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Palivan CG, Heuberger L, Gaitzsch J, Voit B, Appelhans D, Borges Fernandes B, Battaglia G, Du J, Abdelmohsen L, van Hest JCM, Hu J, Liu S, Zhong Z, Sun H, Mutschler A, Lecommandoux S. Advancing Artificial Cells with Functional Compartmentalized Polymeric Systems - In Honor of Wolfgang Meier. Biomacromolecules 2024. [PMID: 39196319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
Abstract
The fundamental building block of living organisms is the cell, which is the universal biological base of all living entities. This micrometric mass of cytoplasm and the membrane border have fascinated scientists due to the highly complex and multicompartmentalized structure. This specific organization enables numerous metabolic reactions to occur simultaneously and in segregated spaces, without disturbing each other, but with a promotion of inter- and intracellular communication of biomolecules. At present, artificial nano- and microcompartments, whether as single components or self-organized in multicompartment architectures, hold significant value in the study of life development and advanced functional materials and in the fabrication of molecular devices for medical applications. These artificial compartments also possess the properties to encapsulate, protect, and control the release of bio(macro)molecules through selective transport processes, and they are capable of embedding or being connected with other types of compartments. The self-assembly mechanism of specific synthetic compartments and thus the fabrication of a simulated organelle membrane are some of the major aspects to gain insight. Considerable efforts have now been devoted to design various nano- and microcompartments and understand their functionality for precise control over properties. Of particular interest is the use of polymeric vesicles for communication in synthetic cells and colloidal systems to reinitiate chemical and biological communication and thus close the gap toward biological functions. Multicompartment systems can now be effectively created with a high level of hierarchical control. In this way, these structures can not only be explored to deepen our understanding of the functional organization of living cells, but also pave the way for many more exciting developments in the biomedical field.
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- Cornelia G Palivan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 22, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 22, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Straße 6, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Straße 6, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Straße 6, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helix, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine and Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230026, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine and Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230026, China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and International College of Pharmaceutical Innovation, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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Schvartzman C, Ibarboure E, Martin A, Garanger E, Mutschler A, Lecommandoux S. Protocells Featuring Membrane-Bound and Dynamic Membraneless Organelles. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:4087-4094. [PMID: 38828905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Living cells, especially eukaryotic ones, use multicompartmentalization to regulate intra- and extracellular activities, featuring membrane-bound and membraneless organelles. These structures govern numerous biological and chemical processes spatially and temporally. Synthetic cell models, primarily utilizing lipidic and polymeric vesicles, have been developed to carry out cascade reactions within their compartments. However, these reconstructions often segregate membrane-bound and membraneless organelles, neglecting their collaborative role in cellular regulation. To address this, we propose a structural design incorporating microfluidic-produced liposomes housing synthetic membrane-bound organelles made from self-assembled poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(trimethylene carbonate) nanovesicles and synthetic membraneless organelles formed via temperature-sensitive elastin-like polypeptide phase separation. This architecture mirrors natural cellular organization, facilitating a detailed examination of the interactions for a comprehensive understanding of cellular dynamics.
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- Clémence Schvartzman
- Université of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Université of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Université of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Université of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Université of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600 Pessac, France
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Phan H, Cavanagh R, Jacob P, Destouches D, Vacherot F, Brugnoli B, Howdle S, Taresco V, Couturaud B. Synthesis of Multifunctional Polymersomes Prepared by Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3070. [PMID: 37514459 PMCID: PMC10383388 DOI: 10.3390/polym15143070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Polymersomes are an exciting modality for drug delivery due to their structural similarity to biological cells and their ability to encapsulate both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs. In this regard, the current work aimed to develop multifunctional polymersomes, integrating dye (with hydrophobic Nile red and hydrophilic sulfo-cyanine5-NHS ester as model drugs) encapsulation, stimulus responsiveness, and surface-ligand modifications. Polymersomes constituting poly(N-2-hydroxypropylmethacrylamide)-b-poly(N-(2-(methylthio)ethyl)acrylamide) (PHPMAm-b-PMTEAM) are prepared by aqueous dispersion RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA). The hydrophilic block lengths have an effect on the obtained morphologies, with short chain P(HPMAm)16 affording spheres and long chain P(HPMAm)43 yielding vesicles. This further induces different responses to H2O2, with spheres fragmenting and vesicles aggregating. Folic acid (FA) is successfully conjugated to the P(HPMAm)43, which self-assembles into FA-functionalized P(HPMAm)43-b-P(MTEAM)300 polymersomes. The FA-functionalized P(HPMAm)43-b-P(MTEAM)300 polymersomes entrap both hydrophobic Nile red (NR) and hydrophilic Cy5 dye. The NR-loaded FA-linked polymersomes exhibit a controlled release of the encapsulated NR dye when exposed to 10 mM H2O2. All the polymersomes formed are stable in human plasma and well-tolerated in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. These preliminary results demonstrate that, with simple and scalable chemistry, PISA offers access to different shapes and opens up the possibility of the one-pot synthesis of multicompartmental and responsive polymersomes.
