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Li J, Tan R, Bian X, Ge Z, Li J, Li Z, Liao L, Yang L, Zhang R, Zhou P. Design of carbon dots for bioimaging and behavior regulation of stem cells. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2023; 18:1109-1134. [PMID: 37610118 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2023-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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Carbon dots (CDs) have been widely used in bioimaging, biosensing and biotherapy because of their good biocompatibility, optical properties and stability. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the research on CDs in terms of synthesis methods, optical properties and biotoxicity. We describe and envisage the directions for CDs application in stem cell imaging and differentiation, with the aim of stimulating the design of future related CDs. We used 'carbon dots', 'stem cells', 'cell imaging', 'cell differentiation' and 'fate control' as keywords to search for important articles. The Web of Science database was used to extract vital information from a total of 357 papers, 126 review articles and 231 article proceedings within 12 years (2011-2022).
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- Jing Li
- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 730000, People's Republic of China
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Huang HL, Huang CC, Su CK. Post-administration labeling with Palladium(II) ions enables ICP-MS-based determination of the biodistribution of carbonized nanogels. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1256:341155. [PMID: 37037630 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Carbonized nanogels (CNGs) are carbon-based nanomaterials possessing excellent antibacterial and antiviral activities for treating infectious diseases. Thus, investigations of the biodistribution of CNGs are crucial in ensuring their biosafety for in vivo applications. In this study, we combined a labeling scheme, employing tetrachloropalladate (PdCl42-) ions to selectively label the administered CNGs in solubilized tissue samples, and an automatic sample pretreatment scheme, using a knotted reactor to effectively separate the PdCl42--labeled CNGs from the free PdCl42- ions and the tissue matrices, to enable reliable and interference-free quantification of CNGs through measuring the signal intensities of Pd using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). After optimizing the labeling conditions and the separation scheme, we observed that the PdCl42- ions bound strongly to the CNGs (dissociation constant: 23.0 nM), with the method's detection limits reaching 1.6 fg L-1 and 0.9 μg L-1 within working ranges from 10-4 to 1 μg L-1 and from 1 to 1000 μg L-1, respectively. We verified the reliability and applicability of this analytical method through spike analyses of solubilized rat liver, spleen, kidney, lung, brain, and blood samples (recoveries ranging from 96 to 102%) and through analyses of these rat organ and tissue samples after giving rats an intravenous dose of CNGs (2.5 mg kg-1 body weight). The biodistribution data indicated that these administered CNGs deposited mainly in the liver, lung, and spleen at 10 min and 1 h post-administration. Our study revealed that this post-administration labeling scheme coupled with ICP-MS allows accurate determination of the biodistribution of carbonized nanomaterials.
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Pang Y, Yao Y, Yang M, Wu D, Ma Y, Zhang Y, Zhang T. TFEB-lysosome pathway activation is associated with different cell death responses to carbon quantum dots in Kupffer cells and hepatocytes. Part Fibre Toxicol 2022; 19:31. [PMID: 35477523 PMCID: PMC9047349 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-022-00474-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Carbon dot has been widely used in biomedical field as a kind of nanomaterial with low toxicity and high biocompatibility. CDs has demonstrated its unique advantages in assisted drug delivery, target diagnosis and targeted therapy with its small size and spontaneous fluorescence. However, the potential biosafety of CDs cannot be evaluated. Therefore, we focused on the study of liver, the target organ involved in CDs metabolism, to evaluate the risk of CDs in vitro. Methods and results Liver macrophage KUP5 cells and normal liver cells AML12 cells were incubated in CDs at the same concentration for 24 h to compare the different effects under the same exposure conditions. The study found that both liver cell models showed ATP metabolism disorder, membrane damage, autophagosome formation and lysosome damage, but the difference was that, KUP5 cells exhibited more serious damage than AML12 cells, suggesting that immunogenic cell type is particularly sensitive to CDs. The underlying mechanism of CDs-induced death of the two hepatocyte types were also assessed. In KUP5 cells, death was caused by inhibition of autophagic flux caused by autophagosome accumulation, this process that was reversed when autophagosome accumulation was prevented by 3-MA. AML12 cells had no such response, suggesting that the accumulation of autophagosomes caused by CDs may be specific to macrophages. Conclusion Activation of the TFEB-lysosome pathway is important in regulating autophagy and apoptosis. The dual regulation of ERK and mTOR phosphorylation upstream of TFEB influences the death outcome of AML12 cells. These findings provide a new understanding of how CDs impact different liver cells and contribute to a more complete toxicological safety evaluation of CDs.
