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Fathy MM, Elfiky AA, Bashandy YS, Hamdy MM, Elgharib AM, Ibrahim IM, Kamal RT, Mohamed AS, Rashad AM, Ahmed OS, Elkaramany Y, Abdelaziz YS, Amin FG, Eid JI. An insight into synthesis and antitumor activity of citrate and gallate stabilizing gold nanospheres. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2749. [PMID: 36797452 PMCID: PMC9935520 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29821-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Both gallic and citrate are well-established antioxidants that show promise as new selective anti-cancer drugs. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as well can be developed as flexible and nontoxic nano-carriers for anti-cancer drugs. This article evaluating the efficiency and biocompatibility of gallic acid and citrate capping gold nanoparticles to be used as anti-cancer drug. The biosafety and therapeutic efficiency of prepared nano-formulations were tested on Hela and normal BHK cell line. Gold nanospheres coated with citrate and gallate were synthesized via wet chemical reduction method. The prepared nano-formulations, citrate and gallate coated gold nanospheres (Cit-AuNPs and Ga-AuNPs), were characterized with respect to their morphology, FTIR spectra, and physical properties. In addition, to assess their cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest and flow cytometry to measure biological response were performed. Cit-Au NPs and Ga-Au NPs were shown to significantly reduce the viability of Hela cancer cells. Both G0/G cell cycle arrest and comet assay results showed that genotoxic effect was induced in Hela cells by Cit-Au NPs and Ga-Au NPs. The results of this study showed that Cit-Au NPs and Ga-AuNPs inhibit the growth of metastatic cervical cancer cells, which could have therapeutic implications.
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- Mohamed M. Fathy
- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biotechnology and Biomolecular Chemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biotechnology and Biomolecular Chemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biotechnology and Biomolecular Chemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biotechnology and Biomolecular Chemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Virology and Immunology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Biotechnology and Biomolecular Chemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- grid.7155.60000 0001 2260 6941Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- grid.7776.10000 0004 0639 9286Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Gong S, Wang T, Lin J, Wang L. Patterning of Polymer-Functionalized Nanoparticles with Varied Surface Mobilities of Polymers. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1254. [PMID: 36770260 PMCID: PMC9920074 DOI: 10.3390/ma16031254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The polymers can be either dynamically tethered to or permanently grafted to the nanoparticle to produce polymer-functionalized nanoparticles. The surface mobility of polymer ligands with one end anchored to the nanoparticle can affect the surface pattern, but the effect remains unclear. Here, we addressed the influence of lateral polymer mobility on surface patterns by performing self-consistent field theory calculations on a modeled polymer-functionalized nanoparticle consisting of immobile and mobile brushes. The results show that except for the radius of nanoparticles and grafting density, the fraction of mobile brushes substantially influences the surface patterning of polymer-functionalized nanoparticles, including striped patterns and patchy patterns with various patches. The number of patches on a nanoparticle increases as the fraction of mobile brushes decreases, favored by the entropy of immobile brushes. Critically, we found that broken symmetry usually occurs in patchy nanoparticles, associated with the balance of enthalpic and entropic effects. The present work provides a fundamental understanding of the dependence of surface patterning on lateral polymer mobility. The work could also guide the preparation of diversified nanopatterns, especially for the asymmetric patchy nanoparticles, enabling the fundamental investigation of the interaction between polymer-functionalized nanoparticles.
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Dallin BC, Kelkar AS, Van Lehn RC. Structural features of interfacial water predict the hydrophobicity of chemically heterogeneous surfaces. Chem Sci 2023; 14:1308-1319. [PMID: 36756335 PMCID: PMC9891380 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02856e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The hydrophobicity of an interface determines the magnitude of hydrophobic interactions that drive numerous biological and industrial processes. Chemically heterogeneous interfaces are abundant in these contexts; examples include the surfaces of proteins, functionalized nanomaterials, and polymeric materials. While the hydrophobicity of nonpolar solutes can be predicted and related to the structure of interfacial water molecules, predicting the hydrophobicity of chemically heterogeneous interfaces remains a challenge because of the complex, non-additive contributions to hydrophobicity that depend on the chemical identity and nanoscale spatial arrangements of polar and nonpolar groups. In this work, we utilize atomistic molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with enhanced sampling and data-centric analysis techniques to quantitatively relate changes in interfacial water structure to the hydration free energy (a thermodynamically well-defined descriptor of hydrophobicity) of chemically heterogeneous interfaces. We analyze a large data set of 58 self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) composed of ligands with nonpolar and polar end groups of different chemical identity (amine, amide, and hydroxyl) in five mole fractions, two spatial patterns, and with scaled partial charges. We find that only five features of interfacial water structure are required to accurately predict hydration free energies. Examination of these features reveals mechanistic insights into the interfacial hydrogen bonding behaviors that distinguish different surface compositions and patterns. This analysis also identifies the probability of highly coordinated water structures as a unique signature of hydrophobicity. These insights provide a physical basis to understand the hydrophobicity of chemically heterogeneous interfaces and connect hydrophobicity to experimentally accessible perturbations of interfacial water structure.
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- Bradley C. Dallin
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison1415 Engineering DriveMadisonWI53706USA+1-608-263-9487
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison1415 Engineering DriveMadisonWI53706USA+1-608-263-9487
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison1415 Engineering DriveMadisonWI53706USA+1-608-263-9487
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Cao Y, Lee S, Kim K, Kwak JY, Kang SH. Real-time six-dimensional spatiotemporal tracking of single anisotropic nanoparticles in live cells by integrated multifunctional light-sheet nanoscopy. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:54. [PMID: 36642770 PMCID: PMC9841004 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05633-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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An integrated multifunctional light-sheet nanoscopy (iMLSN) combined with differential interference contrast, total internal reflection, epifluorescence, a super-resolution radial fluctuation-stream module, and a wavelength-dependent light sheet was developed to simultaneously realize the six-dimensional (6D) vector-valued (three coordinates + rotational dynamics (azimuth and elevation angles) + transport speed) tracking of anisotropic nanoparticles in single living cells. The wavelength-dependent asymmetric scattering of light by gold nanorods was used to trigger signals depending on the polarizer angle, and real-time photo-switching was achieved by turning the polarizer, obtaining a series of super-resolution images, and tracking using different polarization directions and two channels. This technique was employed to directly observe native gold nanorods (AuNRs; 5 nm diameter × 15 nm length) and surface-functionalized AuNRs during their endocytosis and transport at the upper and attaching side membrane regions of single living cells, revealing that the AuNRs bound to the membrane receptors. The nanorods were subsequently internalized and transported away from the original entry spots. Detailed dynamic information regarding the rotation properties and endocytosis speed during the transmembrane process was also acquired for each region. The developed technique can be considered useful for the real-time monitoring of intracellular transport at various regions in single living cells, as well as for 6D vector-valued non-fluorescence super-resolution imaging and tracking.
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- Yingying Cao
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 17104 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 17104 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 17104 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 World Cup-Ro, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 16499 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 17104 Republic of Korea ,Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 17104 Republic of Korea
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Giunta CI, Nazemi SA, Olesińska M, Shahgaldian P. Plasmonic photothermal activation of an organosilica shielded cold-adapted lipase co-immobilised with gold nanoparticles on silica particles. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2022; 5:81-87. [PMID: 36605806 PMCID: PMC9765444 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00605g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), owing to their intrinsic plasmonic properties, are widely used in applications ranging from nanotechnology and nanomedicine to catalysis and bioimaging. Capitalising on the ability of AuNPs to generate nanoscale heat upon optical excitation, we designed a nanobiocatalyst with enhanced cryophilic properties. It consists of gold nanoparticles and enzyme molecules, co-immobilised onto a silica scaffold, and shielded within a nanometre-thin organosilica layer. To produce such a hybrid system, we developed and optimized a synthetic method allowing efficient AuNP covalent immobilisation on the surface of silica particles (SPs). Our procedure allows to reach a dense and homogeneous AuNP surface coverage. After enzyme co-immobilisation, a nanometre-thin organosilica layer was grown on the surface of the SPs. This layer was designed to fulfil the dual function of protecting the enzyme from the surrounding environment and allowing the confinement, at the nanometre scale, of the heat diffusing from the AuNPs after surface plasmon resonance photothermal activation. To establish this proof of concept, we used an industrially relevant lipase enzyme, namely Lipase B from Candida Antarctica (CalB). Herein, we demonstrate the possibility to photothermally activate the so-engineered enzymes at temperatures as low as -10 °C.