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- Hien Phan
- Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (ICMPE), CNRS, University Paris Est Créteil, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (ICMPE), CNRS, University Paris Est Créteil, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France
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Zhang Y, Obuchi H, Toyota T. A Practical Guide to Preparation and Applications of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Formed via Centrifugation of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:440. [PMID: 37103867 PMCID: PMC10144487 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13040440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Giant vesicles (GVs), which are closed lipid bilayer membranes with a diameter of more than 1 μm, have attracted attention not only as model cell membranes but also for the construction of artificial cells. For encapsulating water-soluble materials and/or water-dispersible particles or functionalizing membrane proteins and/or other synthesized amphiphiles, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) have been applied in various fields, such as supramolecular chemistry, soft matter physics, life sciences, and bioengineering. In this review, we focus on a preparation technique for GUVs that encapsulate water-soluble materials and/or water-dispersible particles. It is based on the centrifugation of a water-in-oil emulsion layered on water and does not require special equipment other than a centrifuge, which makes it the first choice for laboratory use. Furthermore, we review recent studies on GUV-based artificial cells prepared using this technique and discuss their future applications.
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- Yiting Zhang
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Universal Biology Institute, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Cao S, da Silva LC, Landfester K. Light‐Activated Membrane Transport in Polymeric Cell‐Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205266. [PMID: 35759257 PMCID: PMC9542181 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Shoupeng Cao
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research 55128 Mainz Germany
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Cao S, da Silva LC, Landfester K. Light‐Activated Membrane Transport in Polymeric Cell‐Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shoupeng Cao
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research 55128 Mainz Germany
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Hu M, Reichholf N, Xia Y, Alvarez L, Cao X, Ma S, deMello AJ, Isa L. Multi-compartment supracapsules made from nano-containers towards programmable release. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:1641-1648. [PMID: 35466981 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00135g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The assembly of nanomaterials into suprastructures offers the possibility to fabricate larger scale functional materials, whose inner structure strongly influences their functionality for a vast range of applications. In spite of the many current strategies, achieving multi-compartment structures in a targeted and versatile way remains highly challenging. Here, we describe a controllable and straightforward route to create uniform suprastructured materials with a multi-compartmentalized architecture by confining primary nanocapsules into droplets using a cross-junction microfluidic device. Following solvent evaporation from the droplets, the nanocapsules spontaneously assemble into precisely sized multi-compartment particles, which we term supracapsules. Thanks to the process, each spatially separated nanocapsule unit retains its cargo and functionalities within the resulting supracapsules. However, new collective properties emerge, and, particularly, programmable release profiles that are distinct from those of single-compartment capsules. Finally, the suprastructures can be disassembled into single-compartment units by applying ultra-sonication, switching their release to a burst-release mode. These findings open up exciting opportunities to fabricate multi-compartment suprastructures incorporating diverse functionalities for materials with emerging properties.
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- Minghan Hu
- Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Bilal M, Hussain N, Américo-Pinheiro JHP, Almulaiky YQ, Iqbal HMN. Multi-enzyme co-immobilized nano-assemblies: Bringing enzymes together for expanding bio-catalysis scope to meet biotechnological challenges. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 186:735-749. [PMID: 34271049 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Co-immobilization of multi-enzymes has emerged as a promising concept to design and signify bio-catalysis engineering. Undoubtedly, the existence and importance of basic immobilization methods such as encapsulation, covalent binding, cross-linking, or even simple adsorption cannot be ignored as they are the core of advanced co-immobilization strategies. Different strategies have been developed and deployed to green the twenty-first century bio-catalysis. Moreover, co-immobilization of multi-enzymes has successfully resolved the limitations of individual enzyme loaded constructs. With an added value of this advanced bio-catalysis engineering platform, designing, and fabricating co-immobilized enzymes loaded nanostructure carriers to perform a particular set of reactions with high catalytic turnover is of supreme interest. Herein, we spotlight the emergence of co-immobilization strategies by bringing multi-enzymes together with various types of nanocarriers to expand the bio-catalysis scope. Following a brief introduction, the first part of the review focuses on multienzyme co-immobilization strategies, i.e., random co-immobilization, compartmentalization, and positional co-immobilization. The second part comprehensively covers four major categories of nanocarriers, i.e., carbon based nanocarriers, polymer based nanocarriers, silica-based nanocarriers, and metal-based nanocarriers along with their particular examples. In each section, several critical factors that can affect the performance and successful deployment of co-immobilization of enzymes are given in this work.
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- Muhammad Bilal
- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China.
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- Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
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- University of Jeddah, College of Sciences and Arts at Khulais, Department of Chemistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Science, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico.
