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Wu Y, Cheng M, Jiang Y, Zhang X, Li J, Zhu Y, Yao Q. Calcium-based biomaterials: Unveiling features and expanding applications in osteosarcoma treatment. Bioact Mater 2024; 32:385-399. [PMID: 37920827 PMCID: PMC10618625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.10.008] [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: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Calcium, an indispensable element in bone tissues, plays a crucial role in various cellular processes involved in cancer progression. Its ubiquitous yet spatially distinct distribution in the body presents an opportunity to target calcium homeostasis as a novel strategies for cancer treatment, with specific advantages in osteosarcoma therapy. In this comprehensive review, we retrospect the calcium biology intersected with cancer progression, highlight the unveiling features of calcium-based biomaterials in regulating both bone homeostasis and cancer development. We also provide an overview of recent breakthroughs in cancer therapy that leverage calcium biomaterials, showcasing their potential to serve as versatile, customizable platforms for osteosarcoma treatment and as reservoirs for supporting bone reconstruction.
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- Yilun Wu
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Digital Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Digital Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Digital Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, China
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Jeevanandam J, Gonçalves M, Castro R, Gallo J, Bañobre-López M, Rodrigues J. Enhanced alpha-amylase inhibition activity of amine-terminated PAMAM dendrimer stabilized pure copper-doped magnesium oxide nanoparticles. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2023; 153:213535. [PMID: 37385162 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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The present work aims to prepare copper-doped MgO nanoparticles via a sol-gel approach and study their antidiabetic alpha-amylase inhibition activity with undoped MgO nanoparticles. The ability of G5 amine-terminated polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer for the controlled release of copper-doped MgO nanoparticles to exhibit alpha-amylase inhibition activity was also evaluated. The synthesis of MgO nanoparticles via sol-gel approach and optimization of calcination temperature and time has led to the formation of nanoparticles with different shapes (spherical, hexagonal, and rod-shaped) and a polydispersity in size ranging from 10 to 100 nm with periclase crystalline phase. The presence of copper ions in the MgO nanoparticles has altered their crystallite size, eventually modifying their size, morphology, and surface charge. The efficiency of dendrimer to stabilize spherical copper-doped MgO nanoparticles (ca. 30 %) is higher than in other samples, which was confirmed by UV-Visible, DLS, FTIR, and TEM analysis. The amylase inhibition assay emphasized that the dendrimer nanoparticles stabilization has led to the prolonged enzyme inhibition ability of MgO and copper-doped MgO nanoparticles for up to 24 h.
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- Jaison Jeevanandam
- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- Advanced (magnetic) theranostic nanostructures lab (AmTheNa), Nanomedicine group, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga 4715-330, Portugal
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- Advanced (magnetic) theranostic nanostructures lab (AmTheNa), Nanomedicine group, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga 4715-330, Portugal
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- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
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Biomedical polymers: synthesis, properties, and applications. Sci China Chem 2022; 65:1010-1075. [PMID: 35505924 PMCID: PMC9050484 DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1243-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of biomedical fields, such as therapeutic medicine delivery, disease detection and diagnosis, biosensing, regenerative medicine, and disease treatment. In this review, we summarize the most recent advances in the synthesis and application of biomedical polymers, and discuss the comprehensive understanding of their property-function relationship for corresponding biomedical applications. In particular, a few burgeoning bioactive polymers, such as peptide/biomembrane/microorganism/cell-based biomedical polymers, are also introduced and highlighted as the emerging biomaterials for cancer precision therapy. Furthermore, the foreseeable challenges and outlook of the development of more efficient, healthier and safer biomedical polymers are discussed. We wish this systemic and comprehensive review on highlighting frontier progress of biomedical polymers could inspire and promote new breakthrough in fundamental research and clinical translation.
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Mignani S, Shi X, Bryszewska M, Shcharbin D, Majoral JP. Engineered phosphorus dendrimers as powerful non-viral nanoplatforms for gene delivery: a great hope for the future of cancer therapeutics. EXPLORATION OF TARGETED ANTI-TUMOR THERAPY 2022; 3:50-61. [PMID: 36046355 PMCID: PMC9402398 DOI: 10.37349/etat.2022.00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During the past two decades, tremendous progress has been made in the dendrimer-based delivery of therapeutic molecules including, for instance, small molecules, macromolecules, and genes. This review deals with recent successes in the development of promising biocompatible phosphorus dendrimers, a specific type of dendrimer, to deliver genes to treat cancers.