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- Carolina I Giunta
- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Hofackerstrasse 30 Muttenz CH-4132 Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Hofackerstrasse 30 Muttenz CH-4132 Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Hofackerstrasse 30 Muttenz CH-4132 Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Hofackerstrasse 30 Muttenz CH-4132 Switzerland
- Swiss Nanoscience Institute Klingelbergstrasse 82 Basel CH-4056 Switzerland
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Zeng X, Wang Y, Huang YS, Han J, Sun W, Butt HJ, Liang XJ, Wu S. Amphiphilic Metallodrug Assemblies with Red-Light-Enhanced Cellular Internalization and Tumor Penetration for Anticancer Phototherapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2205461. [PMID: 36366920 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Metallodrugs are widely used in cancer treatment. The modification of metallodrugs with polyethylene glycol (PEGylation) prolongs blood circulation and improves drug accumulation in tumors; it represents a general strategy for drug delivery. However, PEGylation hinders cellular internalization and tumor penetration, which reduce therapeutic efficacy. Herein, the red-light-enhanced cellular internalization and tumor penetration of a PEGylated anticancer agent, PEGylated Ru complex (Ru-PEG), are reported upon. Ru-PEG contains a red-light-cleavable PEG ligand, anticancer Ru complex moiety, and fluorescent pyrene group for imaging and self-assembly. Ru-PEG self-assembles into vesicles that circulate in the bloodstream and accumulate in the tumors. Red-light irradiation induces dePEGylation and changes the Ru-PEG vesicles to large compound micelles with smaller diameters and higher zeta potentials, which enhance tumor penetration and cellular internalization. Red-light irradiation also generates intracellular 1 O2 , which induces the death of cancer cells. This work presents a new strategy to enhance the cellular internalization and tumor penetration of anticancer agents for efficient phototherapy.
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- Xiaolong Zeng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-Tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Guo D, Lei JH, Rong D, Zhang T, Zhang B, Tang Z, Shen H, Deng C, Qu S. Photocatalytic Pt(IV)-Coordinated Carbon Dots for Precision Tumor Therapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2205106. [PMID: 36307905 PMCID: PMC9798972 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Rapid, efficient, and precise cancer therapy is highly desired. Here, this work reports solvothermally synthesized photoactivatable Pt(IV)-coordinated carbon dots (Pt-CDs) and their bovine serum albumin (BSA) complex (Pt-CDs@BSA) as a novel orange light-triggered anti-tumor therapeutic agent. The homogeneously distributed Pt(IV) in the Pt-CDs (Pt: 17.2 wt%) and their carbon cores with significant visible absorption exhibit excellent photocatalytic properties, which not only efficiently releases cytotoxic Pt(II) species but also promotes hydroxy radical generation from water under orange light. When triggered with a 589 nm laser, Pt-CDs@BSA possesses the ultrastrong cancer cell killing capacities of intracellular Pt(II) species release, hydroxyl radical generation, and acidification, which induce powerful immunogenic cell death. Activation of Pt-CDs@BSA by a single treatment with a 589 nm laser effectively eliminated the primary tumor and inhibited distant tumor growth and lung metastasis. This study thus presents a new concept for building photoactivatable Pt(IV)-enriched nanodrug-based CDs for precision cancer therapy.
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- Dongbo Guo
- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of EducationInstitute of Applied Physics and Materials EngineeringUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- School of Biomedical EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China SeaHainan University570228HaikouChina
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- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- MOE Frontier Science Centre for Precision OncologyCancer CenterFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of EducationInstitute of Applied Physics and Materials EngineeringUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of EducationInstitute of Applied Physics and Materials EngineeringUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of EducationInstitute of Applied Physics and Materials EngineeringUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- MOE Frontier Science Centre for Precision OncologyCancer CenterFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- Department of Physics and ChemistryUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- MOE Frontier Science Centre for Precision OncologyCancer CenterFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- MOE Frontier Science Centre for Precision OncologyCancer CenterFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of EducationInstitute of Applied Physics and Materials EngineeringUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- MOE Frontier Science Centre for Precision OncologyCancer CenterFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
- Department of Physics and ChemistryUniversity of MacauTaipaMacau SARChina
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Hasanzadeh A, Hamblin MR, Kiani J, Noori H, Hardie JM, Karimi M, Shafiee H. Could artificial intelligence revolutionize the development of nanovectors for gene therapy and mRNA vaccines? NANO TODAY 2022; 47:101665. [PMID: 37034382 PMCID: PMC10081506 DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Gene therapy enables the introduction of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA into host cells, and is expected to revolutionize the treatment of a wide range of diseases. This growth has been further accelerated by the discovery of CRISPR/Cas technology, which allows accurate genomic editing in a broad range of cells and organisms in vitro and in vivo. Despite many advances in gene delivery and the development of various viral and non-viral gene delivery vectors, the lack of highly efficient non-viral systems with low cellular toxicity remains a challenge. The application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to find new paradigms to solve this issue. Herein, we review AI and its major subfields including machine learning (ML), neural networks (NNs), expert systems, deep learning (DL), computer vision and robotics. We discuss the potential of AI-based models and algorithms in the design of targeted gene delivery vehicles capable of crossing extracellular and intracellular barriers by viral mimicry strategies. We finally discuss the role of AI in improving the function of CRISPR/Cas systems, developing novel nanobots, and mRNA vaccine carriers.
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- Akbar Hasanzadeh
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
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- Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Science, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Radiation Biology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02139 USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran
- Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 141556559, Iran
- Applied Biotechnology Research Centre, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1584743311, Iran
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02139 USA
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Youden B, Jiang R, Carrier AJ, Servos MR, Zhang X. A Nanomedicine Structure-Activity Framework for Research, Development, and Regulation of Future Cancer Therapies. ACS NANO 2022; 16:17497-17551. [PMID: 36322785 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c06337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite their clinical success in drug delivery applications, the potential of theranostic nanomedicines is hampered by mechanistic uncertainty and a lack of science-informed regulatory guidance. Both the therapeutic efficacy and the toxicity of nanoformulations are tightly controlled by the complex interplay of the nanoparticle's physicochemical properties and the individual patient/tumor biology; however, it can be difficult to correlate such information with observed outcomes. Additionally, as nanomedicine research attempts to gradually move away from large-scale animal testing, the need for computer-assisted solutions for evaluation will increase. Such models will depend on a clear understanding of structure-activity relationships. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the field of cancer nanomedicine and provides a knowledge framework and foundational interaction maps that can facilitate future research, assessments, and regulation. By forming three complementary maps profiling nanobio interactions and pathways at different levels of biological complexity, a clear picture of a nanoparticle's journey through the body and the therapeutic and adverse consequences of each potential interaction are presented.
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- Brian Youden
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
- Department of Medical Physics, Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 1G3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2, Canada
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Ou L, Chen H, Yuan B, Yang K. Membrane-Specific Binding of 4 nm Lipid Nanoparticles Mediated by an Entropy-Driven Interaction Mechanism. ACS NANO 2022; 16:18090-18100. [PMID: 36278503 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a leading biomimetic drug delivery platform due to their distinctive advantages and highly tunable formulations. A mechanistic understanding of the interaction between LNPs and cell membranes is essential for developing the cell-targeted carriers for precision medicine. Here the interactions between sub 10 nm cationic LNPs (cLNPs; e.g., 4 nm in size) and varying model cell membranes are systematically investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We find that the membrane-binding behavior of cLNPs is governed by a two-step mechanism that is initiated by direct contact followed by a more crucial lipid exchange (dissociation of cLNP's coating lipids and subsequent flip and intercalation into the membrane). Importantly, our simulations demonstrate that the membrane binding of cLNPs is an entropy-driven process, which thus enables cLNPs to differentiate between membranes having different lipid compositions (e.g., the outer and inner membranes of bacteria vs the red blood cell membranes). Accordingly, the possible strategies to drive the membrane-targeting behaviors of cLNPs, which mainly depend on the entropy change in the complicated entropy-enthalpy competition of the cLNP-membrane interaction process, are investigated. Our work unveils the molecular mechanism underlying the membrane selectivity of cLNPs and provides useful hints to develop cLNPs as membrane-targeting agents for precision medicine.