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Wu M, Wang Y, Yan N, Jin J, Han Y, Jiang W. Self-Assembly of Polymeric Nanovesicles into Hierarchical Supervesicles and Its Application in Selectable Multicompartmental Encapsulation. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ming Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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Giuliano CB, Cvjetan N, Ayache J, Walde P. Multivesicular Vesicles: Preparation and Applications. CHEMSYSTEMSCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/syst.202000049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Camila Betterelli Giuliano
- Elvesys – Microfluidics Innovation Center 172 Rue de Charonne 75011 Paris France
- University of Strasbourg CNRS ISIS UMR 7006 67000 Strasbourg France
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- ETH Zürich Department of Materials Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Elvesys – Microfluidics Innovation Center 172 Rue de Charonne 75011 Paris France
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- ETH Zürich Department of Materials Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Nayanathara U, Kermaniyan SS, Such GK. Multicompartment Polymeric Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 41:e2000298. [PMID: 32686228 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Multicompartment polymeric nanocarriers which mimic the compartmentalized architecture of living cells have received considerable research attention in the biomedical field. The advancement of synthetic polymeric chemistry has allowed multicompartment polymeric nanocarriers to be tailored for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, encapsulated catalysis, and artificial cellular mimics. In this review, polymer-based multicompartment nanocarriers (multicompartment micelles, multicompartment polymersomes, and capsosomes) have been discussed. This review focuses on multicompartment systems applied to biomedical applications over the last ten years. The synthetic procedures and structural properties that impact the specific application are also highlighted.
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- Umeka Nayanathara
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Kozlovskaya V, Liu F, Yang Y, Ingle K, Qian S, Halade GV, Urban VS, Kharlampieva E. Temperature-Responsive Polymersomes of Poly(3-methyl- N-vinylcaprolactam)- block-poly( N-vinylpyrrolidone) To Decrease Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:3989-4000. [PMID: 31503464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Despite being one of the most potent chemotherapeutics, doxorubicin (DOX) facilitates cardiac toxicity by irreversibly damaging the cardiac muscle as well as severely dysregulating the immune system and impairing the resolution of cardiac inflammation. Herein, we report synthesis and aqueous self-assembly of nanosized polymersomes from temperature-responsive poly(3-methyl-N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PMVC-PVPON) diblock copolymers and demonstrate their potential to minimize DOX cardiotoxicity compared to liposomal DOX. RAFT polymerization of vinylpyrrolidone and 3-methyl-N-vinylcaprolactam, which are structurally similar monomers but have drastically different hydrophobicity, allows decreasing the cloud point of PMVCm-PVPONn copolymers below 20 °C. The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the PMVC58-PVPONn copolymer varied from 19.2 to 18.6 and to 15.2 °C by decreasing the length of the hydrophilic PVPONn block from n = 98 to n = 65 and to n = 20, respectively. The copolymers assembled into stable vesicles at room temperature when PVPON polymerization degrees were 65 and 98. Anticancer drug DOX was entrapped with high efficiency into the aqueous PMVC58-PVPON65 polymersomal core surrounded by the hydrophobic temperature-sensitive PMVC shell and the hydrophilic PVPON corona. Unlike many liposomal, micellar, or synthetic drug delivery systems, these polymersomes exhibit an exceptionally high loading capacity of DOX (49%) and encapsulation efficiency (95%) due to spontaneous loading of the drug at room temperature from aqueous DOX solution. We also show that C57BL/6J mice injected with the lethal dose of DOX at 15 mg kg-1 did not survive the 14 day treatment, resulting in 100% mortality. The DOX-loaded PMVC58-PVPON65 polymersomes did not cause any mortality in mice indicating that they can be used for successful DOX encapsulation. The gravimetric analyses of the animal organs from mice treated with liposome-encapsulated DOX (Lipo-DOX) and PMVC58-PVPON65 polymersomes (Poly-DOX) revealed that the Lipo-DOX injection caused some toxicity manifesting as decreased body weight compared to Poly-DOX and saline control. Masses of the left ventricle of the heart, lung, and spleen reduced in the Lipo-DOX-treated mice compared to the nontoxic saline control, while no significant decrease of those masses was observed for the Poly-DOX-treated mice. Our results provide evidence for superior stability of synthetic polymersomes in vivo and show promise for the development of next-generation drug carriers with minimal side effects.
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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Mukerabigwi JF, Ge Z, Kataoka K. Therapeutic Nanoreactors as In Vivo Nanoplatforms for Cancer Therapy. Chemistry 2018; 24:15706-15724. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jean Felix Mukerabigwi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- Innovation Center of NanoMedicine Institute of Industrial Promotion-Kawasaki 3-25-14 Tonomachi Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki 210-0821 Japan
- Policy Alternatives Research Institute The University of Tokyo Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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Gallei M, Rüttiger C. Recent Trends in Metallopolymer Design: Redox-Controlled Surfaces, Porous Membranes, and Switchable Optical Materials Using Ferrocene-Containing Polymers. Chemistry 2018; 24:10006-10021. [PMID: 29532972 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Metallopolymers with metal functionalities are a unique class of functional materials. Their redox-mediated optoelectronic and catalytic switching capabilities, their outstanding structure formation and separation capabilities have been reported recently. Within this Minireview, the scope and limitations of intriguing ferrocene-containing systems will be discussed. In the first section recent advances in metallopolymer design will be given leading to a plethora of novel metallopolymer architectures. Discussed synthetic pathways comprise controlled and living polymerization protocols as well as surface immobilization strategies. In the following sections, we focus on recent advances and new applications for side-chain and main-chain ferrocene-containing polymers as (i) remote-switchable materials, (ii) smart surfaces, (iii) redox-responsive membranes, and some recent trends in (iv) photonic structures and (v) other optical applications.
