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Song Z, Liu T, Lai H, Meng X, Yang L, Su J, Chen T. A Universally EDTA-Assisted Synthesis of Polytypic Bismuth Telluride Nanoplates with a Size-Dependent Enhancement of Tumor Radiosensitivity and Metabolism In Vivo. ACS NANO 2022; 16:4379-4396. [PMID: 35175721 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c10663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) is an available thermoelectric material with the lowest band gap among bismuth chalcogenides, revealing a broad application in photocatalysis. Unfortunately, its size and morphology related to a radio-catalysis property have rarely been explored. Herein, an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-assisted hydrothermal strategy was introduced to synthesize polytypic Bi2Te3 nanoplates (BT NPs) that exhibit size-dependent radio-sensitization and metabolism characteristics in vivo. By simply varying the molar ratio of EDTA/Bi3+ during the reaction, BT NPs with different sizes and morphologies were obtained. EDTA acting as chelating agent and "capping" agent contributed to the homogeneous growth of BT NPs by eliminating dangling bonds and reducing the surface energy of different facets. Further analyzing the size-dependent radio-sensitization mechanism, larger-sized BT NPs generated holes that preferentially catalyzed the conversion of OH- to ·OH when irradiated with X-rays, while the smaller-sized BT NPs exhibited faster decay kinetics producing higher 1O2 levels to enhance radiotherapy effects. A metabolomic analysis revealed that larger-sized BT NPs were oxidized into Bi(Ox) in the liver via a citrate cycle pathway, whereas smaller-sized BT NPs accumulated in the kidney and were excreted in urine in the form of ions by regulating the metabolism of glutamate. In a cervical cancer model, BT NPs combined with X-ray irradiation significantly antagonized tumor suppression through the promotion of apoptosis in tumor cells. Consequently, in addition to providing a prospect of BT NPs as an efficient radio-sensitizer to boost the tumor radiosensitivity, we put forth a strategy that can be universally applied in synthesizing metal chalcogenides for catalysis-promoted radiotherapy.
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- Zhenhuan Song
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
- China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, Guangzhou 510700, P. R. China
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- Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Jinan University, Zhuhai 519000, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China
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- Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Jinan University, Zhuhai 519000, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
- China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, Guangzhou 510700, P. R. China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
- China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, Guangzhou 510700, P. R. China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
- China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, Guangzhou 510700, P. R. China
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- Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Jinan University, Zhuhai 519000, Guangdong, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China
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Abbas G, Maqbool S, Shahzad MK, Afzaal M, Daud MU, Fatima NG, Ghuffar A. Analysis of gold nanospheres, nano ellipsoids, nanorods, and effect of core-shell structures for hyperthermia treatment. RSC Adv 2022; 12:9292-9298. [PMID: 35424852 PMCID: PMC8985326 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra00618a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Hyperthermia (HT) is a technique for treating malignancies by raising the temperature of the defected tissues. This technique has been used as a treatment to raise tumor area temperatures between 42 °C to 48 °C. Hyperthermia penetrates deeper malignant cells by heating the region of interest when magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are exposed to an externally induced magnetic field of the incident wave. In this work, numerical analysis was used to examine the temporal and spatial temperature distributions within a tumor. The temperature field was analyzed using the mass transfer and diffusion theories in the interstitial tissue. A bio-heating module in COMSOL Multi-Physics was used for different types of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) including nanorods, nanospheres, and nano-ellipsoids with different shapes. The objective of this study is to analyze the use of AuNPs for hyperthermia. The results show that AuNPs achieve a maximum temperature for Au nanorods as compared to nano ellipsoids and nanospheres. The Au NPs achieve thermal equilibrium after 0.5 μs and are effective for hyperthermia treatment. The results describe the effect of nanoparticle shape and surface coating on thermal absorption around the nanoparticle in hyperthermia. The significance of Au NPs for hyperthermia is explained. It is expected that this study will be helpful in the future for hyperthermia treatment.
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- Ghulam Abbas
- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus Pakistan
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Calatayud DG, Jardiel T, Cordero-Oyonarte E, Caballero AC, Villegas M, Valle-Noguera A, Cruz-Adalia A, Peiteado M. Biocompatible Probes Based on Rare-Earth Doped Strontium Aluminates with Long-Lasting Phosphorescent Properties for In Vitro Optical IMAGING. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:3410. [PMID: 35328831 PMCID: PMC8954243 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In recent decades, the demand for biomedical imaging tools has grown very rapidly as a key feature for biomedical research and diagnostic applications. Particularly, fluorescence imaging has gained increased attention as a non-invasive, inexpensive technique that allows real-time imaging. However, tissue auto-fluorescence under external illumination, together with a weak tissue penetration of low wavelength excitation light, largely restricts the application of the technique. Accordingly, new types of fluorescent labels are currently being investigated and, in this search, phosphorescent nanoparticles promise great potential, as they combine the interesting size-dependent properties of nanoscale materials with a long-lasting phosphorescence-type emission that allows optical imaging well after excitation (so avoiding autofluorescence). In this work, core-shell structures consisting of SrAlO:Eu,Dy luminescent cores encapsulated within a biocompatible silica shell were prepared, showing a green persistent phosphorescence with an afterglow time of more than 1000 s. A high-energy ball milling procedure was used to reduce the size of the starting phosphors to a size suitable for cellular uptake, while the silica coating was produced by a reverse micelle methodology that eventually allows the excitation and emission light to pass efficiently through the shell. Confocal fluorescence microscopy using HeLa cancer cells confirmed the potential of the all-ceramic composites produced as feasible labels for in vitro optical imaging.
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- David G. Calatayud
- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 12 de Octubre Health Research Institute (imas12), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.V.-N.); (A.C.-A.)
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 12 de Octubre Health Research Institute (imas12), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.V.-N.); (A.C.-A.)
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio—CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (T.J.); (E.C.-O.); (A.C.C.); (M.V.)
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Gao L, Song Y, Zhong J, Lin X, Zhou SF, Zhan G. Biocompatible 2D Cu-TCPP Nanosheets Derived from Cu 2O Nanocubes as Multifunctional Nanoplatforms for Combined Anticancer Therapy. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2022; 8:1074-1086. [PMID: 35129963 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could serve as multifunctional nanoplatforms to load small-molecule drugs and enzyme-mimicking nanoparticles (NPs) with a high efficiency for combined cancer therapy. Herein, we have prepared novel 2D Cu-tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) nanosheets with an average thickness of 1.2 ± 0.1 nm using Cu2O nanocubes (50 nm) as a template and solid copper ion supplier. Cu2O nanocubes can be consumed and hybridized with the obtained Cu-TCPP, depending on the molar ratio of Cu2O and TCPP linker. The resultant Cu2O/Cu-TCPP could serve as nanoplatforms for co-loading of Pt and Au NPs to construct multifunctional Cu2O/Cu-TCPP/(Pt-Au) nanomedicines, which showed a superior anticancer effect via multiple therapeutic modes. For instance, Cu(II)-TCPP can produce 1O2 in the presence of acidic H2O2 by the Russell mechanism and the intrinsic Cu(I) ions (derived from the residual Cu2O) could mediate a Fenton-like reaction in tumorous tissues to generate toxic hydroxyl radicals (•OH). Moreover, the loaded Pt NPs with catalase (CAT)-mimic activity could decompose hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into O2 within the tumor cells, increasing the local O2 concentration, modulating the tumorous hypoxia atmosphere, and promoting the O2-dependent glucose oxidation reaction. Furthermore, Au NPs with glucose oxidase (GOx)-mimic activity could accelerate the consumption of glucose and cut nutrient supply to induce starvation therapy. Consequently, our designed 2D MOF-based therapeutic nanomedicines would be a promising candidate for future smart and combined cancer therapy.
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- Le Gao
- College of Chemical Engineering, Integrated Nanocatalysts Institute (INCI), Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Integrated Nanocatalysts Institute (INCI), Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Integrated Nanocatalysts Institute (INCI), Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Juwenlee (Fujian) Cosmetics Co., Ltd., 21 Longxiang Road, Taiwanese Investment Area, Zhangzhou 363107, Fujian, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Integrated Nanocatalysts Institute (INCI), Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Integrated Nanocatalysts Institute (INCI), Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, P. R. China
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Kabay G, Manz A, Dincer C. Microfluidic Roadmap for Translational Nanotheranostics. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101217. [PMID: 34957704 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nanotheranostic materials (NTMs) shed light on the mechanisms responsible for complex diseases such as cancer because they enable making a diagnosis, monitoring the disease progression, and applying a targeted therapy simultaneously. However, several issues such as the reproducibility and mass production of NTMs hamper their application for clinical practice. To address these issues and facilitate the clinical application of NTMs, microfluidic systems have been increasingly used. This perspective provides a glimpse into the current state-of-art of NTM research, emphasizing the methods currently employed at each development stage of NTMs and the related open problems. This work reviews microfluidic technologies used to develop NTMs, ranging from the fabrication and testing of a single NTM up to their manufacturing on a large scale. Ultimately, a step-by-step vision on the future development of NTMs for clinical practice enabled by microfluidics techniques is provided.
