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Su H, Koo JM, Cui H. One-component nanomedicine. J Control Release 2015; 219:383-395. [PMID: 26423237 PMCID: PMC4656119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.09.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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One-component nanomedicine (OCN) represents an emerging class of therapeutic nanostructures that contain only one type of chemical substance. This one-component feature allows for fine-tuning and optimization of the drug loading and physicochemical properties of nanomedicine in a precise manner through molecular engineering of the underlying building blocks. Using a precipitation procedure or effective molecular assembly strategies, molecularly crafted therapeutic agents (e.g. polymer-drug conjugates, small molecule prodrugs, or drug amphiphiles) could involuntarily aggregate, or self-assemble into nanoscale objects of well-defined sizes and shapes. Unlike traditional carrier-based nanomedicines that are inherently multicomponent systems, an OCN does not require the use of additional carriers and could itself possess desired physicochemical features for preferential accumulation at target sites. We review here recent progress in the molecular design, conjugation methods, and fabrication strategies of OCN, and analyze the opportunities that this emerging platform could open for the new and improved treatment of devastating diseases such as cancer.
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- Hao Su
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Oncology and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Center for Nanomedicine, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
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Khor SY, Hu J, McLeod VM, Quinn JF, Williamson M, Porter CJ, Whittaker MR, Kaminskas LM, Davis TP. Molecular weight (hydrodynamic volume) dictates the systemic pharmacokinetics and tumour disposition of PolyPEG star polymers. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 11:2099-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, 71515 Assiut, Egypt, and Misr University for Science and Technology, 6 of October City, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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Zou H, Wang Z, Feng M. Nanocarriers with tunable surface properties to unblock bottlenecks in systemic drug and gene delivery. J Control Release 2015. [PMID: 26208425 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Nanocarrier-mediated drug and gene delivery systems hold great promise for providing more refined delivery (especially in cancer treatments) to maximize therapeutic efficacy while minimizing unfavorable side effects. Despite their promise, the highly effective transport of therapeutics in vivo remains a challenge. Over the last 20years, there has been a large amount of research directed toward the development of a multitude of nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery, but only a very small part has progressed into clinical trials. This suggests that the properties of current nanocarriers are not yet ideal for effective drug and gene delivery in vivo. Nanocarrier-mediated drug and gene delivery is a multi-step process, and inefficient delivery at any stage would ultimately result in an unsuccessful delivery. Unfortunately, existing nanocarriers with fixed surface properties, such as a PEGylated, cationized and bioconjugated surface, are not versatile enough to overcome the extracellular and intracellular barriers which require different surface properties. Consequently, their delivery efficacy is not optimal, leading to doubts and debates on the value of nanocarrier-based product development. To resolve the "fixed surface dilemma", the switchable surfaces of nanocarriers, which can surmount both extracellular and intracellular barriers, open up the possibility of highly efficient delivery in vivo. Here, we review and highlight the recent developments in the design of nanocarrier delivery systems with tunable surface properties in response to microenvironment triggers. Strategies including zwitterionic nanocarriers, polymer brushes, layer-by-layer nanocarriers and cleavable conjugated nanocarriers are presented. These representative examples and their respective outcomes elaborate the benefits and efficiencies of these nanocarriers at the individual stages of drug and gene delivery.
