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Mujahid K, Rana I, Suliman IH, Li Z, Wu J, He H, Nam J. Biomaterial-Based Sustained-Release Drug Formulations for Localized Cancer Immunotherapy. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:4944-4961. [PMID: 38050811 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00808] [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: 12/07/2023]
Abstract
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized clinical cancer treatments by taking advantage of the immune system to selectively and effectively target and kill cancer cells. However, clinical cancer immunotherapy treatments often have limited efficacy and/or present severe adverse effects associated primarily with their systemic administration. Localized immunotherapy has emerged to overcome these limitations by directly targeting accessible tumors via local administration, reducing potential systemic drug distribution that hampers drug efficacy and safety. Sustained-release formulations can prolong drug activity at target sites, which maximizes the benefits of localized immunotherapy to increase the therapeutic window using smaller dosages than those used for systemic injection, avoiding complications of frequent dosing. The performance of sustained-release formulations for localized cancer immunotherapy has been validated preclinically using various implantable and injectable scaffold platforms. This review introduces the sustained-release formulations developed for localized cancer immunotherapy and highlights their biomaterial-based platforms for representative classes, including inorganic scaffolds, natural hydrogels, synthetic hydrogels, and microneedle patches. The design rationale and other considerations are summarized for further development of biomaterials for the construction of optimal sustained-release formulations.
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- Khizra Mujahid
- College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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Mondal J, Chakraborty K, Bunggulawa EJ, An JM, Revuri V, Nurunnabi M, Lee YK. Recent advancements of hydrogels in immunotherapy: Breast cancer treatment. J Control Release 2024; 372:1-30. [PMID: 38849092 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in this population. Recent advances in Immunotherapy, or combined immunotherapy, offering a more targeted and less toxic approach, expand the survival rate of patients more than conventional treatment. Notably, hydrogels, a versatile platform provided promising avenues to combat breast cancer in preclinical studies and extended to clinical practices. With advantages such as the alternation of tumor microenvironment, immunomodulation, targeted delivery of therapeutic agents, and their sustained release at specific sites of interest, hydrogels can potentially be used for the treatment of breast cancer. This review highlights the advantages, mechanisms of action, stimuli-responsiveness properties, and recent advancements of hydrogels for treating breast cancer immunotherapy. Moreover, post-treatment and its clinical translations are discussed in this review. The integration of hydrogels in immunotherapy strategies may pave the way for more effective, personalized, and patient-friendly approaches to combat breast cancer, ultimately contributing to a brighter future for breast cancer patients.
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- Jagannath Mondal
- 4D Convergence Technology Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong 27909, Republic of Korea; Department of Green Bioengineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27470, Republic of Korea; Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of IT and Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR), Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Green Bioengineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27470, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Green Bioengineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27470, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, United States; Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States.
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- 4D Convergence Technology Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong 27909, Republic of Korea; Department of Green Bioengineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27470, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27470, Republic of Korea.
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Hao J, Liu C, Zhou L, Wu N, Sun M, Kuang J, Pan H, Lian Y, Li J, Dong Y, Cheng L. Enhancing diabetic wound healing with a pH/glucose dual-responsive hydrogel for ROS clearance and antibacterial activity. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 272:132935. [PMID: 38844279 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Currently, the treatment of diabetic wounds in clinical practice is still unsatisfactory due to the risks of oxidative damage and bacterial infection during the healing process. An optimal wound dressing should exhibit robust capabilities in scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS) and combatting bacterial growth. In this study, we utilized borax as a crosslinker and prepared a pH/glucose dual-responsive composite hydrogel based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), sodium alginate (SA), and tannic acid (TA). This hydrogel, loaded with cerium dioxide, serves as an effective ROS scavenger, promoting wound closure by reducing the level of ROS in the wound area. Additionally, the hydrogel can release the antibacterial drug ofloxacin in response to the low pH and high glucose microenvironment in infected wounds. Results from skin defect model in diabetic mice demonstrated this ROS-scavenging and antibacterial hydrogel can suppress inflammation and accelerate wound healing. In summary, our work provides a new perspective on a local and stimulus-responsive drug delivery strategy for treating diabetic wounds.
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- Jie Hao
- Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China; Department of Oncology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Oncology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Medical Engineering Section, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, North 2nd Lane, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, 958 Hospital of PLA, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, 958 Hospital of PLA, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Oncology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China; Department of Endocrinology, 958 Hospital of PLA, Chongqing 400038, China.
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Ichise SF, Koide T. A Transparent and Injectable Biomaterial Prepared by Mixing Collagen and Anti-Cancer Platinum Derivatives. Macromol Biosci 2024; 24:e2300553. [PMID: 38459799 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202300553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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This study presents the synthesis of a cross-linked collagen material, named platinum-containing collagen gel (PCG), which is achieved by simply mixing collagen and derivatives of an anti-cancer platinum complex. The cross-linking reagents are derivatives of cisplatin or transplatin, generated through a ligand exchange with dimethyl sulfoxide. PCG exhibits superior physical strength and transparency compared with the native collagen gel formed through spontaneous fibril formation. The versatility of PCG as a cell culture scaffold, applicable to both 2D and 3D models, with low cytotoxicity is demonstrated. Furthermore, PCG exhibits pH-responsive gel-forming properties. This enables the removal of free cross-linker by dialysis in an acidic solution and subsequent gel formation upon neutralization. This material holds promise for application in cell culture scaffolds and medical injections.
