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Hasannejad F, Montazeri L, Mano JF, Bonakdar S, Fazilat A. Regulation of cell fate by cell imprinting approach in vitro. BIOIMPACTS : BI 2023; 14:29945. [PMID: 38938752 PMCID: PMC11199935 DOI: 10.34172/bi.2023.29945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Cell culture-based technologies are widely utilized in various domains such as drug evaluation, toxicity assessment, vaccine and biopharmaceutical development, reproductive technology, and regenerative medicine. It has been demonstrated that pre-adsorption of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins including collagen, laminin and fibronectin provide more degrees of support for cell adhesion. The purpose of cell imprinting is to imitate the natural topography of cell membranes by gels or polymers to create a reliable environment for the regulation of cell function. The results of recent studies show that cell imprinting is a tool to guide the behavior of cultured cells by controlling their adhesive interactions with surfaces. Therefore, in this review we aim to compare different cell cultures with the imprinting method and discuss different cell imprinting applications in regenerative medicine, personalized medicine, disease modeling, and cell therapy.
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- Farkhonde Hasannejad
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Science, Semnan, Iran
- Genetic Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cell Engineering, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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- National Cell Bank Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Genetic Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Wang Z, Qian L, Peng X, Huang Z, Yang Y, He C, Fang P. New Aspects of Degradation in Silicone Rubber under UVA and UVB Irradiation: A Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Study. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13132215. [PMID: 34279359 PMCID: PMC8271979 DOI: 10.3390/polym13132215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this paper, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) were used to probe the changes of oligomers and the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) network in silicone rubber, after different durations of UVA/UVB irradiation. At the early stage (<300 h) of UVA/UVB irradiation, the concentration of D4-D9 decreases. The o-Ps intensity of the extracted silicone rubber increases in the stage after UVB irradiation. These results indicate the crosslinking of oligomers into the PDMS network. After a long duration (>300 h) of UVB irradiation, D4 was generated and the lifetime of τ3 also increased, indicating the rupture of the Si-O bond in the PDMS network. These two aging processes were termed the post curing process and the chain session process. The new finding was that UVA could only induce the post curing process; UVB causes the rupture of the chemical bond in silicone rubber. Photons of UVB could break the C-H bond, and then trigger the backbiting decomposition of PDMS, breaking the Si-O bond, while the photons of UVA cannot. The fact that D4 was generated after UVB irradiation can be used to evaluate the UVB stability of silicone rubber in the future.
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- Zheng Wang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Electric Power Equipment Reliability, Electric Power Research Institute of Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, China; (Z.W.); (Z.H.)
- Hubei Nuclear-Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (L.Q.); (Y.Y.)
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- Hubei Nuclear-Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (L.Q.); (Y.Y.)
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Electric Power Equipment Reliability, Electric Power Research Institute of Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, China; (Z.W.); (Z.H.)
- Correspondence: (X.P.); (C.H.); (P.F.); Tel.: +86-020-85123465 (X.P.)
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Electric Power Equipment Reliability, Electric Power Research Institute of Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, China; (Z.W.); (Z.H.)
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- Hubei Nuclear-Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (L.Q.); (Y.Y.)
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- Hubei Nuclear-Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (L.Q.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (X.P.); (C.H.); (P.F.); Tel.: +86-020-85123465 (X.P.)
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- Hubei Nuclear-Solid Physics Key Laboratory and Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (L.Q.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (X.P.); (C.H.); (P.F.); Tel.: +86-020-85123465 (X.P.)
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Recent Advances in Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) for Analysis of Hormones. CHEMOSENSORS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9070151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Steroid hormones are active substances that are necessary in the normal functioning of all physiological activities in the body, such as sexual characteristics, metabolism, and mood control. They are also widely used as exogenous chemicals in medical and pharmaceutical applications as treatments and at times growth promoters in animal farming. The vast application of steroid hormones has resulted in them being found in different matrices, such as food, environmental, and biological samples. The presence of hormones in such matrices means that they can easily come into contact with humans and animals as exogenous compounds, resulting in abnormal concentrations that can lead to endocrine disruption. This makes their determination in different matrices a vital part of pollutant management and control. Although advances in analytical instruments are constant, it has been determined that these instruments still require some sample preparation steps to be able to determine the occurrence of pollutants in the complex matrices in which they occur. Advances are still being made in sample preparation to ensure easier, selective, and sensitive analysis of complex matrices. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have been termed as advanced solid-phase (SPE) materials for the selective extraction and preconcentration of hormones in complex matrices. This review explores the preparation and application of MIPs for the determination of steroid hormones in different sample types.
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Molecular Imprinting Strategies for Tissue Engineering Applications: A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13040548. [PMID: 33673361 PMCID: PMC7918123 DOI: 10.3390/polym13040548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Tissue Engineering (TE) represents a promising solution to fabricate engineered constructs able to restore tissue damage after implantation. In the classic TE approach, biomaterials are used alongside growth factors to create a scaffolding structure that supports cells during the construct maturation. A current challenge in TE is the creation of engineered constructs able to mimic the complex microenvironment found in the natural tissue, so as to promote and guide cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. In this context, the introduction inside the scaffold of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)—synthetic receptors able to reversibly bind to biomolecules—holds great promise to enhance the scaffold-cell interaction. In this review, we analyze the main strategies that have been used for MIP design and fabrication with a particular focus on biomedical research. Furthermore, to highlight the potential of MIPs for scaffold-based TE, we present recent examples on how MIPs have been used in TE to introduce biophysical cues as well as for drug delivery and sequestering.