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- Haijuan Zou
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Elsabahy M, Wooley KL. Data Mining as a Guide for the Construction of Cross-Linked Nanoparticles with Low Immunotoxicity via Control of Polymer Chemistry and Supramolecular Assembly. Acc Chem Res 2015; 48:1620-30. [PMID: 26011318 PMCID: PMC4500541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The potential immunotoxicity of nanoparticles that are currently being approved, in different phases of clinical trials, or undergoing rigorous in vitro and in vivo characterizations in several laboratories has recently raised special attention. Products with no apparent in vitro or in vivo toxicity may still trigger various components of the immune system unintentionally and lead to serious adverse reactions. Cytokines are one of the useful biomarkers for predicting the effect of biotherapeutics on modulation of the immune system and for screening the immunotoxicity of nanoparticles both in vitro and in vivo, and they were recently found to partially predict the in vivo pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of nanomaterials. Control of polymer chemistry and supramolecular assembly provides a great opportunity for the construction of biocompatible nanoparticles for biomedical clinical applications. However, the sources of data collected regarding immunotoxicities of nanomaterials are diverse, and experiments are usually conducted using different assays under specific conditions. As a result, making direct comparisons nearly impossible, and thus, tailoring the properties of nanomaterials on the basis of the available data is challenging. In this Account, the effects of chemical structure, cross-linking, degradability, morphology, concentration, and surface chemistry on the immunotoxicity of an expansive array of polymeric nanomaterials will be highlighted, with a focus on assays conducted using the same in vitro and in vivo models and experimental conditions. Furthermore, numerical descriptive values have been utilized uniquely to stand for induction of cytokines by nanoparticles. This treatment of available data provides a simple way to compare the immunotoxicities of various nanomaterials, and the values were found to correlate well with published data. On the basis of the polymeric systems investigated in this study, valuable information has been collected that will aid in the future design of nanomaterials for biomedical applications, including the following: (a) the immunotoxicity of nanomaterials is concentration- and dose-dependent; (b) the synthesis of degradable nanoparticles is essential to decrease toxicity;
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, 71515 Assiut, Egypt and Misr University for Science and Technology, 6 of October City, Egypt
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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Liu R, Li Y, Zhang Z, Zhang X. Drug carriers based on highly protein-resistant materials for prolonged in vivo circulation time. Regen Biomater 2015; 2:125-33. [PMID: 26813147 PMCID: PMC4669018 DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbv003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Long-circulating drug carriers are highly desirable in drug delivery system. However, nonspecific protein adsorption leaves a great challenge in drug delivery of intravenous administration and significantly affects both the pharmacokinetic profiles of the carrier and drugs, resulting in negatively affect of therapeutic efficiency. Therefore, it is important to make surface modification of drug carriers by protein-resistant materials to prolong the blood circulation time and increase the targeted accumulation of therapeutic agents. In this review, we highlight the possible mechanism of protein resistance and recent progress of the alternative protein-resistant materials and their drug carriers, such as poly(ethylene glycol), oligo(ethylene glycol), zwitterionic materials, and red blood cells adhesion.
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- Ruiyuan Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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Tailoring Confinement: Nano-Carrier Synthesis via Z-RAFT Star Polymerization. Polymers (Basel) 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/polym7040695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Li Y, Lin R, Wang L, Huang J, Wu H, Cheng G, Zhou Z, MacDonald T, Yang L, Mao H. PEG- b-AGE Polymer Coated Magnetic Nanoparticle Probes with Facile Functionalization and Anti-fouling Properties for Reducing Non-specific Uptake and Improving Biomarker Targeting. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:3591-3603. [PMID: 26594360 DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01828a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-specific surface adsorption of bio-macromolecules (e.g. proteins) on nanoparticles, known as biofouling, and the uptake of nanoparticles by the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) and reticuloendothelial system (RES) lead to substantial reduction in the efficiency of target-directed imaging and delivery in biomedical applications of engineered nanomaterials in vitro and in vivo. In this work, a novel copolymer consisting of blocks of poly ethylene glycol and allyl glycidyl ether (PEG-b-AGE) was developed for coating magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) to reduce non-specific protein adhesion that leads to formation of "protein corona" and uptake by macrophages. The facile surface functionalization was demonstrated by using targeting ligands of a small peptide of RGD or a whole protein of transferrin (Tf). The PEG-b-AGE coated IONPs exhibited anti-biofouling properties with significantly reduced protein corona formation and non-specific uptake by macrophages before and after the surface functionalization, thus improving targeting of RGD-conjugated PEG-b-AGE coated IONPs to integrins in U87MG glioblastoma and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells that overexpress αvβ3 integrins, and Tf-conjugated PEG-b-AGE coated IONPs to transferrin receptor (TfR) in D556 and Daoy medulloblastoma cancer cells with high overexpression of transferrin receptor, compared to respective control cell lines. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cancer cells treated with targeted IONPs with or without anti-biofouling PEG-b-AGE coating polymers demonstrated the target specific MRI contrast change using anti-biofouling PEG-b-AGE coated IONP with minimal off-targeted background compared to the IONPs without anti-biofouling coating, promising the highly efficient active targeting of nanoparticle imaging probes and drug delivery systems and potential applications of imaging quantification of targeted biomarkers.