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- Shinichiro F Ichise
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Kitasato Junior College of Health and Hygienic Sciences, Niigata, 949-7241, Japan
- Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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- Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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Xu D, Zhou J, Soon WL, Kutzli I, Molière A, Diedrich S, Radiom M, Handschin S, Li B, Li L, Sturla SJ, Ewald CY, Mezzenga R. Food amyloid fibrils are safe nutrition ingredients based on in-vitro and in-vivo assessment. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6806. [PMID: 37884488 PMCID: PMC10603083 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42486-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Food protein amyloid fibrils have superior technological, nutritional, sensorial, and physical properties compared to native monomers, but there is as yet insufficient understanding of their digestive fate and safety for wide consumption. By combining SDS-PAGE, ELISA, fluorescence, AFM, MALDI-MS, CD, microfluidics, and SAXS techniques for the characterization of β-lactoglobulin and lysozyme amyloid fibrils subjected to in-vitro gastrointestinal digestion, here we show that either no noticeable conformational differences exist between amyloid aggregates and their monomer counterparts after the gastrointestinal digestion process (as in β-lactoglobulin), or that amyloid fibrils are digested significantly better than monomers (as in lysozyme). Moreover, in-vitro exposure of human cell lines and in-vivo studies with C. elegans and mouse models, indicate that the digested fibrils present no observable cytotoxicity, physiological abnormalities in health-span, nor accumulation of fibril-induced plaques in brain nor other organs. These extensive in-vitro and in-vivo studies together suggest that the digested food amyloids are at least equally as safe as those obtained from the digestion of corresponding native monomers, pointing to food amyloid fibrils as potential ingredients for human nutrition.
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- Dan Xu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, Engineering Research Center of Starch and Plant Protein Deep Processing, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
- Center for Sustainable Materials (SusMat), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Food Immunology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, Engineering Research Center of Starch and Plant Protein Deep Processing, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, Engineering Research Center of Starch and Plant Protein Deep Processing, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (HEST), ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland.
- Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland.
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Askari E, Shokrollahi Barough M, Rahmanian M, Mojtabavi N, Sarrami Forooshani R, Seyfoori A, Akbari M. Cancer Immunotherapy Using Bioengineered Micro/Nano Structured Hydrogels. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2301174. [PMID: 37612251 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Hydrogels, a class of materials with a 3D network structure, are widely used in various applications of therapeutic delivery, particularly cancer therapy. Micro and nanogels as miniaturized structures of the bioengineered hydrogels may provide extensive benefits over the common hydrogels in encapsulation and controlled release of small molecular drugs, macromolecular therapeutics, and even cells. Cancer immunotherapy is rapidly developing, and micro/nanostructured hydrogels have gained wide attention regarding their engineered payload release properties that enhance systemic anticancer immunity. Additionally, they are a great candidate due to their local administration properties with a focus on local immune cell manipulation in favor of active and passive immunotherapies. Although applied locally, such micro/nanostructured can also activate systemic antitumor immune responses by releasing nanovaccines safely and effectively inhibiting tumor metastasis and recurrence. However, such hydrogels are mostly used as locally administered carriers to stimulate the immune cells by releasing tumor lysate, drugs, or nanovaccines. In this review, the latest developments in cancer immunotherapy are summarized using micro/nanostructured hydrogels with a particular emphasis on their function depending on the administration route. Moreover, the potential for clinical translation of these hydrogel-based cancer immunotherapies is also discussed.
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- Esfandyar Askari
- Laboratory for Innovations in Micro Engineering (LiME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Laboratory for Innovations in Micro Engineering (LiME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran
- ATMP Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, 1517964311, Iran
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- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, 1517964311, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran
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- ATMP Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, 1517964311, Iran
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- Laboratory for Innovations in Micro Engineering (LiME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, 1517964311, Iran
- Center for Advanced Materials and Related Technologies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Laboratory for Innovations in Micro Engineering (LiME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
- Center for Advanced Materials and Related Technologies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
- Center for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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Lima-Sousa R, Alves CG, Melo BL, Costa FJP, Nave M, Moreira AF, Mendonça AG, Correia IJ, de Melo-Diogo D. Injectable hydrogels for the delivery of nanomaterials for cancer combinatorial photothermal therapy. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:6082-6108. [PMID: 37539702 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm00845b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Progress in the nanotechnology field has led to the development of a new class of materials capable of producing a temperature increase triggered by near infrared light. These photothermal nanostructures have been extensively explored in the ablation of cancer cells. Nevertheless, the available data in the literature have exposed that systemically administered nanomaterials have a poor tumor-homing capacity, hindering their full therapeutic potential. This paradigm shift has propelled the development of new injectable hydrogels for the local delivery of nanomaterials aimed at cancer photothermal therapy. These hydrogels can be assembled at the tumor site after injection (in situ forming) or can undergo a gel-sol-gel transition during injection (shear-thinning/self-healing). Besides incorporating photothermal nanostructures, these injectable hydrogels can also incorporate or be combined with other agents, paving the way for an improved therapeutic outcome. This review analyses the application of injectable hydrogels for the local delivery of nanomaterials aimed at cancer photothermal therapy as well as their combination with photodynamic-, chemo-, immuno- and radio-therapies.