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- Markus Gallei
- Ernst-Berl Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ernst-Berl Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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Abraham T, Mao M, Tan C. Engineering approaches of smart, bio-inspired vesicles for biomedical applications. Phys Biol 2018; 15:061001. [DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/aac7a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mou C, Wang W, Li Z, Ju X, Xie R, Deng N, Wei J, Liu Z, Chu L. Trojan-Horse-Like Stimuli-Responsive Microcapsules. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2018; 5:1700960. [PMID: 29938173 PMCID: PMC6010793 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Multicompartment microcapsules, with each compartment protected by a distinct stimuli-responsive shell for versatile controlled release, are highly desired for developing new-generation microcarriers. Although many multicompartmental microcapsules have been created, most cannot combine different release styles to achieve flexible programmed sequential release. Here, one-step template synthesis of controllable Trojan-horse-like stimuli-responsive microcapsules is reported with capsule-in-capsule structures from microfluidic quadruple emulsions for diverse programmed sequential release. The nested inner and outer capsule compartments can separately encapsulate different contents, while their two stimuli-responsive hydrogel shells can individually control the content release from each capsule compartment for versatile sequential release. This is demonstrated by using three types of Trojan-horse-like stimuli-responsive microcapsules, with different combinations of release styles for flexible programmed sequential release. The proposed microcapsules provide novel advanced candidates for developing new-generation microcarriers for diverse, efficient applications.
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- Chuan‐Lin Mou
- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringOil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan ProvinceSouthwest Petroleum UniversityChengduSichuan610500China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610065China
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Du F, Bobbala S, Yi S, Scott EA. Sequential intracellular release of water-soluble cargos from Shell-crosslinked polymersomes. J Control Release 2018; 282:90-100. [PMID: 29601932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Polymer vesicles, i.e. polymersomes (PS), present unique nanostructures with an interior aqueous core that can encapsulate multiple independent cargos concurrently. However, the sequential release of such co-loaded actives remains a challenge. Here, we report the rational design and synthesis of oxidation-responsive shell-crosslinked PS with capability for the controlled, sequential release of encapsulated hydrophilic molecules and hydrogels. Amphiphilic brush block copolymers poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)-b-poly(oligo(propylene sulfide) methacrylate) (POEGMA-POPSMA) were prepared to fabricate PS via self-assembly in aqueous solution. As a type of unique drug delivery vehicle, the interior of the PS was co-loaded with hydrophilic molecules and water-soluble poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) conjugates. Due to the thermosensitivity of PNIPAM, PNIPAM conjugates within the PS aqueous interior underwent a phase transition to form hydrogels in situ when the temperature was raised above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of PNIPAM. Via control of the overall shell permeability by oxidation, we realized the sequential release of two water-soluble payloads based on the assumption that hydrogels have much smaller membrane permeability than that of molecular cargos. The ability to control the timing of release of molecular dyes and PNIPAM-based hydrogels was also observed within live cells. Furthermore, leakage of hydrogels from the PS was effectively alleviated in comparison to molecular cargos, which would facilitate intracellular accumulation and prolonged retention of hydrogels within the cell cytoplasm. Thus, we demonstrate that the integration of responsive hydrogels into PS with crosslinkable membranes provides a facile and versatile technique to control the stability and release of water-soluble cargos for drug delivery purposes.
