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Sztandera K, Rodríguez-García JL, Ceña V. In Vivo Applications of Dendrimers: A Step toward the Future of Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapeutics. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:439. [PMID: 38675101 PMCID: PMC11053723 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16040439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Over the last few years, the development of nanotechnology has allowed for the synthesis of many different nanostructures with controlled sizes, shapes, and chemical properties, with dendrimers being the best-characterized of them. In this review, we present a succinct view of the structure and the synthetic procedures used for dendrimer synthesis, as well as the cellular uptake mechanisms used by these nanoparticles to gain access to the cell. In addition, the manuscript reviews the reported in vivo applications of dendrimers as drug carriers for drugs used in the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, infections, and ocular diseases. The dendrimer-based formulations that have reached different phases of clinical trials, including safety and pharmacokinetic studies, or as delivery agents for therapeutic compounds are also presented. The continuous development of nanotechnology which makes it possible to produce increasingly sophisticated and complex dendrimers indicates that this fascinating family of nanoparticles has a wide potential in the pharmaceutical industry, especially for applications in drug delivery systems, and that the number of dendrimer-based compounds entering clinical trials will markedly increase during the coming years.
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- Krzysztof Sztandera
- Unidad Asociada Neurodeath, Instituto de Nanociencia Molecular, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Asociada Neurodeath, Instituto de Nanociencia Molecular, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Moreno-Gutierrez DS, Del Toro-Ríos X, Martinez-Sulvaran NJ, Perez-Altamirano MB, Hernandez-Garcia A. Programming the Cellular Uptake of Protein-Based Viromimetic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:1563-1573. [PMID: 36877960 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Viral mimetics is a noteworthy strategy to design efficient delivery systems without the safety drawbacks and engineering difficulties of modifying viral vectors. The triblock polypeptide CSB was previously designed de novo to self-assemble with DNA into nanocomplexes called artificial virus-like particles (AVLPs) due to their similarities to viral particles. Here, we show how we can incorporate new blocks into the CSB polypeptide to enhance its transfection without altering its self-assembly capabilities and the stability and morphology of the AVLPs. The addition of a short peptide (aurein) and/or a large protein (transferrin) to the AVLPs improved their internalization and specific targeting to cells by up to 11 times. Overall, these results show how we can further program the cellular uptake of the AVLPs with a wide range of bioactive blocks. This can pave the way to develop programmable and efficient gene delivery systems.
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- David S Moreno-Gutierrez
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Department of Chemistry of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Chemistry, UNAM, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Department of Chemistry of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Chemistry, UNAM, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Department of Chemistry of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Chemistry, UNAM, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Department of Chemistry of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Chemistry, UNAM, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Department of Chemistry of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Chemistry, UNAM, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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Cao M, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Wang Y, Wu J, Liu Z, Sun L, Wang D, Yue T, Han Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang M. Peptide Self-assembly into stable Capsid-Like nanospheres and Co-assembly with DNA to produce smart artificial viruses. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 615:395-407. [PMID: 35150952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.181] [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] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Smart artificial viruses have been successfully developed by co-assembly of de novo designed peptides with DNA, which achieved stimuli-responsibility and efficient gene transfection in cancer cells. The peptides were designed to incorporate several functional segments, including a hydrophobic aromatic segment to drive self-assembly, two or more cysteines to regulate the assemblage shape and stabilize the assembled nanostructures via forming disulfide bonds, several lysines to facilitate co-assembly with DNA and binding to cell membranes, and an enzyme-cleavable segment to introduce cancer sensitivity. The rationally designed peptides self-assembled into stable nanospheres with a uniform diameter of < 10 nm, which worked as capsid-like subunits to further interact with DNA to produce hierarchical virus-mimicking structures by encapsulating DNA in the interior. Such artificial viruses can effectively protect DNA from nuclease digestion and achieve efficient genome release by enzyme-triggered structure disassembly, which ensured a high level of gene transfection in tumor cells. The system emulates very well the structural and functional properties of natural viruses from the aspects of capsid formation, genome package and gene transfection, which is highly promising for application as efficient gene vectors.
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- Meiwen Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 27 South Taoyuan Road, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China.