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- Yanting Pang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.,Yangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Yangzhou, 225200, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Chemical chaperone delivered nanoscale metal–organic frameworks as inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum for enhanced sensitization of thermo-chemo therapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ren X, Liu M, Tang M, Tan L, Fu C, Wu Q, Li H, Chen Y, Chen L, Meng X. Evaluation of Apigenin Inhibiting Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity Based on CdTe Quantum Dots Fluorescence. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2021; 17:1806-1811. [PMID: 34688325 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2021.3158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is one of key enzymes in glucose metabolism pathway, which plays a critical role in cell metabolism. Inhibition of LDH can inhibit glycolysis process, thereby inhibiting the occurrence and development of tumor cells. Two kinds of LDH inhibitors, apigenin and emodin, were obtained by testing the IC50 of several natural products in LDH enzyme reaction. The IC50 of apigenin was about 1/3 of LDH inhibitor sodium oxalate. A new method to evaluate the performance of LDH inhibitors based on CdTe QDs was established at the same time, which provides a new idea for research on LDH enzyme inhibitors.
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- Xiangling Ren
- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Experimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Clinical Medical School and First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyiuan, 030001, China
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- Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Application of Nanomaterials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Liang Y, Zhang T, Tang M. Toxicity of quantum dots on target organs and immune system. J Appl Toxicol 2021; 42:17-40. [PMID: 33973249 DOI: 10.1002/jat.4180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Quantum dots (QDs), due to their superior luminous properties, have been proven to be a very promising biological probe, which can be used as a candidate material for clinical applications. The toxicity of QDs in the environment and biological systems has caused widespread concern in the nanosphere, but their immune toxicity and their impact on the immune system are still relatively unknown. At present, the research on the toxicity of QDs is mainly focused on in vitro models, but few have systematically evaluated their adverse effects on target organs. Animal studies have shown that QDs can be accumulated in various organs due to their main exposure routes, thereby posing a potential threat to major organs. This review briefly describes general characteristics and the wide medical applications of QDs and focuses on the adverse effects of QDs on major target organs, such as liver, lung, kidney, brain, and spleen, after acute and chronic exposure. QDs mainly cause changes in the corresponding indicators of target organs, such as oxidative damage, and in severe cases cause hyperemia, tissue necrosis, and even death. In addition to causing direct damage to target organs, QDs can also cause a large number of immune cells to accumulate and cause inflammatory reactions when causing damage to other major organs. Whether it is to avoid the risk of people contacting QDs in production and life, or to realize the clinical applications of QDs, is very essential to conduct systematic in vivo toxicity assessment of QDs.
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- Ying Liang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine & Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine & Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Weiss M, Fan J, Claudel M, Lebeau L, Pons F, Ronzani C. Combined In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches to Propose a Putative Adverse Outcome Pathway for Acute Lung Inflammation Induced by Nanoparticles: A Study on Carbon Dots. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:180. [PMID: 33450894 PMCID: PMC7828340 DOI: 10.3390/nano11010180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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With the growth of nanotechnologies, concerns raised regarding the potential adverse effects of nanoparticles (NPs), especially on the respiratory tract. Adverse outcome pathways (AOP) have become recently the subject of intensive studies in order to get a better understanding of the mechanisms of NP toxicity, and hence hopefully predict the health risks associated with NP exposure. Herein, we propose a putative AOP for the lung toxicity of NPs using emerging nanomaterials called carbon dots (CDs), and in vivo and in vitro experimental approaches. We first investigated the effect of a single administration of CDs on mouse airways. We showed that CDs induce an acute lung inflammation and identified airway macrophages as target cells of CDs. Then, we studied the cellular responses induced by CDs in an in vitro model of macrophages. We observed that CDs are internalized by these cells (molecular initial event) and induce a series of key events, including loss of lysosomal integrity and mitochondrial disruption (organelle responses), as well as oxidative stress, inflammasome activation, inflammatory cytokine upregulation and macrophage death (cellular responses). All these effects triggering lung inflammation as tissular response may lead to acute lung injury.
