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Liu J, Cabral H, Mi P. Nanocarriers address intracellular barriers for efficient drug delivery, overcoming drug resistance, subcellular targeting and controlled release. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2024; 207:115239. [PMID: 38437916 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2024.115239] [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] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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The cellular barriers are major bottlenecks for bioactive compounds entering into cells to accomplish their biological functions, which limits their biomedical applications. Nanocarriers have demonstrated high potential and benefits for encapsulating bioactive compounds and efficiently delivering them into target cells by overcoming a cascade of intracellular barriers to achieve desirable therapeutic and diagnostic effects. In this review, we introduce the cellular barriers ahead of drug delivery and nanocarriers, as well as summarize recent advances and strategies of nanocarriers for increasing internalization with cells, promoting intracellular trafficking, overcoming drug resistance, targeting subcellular locations and controlled drug release. Lastly, the future perspectives of nanocarriers for intracellular drug delivery are discussed, which mainly focus on potential challenges and future directions. Our review presents an overview of intracellular drug delivery by nanocarriers, which may encourage the future development of nanocarriers for efficient and precision drug delivery into a wide range of cells and subcellular targets.
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- Jing Liu
- Department of Radiology, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
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Ali MU, Chaudhary BN, Panja S, Gendelman HE. Theranostic Diagnostics. Results Probl Cell Differ 2024; 73:551-578. [PMID: 39242393 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-62036-2_22] [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: 09/09/2024]
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Diagnosing and then treating disease defines theranostics. The approach holds promise by facilitating targeted disease outcomes. The simultaneous analysis of finding the presence of disease pathophysiology while providing a parallel in treatment is a novel and effective strategy for seeking improved medical care. We discuss how theranostics improves disease outcomes is discussed. The chapter reviews the delivery of targeted therapies. Bioimaging techniques are highlighted as early detection and tracking systems for microbial infections, degenerative diseases, and cancers.
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- Mohammad Uzair Ali
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
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Li C, Huang J, Yuan L, Xie W, Ying Y, Li C, Yu Y, Pan Y, Qu W, Hao H, Algharib SA, Chen D, Xie S. Recent progress of emitting long-wavelength carbon dots and their merits for visualization tracking, target delivery and theranostics. Theranostics 2023; 13:3064-3102. [PMID: 37284447 PMCID: PMC10240821 DOI: 10.7150/thno.80579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
As a novel strategy for in vivo visualization tracking and monitoring, carbon dots (CDs) emitting long wavelengths (LW, 600-950 nm) have received tremendous attention due to their deep tissue penetration, low photon scattering, satisfactory contrast resolution and high signal-to-background ratios. Although, the mechanism of CDs emitting LW remains controversial and what properties are best for in vivo visualization have not been specifically elucidated, it is more conducive to the in vivo application of LW-CDs through rational design and ingenious synthesis based on the appreciation of the luminescence mechanism. Therefore, this review analyzes the current tracer technologies applied in vivo and their advantages and disadvantages, with emphasis on the physical mechanism of emitting LW fluorescence for in vivo imaging. Subsequently, the general properties and merits of LW-CDs for tracking and imaging are summarized. More importantly, the factors affecting the synthesis of LW-CDs and its luminescence mechanism are highlighted. Simultaneously, the application of LW-CDs for disease diagnosis, integration of diagnosis and therapy are summarized. Finally, the bottlenecks and possible future directions of LW-CDs in visualization tracking and imaging in vivo are detailly discussed.
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- Chao Li
- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, QG, Egypt
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Prevention & Control for African Swine Fever and Other Major Pig Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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Tu L, Li Q, Qiu S, Li M, Shin J, Wu P, Singh N, Li J, Ding Q, Hu C, Xiong X, Sun Y, Kim JS. Recent developments in carbon dots: a biomedical application perspective. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:3038-3053. [PMID: 36919487 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb02794a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Recently, newly developed carbon-based nanomaterials known as carbon dots (CDs) have generated significant interest in nanomedicine. However, current knowledge regarding CD research in the biomedical field is still lacking. An overview of the most recent development of CDs in biomedical research is given in this review article. Several crucial CD applications, such as biosensing, bioimaging, cancer therapy, and antibacterial applications, are highlighted. Finally, CD-based biomedicine's challenges and future potential are also highlighted to enrich biomedical researchers' knowledge about the potential of CDs and the need for overcoming various technical obstacles.
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- Le Tu
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huzhou Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Huzhou Central Hospital), Huzhou 313099, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huzhou Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Huzhou Central Hospital), Huzhou 313099, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Automatic Detecting Technology and Instruments, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huzhou Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Huzhou Central Hospital), Huzhou 313099, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
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Miao Y, Wang S, Zhang B, Liu L. Carbon dot-based nanomaterials: a promising future nano-platform for targeting tumor-associated macrophages. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1133238. [PMID: 37205099 PMCID: PMC10186348 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1133238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the internal environment that tumors depend on for survival and development. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), as an important part of the tumor microenvironment, which plays a crucial role in the occurrence, development, invasion and metastasis of various malignant tumors and has immunosuppressant ability. With the development of immunotherapy, eradicating cancer cells by activating the innate immune system has yielded encouraging results, however only a minority of patients show a lasting response. Therefore, in vivo imaging of dynamic TAMs is crucial in patient-tailored immunotherapy to identify patients who will benefit from immunotherapy, monitor efficacy after treatment, and identify alternative strategies for non-responders. Meanwhile, developing nanomedicines based on TAMs-related antitumor mechanisms to effectively inhibit tumor growth is expected to become a promising research field. Carbon dots (CDs), as an emerging member of the carbon material family, exhibit unexpected superiority in fluorescence imaging/sensing, such as near infrared imaging, photostability, biocompatibility and low toxicity. Their characteristics naturally integrate therapy and diagnosis, and when CDs are combined with targeted chemical/genetic/photodynamic/photothermal therapeutic moieties, they are good candidates for targeting TAMs. We concentrate our discussion on the current learn of TAMs and describe recent examples of macrophage modulation based on carbon dot-associated nanoparticles, emphasizing the advantages of their multifunctional platform and their potential for TAMs theranostics.
