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Moldovan C, Onaciu A, Toma V, Munteanu RA, Gulei D, Moldovan AI, Stiufiuc GF, Feder RI, Cenariu D, Iuga CA, Stiufiuc RI. Current trends in luminescence-based assessment of apoptosis. RSC Adv 2023; 13:31641-31658. [PMID: 37908656 PMCID: PMC10613953 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05809c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Apoptosis, the most extensively studied type of cell death, is known to play a crucial role in numerous processes such as elimination of unwanted cells or cellular debris, growth, control of the immune system, and prevention of malignancies. Defective regulation of apoptosis can trigger various diseases and disorders including cancer, neurological conditions, autoimmune diseases and developmental disorders. Knowing the nuances of the cell death type induced by a compound can help decipher which therapy is more effective for specific diseases. The detection of apoptotic cells using classic methods has brought significant contribution over the years, but innovative methods are quickly emerging and allow more in-depth understanding of the mechanisms, aside from a simple quantification. Due to increased sensitivity, time efficiency, pathway specificity and negligible cytotoxicity, these innovative approaches have great potential for both in vitro and in vivo studies. This review aims to shed light on the importance of developing and using novel nanoscale methods as an alternative to the classic apoptosis detection techniques.
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- Cristian Moldovan
- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physics & Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400349 Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Faculty of Physics, "Babes Bolyai" University Mihail Kogalniceanu Street No. 1 400084 Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
- Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Louis Pasteur Street 6 Cluj-Napoca 400349 Romania
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- Medfuture-Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu 23/Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania +40-0726-34-02-78
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physics & Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Louis Pasteur Street No. 4-6 400349 Cluj-Napoca Romania
- TRANSCEND Research Center, Regional Institute of Oncology 700483 Iasi Romania
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Kurmendra. Nanomaterial Gas Sensors for Biosensing Applications: A Review. RECENT PATENTS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 17:104-118. [PMID: 34844549 DOI: 10.2174/1872210515666211129115229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nanomaterial is one of the most used materials for various gas sensing applications to detect toxic gases, human breath, and other specific gas sensing. One of the most important applications of nanomaterial based gas sensors is biosensing applications. In this review article, the gas sensors for biosensing are discussed on the basis of crystalline structure and different categories of nanomaterial. METHODS In this paper, firstly, rigorous efforts have been made to find out research questions by going through a structured and systematic survey of available peer reviewed high quality articles in this field. The papers related to nanomaterial based biosensors are then reviewed qualitatively to provide substantive findings from the recent developments in this field. RESULTS In this mini-review article, firstly, classifications of nanomaterial gas sensors have been presented on the basis of the crystalline structure of nanomaterial and different types of nanomaterial available for biosensing applications. Further, the gas sensors based on nanomaterial for biosensing applications are collected and reviewed in terms of their performance parameters such as sensing material used, target gas component, detection ranges (ppm-ppb), response time, operating temperature and method of detection, etc. The different nanomaterials possess slightly different sensing and morphological properties due to their structure; therefore, it can be said that a nanomaterial must be selected carefully for a particular application. The 1D nanomaterials show the best selectivity and sensitivity for gases available in low concentration ranges due to their miniaturised structure compared to 2D and 3D nanomaterials. However, these 2D and 3D nanomaterials also so good sensing properties compared to bulk semiconductor materials. The polymer and nanocomposites which are also discussed in this patent article have opened the door for future research and have great potential for new generation gas sensors for detecting biomolecules. CONCLUSION These nanomaterials extend great properties towards sensing the application of different gases for a lower concentration of particular gas particles. Nano polymer and nanocomposites have great potential to be used as gas sensors for the detection of biomolecules.