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- Serge Mignani
- Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, 45, rue des Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, France
- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- Correspondence: Serge Mignani, Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, 45, rue des Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, France; CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal.
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- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
- Xiangyang Shi, CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 141/143 Pomorska St., 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of NASB, Akademicheskaya 27, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France
- Université Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France
- Jean-Pierre Majoral, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France; Université Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France.
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Zhang J, Liu W, Zhang P, Song Y, Ye Z, Fu H, Yang S, Qin Q, Guo Z, Zhang J. Polymers for Improved Delivery of Iodinated Contrast Agents. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 8:32-53. [PMID: 34851607 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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X-ray computed tomography (CT), as one of the most widely used noninvasive imaging modalities, can provide three-dimensional anatomic details with high resolution, which plays a key role in disease diagnosis and treatment assessment. However, although they are the most prevalent and FDA-approved contrast agents, iodinated water-soluble molecules still face some challenges in clinical applications, such as fast clearance, serious adverse effects, nonspecific distribution, and low sensitivity. Because of their high biocompatibility, tunable designability, controllable biodegradation, facile synthesis, and modification capability, the polymers have demonstrated great potential for efficient delivery of iodinated contrast agents (ICAs). Herein, we comprehensively summarized the applications of multifunctional polymeric materials for ICA delivery in terms of increasing circulation time, decreasing nephrotoxicity, and improving the specificity and sensitivity of ICAs for CT imaging. We mainly focused on various iodinated polymers from the aspects of preparation, functionalization, and application in medical diagnosis. Future perspectives for achieving better imaging and clinical translation are also discussed to motivate new technologies and solutions.
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- Jing Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China.,Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Graduate School of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Zhang P, Ma X, Guo R, Ye Z, Fu H, Fu N, Guo Z, Zhang J, Zhang J. Organic Nanoplatforms for Iodinated Contrast Media in CT Imaging. Molecules 2021; 26:7063. [PMID: 34885645 PMCID: PMC8658861 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging can produce three-dimensional and high-resolution anatomical images without invasion, which is extremely useful for disease diagnosis in the clinic. However, its applications are still severely limited by the intrinsic drawbacks of contrast media (mainly iodinated water-soluble molecules), such as rapid clearance, serious toxicity, inefficient targetability and poor sensitivity. Due to their high biocompatibility, flexibility in preparation and modification and simplicity for drug loading, organic nanoparticles (NPs), including liposomes, nanoemulsions, micelles, polymersomes, dendrimers, polymer conjugates and polymeric particles, have demonstrated tremendous potential for use in the efficient delivery of iodinated contrast media (ICMs). Herein, we comprehensively summarized the strategies and applications of organic NPs, especially polymer-based NPs, for the delivery of ICMs in CT imaging. We mainly focused on the use of polymeric nanoplatforms to prolong circulation time, reduce toxicity and enhance the targetability of ICMs. The emergence of some new technologies, such as theragnostic NPs and multimodal imaging and their clinical translations, are also discussed.
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- Peng Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China; (P.Z.); (X.M.); (N.F.); (Z.G.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China; (P.Z.); (X.M.); (N.F.); (Z.G.)
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; (R.G.); (Z.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; (R.G.); (Z.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; (R.G.); (Z.Y.)
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- Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China;
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China; (P.Z.); (X.M.); (N.F.); (Z.G.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China; (P.Z.); (X.M.); (N.F.); (Z.G.)
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; (R.G.); (Z.Y.)
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China; (P.Z.); (X.M.); (N.F.); (Z.G.)