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- Rita Lima-Sousa
- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
- Departamento de Química, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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Byun J, Wu Y, Lee J, Kim JS, Shim G, Oh YK. External cold atmospheric plasma-responsive on-site hydrogel for remodeling tumor immune microenvironment. Biomaterials 2023; 299:122162. [PMID: 37257401 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Although immunotherapy has recently emerged as a promising anti-tumor approach, it remains limited by the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Cold atmospheric plasma irradiation can generate reactive oxygen species and trigger the presentation of tumor-associated antigens. Here, we exploited cold atmospheric plasma for on-site hydrogel application in the tumor environment, aiming to facilitate the sustainable uptake of tumor-associated antigens and nanoadjuvants by dendritic cells. Hyaluronic acid-tyramine conjugate was intratumorally injected as a liquid and formed an on-site hydrogel under irradiation with cold atmospheric plasma. Intratumoral delivery of hyaluronic acid-tyramine conjugate with transforming growth factor β-blocking nanoadjuvant (TLN) followed by cold atmospheric plasma irradiation yielded a micro-network of TLN-loaded hydrogel (TLN@CHG). In vivo intratumoral injection of TLN@CHG promoted the activation of dendritic cells and more effectively increased the proportion of CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells in the tumor microenvironment, compared to the groups receiving TLN or hydrogel alone. Moreover, in CT26 tumor model mice, cold atmospheric plasma-induced TLN@CHG therapy ablated the primary tumor and provided 100% survival among mice rechallenged with CT26 cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that an on-site hydrogel-based micro-network of TLN has the potential to remodel the tumor immune microenvironment. Although we used TLN in this study, the concept could be extended to support the sustained action of other nanoadjuvants in a hydrogel micro-network.
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- Junho Byun
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Systems Biomedical Science and Integrative Institute of Basic Sciences, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Guan F, Li Z, Tian J, Zhang Y, Sun J, Guo J, Liu Y. Sheath-core structured Ca-alginate/PVA aerogel fibers via directed freezing wet-spinning. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 229:931-942. [PMID: 36587650 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Biomass-based aerogel fibers have attracted increasing attention due to their renewable nature. However, their disadvantages, such as low mechanical strength, poor long-range order, and easy combustion, are still significant challenges. Herein, a directed freezing-assisted forced stretching strategy is developed to fabricate sheath-core structured Ca-alginate/polyvinyl alcohol (Ca-A/PVA) aerogel fibers with Long-range-ordered pores. The Ca-A/PVA aerogel fibers (3:2 m/m) exhibit the best comprehensive mechanical properties in terms of low thermal conductivity of 0.0524 W·m-1·K-1, a density of 0.1614 g·cm-3, a porosity of 89.9 %, a tensile strength of 8.72 MPa, a tensile modulus of 249.7 MPa, a toughness of 1.98 MJ∙m-3, and a self-extinguishing time from the fire of <1.2 s. The Ca-A/PVA fabrics showed a maximum absolute temperature difference of 11.4 °C at -20 °C and 14.0 °C at 60 °C compared to the plate temperature. The presented strategy is generalizable to other alginate-based aerogel fibers (e.g., alginate/guar gum).
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- Fucheng Guan
- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China.
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- College of Textile and Materials Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning 116034, PR China.
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Luo G, Xu Z, Zhong H, Shao H, Liao H, Liu N, Jiang X, Zhang Y, Ji X. Biodegradable photothermal thermosensitive hydrogels treat osteosarcoma by reprogramming macrophages. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:2818-2827. [PMID: 36826467 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01900k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
Abstract
Osteosarcoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in children and tends to occur around the knee. Problems such as recurrence and metastasis are the outcomes of traditional treatment methods. One of the reasons for these issues is the infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Photothermal immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most potent approaches for cancer treatment. In this study, we designed a biodegradable, injectable, and photothermal hydrogel that functions to reprogram TAMs into classically activated macrophages (M1) based on hydroxypropyl chitin (HPCH), tannic acid and ferric ions (HTA). We found that HTA had better photothermal efficiency than a pure hydrogel; its photothermal repeatability is good and it can be NIR (808 nm) irradiated as needed. In addition, the precooled hydrogel solution can be injected into the tumor and it can rapidly gel in situ. In vitro, HTA with NIR irradiation (HTA + NIR) induced the apoptosis of K7M2 cancer cells. In vivo, the local administration of HTA + NIR exerted photothermal killing of primary tumors and reprogramming of TAMs into M1-type macrophages in the TME. Therefore, the injectable photothermally active antitumor hydrogel has great potential for modulating the TME to treat bone tumors.
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- Guowen Luo
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. .,Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. .,Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.566, Congcheng Road, Conghua District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510900, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China. .,Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, No. 437, Ma Liu Shui, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. .,Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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Biomaterial-assisted photoimmunotherapy for synergistic suppression of cancer progression. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Computational approaches for understanding and predicting the self-assembled peptide hydrogels. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2022.101645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds as powerful weapons for tumor immunotherapy. Bioact Mater 2022; 17:300-319. [PMID: 35386452 PMCID: PMC8965033 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Though increasing understanding and remarkable clinical successes have been made, enormous challenges remain to be solved in the field of cancer immunotherapy. In this context, biomaterial-based immunomodulatory strategies are being developed to boost antitumor immunity. For the local immunotherapy, macroscale biomaterial scaffolds with 3D network structures show great superiority in the following aspects: facilitating the encapsulation, localized delivery, and controlled release of immunotherapeutic agents and even immunocytes for more efficient immunomodulation. The concentrating immunomodulation in situ could minimize systemic toxicities, but still exert abscopal effects to harness the power of overall anticancer immune response for eradicating malignancy. To promote such promising immunotherapies, the design requirements of macroscale 3D scaffolds should comprehensively consider their physicochemical and biological properties, such as porosity, stiffness, surface modification, cargo release kinetics, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and delivery modes. To date, increasing studies have focused on the relationships between these parameters and the biosystems which will guide/assist the 3D biomaterial scaffolds to achieve the desired immunotherapeutic outcomes. In this review, by highlighting some recent achievements, we summarized the latest advances in the development of various 3D scaffolds as niches for cancer immunotherapy. We also discussed opportunities, challenges, current trends, and future perspectives in 3D macroscale biomaterial scaffold-assisted local treatment strategies. More importantly, this review put more efforts to illustrate how the 3D biomaterial systems affect to modulate antitumor immune activities, where we discussed how significant the roles and behaviours of 3D macroscale scaffolds towards in situ cancer immunotherapy in order to direct the design of 3D immunotherapeutic. Macroscale biomaterial scaffolds with 3D network structures show great superiority for enhanced tumor immunotherapy. More focuses have been put on the relationships between the properties of 3D scaffolds and the biosystem when immunotherapy. The most recent remarkable 3D cancer immunotherapeutic platforms are summarized for future clinical transformation.