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- Yuancheng Li
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.,Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.,Department of Radiology, Nanjing University College of Medicine and Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Zhang F, Smolen JA, Zhang S, Li R, Shah PN, Cho S, Wang H, Raymond JE, Cannon CL, Wooley KL. Degradable polyphosphoester-based silver-loaded nanoparticles as therapeutics for bacterial lung infections. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:2265-2270. [PMID: 25573163 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07103d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, a new type of degradable polyphosphoester-based polymeric nanoparticle, capable of carrying silver cations via interactions with alkyne groups, has been developed as a potentially effective and safe treatment for lung infections. It was found that up to 15% (w/w) silver loading into the nanoparticles could be achieved, consuming most of the pendant alkyne groups along the backbone, as revealed by Raman spectroscopy. The well-defined Ag-loaded nanoparticles released silver in a controlled and sustained manner over 5 days, and displayed enhanced in vitro antibacterial activities against cystic fibrosis-associated pathogens and decreased cytotoxicity to human bronchial epithelial cells, in comparison to silver acetate.
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- Fuwu Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA.
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Li Y, Liu R, Yang J, Shi Y, Ma G, Zhang Z, Zhang X. Enhanced retention and anti-tumor efficacy of liposomes by changing their cellular uptake and pharmacokinetics behavior. Biomaterials 2015; 41:1-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zhang F, Zhang S, Pollack SF, Li R, Gonzalez AM, Fan J, Zou J, Leininger SE, Pavía-Sanders A, Johnson R, Nelson LD, Raymond JE, Elsabahy M, Hughes DMP, Lenox MW, Gustafson TP, Wooley KL. Improving Paclitaxel Delivery: In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of PEGylated Polyphosphoester-Based Nanocarriers. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:2056-66. [DOI: 10.1021/ja512616s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Department
of Pediatric Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutics, and Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine,
Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, 71515 Assiut, Egypt
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- Department
of Pediatric Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Theodorou I, Anilkumar P, Lelandais B, Clarisse D, Doerflinger A, Gravel E, Ducongé F, Doris E. Stable and compact zwitterionic polydiacetylene micelles with tumor-targeting properties. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:14937-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05333a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stealth zwitterionic polydiacetylene-micelles are evaluated in vivo for the passive targeting of tumors.
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- Ioanna Theodorou
- CEA
- I2BM
- Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen)
- 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses
- France
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- CEA
- IBITECS
- Service de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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- CEA
- I2BM
- Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen)
- 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses
- France
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- CEA
- IBITECS
- Service de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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- CEA
- IBITECS
- Service de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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- CEA
- IBITECS
- Service de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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- CEA
- I2BM
- Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen)
- 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses
- France
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- CEA
- IBITECS
- Service de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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Chen X, Yao X, Wang C, Chen L, Chen X. Hyperbranched PEG-based supramolecular nanoparticles for acid-responsive targeted drug delivery. Biomater Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5bm00061k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this article acid-sensitive hyperbranched PEG-based supramolecular nanoparticles were designed and used for targeted drug delivery.
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- Xiaofei Chen
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- P. R. China
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Lowe S, O'Brien-Simpson NM, Connal LA. Antibiofouling polymer interfaces: poly(ethylene glycol) and other promising candidates. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4py01356e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review highlights antibiofouling polymer interfaces with emphasis on the latest developments using poly(ethylene glycol) and the design new polymeric structures.
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- Sean Lowe
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Victoria
- Australia 3010
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Victoria
- Australia 3010
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Zwitterionic drug nanocarriers: A biomimetic strategy for drug delivery. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 124:80-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ke X, Ng VWL, Ono RJ, Chan JM, Krishnamurthy S, Wang Y, Hedrick JL, Yang YY. Role of non-covalent and covalent interactions in cargo loading capacity and stability of polymeric micelles. J Control Release 2014; 193:9-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liu X, Li H, Chen Y, Jin Q, Ren K, Ji J. Mixed-charge nanoparticles for long circulation, low reticuloendothelial system clearance, and high tumor accumulation. Adv Healthc Mater 2014; 3:1439-47. [PMID: 24550205 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Mixed-charge zwitterionic surface modification shows great potential as a simple strategy to fabricate nanoparticle (NP) surfaces that are nonfouling. Here, the in vivo fate of 16 nm mixed-charge gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is investigated, coated with mixed quaternary ammonium and sulfonic groups. The results show that mixed-charge AuNPs have a much longer blood half-life (≈30.6 h) than do poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG, M¯w = 2000) -coated AuNPs (≈6.65 h) and they accumulate in the liver and spleen far less than do the PEGylated AuNPs. Using transmission electron microscopy, it is further confirmed that the mixed-charge AuNPs have much lower uptake and different existing states in liver Kupffer cells and spleen macrophages one month after injection compared with the PEGylated AuNPs. Moreover, these mixed-charge AuNPs do not cause appreciable toxicity at this tested dose to mice in a period of 1 month as evidenced by histological examinations. Importantly, the mixed-charge AuNPs have higher accumulation and slower clearance in tumors than do PEGylated AuNPs for times of 24-72 h. Results from this work show promise for effectively designing tumor-targeting NPs that can minimize reticuloendothelial system clearance and circulate for long periods by using a simple mixed-charge strategy.