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- Luping Ou
- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan523808, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Meesaragandla B, Komaragiri Y, Schlüter R, Otto O, Delcea M. The impact of cell culture media on the interaction of biopolymer-functionalized gold nanoparticles with cells: mechanical and toxicological properties. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16643. [PMID: 36198715 PMCID: PMC9534915 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20691-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Understanding the nanoparticle-cell interactions in physiological media is vital in determining the biological fate of the nanoparticles (NPs). These interactions depend on the physicochemical properties of the NPs and their colloidal behavior in cell culture media (CCM). Furthermore, the impact of the bioconjugates made by nanoparticle with proteins from CCM on the mechanical properties of cells upon interaction is unknown. Here, we analyzed the time dependent stability of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized with citrate, dextran-10, dextrin and chitosan polymers in protein poor- and protein rich CCM. Further, we implemented the high-throughput technology real-time deformability cytometry (RT-DC) to investigate the impact of AuNP-bioconjugates on the cell mechanics of HL60 suspension cells. We found that dextrin-AuNPs form stable bioconjugates in both CCM and have a little impact on cell mechanics, ROS production and cell viability. In contrast, positively charged chitosan-AuNPs were observed to form spherical and non-spherical aggregated conjugates in both CCM and to induce increased cytotoxicity. Citrate- and dextran-10-AuNPs formed spherical and non-spherical aggregated conjugates in protein rich- and protein poor CCM and induced at short incubation times cell stiffening. We anticipate based on our results that dextrin-AuNPs can be used for therapeutic purposes as they show lower cytotoxicity and insignificant changes in cell physiology.
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- Brahmaiah Meesaragandla
- Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.,ZIK HIKE-Zentrum Für Innovationskompetenz "Humorale Immunreaktionen Bei Kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen", Fleischmannstraße 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- ZIK HIKE-Zentrum Für Innovationskompetenz "Humorale Immunreaktionen Bei Kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen", Fleischmannstraße 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung), Partner Site, Greifswald, Germany.,Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 6, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- Imaging Center of the Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 15, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- ZIK HIKE-Zentrum Für Innovationskompetenz "Humorale Immunreaktionen Bei Kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen", Fleischmannstraße 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.,DZHK (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung), Partner Site, Greifswald, Germany.,Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 6, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, 17489, Greifswald, Germany. .,ZIK HIKE-Zentrum Für Innovationskompetenz "Humorale Immunreaktionen Bei Kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen", Fleischmannstraße 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany. .,DZHK (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung), Partner Site, Greifswald, Germany.
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Das R, Hardie J, Joshi BP, Zhang X, Gupta A, Luther DC, Fedeli S, Farkas ME, Rotello VM. Macrophage-Encapsulated Bioorthogonal Nanozymes for Targeting Cancer Cells. JACS AU 2022; 2:1679-1685. [PMID: 35911454 PMCID: PMC9327086 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Macrophages migrate to tumor sites by following chemoattractant gradients secreted by tumor cells, providing a truly active targeting strategy for cancer therapy. However, macrophage-based delivery faces challenges of cargo loading, control of release, and effects of the payload on the macrophage vehicle. We present a strategy that employs bioorthogonal "nanozymes" featuring transition metal catalysts (TMCs) to provide intracellular "factories" for the conversion of prodyes and prodrugs into imaging agents and chemotherapeutics. These nanozymes solubilize and stabilize the TMCs by embedding them into self-assembled monolayer coating gold nanoparticles. Nanozymes delivered into macrophages were intracellularly localized and retained activity even after prolonged (72 h) incubation. Significantly, nanozyme-loaded macrophages maintained their inherent migratory ability toward tumor cell chemoattractants, efficiently killing cancer cells in cocultures. This work establishes the potential of nanozyme-loaded macrophages for tumor site activation of prodrugs, providing readily tunable dosages and delivery rates while minimizing off-target toxicity of chemotherapeutics.
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Dheyab MA, Aziz AA, Moradi Khaniabadi P, Jameel MS, Oladzadabbasabadi N, Mohammed SA, Abdullah RS, Mehrdel B. Monodisperse Gold Nanoparticles: A Review on Synthesis and Their Application in Modern Medicine. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:7400. [PMID: 35806405 PMCID: PMC9266776 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are becoming increasingly popular as drug carriers due to their unique properties such as size tenability, multivalency, low toxicity and biocompatibility. AuNPs have physical features that distinguish them from bulk materials, small molecules and other nanoscale particles. Their unique combination of characteristics is just now being fully realized in various biomedical applications. In this review, we focus on the research accomplishments and new opportunities in this field, and we describe the rising developments in the use of monodisperse AuNPs for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This study addresses the key principles and the most recent published data, focusing on monodisperse AuNP synthesis, surface modifications, and future theranostic applications. Moving forward, we also consider the possible development of functionalized monodisperse AuNPs for theranostic applications based on these efforts. We anticipate that as research advances, flexible AuNPs will become a crucial platform for medical applications.
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- Mohammed Ali Dheyab
- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia; (M.S.J.); (S.A.M.); (R.S.A.)
- Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia; (M.S.J.); (S.A.M.); (R.S.A.)
- Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
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- Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, College of Medicine and Health Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 112, Oman;
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia; (M.S.J.); (S.A.M.); (R.S.A.)
- Nano-Biotechnology Research and Innovation (NanoBRI), Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
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- Food Biopolymer Research Group, Food Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia;
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- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Malaysia; (M.S.J.); (S.A.M.); (R.S.A.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy & Health Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA;
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Schwartz‐Duval AS, Sokolov KV. Prospecting Cellular Gold Nanoparticle Biomineralization as a Viable Alternative to Prefabricated Gold Nanoparticles. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2105957. [PMID: 35508715 PMCID: PMC9284136 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202105957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have shown considerable potential in a vast number of biomedical applications. However, currently there are no clinically approved injectable GNP formulations. Conversely, gold salts have been used in the clinic for nearly a century. Further, there is evidence of GNP formation in patients treated with gold salts (i.e., chrysiasis). Recent reports evaluating this phenomenon in human cells and in murine models indicate that the use of gold ions for in situ formation of theranostic GNPs could greatly improve the delivery within dense biological tissues, increase efficiency of intracellular gold uptake, and specificity of GNP formation within cancer cells. These attributes in combination with safe clinical application of gold salts make this process a viable strategy for clinical translation. Here, the first summary of the current knowledge related to GNP biomineralization in mammalian cells is provided along with critical assessment of potential biomedical applications of this newly emergent field.
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- Aaron S. Schwartz‐Duval
- Department of Imaging PhysicsThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center1515 Holcombe BoulevardHoustonTX77030USA
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- Department of Imaging PhysicsThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center1515 Holcombe BoulevardHoustonTX77030USA
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences6767 Bertner AveHoustonTX77030USA
- Department of BioengineeringRice University6100 Main St.HoustonTX77030USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringThe University of Texas at Austin107 W Dean Keeton St.AustinTX78712USA
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Srivastava I, Xue R, Jones J, Rhee H, Flatt K, Gruev V, Nie S. Biomimetic Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoparticles with Improved Dispersibility, Signal Brightness, and Tumor Targeting Functions. ACS NANO 2022; 16:8051-8063. [PMID: 35471820 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c01062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The development of biocompatible and nontoxic surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles is of considerable current interest because of their attractive biomedical applications such as ultrasensitive in vitro diagnostics, in vivo tumor imaging, and spectroscopy-guided cancer surgery. However, current SERS nanoparticles are prepared and stored in aqueous solution, have limited stability and dispersibility, and are not suitable for lyophilization and storage by freeze-drying or other means. Here, we report a simple but robust method to coat colloidal SERS nanoparticles by naturally derived biomimetic red blood cell membranes (RBCM), leading to a dramatic improvement in stability and dispersibility under freeze-thawing, lyophilization, heating, and physiological conditions. The results demonstrate that the lyophilized SERS nanoparticles in the solid form can be readily dissolved and dispersed in physiological buffer solutions. A surprising finding is that the RBCM-coated SERS particles are considerably brighter (by as much as 5-fold) than PEGylated SERS particles under similar experimental conditions. This additional enhancement is believed to arise from the hydrophobic nature of RBCM's hydrocarbon chains, which is known to reduce electronic dampening and boost electromagnetic field enhancement. A further advantage in using biomimetic membrane coatings is that the bilayer membrane structure allows nonvalent insertion of molecular ligands for tumor targeting. In particular, we show that cyclic-RGD, a tumor-targeting peptide, can be efficiently inserted into the membrane coatings of SERS nanoparticles for targeting the ανβ3 integrin receptors expressed on cancer cells. Thus, biomimetic RBCMs provide major advantages over traditional polyethylene glycols for preparing SERS nanoparticles with improved dispersibility, higher signal intensity, and more efficient biofunctionalization.