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- Fanfan Du
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Liu X, Formanek P, Voit B, Appelhans D. Functional Cellular Mimics for the Spatiotemporal Control of Multiple Enzymatic Cascade Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:16233-16238. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Xiaoling Liu
- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
- Organic Chemistry of Polymers; Technische Universität Dresden; 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
- Organic Chemistry of Polymers; Technische Universität Dresden; 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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Liu X, Formanek P, Voit B, Appelhans D. Functional Cellular Mimics for the Spatiotemporal Control of Multiple Enzymatic Cascade Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201708826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Xiaoling Liu
- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
- Organic Chemistry of Polymers; Technische Universität Dresden; 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
- Organic Chemistry of Polymers; Technische Universität Dresden; 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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Douliez JP, Martin N, Gaillard C, Beneyton T, Baret JC, Mann S, Beven L. Catanionic Coacervate Droplets as a Surfactant-Based Membrane-Free Protocell Model. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:13689-13693. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- UMR 1332; biologie et pathologie du fruit, INRA; Univ. Bordeaux; centre de Bordeaux 33883 Villenave d'Ornon France
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- Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- UR BIA 1268, Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages; INRA; 44316 Nantes France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux; CRPP; 115 Av. A. Schweitzer 33600 Pessac France
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- Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- UMR 1332; biologie et pathologie du fruit, INRA; Univ. Bordeaux; centre de Bordeaux 33883 Villenave d'Ornon France
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Douliez JP, Martin N, Gaillard C, Beneyton T, Baret JC, Mann S, Beven L. Catanionic Coacervate Droplets as a Surfactant-Based Membrane-Free Protocell Model. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201707139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- UMR 1332; biologie et pathologie du fruit, INRA; Univ. Bordeaux; centre de Bordeaux 33883 Villenave d'Ornon France
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- Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- UR BIA 1268, Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages; INRA; 44316 Nantes France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux; CRPP; 115 Av. A. Schweitzer 33600 Pessac France
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- Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- UMR 1332; biologie et pathologie du fruit, INRA; Univ. Bordeaux; centre de Bordeaux 33883 Villenave d'Ornon France
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Itel F, Schattling PS, Zhang Y, Städler B. Enzymes as key features in therapeutic cell mimicry. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2017; 118:94-108. [PMID: 28916495 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cell mimicry is a nature inspired concept that aims to substitute for missing or lost (sub)cellular function. This review focuses on the latest advancements in the use of enzymes in cell mimicry for encapsulated catalysis and artificial motility in synthetic bottom-up assemblies with emphasis on the biological response in cell culture or more rarely in animal models. Entities across the length scale from nano-sized enzyme mimics, sub-micron sized artificial organelles and self-propelled particles (swimmers) to micron-sized artificial cells are discussed. Although the field remains in its infancy, the primary aim of this review is to illustrate the advent of nature-mimicking artificial molecules and assemblies on their way to become a complementary alternative to their role models for diverse biomedical purposes.
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- Fabian Itel
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.
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Kozlovskaya V, Liu F, Xue B, Ahmad F, Alford A, Saeed M, Kharlampieva E. Polyphenolic Polymersomes of Temperature-Sensitive Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) for Anticancer Therapy. Biomacromolecules 2017; 18:2552-2563. [PMID: 28700211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We report a versatile synthesis for polyphenolic polymersomes of controlled submicron (<500 nm) size for intracellular delivery of high and low molecular weight compounds. The nanoparticles are synthesized by stabilizing the vesicular morphology of thermally responsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)n-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)m (PVCLn-PVPONm) diblock copolymers with tannic acid (TA), a hydrolyzable polyphenol, via hydrogen bonding at a temperature above the copolymer's lower critical solution temperature (LCST). The PVCL179-PVPONm diblock copolymers are produced by controlled reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of PVPON using PVCL as a macro-chain transfer agent. The size of the TA-locked (PVCL179-PVPONm) polymersomes at room temperature and upon temperature variations are controlled by the PVPON chain length and TA:PVPON molar unit ratio. The particle diameter decreases from 1000 to 950, 770, and 250 nm with increasing PVPON chain length (m = 107, 166, 205, 234), and it further decreases to 710, 460, 290, and 190 nm, respectively, upon hydrogen bonding with TA at 50 °C. Lowering the solution temperature to 25 °C results in a slight size increase for vesicles with longer PVPON. We also show that TA-locked polymersomes can encapsulate and store the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) and higher molecular weight fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran in a physiologically relevant pH and temperature range. Encapsulated DOX is released in the nuclei of human alveolar adenocarcinoma tumor cells after 6 h incubation via biodegradation of the TA shell with the cytotoxicity of DOX-loaded polymersomes being concentration-dependent. Our approach offers biocompatible and intracellular degradable nanovesicles of controllable size for delivery of a variety of encapsulated materials. Considering the particle monodispersity, high loading capacity, and a facile two-step aqueous assembly based on the reversible temperature-responsiveness of PVCL, these polymeric vesicles have significant potential as novel drug nanocarriers and provide a new perspective for fundamental studies on thermo-triggered polymer assemblies in solutions.