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Technetium-99m radiolabeled nucleolin-targeted aptamer for glioma tumor imaging in murine models. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chen LL, Xu YC, Yang Y, Li N, Zou HX, Wen HH, Yan X. Prediction of peptide-induced silica formation under a wide pH range by molecular descriptors. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mehra A, Tharmatt A, Saini N, Singh G, Kaur K, Singh G, Bedi N. In situ Hydrogels for Effective Treatment of Cancer: Strategies and Polymers Used. RECENT ADVANCES IN DRUG DELIVERY AND FORMULATION 2022; 16:RADDF-EPUB-126772. [PMID: 36200152 DOI: 10.2174/2667387816666221005102931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cancer is a worldwide health ailment with no known boundaries in terms of mortality and occurrence rates, thus is one of the biggest threats to humankind. Hence, there is an absolute need to develop novel therapeutics to bridge the infirmities associated with chemotherapy and conventional surgical methodologies including impairment of normal tissue, compromised drug efficiency and an escalation in side effects. In lieu of this, there's been a surge in curiosity towards development of injectable hydrogels for cancer therapy because local administration of the active pharmaceutical agent offers encouraging advantages such as providing higher effective dose at target site, prolonged retention time of drug, ease of administration, mitigation of dose in vivo ,improved patient compliance. Furthermore, due to its biocompatible nature such systems can significantly reduce the side effects that occur on long-term exposure to chemotherapy. The present review details the most recent advancements in in-situ gel forming polymers (natural and synthetic), polymeric cross-linking methodologies and in-situ gelling mechanisms, focusing on their clinical benefits in cancer therapy.
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- Anshula Mehra
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan-333031, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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Iravani S, Varma RS. Alginate-Based Micro- and Nanosystems for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:598. [PMID: 36286422 PMCID: PMC9604960 DOI: 10.3390/md20100598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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Alginates have been widely explored due to their salient advantages of hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, mucoadhesive features, bioavailability, environmentally-benign properties, and cost-effectiveness. They are applied for designing micro- and nanosystems for controlled and targeted drug delivery and cancer therapy as alginate biopolymers find usage in encapsulating anticancer drugs to improve their bioavailability, sustained release, pharmacokinetics, and bio-clearance. Notably, these nanomaterials can be applied for photothermal, photodynamic, and chemodynamic therapy of cancers/tumors. Future explorations ought to be conducted to find novel alginate-based (nano)systems for targeted cancer therapy using advanced drug delivery techniques with benefits of non-invasiveness, patient compliance, and convenience of drug administration. Thus, some critical parameters such as mucosal permeability, stability in the gastrointestinal tract environment, and drug solubility ought to be considered. In addition, the comprehensive clinical translational studies along with the optimization of synthesis techniques still need to be addressed. Herein, we present an overview of the current state of knowledge and recent developments pertaining to the applications of alginate-based micro- and nanosystems for targeted cancer therapy based on controlled drug delivery, photothermal therapy, and chemodynamic/photodynamic therapy approaches, focusing on important challenges and future directions.
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Fabrication and characterization of dual-responsive nanocarriers for effective drug delivery and synergistic chem-photothermal effects. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhang K, He N, Zhang C, Wang X. Erasable polymer hydrogel wells. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Xu Y, Zhu H, Denduluri A, Ou Y, Erkamp NA, Qi R, Shen Y, Knowles TPJ. Recent Advances in Microgels: From Biomolecules to Functionality. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200180. [PMID: 35790106 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The emerging applications of hydrogel materials at different length scales, in areas ranging from sustainability to health, have driven the progress in the design and manufacturing of microgels. Microgels can provide miniaturized, monodisperse, and regulatable compartments, which can be spatially separated or interconnected. These microscopic materials provide novel opportunities for generating biomimetic cell culture environments and are thus key to the advances of modern biomedical research. The evolution of the physical and chemical properties has, furthermore, highlighted the potentials of microgels in the context of materials science and bioengineering. This review describes the recent research progress in the fabrication, characterization, and applications of microgels generated from biomolecular building blocks. A key enabling technology allowing the tailoring of the properties of microgels is their synthesis through microfluidic technologies, and this paper highlights recent advances in these areas and their impact on expanding the physicochemical parameter space accessible using microgels. This review finally discusses the emerging roles that microgels play in liquid-liquid phase separation, micromechanics, biosensors, and regenerative medicine.