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Yang J, Feng W, Liang K, Chen C, Cai C. A novel fluorescence molecularly imprinted sensor for Japanese encephalitis virus detection based on metal organic frameworks and passivation-enhanced selectivity. Talanta 2020; 212:120744. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Solid-Phase Extraction of Catechins from Green Tea with Deep Eutectic Solvent Immobilized Magnetic Molybdenum Disulfide Molecularly Imprinted Polymer. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25020280. [PMID: 31936680 PMCID: PMC7024266 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A type of molecular-imprinted polymer with magnetic molybdenum disulfide as a base and deep eutectic solvent as a functional monomer (Fe3O4@MoS2@DES-MIP) was prepared with surface molecular imprinting method. It was applied as the adsorbent for the selective recognition and separation of (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, (-)-epigallocatechin, (-)-epicatechin gallate, and (-)-epigallocatechin gallate in green tea in the process of magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) combined with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The structure of Fe3O4@MoS2@DES-MIP was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The adsorption properties and selective recognition ability on (-)-epigallocatechin gallate and the other four structural analogues were examined and compared. The results show that the polymer has excellent selective recognition ability for (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, and its adsorption capacity was much higher than that of structural analogues. The Fe3O4@MoS2@DES-MIP not only has the special recognition ability to template a molecule, but also can be separated by magnets with high separation efficiency and can be used in MSPE.
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Liu G, Huang X, Li L, Xu X, Zhang Y, Lv J, Xu D. Recent Advances and Perspectives of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Fluorescent Sensors in Food and Environment Analysis. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 9:E1030. [PMID: 31323858 PMCID: PMC6669699 DOI: 10.3390/nano9071030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Molecular imprinting technology (MIT), also known as molecular template technology, is a new technology involving material chemistry, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, and other multi-disciplinary approaches. This technology is used to realize the unique recognition ability of three-dimensional crosslinked polymers, called the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). MIPs demonstrate a wide range of applicability, good plasticity, stability, and high selectivity, and their internal recognition sites can be selectively combined with template molecules to achieve selective recognition. A molecularly imprinted fluorescence sensor (MIFs) incorporates fluorescent materials (fluorescein or fluorescent nanoparticles) into a molecularly imprinted polymer synthesis system and transforms the binding sites between target molecules and molecularly imprinted materials into readable fluorescence signals. This sensor demonstrates the advantages of high sensitivity and selectivity of fluorescence detection. Molecularly imprinted materials demonstrate considerable research significance and broad application prospects. They are a research hotspot in the field of food and environment safety sensing analysis. In this study, the progress in the construction and application of MIFs was reviewed with emphasis on the preparation principle, detection methods, and molecular recognition mechanism. The applications of MIFs in food and environment safety detection in recent years were summarized, and the research trends and development prospects of MIFs were discussed.
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- Guangyang Liu
- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Vegetables Quality and Safety Control, Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for vegetable Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing 100081, China.
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Criscenti G, De Maria C, Longoni A, van Blitterswijk CA, Fernandes HAM, Vozzi G, Moroni L. Soft-molecular imprinted electrospun scaffolds to mimic specific biological tissues. Biofabrication 2018; 10:045005. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/aad48a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Boysen RI, Schwarz LJ, Nicolau DV, Hearn MTW. Molecularly imprinted polymer membranes and thin films for the separation and sensing of biomacromolecules. J Sep Sci 2016; 40:314-335. [PMID: 27619154 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201600849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 07/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This review describes recent advances associated with the development of surface imprinting methods for the synthesis of polymeric membranes and thin films, which possess the capability to selectively and specifically recognize biomacromolecules, such as proteins and single- and double-stranded DNA, employing "epitope" or "whole molecule" approaches. Synthetic procedures to create different molecularly imprinted polymer membranes or thin films are discussed, including grafting/in situ polymerization, drop-, dip-, or spin-coating procedures, electropolymerization as well as micro-contact or stamp lithography imprinting methods. Highly sensitive techniques for surface characterization and analyte detection are described, encompassing luminescence and fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, quartz crystal microbalance analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and surface plasmon resonance. These developments are providing new avenues to produce bioelectronic sensors and new ways to explore through advanced separation science procedures complex phenomena associated with the origins of biorecognition in nature.