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- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research , Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research , Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States.,Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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Gao N, Tian T, Cui J, Zhang W, Yin X, Wang S, Ji J, Li G. Efficient Construction of Well-Defined Multicompartment Porous Systems in a Modular and Chemically Orthogonal Fashion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201612280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Ning Gao
- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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Gao N, Tian T, Cui J, Zhang W, Yin X, Wang S, Ji J, Li G. Efficient Construction of Well-Defined Multicompartment Porous Systems in a Modular and Chemically Orthogonal Fashion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:3880-3885. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ning Gao
- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 China
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Fernandez-Trillo F, Grover LM, Stephenson-Brown A, Harrison P, Mendes PM. Vesicles in Nature and the Laboratory: Elucidation of Their Biological Properties and Synthesis of Increasingly Complex Synthetic Vesicles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:3142-3160. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing (IIA); University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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Fernandez-Trillo F, Grover LM, Stephenson-Brown A, Harrison P, Mendes PM. Vesikel in der Natur und im Labor: die Aufklärung der biologischen Eigenschaften und die Synthese zunehmend komplexer synthetischer Vesikel. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT Großbritannien
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT Großbritannien
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing (IIA); University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT Großbritannien
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- School of Chemical Engineering; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT Großbritannien
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Peyret A, Ibarboure E, Tron A, Beauté L, Rust R, Sandre O, McClenaghan ND, Lecommandoux S. Polymersome Popping by Light‐Induced Osmotic Shock under Temporal, Spatial, and Spectral Control. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:1566-1570. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Ariane Peyret
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPOUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPOUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences MoléculairesUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPOUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences MoléculairesUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPOUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences MoléculairesUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPOUniversité de Bordeaux CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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Peyret A, Ibarboure E, Tron A, Beauté L, Rust R, Sandre O, McClenaghan ND, Lecommandoux S. Polymersome Popping by Light-Induced Osmotic Shock under Temporal, Spatial, and Spectral Control. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ariane Peyret
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS UMR 5255 33405 Talence France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO; Université de Bordeaux; CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629 33600 Pessac France
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Liu X, Zhou P, Huang Y, Li M, Huang X, Mann S. Hierarchical Proteinosomes for Programmed Release of Multiple Components. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:7095-100. [PMID: 27144816 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
A facile route to hierarchically organized multicompartmentalized proteinosomes based on a recursive Pickering emulsion procedure using amphiphilic protein-polymer nanoconjugate building blocks is described. The number of incarcerated guest proteinosomes within a single host proteinosome is controlled, and enzymes and genetic polymers encapsulated within targeted subcompartments to produce chemically organized multi-tiered structures. Three types of spatiotemporal response-retarded concomitant release, synchronous release or hierarchical release of dextran and DNA-are demonstrated based on the sequential response of the host and guest membranes to attack by protease, or through variations in the positioning of disulfide-containing cross-links in either the host or guest proteinosomes integrated into the nested architectures. Overall, our studies provide a step towards the construction of hierarchically structured synthetic protocells with chemically and spatially integrated proto-organelles.
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- Xiaoman Liu
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China.
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- Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Liu X, Zhou P, Huang Y, Li M, Huang X, Mann S. Hierarchical Proteinosomes for Programmed Release of Multiple Components. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiaoman Liu
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Harbin Institute of Technology; Harbin 150001 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Harbin Institute of Technology; Harbin 150001 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Harbin Institute of Technology; Harbin 150001 China
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- Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Harbin Institute of Technology; Harbin 150001 China
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- Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry; School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Schmitt C, Lippert AH, Bonakdar N, Sandoghdar V, Voll LM. Compartmentalization and Transport in Synthetic Vesicles. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2016; 4:19. [PMID: 26973834 PMCID: PMC4770187 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2016.00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nanoscale vesicles have become a popular tool in life sciences. Besides liposomes that are generated from phospholipids of natural origin, polymersomes fabricated of synthetic block copolymers enjoy increasing popularity, as they represent more versatile membrane building blocks that can be selected based on their specific physicochemical properties, such as permeability, stability, or chemical reactivity. In this review, we focus on the application of simple and nested artificial vesicles in synthetic biology. First, we provide an introduction into the utilization of multicompartmented vesosomes as compartmentalized nanoscale bioreactors. In the bottom-up development of protocells from vesicular nanoreactors, the specific exchange of pathway intermediates across compartment boundaries represents a bottleneck for future studies. To date, most compartmented bioreactors rely on unspecific exchange of substrates and products. This is either based on changes in permeability of the coblock polymer shell by physicochemical triggers or by the incorporation of unspecific porin proteins into the vesicle membrane. Since the incorporation of membrane transport proteins into simple and nested artificial vesicles offers the potential for specific exchange of substances between subcompartments, it opens new vistas in the design of protocells. Therefore, we devote the main part of the review to summarize the technical advances in the use of phospholipids and block copolymers for the reconstitution of membrane proteins.