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- Xiangsheng Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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Yu K, Lai BFL, Foley JH, Krisinger MJ, Conway EM, Kizhakkedathu JN. Modulation of complement activation and amplification on nanoparticle surfaces by glycopolymer conformation and chemistry. ACS NANO 2014; 8:7687-7703. [PMID: 25106451 DOI: 10.1021/nn504186b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The complement system plays an integral part of a host's innate immunity, and its activation is highly dependent on the chemistry and structure of a "foreign" target surface. We determined that the conformational state of glycopolymer chains, defined by the grafting density (chains/nm(2)), on the nanoparticle (NP) surface acts as a "molecular switch" for complement activation and amplification, and the protein corona on the NP surface dictates this process. A grafting density threshold was determined, below which minimal complement activation was observed and above which substantial complement activation was detected. The glycopolymer-grafted NPs activated complement via the alternative pathway. The chemical structure of pendent sugar units on the grafted polymer was also an important determinant for complement activation. NPs grafted with glucose-containing polymer activated complement at a lower grafting density compared to NPs grafted with galactose-containing polymer. Analysis of complement activation products C3a and SC5b-9 followed a similar pattern. Complement activation on the NP surface was independent of particle size or concentration for a given conformational state of grafted polymer. To gain insight into a putative surface-dependent mechanism of complement activation, we determined the nature of adsorbed protein corona on various NPs through quantitative mass spectrometry. Elevated levels of two pro-complement proteins, factors B and C3, present on the NP surface grafted with glycopolymer chains at high grafting density compared to low grafting density surface, may be responsible for its complement activity. Galactose polymer modified NPs adsorbed more of the negative regulator of complement, factor H, than the glucose surface, providing an explanation for its lower level of complement activation.
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- Kai Yu
- Centre for Blood Research and Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Jin Q, Cai T, Wang Y, Wang H, Ji J. Light-Responsive Polyion Complex Micelles with Switchable Surface Charge for Efficient Protein Delivery. ACS Macro Lett 2014; 3:679-683. [PMID: 35590768 DOI: 10.1021/mz500290s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this letter, light-responsive protein-encapsulated polyion complex (PIC) micelles were prepared by self-assembly of cationic block copolymer poly(N,N-dimethyl-N-(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl)-N-((2-nitrobenzyl)oxy)-2-oxoethanaminium bromide)-block-poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate) (PDMNBMA-b-PCBMA) and negatively charged bovine serum albumin (BSA). The PIC micelles were well characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). From the zeta potential measurement, the increase of the zeta potential of PIC micelles from ∼10 to ∼20 mV was observed when the solution pH decreased from 7.4 to 6.5, which could enhance the intracellular protein delivery efficiency. Moreover, the positively charged PDMNBMA blocks can be transformed to zwitterionic carboxybetaine units under UV irradiation, which could result in the disassembly of the PIC micelles. The release of BSA can therefore be drastically accelerated in the presence of UV irradiation. Meanwhile, the circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy confirmed that the secondary structure of BSA was unaffected during the UV irradiation process.