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Hardie J, Makabenta JM, Gupta A, Huang R, Cao-Milán R, Goswami R, Zhang X, Abdulpurkar P, Farkas ME, Rotello VM. Selective treatment of intracellular bacterial infections using host cell-targeted bioorthogonal nanozymes. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:1489-1494. [PMID: 35293903 PMCID: PMC9090992 DOI: 10.1039/d1mh02042k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Intracellular bacterial infections are difficult to treat, and in the case of Salmonella and related infections, can be life threatening. Antibiotic treatments for intracellular infections face challenges including cell penetration and intracellular degradation that both reduce antibiotic efficacy. Even when treatable, the increased dose of antibiotics required to counter infections can strongly impact the microbiome, compromising the native roles of beneficial non-pathogenic species. Bioorthogonal catalysis provides a new tool to combat intracellular infections. Catalysts embedded in the monolayers of gold nanoparticles (nanozymes) bioorthogonally convert inert antibiotic prodrugs (pro-antibiotics) into active species within resident macrophages. Targeted nanozyme delivery to macrophages was achieved through mannose conjugation and subsequent uptake VIA the mannose receptor (CD206). These nanozymes efficiently converted pro-ciprofloxacin to ciprofloxacin inside the macrophages, selectively killing pathogenic Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium relative to non-pathogenic Lactobacillus sp. in a transwell co-culture model. Overall, this targeted bioorthogonal nanozyme strategy presents an effective treatment for intracellular infections, including typhoid and tuberculosis.
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- Joseph Hardie
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Recent developments in computational and experimental studies of physicochemical properties of Au and Ag nanostructures on cellular uptake and nanostructure toxicity. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2022; 1866:130170. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2022.130170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chew AK, Pedersen JA, Van Lehn RC. Predicting the Physicochemical Properties and Biological Activities of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Using Simulation-Derived Descriptors. ACS NANO 2022; 16:6282-6292. [PMID: 35289596 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Gold nanoparticles are versatile materials for biological applications because their properties can be modulated by assembling ligands on their surface to form monolayers. However, the physicochemical properties and behaviors of monolayer-protected nanoparticles in biological environments are difficult to anticipate because they emerge from the interplay of ligand-ligand and ligand-solvent interactions that cannot be readily inferred from ligand chemical structure alone. In this work, we demonstrate that quantitative nanostructure-activity relationship (QNAR) models can employ descriptors calculated from molecular dynamics simulations to predict nanoparticle properties and cellular uptake. We performed atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of 154 monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles and calculated a small library of simulation-derived descriptors that capture nanoparticle structural and chemical properties in aqueous solution. We then parametrized QNAR models using interpretable regression algorithms to predict experimental measurements of nanoparticle octanol-water partition coefficients, zeta potentials, and cellular uptake obtained from a curated database. These models reveal that simulation-derived descriptors can accurately predict experimental trends and provide physical insight into what descriptors are most important for obtaining desired nanoparticle properties or behaviors in biological environments. Finally, we demonstrate model generalizability by predicting cell uptake trends for 12 nanoparticles not included in the original data set. These results demonstrate that QNAR models parametrized with simulation-derived descriptors are accurate, generalizable computational tools that could be used to guide the design of monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles for biological applications without laborious trial-and-error experimentation.
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- Alex K Chew
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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The Promise of Nanotechnology in Personalized Medicine. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12050673. [PMID: 35629095 PMCID: PMC9142986 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12050673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Both personalized medicine and nanomedicine are new to medical practice. Nanomedicine is an application of the advances of nanotechnology in medicine and is being integrated into diagnostic and therapeutic tools to manage an array of medical conditions. On the other hand, personalized medicine, which is also referred to as precision medicine, is a novel concept that aims to individualize/customize therapeutic management based on the personal attributes of the patient to overcome blanket treatment that is only efficient in a subset of patients, leaving others with either ineffective treatment or treatment that results in significant toxicity. Novel nanomedicines have been employed in the treatment of several diseases, which can be adapted to each patient-specific case according to their genetic profiles. In this review, we discuss both areas and the intersection between the two emerging scientific domains. The review focuses on the current situation in personalized medicine, the advantages that can be offered by nanomedicine to personalized medicine, and the application of nanoconstructs in the diagnosis of genetic variability that can identify the right drug for the right patient. Finally, we touch upon the challenges in both fields towards the translation of nano-personalized medicine.
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Qin R, Li S, Qiu Y, Feng Y, Liu Y, Ding D, Xu L, Ma X, Sun W, Chen H. Carbonized paramagnetic complexes of Mn (II) as contrast agents for precise magnetic resonance imaging of sub-millimeter-sized orthotopic tumors. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1938. [PMID: 35411006 PMCID: PMC9001709 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29586-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Paramagnetic complexes containing gadolinium ions have been widely used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in clinic. However, these paramagnetic complexes pose some safety concerns. There is still a demand for the development of stable MRI contrast agents that exhibit higher sensitivity and superior functionality to existing contrast agents. Here, we develop carbonized paramagnetic complexes of manganese (II) (Mn@CCs) to encapsulate Mn2+ in sealed carbonized shells with superhigh r1 relaxivity. Compared to the most common clinical contrast agent Magnevist, investigations in vivo demonstrate that the Mn@CCs cross the intact blood-brain barrier of normal health mice with minor metal deposition; preferentially target the glioma tissues distribute homogeneously with high penetration in an intracranial mouse model; delineate clear tumor margins in MRIs of ultrasmall single-nodule brain tumors, and multi-nodular liver tumors. The sensitivity, accuracy and low toxicity offer by Mn@CCs provides new opportunities for early molecular diagnostics and imaging-guided biomedical applications.
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- Ruixue Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China.
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Ashwagandha-polyphenols-functionalized gold nanoparticles facilitate apoptosis by perturbing microtubule assembly dynamics in breast cancer cells. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Qin Y, Teng Q, Feng D, Pei Y, Zhao Y, Zhang G. Development of a Nanoparticle Multiepitope DNA Vaccine against Virulent Infectious Bronchitis Virus Challenge. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2022; 208:1396-1405. [PMID: 35217582 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To develop a safe and effective nanoparticle (NP) multiepitope DNA vaccine for controlling infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) infection, we inserted the multiepitope gene expression box SBNT into a eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(+) to construct a recombinant plasmid pcDNA/SBNT. The NP multiepitope DNA vaccine pcDNA/SBNT-NPs were prepared using chitosan to encapsulate the recombinant plasmid pcDNA/SBNT, with a high encapsulation efficiency of 94.90 ± 1.35%. These spherical pcDNA/SBNT-NPs were 140.9 ± 73.2 nm in diameter, with a mean ζ potential of +16.8 ± 4.3 mV. Our results showed that the chitosan NPs not only protected the plasmid DNA from DNase degradation but also mediated gene transfection in a slow-release manner. Immunization with pcDNA/SBNT-NPs induced a significant IBV-specific immune response and partially protected chickens against homologous IBV challenge. Therefore, the chitosan NPs could be a useful gene delivery system, and NP multiepitope DNA vaccines may be a potential alternative for use in the development of a novel, safe, and effective IBV vaccine.
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- Yifeng Qin
- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Ho LWC, Chan CKW, Han R, Lau YFY, Li H, Ho YP, Zhuang X, Choi CHJ. Mammalian Cells Exocytose Alkylated Gold Nanoparticles via Extracellular Vesicles. ACS NANO 2022; 16:2032-2045. [PMID: 35137580 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Understanding the exocytosis of nanoparticles (NPs) from cells is valuable because it informs design rules of NPs that support desirable cellular retention for nanomedicine applications, but investigations into the mechanism for the exocytosis of NPs remain scarce. We elucidate the mechanism for the exocytosis of dodecyl-terminated, polyethylene glycol-coated gold NPs (termed "dodecyl-PEG-AuNP"). The Au core enables ultrastructural differentiation of the exocytosed NPs from the nearby extracellular vesicles (EVs). The PEG shell prevents interparticle agglomeration or aggregation that disfavors exocytosis. The minute amounts of alkyl chains on the PEG shell not only promote cellular uptake but also improve exocytosis by up to 4-fold higher probability and upregulate exocytosis- and vesicle-related genes. After entering Kera-308 keratinocytes and trafficking to multivesicular bodies and lysosomes, these NPs exit the cell predominantly via unconventional exocytosis, accompanied by enhanced secretion of sub-100 nm, CD81-enriched exosomes. The pathway for NP exocytosis and subpopulation of EVs that are secreted alongside the exocytosed NPs depends on dodecyl loading. This work provides insights into dissecting the mechanism of NP exocytosis and its relationship with EV secretion.