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- Christine Schmitt
- Division of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Barouti G, Khalil A, Orione C, Jarnouen K, Cammas-Marion S, Loyer P, Guillaume SM. Poly(trimethylene carbonate)/Poly(malic acid) Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers as Biocompatible Nanoparticles. Chemistry 2016; 22:2819-30. [PMID: 26791328 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Amphiphilic polycarbonate-poly(hydroxyalkanoate) diblock copolymers, namely, poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC)-b-poly(β-malic acid) (PMLA), are reported for the first time. The synthetic strategy relies on commercially available catalysts and initiator. The controlled ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) catalyzed by the organic guanidine base 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD), associated with iPrOH as an initiator, provided iPrO-PTMC-OH, which served as a macroinitiator in the controlled ROP of benzyl β-malolactonate (MLABe) catalyzed by the neodymium triflate salt (Nd(OTf)3). The resulting hydrophobic iPrO-PTMC-b-PMLABe-OH copolymers were then hydrogenolyzed into the parent iPrO-PTMC-b-PMLA-OH copolymers. A range of well-defined copolymers, featuring different sizes of segments (Mn,NMR up to 9300 g mol(-1) ; ÐM =1.28-1.40), were thus isolated in gram quantities, as evidenced by NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and contact angle analyses. Subsequently, PTMC-b-PMLA copolymers with different hydrophilic weight fractions (11-75 %) self-assembled in phosphate-buffered saline upon nanoprecipitation into well-defined nano-objects with Dh =61-176 nm, a polydispersity index <0.25, and a negative surface charge, as characterized by dynamic light scattering and zeta-potential analyses. In addition, these nanoparticles demonstrated no significant effect on cell viability at low concentrations, and a very low cytotoxicity at high concentrations only for PTMC-b-PMLA copolymers exhibiting hydrophilic fractions over 47 %, thus illustrating the potential of these copolymers as promising nanoparticles.
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- Ghislaine Barouti
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Centre Régional de Mesures Physiques de l'Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, Liver, Metabolisms and Cancer, CHU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes Cedex -, Université de Rennes 1, 35043, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 11 Allée de Beaulieu CS 50837, 35708, Rennes Cedex, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, Liver, Metabolisms and Cancer, CHU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes Cedex -, Université de Rennes 1, 35043, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
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Macromolecular self-assembly is attracting increasing scientific interest in polymer science.
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- Hailong Che
- Radboud University
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
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- Radboud University
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
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Ma S, Huck WTS, Balabani S. Deformation of double emulsions under conditions of flow cytometry hydrodynamic focusing. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:4291-4301. [PMID: 26394745 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00693g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) microfluidics double emulsions offer a new route to compartmentalise reagents into isolated aqueous microenvironments while maintaining an aqueous carrier fluid phase; this enables compatibility with commercial flow cytometry systems such as fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Double emulsion (inner core) deformation under hydrodynamic focusing conditions that mimic the environment double emulsions experience in flow cytometry applications is of particular importance for droplet stability and cell viability. This paper reports on an experimental study of the dynamic deformation of aqueous cores of w/o/w double emulsions under hydrodynamic focusing, with the sheath flow directed at 45° to the sample flow. A number of factors affecting the inner core deformation and recovery were examined. Deformation was found to depend significantly on the core or shell viscosity, the droplet-to-sheath flow velocity ratio, and core and shell sizes. Core deformation was found to depend more on the type of surfactant rather concentration with high molecular weight surfactant exhibiting a negligible effect on deformation whereas low molecular weight surfactant enhancing deformation at low concentrations due to their lateral mobility at the interface.
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- Shaohua Ma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK and Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK and Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.
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Brea RJ, Hardy MD, Devaraj NK. Towards self-assembled hybrid artificial cells: novel bottom-up approaches to functional synthetic membranes. Chemistry 2015; 21:12564-70. [PMID: 26149747 PMCID: PMC4617832 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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There has been increasing interest in utilizing bottom-up approaches to develop synthetic cells. A popular methodology is the integration of functionalized synthetic membranes with biological systems, producing "hybrid" artificial cells. This Concept article covers recent advances and the current state-of-the-art of such hybrid systems. Specifically, we describe minimal supramolecular constructs that faithfully mimic the structure and/or function of living cells, often by controlling the assembly of highly ordered membrane architectures with defined functionality. These studies give us a deeper understanding of the nature of living systems, bring new insights into the origin of cellular life, and provide novel synthetic chassis for advancing synthetic biology.
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- Roberto J Brea
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503 Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503 Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503 Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu.
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Ma S, Sherwood JM, Huck WTS, Balabani S. The microenvironment of double emulsions in rectangular microchannels. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:2327-2334. [PMID: 25900541 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00346f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The flow environment in inner cores of water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) microfluidic double emulsions has a significant impact on industrial applications of such systems. For example, in the case of shear sensitive cells compartmentalised in the cores, high shear conditions may be deleterious. This study reports on the flow characteristics of w/o/w inner cores in comparison to those in single water-in-oil (w/o) microdroplets of equal size moving in the same microchannel, resolved by means of micro-particle image velocimetry (μPIV). The multiphase flow system employed in the study had a viscosity ratio, λ, between aqueous and oil phase of the order of unity (λ = 0.78) and both single droplets and inner cores of double emulsions filled the channel. This configuration resulted in a weak recirculating flow inside the w/o single droplet: the measured flow field exhibited a uniform low velocity flow field in the central region surrounded by small regions of reversed flow near the channel walls. This flow topology was maintained in the inner cores of w/o/w double emulsions for intermediate capillary numbers (Ca) ranging from 10(-3) to 10(-2), and core morphologies varying from large plugs to pancake cores. The core morphology affected the magnitude and distribution of the velocity in the droplets. The similarity in the flow topology resulted from the fact that inner cores were located at the back of the outer droplet in such a way that inner and outer interfaces were in contact for over half of core surface area and separated only by a thin lubricating film. Both single droplets and inner cores exhibited a narrow shear rate distribution characterised by small regions of maximum shear confined near the channel walls. Shear rate magnitude values were found to be an order of magnitude lower than those in the channel and hence capable of reducing stresses in flow cytometry to far below reported values for cell damage. Hence, it can be concluded that double emulsions are suitable candidates to substitute single droplets in flow cytometry to protect the screened items and are compatible with the commercial flow cytometry systems.