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- *Correspondence: Butian Zhang, ; Lin Liu,
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Novoselova M, Chernyshev VS, Schulga A, Konovalova EV, Chuprov-Netochin RN, Abakumova TO, German S, Shipunova VO, Mokrousov MD, Prikhozhdenko E, Bratashov DN, Nozdriukhin DV, Bogorodskiy A, Grishin O, Kosolobov SS, Khlebtsov BN, Inozemtseva O, Zatsepin TS, Deyev SM, Gorin DA. Effect of Surface Modification of Multifunctional Nanocomposite Drug Delivery Carriers with DARPin on Their Biodistribution In Vitro and In Vivo. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:2976-2989. [PMID: 35616387 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We present a targeted drug delivery system for therapy and diagnostics that is based on a combination of contrasting, cytotoxic, and cancer-cell-targeting properties of multifunctional carriers. The system uses multilayered polymer microcapsules loaded with magnetite and doxorubicin. Loading of magnetite nanoparticles into the polymer shell by freezing-induced loading (FIL) allowed the loading efficiency to be increased 5-fold, compared with the widely used layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly. FIL also improved the photoacoustic signal and particle mobility in a magnetic field gradient, a result unachievable by the LBL alone. For targeted delivery of the carriers to cancer cells, the carrier surface was modified with a designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) directed toward the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM). Flow cytometry measurements showed that the DARPin-coated capsules specifically interacted with the surface of EpCAM-overexpressing human cancer cells such as MCF7. In vivo and ex vivo biodistribution studies in FvB mice showed that the carrier surface modification with DARPin changed the biodistribution of the capsules toward epithelial cells. In particular, the capsules accumulated substantially in the lungs─a result that can be effectively used in targeted lung cancer therapy. The results of this work may aid in the further development of the "magic bullet" concept and may bring the quality of personalized medicine to another level.
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- Marina Novoselova
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia.,School of Biological and Medical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region 141700, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- School of Biological and Medical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region 141700, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia.,Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 108840, Russia
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- School of Biological and Medical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region 141700, Russia.,Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- School of Biological and Medical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region 141700, Russia
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- Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov 410049, Russia
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- Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia.,Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, Building 1, Moscow 121205, Russia
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Shen CL, Liu HR, Lou Q, Wang F, Liu KK, Dong L, Shan CX. Recent progress of carbon dots in targeted bioimaging and cancer therapy. Theranostics 2022; 12:2860-2893. [PMID: 35401835 PMCID: PMC8965501 DOI: 10.7150/thno.70721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Carbon dots (CDs), as one new class of carbon nanomaterials with various structure and extraordinary physicochemical properties, have attracted tremendous interest for their potential applications in tumor theranostics, especially in targeted bioimaging and therapy. In these areas, CDs and its derivatives have been employed as highly efficient imaging agent for photoluminescence bioimaging of tumors cells. With unique structure, optical and/or dose attention properties, CDs have been harnessed in various nanotheranostic strategies for diverse tumors through integrating with other functional nanoparticles or utilizing their inherent physical properties. Up to now, CDs have been approved as novel biomaterials by their excellent performances in precise targeted bioimaging and therapy for tumors. Herein, the latest progress in the development of CDs in targeted bioimaging and tumor therapy are reviewed. Meanwhile, the challenges and future prospects of the application of CDs in promising nanotheranostic strategies are discussed and proposed.
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- Cheng-Long Shen
- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, and School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Kankala RK, Han YH, Xia HY, Wang SB, Chen AZ. Nanoarchitectured prototypes of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for innovative biomedical applications. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:126. [PMID: 35279150 PMCID: PMC8917689 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01315-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Despite exceptional morphological and physicochemical attributes, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are often employed as carriers or vectors. Moreover, these conventional MSNs often suffer from various limitations in biomedicine, such as reduced drug encapsulation efficacy, deprived compatibility, and poor degradability, resulting in poor therapeutic outcomes. To address these limitations, several modifications have been corroborated to fabricating hierarchically-engineered MSNs in terms of tuning the pore sizes, modifying the surfaces, and engineering of siliceous networks. Interestingly, the further advancements of engineered MSNs lead to the generation of highly complex and nature-mimicking structures, such as Janus-type, multi-podal, and flower-like architectures, as well as streamlined tadpole-like nanomotors. In this review, we present explicit discussions relevant to these advanced hierarchical architectures in different fields of biomedicine, including drug delivery, bioimaging, tissue engineering, and miscellaneous applications, such as photoluminescence, artificial enzymes, peptide enrichment, DNA detection, and biosensing, among others. Initially, we give a brief overview of diverse, innovative stimuli-responsive (pH, light, ultrasound, and thermos)- and targeted drug delivery strategies, along with discussions on recent advancements in cancer immune therapy and applicability of advanced MSNs in other ailments related to cardiac, vascular, and nervous systems, as well as diabetes. Then, we provide initiatives taken so far in clinical translation of various silica-based materials and their scope towards clinical translation. Finally, we summarize the review with interesting perspectives on lessons learned in exploring the biomedical applications of advanced MSNs and further requirements to be explored.
