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Zeng F, Jiang Y, He N, Guo T, Zhao T, Qu M, Sun Y, Chen S, Wang D, Luo Y, Chu G, Chen J, Sun SG, Liao HG. Real-time imaging of sulfhydryl single-stranded DNA aggregation. Commun Chem 2023; 6:86. [PMID: 37130956 PMCID: PMC10154300 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00886-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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The structure and functionality of biomacromolecules are often regulated by chemical bonds, however, the regulation process and underlying mechanisms have not been well understood. Here, by using in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LP-TEM), we explored the function of disulfide bonds during the self-assembly and structural evolution of sulfhydryl single-stranded DNA (SH-ssDNA). Sulfhydryl groups could induce self-assembly of SH-ssDNA into circular DNA containing disulfide bonds (SS-cirDNA). In addition, the disulfide bond interaction triggered the aggregation of two SS-cirDNA macromolecules along with significant structural changes. This visualization strategy provided structure information at nanometer resolution in real time and space, which could benefit future biomacromolecules research.
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- Fanwei Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research, Institute of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen, China.
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Local ablation of gastric cancer by reconstituted apolipoprotein B lipoparticles carrying epigenetic drugs. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2021; 37:102450. [PMID: 34332115 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Epigenetic inhibitors have shown anticancer effects. Combination chemotherapy with epigenetic inhibitors has shown high effectiveness in gastric cancer clinical trials, but severe side effect and local progression are the causes of treatment failure. Therefore, we sought to develop an acidity-sensitive drug delivery system to release drugs locally to diminish unfavorable outcome of gastric cancer. In this study, we showed that, as compared with single agents, combination treatment with the demethylating agent 5'-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and HDAC inhibitors Trichostatin A or LBH589 decreased cell survival, blocked cell cycle by reducing number of S-phase cells and expression of cyclins, increased cell apoptosis by inducing expression of Bim and cleaved Caspase 3, and reexpressed tumor suppressor genes more effectively in MGCC3I cells. As a carrier, reconstituted apolipoprotein B lipoparticles (rABLs) could release drugs in acidic environments. Orally administrated embedded drugs not only showed inhibitory effects on gastric tumor growth in a syngeneic orthotopic mouse model, but also reduced the hepatic and renal toxicity. In conclusion, we have established rABL-based nanoparticles embedded epigenetic inhibitors for local treatment of gastric cancer, which have good therapeutic effects but do not cause severe side effects.
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Chu HL, Cheng TM, Chen HW, Chou FH, Chang YC, Lin HY, Liu SY, Liang YC, Hsu MH, Wu DS, Li HY, Ho LP, Wu PC, Chen FR, Chen GS, Shieh DB, Chang CS, Su CH, Yao Z, Chang CC. Synthesis of apolipoprotein B lipoparticles to deliver hydrophobic/amphiphilic materials. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2013; 5:7509-16. [PMID: 23834261 PMCID: PMC3744920 DOI: 10.1021/am401808e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To develop a drug delivery system (DDS), it is critical to address challenging tasks such as the delivery of hydrophobic and amphiphilic compounds, cell uptake, and the metabolic fate of the drug delivery carrier. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) has been acknowledged as the human serum transporter of natively abundant lipoparticles such as cholesterol, triacylglycerides, and lipids. Apolipoprotein B (apo B) is the only protein contained in LDL, and possesses a binding moiety for the LDL receptor that can be internalized and degraded naturally by the cell. Therefore, synthetic/reconstituting apoB lipoparticle (rABL) could be an excellent delivery carrier for hydrophobic or amphiphilic materials. Here, we synthesized rABL in vitro, using full-length apoB through a five-step solvent exchange method, and addressed its potential as a DDS. Our rABL exhibited good biocompatibility when evaluated with cytotoxicity and cell metabolic response assays, and was stable during storage in phosphate-buffered saline at 4 °C for several months. Furthermore, hydrophobic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONPs) and the anticancer drug M4N (tetra-O-methyl nordihydroguaiaretic acid), used as an imaging enhancer and lipophilic drug model, respectively, were incorporated into the rABL, leading to the formation of SPIONPs- and M4N- containing rABL (SPIO@rABL and M4N@rABL, respectively). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy suggested that rABL has a similar composition to that of LDL, and successfully incorporated SPIONPs or M4N. SPIO@rABL presented significant hepatic contrast enhancement in T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in BALB/c mice, suggesting its potential application as a medical imaging contrast agent. M4N@rABL could reduce the viability of the cancer cell line A549. Interestingly, we developed solution-phase high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to observe both LDL and SPIO@rABL in the liquid state. In summary, our LDL-based DDS, rABL, has significant potential as a novel DDS for hydrophobic and amphiphilic materials, with good cell internalization properties and metabolicity.
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- Hsueh-Liang Chu
- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Translational
Medicine, College of Medicine and Technology, Taipei
Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science and Nuclear Science and Technology Development
Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science and Nuclear Science and Technology Development
Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Agricultural
Biotechnology Research Center and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science and Nuclear Science and Technology Development
Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science and Nuclear Science and Technology Development
Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Hematology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Agricultural
Biotechnology Research Center and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Center for Translational Research
in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital, Kaohsiung 83342, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry,
Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department
of Biological Science
and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
- Agricultural
Biotechnology Research Center and Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- E-mail: . Tel: 886-3-5731633. Fax: 886-3-5733259
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CHANG CHIACHING, LIN CHIUSHEUN, CHEN MEICHUN, LIU YINCHANG, HUANG YIFU, LIN POYEN, CHEN YENFU, CHANG CHIASHENG, KAN LOUSING. FOLDING AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR p21(Cip1, Waf1, Sdi1). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1142/s1793048006000070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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p21Cip1, Waf1, Sdi1 (p21) is a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) family of inhibitors in eukaryotes. We report the refolding of an inclusion body of a recombinant p21 (rp21) to its native form, under an alkaline to neutral environment, via an over-critical process describable by a first-order state transition model. The secondary structure of the refolded rp21 possesses a helical-major structure as determined by circular dichroism (CD) analysis, and its diameter is around 3 nm, as measured by dynamic light scattering studies (DLS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement indicates that the folded rp21 possesses unique but weak tertiary interactions. That the function of rp21 is reinstated upon refolding under our experimental conditions is evidenced by its binding to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in an immuno-co-precitptation analysis. The conformational changes of the folding intermediates of rp21 are consistent with the framework of a sequential model proposed earlier. The lack of a definitive structure of p21 in acidic condition will be discussed.
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- CHIA-CHING CHANG
- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401 Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401 Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401 Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-Chu, 30043 Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-Chu, 30043 Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan, ROC
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BIAN LJ, DONG FX, LIANG CL, YANG XY, LIU L. Studies on the Refolding of Egg White Lysozyme Denatured by Urea Using "Phase Diagram" Method of Fluorescence. CHINESE J CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200790350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bian LJ, Liang CL, Yang XY, Liu L. Studies on Aggregation Interaction between Reduced-Denatured Egg White Lysozymes during Refolding Procedure in Urea Solution. CHINESE J CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200790070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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