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Abd-El-Aziz AS, Benaaisha MR, Abdelghani AA, Bissessur R, Abdel-Rahman LH, Fayez AM, El-ezz DA. Aspirin-Based Organoiron Dendrimers as Promising Anti-Inflammatory, Anticancer, and Antimicrobial Drugs. Biomolecules 2021; 11:1568. [PMID: 34827566 PMCID: PMC8615929 DOI: 10.3390/biom11111568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Designing nanocarriers with actions directed at a specific organ or tissue is a very promising strategy since it can significantly reduce the toxicity of a bioactive drug. In this study, an organometallic dendrimer was used to synthesize a biocompatible drug delivery system by attaching aspirin to the periphery of the dendrimer. Our goal is to enhance the bioavailability and anticancer activity of aspirin and reduce its toxicity through successive generations of organoiron dendrimers. The biological activity of aspirin-based dendrimer complexes was evaluated. The result of antimicrobial activity of the synthesized dendrimers also demonstrated an increase in their antimicrobial activity with increased generation of the dendrimers for most types of microorganisms. This study reveals for the first time that organoiron dendrimers linked with aspirin exhibit an excellent Gram-negative activity comparable to the reference drug Gentamicin. All synthesized dendrimers were tested for their anticancer activity against breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7), hepatocellular cell lines (Hep-G2), and a non-cancer cell line, Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK293), using the MTT cell viability assay and compared against a standard anticancer drug, Doxorubicin. Compounds G3-D9-Asp and G4-D12-Asp exhibited noticeable activity against both cell lines, both of which were more effective than aspirin itself. In addition, the in vivo anti-inflammatory activity and histopathology of swollen paws showed that the designed aspirin-based dendrimers displayed significant anti-inflammatory activity; however, G2-D6-Asp showed the best anti-inflammatory activity, which was more potent than the reference drug aspirin during the same period. Moreover, the coupling of aspirin to the periphery of organoiron dendrimers showed a significant reduction in the toxicity of aspirin on the stomach.
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- Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; (M.R.B.); (A.A.A.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; (M.R.B.); (A.A.A.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; (M.R.B.); (A.A.A.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; (M.R.B.); (A.A.A.); (R.B.)
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted by Global Academic Foundation, New Administrative Capital, Cairo 11835, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA University), Giza 8655, Egypt;
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Mignani S, Shi X, Guidolin K, Zheng G, Karpus A, Majoral JP. Clinical diagonal translation of nanoparticles: Case studies in dendrimer nanomedicine. J Control Release 2021; 337:356-370. [PMID: 34311026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Among the numerous nanomedicine formulations, dendrimers have emerged as original, efficient, carefully assembled, hyperbranched, polymeric nanoparticles based on synthetic monomers. Dendrimers are used either as nanocarriers of drugs or as drugs themselves. When used as drug carriers, dendrimers are considered 'best-in-class agents', modifying and enhancing the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the active entities encapsulated or conjugated with the dendrimers. When used as drugs themselves, dendrimers represent a novel category of "first-in-class" drugs. The purpose of this original review is to analyse the different strategies involved in the development, application, and impact of dendrimers as drugs. We examine a selection of nanoparticles that use multifunctional elements and demonstrate clinical multifunctionality, and we extend these principles to applications in dendrimer nanomedicine design. Finally, for practical consideration, the concepts of vertical and diagonal translation are introduced as potential strategies to facilitate dendrimer development.
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- Serge Mignani
- Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, 45, rue des Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, France; CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France; Université Toulouse 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France; Université Toulouse 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
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Lan HR, Wu ZQ, Zhang LH, Jin KT, Wang SB. Nanotechnology Assisted Chemotherapy for Targeted Cancer Treatment: Recent Advances and Clinical Perspectives. Curr Top Med Chem 2021; 20:2442-2458. [PMID: 32703133 DOI: 10.2174/1568026620666200722110808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nanotechnology has recently provided exciting platforms in the field of anticancer research with promising potentials for improving drug delivery efficacy and treatment outcomes. Nanoparticles (NPs) possess different advantages over the micro and bulk therapeutic agents, including their capability to carry high payloads of drugs, with prolonged half-life, reduced toxicity of the drugs, and increased targeting efficiency. The wide variety of nanovectors, coupled with different conjugation and encapsulation methods available for different theranostic agents provide promising opportunities to fine-tune the pharmacological properties of these agents for more effective cancer treatment methods. This review discusses applications of NPs-assisted chemotherapy in preclinical and clinical settings and recent advances in design and synthesis of different nanocarriers for chemotherapeutic agents. Moreover, physicochemical properties of different nanocarriers, their impacts on different tumor targeting strategies and effective parameters for efficient targeted drug delivery are discussed. Finally, the current approved NPs-assisted chemotherapeutic agents for clinical applications and under different phases of clinical trials are discussed.