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- Ranjith Kumar Kankala
- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology (Huaqiao University), Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology (Huaqiao University), Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology (Huaqiao University), Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, Li C, Qian J, Lv X, Li H, Zou J, Zhang J, Meng X, Liu H, Qian Y, Lin W, Wang H. NIR-II Responsive Hollow Magnetite Nanoclusters for Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photothermal/Chemo-Therapy and Chemodynamic Therapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100794. [PMID: 34165871 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Phototherapy in the second near-IR (1000-1700 nm, NIR-II) window has achieved much progress because of its high efficiency and relatively minor side effects. In this paper, a new NIR-II responsive hollow magnetite nanocluster (HMNC) for targeted and imaging-guided cancer therapy is reported. The HMNC not only provides a hollow cavity for drug loading but also serves as a contrast agent for tumor-targeted magnetic resonance imaging. The acid-induced dissolution of the HMNCs can trigger a pH-responsive drug release for chemotherapy and catalyze the hydroxyl radical (·OH) formation from the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide for chemodynamic therapy. Moreover, the HMNCs can adsorb and convert NIR-II light into local heat (photothermal conversion efficacy: 36.3%), which can accelerate drug release and enhance the synergistic effect of chemo-photothermal therapy. The HMNCs show great potential as a versatile nanoplatform for targeted imaging-guided trimodal cancer therapy.
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- Xingyu Wang
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Bone and Joint Diseases with Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Huangpu, SH 200025, P. R. China
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- Hefei Cancer Hospital, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, SD, 250117, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
- The Anhui Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230026, P. R. China
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Nocito G, Calabrese G, Forte S, Petralia S, Puglisi C, Campolo M, Esposito E, Conoci S. Carbon Dots as Promising Tools for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13091991. [PMID: 33919096 PMCID: PMC8122497 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13091991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Diagnostic approaches and chemotherapeutic delivery based on nanotechnologies, such as nanoparticles (NPs), could be promising candidates for the new era of cancer research. Recently great attention has been received by carbon-based nanomaterials such as Carbon Dots (CDs), due their variegated physical-chemical properties that makes these systems appealing for multiple use from bioimaging, biosensing, nano-carriers for drug delivery systems to innovative therapeutic agents in photodynamic (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT). In this review, we report the last evidence on the application and prospects of CDs as useful nano theranostics tools for cancer diagnosis and therapy. Abstract Carbon Dots (CDs) are the latest members of carbon-based nanomaterials, which since their discovery have attracted notable attention due to their chemical and mechanical properties, brilliant fluorescence, high photostability, and good biocompatibility. Together with the ease and affordable preparation costs, these intrinsic features make CDs the most promising nanomaterials for multiple applications in the biological field, such as bioimaging, biotherapy, and gene/drug delivery. This review will illustrate the most recent applications of CDs in the biomedical field, focusing on their biocompatibility, fluorescence, low cytotoxicity, cellular uptake, and theranostic properties to highlight above all their usefulness as a promising tool for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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- Giuseppe Nocito
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy; (G.N.); (M.C.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy; (G.N.); (M.C.); (E.E.)
- Correspondence: (G.C.); (S.C.)
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- IOM Ricerca, Viagrande, 95029 Catania, Italy; (S.F.); (C.P.)
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- Department of Drug Science and Health, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy; (G.N.); (M.C.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy; (G.N.); (M.C.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy; (G.N.); (M.C.); (E.E.)
- Correspondence: (G.C.); (S.C.)
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Lin G, Revia RA, Zhang M. Inorganic Nanomaterial-Mediated Gene Therapy in Combination with Other Antitumor Treatment Modalities. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2021; 31:2007096. [PMID: 34366761 PMCID: PMC8336227 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202007096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cancer is a genetic disease originating from the accumulation of gene mutations in a cellular subpopulation. Although many therapeutic approaches have been developed to treat cancer, recent studies have revealed an irrefutable challenge that tumors evolve defenses against some therapies. Gene therapy may prove to be the ultimate panacea for cancer by correcting the fundamental genetic errors in tumors. The engineering of nanoscale inorganic carriers of cancer therapeutics has shown promising results in the efficacious and safe delivery of nucleic acids to treat oncological diseases in small-animal models. When these nanocarriers are used for co-delivery of gene therapeutics along with auxiliary treatments, the synergistic combination of therapies often leads to an amplified health benefit. In this review, an overview of the inorganic nanomaterials developed for combinatorial therapies of gene and other treatment modalities is presented. First, the main principles of using nucleic acids as therapeutics, inorganic nanocarriers for medical applications and delivery of gene/drug payloads are introduced. Next, the utility of recently developed inorganic nanomaterials in different combinations of gene therapy with each of chemo, immune, hyperthermal, and radio therapy is examined. Finally, current challenges in the clinical translation of inorganic nanomaterial-mediated therapies are presented and outlooks for the field are provided.
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- Guanyou Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Dugam S, Nangare S, Patil P, Jadhav N. Carbon dots: A novel trend in pharmaceutical applications. ANNALES PHARMACEUTIQUES FRANÇAISES 2021; 79:335-345. [PMID: 33383021 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharma.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Carbon quantum dots (CQDs, C-dots, or CDs), are generally small carbon nanoparticles having a size less than 10nm. Carbon dots (CDs) were accidentally discovered during the purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes through preparative electrophoresis in 2004. Carbon is an organic material having poor water solubility that emits less fluorescence. However, CDs have good aqueous solubility and excellent fluorescent property, hence more attention has been given to the synthesis of CDs and their applications in chemistry and allied sciences. CDs being easily accessible for in-house synthesis, simpler fabrication as per compendial requirements are wisely accepted. In addition, since CDs are biocompatible, of low toxicity, and of biodegradable nature, they appear as a promising tool for the health care sector. Furthermore, owing to their capabilities of expressing significant interaction with biological materials, and their excellent photoluminescence (PL), CDs have been emerging as novel pioneered nanoparticles useful for pharmaceutical and theranostic applications. Also, CDs are more eco-friendly in synthesis and therefore can be favorably consumed as alternatives in the further development of biological, environmental, and food areas. A massive study has been performed dealing with different approaches which are adopted for CDs synthesis and their applications as, filters for the separation of pollutants from polluted water, food safety, toxicological studies, and optical properties, etc. While still less emphasis is given on the applications of CDs in pharmaceuticals like for sustained and targeted drug delivery systems, theranostic study, etc. Hence, in the present review, we are exploring CQDs as a boon to pharmaceutical concerns.