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- Gozde Kabay
- University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), 79110, Freiburg, Germany
- University of Freiburg, FIT Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Europe, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), 79110, Freiburg, Germany
- University of Freiburg, FIT Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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Hybrid Nanoparticles as Theranostics Platforms for Glioblastoma Treatment: Phototherapeutic and X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography Investigations. JOURNAL OF NANOTHERANOSTICS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/jnt3010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest and most aggressive cancers, remarkably resilient to current therapeutic treatments. Here, we report preliminary in vivo studies of GBM treatments based on photo-nanotherapeutics to activate synergistic killing mechanisms. Core-shell nanoparticles have been weaponized by combining photophysical properties of a new generation PDT agent (Ir(III) complex) with the thermoplasmonic effects of resonant gold nanospheres. In order to investigate the damages induced in GBM treated with these photoactivable nanosystems, we employed X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT). This high-resolution three-dimensional imaging technique highlighted a vast devascularization process by micro-vessels disruption, which is indicative of tumor elimination without relapse.
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Qu A, Xu L, Xu C, Kuang H. Chiral nanomaterials for biosensing, bioimaging, and disease therapies. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:12782-12802. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04420j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chiral plasmonic nanomaterials for biosensing, bioimaging and disease therapy.
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- Aihua Qu
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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Hu X, Xu Y, Xu Y, Li Y, Guo J. Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Peripheral Nerve Repair and Reconstruction. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9374-7_30-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bano I, Soomro SEH. Nanotechnology and its importance in the field of microbiology. J Microbiol Methods 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mim.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nanoprecipitation of Biocompatible Poly(malic acid) Derivative, Its Ability to Encapsulate a Molecular Photothermal Agent and Photothermal Properties of the Resulting Nanoparticles. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26247703. [PMID: 34946784 PMCID: PMC8703538 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26247703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biocompatible nanoparticles (NPs) of hydrophobic poly(benzyl malate) (PMLABe) were prepared by nanoprecipitation. The influence of nanoprecipitation parameters (initial PMLABe, addition rate, organic solvent/water ratio and stirring speed) were studied to optimize the resulting formulations in terms of hydrodynamic diameter (Dh) and dispersity (PDI). PMLABe NPs with a Dh of 160 nm and a PDI of 0.11 were isolated using the optimized nanoprecipitation conditions. A hydrophobic near infra-red (NIR) photothermally active nickel-bis(dithiolene) complex (Ni8C12) was then encapsulated into PMLABe NPs using the optimized nanoprecipitation conditions. The size and encapsulation efficiency of the NPs were measured, revealing that up to 50 weight percent (wt%) of Ni8C12 complex can efficiently be encapsulated with a slight increase in Dh of the corresponding Ni8C12-loaded NPs. Moreover, we have shown that NP encapsulating Ni8C12 were stable under storage conditions (4 °C) for at least 10 days. Finally, the photothermal properties of Ni8C12-loaded NPs were evaluated and a high photothermal efficiency (62.7 ± 6.0%) waswas measured with NPs incorporating 10 wt% of the Ni8C12 complex.
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Qi Y, Qian Z, Yuan W, Li Z. Injectable and self-healing nanocomposite hydrogel loading needle-like nano-hydroxyapatite and graphene oxide for synergistic tumour proliferation inhibition and photothermal therapy. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:9734-9743. [PMID: 34787633 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb01753e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Non-chemotherapeutic tumour treatment has received extensive attention due to its having fewer side effects as compared to chemotherapy. However, nanomaterials-based non-chemotherapy still faces limitations such as poor targeting and low retention. Therefore, a Schiff base cross-linked hydrogel was designed and prepared using aldehyde-modified polyethylene glycol (PEG) and carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC). This hydrogel has good injectable and self-healing properties and can carry graphene oxide (GO) as a photothermal agent and needle-like nano-hydroxyapatite (HAP) as a tumour inhibitor. Combined with tumour proliferation inhibition therapy and photothermal therapy, the nanocomposite hydrogel system can avoid the side effects of chemotherapy and improve the accuracy of tumour treatment. The PEG-CMC/HAP/GO nanocomposite hydrogel system has a porous structure, good injectability and self-healing properties to meet the mechanical requirements. In vitro cell characterization showed that GO is phototoxic to tumour cells, HAP can inhibit the proliferation of tumour cells, the nanocomposite hydrogel remained in the tumour site, and the encapsulated GO and HAP did not transfer to the normal site and cause cell damage. In the in vivo investigation, the breast cancer tumour-bearing mice, the model animals for tumour treatment, were treated with an intratumoral injection of the PEG-CMC/HAP/GO nanocomposite hydrogel. This functional self-healing hydrogel loaded with GO and HAP effectively inhibited tumour cell proliferation and realized the synergistic effect of photothermal therapy, which is expected to become a new effective treatment approach for tumours.
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- Yujie Qi
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, People's Republic of China.
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- Division of General Surgery, Shanghai Pudong New District Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai 201200, P. R. China.
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Petrov SA, Zyk NY, Machulkin AE, Beloglazkina EK, Majouga AG. PSMA-targeted low-molecular double conjugates for diagnostics and therapy. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 225:113752. [PMID: 34464875 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This review presents data on dual conjugates of therapeutic and diagnostic action for targeted delivery to prostate cancer cells. The works of the last ten years on this topic were analyzed. The mail attention focuses on low-molecular-weight conjugates directed to the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA); the comparison of high and low molecular weight PSMA-targeted conjugates was made. The considered conjugates were divided in the review into two main classes: diagnostic bimodal conjugates (which are containing two fragments for different types of diagnostics), theranostic conjugates (containing both therapeutic and diagnostic agents); also bimodal high molecular weight therapeutic conjugates containing two therapeutic agents are briefly discussed. The data of in vitro and in vivo studies for PSMA-targeted double conjugates available by the beginning of 2021 have been analyzed.
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- Stanislav A Petrov
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow, Russia; Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Lee W, Il An G, Park H, Sarkar S, Ha YS, Huynh PT, Bhise A, Bhatt N, Ahn H, Pandya DN, Kim JY, Kim S, Jun E, Kim SC, Lee KC, Yoo J. Imaging Strategy that Achieves Ultrahigh Contrast by Utilizing Differential Esterase Activity in Organs: Application in Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer. ACS NANO 2021; 15:17348-17360. [PMID: 34405675 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Most nanoparticles show much higher uptake in mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) organs than in tumors, which has been a long-lasting dilemma in nanomedicine. Here, we report an imaging strategy that selectively decreases MPS organ uptakes by utilizing the differential esterase activity in tumors and other organs. When an esterase-labile radiotracer loaded liposome was injected into the body, radioactivity was rapidly excreted from the liver and spleen after breakage of the ester bond by esterase. However, the lipophilic radiotracer delivered to the tumor remained in the tumor with minimal bond cleavage. The underlying mechanism was fully characterized in vitro and in vivo in colon tumor models. As a proof of concept, the liposomal radiotracer was further optimized for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. The folate-coated liposomal radiotracer showed highly selective tumor uptake. At 4 h postinjection, a pancreatic tumor a few millimeters in size was unambiguously visualized in orthotopic tumor models by PET imaging. At 24 h, an exceptionally high tumor-to-background ratio was achieved, enabling the visualization of tumors alone with minimal background noise. More than 9% of the total radioactivity was found in the tumor. Utilizing our imaging strategy, various tumor imaging agents can be developed for sensitive detection with ultrahigh contrast.
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- Woonghee Lee
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health Sciences, The Graduate School of Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, AMIST, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea
- Department of Convergence Medicine, Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, AMIST, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Brain Korea 21 four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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Ang MJY, Chan SY, Goh YY, Luo Z, Lau JW, Liu X. Emerging strategies in developing multifunctional nanomaterials for cancer nanotheranostics. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 178:113907. [PMID: 34371084 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.113907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cancer involves a collection of diseases with a common trait - dysregulation in cell proliferation. At present, traditional therapeutic strategies against cancer have limitations in tackling various tumors in clinical settings. These include chemotherapeutic resistance and the inability to overcome intrinsic physiological barriers to drug delivery. Nanomaterials have presented promising strategies for tumor treatment in recent years. Nanotheranostics combine therapeutic and bioimaging functionalities at the single nanoparticle level and have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years. This review highlights recent developments of advanced nanomaterials and nanotheranostics in three main directions: stimulus-responsive nanomaterials, nanocarriers targeting the tumor microenvironment, and emerging nanomaterials that integrate with phototherapies and immunotherapies. We also discuss the cytotoxicity and outlook of next-generation nanomaterials towards clinical implementation.