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- Qiao Jin
- MOE Key Laboratory
of Macromolecule
Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Macromolecule
Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Macromolecule
Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Macromolecule
Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Macromolecule
Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Cao B, Tang Q, Cheng G. Recent advances of zwitterionic carboxybetaine materials and their derivatives. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2014; 25:1502-13. [DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2014.927300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Liu L, Li W, Liu Q. Recent development of antifouling polymers: structure, evaluation, and biomedical applications in nano/micro-structures. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2014; 6:599-614. [DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Lingyun Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Akron; Akron OH USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Akron; Akron OH USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Akron; Akron OH USA
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Weissleder R, Nahrendorf M, Pittet MJ. Imaging macrophages with nanoparticles. NATURE MATERIALS 2014; 13:125-38. [PMID: 24452356 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 559] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Nanomaterials have much to offer, not only in deciphering innate immune cell biology and tracking cells, but also in advancing personalized clinical care by providing diagnostic and prognostic information, quantifying treatment efficacy and designing better therapeutics. This Review presents different types of nanomaterial, their biological properties and their applications for imaging macrophages in human diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm, diabetes and other conditions. We anticipate that future needs will include the development of nanomaterials that are specific for immune cell subsets and can be used as imaging surrogates for nanotherapeutics. New in vivo imaging clinical tools for noninvasive macrophage quantification are thus ultimately expected to become relevant to predicting patients' clinical outcome, defining treatment options and monitoring responses to therapy.
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- Ralph Weissleder
- 1] Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA [2] Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA [3] Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- 1] Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA [2] Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- 1] Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA [2] Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Samarajeewa S, Zentay RP, Jhurry ND, Li A, Seetho K, Zou J, Wooley KL. Programmed hydrolysis of nanoassemblies by electrostatic interaction-mediated enzymatic-degradation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:968-70. [PMID: 24301076 PMCID: PMC4165354 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46013d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Electrostatic interaction-mediated enzymatic-hydrolysis of poly(lactide)-containing nanoscale assemblies is described. At physiological pH, degradable core-shell morphologies with charged shells can readily attract or repel enzymes carrying opposite or similar charges, respectively.
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- Sandani Samarajeewa
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, P. O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, USA.
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Chanphai P, Bekale L, Sanyakamdhorn S, Agudelo D, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Effect of synthetic polymers on polymer–protein interaction. POLYMER 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nuclear imaging techniques that include positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon computed tomography have found great success in the clinic because of their inherent high sensitivity. Radionuclide imaging is the most popular form of imaging to be used for molecular imaging in oncology. While many types of molecules have been used for radionuclide-based molecular imaging, there has been a great interest in developing newer nanomaterials for use in clinic, especially for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Nanomaterials have unique physical properties which allow them to be used as imaging probes to locate and identify cancerous lesions. Over the past decade, a great number of nanoparticles have been developed for radionuclide imaging of cancer. This chapter reviews the different kinds of nanomaterials, both organic and inorganic, which are currently being researched for as potential agents for nuclear imaging of variety of cancers. Several radiolabeled multifunctional nanocarriers have been extremely successful for the detection of cancer in preclinical models. So far, significant progress has been achieved in nanoparticle structure design, in vitro/in vivo trafficking, and in vivo fate mapping by using PET. There is a great need for the development of newer nanoparticles, which improve active targeting and quantify new biomarkers for early disease detection and possible prevention of cancer.
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Bekale L, Chanphai P, Sanyakamdhorn S, Agudelo D, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Microscopic and thermodynamic analysis of PEG–β-lactoglobulin interaction. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra03303e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report the binding of milk β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) with PEG-3000, PEG-6000 and methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) anthracene (mPEG-anthracene) in aqueous solution at pH 7.4, using multiple spectroscopic methods, thermodynamic analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and molecular modeling.
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- L. Bekale
- Department of Chemistry-Physics
- University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Physics
- University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Physics
- University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Physics
- University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Physics
- University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Chen J, Liu M. Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles with fluorescence as nano-carriers for doxorubicin delivery. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47026a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Elsabahy M, Li A, Zhang F, Sultan D, Liu Y, Wooley KL. Differential immunotoxicities of poly(ethylene glycol)- vs. poly(carboxybetaine)-coated nanoparticles. J Control Release 2013; 172:641-52. [PMID: 24056145 PMCID: PMC3858532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although the careful selection of shell-forming polymers for the construction of nanoparticles is an obvious parameter to consider for shielding of core materials and their payloads, providing for prolonged circulation in vivo by limiting uptake by the immune organs, and thus, allowing accumulation at the target sites, the immunotoxicities that such shielding layers elicit is often overlooked. For instance, we have previously performed rigorous in vitro and in vivo comparisons between two sets of nanoparticles coated with either non-ionic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) or zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine) (PCB), but only now report the immunotoxicity and anti-biofouling properties of both polymers, as homopolymers or nanoparticle-decorating shell, in comparison to the uncoated nanoparticles, and Cremophor-EL, a well-known low molecular weight surfactant used for formulation of several drugs. It was found that both PEG and PCB polymers could induce the expression of cytokines in vitro and in vivo, with PCB being more immunotoxic than PEG, which corroborates the in vivo pharmacokinetics and biodistribution profiles of the two sets of nanoparticles. This is the first study to report on the ability of PEG, the most commonly utilized polymer to coat nanomaterials, and PCB, an emerging zwitterionic anti-biofouling polymer, to induce the secretion of cytokines and be of potential immunotoxicity. Furthermore, we report here on the possible use of immunotoxicity assays to partially predict in vivo pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of nanomaterials.