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- S Dugam
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Bharati-Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, 416013 Kolhapur, Maharashtra state, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, H. R. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 425405 Shirpur, Maharashtra state, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, H. R. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 425405 Shirpur, Maharashtra state, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Bharati-Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, 416013 Kolhapur, Maharashtra state, India.
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Tancredi P, Rivas-Rojas PC, Veiga LS, Garate O, Socolovsky LM, Muraca D, Ybarra G. Magnetic mesoporous silica nanospheres with dual probe & release fluorescent functionality. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:495603. [PMID: 32975223 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abb2c1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The combination of different nanomaterials through step-by-step synthesis procedures has turned into a promising alternative to fabricate high-quality nanosystems in order to satisfy the increasingly demanding requirements of the biomedical field. In this work, we report a detailed study on the synthesis and characterization of a complex nanosystem composed of nanoparticles with a single magnetic nanoparticle core and a shell of dense and mesoporous silica arranged in layers. The procedure designed to fabricate these systems lead us to the formation of a dispersion of non-agglomerated spherical nanoparticles of nearly 100 nm. The structural characterization performed over the final samples confirmed both the prevalence of single-core systems and the presence of the mesoporous silica shell in the outer layer. The performance of the nanosystem in a specific technological application was tested by sequentially loading two different fluorescents molecules by covalent and non-covalent bonding strategies. Due to the distinct loading strategies, the resulting nanosystem presented a magnetically-assisted probe & release functionality as analyzed in a magnetophoretic experiment.
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- Pablo Tancredi
- Functional Nanomaterials - INTI-Micro and Nanotechnology, National Institute of Industrial Technology, San Martín, Buenos Aires, CP B1650, Argentina
- Laboratory of Amorphous Solids - INTECIN, Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET, Buenos Aires, CP C1063, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Amorphous Solids - INTECIN, Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET, Buenos Aires, CP C1063, Argentina
- Laboratory of Applied Crystallography, School of Science and Technology, National University of San Martin, San Martin, Buenos Aires, CP B1650, Argentina
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- Functional Nanomaterials - INTI-Micro and Nanotechnology, National Institute of Industrial Technology, San Martín, Buenos Aires, CP B1650, Argentina
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- Functional Nanomaterials - INTI-Micro and Nanotechnology, National Institute of Industrial Technology, San Martín, Buenos Aires, CP B1650, Argentina
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- Santa Cruz Regional School, National Technological University - CIT Santa Cruz (CONICET), Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, CP Z9400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP CEP 13083-859, Brazil
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- Functional Nanomaterials - INTI-Micro and Nanotechnology, National Institute of Industrial Technology, San Martín, Buenos Aires, CP B1650, Argentina
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Karaosmanoglu S, Zhou M, Shi B, Zhang X, Williams GR, Chen X. Carrier-free nanodrugs for safe and effective cancer treatment. J Control Release 2020; 329:805-832. [PMID: 33045313 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Clinical applications of many anti-cancer drugs are restricted due to their hydrophobic nature, requiring use of harmful organic solvents for administration, and poor selectivity and pharmacokinetics resulting in off-target toxicity and inefficient therapies. A wide variety of carrier-based nanoparticles have been developed to tackle these issues, but such strategies often fail to encapsulate drug efficiently and require significant amounts of inorganic and/or organic nanocarriers which may cause toxicity problems in the long term. Preparation of nano-formulations for the delivery of water insoluble drugs without using carriers is thus desired, requiring elegantly designed strategies for products with high quality, stability and performance. These strategies include simple self-assembly or involving chemical modifications via coupling drugs together or conjugating them with various functional molecules such as lipids, carbohydrates and photosensitizers. During nanodrugs synthesis, insertion of redox-responsive linkers and tumor targeting ligands endows them with additional characteristics like on-target delivery, and conjugation with immunotherapeutic reagents enhances immune response alongside therapeutic efficacy. This review aims to summarize the methods of making carrier-free nanodrugs from hydrophobic drug molecules, evaluating their performance, and discussing the advantages, challenges, and future development of these strategies.
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- Sena Karaosmanoglu
- School of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, 226000, Nantong, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK.
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK.
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Mi P. Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery, tumor imaging, therapy and theranostics. Theranostics 2020; 10:4557-4588. [PMID: 32292515 PMCID: PMC7150471 DOI: 10.7150/thno.38069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In recent years, much progress has been motivated in stimuli-responsive nanocarriers, which could response to the intrinsic physicochemical and pathological factors in diseased regions to increase the specificity of drug delivery. Currently, numerous nanocarriers have been engineered with physicochemical changes in responding to external stimuli, such as ultrasound, thermal, light and magnetic field, as well as internal stimuli, including pH, redox potential, hypoxia and enzyme, etc. Nanocarriers could respond to stimuli in tumor microenvironments or inside cancer cells for on-demanded drug delivery and accumulation, controlled drug release, activation of bioactive compounds, probes and targeting ligands, as well as size, charge and conformation conversion, etc., leading to sensing and signaling, overcoming multidrug resistance, accurate diagnosis and precision therapy. This review has summarized the general strategies of developing stimuli-responsive nanocarriers and recent advances, presented their applications in drug delivery, tumor imaging, therapy and theranostics, illustrated the progress of clinical translation and made prospects.