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- Melgious Jin Yan Ang
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore; NUS Graduate School (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore 138634, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore; NUS Graduate School (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore; NUS Graduate School (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore.
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Mayorga C, Perez‐Inestrosa E, Rojo J, Ferrer M, Montañez MI. Role of nanostructures in allergy: Diagnostics, treatments and safety. Allergy 2021; 76:3292-3306. [PMID: 33559903 DOI: 10.1111/all.14764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nanotechnology is science, engineering and technology conducted at the nanoscale, which is about 1-100 nm. It has led to the development of nanomaterials, which behave very differently from materials with larger scales and can have a wide range of applications in biomedicine. The physical and chemical properties of materials of such small compounds depend mainly on the size, shape, composition and functionalization of the system. Nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, liposomes, polymers, dendrimers and nanogels, among others, can be nanoengineeried for controlling all parameters, including their functionalization with ligands, which provide the desired interaction with the immunological system, that is dendritic cell receptors to activate and/or modulate the response, as well as specific IgE, or effector cell receptors. However, undesired issues related to toxicity and hypersensitivity responses can also happen and would need evaluation. There are wide panels of accessible structures, and controlling their physico-chemical properties would permit obtaining safer and more efficient compounds for clinical applications goals, either in diagnosis or treatment. The application of dendrimeric antigens, nanoallergens and nanoparticles in allergy diagnosis is very promising since it can improve sensitivity by increasing specific IgE binding, mimicking carrier proteins or enhancing signal detection. Additionally, in the case of immunotherapy, glycodendrimers, liposomes, polymers and nanoparticles have shown interest, behaving as platforms of allergenic structures, adjuvants or protectors of allergen from degradation or having a depot capacity. Taken together, the application of nanotechnology to allergy shows promising facts facing important goals related to the improvement of diagnosis as well as specific immunotherapy.
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- Cristobalina Mayorga
- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA Málaga Spain
- Allergy Unit Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga Málaga Spain
- Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology‐BIONAND Málaga Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology‐BIONAND Málaga Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, and the Biomimetic Dendrimers and Photonic Laboratory Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMAUniversidad de Málaga Málaga Spain
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- Glycosystems Laboratory Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)CSIC—Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Clínica Universidad de NavarraInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA) Pamplona Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA Málaga Spain
- Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology‐BIONAND Málaga Spain
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Lynch MJ, Gobbo OL. Advances in Non-Animal Testing Approaches towards Accelerated Clinical Translation of Novel Nanotheranostic Therapeutics for Central Nervous System Disorders. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:2632. [PMID: 34685073 PMCID: PMC8538557 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nanotheranostics constitute a novel drug delivery system approach to improving systemic, brain-targeted delivery of diagnostic imaging agents and pharmacological moieties in one rational carrier platform. While there have been notable successes in this field, currently, the clinical translation of such delivery systems for the treatment of neurological disorders has been limited by the inadequacy of correlating in vitro and in vivo data on blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeation and biocompatibility of nanomaterials. This review aims to identify the most contemporary non-invasive approaches for BBB crossing using nanotheranostics as a novel drug delivery strategy and current non-animal-based models for assessing the safety and efficiency of such formulations. This review will also address current and future directions of select in vitro models for reducing the cumbersome and laborious mandate for testing exclusively in animals. It is hoped these non-animal-based modelling approaches will facilitate researchers in optimising promising multifunctional nanocarriers with a view to accelerating clinical testing and authorisation applications. By rational design and appropriate selection of characterised and validated models, ranging from monolayer cell cultures to organ-on-chip microfluidics, promising nanotheranostic particles with modular and rational design can be screened in high-throughput models with robust predictive power. Thus, this article serves to highlight abbreviated research and development possibilities with clinical translational relevance for developing novel nanomaterial-based neuropharmaceuticals for therapy in CNS disorders. By generating predictive data for prospective nanomedicines using validated in vitro models for supporting clinical applications in lieu of requiring extensive use of in vivo animal models that have notable limitations, it is hoped that there will be a burgeoning in the nanotherapy of CNS disorders by virtue of accelerated lead identification through screening, optimisation through rational design for brain-targeted delivery across the BBB and clinical testing and approval using fewer animals. Additionally, by using models with tissue of human origin, reproducible therapeutically relevant nanomedicine delivery and individualised therapy can be realised.
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- Mark J. Lynch
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland
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Cai R, Xiang H, Yang D, Lin KT, Wu Y, Zhou R, Gu Z, Yan L, Zhao Y, Tan W. Plasmonic AuPt@CuS Heterostructure with Enhanced Synergistic Efficacy for Radiophotothermal Therapy. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16113-16127. [PMID: 34582167 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Integrating multifunctional nanostructures capable of radiotherapy and photothermal ablation is an emerging alternative in killing cancer cells. In this work, we report a novel plasmonic heterostructure formed by decorating AuPt nanoparticles (NPs) onto the surfaces of CuS nanosheets (AuPt@CuS NSs) as a highly effective nanotheranostic toward dual-modal photoacoustic/computed tomography imaging and enhanced synergistic radiophotothermal therapy. These heterostructures can confer higher photothermal conversion efficiency via the local electromagnetic enhancement as well as a greater radiation dose deposition in the form of glutathione depletion and reactive oxygen species generation. As a result, the depth of tissue penetration is improved, and hypoxia of the tumor microenvironment is alleviated. With synergistic enhancement in the efficacy of photothermal ablation and radiotherapy, the tumor can be eliminated without later recurrence. It is believed that these multifunctional heterostructures will play a vital role in future oncotherapy with the enhanced synergistic effects of radiotherapy and photothermal ablation under the guided imaging of a potential dual-modality system.
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- Ren Cai
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Material Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Centre of Translational Atomaterials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn 3122, Australia
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- Centre of Translational Atomaterials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn 3122, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Material Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.,Institute of Molecular Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.,The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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Li XY, Deng FA, Zheng RR, Liu LS, Liu YB, Kong RJ, Chen AL, Yu XY, Li SY, Cheng H. Carrier Free Photodynamic Synergists for Oxidative Damage Amplified Tumor Therapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2102470. [PMID: 34480417 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202102470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tumor cells adapt to excessive oxidative stress by actuating reactive oxygen species (ROS)-defensing system, leading to a resistance to oxidation therapy. In this work, self-delivery photodynamic synergists (designated as PhotoSyn) are developed for oxidative damage amplified tumor therapy. Specifically, PhotoSyn are fabricated by the self-assembly of chlorine e6 (Ce6) and TH588 through π-π stacking and hydrophobic interactions. Without additional carriers, nanoscale PhotoSyn possess an extremely high drug loading rate (up to 100%) and they are found to be fairly stable in aqueous phase with a uniform size distribution. Intravenously injected PhotoSyn prefer to accumulate at tumor sites for effective cellular uptake. More importantly, TH588-mediated MTH1 inhibition could destroy the ROS-defensing system of tumor cells by preventing the elimination of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine triphosphate (8-oxo-dG), thereby exacerbating the oxidative DNA damage induced by the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of Ce6 under light irradiation. As a consequence, PhotoSyn exhibit enhanced photo toxicity and a significant antitumor effect. This amplified oxidative damage strategy improves the PDT efficiency with a reduced side effect by increasing the lethality of ROS without generating superabundant ROS, which would provide a new insight for developing self-delivery nanoplatforms in photodynamic tumor therapy in clinic.
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- Xin-Yu Li
- School of Biomedical Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P. R. China
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Koyande AK, Chew KW, Manickam S, Chang JS, Show PL. Emerging algal nanotechnology for high-value compounds: A direction to future food production. Trends Food Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2021.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gao Y, Shi X, Shen M. Intelligent Design of Ultrasmall Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Theranostics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:45119-45129. [PMID: 34530608 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rapid advances in nanotechnology have opened up innovative trails to break through the current limitation in clinical treatments of cancer and other critical diseases that plague human beings. Ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles (USIO NPs) with sizes smaller than 5 nm have been emerging as a novel category of nanomaterials with increasing interest in the biomedical domains. To overcome their intrinsic shortcomings, naked USIO NPs can be functionalized, clustered, assembled, or incorporated with other nanomaterials to generate various kinds of intelligent nanoplatforms for single-mode or dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, multimode imaging, as well as imaging-guided precision therapy. In this spotlight on applications, first, we propose the principal aspects in the design and application of USIO NPs for biomedical uses. Second, we cover the recent design strategies of USIO NP-based nanoplatforms mainly developed by our group, describe the rationale on the combination of other functional materials with USIO NPs, and review their resultant applications in theranostics. In addition, we provide herein a perspective on the possible future directions toward USIO NP-based nanoplatforms as smart nanomedicines.