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Tabatabaei Mirakabad FS, Khoramgah MS, Keshavarz F K, Tabarzad M, Ranjbari J. Peptide dendrimers as valuable biomaterials in medical sciences. Life Sci 2019; 233:116754. [PMID: 31415768 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Peptides are oligomers of amino acids, which have been used in a wide range of applications, particularly in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. Linear peptides have been extensively developed in various fields of medicine as therapeutics or targeting agents. The branched structure of peptide dendrimers with peptide (commonly, poly l‑Lysine) or non-peptide (commonly poly‑amidoamine) core, often exhibits valuable novel features, improves stability and enhances the functionality of peptide in comparison with small linear peptides. The potential applications of Branched and hyper-branched peptidic structures which are known as peptide dendrimers in biomedical sciences have been approved vastly. A peptide dendrimer contains three distinct parts including core, building blocks and branching units or surface functional groups. These structures provide a lot of opportunities in the pharmaceutical field, particularly for novel drug development. In this review, a brief summary of different biomedical applications of peptide dendrimers is presented, and peptide dendrimers as active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug delivery carriers are discussed. Applications of peptide dendrimers in vaccines and diagnostic tools are also presented, in brief. Generally, peptide dendrimers are promising biomaterials with high evolution rate for clinical and non-clinical applications in medicine.
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Protein Technology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Cao M, Wang Y, Zhao W, Qi R, Han Y, Wu R, Wang Y, Xu H. Peptide-Induced DNA Condensation into Virus-Mimicking Nanostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:24349-24360. [PMID: 29979028 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A series of surfactant-like peptides have been designed for inducing DNA condensation, which are all comprised of the same set of amino acids in different sequences. Results from experiments and molecular dynamics simulations show that the peptide's self-assembly and DNA-interaction behaviors can be well manipulated through sequence variation. With optimized pairing modes between the β-sheets, the peptide of I3V3A3G3K3 can induce efficient DNA condensation into virus-mimicking structures. The condensation involves two steps; the peptide molecules first bind onto the DNA chain through electrostatic interactions and then self-associate into β-sheets under hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonding. In such condensates, the peptide β-sheets act as scaffolds to assist the ordered arrangement of DNA, mimicking the very nature of the virus capsid in helping DNA packaging. Such a hierarchy affords an extremely stable structure to attain the highly condensed state and protect DNA against enzymatic degradation. Moreover, the condensate size can be well tuned by the DNA length. The condensates with smaller sizes and narrow size distribution can deliver DNA efficiently into cells. The study helps not only for probing into the DNA packaging mechanism in virus but also delineating the role of peptide self-assembly in DNA condensation, which may lead to development of peptide-based gene vectors for therapeutic applications.
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- Meiwen Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering , China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road , Qingdao 266580 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering , China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road , Qingdao 266580 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering , China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road , Qingdao 266580 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering , Donghua University , Shanghai 201620 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering , China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road , Qingdao 266580 , China
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Zhou J, Mohamed Wali AR, Ma S, He Y, Yue D, Tang JZ, Gu Z. Tailoring the Supramolecular Structure of Guanidinylated Pullulan toward Enhanced Genetic Photodynamic Therapy. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:2214-2226. [PMID: 29689167 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In the progress of designing a gene carrier system, what is urgently needed is a balance of excellent safety and satisfactory efficiency. Herein, a straightforward and versatile synthesis of a cationic guanidine-decorated dendronized pullulan (OGG3P) for efficient genetic photodynamic therapy was proposed. OGG3P was able to block the mobility of DNA from a weight ratio of 2. However, G3P lacking guanidine residues could not block DNA migration until at a weight ratio of 15, revealing guanidination could facilitate DNA condensation via specific guanidinium-phosphate interactions. A zeta potential plateau (∼+23 mV) of OGG3P complexes indicated the nonionic hydrophilic hydroxyl groups in pullulan might neutralize the excessive detrimental cationic charges. There was no obvious cytotoxicity and hemolysis, but also enhancement of transfection efficiency with regard to OGG3P in comparison with that of native G3P in Hela and HEK293T cells. More importantly, we found that the uptake efficiency in Hela cells between OGG3P and G3P complexes was not markedly different. However, guanidination caused changes in uptake pathway and led to macropinocytosis pathway, which may be a crucial reason for improved transfection efficiency. After introducing a therapeutic pKillerRed-mem plasmid, OGG3P complexes achieved significantly enhanced KillerRed protein expression and ROS production under irradiation. ROS-induced cancer cells proliferation suppression was also confirmed. This study highlights the guanidine-decorated dendronized pullulan could emerge as a reliable nonviral gene carrier to specifically deliver therapeutic genes.