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut Clinical Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA
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Sizovs A, Song X, Waxham MN, Jia Y, Feng F, Chen J, Wicker AC, Xu J, Yu Y, Wang J. Precisely tunable engineering of sub-30 nm monodisperse oligonucleotide nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 136:234-40. [PMID: 24344996 DOI: 10.1021/ja408879b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Advancement of RNAi therapies is mainly hindered by the development of efficient delivery vehicles. The ability to create small size (<30 nm) oligonucleotide nanoparticles is essential for many aspects of the delivery process but is often overlooked. In this report, we describe diblock star polymers that can reproducibly complex double-stranded oligonucleotides into monodisperse nanoparticles with 15, 23, or 30 nm in diameter. The polymer-nucleic acid nanoparticles have a core-shell architecture with dense PEG brush coating. We characterized these nanoparticles using ITC, DLS, FRET, FCS, TIRF, and TEM. In addition to small size, these nanoparticles have neutral zeta-potentials, making the presented polymer architecture a very attractive platform for investigation of yet poorly studied polyplex size range for siRNA and antisense oligonucleotide delivery applications.
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- Antons Sizovs
- Department of Pharmacology, ‡Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, §Center for Drug Discovery, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Elsabahy M, Zhang S, Zhang F, Deng ZJ, Lim YH, Wang H, Parsamian P, Hammond PT, Wooley KL. Surface charges and shell crosslinks each play significant roles in mediating degradation, biofouling, cytotoxicity and immunotoxicity for polyphosphoester-based nanoparticles. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3313. [PMID: 24264796 PMCID: PMC3837308 DOI: 10.1038/srep03313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The construction of nanostructures from biodegradable precursors and shell/core crosslinking have been pursued as strategies to solve the problems of toxicity and limited stability, respectively. Polyphosphoester (PPE)-based micelles and crosslinked nanoparticles with non-ionic, anionic, cationic, and zwitterionic surface characteristics for potential packaging and delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, were constructed using a quick and efficient synthetic strategy, and importantly, demonstrated remarkable differences in terms of cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and biofouling properties, as a function of their surface characteristics and also with dependence on crosslinking throughout the shell layers. For instance, crosslinking of zwitterionic micelles significantly reduced the immunotoxicity, as evidenced from the absence of secretions of any of the 23 measured cytokines from RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages treated with the nanoparticles. The micelles and their crosslinked analogs demonstrated lower cytotoxicity than several commercially-available vehicles, and their degradation products were not cytotoxic to cells at the range of the tested concentrations. PPE-nanoparticles are expected to have broad implications in clinical nanomedicine as alternative vehicles to those involved in several of the currently available medications.