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- Yue Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-Dimension Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-Dimension Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-Dimension Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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Gellini C, Feis A. Optothermal properties of plasmonic inorganic nanoparticles for photoacoustic applications. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2021; 23:100281. [PMID: 34194975 PMCID: PMC8233228 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plasmonic systems are becoming a favourable alternative to dye molecules in the generation of photoacoustic signals for spectroscopy and imaging. In particular, inorganic nanoparticles are appealing because of their versatility. In fact, as the shape, size and chemical composition of nanoparticles are directly correlated with their plasmonic properties, the excitation wavelength can be tuned to their plasmon resonance by adjusting such traits. This feature enables an extensive spectral range to be covered. In addition, surface chemical modifications can be performed to provide the nanoparticles with designed functionalities, e.g., selective affinity for specific macromolecules. The efficiency of the conversion of absorbed photon energy into heat, which is the physical basis of the photoacoustic signal, can be accurately determined by photoacoustic methods. This review contrasts studies that evaluate photoconversion in various kinds of nanomaterials by different methods, with the objective of facilitating the researchers' choice of suitable plasmonic nanoparticles for photoacoustic applications.
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- Cristina Gellini
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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Liu D, Liu L, Liu F, Zhang M, Wei P, Yi T. HOCl-Activated Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles for Multimodality Therapy of Tumors. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2100074. [PMID: 34235882 PMCID: PMC8425924 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Tumor microenvironment-responsive nanodrugs offer promising opportunities for imaging-guided precision therapy with reduced side effects. Considering that the antitumor effect is closely related to the size of the nanodrugs, it is particularly important to develop a therapeutic system with size adjustability in the tumor microenvironment, which is still a great challenge in the field of nanotheranostics. Herein, a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-activated aggregation strategy is reported for imaging-guided precision therapy of tumors. The ROS-activated nanoplatform is constructed based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) coated with an HOCl probe on its surface (namely, Au-MB-PEG NPs). The Au-MB-PEG NPs show high sensitivity toward HOCl, resulting in the modulation of surface charge and rapid aggregation of AuNPs, and simultaneous release of methylene blue as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT). In the tumor environment, the aggregated AuNPs ensure higher tumor accumulation and retention. Furthermore, the redshift of the absorption of aggregated AuNPs leads to activated photoacoustic imaging signals and photothermal therapy (PTT) under near-infrared irradiation. Au-MB-PEG NPs thus efficiently inhibit the tumor growth through combined PTT-PDT therapy. This work contributes to the design of stimuli-induced size-aggregation nanodrugs, thereby attaining advanced performance in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Dongya Liu
- Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200438China
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- Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200438China
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- Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200438China
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- Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200438China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer MaterialsCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyDonghua UniversityShanghai201620China
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- Department of ChemistryFudan UniversityShanghai200438China
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer MaterialsCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyDonghua UniversityShanghai201620China
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Yayehrad AT, Siraj EA, Wondie GB, Alemie AA, Derseh MT, Ambaye AS. Could Nanotechnology Help to End the Fight Against COVID-19? Review of Current Findings, Challenges and Future Perspectives. Int J Nanomedicine 2021; 16:5713-5743. [PMID: 34465991 PMCID: PMC8402990 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s327334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A serious viral infectious disease was introduced to the globe by the end of 2019 that was seen primarily from China, but spread worldwide in a few months to be a pandemic. Since then, accurate prevention, early detection, and effective treatment strategies are not yet outlined. There is no approved drug to counter its worldwide transmission. However, integration of nanostructured delivery systems with the current management strategies has promised a pronounced opportunity to tackle the pandemic. This review addressed the various promising nanotechnology-based approaches for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the pandemic. The pharmaceutical, pharmacoeconomic, and regulatory aspects of these systems with currently achieved or predicted beneficial outcomes, challenges, and future perspectives are also highlighted.
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- Ashagrachew Tewabe Yayehrad
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA), Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Departement of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia
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- Departement of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia
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Hu XL, Shang Y, Yan KC, Sedgwick AC, Gan HQ, Chen GR, He XP, James TD, Chen D. Low-dimensional nanomaterials for antibacterial applications. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:3640-3661. [PMID: 33870985 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb00033k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The excessive use of antibiotics has led to a rise in drug-resistant bacteria. These "superbugs" are continuously emerging and becoming increasingly harder to treat. As a result, new and effective treatment protocols that have minimal risks of generating drug-resistant bacteria are urgently required. Advanced nanomaterials are particularly promising due to their drug loading/releasing capabilities combined with their potential photodynamic/photothermal therapeutic properties. In this review, 0-dimensional, 1-dimensional, 2-dimensional, and 3-dimensional nanomaterial-based systems are comprehensively discussed for bacterial-based diagnostic and treatment applications. Since the use of these platforms as antibacterials is relatively new, this review will provide appropriate insight into their construction and applications. As such, we hope this review will inspire researchers to explore antibacterial-based nanomaterials with the aim of developing systems for clinical applications.
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- Xi-Le Hu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD, Shanghai 200240, China.
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A Review on Silver Nanoparticles: Classification, Various Methods of Synthesis, and Their Potential Roles in Biomedical Applications and Water Treatment. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13162216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Recent developments in nanoscience have appreciably modified how diseases are prevented, diagnosed, and treated. Metal nanoparticles, specifically silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), are widely used in bioscience. From time to time, various synthetic methods for the synthesis of AgNPs are reported, i.e., physical, chemical, and photochemical ones. However, among these, most are expensive and not eco-friendly. The physicochemical parameters such as temperature, use of a dispersing agent, surfactant, and others greatly influence the quality and quantity of the synthesized NPs and ultimately affect the material’s properties. Scientists worldwide are trying to synthesize NPs and are devising methods that are easy to apply, eco-friendly, and economical. Among such strategies is the biogenic method, where plants are used as the source of reducing and capping agents. In this review, we intend to debate different strategies of AgNP synthesis. Although, different preparation strategies are in use to synthesize AgNPs such as electron irradiation, optical device ablation, chemical reduction, organic procedures, and photochemical methods. However, biogenic processes are preferably used, as they are environment-friendly and economical. The review covers a comprehensive discussion on the biological activities of AgNPs, such as antimicrobial, anticancer anti-inflammatory, and anti-angiogenic potentials of AgNPs. The use of AgNPs in water treatment and disinfection has also been discussed in detail.
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Li Voti R, Leahu G, Sibilia C, Matassa R, Familiari G, Cerra S, Salamone TA, Fratoddi I. Photoacoustics for listening to metal nanoparticle super-aggregates. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:4692-4701. [PMID: 36134303 PMCID: PMC9417617 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00333j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photoacoustic signal detection has been used to build a new strategy to determine the mesoscale self-assembly of metal nanoparticles in terms of size distribution and aggregate packing density (metal nanoparticle filling factor). A synergistic approach integrating photoacoustic signal and theoretical studies, validated by conventional light scattering and electron microscopy techniques, allows us to obtain a well-defined morphological interpretation of nanoparticle-based super-aggregates. By pumping light in a complex system, the acousto-thermal effect was listened to, providing information on the aggregation phenomena. Super-aggregates of covalently interconnected silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) functionalized with an organometallic dithiol are identified in solution, as a proof of concept for the versatility of the photoacoustic approach. According to our results, tiny AgNPs (size less than 10 nm) assembled into a 3D-network of super-aggregates (SA-AgNPs) with sizes in the range 100-200 nm and a filling factor in the range of 30-50%. Low-cost, rapid, and easy photoacoustic measurement in the low frequency range (less than 100 Hz) was revealed to be an innovative method to characterize the fundamental structure/property correlation of metal nanoparticle super-aggregates. This morpho-optical approach, which uses the absorption and scattering properties of nanoparticles in the liquid phase, opens new perspectives for advanced biomedical and structural applications.