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- Yufan Xu
- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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Metal ions-doped electrospinning nanofiber films with changeable hydrophobic surface and adjustable tensile properties. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li S, Xing R, van Hest JCM, Yan X. Peptide-based supramolecular assembly drugs toward cancer theranostics. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2022; 19:847-860. [PMID: 35748126 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2022.2093855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION : Peptide-based supramolecular self-assembly has been demonstrated to be a flexible approach for the fabrication of programmable de novo nanodrugs by employing synergistic or reciprocal intermolecular non-covalent interactions; this class of nanomaterials holds significant promise for clinical translation, especially as cancer theranostics. AREAS COVERED : In this review, we describe the concept of cancer theranostic drug assembly by employing non-covalent interactions. That is, molecular drugs are formulated into nanoscale and even microscale architectures by peptide-modulated self-assembly. A series of peptide-based supramolecular assembly drugs are discussed, with an emphasis on the relation between structural feature and theranostic performance. EXPERT OPINION : Molecular design, manipulation of non-covalent interactions and elucidation of structure-function relationships not only facilitate the implementation of supramolecular self-assembly principles in drug development, but also provide a new means for advancing anticancer nanostructured drugs toward clinical application.
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- Shukun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Beijing 100190, China.,Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Beijing 100190, China.,School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Beijing 100190, China.,School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Center for Mesoscience, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Hwang J, An EK, Zhang W, Kim HJ, Eom Y, Jin JO. Dual-functional alginate and collagen–based injectable hydrogel for the treatment of cancer and its metastasis. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:245. [PMID: 35643505 PMCID: PMC9148466 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01458-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Immunotherapies have been gaining attention for the prevention of cancer recurrence and metastasis. Cancer immunotherapy can induce memory cells to target cancer-specific antigens and, thus, selectively kill cancer cells. However, there are difficulties in inducing cancer antigen–specific immunity due to limited knowledge regarding cancer antigens. In this study, we synthesized a dual-functional hydrogel to induce antigen generation and immune activation. Results To elicit a cancer self-antigen–specific immune response, we synthesized an alginate-collagen–based injectable hydrogel, called thermally responsive hydrogel (pTRG), which was incorporated with indocyanine green and the immune stimulator polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C). pTRG was evaluated for its anticancer and anti-metastatic effects against CT-26 carcinoma and 4T1 breast tumor in mice by combining photothermal therapy (PTT) and immunotherapy. Near-infrared (NIR) irradiation promoted temperature elevation in pTRG, consequently exerting a therapeutic effect on mouse tumors. Lung metastasis was prevented in cured CT-26 tumor-injected mice following pTRG treatment via cancer antigen–specific T cell immunity. Moreover, pTRG successfully eliminated the original tumor in 4T1 tumor-bearing mice via PTT and protected them from lung metastasis. To further evaluate the carrier function of TRGs, different types of immunotherapeutic molecules were incorporated into TRGs, which led to the effective elimination of the first CT-26 tumor and the prevention of lung metastasis. Conclusions Our data demonstrate that TRG is a efficient material not only for treating primary tumors but also for preventing metastasis and recurrence.
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12951-022-01458-x.
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Sun H, Jiang J, Zhang L, Yuan C, Jiang Y, Liu P. Rheological and atomization behavior of glycyrrhizic acid based supramolecular gel propellant simulant. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ren J, Chi J, Wang B, Guo L, Han Y, Liu X, Pei X, Yue W, Han Y. Three-dimensional cultivation of human adipose-derived stem cells with human decellularized adipose tissue matrix scaffold promotes diabetic wound healing. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zou Q, Bao J, Yan X. Functional Nanomaterials Based on Self-Assembly of Endogenic NIR-Absorbing Pigments for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101359. [PMID: 35142112 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Endogenic pigments derived from hemoglobin have been successfully applied in the clinic for both imaging and therapy based on their inherent photophysical and photochemical properties, including light absorption, fluorescence emission, and producing reactive oxygen species. However, the clinically approved endogenic pigments can be excited only by UV/vis light, restricting the penetration depth of in vivo applications. Recently, endogenic pigments with NIR-absorbing properties have been explored for constructing functional nanomaterials. Here, the overview of NIR-absorbing endogenic pigments, mainly bile pigments, and melanins, as emerging building blocks for supramolecular construction of diagnostic and therapeutic nanomaterials is provided. The endogenic origins, synthetic pathways, and structural characteristics of the NIR-absorbing endogenic pigments are described. The self-assembling approaches and noncovalent interactions in fabricating the nanomaterials are emphasized. Since bile pigments and melanins are inherently photothermal agents, the resulting nanomaterials are demonstrated as promising candidates for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy. Integration of additional diagnostic and therapeutic agents by the nanomaterials through chemical conjugation or physical encapsulation toward synergetic effects is also included. Especially, the degradation behaviors of the nanomaterials in biological environments are summarized. Along with the challenges, future perspectives are discussed for accelerating the ration design and clinical translation of NIR-absorbing nanomaterials.
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- Qianli Zou
- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Awasthi MK, Kumar V, Yadav V, Sarsaiya S, Awasthi SK, Sindhu R, Binod P, Kumar V, Pandey A, Zhang Z. Current state of the art biotechnological strategies for conversion of watermelon wastes residues to biopolymers production: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 290:133310. [PMID: 34919909 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable and compostable polyesters. This review is aimed to provide a unique approach that can help think tanks to frame strategies aiming for clean technology by utilizing cutting edge biotechnological advances to convert fruit and vegetable waste to biopolymer. A PHA manufacturing method based on watermelon waste residue that does not require extensive pretreatment provides a more environmentally friendly and sustainable approach that utilizes an agricultural waste stream. Incorporating fruit processing industry by-products and water, and other resource conservation methods would not only make the manufacturing of microbial bio-plastics like PHA more eco-friendly, but will also help our sector transition to a bioeconomy with circular product streams. The final and most critical element of this review is an in-depth examination of the several hazards inherent in PHA manufacturing.