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut Clinical Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative, Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative, Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative, Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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Elsabahy M, Samarajeewa S, Raymond JE, Clark C, Wooley KL. Shell-crosslinked knedel-like nanoparticles induce lower immunotoxicity than their non-crosslinked analogs. J Mater Chem B 2013; 1:10.1039/C3TB20668H. [PMID: 24187610 PMCID: PMC3811931 DOI: 10.1039/c3tb20668h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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The development of stable nanoparticles that can withstand the changing conditions experienced in a biological setting and also be of low toxicity and immunogenicity is of particular importance to address the problems associated with currently utilized nanotechnology-based therapeutics and diagnostics. The use of crosslinked nanoparticles continues to receive special impetus, due to their robust structure and high kinetic stability, and they have recently been shown to induce lower cytotoxicity than their non-crosslinked micellar counterparts. In the current study, poly(acrylamidoethylamine)-block-poly(DL-lactide) (PAEA90-b-PDLLA40) copolymers were synthesized, self-assembled in water to yield nanoscopic polymeric micelles, and the effects of decorating the micellar surface with poly(ethylene glycol) (i.e. PEGylation) and crosslinking the PAEA layer to varying extents on the physicochemical characteristics, cytotoxicity and immunotoxicity of the nanoparticles were studied. Herein, we report for the first time that crosslinking can efficiently reduce the immunotoxicity of polymeric nanomaterials. In addition, increasing the degree of crosslinking further reduced the accessibility of biomolecules to the core of the nanoparticles and decreased their cytotoxicity and immunotoxicity. It is also highlighted that crosslinking can be more efficient than PEGylation in reducing the immunotoxicity of nanomaterials. Shell-crosslinking of block copolymer micelles, therefore, is expected to advance their clinical development beyond the earlier known effects, and to broaden the implications in the field of nanomedicine.
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut Clinical Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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Liu X, Chen Y, Li H, Huang N, Jin Q, Ren K, Ji J. Enhanced retention and cellular uptake of nanoparticles in tumors by controlling their aggregation behavior. ACS NANO 2013; 7:6244-6257. [PMID: 23799860 DOI: 10.1021/nn402201w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Effective accumulation of nanoparticles (NPs) in tumors is crucial for NP-assisted cancer diagnosis and treatment. With the hypothesis that aggregation of NPs stimulated by tumor microenvironment can be utilized to enhance retention and cellular uptake of NPs in tumors, we designed a smart NP system to evaluate the effect of aggregation on NPs' accumulation in tumor tissue. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs, ~16 nm) were facilely prepared by surface modification with mixed-charge zwitterionic self-assembled monolayers, which can be stable at the pH of blood and normal tissues but aggregate instantly in response to the acidic extracellular pH of solid tumors. The zwitterionic AuNPs exhibited fast, ultrasensitive, and reversible response to the pH change from pH 7.4 to pH 6.5, which enabled the AuNPs to be well dispersed at pH 7.4 with excellent stealth ability to resist uptake by macrophages, while quickly aggregating at pH 6.5, leading to greatly enhanced uptake by cancer cells. An in vivo study demonstrated that the zwitterionic AuNPs had a considerable blood half-life with much higher tumor accumulation, retention, and cellular internalization than nonsensitive PEGylated AuNPs. A preliminary photothermal tumor ablation evaluation suggested the aggregation of AuNPs can be applied to cancer NIR photothermal therapy. These results suggest that controlled aggregation of NPs sensitive to tumor microenvironment can serve as a universal strategy to enhance the retention and cellular uptake of inorganic NPs in tumors, and modifying NPs with a mixed-charge zwitterionic surface can provide an easy way to obtain stealth properties and pH-sensitivity at the same time.
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- Xiangsheng Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Elsabahy M, Shrestha R, Clark C, Taylor S, Leonard J, Wooley KL. Multifunctional hierarchically assembled nanostructures as complex stage-wise dual-delivery systems for coincidental yet differential trafficking of siRNA and paclitaxel. NANO LETTERS 2013; 13:2172-81. [PMID: 23574430 PMCID: PMC3681414 DOI: 10.1021/nl4006645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Development of multifunctional nanostructures that can be tuned to codeliver multiple drugs and diagnostic agents to diseased tissues is of great importance. Hierarchically assembled theranostic (HAT) nanostructures based on anionic cylindrical shell cross-linked nanoparticles and cationic shell cross-linked knedel-like nanoparticles (cSCKs) have recently been developed by our group to deliver siRNA intracellularly and to undergo radiolabeling. In the current study, paclitaxel, a hydrophobic anticancer drug, and siRNA have been successfully loaded into the cylindrical and spherical components of the hierarchical assemblies, respectively. Cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and intracellular delivery mechanism of the HAT nanostructures and their individual components have been investigated. Decoration of nanoparticles with F3-tumor homing peptide was shown to enhance the selective cellular uptake of the spherical particles, whereas the HAT nanoassemblies underwent an interesting disassembly process in contact with either OVCAR-3 or RAW 264.7 cell lines. The HAT nanostructures were found to "stick" to the cell membrane and "trigger" the release of spherical cSCKs templated onto their surfaces intracellularly, while retaining the cylindrical part on the cell surface. Combination of paclitaxel and cell-death siRNA (siRNA that induces cell death) into the HAT nanostructures resulted in greater reduction in cell viability than siRNA complexed with Lipofectamine and the assemblies loaded with the individual drugs. In addition, a shape-dependent immunotoxicity was observed for both spherical and cylindrical nanoparticles with the latter being highly immunotoxic. Supramolecular assembly of the two nanoparticles into the HAT nanostructures significantly reduced the immunotoxicity of both cSCKs and cylinders. HAT nanostructures decorated with targeting moieties, loaded with nucleic acids, hydrophobic drugs, radiolabels, and fluorophores, with control over their toxicity, immunotoxicity, and intracellular delivery might have great potential for biomedical delivery applications.