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- Roberto Li Voti
- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Scarpa 14 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Scarpa 14 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Scarpa 14 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy, Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Borelli 50 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy, Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Borelli 50 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome P.le A. Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome P.le A. Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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Kundu S, Ghosh M, Sarkar N. State of the Art and Perspectives on the Biofunctionalization of Fluorescent Metal Nanoclusters and Carbon Quantum Dots for Targeted Imaging and Drug Delivery. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9281-9301. [PMID: 34297580 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The interface of nanobio science and cancer nanomedicine is one of the most important current frontiers in research, being full of opportunities and challenges. Ultrasmall fluorescent metal nanoclusters (MNCs) and carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have emerged as promising fluorescent nanomaterials due to their unique physicochemical and optical properties, facile surface functionalization, good photostability, biocompatibility, and aqueous dispersity. These characteristics make them advantageous over conventional fluorophores such as organic dye molecules and semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of various diseases including cancer. Recently, researchers have focused on the biofunctionalization strategy of the MNCs and CQDs which can tailor their physicochemical and biological properties and, in turn, can empower these biofunctionalized nanoprobes for diverse applications including imaging, drug delivery, theranostics, and other biomedical applications. In this invited feature article, we first discuss some fundamental structural and physicochemical characteristics of the fluorescent biocompatible quantum-sized nanomaterials which have some outstanding features for the development of multiplexed imaging probes, delivery vehicles, and cancer nanomedicine. We then demonstrate the diverse surface engineering of these fluorescent nanomaterials with reactive target specific functional groups which can help to construct multifunctional nanoprobes with improved targeting capabilities having minimal toxicity. The promising future of the biofunctionalized fluorescent quantum-sized nanomaterials in the field of bioanalytical and biomedical research is elaborately demonstrated, showing selected recent works with relevant applications. This invited feature article finally ends with a short discussion of the current challenges and future prospects of the development of these bioconjugated/biofunctionalized nanomaterials to provide insight into this burgeoning field of MNC- and CQD-based diagnostics and therapeutic applications.
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- Sangita Kundu
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB India
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Huang D, Wang G, Mao J, Liu C, Fan Z, Zhang Y, Zhang B, Zhao Y, Dai C, He Y, Ma H, Liu G, Chen X, Zhao Q. Intravital Whole-Process Monitoring Thermo-Chemotherapy Via 2D Silicon Nanoplatform: A Macro Guidance and Long-Term Microscopic Precise Imaging Strategy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2101242. [PMID: 34166580 PMCID: PMC8373095 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tumor angiogenesis is a complex process that is unamenable to intravital whole-process monitoring, especially on microscopic assessment of tumor microvessel and quantifying microvascular hemodynamics before and after the nanotherapeutics, which hinder the understanding of nanotheranostics outcomes in tumor treatment. Herein, a new photoacoustic (PA) imaging-optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)-laser speckle (LS) multimodal imaging strategy is first proposed, which is not only able to precisely macro guide the thermo-chemotherapy of tumor by monitoring blood oxygen saturation (SaO2 ) and hemoglobin content (HbT), but also capable of long-term microscopic investigating the microvessel morphology (microvascular density) and hemodynamics changes (relative blood flow) before and after the nanotherapeutics in vivo. Moreover, to realize the tumor thermo-chemotherapy treatment based on this novel multimodal imaging strategy, a 2D 5-fluorouracil silicon nanosheets (5-Fu-Si NSs) therapeutic agent is designed. Furthermore, 2D high-resolution tumor microvascular images in different stage display that tendency of the thermo-chemotherapy effect is closely associated with tumor angiogenesis. Taken together, the investigations establish the fundamental base in theory and technology for further tailoring the novel specific diagnosis and treatment strategy in tumor. More importantly, this technique will be beneficial to evaluate the tumor microvascular response to nanotherapeutics at microscale.
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- Doudou Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- Department of RadiologyXiang'an Hospital of Xiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- Laboratory of Translational MedicineMedical Innovation Research Division of Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing100853China
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- Department of BiomaterialsCollege of MaterialsResearch Center of Biomedical Engineering of Xiamen & Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Fujian Province & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft FunctionalXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- Department of Mechanical and Electrical EngineeringXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- College of PhysicsShanghai Institute of TechnologyShanghai201418China
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- Department of Colorectal SurgeryGeneral Hospital of Ningxia Medical UniversityYinchuan750004China
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- Department of Physiology and PathophysiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesFourth Military Medical UniversityXi'an710032China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Faculty of EngineeringNational University of SingaporeSingapore117597Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular DiagnosticsCenter for Molecular Imaging and Translational MedicineSchool of Public HealthXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen UniversityShenzhen518063China
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Chen H, Zhou S, Zhu M, Wang B, Chen W, Zheng L, Wang M, Feng W. Gold Nanoparticles Modified With Polyethyleneimine Disturbed the Activity of Drug-Metabolic Enzymes and Induced Inflammation-Mediated Liver Injury in Mice. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:706791. [PMID: 34335268 PMCID: PMC8321413 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.706791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been used as a potential bioactive platform for drug delivery due to their unique optical and thermal characteristics. Liver is the main organ in orchestrating physiological homeostasis through metabolization of drugs and detoxification of exogenous substances. Therefore, it is crucial to deeply understand the mechanism of nanoparticle–liver interaction and the potential hepatic effects of GNPs in vivo. In this study, we studied the hepatic impacts of the intravenously injected polyethyleneimine (PEI)-modified GNPs (PEI-GNPs) on the expression of hepatic drug-metabolic enzymes and sterol responsive element binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c)-mediated de novo lipogenesis in mice for 24 h and 1 week. PEI-GNP accumulation in the liver is associated with increased liver inflammation, as evidenced by the gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Moreover, the GNP-induced hepatotoxicity in mice is partly due to liver inflammation–triggered disruption in the function of drug-metabolic enzymes, including hepatic uptake and efflux transporters, cytochrome P450 (CYP450), and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs). The study provides evidence that it is necessary to consider the nanomaterial–liver interaction and manipulate the surface chemistry of GNPs prior to biomedical application of nanoparticles.
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- Hanqing Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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Sahoo RK, Singh H, Thakur K, Gupta U, Goyal AK. Theranostic Applications of Nanomaterials in the Field of Cardiovascular Diseases. Curr Pharm Des 2021; 28:91-103. [PMID: 34218771 DOI: 10.2174/1381612827666210701154305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A large percentage of people are being exposed to mortality due to cardiovascular diseases. Convention approaches have not provided satisfactory outcomes in the management of these diseases. To overcome the limitations of conventional approaches, nanomaterials like nanoparticles, nanotubes, micelles, lipid based nanocarriers, dendrimers, carbon based nano-formulations represent the new aspect of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The unique inherent properties of the nanomaterials are the major reasons for their rapidly growing demand in the field of medicine. Profound knowledge in the field of nanotechnology and biomedicine is needed for the notable translation of nanomaterials into theranostic cardiovascular applications. In this review, the authors have summarized different nanomaterials which are being extensively used to diagnose and treat the diseases such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, stroke and thrombosis.
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- Rakesh K Sahoo
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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Wong XY, Quesada-González D, Manickam S, Muthoosamy K. Fluorescence "turn-off/turn-on" biosensing of metal ions by gold nanoclusters, folic acid and reduced graphene oxide. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1175:338745. [PMID: 34330444 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Metal ions homeostasis plays an important role in biological processes. The ability to detect the concentration of metal ions in biological fluids is often challenged by the obvious interference or competitive binding nature of other alkaline metals ions. Common analytical techniques employed for metal ions detection are electrochemical, fluorescence and colorimetric methods. However, most reported metal ions sensors are complicated, time-consuming and involve costly procedures with limited effectiveness. Herein, a nanobiosensor for detecting sodium and potassium ions using folic acid-functionalised reduced graphene oxide-modified RNase A gold nanoclusters (FA-rGO-RNase A/AuNCs) based on fluorescence "turn-off/turn-on" is presented. Firstly, a facile and optimised protocol for the fabrication of RNase A/AuNCs is developed. The activity of RNase A protein after the formation of RNase A/AuNCs is studied. RNase A/AuNCs is then loaded onto FA-rGO, in which FA-rGO is used as a potential carrier and fluorescence quencher for RNase A/AuNCs. Finally, a fluorescence "turn-on" sensing strategy is developed using the as-synthesised FA-rGO-RNase A/AuNCs to detect sodium and potassium ions. The developed nanobiosensor revealed an excellent sensing performance and meets the sensitivity required to detect both sodium and potassium ions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work done on determining the RNase A protein activity in RNase A/AuNCs and exploring the potential application of RNase A/AuNCs as a metal ion sensor. This work serves as a proof-of-concept for combining the potential of drug delivery, active targeting and therapy on cancer cells, as well as biosensing of metal ions into a single platform.