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, Faculté de Pharmacie, UMR 7199, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France; (M.W.); (J.F.); (M.C.); (L.L.); (F.P.)
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Luminescent silver nanoclusters for efficient detection of adenosine triphosphate in a wide range of pH values. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Wei J, Hao D, Wei L, Zhang A, Sun C, Wang R. One-step preparation of red-emitting carbon dots for visual and quantitative detection of copper ions. LUMINESCENCE 2020; 36:472-480. [PMID: 33068054 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A one-step solvothermal method for the preparation of carbon dots with red fluorescence (R-CDs) was put forward, in which sodium citrate and formamide were chosen as precursors, while formamide was adopted as the solvent. The fluorescence emission peak of the as-prepared R-CDs remained the same (600 nm) when the excitation wavelength increased from 490 nm to 560 nm, and the fluorescence quantum yield is 35.3%. Furthermore, the fluorescence intensity of the as-prepared R-CDs could be selectively quenched by copper ions, and the mechanism of Cu2+ quenching R-CDs is the combination of static and dynamic quenching. As a result, the R-CDs were applied for the construction of a fluorescent sensor without any modification for the quantitative and visual detection of copper ions, which is a typical contaminant in water. The limit of detection for the fluorescent sensor was as low as 5 nmol/L, and it can be used to fast and directly confirm whether the content of copper ions in drinking water meets the criteria of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.
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- Jianfei Wei
- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nano Fiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China
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- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China.,Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, No.24, South Section, First Ring Road, Chengdu, China
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- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China.,School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, No. 399 BinShuiXi Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China
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- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China
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- School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, No. A2, East Yinghua Street, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nano Fiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
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Zhang T, Qu J, Yao Y, Zhang Y, Ma Y, Wu D, Cao Y, Yang M, Zhang Y, Tang M, Pu Y. N-doped carbon dots triggered the induction of ROS-mediated cytoprotective autophagy in Hepa1-6 cells. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 251:126440. [PMID: 32169699 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging fluorescent nano-imaging probe due to their unique characteristics, such as good conductivity, carbon-based chemical composition, and photochemical stability, which sets up the potential of outperforming the classic metal-based quantum dots (QDs). It is a timely effort to proactively investigate the biocompatibility feature of CDs with a view to safely utilize this emerging nanomaterial in biological systems. In this study, we assessed the safety profile of an in-house synthesized CDs in hepatocyte-like Hepa 1-6 cells, which represents an important target organ for CDs exposure through either particle uptake and/or accumulation and elimination from primary exposure sites post particle administration. We not only demonstrated a dose- and time-dependent compromised cell viability, but also observed the induction of autophagy at high concentration (i.e. 400 μg mL-1), authenticated by the conversion of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3)-I to LC3-II. We attributed these changes as the protective mechanism by which the cells used to compensate for CDs-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity. The involvement of autophagy was further confirmed because the cytotoxicity profile can be increased or reduced by the use of 3-MA (autophagy inhibitor) and NAC (ROS inhibitor), respectively. Collectively, our findings revealed dose-dependent moderate cytotoxicity in Hepa 1-6 cells. Mechanistic understanding of autophagy during the cellular process revealed the homeostasis when liver cells deal with CDs as an external insult.
