation

Cancer therapy

[182]

Escherichia coli

NanoLuc Luciferase enzyme

Genetic engineering

Bioluminescence Imaging

[183]

Escherichia coli

Inhibitor of Indoleamine2,3-dioxygenase

Electroporation

Cancer Immunotherapy

[184]

Escherichia coli

NanoLuc Luciferase enzyme

Genetic engineering

As modular nanodevices for biosensing and bioimaging

[185]

Klebsiella pneumonia

Doxorubicin

Incubation

Anti-tumor in non-small-cell lung cancer

[178]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gold NPs

Electroporation

Drug delivery

[186]

Escherichia coli

PD-1 Plasmid

Engineered to express the targeted polypeptide LyP1

Cancer Immunotherapy

[187]

Escherichia coli

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with 5-FU

Ultracentrifugation

Drug delivery system

[188]

Acinetobacter aumannii

Antibiotics

ND

Vesicle-based drug efflux mechanism

[176]

Salmonella typhimurium

Ovalbumin

Genetic manipulation

Maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells

[189]

Escherichia coli

Shiga toxin

Ultracentrifugation

Cytotoxicity assays

[190]