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- Huan-Rong Lan
- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou 310014, China
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Mignani S, Bignon J, Shi X, Majoral JP. First-in-Class Phosphorus Dendritic Framework, a Wide Surface Functional Group Palette Bringing Noteworthy Anti-Cancer and Anti-Tuberculosis Activities: What Lessons to Learn? Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26123708. [PMID: 34204564 PMCID: PMC8234563 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Based on phenotypic screening, the major advantages of phosphorus dendrimers and dendrons as drugs allowed the discovery of new therapeutic applications, for instance, as anti-cancer and anti-tuberculosis agents. These biological activities depend on the nature of the chemical groups (neutral or cationic) on their surface as well as their generation. As lessons to learn, in the oncology domain, the increase in the generation of metallo-dendrimers is in the same direction as the anti-proliferative activities, in contrast to the development of polycationic dendrimers, where the most potent anti-tuberculosis phosphorus dendrimer was observed to have the lowest generation (G0). The examples presented in this original analysis of phosphorus dendrimers and dendrons provide support for the lessons learned and for the development of new nanoparticles in nanomedicine.
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- Serge Mignani
- Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Université Paris Descartes, 45, Rue des Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, France
- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Campus da Penteada, Universidade da Madeira, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- Correspondence: (S.M.); (X.S.); (J.-P.M.)
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles du CNRS, 91198 Avenue de la Terrasse, CEDEX, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91190 Paris, France;
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
- Correspondence: (S.M.); (X.S.); (J.-P.M.)
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 Route de Narbonne, BP 44099, CEDEX 4, 31077 Toulouse, France
- LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31077 Toulouse, France
- Correspondence: (S.M.); (X.S.); (J.-P.M.)
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Martins I, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. Engineered Fluorescent Carbon Dots and G4-G6 PAMAM Dendrimer Nanohybrids for Bioimaging and Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2021. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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- Ivo Martins
- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, IUdEA, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi’an, China
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Martins I, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. Engineered Fluorescent Carbon Dots and G4-G6 PAMAM Dendrimer Nanohybrids for Bioimaging and Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:2436-2450. [PMID: 34009977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Carbon dots (CDs) and G4-G6 (polyamidoamine)PAMAM-NH2 dendrimers were self-assembled to produce CDs@PAMAM nanohybrids for transfection and bioimaging purposes. CDs were synthesized by the hydrothermal method, using ascorbic acid as a starting precursor and characterized by transmission electron microscopy, UV-Vis, and fluorescence (in solution and solid-state) techniques. CDs were electrostatically combined with PAMAM dendrimers at room temperature, and the UV-Vis, fluorescence, and NMR spectroscopies were used to confirm the self-assembly. When compared to pristine CDs, nanohybrids were more photostable, resisting high acidic and basic pH. Moreover, they were considerably internalized by cells, as assessed by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy, and, when excited, displayed multi-color emission easily quantified and visualized. These nanoscale hybrids, coined hybridplexes, can condense pDNA and transfecting cells successfully, particularly the G5 CDs@PAMAM nanohybrids. In summary, CDs prepared in mild and smooth lab conditions, showing good optical properties, were used to prepare elegantly CDs@PAMAM nanohybrids with promising biomedical applications.
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- Ivo Martins
- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, IUdEA, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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Martins I, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. Engineered Fluorescent Carbon Dots and G4-G6 PAMAM Dendrimer Nanohybrids for Bioimaging and Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2021. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ivo Martins
- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, IUdEA, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
- School of Materials Science and Engineering/Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi’an, China
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Mignani S, Shi X, Ceña V, Rodrigues J, Tomas H, Majoral JP. Engineered non-invasive functionalized dendrimer/dendron-entrapped/complexed gold nanoparticles as a novel class of theranostic (radio)pharmaceuticals in cancer therapy. J Control Release 2021; 332:346-366. [PMID: 33675878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nanomedicine represents a very significant contribution in current cancer treatment; in addition to surgical intervention, radiation and chemotherapeutic agents that unfortunately also kill healthy cells, inducing highly deleterious and often life-threatening side effects in the patient. Of the numerous nanoparticles used against cancer, gold nanoparticles had been developed for therapeutic applications. Inter alia, a large variety of dendrimers, i.e. soft artificial macromolecules, have turned up as non-viral functional nanocarriers for entrapping drugs, imaging agents, and targeting molecules. This review will provide insights into the design, synthesis, functionalization, and development in biomedicine of engineered functionalized hybrid dendrimer-tangled gold nanoparticles in the domain of cancer theranostic. Several aspects are highlighted and discussed such as 1) dendrimer-entrapped gold(0) hybrid nanoparticles for the targeted imaging and treatment of cancer cells, 2) dendrimer encapsulating gold(0) nanoparticles (Au DENPs) for the delivery of genes, 3) Au DENPs for drug delivery applications, 4) dendrimer encapsulating gold radioactive nanoparticles for radiotherapy, and 5) dendrimer/dendron-complexed gold(III) nanoparticles as technologies to take down cancer cells.