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- Peng Mi
- Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17 South Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610041, China
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A study of anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants modified starch nanoparticles for hydrophobic drug loading and release. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Biegger P, Ladd ME, Komljenovic D. Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probes. Recent Results Cancer Res 2020; 216:189-226. [PMID: 32594388 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42618-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Magnetic resonance imaging is characterized by high spatial resolution and unsurpassed soft tissue discrimination. Development and characterization of both intrinsic and extrinsic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging probes in the last decade has further strengthened the pivotal role MR imaging holds in the assessment of cancer in preclinical and translational settings. Sophisticated chemical modifications of a variety of nanoparticulate probes hold the potential to deliver valuable multifunctional tools applicable in diagnostics and/or treatment in human oncology. MR imaging suffers from a lack of sensitivity achievable by, e.g., nuclear medicine imaging methods. Advantages of including additional functionality/functionalities in a probe suitable for MR imaging are thus numerous, comprising the addition of fundamentally different imaging information (diagnostics), drug delivery (therapy), or the combination of both (theranostics). In recent years, we have witnessed a plethora of preclinical multimodal or multifunctional imaging probes being published mainly as proof-of-principle studies, yet only a handful are readily applicable in clinical settings. This chapter summarizes recent innovations in the development of multifunctional MR imaging probes and discusses the suitability of these probes for clinical transfer.
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- Philipp Biegger
- Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Zhu C, Ding Z, Lu Q, Lu G, Xiao L, Zhang X, Dong X, Ru C, Kaplan DL. Injectable Silk-Vaterite Composite Hydrogels with Tunable Sustained Drug Release Capacity. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2019; 5:6602-6609. [PMID: 33423479 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Improving the efficiency of chemotherapy remains a key challenge in drug delivery. Many drug carriers have been designed to achieve multifunctional factors as part of their performance, including controlled release, dispersibility in aqueous environments, and targeting to cancer sites. However, it is difficult to optimize multiple properties simultaneously for a single carrier system. Here, synergistic carriers composed of vaterite microspheres and silk nanofiber hydrogels were developed to improve the dispersibility of vaterite spheres and the control of drug delivery without compromising the injectability or sensitivity to pH. The vaterite microspheres were dispersed homogeneously and remained stable in the silk nanofiber hydrogels. Doxorubicin (DOX) was effectively loaded on the vaterite spheres and silk nanofibers, forming synergistic silk-vaterite hydrogel delivery systems. The sustained delivery of DOX was tuned and controlled by vaterite stability and the DOX content loaded on the spheres and nanofibers. The cytotoxicity was regulated via the controlled delivery of DOX, suggesting the possibility of optimizing chemotherapeutic strategies. These silk-vaterite delivery hydrogels suggest a useful strategy for designing novel delivery systems for improved delivery and therapeutic benefits.
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- Caihong Zhu
- Research Center of Robotics and Micro System & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiang East Road, Suzhou 215021, People's Republic of China.,National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 585 Xingyuan North Road, Wuxi 214041, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center of Robotics and Micro System & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiang East Road, Suzhou 215021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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Du J, Xu N, Fan J, Sun W, Peng X. Carbon Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging and Theranostics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1805087. [PMID: 30779301 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201805087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Carbon dots (CDs), a kind of carbon material discovered accidentally, exhibit unexpected advantages in fluorescence imaging/sensing such as photostability, biocompatibility, and low toxicity. For emerging theranostics, an interdiscipline created by integrating therapy and diagnostics, CDs are good candidates when they are combined with targeted chemo/gene/photodynamic/photothermal therapeutic moieties. Here, the development of CDs in nanomedicine is reviewed from their use as original imaging agents and/or drug carriers to multifunctional theranostic systems. Finally, the challenges and prospects of the next-generation of CD-based theranostics for clinical applications are also discussed.
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- Jianjun Du
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology in Shenzhen, Gaoxin South fourth Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology in Shenzhen, Gaoxin South fourth Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology in Shenzhen, Gaoxin South fourth Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- Research Institute of Dalian University of Technology in Shenzhen, Gaoxin South fourth Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Bhattacharya K, Banerjee SL, Das S, Samanta S, Mandal M, Singha NK. REDOX Responsive Fluorescence Active Glycopolymer Based Nanogel: A Potential Material for Targeted Anticancer Drug Delivery. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:2587-2599. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Boakye-Yiadom KO, Kesse S, Opoku-Damoah Y, Filli MS, Aquib M, Joelle MMB, Farooq MA, Mavlyanova R, Raza F, Bavi R, Wang B. Carbon dots: Applications in bioimaging and theranostics. Int J Pharm 2019; 564:308-317. [PMID: 31015004 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Carbon dots are a carbonaceous nanomaterial that were discovered accidentally and are now drawing significant attention as a new quantum-sized fluorescent nanoparticle. Carbon dots are biocompatible, non-toxic, photostable, and easily functionalized with good photoluminescence and water solubility. Due to these unique properties, they are used broadly in live cell imaging, catalysis, electronics, biosensing, power, targeted drug delivery, and other biomedical applications. Here, we review the recent development of carbon dots in nanomedicine from their use in drug carriers to imaging agents to multifunctional theranostic systems. Finally, we discuss the challenges and views on next-generation carbon dot-based theranostics for clinical applications.
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- Kofi Oti Boakye-Yiadom
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
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Zhao S, Sun S, Jiang K, Wang Y, Liu Y, Wu S, Li Z, Shu Q, Lin H. In Situ Synthesis of Fluorescent Mesoporous Silica-Carbon Dot Nanohybrids Featuring Folate Receptor-Overexpressing Cancer Cell Targeting and Drug Delivery. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2019; 11:32. [PMID: 34137970 PMCID: PMC7770874 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-019-0263-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Multifunctional nanocarrier-based theranostics is supposed to overcome some key problems in cancer treatment. In this work, a novel method for the preparation of a fluorescent mesoporous silica-carbon dot nanohybrid was developed. Carbon dots (CDs), from folic acid as the raw material, were prepared in situ and anchored on the surface of amino-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs-NH2) via a microwave-assisted solvothermal reaction. The as-prepared nanohybrid (designated MSNs-CDs) not only exhibited strong and stable yellow emission but also preserved the unique features of MSNs (e.g., mesoporous structure, large specific surface area, and good biocompatibility), demonstrating a potential capability for fluorescence imaging-guided drug delivery. More interestingly, the MSNs-CDs nanohybrid was able to selectively target folate receptor-overexpressing cancer cells (e.g., HeLa), indicating that folic acid still retained its function even after undergoing the solvothermal reaction. Benefited by these excellent properties, the fluorescent MSNs-CDs nanohybrid can be employed as a fluorescence-guided nanocarrier for the targeted delivery of anticancer drugs (e.g., doxorubicin), thereby enhancing chemotherapeutic efficacy and reducing side effects. Our studies may provide a facile strategy for the fabrication of multifunctional MSN-based theranostic platforms, which is beneficial in the diagnosis and therapy of cancers in future.