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- Jie Zhou
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , No. 29, Wangjiang Road , Chengdu 610065 , Sichuan , People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering , University of Wolverhampton , Wulfruna Street , Wolverhampton WV1 1LY , United Kingdom
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , No. 29, Wangjiang Road , Chengdu 610065 , Sichuan , People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , 30 South Puzhu Road , Nanjing 211816 , People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , No. 29, Wangjiang Road , Chengdu 610065 , Sichuan , People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering , University of Wolverhampton , Wulfruna Street , Wolverhampton WV1 1LY , United Kingdom
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials , Sichuan University , No. 29, Wangjiang Road , Chengdu 610065 , Sichuan , People's Republic of China.,College of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , 30 South Puzhu Road , Nanjing 211816 , People's Republic of China
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Li W, Geng J, Titmarsh H, Megia-Fernandez A, Dhaliwal K, Frame M, Bradley M. Rapid Polymer Conjugation Strategies for the Generation of pH-Responsive, Cancer Targeting, Polymeric Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:2721-2730. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, U.K
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, U.K
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Wang Y, Wang L, Li B, Cheng Y, Zhou D, Chen X, Jing X, Huang Y. Compact Vesicles Self-Assembled from Binary Graft Copolymers with High Hydrophilic Fraction for Potential Drug/Protein Delivery. ACS Macro Lett 2017; 6:1186-1190. [PMID: 35650793 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hollow vesicles self-assembled from amphiphilic copolymers are of great interest in biomedicine field as drug and protein carriers. Efficient preparation of polymeric vesicles with high stability in vivo is highly desirable. Herein, a novel cooperative self-assembly of two graft copolymers (GCPs) with reversed hydrophilic-hydrophobic segments is investigated to achieve morphology control for biomedical application. Interestingly, nanosized vesicles are obtained for the binary system with relatively high hydrophilic fraction (fhydrophilic, ∼60%), contrary to what is found in its single-component counterpart. The cooperative self-assembly endowed the hybrid vesicles with excellent resistance to protein adsorption, prolonged blood circulation time, as well as low leakage of hydrophilic drugs/proteins. Furthermore, the biological activity of the protein is well preserved inside the cooperative vesicles, making it a promising candidate as the protein carrier.
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- Yupeng Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, People’s Republic of China
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Tong L, Wang Z, Xia C, Yang Y, Yuan S, Sun D, Xin X. Self-Assembly of Peptide-Polyoxometalate Hybrid Sub-Micrometer Spheres for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10566-10573. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Lu Tong
- National
Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key
Lab for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- National
Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- National
Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key
Lab for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key
Lab for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- National
Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Sun W, Mignani S, Shen M, Shi X. Dendrimer-based magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: their synthesis and biomedical applications. Drug Discov Today 2016; 21:1873-1885. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2016.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Patil SP, Moosa BA, Alsaiari S, Alamoudi K, Alshamsan A, AlMalik A, Adil K, Eddaoudi M, Khashab NM. Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Histidine-Capped-Dialkoxy-Anthracene: A Visible-Light-Triggered Platform for Facile siRNA Delivery. Chemistry 2016; 22:13789-13793. [PMID: 27356263 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Supramolecular self-assembly of histidine-capped-dialkoxy-anthracene (HDA) results in the formation of light-responsive nanostructures. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of HDA shows two types of hydrogen bonding. The first hydrogen bond is established between the imidazole moieties while the second involves the oxygen atom of one amide group and the hydrogen atom of a second amide group. When protonated in acidic aqueous media, HDA successfully complexes siRNA yielding spherical nanostructures. This biocompatible platform controllably delivers siRNA with high efficacy upon visible-light irradiation leading up to 90 % of gene silencing in live cells.