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- Xin Yi Wong
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Paperdrop Diagnostics, Av. de Can Domènech S/n, Eureka Building, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia; Nanotechnology Research Group, Centre of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia; Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Nanotechnology Research Group, Centre of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Miyazawa T, Itaya M, Burdeos GC, Nakagawa K, Miyazawa T. A Critical Review of the Use of Surfactant-Coated Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine and Food Nanotechnology. Int J Nanomedicine 2021; 16:3937-3999. [PMID: 34140768 PMCID: PMC8203100 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s298606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Surfactants, whose existence has been recognized as early as 2800 BC, have had a long history with the development of human civilization. With the rapid development of nanotechnology in the latter half of the 20th century, breakthroughs in nanomedicine and food nanotechnology using nanoparticles have been remarkable, and new applications have been developed. The technology of surfactant-coated nanoparticles, which provides new functions to nanoparticles for use in the fields of nanomedicine and food nanotechnology, is attracting a lot of attention in the fields of basic research and industry. This review systematically describes these "surfactant-coated nanoparticles" through various sections in order: 1) surfactants, 2) surfactant-coated nanoparticles, application of surfactant-coated nanoparticles to 3) nanomedicine, and 4) food nanotechnology. Furthermore, current progress and problems of the technology using surfactant-coated nanoparticles through recent research reports have been discussed.
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- Taiki Miyazawa
- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Institute for Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Li X, Jian M, Sun Y, Zhu Q, Wang Z. The Peptide Functionalized Inorganic Nanoparticles for Cancer-Related Bioanalytical and Biomedical Applications. Molecules 2021; 26:3228. [PMID: 34072160 PMCID: PMC8198790 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In order to improve their bioapplications, inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are usually functionalized with specific biomolecules. Peptides with short amino acid sequences have attracted great attention in the NP functionalization since they are easy to be synthesized on a large scale by the automatic synthesizer and can integrate various functionalities including specific biorecognition and therapeutic function into one sequence. Conjugation of peptides with NPs can generate novel theranostic/drug delivery nanosystems with active tumor targeting ability and efficient nanosensing platforms for sensitive detection of various analytes, such as heavy metallic ions and biomarkers. Massive studies demonstrate that applications of the peptide-NP bioconjugates can help to achieve the precise diagnosis and therapy of diseases. In particular, the peptide-NP bioconjugates show tremendous potential for development of effective anti-tumor nanomedicines. This review provides an overview of the effects of properties of peptide functionalized NPs on precise diagnostics and therapy of cancers through summarizing the recent publications on the applications of peptide-NP bioconjugates for biomarkers (antigens and enzymes) and carcinogens (e.g., heavy metallic ions) detection, drug delivery, and imaging-guided therapy. The current challenges and future prospects of the subject are also discussed.
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- Xiaotong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; (X.L.); (M.J.); (Y.S.)
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; (X.L.); (M.J.); (Y.S.)
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; (X.L.); (M.J.); (Y.S.)
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; (X.L.); (M.J.); (Y.S.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; (X.L.); (M.J.); (Y.S.)
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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IR780, a small molecule with a strong optical property and excellent photoconversion efficiency following near infrared (NIR) irradiation, has attracted increasing attention in the field of cancer treatment and imaging. This review is focused on different IR780-based nanoplatforms and the application of IR780-based nanomaterials for cancer bioimaging and therapy. Thus, this review summarizes the overall aspects of IR780-based nanomaterials that positively impact cancer biomedical applications.
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- Long Wang
- Research Center of Ultrasonography, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China. and Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Research Center of Ultrasonography, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China. and Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Research Center of Ultrasonography, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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Kouhpayeh S, Shariati L, Boshtam M, Rahimmanesh I, Mirian M, Esmaeili Y, Najaflu M, Khanahmad N, Zeinalian M, Trovato M, Tay FR, Khanahmad H, Makvandi P. The Molecular Basis of COVID-19 Pathogenesis, Conventional and Nanomedicine Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5438. [PMID: 34064039 PMCID: PMC8196740 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In late 2019, a new member of the Coronaviridae family, officially designated as "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" (SARS-CoV-2), emerged and spread rapidly. The Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) outbreak was accompanied by a high rate of morbidity and mortality worldwide and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Within the Coronaviridae family, SARS-CoV-2 is considered to be the third most highly pathogenic virus that infects humans, following the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Four major mechanisms are thought to be involved in COVID-19 pathogenesis, including the activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) signaling pathway, oxidative stress and cell death, cytokine storm, and endothelial dysfunction. Following virus entry and RAS activation, acute respiratory distress syndrome develops with an oxidative/nitrosative burst. The DNA damage induced by oxidative stress activates poly ADP-ribose polymerase-1 (PARP-1), viral macrodomain of non-structural protein 3, poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG), and transient receptor potential melastatin type 2 (TRPM2) channel in a sequential manner which results in cell apoptosis or necrosis. In this review, blockers of angiotensin II receptor and/or PARP, PARG, and TRPM2, including vitamin D3, trehalose, tannins, flufenamic and mefenamic acid, and losartan, have been investigated for inhibiting RAS activation and quenching oxidative burst. Moreover, the application of organic and inorganic nanoparticles, including liposomes, dendrimers, quantum dots, and iron oxides, as therapeutic agents for SARS-CoV-2 were fully reviewed. In the present review, the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are explained by focusing on molecular mechanisms. Potential therapeutic targets, including the RAS signaling pathway, PARP, PARG, and TRPM2, are also discussed in depth.
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- Shirin Kouhpayeh
- Erythron Genetics and Pathobiology Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Isfahan 8164776351, Iran;
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- Department of Biomaterials, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
- Biosensor Research Center, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8158388994, Iran;
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- Applied Physiology Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Biosensor Research Center, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran; (M.N.); (M.Z.)
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- School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 817467346, Iran;
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran; (M.N.); (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- The Graduate School, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran; (M.N.); (M.Z.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Centre for Materials Interface, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pisa, Italy
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Zheng W, Zhou Q, Yuan C. Nanoparticles for Oral Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2021; 2021:9977131. [PMID: 33981334 PMCID: PMC8088384 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9977131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Oral cancer is the sixth most common malignant cancer, affecting the health of people with an unacceptably high mortality rate. Despite numerous clinical methods in the diagnosis and therapy of oral cancer (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, surgery, and chemoradiotherapy), they still remain far from optimal. Therefore, an urgent need exists for effective and practical techniques of early diagnosis and effective therapy of oral cancer. Currently, various types of nanoparticles have aroused wide public concern, representing a promising tool for diagnostic probes and therapeutic devices. Their inherent physicochemical features, including ultrasmall size, high reactivity, and tunable surface modification, enable them to overcome some of the limitations and achieve the expected diagnostic and therapeutic effect. In this review, we introduce different types of nanoparticles that emerged for the diagnosis and therapy of oral cancers. Then, the challenges and future perspectives for nanoparticles applied in oral cancer diagnosis and therapy are presented. The objective of this review is to help researchers better understand the effect of nanoparticles on oral cancer diagnosis and therapy and may accelerate breakthroughs in this field.
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- Weiping Zheng
- Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
- School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
- School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
- Institute for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
- School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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Yang X, Li M, Liang J, Hou X, He X, Wang K. NIR-Controlled Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tumor Cells by Mesoporous Silica Capsules Containing Gold Nanorods and Doxorubicin. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:14894-14910. [PMID: 33769025 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c23073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) is identified as a major impediment to the efficient chemotherapy of cancer, and considerable endeavors have been devoted to reverse MDR containing structuring varieties of multifunctional nanocarriers. Here, a specially light-activated hollow mesoporous silica nanocontainer with an in situ-synthesized Au nanorod (AuNR) core and a surface-modified hairpin structure DNA gatekeeper is reported for treating MDR tumor cells. In this system, the AuNR only fills part of the space in hollow mesoporous silica due to its controllable size, and the remaining space is used to load enough DOX. By controlling the near-infrared (NIR) laser intensity and exposure duration, the configuration of hairpin-structured DNA (Tm = 51.4 °C) can change reversibly and then trigger the controllable intracellular release of DOX, leading to a significantly enhanced chemotherapeutic efficacy and adjustable photothermal treatment for multidrug-resistant cancer cells. The in vitro experiments showed that this system could effectively overcome the MDR of HepG2-adm cells (a MDR cell line of human hepatocarcinoma cells) by the increased concentration of DOX intracellularly and the photothermal conversion of AuNRs, even at a low concentration (e.g., 30 μg mL-1). Therefore, this NIR-triggered chemo-photothermal synergistic treatment system can be used as a promising efficient strategy in reversing the multidrug resistance for cancer therapy.