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- Reinhard I Boysen
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Azeem A, English A, Kumar P, Satyam A, Biggs M, Jones E, Tripathi B, Basu N, Henkel J, Vaquette C, Rooney N, Riley G, O'Riordan A, Cross G, Ivanovski S, Hutmacher D, Pandit A, Zeugolis D. The influence of anisotropic nano- to micro-topography on in vitro and in vivo osteogenesis. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2016; 10:693-711. [PMID: 25816874 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM Topographically modified substrates are increasingly used in tissue engineering to enhance biomimicry. The overarching hypothesis is that topographical cues will control cellular response at the cell-substrate interface. MATERIALS & METHODS The influence of anisotropically ordered poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) substrates (constant groove width of ~1860 nm; constant line width of ~2220 nm; variable groove depth of ~35, 306 and 2046 nm) on in vitro and in vivo osteogenesis were assessed. RESULTS & DISCUSSION We demonstrate that substrates with groove depths of approximately 306 and 2046 nm promote osteoblast alignment parallel to underlined topography in vitro. However, none of the topographies assessed promoted directional osteogenesis in vivo. CONCLUSION 2D imprinting technologies are useful tools for in vitro cell phenotype maintenance.
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- Ayesha Azeem
- Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), Biosciences Building, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Galway, Ireland
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Zhang Y, Mei M, Huang X, Yuan D. Extraction of trace nitrophenols in environmental water samples using boronate affinity sorbent. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 899:75-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bi X, Li D, Liu Z. Pattern recognition of monosaccharides via a virtual lectin array constructed by boronate affinity-based pH-featured encoding. Anal Chem 2015; 87:4442-7. [PMID: 25816054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lectin array is an important tool in the fields of carbohydrate chemistry, glycobiology, and glycomics. Because natural lectins are associated with some apparent disadvantages such as tedious purification and easy loss of activity, artificial materials are applied to overcome such shortages by mimicking and replacing lectins in an artificial lectin array, among which boronate affinity-based materials are very outstanding and widely used. However, complicated synthetic works are often involved to design and create boronate affinity-based lectin-mimics. In this work, a facile and novel method was proposed to establish a virtual lectin array based on boronate affinity-based pH-featured encoding for discrimination of monosaccharides by pattern recognition. The dependence of boronate affinity on environmental pH was selected to encode each monosaccharide for feature generation, and the pH-featured encoding was used to construct the virtual lectin array. On the basis of the virtual array, pattern recognition algorithms were applied for data analysis. Monosaccharides were discriminated by principal component analysis, and the relations in the virtual lectin array were unraveled by cluster analysis. In this proof-of-concept work, without complicated synthesis or preparation, the proposed method was successful in mimicking lectin array and discriminating nine elementary monosaccharides found in nature, and it was also a new way of encoding in expanding the applications of boronate affinity-based materials and methods in the field of biomimetics.
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- Xiaodong Bi
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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Whitcombe MJ, Kirsch N, Nicholls IA. Molecular imprinting science and technology: a survey of the literature for the years 2004-2011. J Mol Recognit 2014; 27:297-401. [PMID: 24700625 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Herein, we present a survey of the literature covering the development of molecular imprinting science and technology over the years 2004-2011. In total, 3779 references to the original papers, reviews, edited volumes and monographs from this period are included, along with recently identified uncited materials from prior to 2004, which were omitted in the first instalment of this series covering the years 1930-2003. In the presentation of the assembled references, a section presenting reviews and monographs covering the area is followed by sections describing fundamental aspects of molecular imprinting including the development of novel polymer formats. Thereafter, literature describing efforts to apply these polymeric materials to a range of application areas is presented. Current trends and areas of rapid development are discussed.
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Larson BJ, Gillmor SD, Braun JM, Cruz-Barba LE, Savage DE, Denes FS, Lagally MG. Long-term reduction in poly(dimethylsiloxane) surface hydrophobicity via cold-plasma treatments. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:12990-12996. [PMID: 24063604 DOI: 10.1021/la403077q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Poly(dimethylsiloxane), PDMS, a versatile elastomer, is the polymer of choice for microfluidic systems. It is inexpensive, relatively easy to pattern, and permeable to oxygen. Unmodified PDMS is highly hydrophobic. It is typically exposed to an oxygen plasma to reduce this hydrophobicity. Unfortunately, the PDMS surface soon returns to its original hydrophobic state. We present two alternative plasma treatments that yield long-term modification of the wetting properties of a PDMS surface. An oxygen plasma pretreatment followed by exposure to a SiCl4 plasma and an oxygen-CCl4 mixture plasma both cause a permanent reduction in the hydrophobicity of the PDMS surface. We investigate the properties of the plasma-treated surfaces with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and contact angle measurements. We propose that the plasma treated PDMS surface is a dynamic mosaic of high- and low-contact-angle functionalities. The SiCl4 and CCl4 plasmas attach polar groups that block coverage of the surface by low-molecular-weight groups that exist in PDMS. We describe an application that benefits from these new plasma treatments, the use of a PDMS stencil to form dense arrays of DNA on a surface.
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- B J Larson
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1509 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Chiono V, Descrovi E, Sartori S, Gentile P, Ballarini M, Giorgis F, Ciardelli G. Biomimetic Tailoring of the Surface Properties of Polymers at the Nanoscale: Medical Applications. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY IN NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10497-8_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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