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- Mukesh Kumar Awasthi
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695019, India
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695019, India
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
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- Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 226 001, India
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
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Liu Y, Zhang L, Chang R, Yan X. Supramolecular cancer photoimmunotherapy based on precise peptide self-assembly design. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:2247-2258. [PMID: 35083992 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06355c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Combinational photoimmunotherapy (PIT) is considered to be an ideal strategy for the treatment of highly recurrent and metastatic cancer, because it can ablate the primary tumor and provide in situ an autologous tumor vaccine to induce the host immune response, ultimately achieving the goal of controlling tumor growth and distal metastasis. Significant efforts have been devoted to enhancing the immune response caused by phototherapy-eliminated tumors. Recently, supramolecular PIT nanoagents based on precise peptide self-assembly design have been employed to improve the efficacy of photoimmunotherapy by utilizing the stability, targeting capability and flexibility of drugs, increasing tumor immunogenicity and realizing the synergistic amplification of immune effects through multiple pathways and collaborative strategy. This review summarizes peptide-based supramolecular PIT nanoagents for phototherapy-synergized cancer immunotherapy and its progress in enhancing the effect of photoimmunotherapy, especially focusing on the design of peptide-based PIT nanoagents, the progress of bioactive peptides combined photoimmunotherapy, and the synergistic immune-response mechanism.
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- Yamei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022 Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China.,School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China.,Center for Mesoscience, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China.
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Andrade-Acuña D, Sanchez SA, González-Jiménez A, Valentin JL, Marcos-Fernández Á, Dahrouch M. Obtention of biocompatible hydrogels containing PEGs/silicon fatty blocks with potential use as A controlled release system. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2022.105222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhou J, Li T, Peydayesh M, Usuelli M, Lutz‐Bueno V, Teng J, Wang L, Mezzenga R. Oat Plant Amyloids for Sustainable Functional Materials. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104445. [PMID: 34931493 PMCID: PMC8811842 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Amyloid functional materials from amyloid fibril building blocks, produced in vitro from amyloidogenic natural proteins or synthetic peptides, show diverse functionalities ranging from environmental science and biomedicine, to nanotechnology and biomaterials. However, sustainable and affordable sources of amyloidogenic proteins remain the bottleneck for large-scale applications, and to date, interest remains essentially limited to fundamental studies. Plant-derived proteins would be an ideal source due to their natural abundance and low environmental impact. Hereby oat globulin, the primary protein of oat plant (Avena sativa), is utilized to yield high-quality amyloid fibrils and functional materials based thereof. These fibrils show a rich multistranded ribbon-like polymorphism and a fibrillization process with both irreversible and reversible pathways. The authors furthermore fabricate oat-amyloid aerogels, films, and membranes for possible use in water purification, sensors, and patterned electrodes. The sustainability footprint of oat-amyloids against other protein sources is demonstrated, anticipating an environmentally-efficient platform for advanced materials and technologies.
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- Jiangtao Zhou
- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
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- School of Food Science and TechnologyNational Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation TechnologyJiangnan UniversityLihu Road 1800Wuxi214122China
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
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- School of Food Science and TechnologyNational Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation TechnologyJiangnan UniversityLihu Road 1800Wuxi214122China
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichZurich8092Switzerland
- Department of MaterialsETH ZurichZurich8093Switzerland
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Qin T, Li R, Jin H, Wang Y, Feng L. Injectable Thermosensitive Hydrogel to Enhance Photothermal Ablation and Systemic Immunotherapy of Breast Tumors. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:6003-6012. [DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01037b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As the high-frequency tumor in women around the world, breast cancer has high mortality due to the metastasis tumors making it difficult to cure. Herein, we report a near-infrared (NIR)...
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Yue C, Ding C, Du X, Wang Y, Su J, Cheng B. Self-assembly of collagen fibrils on graphene oxide and their hybrid nanocomposite films. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 193:173-182. [PMID: 34687767 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.10.098] [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: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In order to explore the distribution, conformation and interaction of collagen on GO nanosheet surfaces, the mechanism of self-assembly of collagen was investigated in the presence of GO nanosheets. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to observe the conformation of self-assembled collagen fibrils on the GO nanosheets surfaces. The collagen concentration and incubation time mainly affect the size of the collagen fibrils while the pH of the dispersion determines the self-assembly sites of collagen fibrils on the GO nanosheets surfaces. This pH-dependent adsorption is attributed to the interfacial interactions between the tunable ionization of the collagen molecules and the amphiphilic GO nanosheets. Vacuum-assisted self-assembly technology confirmed that GO nanosheets can direct the self-assembly of collagen molecules and form nacre-like nanocomposites. The GO/collagen nanocomposite films combine the remarkable properties of GO nanosheets and collagen to form functional nanocomposites with well-ordered hierarchical structures. Further, strong interfacial interactions between GO nanosheets with collagen fibrils result in enhanced mechanical properties and biocompatibility of nanocomposite films, which is conducive to enhance the neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells. Overall, this work provides fresh insight into the interactions between GO and collagen, which is essential for the design and manufacture of bioinspired nanocomposites with tailored mechanical properties.