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- Sachin P Patil
- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy and King Abdullah Institute of Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Functional Materials Design, Discovery and Development Research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Functional Materials Design, Discovery and Development Research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Modulating self-assembly behavior of a salt-free peptide amphiphile (PA) and zwitterionic surfactant mixed system. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 467:43-50. [PMID: 26773608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A salt-free surfactant system formed by a peptide amphiphile with short headgroup (PA,C16-GK-3) and a zwitterionic surfactant (dodecyldimethylamine oxide, C12DMAO) in water has been systematically investigated. The microstructures and properties of C16-GK-3/C12DMAO mixed system were characterized using a combination of microscopic, scattering and spectroscopic techniques, including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), circular dichroism (CD) and rheological measurements. Rich phase transitions have been observed by adjusting the concentration of C16-GK-3. Investigation of the hydrogels of C16-GK-3/C12DMAO with TEM, SEM and AFM showed that all of these hydrogels form nanobelts. The nanobelt formation is performed in a hierarchical manner: β-sheet peptides and C12DMAO first interact each other to form small aggregates, which then arrange themselves to form one dimensional (1D) left-handed ribbons. The ribbons further aggregated into flat and rigid nanobelts. We proposed a mechanism to interpret the self-assembly process according to the specific peptide structure as well as multiple equilibria between the hydrogen bonding interactions between the headgroups of C16-GK-3, between C12DMAO molecules and the headgroups of C16-GK-3, chirality of the amino acid residues and hydrophobic interactions of the alkyl chains.
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Lai LL, Hsieh JW, Chang YH, Kuo MY, Cheng KL, Liu SH, Lee JJ, Hsu HF. An Unconventional Approach to Induce Liquid-Crystalline Phases of Triazine-Based Dendrons by Breaking Their Self-Assembly into Dimers. Chemistry 2015; 21:13336-43. [PMID: 26332231 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Three triazine-based dendrons (1 a-c) were successfully prepared in 70-83 % yields. These newly prepared dendrons are found to be liquid crystalline (LC). Computational investigations on molecular conformations and dipoles of triazine-based dendrons reveal that the substituent on the central triazine unit interrupts strong dipole or H-bond interactions to avoid dimeric formation. The obtained dendrons, not favouring self-assembly into dimers but showing LC behaviours, provides evidence for an approach contrary to the conventional method of inducing LC behaviours of dendrons by dimer or trimer formation, mostly through H-bond interactions.
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- Long-Li Lai
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, No.1 University Rd., Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545 (Taiwan).
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, No.1 University Rd., Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545 (Taiwan)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, No.1 University Rd., Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545 (Taiwan)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, No.1 University Rd., Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545 (Taiwan)
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- Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 (Taiwan)
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- Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 (Taiwan)
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- No.101 Hsin-Ann Rd., HsinChu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 (Taiwan)
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251 (Taiwan).
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Ma S, Zhou J, Wali ARM, He Y, Xu X, Tang JZ, Gu Z. Self-assembly of pH-sensitive fluorinated peptide dendron functionalized dextran nanoparticles for on-demand intracellular drug delivery. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2015; 26:219. [PMID: 26238777 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-015-5550-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, the amphiphilic fluorinated peptide dendrons functionalized dextran (FPD-HZN-Dex) via an acid-sensitive hydrazone linkage was successfully designed and prepared for the first time. We demonstrated a spontaneous self-assembly of amphiphilic FPD-HZN-Dex into the well-defined nanoparticles with the core-shell architecture in aqueous media, which is attributed to the efficient amphiphilic functionalization of dextran by the hydrophobic fluorinated peptide dendrons. The spherical morphology, uniform particle size and good storage stability of the prepared FPD-HZN-Dex nanoparticles were characterized by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. In vitro drug release studies showed a controlled and pH dependent hydrophobic drug release profile. The cell viability assays show excellent biocompatibility of the FPD-HZN-Dex nanoparticles for both normal cells and tumor cells. Moreover, the FPD-HZN-Dex self-assembled systems based on pH-sensitive hydrazone linkage also can serve as stimulus bioresponsive carriers for on-demand intracellular drug delivery. These self-assembled nanoparticles exhibit a stimulus-induced response to endo/lysosome pH (pH 5.0) that causes their disassembly over time, enabling controlled release of encapsulated DOX. This work has unveiled a unique non-covalent interaction useful for engineering amphiphilic dendrons or dendrimers self-assembled systems.