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- Ting Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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Chu X, Wu F, Sun B, Zhang M, Song S, Zhang P, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Zhou N, Shen J. Genipin cross-linked carbon dots for antimicrobial, bioimaging and bacterial discrimination. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 190:110930. [PMID: 32146275 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Multifunctional carbon dots (CDs) present enormous potential in numerous applications and have attracted widespread attention for various applications in the biomedical field. Bacterial infection is a common health issue; the development of antibacterial materials with low toxicity and good biocompatibility is becoming more important. In this work, we synthesized a new type of nitrogen co-doped carbon dots-genipin covalent conjugate (N-CDs-GP) via hydrothermal methods. The microstructure and chemical composition of the N-CDs-GP were characterized. The biocompatibility, stability, antibacterial activity, and fluorescence performance of the N-CDs-GP were assessed. The results revealed that N-CDs-GP possessed high biocompatibility, high light stability, and broad antibacterial activity. Additionally, selective Gram-positive bacterial imaging by N-CDs-GP provided a more rapid method of bacterial detection. The N-CDs-GP have the potential to be applied as bioimaging and antibacterial agents and for bacterial discrimination.
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- Xiaohong Chu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China; Nanjing Zhou Ninglin Advanced Materials Technology Company Limited, Nanjing 211505, China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Biological Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Function Materials, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Blood compatible heteratom-doped carbon dots for bio-imaging of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Peng Z, Zhao T, Zhou Y, Li S, Li J, Leblanc RM. Bone Tissue Engineering via Carbon-Based Nanomaterials. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e1901495. [PMID: 31976623 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201901495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Bone tissue engineering (BTE) has received significant attention due to its enormous potential in treating critical-sized bone defects and related diseases. Traditional materials such as metals, ceramics, and polymers have been widely applied as BTE scaffolds; however, their clinical applications have been rather limited due to various considerations. Recently, carbon-based nanomaterials attract significant interests for their applications as BTE scaffolds due to their superior properties, including excellent mechanical strength, large surface area, tunable surface functionalities, high biocompatibility as well as abundant and inexpensive nature. In this article, recent studies and advancements on the use of carbon-based nanomaterials with different dimensions such as graphene and its derivatives, carbon nanotubes, and carbon dots, for BTE are reviewed. Current challenges of carbon-based nanomaterials for BTE and future trends in BTE scaffolds development are also highlighted and discussed.
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- Zhili Peng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA
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- MP Biomedicals, 9 Goddard, Irvine, CA, 92618, USA
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- School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA
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Fan H, Zhang M, Bhandari B, Yang CH. Food waste as a carbon source in carbon quantum dots technology and their applications in food safety detection. Trends Food Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Chen X, Zhu Q, Xu X, Shen S, Zhang Y, Mo R. Sequentially Site-Specific Delivery of Apoptotic Protein and Tumor-Suppressor Gene for Combination Cancer Therapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1902998. [PMID: 31441204 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Nanocarrier-mediated codelivery of multiple anticancer drugs is a potential strategy for enhanced efficacy of combination cancer treatment by unifying differential pharmacokinetic properties and maintaining an optimal ratio of drug cargoes. However, a programmable codelivery system is highly desired to deliver different therapeutics to their specific sites of action to pursue maximized combinational effect. Herein a liposome-based nanoassembly (p53/C-rNC/L-FA) is developed for intracellular site-specific delivery of an apoptotic protein cytochrome c (CytoC) and a plasmid DNA encoding tumor-suppressing p53 protein (p53 DNA). p53/C-rNC/L-FA consists of an acid-activated fusogenic liposomal membrane shell modified with folic acid (L-FA) and a DNA/protein complex core assembled by the p53 DNA, protamine and CytoC-encapsulated redox-responsive nanocapsule (C-rNC). Intratumoral and intraendosomal acidities promote membrane fusion between liposome and biomembrane, resulting in release of the encapsulated p53/C-rNC complex into the cytoplasm. The cytoplasmic reduction causes degradation of C-rNC with release of CytoC that induces tumor cell apoptosis. The p53 DNA is transported into the nucleus by the aid of the cationic protamine and thus generates expression of the p53 protein that enhances apoptosis combined with CytoC. p53/C-rNC/L-FA is demonstrated to significantly induce tumor cell apoptosis and inhibit tumor growth in the orthotopic breast tumor mouse model.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaojie Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, Center of Advanced Pharmaceuticals and Biomaterials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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Atchudan R, Edison TNJI, Perumal S, Clament Sagaya Selvam N, Lee YR. Green synthesized multiple fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as an efficient label-free optical nanoprobe for in vivo live-cell imaging. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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