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- Serge Mignani
- Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, 45, rue des Saints Peres, 75006 Paris, France; CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China.
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- CIBERNED, ISCII, MAdrid; Unidad Asociada Neurodeath, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Almansa, 14, 02006 Albacete, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal.
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France; Université Toulouse 118 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
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Mignani S, Shi X, Ceña V, Rodrigues J, Tomas H, Majoral JP. Engineered non-invasive functionalized dendrimer/dendron-entrapped/complexed gold nanoparticles as a novel class of theranostic (radio)pharmaceuticals in cancer therapy. J Control Release 2021. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Saluja V, Mishra Y, Mishra V, Giri N, Nayak P. Dendrimers based cancer nanotheranostics: An overview. Int J Pharm 2021; 600:120485. [PMID: 33744447 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cancer is a known deadliest disease that requires a judicious diagnostic, targeting, and treatment strategy for an early prognosis and selective therapy. The major pitfalls of the conventional approach are non-specificity in targeting, failure to precisely monitor therapy outcome, and cancer progression leading to malignancies. The unique physicochemical properties offered by nanotechnology derived nanocarriers have the potential to radically change the landscape of cancer diagnosis and therapeutic management. An integrative approach of utilizing both diagnostic and therapeutic functionality using a nanocarrier is termed as nanotheranostic. The nanotheranostics platform is designed in such a way that overcomes various biological barriers, efficiently targets the payload to the desired locus, and simultaneously supports planning, monitoring, and verification of treatment delivery to demonstrate an enhanced therapeutic efficacy. Thus, a nanotheranostic platform could potentially assist in drug targeting, image-guided focal therapy, drug release and distribution monitoring, predictionof treatment response, and patient stratification. A class of highly branched nanocarriers known as dendrimers is recognized as an advanced nanotheranostic platform that has the potential to revolutionize the oncology arena by its unique and exciting features. A dendrimer is a well-defined three-dimensional globular chemical architecture with a high level of monodispersity, amenability of precise size control, and surface functionalization. All the dendrimer properties exhibit a reproducible pharmacokinetic behavior that could ensure the desired biodistribution and efficacy. Dendrimers are thus being exploited as a nanotheranostic platform embodying a diverse class of therapeutic, imaging, and targeting moieties for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Vikrant Saluja
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana, Punjab, India; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- Department of Zoology, Shri Shakti Degree College, Sankhahari, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India.
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- College of Pharmacy, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI 49307, USA
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana, Punjab, India; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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Moorthy H, Govindaraju T. Dendrimer Architectonics to Treat Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases with Implications in Theranostics and Personalized Medicine. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:1115-1139. [PMID: 35014470 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Integration of diagnostic and therapeutic functions in a single platform namely theranostics has become a cornerstone for personalized medicine. Theranostics platform facilitates noninvasive detection and treatment while allowing the monitoring of disease progression and therapeutic efficacy in case of chronic conditions of cancer and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Theranostic tools function by themselves or with the aid of carrier, viz. liposomes, micelles, polymers, or dendrimers. The dendrimer architectures (DA) are well-characterized molecular nanoobjects with a large number of terminal functional groups to enhance solubility and offer multivalency and multifunctional properties. Various noninvasive diagnostic tools like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), gamma scintigraphy, and optical techniques have been accomplished utilizing DAs for simultaneous imaging and drug delivery. Obstacles in the formulation design, drug loading, payload delivery, biocompatibility, overcoming cellular membrane and blood-brain barrier (BBB), and systemic circulation remain a bottleneck in translational efforts. This review focuses on the diagnostic, therapeutic and theranostic potential of DA-based nanocarriers in treating cancer and neurodegenerative disorders like AD and Parkinson's disease (PD), among others. In view of the inverse relationship between cancer and AD, designing suitable DA-based theranostic nanodrug with high selectivity has tremendous implications in personalized medicine to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Hariharan Moorthy
- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit and The School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P. O., Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India
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- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit and The School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P. O., Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India
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Mekuria SL, Song C, Ouyang Z, Shen M, Janaszewska A, Klajnert-Maculewicz B, Shi X. Synthesis and Shaping of Core-Shell Tecto Dendrimers for Biomedical Applications. Bioconjug Chem 2021; 32:225-233. [PMID: 33459011 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In recent years, the use of poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers of different generations as building blocks or reactive modules to construct core-shell tecto dendrimers (CSTDs) that are superior to the performance of single-generation dendrimers has received great attention in the field of biomedical applications. The CSTDs are always based on high-generation dendrimers as the core and low-generation dendrimers as the shell; not only do they have excellent properties similar to single high-generation dendrimers, but they also have overcome some of the shortcomings (e.g., limited drug loading capacity or enhanced permeability and retention effect due to small size) of single-generation dendrimers in biomedical applications. Herein, the recent advances of CSTDs synthesized by different approaches as nanoplatforms for different biomedical applications, particularly for chemotherapy, gene delivery, and combination therapy, as well as biological imaging, are summarized. In addition, the current challenges and future perspectives of CSTDs are also discussed.