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- Kurmendra
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University (A Central University),
Doimukh, Itanagar - 791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Swamy MMM, Tsuboi S, Murai Y, Monde K, Jin T. Shortwave-infrared (SWIR) emitting annexin V for high-contrast fluorescence molecular imaging of tumor apoptosis in living mice. RSC Adv 2022; 12:19632-19639. [PMID: 35865555 PMCID: PMC9257772 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03315a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Recently, shortwave infrared (SWIR) fluorescence imaging over 1000 nm has attracted much attention for in vivo optical imaging because of the higher signal to background ratios in the SWIR region. For the application of SWIR fluorescence imaging to biomedical fields, the development of SWIR fluorescent molecular probes with high biocompatibility is crucial. Although many researchers have designed a variety of SWIR emitting probes based on organic dyes, the synthesis of biocompatible SWIR fluorescent molecular imaging probes is still challenging. In this work we synthesized indocyanine green (ICG) and π-conjugation extended ICG (ICG-C11) labelled annexin V as SWIR fluorescent probes for tumor apoptosis. Annexin V is an endogenous protein with binding ability to phosphatidylserine (PS) which appears on the outer monolayer of apoptotic cell membranes. Although there are many types of visible and NIR fluorescent annexin V, there are no SWIR emitting fluorescent probes that can be used for high contrast fluorescence imaging of apoptosis in vivo. Herein, we report the synthesis and application of ICG and ICG-C11 conjugated annexin V for SWIR fluorescence imaging of tumor apoptosis. The presented fluorescent annexin V is the first SWIR emitting probe for in vivo optical imaging of tumor apoptosis. We demonstrate that SWIR emitting ICG- and ICG-C11 conjugated annexin V enable high-contrast fluorescence imaging of tumor apoptosis in living mice. We further demonstrate that ICG-C11-annexin V can be used for long-term (ca. two weeks) SWIR fluorescence imaging of tumor apoptosis. The SWIR fluorescent annexin V will greatly contribute not only to the study of tumor-apoptosis induced by anti-cancer drugs, but also to the study of apoptosis-related diseases in a living system.
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- Mahadeva M M Swamy
- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University Kita 21 Nishi 11 Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0021 Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University Kita 21 Nishi 11 Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0021 Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University Kita 21 Nishi 11 Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0021 Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
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Mahani M, Karimi-Mazidi P, Khakbaz F, Torkzadeh-Mahani M. Carbon quantum dots-Annexin V probe: photoinduced electron transfer mechanism, phosphatidylserine detection, and apoptotic cell imaging. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:69. [PMID: 35066672 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-05147-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An annexin V-based probe is designed and fabricated using carbon quantum dot as highly stable and biocompatible fluorescent crystals for real-time fluorescence imaging of apoptotic cells. Carbon quantum dots were synthesized, characterized, and conjugated to annexin V. The fluorescence of CQDs at 450 nm (excitation at 350 nm) is quenched due to the photoinduced electron transfer between "carbon quantum dots" and two amino acids (tyrosine and tryptophan) in the annexin structure as quencher. The probe shows very strong and bright fluorescence emission in the presence of phosphatidylserine on the outer layer of the apoptotic cell membrane. It was shown that using fluorescence spectroscopy, the probe can be applied to sensitive phosphatidylserine determination and using fluorescence microscopy, it is possible to monitor cell apoptosis in real time.
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- Mohamad Mahani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, 7631818356, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, 7631818356, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Nano Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. In Vitro and In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging of Antibody-Drug Conjugate-Induced Tumor Apoptosis Using Annexin V-EGFP Conjugated Quantum Dots. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:2105-2113. [PMID: 35071899 PMCID: PMC8772308 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are conjugates of a monoclonal antibody and a cytotoxic drug that induce tumor apoptosis. The evaluation of ADC-induced tumor apoptosis is crucial for the development of ADCs for cancer therapy. To evaluate the efficacy of ADCs, we present in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging techniques for ADC-induced tumor apoptosis using annexin V-EGFP (EGFP: enhanced green fluorescent protein) conjugated quantum dots (annexin V-EGFP-QDs). This probe emits visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR) dual fluorescence at 515 nm (EGFP emission) and 850 nm (QD emission), which can be used for the detection of tumor apoptosis at the cellular and whole-body levels. By using annexin V-EGFP-QDs, we achieved VIS and NIR fluorescence imaging of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast tumor apoptosis induced by an ADC, Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine). The results show that the in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging of ADC-induced tumor apoptosis using annexin V-EGFP-QDs is a useful tool to evaluate the efficacy of ADCs for cancer therapy.