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- Shaohua Ma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Hierarchically organization of biomineralized alginate beads for dual stimuli-responsive drug delivery. Int J Biol Macromol 2015; 73:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tamate R, Ueki T, Shibayama M, Yoshida R. Self-Oscillating Vesicles: Spontaneous Cyclic Structural Changes of Synthetic Diblock Copolymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:11248-52. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tamate R, Ueki T, Shibayama M, Yoshida R. Self-Oscillating Vesicles: Spontaneous Cyclic Structural Changes of Synthetic Diblock Copolymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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 S, Moussodia RO, Sun HJ, Leowanawat P, Muncan A, Nusbaum CD, Chelling KM, Heiney PA, Klein ML, André S, Roy R, Gabius HJ, Percec V. Mimicking Biological Membranes with Programmable Glycan Ligands Self-Assembled from Amphiphilic Janus Glycodendrimers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201403186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhang S, Moussodia RO, Sun HJ, Leowanawat P, Muncan A, Nusbaum CD, Chelling KM, Heiney PA, Klein ML, André S, Roy R, Gabius HJ, Percec V. Mimicking biological membranes with programmable glycan ligands self-assembled from amphiphilic Janus glycodendrimers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:10899-903. [PMID: 24923471 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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An accelerated modular synthesis produced 18 amphiphilic Janus glycodendrimers with three different topologies formed from either two or one carbohydrate head groups or a mixed constellation with a noncarbohydrate hydrophilic arm. By simple injection of their THF solutions into water or buffer, all of the Janus compounds self-assembled into uniform, stable, and soft unilamellar vesicles, denoted glycodendrimersomes. The mixed constellation topology glycodendrimersomes were demonstrated to be most efficient in binding plant, bacterial, and human lectins. This evidence with biomedically relevant receptors offers a promising perspective for the application of such glycodendrimersomes in targeted drug delivery, vaccines, and other areas of nanomedicine.
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- Shaodong Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 (USA) http://percec02.chem.upenn.edu/
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Karagoz B, Esser L, Duong HT, Basuki JS, Boyer C, Davis TP. Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) – control over the morphology of nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. Polym Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3py01306e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Peters RJRW, Marguet M, Marais S, Fraaije MW, van Hest JCM, Lecommandoux S. Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 53:146-50. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peters RJRW, Marguet M, Marais S, Fraaije MW, van Hest JCM, Lecommandoux S. Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201308141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lay CL, Kumar JN, Liu CK, Lu X, Liu Y. A Rocket-Like Encapsulation and Delivery System with Two-Stage Booster Layers: pH-Responsive Poly(methacrylic acid)/Poly(ethylene glycol) Complex-Coated Hollow Silica Vesicles. Macromol Rapid Commun 2013; 34:1563-8. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering; A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); 3 Research Link; Singapore; 117602; Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering; A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); 3 Research Link; Singapore; 117602; Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Block N4.1, Nanyang Avenue; Singapore; 639798; Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering; A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); 3 Research Link; Singapore; 117602; Singapore
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Jaskiewicz K, Larsen A, Schaeffel D, Koynov K, Lieberwirth I, Fytas G, Landfester K, Kroeger A. Incorporation of nanoparticles into polymersomes: size and concentration effects. ACS NANO 2012; 6:7254-62. [PMID: 22799259 DOI: 10.1021/nn302367m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Because of the rapidly growing field of nanoparticles in therapeutic applications, understanding and controlling the interaction between nanoparticles and membranes is of great importance. While a membrane is exposed to nanoparticles its behavior is mediated by both their biological and physical properties. Constant interplay of these biological and physicochemical factors makes selective studies of nanoparticles uptake demanding. Artificial model membranes can serve as a platform to investigate physical parameters of the process in the absence of any biofunctional molecules and/or supplementary energy. Here we report on photon- and fluorescence-correlation spectroscopic studies of the uptake of nanosized SiO(2) nanoparticles by poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block-poly(2-methyloxazoline) vesicles allowing species selectivity. Analogous to the cell membrane, polymeric membrane incorporates particles using membrane fission and particles wrapping as suggested by cryo-TEM imaging. It is revealed that the incorporation process can be controlled to a significant extent by changing nanoparticles size and concentration. Conditions for nanoparticle uptake and controlled filling of polymersomes are presented.
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- Karmena Jaskiewicz
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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