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Ray M, Brancolini G, Luther DC, Jiang Z, Cao-Milán R, Cuadros AM, Burden A, Clark V, Rana S, Mout R, Landis RF, Corni S, Rotello VM. High affinity protein surface binding through co-engineering of nanoparticles and proteins. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:2411-2418. [PMID: 35089292 PMCID: PMC8941649 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07497k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Control over supramolecular recognition between proteins and nanoparticles (NPs) is of fundamental importance in therapeutic applications and sensor development. Most NP-protein binding approaches use 'tags' such as biotin or His-tags to provide high affinity; protein surface recognition provides a versatile alternative strategy. Generating high affinity NP-protein interactions is challenging however, due to dielectric screening at physiological ionic strengths. We report here the co-engineering of nanoparticles and protein to provide high affinity binding. In this strategy, 'supercharged' proteins provide enhanced interfacial electrostatic interactions with complementarily charged nanoparticles, generating high affinity complexes. Significantly, the co-engineered protein-nanoparticle assemblies feature high binding affinity even at physiologically relevant ionic strength conditions. Computational studies identify both hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions as drivers for these high affinity NP-protein complexes.
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- Moumita Ray
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Center S3, CNR Institute of Nanoscience, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Center S3, CNR Institute of Nanoscience, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Department of Chemical Science, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Mitra K, Chadha A, Muthuvijayan V, Doble M. Self-Assembled Inhalable Immunomodulatory Silk Fibroin Nanocarriers for Enhanced Drug Loading and Intracellular Antibacterial Activity. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2022; 8:708-721. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Kartik Mitra
- Bioengineering and Drug Design Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences& National Center for Catalysis Research (NCCR), Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences& National Center for Catalysis Research (NCCR), Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Bioengineering and Drug Design Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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Zhang P, Chen D, Li L, Sun K. Charge reversal nano-systems for tumor therapy. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:31. [PMID: 35012546 PMCID: PMC8751315 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-021-01221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Surface charge of biological and medical nanocarriers has been demonstrated to play an important role in cellular uptake. Owing to the unique physicochemical properties, charge-reversal delivery strategy has rapidly developed as a promising approach for drug delivery application, especially for cancer treatment. Charge-reversal nanocarriers are neutral/negatively charged at physiological conditions while could be triggered to positively charged by specific stimuli (i.e., pH, redox, ROS, enzyme, light or temperature) to achieve the prolonged blood circulation and enhanced tumor cellular uptake, thus to potentiate the antitumor effects of delivered therapeutic agents. In this review, we comprehensively summarized the recent advances of charge-reversal nanocarriers, including: (i) the effect of surface charge on cellular uptake; (ii) charge-conversion mechanisms responding to several specific stimuli; (iii) relation between the chemical structure and charge reversal activity; and (iv) polymeric materials that are commonly applied in the charge-reversal delivery systems.
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- Peng Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Long-Acting and Targeting Drug Delivery System, Shandong Luye Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Yantai, 264003, People's Republic of China
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Wu L, Zhou W, Lin L, Chen A, Feng J, Qu X, Zhang H, Yue J. Delivery of therapeutic oligonucleotides in nanoscale. Bioact Mater 2022; 7:292-323. [PMID: 34466734 PMCID: PMC8379367 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Therapeutic oligonucleotides (TOs) represent one of the most promising drug candidates in the targeted cancer treatment due to their high specificity and capability of modulating cellular pathways that are not readily druggable. However, efficiently delivering of TOs to cancer cellular targets is still the biggest challenge in promoting their clinical translations. Emerging as a significant drug delivery vector, nanoparticles (NPs) can not only protect TOs from nuclease degradation and enhance their tumor accumulation, but also can improve the cell uptake efficiency of TOs as well as the following endosomal escape to increase the therapeutic index. Furthermore, targeted and on-demand drug release of TOs can also be approached to minimize the risk of toxicity towards normal tissues using stimuli-responsive NPs. In the past decades, remarkable progresses have been made on the TOs delivery based on various NPs with specific purposes. In this review, we will first give a brief introduction on the basis of TOs as well as the action mechanisms of several typical TOs, and then describe the obstacles that prevent the clinical translation of TOs, followed by a comprehensive overview of the recent progresses on TOs delivery based on several various types of nanocarriers containing lipid-based nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles, porous nanoparticles, DNA/RNA nanoassembly, extracellular vesicles, and imaging-guided drug delivery nanoparticles.
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- Lei Wu
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory and Turku Bioscience Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland
- Southern Medical University Affiliated Fengxian Hospital, Shanghai, 201499, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Southern Medical University Affiliated Fengxian Hospital, Shanghai, 201499, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory and Turku Bioscience Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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Lu B, Jan Hendriks A, Nolte TM. A generic model based on the properties of nanoparticles and cells for predicting cellular uptake. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 209:112155. [PMID: 34678608 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in industry and technology due to their small size and versatility, which makes them easy to enter organisms and pose threats to human and ecological health. Given the particularity and complex structure of NPs, statistical models alone cannot reliably predict uptake. Hence, we developed a generic model for predicting the cellular uptake of NPs with organic coatings, based on physicochemical interactions underlying uptake. The model utilized the concentration, experimental conditions and properties of NPs viz. size, surface coating and coverage. These parameters were converted to surface energy components and surface potentials, and combined with the components and potential for a cell membrane. For NPs uptake, we constructed energetic profiles and barriers for adsorption and permeation onto/through cell membranes. The relationships derived were compared to experimental uptake data. The model provided accurate and robust uptake estimates for neutrally charged unhalogenated NPs and six different cell types. We envision that the model provides a reference for cellular accumulation of neutral NPs and (ecological/human) risk assessment of NPs or microparticles.
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- Bingqing Lu
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Castellanos-Garcia LJ, Sikora KN, Doungchawee J, Vachet RW. LA-ICP-MS and MALDI-MS image registration for correlating nanomaterial biodistributions and their biochemical effects. Analyst 2021; 146:7720-7729. [PMID: 34821231 DOI: 10.1039/d1an01783g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) imaging and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) are complementary methods that measure distributions of elements and biomolecules in tissue sections. Quantitative correlations of the information provided by these two imaging modalities requires that the datasets be registered in the same coordinate system, allowing for pixel-by-pixel comparisons. We describe here a computational workflow written in Python that accomplishes this registration, even for adjacent tissue sections, with accuracies within ±50 μm. The value of this registration process is demonstrated by correlating images of tissue sections from mice injected with gold nanomaterial drug delivery systems. Quantitative correlations of the nanomaterial delivery vehicle, as detected by LA-ICP-MS imaging, with biochemical changes, as detected by MALDI-MSI, provide deeper insight into how nanomaterial delivery systems influence lipid biochemistry in tissues. Moreover, the registration process allows the more precise images associated with LA-ICP-MS imaging to be leveraged to achieve improved segmentation in MALDI-MS images, resulting in the identification of lipids that are most associated with different sub-organ regions in tissues.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Wang H, Shan X, Ren M, Shang M, Zhou C. Nucleosomes enter cells by clathrin- and caveolin-dependent endocytosis. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:12306-12319. [PMID: 34865123 PMCID: PMC8643636 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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DNA damage and apoptosis lead to the release of free nucleosomes-the basic structural repeating units of chromatin-into the blood circulation system. We recently reported that free nucleosomes that enter the cytoplasm of mammalian cells trigger immune responses by activating cGMP-AMP synthase (cGAS). In the present study, we designed experiments to reveal the mechanism of nucleosome uptake by human cells. We showed that nucleosomes are first absorbed on the cell membrane through nonspecific electrostatic interactions between positively charged histone N-terminal tails and ligands on the cell surface, followed by internalization via clathrin- or caveolae-dependent endocytosis. After cellular internalization, endosomal escape occurs rapidly, and nucleosomes are released into the cytosol, maintaining structural integrity for an extended period. The efficient endocytosis of extracellular nucleosomes suggests that circulating nucleosomes may lead to cellular disorders as well as immunostimulation, and thus, the biological effects exerted by endocytic nucleosomes should be addressed in the future.
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- Huawei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Zhang L, Zheng H, Gan Y, Wu B, Chen Z, Wei S, Zhang G, Zhang S, Pan B, Chen C. An all-in-one approach for synthesis and functionalization of nano colloidal gold with acetylacetone. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 33:075605. [PMID: 34763330 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac38e7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Controllable synthesis, proper dispersion, and feasible functionalization are crucial requirements for the application of nanomaterials in many scenarios. Here, we report an all-in-one approach for the synthesis and functionalization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with the simplestβ-diketone, acetylacetone (AcAc). With this approach, the particle size of the resultant AuNPs was tunable by simply adjusting the light intensity or AcAc dosage. Moreover, owing to the capping role of AcAc, the resultant AuNPs could be stably dispersed in water for a year without obvious change in morphology and photochemical property. Formation of ligand to metal charge transfer complexes was found to play an important role in the redox conversion of Au with AcAc. Meanwhile, the moderate complexation ability enables the surface AcAc on the AuNPs to undergo ligand exchange reactions (LER). With the aid of Ag+, the AuNPs underwent LER with glutathione and exhibited enhanced photoluminescence (PL) with a maximum of 22-fold increase in PL intensity. The PL response was linear to the concentration of glutathione in the range of 0-500μM. Such a LER makes the obtained AuNPs being good imaging probes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work on illustrating the roles of AcAc as a multifunctional ligand in fabrication of NPs, which sheds new light on the surface modulation in synthesis of nanomaterials.
