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Yang M, Han Y, Bianco A, Ji DK. Recent Progress on Second Near-Infrared Emitting Carbon Dots in Biomedicine. ACS NANO 2024; 18:11560-11572. [PMID: 38682810 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Second near-infrared (NIR-II) carbon dots, with absorption or emission between 1000 and 1700 nm, are gaining increasing attention in the biomaterial field due to their distinctive properties, which include straightforward preparation processes, stable photophysical characteristics, excellent biocompatibility, and low cost. As a result, there is a growing focus on the controlled synthesis and modulation of the photochemical and photophysical properties of NIR-II carbon dots, with the aim to further expand their biomedical applications, a current research hotspot. This account aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advancements in NIR-II carbon dots within the biomedical field. The review will cover the following topics: (i) the design, synthesis, and purification of NIR-II carbon dots, (ii) the surface modification strategies, and (iii) the biomedical applications, particularly in the domain of cancer theranostics. Additionally, this account addresses the challenges encountered by NIR-II carbon dots and will outline future directions in the realm of cancer theranostics. By exploring carbon-based NIR-II biomaterials, we can anticipate that this contribution will garner increased attention and contribute to the development of next-generation advanced functional carbon dots, thereby offering enhanced tools and strategies in the biomedical field.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mei Yang
- Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- CNRS, UPR3572, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, ISIS, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Jiang Y, Xiao L, Wang J, Tian T, Liu G, Zhao Y, Guo J, Zhang W, Wang J, Chen C, Gao W, Yang B. Carbon nanodots constructed by ginsenosides and their high inhibitory effect on neuroblastoma. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:244. [PMID: 37507785 PMCID: PMC10386222 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-02023-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma is one of the common extracranial tumors in children (infants to 2 years), accounting for 8 ~ 10% of all malignant tumors. Few special drugs have been used for clinical treatment currently. RESULTS In this work, herbal extract ginsenosides were used to synthesize fluorescent ginsenosides carbon nanodots via a one-step hydrothermal method. At a low cocultured concentration (50 µg·mL- 1) of ginsenosides carbon nanodots, the inhibition rate and apoptosis rate of SH-SY5Y cells reached ~ 45.00% and ~ 59.66%. The in vivo experiments showed tumor volume and weight of mice in ginsenosides carbon nanodots group were ~ 49.81% and ~ 34.14% to mice in model group. Since ginsenosides were used as sole reactant, ginsenosides carbon nanodots showed low toxicity and good animal response. CONCLUSION Low-cost ginsenosides carbon nanodots as a new type of nanomedicine with good curative effect and little toxicity show application prospects for clinical treatment of neuroblastoma. It is proposed a new design for nanomedicine based on bioactive carbon nanodots, which used natural bioactive molecules as sole source.
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- Yingnan Jiang
- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China.
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China.
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- Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Jacquemin L, Song Z, Le Breton N, Nishina Y, Choua S, Reina G, Bianco A. Mechanisms of Radical Formation on Chemically Modified Graphene Oxide under Near Infrared Irradiation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207229. [PMID: 36670336 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this work, the mechanisms of radical generation on different functionalized graphene oxide (GO) conjugates under near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation are investigated. The GO conjugates are designed to understand how chemical functionalization can influence the generation of radicals. Both pristine and functionalized GO are irradiated by a NIR laser, and the production of different reactive oxygen species (ROS) is investigated using fluorimetry and electron paramagnetic resonance to describe the type of radicals present on the surface of GO. The mechanism of ROS formation involves a charge transfer from the material to the oxygen present in the media, via the production of superoxide and singlet oxygen. Cytotoxicity and effects of ROS generation are then evaluated using breast cancer cells, evidencing a concentration dependent cell death associated to the heat and ROS. The study provides new hints to understand the photogeneration of radicals on the surface of GO upon near infrared irradiation, as well as, to assess the impact on these radicals in the context of a combined drug delivery system and phototherapeutic approach. These discoveries open the way for a better control of phototherapy-based treatments employing graphene-based materials.
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- Lucas Jacquemin
- CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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Song J, Gao X, Yang M, Hao W, Ji DK. Recent Advances of Photoactive Near-Infrared Carbon Dots in Cancer Photodynamic Therapy. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15030760. [PMID: 36986621 PMCID: PMC10051950 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment that employs exogenously produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) to kill cancer cells. ROS are generated from the interaction of excited-state photosensitizers (PSs) or photosensitizing agents with molecular oxygen. Novel PSs with high ROS generation efficiency is essential and highly required for cancer photodynamic therapy. Carbon dots (CDs), the rising star of carbon-based nanomaterial family, have shown great potential in cancer PDT benefiting from their excellent photoactivity, luminescence properties, low price, and biocompatibility. In recent years, photoactive near-infrared CDs (PNCDs) have attracted increasing interest in this field due to their deep therapeutic tissue penetration, superior imaging performance, excellent photoactivity, and photostability. In this review, we review recent progress in the designs, fabrication, and applications of PNCDs in cancer PDT. We also provide insights of future directions in accelerating the clinical progress of PNCDs.
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- Jinxing Song
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
- Correspondence:
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Mattinzoli D, Cacioppo M, Ikehata M, Armelloni S, Alfieri CM, Castellano G, Barilani M, Arcudi F, Messa P, Prato M. Carbon dots conjugated to SN38 for improved colorectal anticancer therapy. Mater Today Bio 2022; 16:100286. [PMID: 36186846 PMCID: PMC9523396 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Irinotecan (CTP-11) is one of the standard therapies for colorectal cancer (CRC). CTP-11 is enzymatically converted to the hydrophobic 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38), a one hundred-fold more active metabolite. Conjugation of hydrophobic anticancer drugs to nanomaterials is a strategy to improve their solubility, efficacy, and selectivity. Carbon dots (CDs) have garnered interest for their small sizes (<10 nm), low toxicity, high water solubility, and bright fluorescence. This paper describes the use of CDs to improve drug vehiculation, stability, and chemotherapeutic efficiency of SN38 through a direct intracellular uptake in CRC. The covalent conjugation of SN38 to CDs via a carbamate bond provides a CD-SN38 hybrid material for slow, sustained, and pH-responsive drug release. CD-SN38 successfully penetrates the CRC cells with a release in the nucleus affecting first the cell cycle and then the cytoskeleton. Moreover, CD-SN38 leads to a deregulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM), one of the major components of the cancer niche considered a possible target therapy for reducing the cancer progression. This work shows the combined therapeutic and imaging potential of CD-based hybrid materials for the treatment of CRC. Future efforts for targeted therapy of chronic diseases characterized by altered ECM deposition, such as chronic kidney disease and chronic allograft nephropathy in kidney transplant patients are envisaged.
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- Deborah Mattinzoli
- Renal Research Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, Milan, 20122, Italy
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, Trieste, 34127, Italy
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC BiomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20014, Spain
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- Renal Research Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, Milan, 20122, Italy
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- Renal Research Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, Milan, 20122, Italy
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Della Commenda 15, Milan, 20122, Italy
- University of Study of Milan, Via Festa Del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
- Corresponding author. University of Study of Milan, via Festa Del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Della Commenda 15, Milan, 20122, Italy
- University of Study of Milan, Via Festa Del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- EPIGET LAB, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, 20122, Italy
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Cell Factory, Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, 20122, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, Trieste, 34127, Italy
- Corresponding author.
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Della Commenda 15, Milan, 20122, Italy
- University of Study of Milan, Via Festa Del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, Trieste, 34127, Italy
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC BiomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20014, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
- Corresponding author. Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, Trieste, 34127, Italy.
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