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- Setsuko Tsuboi
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics
Research, RIKEN, Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics
Research, RIKEN, Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. BRET-Based Dual-Color (Visible/Near-Infrared) Molecular Imaging Using a Quantum Dot/EGFP-Luciferase Conjugate. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2525:47-59. [PMID: 35836060 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2473-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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By virtue of its high sensitivity, bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is an important tool for biosensing and bioimaging in life sciences. Compared to fluorescence imaging (FLI), BLI has a superior advantage that the background signals resulting from autofluorescence are almost zero due to the unnecessity of external excitation. In addition, BLI can permit a long-term observation of living cells because BL results in very low photocytotoxicity toward the host cells. Although BLI has such superior properties over FLI, the available wavelengths in BLI are mostly limited to the visible region. Here we present bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based visible and near-infrared dual-color molecular imaging using a quantum dot (QD) and luciferase-protein conjugate.
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- Setsuko Tsuboi
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Green CM, Mathur D, Susumu K, Oh E, Medintz IL, Díaz SA. Polyhistidine-Tag-Enabled Conjugation of Quantum Dots and Enzymes to DNA Nanostructures. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2525:61-91. [PMID: 35836061 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2473-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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DNA nanostructures self-assemble into almost any arbitrary architecture, and when combined with their capability to precisely position and orient dyes, nanoparticles, and biological moieties, the technology reaches its potential. We present a simple yet multifaceted conjugation strategy based on metal coordination by a multi-histidine peptide tag (Histag). The versatility of the Histag as a means to conjugate to DNA nanostructures is shown by using Histags to capture semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) with numerical and positional precision onto a DNA origami breadboard. Additionally, Histag-expressing enzymes, such as the bioluminescent luciferase, can also be captured to the DNA origami breadboard with similar precision. DNA nanostructure conjugation of the QDs or luciferase is confirmed through imaging and/or energy transfer to organic dyes integrated into the DNA nanostructure.
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- Christopher M Green
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Code 6900, Washington, DC, USA
- National Research Council, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Code 6900, Washington, DC, USA
- College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
- Jacobs Corporation, Hanover, MD, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Code 6900, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Code 6900, Washington, DC, USA.
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Mujawar A, De A. In Vivo Assessment of Protein-Protein Interactions Using BRET Assay. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2525:239-257. [PMID: 35836073 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2473-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Proteins play an important part in almost all life activities and across all organisms. Proteins occasionally act on their own but rather fulfill most of their biological tasks by cooperating with other proteins or ligand molecules. The bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) assay serves to measure dynamic events such as protein-protein or protein-ligand interactions in vitro or in-vivo. With several inherent attributes such as rapid and fairly sensitive ratio-metric measurements, assessment of interactions irrespective of protein location within the cellular compartment, cost-effectiveness consenting to high-throughput screening compatibility, makes BRET a popular genetic reporter-based assay system for protein-protein interaction (PPI) studies. Based on the Förster principle, BRET allows to judge if the proximity has been achieved between the interacting partners. In recent years, the BRET application has emerged as a significantly versatile assay format by using multiple detection devices such as a plate reader or in-vivo optical imaging platform, or even a bioluminescence microscope has expanded its scope for advancing PPI studies. Beyond the scope of quantitative measurement of PPIs, molecular optical imaging applications based on BRET assay have expanded the scope for screening pharmacological compounds by unifying live cell and in-vivo animal-/plant-based experiments using the same platform technology. In this chapter, we have given intricate methodological details for performing in-vitro and in-vivo BRET experiments, primarily by using donor/acceptor reporter protein combinations.