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- Li Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Tang S, Davoudi Z, Wang G, Xu Z, Rehman T, Prominski A, Tian B, Bratlie KM, Peng H, Wang Q. Soft materials as biological and artificial membranes. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:12679-12701. [PMID: 34636824 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00029b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The past few decades have seen emerging growth in the field of soft materials for synthetic biology. This review focuses on soft materials involved in biological and artificial membranes. The biological membranes discussed here are mainly those involved in the structure and function of cells and organelles. As building blocks in medicine, non-native membranes including nanocarriers (NCs), especially liposomes and DQAsomes, and polymeric membranes for scaffolds are constructed from amphiphilic combinations of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates. Artificial membranes can be prepared using synthetic, soft materials and molecules and then incorporated into structures through self-organization to form micelles or niosomes. The modification of artificial membranes can be realized using traditional chemical methods such as click reactions to target the delivery of NCs and control the release of therapeutics. The biomembrane, a lamellar structure inlaid with ion channels, receptors, lipid rafts, enzymes, and other functional units, separates cells and organelles from the environment. An active domain inserted into the membrane and organelles for energy conversion and cellular communication can target disease by changing the membrane's composition, structure, and fluidity and affecting the on/off status of the membrane gates. The biological membrane targets analyzing pathological mechanisms and curing complex diseases, which inspires us to create NCs with artificial membranes.
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- Shukun Tang
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Daqing Branch, Harbin Medical University, Research and Development of Natural Products Key Laboratory of Harbin Medical University, 39 Xin Yang Road, Daqing, 163319, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 1014 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Daqing Branch, Harbin Medical University, Research and Development of Natural Products Key Laboratory of Harbin Medical University, 39 Xin Yang Road, Daqing, 163319, China.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- The James Franck Institute, Department of Chemistry, The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- The James Franck Institute, Department of Chemistry, The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 1014 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA. .,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Daqing Branch, Harbin Medical University, Research and Development of Natural Products Key Laboratory of Harbin Medical University, 39 Xin Yang Road, Daqing, 163319, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 1014 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Inbaraj BS, Hua LH, Chen BH. Comparative Study on Inhibition of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Resveratrol Gold Nanoparticles and a Resveratrol Nanoemulsion Prepared from Grape Skin. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13111871. [PMID: 34834286 PMCID: PMC8622665 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13111871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Resveratrol, a phenolic compound possessing vital biological activities such as anti-cancer, is present abundantly in grape skin, a waste produced during the processing of grape juice. The objectives of this study were to prepare resveratrol-gold nanoparticles and a resveratrol nanoemulsion from grape skin and study their inhibition effects on pancreatic cancer cells BxPC-3. The spherical-shaped citrate gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and resveratrol-gold nanoparticles (R-GNPs) were, respectively, prepared with a surface plasmon resonance peak at 528 and 538 nm, mean particle size of 20.8 and 11.9 nm, and zeta-potential at −32.7 and −66.7 mV, by controlling an appropriate concentration of citrate/resveratrol and gold chloride as well as stirring time and temperature. The resveratrol nanoemulsion, composed of soybean oil, Tween 80, and sucrose fatty acid ester in glycerol and water, possessed a high storage stability with a mean particle size of 14.1 nm, zeta-potential of −49.7 mV, and encapsulation efficiency of 95.5%. An antiproliferation study revealed that both R-GNPs and resveratrol nanoemulsion could effectively inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer cells BxPC-3, with the latter showing a higher inhibition effect. Western blot analysis implied that both can down-regulate expressions of cyclin A, cyclin B, CDK1, and CDK2 and up-regulate expressions of p53 and p21, accompanied by enhancing cytochrome C expression, decreasing BcL-2 expression, increasing Bax expression, and leading to the elevation of caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-3 activities for cell apoptosis execution. Future research is needed to study the inhibition of pancreatic tumors in vivo by R-GNPs and resveratrol nanoemulsions.
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- Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj
- Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan; (B.S.I.); (L.-H.H.)
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- Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan; (B.S.I.); (L.-H.H.)
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- Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan; (B.S.I.); (L.-H.H.)
- Department of Nutrition, China Medical University, Taichung 40401, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-2905-3626; Fax: +886-2-2209-3271
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Wu D, Zhu X, Ao J, Song E, Song Y. Delivery of Ultrasmall Nanoparticles to the Cytosolic Compartment of Pyroptotic J774A.1 Macrophages via GSDMD Nterm Membrane Pores. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:50823-50835. [PMID: 34689556 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c17382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Endosome capture is a major physiological barrier to the successful delivery of nanomedicine. Here, we found a strategy to deliver ultrasmall nanoparticles (<10 nm) to the cytosolic compartment of pyroptotic cells with spontaneous endosomal escape. To mimic pathological pyroptotic cells, J774A.1 macrophages were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus nigericin (Nig) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to form specific gasdermin D protein-driven membrane pores at an N-terminal domain (GSDMDNterm). Through GSDMDNterm membrane pores, both anionic and cationic nanoparticles (NPs) with diameters less than 10 nm were accessed into the cytosolic compartment of pyroptotic cells in an energy- and receptor-independent manner, while NPs larger than the size of GSDMDNterm membrane pores failed to enter pyroptotic cells. NPs pass through GSDMDNterm membrane pores via free diffusion and then access into the cytoplasm of pyroptotic cells in a microtubule-independent manner. Interestingly, we found that LPS-primed NPs may act as Trojan horse, deliver extracellular LPS into normal cells through endocytosis, and in turn induce GSDMDNterm membrane pores, which facilitate further internalization of NPs. This study presented a straightforward method of distinguishing normal and pyroptotic cells through GSDMD membrane pores, implicating their potential application in monitoring the delivery of desired nanomedicines in pyroptosis-related diseases and conditions.
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- Di Wu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
- School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, 6 West Xuefu Road, Xinpu District, Zunyi 563003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China
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Wang YF, Zhang C, Yang K, Wang Y, Shan S, Yan Y, Dawson KA, Wang C, Liang XJ. Transportation of AIE-visualized nanoliposomes is dominated by the protein corona. Natl Sci Rev 2021; 8:nwab068. [PMID: 34691676 PMCID: PMC8288177 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Liposomes, especially cationic liposomes, are the most common and well-investigated nanocarriers for biomedical applications, such as drug and gene delivery. Like other types of nanomaterials, once liposomes are incubated in a biological milieu, their surface can be immediately cloaked by biological components to form a protein corona, which confers a new 'biological identity' and modulates downstream interactions with cells. However, it remains unclear how the protein corona affects the transportation mechanism after liposomes interact with cells. Here, we employed home-made aggregation-induced-emission-visualized nanoliposomes TR4@Lipo as a model to investigate transportation with or without the protein corona by optical imaging techniques. The results show that the protein corona can change the cellular transportation mechanism of TR4@Lipo from energy-independent membrane fusion to energy-dependent endocytosis. The protein corona also modulates the intracellular distribution of loaded cargoes. This knowledge furthers our understanding of bio-nano interactions and is important for the efficient use of cationic liposomes.
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- Yi-Feng Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- Centre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- Guangdong Provincial Education Department Key Laboratory of Nano-Immuno-regulation Tumor Microenvironment, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
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Lavagna E, Güven ZP, Bochicchio D, Olgiati F, Stellacci F, Rossi G. Amphiphilic nanoparticles generate curvature in lipid membranes and shape liposome-liposome interfaces. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:16879-16884. [PMID: 34617538 PMCID: PMC8530203 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05067b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We show by molecular dynamics that amphiphilic Au nanoparticles (NP) with a diameter of 4 nm generate curvature in phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes. NPs generate negative curvature when they adsorb on the membrane surface but, as they get spontaneously and progressively embedded into the membrane core, the curvature turns positive. As membrane embedding is kinetically slow, both configurations can be observed by Cryo-EM. NP-induced curvature explains the peculiar structure of liposome-liposome interfaces in presence of NPs.