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- Shewaye Lakew Mekuria
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.,Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, 196, Ethiopia
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 141/143 Pomorska Street, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 141/143 Pomorska Street, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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Mignani S, Shi X, Zablocka M, Majoral JP. Dendritic Macromolecular Architectures: Dendrimer-Based Polyion Complex Micelles. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:262-274. [PMID: 33426886 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Polymeric micelles are nanoassemblies that are formed by spontaneous arrangement of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous solutions at critical micelle concentration (CMC). They represent an effective system for drug delivery of, for instance, poorly water-soluble anticancer drugs. Then, the development of polyion complexes (PICs) were emphasized. The morphology of these complexes depends on the topology of the polyelectrolytes used and the way they are assembled. For instance, ionic-hydrophilic block copolymers have been used for the preparation of PIC micelles. The main limitation in the use of PIC micelles is their potential instability during the self-assembly/disassembly processes, influenced by several parameters, such as polyelectrolyte concentration, deionization associated with pH, ionic strength due to salt medium effects, mixing ratio, and PIC particle cross-linking. To overcome these issues, the preparation of stable PIC micelles by increasing the rigidity of their dendritic architecture by the introduction of dendrimers and controlling their number within micelle scaffold was highlighted. In this original concise Review, we will describe the preparation, molecular characteristics, and pharmacological profile of these stable nanoassemblies.
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- Serge Mignani
- Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 860, Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologique, 45, rue des Saints Peres, 75006, Paris, France.,CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Portugal
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Sienkiewicza 112, 90001, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France.,Université Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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Camacho CS, Urgellés M, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. New insights into the blue intrinsic fluorescence of oxidized PAMAM dendrimers considering their use as bionanomaterials. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:10314-10326. [PMID: 33146227 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01871f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Like other bionanomaterials, dendrimers are usually labelled with fluorescent compounds in order to be optically detected within cells. However, this process can interfere with their biological properties, so it is crucial to find other solutions for their traceability. Here, the blue intrinsic fluorescence of amine-terminated poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers was enhanced using oxidative treatment with ammonium persulfate (APS). The effects of dendrimer generation (G3, G4, and G5) and pH on the spectroscopic behavior of both pristine and APS-treated PAMAM dendrimers were studied in aqueous solution. Overall, the results pointed out that there are at least two types of emitting electron-rich hetero-atomic sub-luminophores (HASLs) confined within the dendrimer scaffold that have very close maximum emission wavelengths and whose emission properties strongly depend on pH. The APS treatment significantly enhanced the fluorescence intensity by leading to the protonation of the interior of the dendrimer. However, fluorescence intensity was not only dependent on the number of HASLs in the dendrimer scaffold (i.e., on dendrimer generation), but also on the rigidification suffered by the dendrimer due to the acidic environment (at low pH values, APS-treated G4 was indeed the most emissive species). Moreover, photoluminescence studies with lyophilized samples were also conducted, which confirmed the coexistence of more than one type of HASLs emitting in the dendrimer structure. The APS treatment affected these HASLs to a different extent. Time-resolved fluorescence experiments always showed higher average lifetimes of HASLs for APS-treated dendrimers than for pristine ones, in accordance with the fluorescence intensity results. On the other hand, the fraction and lifetimes of HASLs in APS-treated dendrimers were similar in solution and the lyophilized form. This behaviour was different for the pristine dendrimers that presented increased luminescence upon aggregation. Finally, the highly emissive oxidized dendrimers were shown not only to be much less cytotoxic and hemotoxic than pristine dendrimers but also to be detectable inside cells upon excitation with UV light.