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- Aaiyas Mujawar
- Molecular Functional Imaging Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Molecular Functional Imaging Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, India.
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Apoptosis is a process in which cells are genetically regulated to cause a series of changes in morphology and metabolic activity, which ultimately lead to cell death. Apoptosis plays a vital role in the entire life cycle of an organism. Too much or too little apoptosis can cause a variety of diseases. Therefore, efficient and convenient methods for detecting apoptosis are necessary for clinical treatment and drug development. Traditional methods for detecting apoptosis may cause damage to the body during sample collection, such as for flow cytometry analysis. So it is necessary to monitor apoptosis without invasion in vivo. Optical imaging technique provides a more sensitive and economical way for apoptosis visualization. A subset of engineered reporter genes based on fluorescent proteins or luciferases are currently developed to monitor the dynamic changes in apoptotic markers, such as activation of caspases and exposure of phosphatidylserine on the surface of dying cells. These reporters detect apoptosis when cells have not undergone significant morphological changes, providing conditions for early diagnosis of tumors. In addition, these reporters show considerable value in high-throughput screening of apoptosis-related drugs and evaluation of their efficacy in treating tumors. In this review, we will discuss the recent research progress in the optical imaging of apoptosis based on the genetically encoded reporter genes.
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Banerjee A, Maity S, Mastrangelo CH. Nanostructures for Biosensing, with a Brief Overview on Cancer Detection, IoT, and the Role of Machine Learning in Smart Biosensors. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:1253. [PMID: 33578726 PMCID: PMC7916491 DOI: 10.3390/s21041253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Biosensors are essential tools which have been traditionally used to monitor environmental pollution and detect the presence of toxic elements and biohazardous bacteria or virus in organic matter and biomolecules for clinical diagnostics. In the last couple of decades, the scientific community has witnessed their widespread application in the fields of military, health care, industrial process control, environmental monitoring, food-quality control, and microbiology. Biosensor technology has greatly evolved from in vitro studies based on the biosensing ability of organic beings to the highly sophisticated world of nanofabrication-enabled miniaturized biosensors. The incorporation of nanotechnology in the vast field of biosensing has led to the development of novel sensors and sensing mechanisms, as well as an increase in the sensitivity and performance of the existing biosensors. Additionally, the nanoscale dimension further assists the development of sensors for rapid and simple detection in vivo as well as the ability to probe single biomolecules and obtain critical information for their detection and analysis. However, the major drawbacks of this include, but are not limited to, potential toxicities associated with the unavoidable release of nanoparticles into the environment, miniaturization-induced unreliability, lack of automation, and difficulty of integrating the nanostructured-based biosensors, as well as unreliable transduction signals from these devices. Although the field of biosensors is vast, we intend to explore various nanotechnology-enabled biosensors as part of this review article and provide a brief description of their fundamental working principles and potential applications. The article aims to provide the reader a holistic overview of different nanostructures which have been used for biosensing purposes along with some specific applications in the field of cancer detection and the Internet of things (IoT), as well as a brief overview of machine-learning-based biosensing.
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- Aishwaryadev Banerjee
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Sciences, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 700106, India;
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. Dual-colour (near-infrared/visible) emitting annexin V for fluorescence imaging of tumour cell apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. RSC Adv 2020; 10:38244-38250. [PMID: 35517522 PMCID: PMC9057337 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06495e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Indocyanine green (ICG) labelled recombinant annexin V proteins (ICG-EGFP-Annexin V and ICG-mPlum-Annexin V) were synthesized for dual-colour fluorescence imaging of tumour cell apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. The ICG-labelled fluorescent annexin V proteins showed dual (near-infrared and visible) fluorescence emissions with binding ability to phosphatidylserines on the plasma membranes of apoptotic cells. Although several types of fluorescence labelled annexin V (e.g. FITC-annexin V, Cy3- and Cy5-annexin V) have been reported, there are no dual-colour (near-infrared/visible) emitting apoptosis-detection probes which can be used in vitro and in vivo. In this paper, the utilities of the dual-colour fluorescent annexin V are demonstrated for in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging of the apoptosis of human breast tumour cells induced by an antibody-drug conjugate, Kadcyla. The results suggest that the present annexin V probes will be useful to visualize the action of anti-cancer drugs against tumours both at the cellular and whole-body level.