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- Chengfei Yue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.
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Hope A, Wade SJ, Aghmesheh M, Vine KL. Localized delivery of immunotherapy via implantable scaffolds for breast cancer treatment. J Control Release 2021; 341:399-413. [PMID: 34863842 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Breast cancer remains a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality. While the field of immunotherapy is a promising avenue of investigation and has revolutionized the standard of care for melanoma and lung cancer, modest response rates and a high incidence of immune-related adverse events often necessitate the administration of a sub-therapeutic dose or treatment cessation. Injectable and implantable drug delivery devices present a novel strategy to achieve sustained delivery of potent concentrations of drug directly to the tumor site and minimize systemic toxicity. This review will address the current limitations with conventional immunotherapy for breast cancer treatment, and the recent developments and future prospects in localized delivery strategies. We describe implantable scaffolds and injectable biomaterials for the localized delivery of immunotherapy, which can improve the safety and efficacy of immunotherapies. We discuss the limitations of these delivery systems, such as the influence of shape and material type on drug release and tumor uptake. The challenges of clinical translation, such as the availability of appropriate preclinical animal models and accurate reporting are also discussed. Considerations of these issues will pave the way for effective new therapies that will improve treatment response, patient survival and quality of life for breast cancer patients.
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- Ashleigh Hope
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons, Faculty of Science Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons, Faculty of Science Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons, Faculty of Science Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
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Maity C, Das N. Alginate-Based Smart Materials and Their Application: Recent Advances and Perspectives. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2021; 380:3. [PMID: 34812965 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-021-00360-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nature produces materials using available molecular building blocks following a bottom-up approach. These materials are formed with great precision and flexibility in a controlled manner. This approach offers the inspiration for manufacturing new artificial materials and devices. Synthetic artificial materials can find many important applications ranging from personalized therapeutics to solutions for environmental problems. Among these materials, responsive synthetic materials are capable of changing their structure and/or properties in response to external stimuli, and hence are termed "smart" materials. Herein, this review focuses on alginate-based smart materials and their stimuli-responsive preparation, fragmentation, and applications in diverse fields from drug delivery and tissue engineering to water purification and environmental remediation. In the first part of this report, we review stimuli-induced preparation of alginate-based materials. Stimuli-triggered decomposition of alginate materials in a controlled fashion is documented in the second part, followed by the application of smart alginate materials in diverse fields. Because of their biocompatibility, easy accessibility, and simple techniques of material formation, alginates can provide solutions for several present and future problems of humankind. However, new research is needed for novel alginate-based materials with new functionalities and well-defined properties for targeted applications.
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- Chandan Maity
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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Liang S, Wang M, Wang J, Chen G. Red-Blood-Cell-Membrane-Coated Metal-Drug Nanoparticles for Enhanced Chemotherapy. Chembiochem 2021; 22:3184-3189. [PMID: 34468067 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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To overcome high toxicity, low bioavailability and poor water solubility of chemotherapeutics, a variety of drug carriers have been designed. However, most carriers are severely limited by low drug loading capacity and adverse side effects. Here, a new type of metal-drug nanoparticles (MDNs) was designed and synthesized. The MDNs self-assembled with Fe(III) ions and drug molecules through coordination, resulting in nanoparticles with high drug loading. To assist systemic delivery and prolong circulation time, the obtained MDNs were camouflaged with red blood cell (RBCs) membranes (RBCs@Fe-DOX MDNs) to improve their stability and dispersity. The RBCs@Fe-DOX MDNs presented pH-responsive release functionalities, resulting in drug release accelerated in acidic tumor microenvironments. The outstanding in vitro and in vivo antitumor therapeutic outcome was realized by RBCs@Fe-DOX MDNs. This study provides an innovative design guideline for chemotherapy and demonstrates the great capacity of nanomaterials in anticancer treatments.
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- Shuya Liang
- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Street, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, P. R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Street, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, P. R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Street, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, P. R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Street, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, P. R. China
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Horue M, Rivero Berti I, Cacicedo ML, Castro GR. Microbial production and recovery of hybrid biopolymers from wastes for industrial applications- a review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 340:125671. [PMID: 34333348 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Agro-industrial wastes to be a global concern since agriculture and industrial processes are growing exponentially with the fast increase of the world population. Biopolymers are complex molecules produced by living organisms, but also found in many wastes or derived from wastes. The main drawbacks for the use of polymers are the high costs of the polymer purification processes from waste and the scale-up in the case of biopolymer production by microorganisms. However, the use of biopolymers at industrial scale for the development of products with high added value, such as food or biomedical products, not only can compensate the primary costs of biopolymer production, but also improve local economies and environmental sustainability. The present review describes some of the most relevant aspects related to the synthesis of hybrid materials and nanocomposites based on biopolymers for the development of products with high-added value.