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- Shuai Zhao
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China
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- The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen, 518001, People's Republic of China
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- The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen, 518001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
- The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen, 518001, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, People's Republic of China.
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Chen JC, Li LM, Gao JQ. Biomaterials for local drug delivery in central nervous system. Int J Pharm 2019; 560:92-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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He G, Ma Y, Zhou H, Sun S, Wang X, Qian H, Xu Y, Miao Z, Zha Z. Mesoporous NiS2 nanospheres as a hydrophobic anticancer drug delivery vehicle for synergistic photothermal–chemotherapy. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:143-149. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02473a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Monodispersed mesoporous NiS2 nanospheres (mNiS2 NSs) have been successfully developed here through a facile solvothermal method to act as a hydrophobic drug delivery vehicle for synergistic photothermal–chemo treatment of cancer.
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- Gang He
- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China
- Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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Chen L, Zhong H, Qi X, Shao H, Xu K. Modified core–shell magnetic mesoporous zirconia nanoparticles formed through a facile “outside-to-inside” way for CT/MRI dual-modal imaging and magnetic targeting cancer chemotherapy. RSC Adv 2019; 9:13220-13233. [PMID: 35520762 PMCID: PMC9063760 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01063g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Iron oxide based magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) as typical theranostic nanoagents have been popularly used in various biomedical applications. Conventional core–shell MNPs are usually synthesized from inside to outside. This method has strict requirements on the interface properties of magnetic cores and the precursors of the coating shell. The shape and size of MNPs are significantly influenced by that of the pre-synthesized magnetic cores. Most core–shell MNPs have only single T2W MRI imaging ability. Herein, we propose a new synthetic strategy for core-mesoporous shell structural MNPs, where hollow mesoporous nanospheres which exhibit an intrinsic property for both CT imaging and drug loading were used as the shell and the magnetic cores were produced in the cavity of the shell. A new type of MNPs, Fe3O4@ZrO2 nanoparticles (M-MZNs), were developed using this facile outside-to-inside way, where multiple Fe3O4 nanoparticles grew inside the cavity of the mesoporous hollow ZrO2 nanospheres through chemical coprecipitation. The obtained MNPs not only exhibited superior magnetic properties and CT/MR imaging ability but also high drug loading capacity. In vitro experiment results revealed that M-MZNs-PEG loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) presented selective growth inhibition against cancer cells due to pH-sensitive DOX release and enhanced endocytosis by cancer cells under a magnetic field. Furthermore, the proposed MNPs exhibited CT/MRI dual modal imaging ability and effective physical targeting to tumor sites in vivo. More importantly, experiments of magnetic targeting chemotherapy on tumor bearing mice demonstrated that the nanocomposites significantly suppressed tumor growth without obvious pathological damage to major organs. Henceforth, this study provides a new strategy for CT/MRI dual-modal imaging guided and magnetic targeting cancer therapy. Magnetic mesoporous zirconia nanoparticle was synthesized by producing multiple iron oxide cores inside the cavity of mesoporous ZrO2 hollow nanospheres and was used for CT/MRI dual-modal imaging and magnetic targeting chemotherapy.![]()
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- Lufeng Chen
- Department of Radiology
- First Hospital of China Medical University
- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology in Liaoning Province
- Shenyang 110001
- People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology
- First Hospital of China Medical University
- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology in Liaoning Province
- Shenyang 110001
- People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology
- First Hospital of China Medical University
- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology in Liaoning Province
- Shenyang 110001
- People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology
- First Hospital of China Medical University
- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology in Liaoning Province
- Shenyang 110001
- People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology
- First Hospital of China Medical University
- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology in Liaoning Province
- Shenyang 110001
- People's Republic of China
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Wang H, Mu Q, Revia R, Wang K, Tian B, Lin G, Lee W, Hong YK, Zhang M. Iron oxide-carbon core-shell nanoparticles for dual-modal imaging-guided photothermal therapy. J Control Release 2018; 289:70-78. [PMID: 30266634 PMCID: PMC6365181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 09/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nanostructured materials that have low tissue toxicity, multi-modal imaging capability and high photothermal conversion efficiency have great potential to enable image-guided near infrared (NIR) photothermal therapy (PTT). Here, we report a bifunctional nanoparticle (BFNP, ∼16 nm) comprised of a magnetic Fe3O4 core (∼9.1 nm) covered by a fluorescent carbon shell (∼3.4 nm) and prepared via a one-pot solvothermal synthesis method using ferrocene as the sole source. The BFNP exhibits excitation wavelength-tunable, upconverted and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence property due to the presence of the carbon shell, and superparamagnetic behavior resulted from the Fe3O4 core. BFNPs demonstrate dual-modal imaging capacity both in vitro and in vivo with fluorescent imaging excited under a varying wavelength from 405 nm to 820 nm and with T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (r2 = 264.76 mM-1 s-1). More significantly, BFNPs absorb and convert NIR light to heat enabling photothermal therapy as demonstrated mice bearing C6 glioblastoma. These BFNPs show promise as an advanced nanoplatform to provide imaging guided photothermal therapy.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, AH 230031, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and MINT Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and MINT Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Chen W, Cheng CA, Lee BY, Clemens DL, Huang WY, Horwitz MA, Zink JI. Facile Strategy Enabling Both High Loading and High Release Amounts of the Water-Insoluble Drug Clofazimine Using Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:31870-31881. [PMID: 30160469 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b09069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The use of nanocarriers to deliver poorly soluble drugs to the sites of diseases is an attractive and general method, and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are increasingly being used as carriers. However, both loading a large amount of drugs into the pores and still being able to release the drug is a challenge. In this paper, we demonstrate a general strategy based on a companion molecule that chaperones the drug into the pores and also aids it in escaping. A common related strategy is to use a miscible co-solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), but although loading may be efficient in DMSO, this co-solvent frequently diffuses into an aqueous environment, leaving the drug behind. We demonstrate the method by using acetophenone (AP), an FDA-approved food additive as the chaperone for clofazimine (CFZ), a water-insoluble antibiotic used to treat leprosy and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. AP enables a high amount of CFZ cargo into the MSNs and also carries CFZ cargo out from the MSNs effectively when they are in an aqueous biorelevant environment. The amount of loading and the CFZ release efficiency from MSNs were optimized; 4.5 times more CFZ was loaded in MSNs with AP than that with DMSO and 2300 times more CFZ was released than that without the assistance of the AP. In vitro treatment of macrophages infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the optimized CFZ-loaded MSNs killed the bacteria in the cells in a dose-dependent manner. These studies demonstrate a highly efficient method for loading nanoparticles with water-insoluble drug molecules and the efficacy of the nanoparticles in delivering drugs into eukaryotic cells in aqueous media.