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- Setsuko Tsuboi
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3 Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University Yamada-oka 1-3 Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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Bioluminescence-Based Energy Transfer Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Acceptors. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20102909. [PMID: 32455561 PMCID: PMC7284562 DOI: 10.3390/s20102909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) is the non-radiative transfer of energy from a bioluminescent protein donor to a fluorophore acceptor. It shares all the formalism of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) but differs in one key aspect: that the excited donor here is produced by biochemical means and not by an external illumination. Often the choice of BRET source is the bioluminescent protein Renilla luciferase, which catalyzes the oxidation of a substrate, typically coelenterazine, producing an oxidized product in its electronic excited state that, in turn, couples with a proximal fluorophore resulting in a fluorescence emission from the acceptor. The acceptors pertinent to this discussion are semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), which offer some unrivalled photophysical properties. Amongst other advantages, the QD's large Stokes shift is particularly advantageous as it allows easy and accurate deconstruction of acceptor signal, which is difficult to attain using organic dyes or fluorescent proteins. QD-BRET systems are gaining popularity in non-invasive bioimaging and as probes for biosensing as they don't require external optical illumination, which dramatically improves the signal-to-noise ratio by avoiding background auto-fluorescence. Despite the additional advantages such systems offer, there are challenges lying ahead that need to be addressed before they are utilized for translational types of research.
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Red-shifted bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer: Improved tools and materials for analytical in vivo approaches. Trends Analyt Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Integration of Nanomaterials and Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Techniques for Sensing Biomolecules. BIOSENSORS-BASEL 2019; 9:bios9010042. [PMID: 30884844 PMCID: PMC6468577 DOI: 10.3390/bios9010042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) techniques offer a high degree of sensitivity, reliability and ease of use for their application to sensing biomolecules. BRET is a distance dependent, non-radiative energy transfer, which uses a bioluminescent protein to excite an acceptor through the resonance energy transfer. A BRET sensor can quickly detect the change of a target biomolecule quantitatively without an external electromagnetic field, e.g., UV light, which normally can damage tissue. Having been developed quite recently, this technique has evolved rapidly. Here, different bioluminescent proteins have been reviewed. In addition to a multitude of bioluminescent proteins, this manuscript focuses on the recent development of BRET sensors by utilizing quantum dots. The special size-dependent properties of quantum dots have made the BRET sensing technique attractive for the real-time monitoring of the changes of target molecules and bioimaging in vivo. This review offers a look into the basis of the technique, donor/acceptor pairs, experimental applications and prospects.
