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Falchi L, Khalil WA, Hassan M, Marei WF. Perspectives of nanotechnology in male fertility and sperm function. Int J Vet Sci Med 2018; 6:265-269. [PMID: 30564607 PMCID: PMC6286411 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijvsm.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Recent advances in nanotechnology have tremendously expanded its possible applications in biomedicine. Although, the effects of nanoparticles (NPs) at cellular and tissue levels have not been fully understood, some of these biological effects might be employed in assisted reproduction to improve male fertility particularly by enhancing sperm cell quality either in vivo or in vitro. This review summarises the available literature regarding the potential applications of nanomaterials in farm animal reproduction, with a specific focus on the male gamete and on different strategies to improve breeding performances, transgenesis and targeted delivery of substances to a sperm cell. Antioxidant, antimicrobial properties and special surface binding ligand functionalization and their applications for sperm processing and cryopreservation have been reviewed. In addition, nanotoxicity and detrimental effects of NPs on sperm cells are also discussed due to the increasing concerns regarding the environmental impact of the expanding use of nanotechnologies on reproduction.
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- Laura Falchi
- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Sezione di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Animal Production Research Institute, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt
- Gamete Research Centre, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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Murugan B, Krishnan UM. Chemoresponsive smart mesoporous silica systems – An emerging paradigm for cancer therapy. Int J Pharm 2018; 553:310-326. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Rosenbrand R, Barata D, Sutthavas P, Mohren R, Cillero-Pastor B, Habibovic P, van Rijt S. Lipid surface modifications increase mesoporous silica nanoparticle labeling properties in mesenchymal stem cells. Int J Nanomedicine 2018; 13:7711-7725. [PMID: 30538454 PMCID: PMC6251437 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s182428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nanoparticles have emerged as promising cell-labeling tools, as they can be precisely tailored in terms of chemical and physical properties. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), in particular, are easily tunable with regard to surface and core chemistry, and are able to confine dyes and drug molecules efficiently. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of lipid and polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface modifications on MSN stem-cell-tracking abilities. METHODS Lipid and PEG surface functionalized MSNs were synthesized and the effect of surface functionalization on cell internalization, proliferation, differentiation and cell proteomics was investigated in patient derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). RESULTS MSNs and lipid surface-modified MSNs were internalized by >80% of the MSC population, with the exception of nanoparticles modified with short PEG chains (molecular weight 750 [MSN-PEG750]). Lipid-modified MSNs had higher labeling efficiency with maximum uptake after 2 hours of exposure and were in addition internalized 17 times higher compared to unmodified MSNs, without negatively affecting differentiation capacity. Using a mass-spectrometry-based label-free quantitative proteomics approach, we show that MSN labeling leads to the up- and downregulation of proteins that were unique for the different surface-modified MSNs. In addition, functional enrichments were found in human MSCs labeled with MSNs, MSN-PEG750, and lipid-modified MSNs. SUMMARY Here we show that organic modifications with lipids and PEGylation can be used as a promising strategy to improve MSN labeling capabilities. In particular, we show that lipid modifications can optimize such probes in three distinct ways: significantly improved signal strength, a barrier for sustained release of additional probes, and improved stem-cell-labeling efficiency.
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- Roger Rosenbrand
- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6229 ER MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands,
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- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6229 ER MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands,
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- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6229 ER MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands,
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- Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6229 ER MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands,
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- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6229 ER MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands,
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Desai D, Åkerfelt M, Prabhakar N, Toriseva M, Näreoja T, Zhang J, Nees M, Rosenholm JM. Factors Affecting Intracellular Delivery and Release of Hydrophilic Versus Hydrophobic Cargo from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles on 2D and 3D Cell Cultures. Pharmaceutics 2018; 10:E237. [PMID: 30453596 PMCID: PMC6320991 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Intracellular drug delivery by mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) carrying hydrophilic and hydrophobic fluorophores as model drug cargo is demonstrated on 2D cellular and 3D tumor organoid level. Two different MSN designs, chosen on the basis of the characteristics of the loaded cargo, were used: MSNs with a surface-grown poly(ethylene imine), PEI, coating only for hydrophobic cargo and MSNs with lipid bilayers covalently coupled to the PEI layer as a diffusion barrier for hydrophilic cargo. First, the effect of hydrophobicity corresponding to loading degree (hydrophobic cargo) as well as surface charge (hydrophilic cargo) on intracellular drug release was studied on the cellular level. All incorporated agents were able to release to varying degrees from the endosomes into the cytoplasm in a loading degree (hydrophobic) or surface charge (hydrophilic) dependent manner as detected by live cell imaging. When administered to organotypic 3D tumor models, the hydrophilic versus hydrophobic cargo-carrying MSNs showed remarkable differences in labeling efficiency, which in this case also corresponds to drug delivery efficacy in 3D. The obtained results could thus indicate design aspects to be taken into account for the development of efficacious intracellular drug delivery systems, especially in the translation from standard 2D culture to more biologically relevant organotypic 3D cultures.