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- Xue Yang
- College of Biology, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, No. 601, Jinsui Road, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- College of Biology, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, No. 601, Jinsui Road, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, No. 601, Jinsui Road, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- College of Biology, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Biology, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Bai X, Wang J, Mu Q, Su G. In vivo Protein Corona Formation: Characterizations, Effects on Engineered Nanoparticles' Biobehaviors, and Applications. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:646708. [PMID: 33869157 PMCID: PMC8044820 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.646708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Understanding the basic interactions between engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and biological systems is essential for evaluating ENPs’ safety and developing better nanomedicine. Profound interactions between ENPs and biomolecules such as proteins are inevitable to occur when ENPs are administered or exposed to biological systems, for example, through intravenous injection, oral, or respiration. As a key component of these interactions, protein corona (PC) is immediately formed surrounding the outlayer of ENPs. PC formation is crucial because it gives ENPs a new biological identity by altering not only the physiochemical properties, but also the biobehaviors of ENPs. In the past two decades, most investigations about PC formation were carried out with in vitro systems which could not represent the true events occurring within in vivo systems. Most recently, studies of in vivo PC formation were reported, and it was found that the protein compositions and structures were very different from those formed in vitro. Herein, we provide an in-time review of the recent investigations of this in vivo PC formation of ENPs. In this review, commonly used characterization methods and compositions of in vivo PC are summarized firstly. Next, we highlight the impacts of the in vivo PC formation on absorption, blood circulation, biodistribution, metabolism, and toxicity of administered ENPs. We also introduce the applications of modulating in vivo PC formation in nanomedicine. We further discuss the challenges and future perspectives.
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- Xue Bai
- School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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Hunt NJ, Lockwood GP, Kang SWS, Westwood LJ, Limantoro C, Chrzanowski W, McCourt PAG, Kuncic Z, Le Couteur DG, Cogger VC. Quantum Dot Nanomedicine Formulations Dramatically Improve Pharmacological Properties and Alter Uptake Pathways of Metformin and Nicotinamide Mononucleotide in Aging Mice. ACS NANO 2021; 15:4710-4727. [PMID: 33626869 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Orally administered Ag2S quantum dots (QDs) rapidly cross the small intestine and are taken up by the liver. Metformin and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) target metabolic and aging processes within the liver. This study examined the pharmacology and toxicology of QD-based nanomedicines as carriers of metformin and NMN in young and old mice, determining if their therapeutic potency and reduced effects associated with aging could be improved. Pharmacokinetic studies demonstrated that QD-conjugated metformin and NMN have greater bioavailability, with selective accumulation in the liver following oral administration compared to unconjugated formulations. Pharmacodynamic data showed that the QD-conjugated medicines had increased physiological, metabolic, and cellular potency compared to unconjugated formulations (25× metformin; 100× NMN) and highlighted a shift in the peak induction of, and greater metabolic response to, glucose tolerance testing. Two weeks of treatment with low-dose QD-NMN (0.8 mg/kg/day) improved glucose tolerance tests in young (3 months) mice, whereas old (18 and 24 months) mice demonstrated improved fasting and fed insulin levels and insulin resistance. High-dose unconjugated NMN (80 mg/kg/day) demonstrated improvements in young mice but not in old mice. After 100 days of QD (320 μg/kg/day) treatment, there was no evidence of cellular necrosis, fibrosis, inflammation, or accumulation. Ag2S QD nanomedicines improved the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of metformin and NMN by increasing their therapeutic potency, bypassing classical cellular uptake pathways, and demonstrated efficacy when drug alone was ineffective in aging mice.
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- Nicholas J Hunt
- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
- Cell Biology and Imaging Section, Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 9037, Norway
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Juste-Dolz A, Delgado-Pinar M, Avella-Oliver M, Fernández E, Pastor D, Andrés MV, Maquieira Á. BIO bragg gratings on microfibers for label-free biosensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 176:112916. [PMID: 33401145 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Discovering nanoscale phenomena to sense biorecognition events introduces new perspectives to exploit nanoscience and nanotechnology for bioanalytical purposes. Here we present Bio Bragg Gratings (BBGs), a novel biosensing approach that consists of diffractive structures of protein bioreceptors patterned on the surface of optical waveguides, and tailored to transduce the magnitude of biorecognition assays into the intensity of single peaks in the reflection spectrum. This work addresses the design, fabrication, and optimization of this system by both theoretical and experimental studies to explore the fundamental physicochemical parameters involved. Functional biomolecular gratings are fabricated by microcontact printing on the surface of tapered optical microfibers, and their structural features were characterized. The transduction principle is experimentally demonstrated, and its quantitative bioanalytical prospects are assessed in a representative immunoassay, based on patterned protein probes and selective IgG targets, in label-free conditions. This biosensing system involves appealing perspectives to avoid unwanted signal contributions from non-specific binding, herein investigated in human serum samples. The work also proves how the optical response of the system can be easily tuned, and it provides insights into the relevance of this feature to conceive multiplexed BBG systems capable to perform multiple label-free biorecognition assays in a single device.
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- Augusto Juste-Dolz
- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism-ICMUV, Universitat de València, Burjassot, 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain; Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Photonics Research Labs, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46021, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism-ICMUV, Universitat de València, Burjassot, 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain; Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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Kumar SR, Hsu YH, Vi TTT, Pang JHS, Lee YC, Hsieh CH, Lue SJ. Graphene Oxide-Induced Protein Conformational Change in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells: A Joint Research on Cytotoxicity and Photon Therapy. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:1396. [PMID: 33805683 PMCID: PMC8001416 DOI: 10.3390/ma14061396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The objectives of this work aim to investigate the interaction and cytotoxicity between nanometric graphene oxide (GO) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (NPC-BM1), and possible application in photon therapy. GO nanosheets were obtained in the size range of 100-200 nm, with a negative surface charge. This nanometric GO exhibited a limited (<10%) cytotoxicity effect and no significant dimensional change on NPC-BM1 cells in the tested GO concentration range (0.1-10 µg·mL-1). However, the secondary protein structure was modified in the GO-treated NPC-BM1 cells, as determined through synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (SR-FTIRM) mapping. To further study the cellular response of GO-treated NPC-BM1 cancer cells at low GO concentration (0.1 µg·mL-1), photon radiation was applied with increasing doses, ranging from 2 to 8 Gy. The low radiation energy (<5 Gy) did not cause significant cell mortality (5-7%). Increasing the radiation energy to 6-8 Gy accelerated cell apoptosis rate, especially in the GO-treated NPC-BM1 cells (27%). This necrosis may be due to GO-induced conformational changes in protein and DNA/RNA, resulting in cell vulnerability under photon radiation. The findings of the present work demonstrate the potential biological applicability of nanometric GO in different areas, such as targeted drug delivery, cellular imaging, and radiotherapy, etc.
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- Selvaraj Rajesh Kumar
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (S.R.K.); (T.T.T.V.)
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (J.-H.S.P.)
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (S.R.K.); (T.T.T.V.)
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (J.-H.S.P.)
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Dinghu Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsin Ann Road, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan;
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital, Jincheng Road, New Taipei City 236, Taiwan
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Fusing Street, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; (S.R.K.); (T.T.T.V.)
- Division of Join Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedics, Chang Gung Medical Center at Linkou, Fusing Street, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Department of Safety, Health and Environment Engineering, Ming-Chi University of Technology, Gongzhuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei City 243, Taiwan
- Center for Environmental Sustainability and Human Health, Ming-Chi University of Technology, Gongzhuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei City 243, Taiwan
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Liu P, Shi X, Zhong S, Peng Y, Qi Y, Ding J, Zhou W. Metal-phenolic networks for cancer theranostics. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:2825-2849. [PMID: 33688863 DOI: 10.1039/d0bm02064h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Metal-phenolic networks (MPNs) have shown promising potential in biomedical applications since they provide a rapid, simple and robust way to construct multifunctional nanoplatforms. As a novel nanomaterial self-assembled from metal ions and polyphenols, MPNs can be prepared to assist the theranostics of cancer owing to their bio-adhesiveness, good biocompatibility, versatile drug loading, and stimuli-responsive profile. This Critical Review aims to summarize recent progress in MPN-based nanoplatforms for multimodal tumor therapy and imaging. First, the advantages of MPNs as drug carriers are summarized. Then, various tumor therapeutic modalities based on MPNs are introduced. Next, MPN-based theranostic systems are reviewed. In terms of in vivo applications, specific attention is paid to their biosafety, biodistribution, as well as excretion. Finally, some problems and limitations of MPNs are discussed, along with a future perspective on the field.