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. BRET based dual-colour (visible/near-infrared) molecular imaging using a quantum dot/EGFP–luciferase conjugate. RSC Adv 2019; 9:34964-34971. [PMID: 35530680 PMCID: PMC9074158 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07011g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Owing to its high sensitivity, bioluminescence imaging is an important tool for biosensing and bioimaging in life sciences. Compared to fluorescence imaging, bioluminescence imaging has a superior advantage that the background signals resulting from autofluorescence are almost zero. In addition, bioluminescence imaging can permit long-term observation of living cells because external excitation is not needed, leading to no photobleaching and photocytotoxicity. Although bioluminescence imaging has such superior properties over fluorescence imaging, observation wavelengths in bioluminescence imaging are mostly limited to the visible region. Here we present bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) based dual-colour (visible/near-infrared) molecular imaging using a quantum dot (QD) and luciferase protein conjugate. This bioluminescent probe is designed to emit green and near-infrared luminescence from enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and CdSeTe/CdS (core/shell) QDs, where EGFP–Renilla luciferase (RLuc) fused proteins are conjugated to the QDs. Since the EGFP–RLuc fused protein contains an immunoglobulin binding domain (GB1) of protein G, it is possible to prepare a variety of molecular imaging probes functionalized with antibodies (IgG). We show that the BRET-based QD probe can be used for highly sensitive dual-colour (visible/near-infrared) bioluminescence molecular imaging of membrane receptors in cancer cells. A bioluminescent dual-colour molecular-imaging probe was prepared to emit green and near-infrared luminescence from a conjugate between enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), Renilla luciferase (RLuc) and CdSeTe/CdS quantum dot (QD).![]()
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- Setsuko Tsuboi
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)
- Osaka 565-0874
- Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)
- Osaka 565-0874
- Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
- Osaka University
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Singh RD, Shandilya R, Bhargava A, Kumar R, Tiwari R, Chaudhury K, Srivastava RK, Goryacheva IY, Mishra PK. Quantum Dot Based Nano-Biosensors for Detection of Circulating Cell Free miRNAs in Lung Carcinogenesis: From Biology to Clinical Translation. Front Genet 2018; 9:616. [PMID: 30574163 PMCID: PMC6291444 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lung cancer is the most frequently occurring malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related death for men in our country. The only recommended screening method is clinic based low-dose computed tomography (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). However, the effect of LDCT on overall mortality observed in lung cancer patients is not statistically significant. Over-diagnosis, excessive cost, risks associated with radiation exposure, false positive results and delay in the commencement of the treatment procedure questions the use of LDCT as a reliable technique for population-based screening. Therefore, identification of minimal-invasive biomarkers able to detect malignancies at an early stage might be useful to reduce the disease burden. Circulating nucleic acids are emerging as important source of information for several chronic pathologies including lung cancer. Of these, circulating cell free miRNAs are reported to be closely associated with the clinical outcome of lung cancer patients. Smaller size, sequence homology between species, low concentration and stability are some of the major challenges involved in characterization and specific detection of miRNAs. To circumvent these problems, synthesis of a quantum dot based nano-biosensor might assist in sensitive, specific and cost-effective detection of differentially regulated miRNAs. The wide excitation and narrow emission spectra of these nanoparticles result in excellent fluorescent quantum yields with a broader color spectrum which make them ideal bio-entities for fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based detection for sequential or simultaneous study of multiple targets. In addition, photo-resistance and higher stability of these nanoparticles allows extensive exposure and offer state-of-the art sensitivity for miRNA targeting. A major obstacle for integrating QDs into clinical application is the QD-associated toxicity. However, the use of non-toxic shells along with surface modification not only overcomes the toxicity issues, but also increases the ability of QDs to quickly detect circulating cell free miRNAs in a non-invasive mode. The present review illustrates the importance of circulating miRNAs in lung cancer diagnosis and highlights the translational prospects of developing QD-based nano-biosensor for rapid early disease detection.
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- Radha D. Singh
- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. Fluorescent, Recombinant‐Protein‐Conjugated, Near‐Infrared‐Emitting Quantum Dots for in Vitro and in Vivo Dual‐Color Molecular Imaging. Chembiochem 2018; 20:568-575. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Setsuko Tsuboi
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita Osaka 565–0874 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)RIKEN Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita Osaka 565–0874 Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier BioSciencesOsaka University Yamada-oka 1–3, Suita Osaka 565–0871 Japan
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Tsuboi S, Jin T. Recombinant Protein (Luciferase-IgG Binding Domain) Conjugated Quantum Dots for BRET-Coupled Near-Infrared Imaging of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors. Bioconjug Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Setsuko Tsuboi
- Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Ma F, Li CC, Zhang CY. Development of quantum dot-based biosensors: principles and applications. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:6173-6190. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01869c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We review the recent advances in quantum dot-based biosensors and focus on quantum dot-based fluorescent, bioluminescent, chemiluminescent, and photoelectrochemical biosensors.
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- Fei Ma
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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