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- Mahmoud Elsabahy
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine, Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis Missouri, 63110
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis Missouri, 63110
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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Samarajeewa S, Ibricevic A, Gunsten SP, Shrestha R, Elsabahy M, Brody SL, Wooley KL. Degradable cationic shell cross-linked knedel-like nanoparticles: synthesis, degradation, nucleic acid binding, and in vitro evaluation. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:1018-27. [PMID: 23510389 PMCID: PMC3640429 DOI: 10.1021/bm3018774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this work, degradable cationic shell cross-linked knedel-like (deg-cSCK) nanoparticles were developed as an alternative platform to replace similar nondegradable cSCK nanoparticles that have been utilized for nucleic acids delivery. An amphiphilic diblock copolymer poly(acrylamidoethylamine)(90)-block-poly(DL-lactide)(40) (PAEA(90)-b-PDLLA(40)) was synthesized, self-assembled in aqueous solution, and shell cross-linked using a hydrolyzable cross-linker to afford deg-cSCKs with an average core diameter of 45 ± 7 nm. These nanoparticles were fluorescently labeled for in vitro tracking. The enzymatic- and hydrolytic-degradability, siRNA binding affinity, cell uptake and cytotoxicity of the deg-cSCKs were evaluated. Esterase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the nanoparticles resulted in the degradation of ca. 24% of the PDLLA core into lactic acid within 5 d, as opposed to only ca. 9% degradation from aqueous solutions of the deg-cSCK nanoparticles in the absence of enzyme. Cellular uptake of deg-cSCKs was efficient, while exhibiting low cytotoxicity with LD50 values of ca. 90 and 30 μg/mL in RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages and MLE 12 cell lines, respectively, ca. 5- to 6-fold lower than the cytotoxicity observed for nondegradable cSCK analogs. Additionally, deg-cSCKs were able to complex siRNA at an N/P ratio as low as 2, and were efficiently able to facilitate cellular uptake of the complexed nucleic acids.
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- Sandani Samarajeewa
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, P. O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas, 77842, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, P. O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas, 77842, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, P. O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas, 77842, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, P. O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas, 77842, United States
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Dobrzanska DA, Cooper AL, Dowson CG, Evans SD, Fox DJ, Johnson BR, Biggs CI, Randev RK, Stec HM, Taylor PC, Marsh A. Oxidation of tertiary amine-derivatized surfaces to control protein adhesion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:2961-2970. [PMID: 23402628 DOI: 10.1021/la4003719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Selective oxidation of ω-tertiary amine self-assembled thiol monolayers to tertiary amine N-oxides is shown to transform the adhesion of model proteins lysozyme and fibrinogen upon them. Efficient preparation of both secondary and tertiary linker amides as judged by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and water droplet contact angle was achieved with an improved amide bond formation on gold quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors using 2-(1H-7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl hexafluorophosphate methanaminium uronium (HATU). Oxidation with hydrogen peroxide was similarly assessed, and adhesion of lysozyme and fibrinogen from phosphate buffered saline was then assayed by QCM and imaged by AFM. Tertiary amine-functionalized sensors adsorbed multilayers of aggregated lysozyme, whereas tertiary amine N-oxides and triethylene glycol-terminated monolayers are consistent with small protein aggregates. The surface containing a dimethylamine N-oxide headgroup and ethyl secondary amide linker showed the largest difference in adsorption of both proteins. Oxidation of tertiary amine decorated surfaces therefore holds the potential for selective deposition of proteins and cells through masking and other patterning techniques.
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- Dorota A Dobrzanska
- Department of Chemistry, and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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