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- Shengnan Ma
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Zhang X, Zhang Z, Xu X, Li Y, Li Y, Jian Y, Gu Z. Bioinspired Therapeutic Dendrimers as Efficient Peptide Drugs Based on Supramolecular Interactions for Tumor Inhibition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201500683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhang X, Zhang Z, Xu X, Li Y, Li Y, Jian Y, Gu Z. Bioinspired Therapeutic Dendrimers as Efficient Peptide Drugs Based on Supramolecular Interactions for Tumor Inhibition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:4289-94. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Janeta M, John Ł, Ejfler J, Szafert S. High-Yield Synthesis of Amido-Functionalized Polyoctahedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes by Using Acyl Chlorides. Chemistry 2014; 20:15966-74. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhou Z, Ma X, Murphy CJ, Jin E, Sun Q, Shen Y, Van Kirk EA, Murdoch WJ. Molecularly Precise Dendrimer-Drug Conjugates with Tunable Drug Release for Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:10949-55. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhou Z, Ma X, Murphy CJ, Jin E, Sun Q, Shen Y, Van Kirk EA, Murdoch WJ. Molecularly Precise Dendrimer-Drug Conjugates with Tunable Drug Release for Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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He Y, Nie Y, Cheng G, Xie L, Shen Y, Gu Z. Viral mimicking ternary polyplexes: a reduction-controlled hierarchical unpacking vector for gene delivery. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2014; 26:1534-1540. [PMID: 24757715 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Reduction-controlled hierarchical unpacking is proposed for the development of virus-mimicking gene carriers. Disulfide-bond-modified hyaluronic acid (HA) is deposited onto the surface of diselenide-conjugated oligoethylenimine/DNA polyplexes to form DNA/OEI-SeSex/HA-SS-COOH (DOS) polyplexes. The cleavage of the disulfide and diselenide bonds is triggered by the gradient GSH level at the tumor site and inside the cells. The transfection efficiency of DOS show significant enhancement over DNA/poly(ethylene imine) (DP) in vitro and in vivo.
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Lai LL, Hsieh JW, Cheng KL, Liu SH, Lee JJ, Hsu HF. A Small Change in Central Linker Has a Profound Effect in Inducing Columnar Phases of Triazine-Based Unconventional Dendrimers. Chemistry 2014; 20:5160-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pu YJ, Yuan H, Yang M, He B, Gu ZW. Synthesis of peptide dendrimers with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cores via click chemistry. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2013.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Pu Y, Zhang L, Zheng H, He B, Gu Z. Synthesis and Drug Release of Star-Shaped Poly(benzyl L
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-poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymers with POSS Cores. Macromol Biosci 2013; 14:289-97. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201300270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Yuji Pu
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 China
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Ying W, Herndon JW. Total synthesis of (+)-antofine and (-)-cryptopleurine. European J Org Chem 2013; 2013:10.1002/ejoc.201300200. [PMID: 24357989 PMCID: PMC3864684 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The tylophorine alkaloid anticancer compounds antofine and cryptopleurine have been synthesized in optically active form. Both syntheses employ optically pure α-amino acids as the starting materials, require only seven steps from known 2-ethynylpyrrolidine or 2-ethynylpiperidine derivatives, and are free of protecting groups. Key steps include an alkyne hydration and a chromium carbene complex based net [5+5]-cycloaddition step. Alkyne hydration was accompanied by racemization of the resulting β-aminoketone under most of the conditions examined, and successful minimization of this side reaction was achieved through careful pH control and choice of metal additive. Final ring closure involves a Bischler-Napieralski reaction using a carbamate (antofine) or urea (cryptopleurine) precursor.
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- Weijiang Ying
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, MSC 3C, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, MSC 3C, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
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Jia L, Li Z, Zhang D, Zhang Q, Shen J, Guo H, Tian X, Liu G, Zheng D, Qi L. Redox-responsive catiomer based on PEG-ss-chitosan oligosaccharide-ss-polyethylenimine copolymer for effective gene delivery. Polym Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2py20781h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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