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Zhang Y, Wu M, Wu M, Zhu J, Zhang X. Multifunctional Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Applications in Biomolecular Imaging and Therapy. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:9126-9145. [PMID: 31459047 PMCID: PMC6644613 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Molecular imaging has been widely used not only as an important detection technology in the field of medical imaging for cancer diagnosis but also as a theranostic approach for cancer in recent years. Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials (MCBNs), characterized by unparalleled optical, electronic, and thermal properties, have attracted increasing interest and demonstrably hold the greatest promise in biomolecular imaging and therapy. As such, it should come as no surprise that MCBNs have already revealed a great deal of potential applications in biomedical areas, such as bioimaging, drug delivery, and tumor therapy. Carbon nanomaterials can be categorized as graphene, single-walled carbon nanotubes, mesoporous carbon, nanodiamonds, fullerenes, or carbon dots on the basis of their morphologies. In this article, reports of the use of MCBNs in various chemical conjugation/functionalization strategies, focusing on their applications in cancer molecular imaging and imaging-guided therapy, will be comprehensively summarized. MCBNs show the possibility to serve as optimal candidates for precise cancer biotheranostics.
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- Yanyan Zhang
- Department
of Medical Imaging, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, P. R. China
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- Department
of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University
Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for
Cancer, Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer Key Laboratory
of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, P. R.
China
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- Institut
National de la Recherche Scientifique-Énergie Matériaux
et Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2, Canada
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Science, Nanjing Tech
University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. China
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- Department
of Medical Imaging, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, P. R. China
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Wang H, Chen Q, Zhou S. Carbon-based hybrid nanogels: a synergistic nanoplatform for combined biosensing, bioimaging, and responsive drug delivery. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:4198-4232. [PMID: 29667656 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00399d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nanosized crosslinked polymer networks, named as nanogels, are playing an increasingly important role in a diverse range of applications by virtue of their porous structures, large surface area, good biocompatibility and responsiveness to internal and/or external chemico-physical stimuli. Recently, a variety of carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon quantum dots, graphene/graphene oxide nanosheets, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nanodiamonds, have been embedded into responsive polymer nanogels, in order to integrate the unique electro-optical properties of carbon nanomaterials with the merits of nanogels into a single hybrid nanogel system for improvement of their applications in nanomedicine. A vast number of studies have been pursued to explore the applications of carbon-based hybrid nanogels in biomedical areas for biosensing, bioimaging, and smart drug carriers with combinatorial therapies and/or theranostic ability. New synthetic methods and structures have been developed to prepare carbon-based hybrid nanogels with versatile properties and functions. In this review, we summarize the latest developments and applications and address the future perspectives of these carbon-based hybrid nanogels in the biomedical field.
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- Hui Wang
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, P. R. China.
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Liu L, Liu Y, Ma L, Mao F, Jiang A, Liu D, Wang L, Jia Q, Zhou J. Artemisinin-Loaded Mesoporous Nanoplatform for pH-Responsive Radical Generation Synergistic Tumor Theranostics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:6155-6167. [PMID: 29378409 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b18320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The development of novel and effective cancer treatments will greatly contribute to prolonging and improving patient lives. In this study, a multifunctional nanoplatform was designed and developed based on mesoporous NiO (mNiO) nanoparticles and terbium complexes as an artemisinin (ART) vehicle, a T2-weighted contrast agent, and a luminescence imaging probe. mNiO is a novel pH-responsive material that can degrade and release nickel ions (Ni2+) in an acidic tumor microenvironment. The endoperoxide bridge bond in the structure of ART tends to react with Ni2+ to produce radicals that can kill tumor cells. On the basis of its excellent near-infrared absorbance, mNiO can also be considered as a novel photothermal conversion agent for cancer photothermal therapy (PTT). Compared with free ART or PTT only, this novel agent showed remarkably enhanced antitumor activity in cultured cells and in tumor mice models, owing to the hypoxic tumor microenvironment impelling synergistic therapeutic action. These results provide a novel way of using a promising natural drug-based nanoplatform for synergistic therapy of tumors.
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- Lidong Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048, PR China
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Nie R, Liu H, Hu L, Gu X, Qian J, Wang H. NIR-responsive carbon-based nanocarriers for switchable on/off drug release and synergistic cancer therapy. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:7794-7799. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02398k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This communication reports a chitosan-gated carbon-based nanocarrier as a NIR light-switchable drug delivery system for controlled on/off drug release.