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- Peng Liu
- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China. and School of Medicine, Yichun University, Yichun, Jiangxi 336000, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine & the First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
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Calatayud DG, Jardiel T, Bernardo MS, Mirabello V, Ge H, Arrowsmith RL, Cortezon-Tamarit F, Alcaraz L, Isasi J, Arévalo P, Caballero AC, Pascu SI, Peiteado M. Hybrid Hierarchical Heterostructures of Nanoceramic Phosphors as Imaging Agents for Multiplexing and Living Cancer Cells Translocation. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:4105-4118. [PMID: 34056563 PMCID: PMC8155200 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Existing fluorescent
labels used in life sciences are based on
organic compounds with limited lifetime or on quantum dots which are
either expensive or toxic and have low kinetic stability in biological
environments. To address these challenges, luminescent nanomaterials
have been conceived as hierarchical, core–shell structures
with spherical morphology and highly controlled dimensions. These
tailor-made nanophosphors incorporate Ln:YVO4 nanoparticles
(Ln = Eu(III) and Er(III)) as 50 nm cores and display intense and
narrow emission maxima centered at ∼565 nm. These cores can
be encapsulated in silica shells with highly controlled dimensions
as well as functionalized with chitosan or PEG5000 to reduce nonspecific
interactions with biomolecules in living cells. Confocal fluorescence
microscopy in living prostate cancer cells confirmed the potential
of these platforms to overcome the disadvantages of commercial fluorophores
and their feasibility as labels for multiplexing, biosensing, and
imaging in life science assays.
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- David G Calatayud
- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid28040, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid28040, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid28040, Spain
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electroceramics, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Patel U, Rathnayake K, Jani H, Jayawardana KW, Dhakal R, Duan L, Jayawardena SN. Near‐infrared responsive targeted drug delivery system that offer chemo‐photothermal therapy against bacterial infection. NANO SELECT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202000271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Unnati Patel
- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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- Department of Physics The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee 37235 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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- Department of Physics The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama 35899 USA
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Mussi V, Ledda M, Convertino A, Lisi A. Raman Mapping of Biological Systems Interacting with a Disordered Nanostructured Surface: A Simple and Powerful Approach to the Label-Free Analysis of Single DNA Bases. MICROMACHINES 2021; 12:mi12030264. [PMID: 33806524 PMCID: PMC8000830 DOI: 10.3390/mi12030264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article demonstrates the possibility to use a novel powerful approach based on Raman mapping of analyte solutions drop casted on a disordered array of Ag covered silicon nanowires (Ag/SiNWs), to identify the characteristic spectral signal of the four DNA bases, adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G), at concentration as low as 10 ng/µL, and to study their specific way of interacting with the nanostructured substrate. The results show a distinctive and amplified interaction of guanine, the base that is most susceptible to oxidation, with the nanostructured surface. Our findings explain the recently revealed diverse behaviour of cancer and normal DNA deposited on the same Ag/SiNWs, which is ascribed to mechanical deformation and base lesions present on the oxidised DNA molecule backbone and causes detectable variation in the Raman signal, usable for diagnostic purposes. The notable bio-analytical capability of the presented platform, and its sensitivity to the molecule mechanical conformation at the single-base level, thus provides a new reliable, rapid, label-free DNA diagnostic methodology alternative to more sophisticated and expensive sequencing ones.
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- Valentina Mussi
- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, National Research Council, IMM-CNR, 00133 Rome, Italy;
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, IFT-CNR, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.L.); (A.L.)
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, National Research Council, IMM-CNR, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, IFT-CNR, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.L.); (A.L.)
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Gonzalez-Valdivieso J, Girotti A, Schneider J, Arias FJ. Advanced nanomedicine and cancer: Challenges and opportunities in clinical translation. Int J Pharm 2021; 599:120438. [PMID: 33662472 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cancer has reached pandemic dimensions in the whole world. Although current medicine offers multiple treatment options against cancer, novel therapeutic strategies are needed due to the low specificity of chemotherapeutic drugs, undesired side effects and the presence of different incurable types of cancer. Among these new strategies, nanomedicine arises as an encouraging approach towards personalized medicine with high potential for present and future cancer patients. Therefore, nanomedicine aims to develop novel tools with wide potential in cancer treatment, imaging or even theranostic purposes. Even though numerous preclinical studies have been published with successful preliminary results, promising nanosystems have to face multiple obstacles before adoption in clinical practice as safe options for patients with cancer. In this MiniReview, we provide a short overview on the latest advances in current nanomedicine approaches, challenges and promising strategies towards more accurate cancer treatment.
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- Juan Gonzalez-Valdivieso
- Smart Biodevices for NanoMed Group, University of Valladolid, LUCIA Building, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- BIOFORGE Research Group (Group for Advanced Materials and Nanobiotechnology), CIBER-BBN, University of Valladolid, LUCIA Building, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Smart Biodevices for NanoMed Group, University of Valladolid, LUCIA Building, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Valladolid, School of Medicine, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
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- Smart Biodevices for NanoMed Group, University of Valladolid, LUCIA Building, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Sahu AK, Sreepadmanabh M, Rai M, Chande A. SARS-CoV-2: phylogenetic origins, pathogenesis, modes of transmission, and the potential role of nanotechnology. Virusdisease 2021; 32:1-12. [PMID: 33644261 PMCID: PMC7897733 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-021-00653-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has elicited a rapid response from the scientific community with significant advances in understanding the causative pathogen (SARS-CoV-2). Mechanisms of viral transmission and pathogenesis, as well as structural and genomic details, have been reported, which are essential in guiding containment, treatment, and vaccine development efforts. Here, we present a concise review of the recent research in these domains and an exhaustive analysis of the genomic origins of SARS-CoV-2. Particular emphasis has been placed on the pathology and disease progression of COVID-19 as documented by recent clinical studies, in addition to the characteristic immune responses involved therein. Furthermore, we explore the potential of nanomaterials and nanotechnology to develop diagnostic tools, drug delivery systems, and personal protective equipment design within the ongoing pandemic context. We present this as a ready resource for researchers to gain succinct, up-to-date insights on SARS-CoV-2.
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- Amit Kumar Sahu
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Indore By-Pass Road, Bhopal, 462066 India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Indore By-Pass Road, Bhopal, 462066 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra 444602 India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Indore By-Pass Road, Bhopal, 462066 India
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Ricciardi L, La Deda M. Recent advances in cancer photo-theranostics: the synergistic combination of transition metal complexes and gold nanostructures. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04329-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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AbstractIn this mini review, we highlight advances in the last five years in light-activated cancer theranostics by using hybrid systems consisting of transition metal complexes (TMCs) and plasmonic gold nanostructures (AuNPs). TMCs are molecules with attractive properties and high potential in biomedical application. Due to their antiproliferative abilities, platinum-based compounds are currently first-choice drugs for the treatment of several solid tumors. Moreover, ruthenium, iridium and platinum complexes are well-known for their ability to photogenerate singlet oxygen, a highly cytotoxic reactive species with a key role in photodynamic therapy. Their potential is further extended by the unique photophysical properties, which make TMCs particularly suitable for bioimaging. Recently, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely investigated as one of the leading nanomaterials in cancer theranostics. AuNPs—being an inert and highly biocompatible material—represent excellent drug delivery systems, overcoming most of the side effects associated with the systemic administration of anticancer drugs. Furthermore, due to the thermoplasmonic properties, AuNPs proved to be efficient nano-sources of heat for photothermal therapy application. Therefore, the hybrid combination TMC/AuNPs could represent a synergistic merger of multiple functionalities for combinatorial cancer therapy strategies. Herein, we report the most recent examples of TMC/AuNPs systems in in-vitro in-vivo cancer tharanostics application whose effects are triggered by light-exposure in the Vis–NIR region, leading to a spatial and temporal control of the TMC/AuNPs activation for light-mediated precision therapeutics.
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Xu S, Wang L, Liu Z. Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles: An Emerging Versatile Platform for Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:3858-3869. [PMID: 32789971 PMCID: PMC7894159 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are chemically synthesized affinity materials with tailor-made binding cavities complementary to the template molecules in shape, size, and functionality. Recently, engineering MIP-based nanomedicines to improve cancer therapy has become a rapidly growing field and future research direction. Because of the unique properties and functions of MIPs, MIP-based nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) are not only alternatives to current nanomaterials for cancer therapy, but also hold the potential to fill gaps associated with biological ligand-based nanomedicines, such as immunogenicity, stability, applicability, and economic viability. Here, we survey recent advances in the design and fabrication of nanoMIPs for cancer therapy and highlight their distinct features. In addition, how to use these features to achieve desired performance, including extended circulation, active targeting, controlled drug release and anti-tumor efficacy, is discussed and summarized. We expect that this minireview will inspire more advanced studies in MIP-based nanomedicines for cancer therapy.
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- Shuxin Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University163 Xianlin AvenueNanjing210023China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and ImmunologyFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa451 Smyth RoadOttawaOntarioK1H 8M5Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University163 Xianlin AvenueNanjing210023China
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- Shuxin Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa Ontario K1H 8M5 Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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