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- E Lavagna
- Physics Department, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy.
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- Institute of Materials and Bioengineering Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy.
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- Institute of Materials and Bioengineering Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Materials and Bioengineering Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy.
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Jung S, Lee J, Kim WJ. Phenylboronic acid-based core-shell drug delivery platform clasping 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds by a coordinate interaction. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:6851-6864. [PMID: 34494051 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm01169c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Along with the successful commercialization of chemotherapeutics, such as doxorubicin and paclitaxel, numerous natural compounds have been investigated for clinical applications. Recently, curcumin (CUR), a natural compound with various therapeutic effects, has attracted attention for cancer immunotherapy. Most chemotherapeutics, however, have poor water solubility due to their hydrophobicity, which makes them less suited to biomedical applications; CUR is no exception because of its low bioavailability and extremely high hydrophobicity. In the present study, we developed an easy but effective strategy using the interaction between the 1,3-dicarbonyl groups of drugs and phenylboronic acid (PBA) to solubilize hydrophobic drugs. First, we verified the coordinate interaction between 1,3-dicarbonyl and PBA using 3,5-heptanedione as a model compound, followed by CUR as a model drug. A PBA-grafted hydrophilic polymer was used to form a nanoconstruct by coordination bonding with CUR, which then made direct administration of the nanoparticles possible. The nanoconstruct exhibited remarkable loading capability, uniform size, colloidal stability, and pH-responsive drug release, attributed to the formation of core-shell nanoconstructs by coordinate interaction. The therapeutic nanoconstructs successfully showed both chemotherapeutic and anti-PD-L1 anticancer effects in cellular and animal models. Furthermore, we demonstrated the applicability of this technique to other 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. Overall, our findings suggest a facile, but expandable strategy by applying the coordinate interaction between 1,3-dicarbonyl and PBA, which enables high drug loading and stimuli-responsive drug release.
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- Sungjin Jung
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, POSTECH-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.,OmniaMed Co., Ltd, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Chemistry, POSTECH-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.,OmniaMed Co., Ltd, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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Facile synthesis of biocompatible sub-5 nm alginate-stabilised gold nanoparticles with sonosensitising properties. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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He H, Rudolph K, Ostwaldt J, Voskuhl J, Hirschhäuser C, Niemeyer J. Reversible Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Based on Co-Functionalization with Zwitterionic and Cationic Binding Motifs*. Chemistry 2021; 27:13539-13543. [PMID: 34251063 PMCID: PMC8518125 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We report a pH- and temperature-controlled reversible self-assembly of Au-nanoparticles (AuNPs) in water, based on their surface modification with cationic guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole (GCP) and zwitterionic guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole carboxylate (GCPZ) binding motifs. When both binding motifs are installed in a carefully balanced ratio, the resulting functionalized AuNPs self-assemble at pH 1, pH 7 and pH 13, whereas they disassemble at pH 3 and pH 11. Further disassembly can be achieved at elevated temperatures at pH 1 and pH 13. Thus, we were able to prepare functionalized nanoparticles that can be assembled/disassembled in seven alternating regimes, simply controlled by pH and temperature.
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- Huibin He
- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of Macromolecular ScienceFudan University200438ShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-Essen45141EssenGermany
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Canepa E, Bochicchio D, Gasbarri M, Odino D, Canale C, Ferrando R, Canepa F, Stellacci F, Rossi G, Dante S, Relini A. Cholesterol Hinders the Passive Uptake of Amphiphilic Nanoparticles into Fluid Lipid Membranes. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:8583-8590. [PMID: 34468146 PMCID: PMC8436204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plasma membranes represent pharmacokinetic barriers for the passive transport of site-specific drugs within cells. When engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are considered as transmembrane drug carriers, the plasma membrane composition can affect passive NP internalization in many ways. Among these, cholesterol-regulated membrane fluidity is probably one of the most biologically relevant. Herein, we consider small (2-5 nm in core diameter) amphiphilic gold NPs capable of spontaneously and nondisruptively entering the lipid bilayer of plasma membranes. We study their incorporation into model 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine membranes with increasing cholesterol content. We combine dissipative quartz crystal microbalance experiments, atomic force microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations to show that membrane cholesterol, at biologically relevant concentrations, hinders the molecular mechanism for passive NP penetration within fluid bilayers, resulting in a dramatic reduction in the amount of NP incorporated.
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- Ester Canepa
- Department
of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University
of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
- Materials
Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano
di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Institute
of Materials, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University
of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Institute
of Materials, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Materials
Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano
di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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Sohrabi Kashani A, Packirisamy M. Cancer-Nano-Interaction: From Cellular Uptake to Mechanobiological Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:9587. [PMID: 34502495 PMCID: PMC8431109 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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With the advancement of nanotechnology, the nano-bio-interaction field has emerged. It is essential to enhance our understanding of nano-bio-interaction in different aspects to design nanomedicines and improve their efficacy for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Many researchers have extensively studied the toxicological responses of cancer cells to nano-bio-interaction, while their mechanobiological responses have been less investigated. The mechanobiological properties of cells such as elasticity and adhesion play vital roles in cellular functions and cancer progression. Many studies have noticed the impacts of cellular uptake on the structural organization of cells and, in return, the mechanobiology of human cells. Mechanobiological changes induced by the interactions of nanomaterials and cells could alter cellular functions and influence cancer progression. Hence, in addition to biological responses, the possible mechanobiological responses of treated cells should be monitored as a standard methodology to evaluate the efficiency of nanomedicines. Studying the cancer-nano-interaction in the context of cell mechanics takes our knowledge one step closer to designing safe and intelligent nanomedicines. In this review, we briefly discuss how the characteristic properties of nanoparticles influence cellular uptake. Then, we provide insight into the mechanobiological responses that may occur during the nano-bio-interactions, and finally, the important measurement techniques for the mechanobiological characterizations of cells are summarized and compared. Understanding the unknown mechanobiological responses to nano-bio-interaction will help with developing the application of nanoparticles to modulate cell mechanics for controlling cancer progression.
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- Optical Bio-Microsystem Lab, Micro-Nano-Bio-Integration Centre, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada;
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Tang J, Liu J, Zheng Q, Li W, Sheng J, Mao L, Wang M. In‐Situ Encapsulation of Protein into Nanoscale Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Frameworks for Intracellular Biocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202105634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Jiakang Tang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- College of Chemistry Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Luo J, Zhang Y, Zhu S, Tong Y, Ji L, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Bi Q. The application prospect of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021; 394:1991-2002. [PMID: 34415355 PMCID: PMC8486704 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-021-02131-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The current understanding of osteoarthritis is developing from a mechanical disease caused by cartilage wear to a complex biological response involving inflammation, oxidative stress and other aspects. Nanoparticles are widely used in drug delivery due to its good stability in vivo and cell uptake efficiency. In addition to the above advantages, metal/metal oxide NPs, such as cerium oxide and manganese dioxide, can also simulate the activity of antioxidant enzymes and catalyze the degradation of superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide. Degrading of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles releases metal ions, which may slow down the progression of osteoarthritis by inhibiting inflammation, promoting cartilage repair and inhibiting cartilage ossification. In present review, we focused on recent research works concerning osteoarthritis treating with metal/metal oxide nanoparticles, and introduced some potential nanoparticles that may have therapeutic effects.
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- Junchao Luo
- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Xueyuan Xi Road 109#, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, 233030, Anhui, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Xueyuan Xi Road 109#, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Xueyuan Xi Road 109#, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Xueyuan Xi Road 109#, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.,Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, China
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- Operating Theater, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China. .,Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Xueyuan Xi Road 109#, Wenzhou, 325027, Zhejiang, China.
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Malik A, Alshehri MA, Alamery SF, Khan JM. Impact of metal nanoparticles on the structure and function of metabolic enzymes. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 188:576-585. [PMID: 34400227 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The widespread use of nanoparticles raises many serious concerns about the safety and environmental impact of nanoparticles. Therefore, risk assessments of specific nanoparticles in occupational and environmental exposure are essential before their large-scale production and applications, especially in medicine and for usage in household items. In this study, the effects of five different metal nanoparticles on the structure, stability, and function of four metabolic enzymes were evaluated using various biophysical techniques. Our results show that Cu nanoparticles exhibited the most significant adverse effects on the structures, stability, and activities of all the metabolic enzymes. Zn nanoparticles caused moderate adverse effects on these enzymes. The rest of the metal (Al, Fe, and Ni) nanoparticles had a relatively lower impact on the metabolic enzymes. Our data indicated that Cu nanoparticles promote metal-catalyzed disulfide bond formation in these proteins. In summary, some metal nanoparticles can cause adverse effects on the structure, function, and stability of metabolic enzymes. In addition, metal nanoparticles may affect protein homeostasis in the cytosol or extracellular fluids.