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- Rongrong Nie
- Nanjing Stomatological Hospital
- Medical School of Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- The Anhui Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- The Anhui Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Washington
- Seattle
- USA
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- Hefei Cancer Hospital
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- The Anhui Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
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Hu LL, Meng J, Zhang DD, Chen ML, Shu Y, Wang JH. Functionalization of mesoporous organosilica nanocarrier for pH/glutathione dual-responsive drug delivery and imaging of cancer therapy process. Talanta 2017; 177:203-211. [PMID: 29108577 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A multifunctional drug nanocarrier is developed by incorporating acetaldehyde-modified-cystine (AMC) into mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (MONs), shortly termed as MONs-AMC. The anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) links directly to MONs-AMC through electrostatic interaction between DOX and AMC to produce a conjugate, MONs-AMC-DOX, with a drug loading efficiency of 26.24 ± 1.35%, corresponding to a loading capacity of 0.26 ± 0.01mgmg-1 for DOX. Schiff base AMC contains a -S-S- bond and two -C˭N- bonds which cleave in the presence of certain level of GSH and in an acidic medium, providing MONs-AMC-DOX the capability for triggering pH and glutathione (GSH) dual-responsive drug release. Further, the self-fluorescent nature of AMC offers the tracing capability without the need of fluorescent label, which facilitates real-time tracing of the drug delivery and cancer therapy process. With 10mmolL-1 GSH and at pH 5.0, a drug release efficiency of 52.27 ± 2.84% is achieved. The intracellular drug release process is traced with confocal laser scanning microscope by monitoring the green fluorescence of MONs-AMC-DOX and red fluorescence of DOX with excitation at 408nm and 488nm, respectively. The drug loaded nanocarriers exhibit a time-dependent cellular uptake behavior, providing an enhanced therapeutic effect to A549 cancer cells.
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- Lin-Lin Hu
- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China.
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Box 332, Shenyang 110819, China.
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Wang H, Mukherjee S, Yi J, Banerjee P, Chen Q, Zhou S. Biocompatible Chitosan-Carbon Dot Hybrid Nanogels for NIR-Imaging-Guided Synergistic Photothermal-Chemo Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:18639-18649. [PMID: 28485151 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Multifunctional nanocarriers with good biocompatibility, good imaging function, and smart drug delivery ability are crucial for realizing highly efficient imaging-guided chemotherapy in vivo. This paper reports a type of chitosan-carbon dot (CD) hybrid nanogels (CCHNs, ∼65 nm) by integrating pH-sensitive chitosan and fluorescent CDs into a single nanostructure for simultaneous near-infrared (NIR) imaging and NIR/pH dual-responsive drug release to improve therapeutic efficacy. Such CCHNs were synthesized via a nonsolvent-induced colloidal nanoparticle formation of chitosan-CD complexes assisted by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) molecules in the aqueous phase. The selective cross-linking of chitosan chains in the nanoparticles can immobilize small CDs complexed in the chitosan networks. The resultant CCHNs display high colloidal stability, high loading capacity for doxorubicin (DOX), bright and stable fluorescence from UV to NIR wavelength range, efficient NIR photothermal conversion, and intelligent drug release in response to both NIR light and change in pH. The results from in vitro tests on cell model and in vivo tests on different tissues of animal model indicate that the CCHNs are nontoxic. The DOX-loaded CCHNs can permeate into the implanted tumor on mice and release drug molecules efficiently on site to inhibit tumor growth. The additional photothermal treatments from NIR irradiation can further inhibit the tumor growth, benefited from the effective NIR photothermal conversion of CCHNs. The demonstrated CCHNs manifest a great promise toward multifunctional intelligent nanoplatform for highly efficient imaging-guided cancer therapy with low side effects.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York , Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York , New York, New York 10016, United States
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York , Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York , New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York , Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York , New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York , Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York , New York, New York 10016, United States
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York , Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York , New York, New York 10016, United States
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Wang H, Mu Q, Revia R, Wang K, Zhou X, Pauzauskie PJ, Zhou S, Zhang M. Chitosan-Gated Magnetic-Responsive Nanocarrier for Dual-Modal Optical Imaging, Switchable Drug Release, and Synergistic Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2017; 6:10.1002/adhm.201601080. [PMID: 28121065 PMCID: PMC5510588 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201601080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A dual-layer shell hollow nanostructure as drug carrier that provides instant on/off function for drug release and contrast enhancement for multimodal imaging is reported. The on-demand drug release is triggered by irradiation of an external magnetic field. The nanocarrier also demonstrates a high drug loading capacity and synergistic magnetic-thermal and chemotherapy.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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Wang H, Wang K, Mu Q, Stephen ZR, Yu Y, Zhou S, Zhang M. Mesoporous carbon nanoshells for high hydrophobic drug loading, multimodal optical imaging, controlled drug release, and synergistic therapy. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:1434-1442. [PMID: 28094402 PMCID: PMC5334464 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr07894j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Loading and controlled release of sufficient hydrophobic drugs to tumor cells has been the bottleneck in chemotherapy for decades. Herein we report the development of a fluorescent and mesoporous carbon nanoshell (FMP-CNS) that exhibits a loading capacity for the hydrophobic drug paclitaxel (PTX) as high as ∼80 wt% and releases the drug in a controllable fashion under NIR irradiation (825 nm) at an intensity of 1.5 W cm-2. The high drug loading is primarily attributed to its mesoporous structure and to the supramolecular π-stacking between FMP-CNSs and PTX molecules. The FMP-CNS also exhibits wavelength-tunable and upconverted fluorescence properties and thus can serve as an optical marker for confocal, two-photon, and near infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging. Furthermore, our in vitro results indicate that FMP-CNSs demonstrate high therapeutic efficacy through the synergistic effect of combined chemo-photothermal treatment. In vivo studies demonstrate marked suppression of tumor growth in mice bearing rat C6 glioblastoma after administration with a single intratumoral injection of PTX-loaded FMP-CNS.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
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- Department of Chemistry of The College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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