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- Cláudia S Camacho
- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Física, IUdEA, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Física, IUdEA, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal.
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Qiu J, Hameau A, Shi X, Mignani S, Majoral JP, Caminade AM. Fluorescent Phosphorus Dendrimers: Towards Material and Biological Applications. Chempluschem 2020; 84:1070-1080. [PMID: 31943953 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fluorescent derivatives of phosphorhydrazone dendrimers are reviewed. Diverse types of fluorophores have been used, such as pyrene, naphthol, anthracene, dansyl, diketone, phthalocyanine, maleimide, julolidine, rhodamine, fluorescein, or fluorene derivatives. The fluorescent groups can be located either as terminal groups on the surface, at the core, linked to the core (off-center), or to the branches of the dendritic structure. After fundamental research on their synthesis, these compounds have been used in the fields of catalysis, nanomaterials, OLEDs, sensors and biology/nanomedicine, in particular for monitoring transfection, or for their anti-inflammatory or anti-cancer properties.
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- Jieru Qiu
- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France.,LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France.,Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France.,LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- CNRS-UMR 860 Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologique et de Toxicologie Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne-Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75006, Paris, France.,CQM Centro de Quimica da Madeira, MMRG, Universidade da Madeira, Campus de Pentrada, 9020-105, Funchal, Portugal
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France.,LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France.,LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Phosphorus Dendrimers as Nanotools against Cancers. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25153333. [PMID: 32708025 PMCID: PMC7435762 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This review concerns the use of dendrimers, especially of phosphorhydrazone dendrimers, against cancers. After the introduction, the review is organized in three main topics, depending on the role played by the phosphorus dendrimers against cancers: (i) as drugs by themselves; (ii) as carriers of drugs; and (iii) as indirect inducer of cancerous cell death. In the first part, two main types of phosphorus dendrimers are considered: those functionalized on the surface by diverse organic derivatives, including known drugs, and those functionalized by diverse metal complexes. The second part will display the role of dendrimers as carriers of anticancer “drugs”, which can be either small molecules or anticancer siRNAs, or the combination of both. In the third part are gathered a few examples of phosphorhydrazone dendrimers that are not cytotoxic by themselves, but which under certain circumstances induce a cytotoxic effect on cancerous cells. These examples include a positive influence on the human immune system and the combination of bioimaging with photodynamic therapy properties.
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Zhao K, Rong G, Teng Q, Li X, Lan H, Yu L, Yu S, Jin Z, Chen G, Li Z. Dendrigraft poly-L-lysines delivery of DNA vaccine effectively enhances the immunogenic responses against H9N2 avian influenza virus infection in chickens. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2020; 27:102209. [PMID: 32305593 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2020.102209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biodegradable nanomaterials can protect antigens from degradation, promote cellular absorption, and enhance immune responses. We constructed a eukaryotic plasmid [pCAGGS-opti441-hemagglutinin (HA)] by inserting the optimized HA gene fragment of H9N2 AIV into the pCAGGS vector. The pCAGGS-opti441-HA/DGL was developed through packaging the pCAGGS-opti441-HA with dendrigraft poly-l-lysines (DGLs). DGL not only protected the pCAGGS-opti441-HA from degradation, but also exhibited high transfection efficiency. Strong cellular immune responses were induced in chickens immunized with the pCAGGS-opti441-HA/DGL. The levels of IFN-γ and IL-2, and lymphocyte transformation rate of the vaccinated chickens increased at the third week post the immunization. For the vaccinated chickens, T lymphocytes were activated and proliferated, the numbers of CD3+CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ increased, and the chickens were protected completely against H9N2 AIV challenge. This study provides a method for the development of novel AIV vaccines, and a theoretical basis for the development of safe and efficient gene delivery carriers.