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- Diti Desai
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20521 Turku, Finland.
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20521 Turku, Finland.
- Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20521 Turku, Finland.
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology, Karolinska Institute, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20521 Turku, Finland.
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Bone infection represents greatest challenge in public health care with serious social and economic implications. The efforts of the scientific community are focused in the development of innovative and advanced biomaterials with anti-infective properties related to their non-fouling, bactericidal and/or antibiofilm capabilities. This chapter aims at thoroughly surveying the different approaches based on silica mesoporous materials (SMMs) for bone infection management. Bacteria repelling surfaces by zwitterionization process, bactericidal effect by implantable devices with antimicrobial local delivery agents and antibiofilm effect by more sophisticated systems based on targeted nanocarriers will be considered.
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- María Vallet-Regí
- Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
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Cong VT, Gaus K, Tilley RD, Gooding JJ. Rod-shaped mesoporous silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine: recent progress and perspectives. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2018; 15:881-892. [PMID: 30173560 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2018.1517748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Interest in mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery has resulted in a good understanding of the impact of size and surface chemistry of these nanoparticles on their performance as drug carriers. Shape has emerged as an additional factor that can have a significant effect on delivery efficacy. Rod-shaped mesoporous silica nanoparticles show improvements in drug delivery relative to spherical mesoporous silica nanoparticles. AREAS COVERED This review summarises the synthesis methods for producing rod-shaped mesoporous silica nanoparticles for use in nanomedicine. The second part covers recent progress of mesoporous silica nanorods by comparing the impact of sphere and rod-shape on drug delivery efficiency. EXPERT OPINION As hollow mesoporous silica nanorods are capable of higher drug loads than most other drug delivery vehicles, such particles will reduce the amount of mesoporous silica in the body for efficient therapy. However, the importance of nanoparticle shape on drug delivery efficiency is not well understood for mesoporous silica. Studies that visualize and quantify the uptake pathway of mesoporous silica nanorods in specific cell types and compare the cellular uptake to the well-studied nanospheres should be the focus of research to better understand the role of shape in uptake.
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- Vu Thanh Cong
- a School of Chemistry, Australian of NanoMedicine and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia
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- b EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science and ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia
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- a School of Chemistry, Australian of NanoMedicine and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia
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- a School of Chemistry, Australian of NanoMedicine and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia
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Gonçalves MC. Sol-gel Silica Nanoparticles in Medicine: A Natural Choice. Design, Synthesis and Products. Molecules 2018; 23:E2021. [PMID: 30104542 PMCID: PMC6222648 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23082021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Silica is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust, and over time it has been introduced first into human life and later into engineering. Silica is present in the food chain and in the human body. As a biomaterial, silica is widely used in dentistry, orthopedics, and dermatology. Recently amorphous sol-gel SiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) have appeared as nanocarriers in a wide range of medical applications, namely in drug/gene target delivery and imaging diagnosis, where they stand out for their high biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, enormous flexibility for surface modification with a high payload capacity, and prolonged blood circulation time. The sol-gel process is an extremely versatile bottom-up methodology used in the synthesis of silica NPs, offering a great variety of chemical possibilities, such as high homogeneity and purity, along with full scale pH processing. By introducing organic functional groups or surfactants during the sol-gel process, ORMOSIL NPs or mesoporous NPs are produced. Colloidal route, biomimetic synthesis, solution route and template synthesis (the main sol-gel methods to produce monosized silica nanoparticles) are compared and discussed. This short review goes over some of the emerging approaches in the field of non-porous sol-gel silica NPs aiming at medical applications, centered on the syntheses processes used.
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- M Clara Gonçalves
- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa,Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
- CQE, Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa,1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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pH-sensitive release of insulin-loaded mesoporous silica particles and its coordination mechanism. Eur J Pharm Sci 2018; 119:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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