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- Ajamaluddin Malik
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Tang J, Liu J, Zheng Q, Li W, Sheng J, Mao L, Wang M. In-Situ Encapsulation of Protein into Nanoscale Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Intracellular Biocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22315-22321. [PMID: 34382314 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) are porous materials with great potential for biological applications. The self-assembly of HOFs and biomacromolecules, however, is challenging. We report herein the self-assembly of nanoscale HOFs (nHOFs) to encapsulate protein for intracellular biocatalysis. The self-assembly of tetrakis(4-amidiniumphenyl)methane and azobenzenedicarboxylate can encapsulate protein in situ to form protein@nHOFs under mild conditions. This strategy is applicable to proteins with different surface charge and molecular weight, showing a high protein encapsulation efficiency and minimal effect on protein activity. A cellular delivery study shows that the protein@TA-HOFs can efficiently enter cells and retain enzyme activity for biochemical catalysis in living cells for neuroprotection. Our strategy paves new avenues for interfacing nHOFs with biological settings and sheds light on expanding nHOFs as a platform for biomacromolecule delivery and disease treatment.
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- Jiakang Tang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Ikeda Y, Nakamura H, Ohsaki S, Watano S. Direct translocation of a negatively charged nanoparticle across a negatively charged model cell membrane. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:10591-10599. [PMID: 33903858 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06278b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanoparticles have attracted much attention as a carrier for drug, gene, and macromolecule delivery in next-generation biomedical and therapeutic technologies. In delivery applications, nanoparticles tend to have negative charge due to the negative charge of biomolecules used as delivery cargo, while biological cell membranes are also negatively charged. This means that negatively charged nanoparticles (NC-NPs) are required to translocate across these negatively charged cell membranes (NC-CMs). However, this translocation is unlikely to occur because of electrostatic interactions. Here, we investigated the translocation of a NC-NP across a NC-CM under a transmembrane electric potential through coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. To model the transmembrane potential, two approaches were adopted: externally applied electric field and ionic charge imbalance. We showed that a NC-NP can directly translocate across a NC-CM via a non-disruptive pathway under a weak external electric field with an ionic charge imbalance. It was also found that the ionic charge imbalance contributes to the membrane crossing of a NC-NP as well as the self-resealing of the cell membrane after a NC-NP translocation. Our findings imply that NC-NPs can be delivered into a cell by combining applied electric field with membrane hyperpolarization/depolarization induced by an external stimulus.
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- Yoko Ikeda
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Allemailem KS, Almatroudi A, Alrumaihi F, Almatroodi SA, Alkurbi MO, Basfar GT, Rahmani AH, Khan AA. Novel Approaches of Dysregulating Lysosome Functions in Cancer Cells by Specific Drugs and Its Nanoformulations: A Smart Approach of Modern Therapeutics. Int J Nanomedicine 2021; 16:5065-5098. [PMID: 34345172 PMCID: PMC8324981 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s321343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The smart strategy of cancer cells to bypass the caspase-dependent apoptotic pathway has led to the discovery of novel anti-cancer approaches including the targeting of lysosomes. Recent discoveries observed that lysosomes perform far beyond just recycling of cellular waste, as these organelles are metabolically very active and mediate several signalling pathways to sense the cellular metabolic status. These organelles also play a significant role in mediating the immune system functions. Thus, direct or indirect lysosome-targeting with different drugs can be considered a novel therapeutic approach in different disease including cancer. Recently, some anticancer lysosomotropic drugs (eg, nortriptyline, siramesine, desipramine) and their nanoformulations have been engineered to specifically accumulate within these organelles. These drugs can enhance lysosome membrane permeabilization (LMP) or disrupt the activity of resident enzymes and protein complexes, like v-ATPase and mTORC1. Other anticancer drugs like doxorubicin, quinacrine, chloroquine and DQ661 have also been used which act through multi-target points. In addition, autophagy inhibitors, ferroptosis inducers and fluorescent probes have also been used as novel theranostic agents. Several lysosome-specific drug nanoformulations like mixed charge and peptide conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), Au-ZnO hybrid NPs, TPP-PEG-biotin NPs, octadecyl-rhodamine-B and cationic liposomes, etc. have been synthesized by diverse methods. These nanoformulations can target cathepsins, glucose-regulated protein 78, or other lysosome specific proteins in different cancers. The specific targeting of cancer cell lysosomes with drug nanoformulations is quite recent and faces tremendous challenges like toxicity concerns to normal tissues, which may be resolved in future research. The anticancer applications of these nanoformulations have led them up to various stages of clinical trials. Here in this review article, we present the recent updates about the lysosome ultrastructure, its cross-talk with other organelles, and the novel strategies of targeting this organelle in tumor cells as a recent innovative approach of cancer management.
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- Khaled S Allemailem
- Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Basic Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Basic Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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Pakravan A, Azizi M, Rahimi F, Bani F, Mahmoudzadeh F, Salehi R, Mahkam M. Comparative effect of thermo/pH-responsive polymer-coated gold nanocages and hollow nanostars on chemo-photothermal therapy of breast cancer cells. Cancer Nanotechnol 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s12645-021-00091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background
Combination chemo-photothermal therapy appears to be one of the next generations of cancer treatment. In this study hollow gold nanostars (HGNSs) and gold nanocages (GNCs) were synthesized and stabilized with thermo-pH-sensitive thiol-end capped ABC triblock copolymer poly(acrylic acid)-b-poly(N isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly (e-caprolactone)-SH; PAA-b-PNIPAAm-b-PCL-SH (GNSs@Pol). Doxorubicin (Dox) was conjugated to the GNSs@Pol nanostructures via ionic interaction, covalent attachment and hydrogen bonding (GNSs@Dox-Pol). The physicochemical characteristics of prepared GNSs@Pol and GNSs were assessed using dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and zeta potential techniques. Cytocompatibility of the GNSs@Pol was studied by hemolysis assay and MTT assay. The chemo-photothermal therapy (PTT) potential of GNSs@Dox-Pol was compared on MCF7 cells using MTT assay, cell cycle, DAPI staining and Annexin-V apoptosis assay techniques.
Results
Cell internalization results showed an almost complete uptake of GNSs@Pol by MCF-7 cells in the first 3 h of treatment. The heat generation measurement results showed that both of GNSs have a potential for light to heat conversion (∆T = 23–27 ºC) and HGNSs demonstrated better efficiency than GNCs after 10-min exposure to NIR irradiation. Following chemo-photothermal treatment, the highest cell mortality (90%) and apoptotic effects (97% apoptosis) were observed in HGNSs@Dox-Pol received laser irradiation treatment group.
Conclusions
This work highlights the potential application of designed GNSs@Dox-Pol in a combinational chemo-PTT to treat breast cancer cells.
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Prasanna P, Kumar P, Kumar S, Rajana VK, Kant V, Prasad SR, Mohan U, Ravichandiran V, Mandal D. Current status of nanoscale drug delivery and the future of nano-vaccine development for leishmaniasis - A review. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 141:111920. [PMID: 34328115 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The study of tropical diseases like leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease, has not received much attention even though it is the second-largest infectious disease after malaria. As per the WHO report, a total of 0.7-1.0 million new leishmaniasis cases, which are spread by 23 Leishmania species in more than 98 countries, are estimated with an alarming 26,000-65,000 death toll every year. Lack of potential vaccines along with the cost and toxicity of amphotericin B (AmB), the most common drug for the treatment of leishmaniasis, has raised the interest significantly for new formulations and drug delivery systems including nanoparticle-based delivery as anti-leishmanial agents. The size, shape, and high surface area to volume ratio of different NPs make them ideal for many biological applications. The delivery of drugs through liposome, polymeric, and solid-lipid NPs provides the advantage of high biocomatibilty of the carrier with reduced toxicity. Importantly, NP-based delivery has shown improved efficacy due to targeted delivery of the payload and synergistic action of NP and payload on the target. This review analyses the advantage of NP-based delivery over standard chemotherapy and natural product-based delivery system. The role of different physicochemical properties of a nanoscale delivery system is discussed. Further, different ways of nanoformulation delivery ranging from liposome, niosomes, polymeric, metallic, solid-lipid NPs were updated along with the possible mechanisms of action against the parasite. The status of current nano-vaccines and the future potential of NP-based vaccine are elaborated here.
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- Pragya Prasanna
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata 700054, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India; National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata 700054, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur 844102, India.
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