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- Kai Zhao
- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province, School of Life Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province, School of Life Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Department of Avian Infectious Disease, and Innovation Team for Pathogenic Ecology Research on Animal Influenza, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Avian Infectious Disease, and Innovation Team for Pathogenic Ecology Research on Animal Influenza, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Avian Infectious Disease, and Innovation Team for Pathogenic Ecology Research on Animal Influenza, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province, School of Life Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Department of Avian Infectious Disease, and Innovation Team for Pathogenic Ecology Research on Animal Influenza, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province, School of Life Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Heilongjiang Province, School of Life Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering Process and Technology for High-efficiency Conversion, College of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
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- Department of Avian Infectious Disease, and Innovation Team for Pathogenic Ecology Research on Animal Influenza, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
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Camacho CS, Urgellés M, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. New insights into the blue intrinsic fluorescence of oxidized PAMAM dendrimers considering their use as bionanomaterials. J Mater Chem B 2020. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01871f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The fluorescence intensity of oxidized PAMAM dendrimers is not only dependent on the number of HASLs in the dendrimer scaffold (i.e., on dendrimer generation), but also on the rigidification suffered by the dendrimer due to the acidic environment.
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- Cláudia S. Camacho
- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
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- Departamento de Física
- IUdEA
- Universidad de La Laguna
- Tenerife
- Spain
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- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
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- Departamento de Física
- IUdEA
- Universidad de La Laguna
- Tenerife
- Spain
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- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
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Camacho CS, Urgellés M, Tomás H, Lahoz F, Rodrigues J. New insights into the blue intrinsic fluorescence of oxidized PAMAM dendrimers considering their use as bionanomaterials. J Mater Chem B 2020. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01871f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
Abstract
The fluorescence intensity of oxidized PAMAM dendrimers is not only dependent on the number of HASLs in the dendrimer scaffold (i.e., on dendrimer generation), but also on the rigidification suffered by the dendrimer due to the acidic environment.
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- Cláudia S. Camacho
- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
| | - Marta Urgellés
- Departamento de Física
- IUdEA
- Universidad de La Laguna
- Tenerife
- Spain
| | - Helena Tomás
- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
| | - Fernando Lahoz
- Departamento de Física
- IUdEA
- Universidad de La Laguna
- Tenerife
- Spain
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- CQM – Centro de Química da Madeira
- MMRG
- Universidade da Madeira
- 9000-390 Funchal
- Portugal
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Dzhardimalieva GI, Rabinskiy LN, Kydralieva KA, Uflyand IE. Recent advances in metallopolymer-based drug delivery systems. RSC Adv 2019; 9:37009-37051. [PMID: 35539076 PMCID: PMC9075603 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06678k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Metallopolymers (MPs) or metal-containing polymers have shown great potential as new drug delivery systems (DDSs) due to their unique properties, including universal architectures, composition, properties and surface chemistry. Over the past few decades, the exponential growth of many new classes of MPs that deal with these issues has been demonstrated. This review presents and assesses the recent advances and challenges associated with using MPs as DDSs. Among the most widely used MPs for these purposes, metal complexes based on synthetic and natural polymers, coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks, and metallodendrimers are distinguished. Particular attention is paid to the stimulus- and multistimuli-responsive metallopolymer-based DDSs. Of considerable interest is the use of MPs for combination therapy and multimodal systems. Finally, the problems and future prospects of using metallopolymer-based DDSs are outlined. The bibliography includes articles published over the past five years.
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- Gulzhian I Dzhardimalieva
- Laboratory of Metallopolymers, The Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS Academician Semenov Avenue 1 Chernogolovka Moscow Region 142432 Russian Federation
- Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4 Moscow 125993 Russia
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- Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4 Moscow 125993 Russia
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- Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) Volokolamskoe Shosse, 4 Moscow 125993 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Federal University B. Sadovaya Str. 105/42 Rostov-on-Don 344006 Russian Federation
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Synergistic Effects of Anionic/Cationic Dendrimers and Levofloxacin on Antibacterial Activities. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24162894. [PMID: 31395831 PMCID: PMC6719981 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24162894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite the numerous studies on dendrimers for biomedical applications, the antibacterial activity of anionic phosphorus dendrimers has not been explored. In our research, we evaluated the antibacterial activity of modified polycationic and polyanionic dendrimers in combination with levofloxacin (LVFX) against Gram-negative (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Proteus hauseri ATCC 15442) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538) bacteria. In the case of Gram-negative bacteria, we concluded that a combination of dendrimers and antibiotic gave satisfactory results due to a synergistic effect. The use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as LVFX, not only caused resistance in disease-causing microorganisms but also increased environmental pollution. Therefore, reduction of drug dosage is of general interest.
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