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- Manuel Horue
- Laboratorio de Nanobiomateriales, CINDEFI, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) -CONICET (CCT La Plata), Calle 47 y 115, (B1900AJI), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Nanobiomateriales, CINDEFI, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) -CONICET (CCT La Plata), Calle 47 y 115, (B1900AJI), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Nanobiomateriales, CINDEFI, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) -CONICET (CCT La Plata), Calle 47 y 115, (B1900AJI), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Max Planck Laboratory for Structural Biology, Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics of Rosario (MPLbioR, UNR-MPIbpC). Partner Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (MPIbpC, MPG). Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios (CEI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Maipú 1065, S2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Correa S, Grosskopf AK, Lopez Hernandez H, Chan D, Yu AC, Stapleton LM, Appel EA. Translational Applications of Hydrogels. Chem Rev 2021; 121:11385-11457. [PMID: 33938724 PMCID: PMC8461619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions relevant to a range of biomedical purposes-they can deliver drugs or cells, regenerate hard and soft tissues, adhere to wet tissues, prevent bleeding, provide contrast during imaging, protect tissues or organs during radiotherapy, and improve the biocompatibility of medical implants. These capabilities make hydrogels useful for many distinct and pressing diseases and medical conditions and even for less conventional areas such as environmental engineering. In this review, we cover the major capabilities of hydrogels, with a focus on the novel benefits of injectable hydrogels, and how they relate to translational applications in medicine and the environment. We pay close attention to how the development of contemporary hydrogels requires extensive interdisciplinary collaboration to accomplish highly specific and complex biological tasks that range from cancer immunotherapy to tissue engineering to vaccination. We complement our discussion of preclinical and clinical development of hydrogels with mechanical design considerations needed for scaling injectable hydrogel technologies for clinical application. We anticipate that readers will gain a more complete picture of the expansive possibilities for hydrogels to make practical and impactful differences across numerous fields and biomedical applications.
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- Santiago Correa
- Materials
Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Chemical
Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Materials
Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Materials
Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Materials
Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Pediatric
Endocrinology, Stanford University School
of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- ChEM-H Institute, Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Woods
Institute for the Environment, Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Shen Y, Levin A, Kamada A, Toprakcioglu Z, Rodriguez-Garcia M, Xu Y, Knowles TPJ. From Protein Building Blocks to Functional Materials. ACS NANO 2021; 15:5819-5837. [PMID: 33760579 PMCID: PMC8155333 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Proteins are the fundamental building blocks for high-performance materials in nature. Such materials fulfill structural roles, as in the case of silk and collagen, and can generate active structures including the cytoskeleton. Attention is increasingly turning to this versatile class of molecules for the synthesis of next-generation green functional materials for a range of applications. Protein nanofibrils are a fundamental supramolecular unit from which many macroscopic protein materials are formed. In this Review, we focus on the multiscale assembly of such protein nanofibrils formed from naturally occurring proteins into new supramolecular architectures and discuss how they can form the basis of material systems ranging from bulk gels, films, fibers, micro/nanogels, condensates, and active materials. We review current and emerging approaches to process and assemble these building blocks in a manner which is different to their natural evolutionarily selected role but allows the generation of tailored functionality, with a focus on microfluidic approaches. We finally discuss opportunities and challenges for this class of materials, including applications that can be involved in this material system which consists of fully natural, biocompatible, and biodegradable feedstocks yet has the potential to generate materials with performance and versatility rivalling that of the best synthetic polymers.
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- Yi Shen
- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, 2006 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
- Xampla, the BioInnovation Building, 25 Cambridge
Science Park Road, Cambridge CB4 0FW, U.K.
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Centre
for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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Wan S, Zhang B, Li S, He B, Pu Y. Combination of PEG-decorated black phosphorus nanosheets and immunoadjuvant for photoimmunotherapy of melanoma. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:2805-2813. [PMID: 32163088 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00434k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Photoimmunotherapy, which combines local photothermal therapy (PTT) with immunological stimulation, is a promising modality for cancer treatment. Herein, we have reported a photothermal-immunotherapy of melanoma using pegylated black phosphorus nanosheets (BP-PEG NSs) and imiquimod (R837) as the photothermal conversion agent and the immunoadjuvant, respectively. The photothermal stability of BP NSs was remarkably enhanced after the modification of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) by electrostatic interactions. The in situ generation of tumor-associated antigens by PTT elicited a strong immune response in the presence of R837, achieving a photoimmunotherapy of B16 melanoma. This photoimmunotherapy stimulated a stronger immune response both in vitro and in vivo than monotherapy, inducing a much greater release of cytokines such as IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α. In vivo antitumor studies in B16 tumor-bearing mice demonstrated that photoimmunotherapy showed the best tumor inhibition effects. Our study suggested that BP-PEG NS-based PTT primed with an immunoadjuvant can be used for synergistic photoimmunotherapy of melanomas.
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- Shiyu Wan
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Facile preparation of agar/polyvinyl alcohol-based triple-network composite hydrogels with excellent mechanical performances. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Multifunctional poly(quaternary ammonium)/Fe3O4 composite nanogels for integration of antibacterial and degradable magnetic redox-responsive properties. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sharma A, Sharma P, Roy S. Elastin-inspired supramolecular hydrogels: a multifaceted extracellular matrix protein in biomedical engineering. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:3266-3290. [PMID: 33730140 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm02202k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The phenomenal advancement in regenerative medicines has led to the development of bioinspired materials to fabricate a biomimetic artificial extracellular matrix (ECM) to support cellular survival, proliferation, and differentiation. Researchers have diligently developed protein polymers consisting of functional sequences of amino acids evolved in nature. Nowadays, certain repetitive bioinspired polymers are treated as an alternative to synthetic polymers due to their unique properties like biodegradability, easy scale-up, biocompatibility, and non-covalent molecular associations which imparts tunable supramolecular architecture to these materials. In this direction, elastin has been identified as a potential scaffold that renders extensibility and elasticity to the tissues. Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are artificial repetitive polymers that exhibit lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior in a particular environment than synthetic polymers and hence have gained extensive interest in the fabrication of stimuli-responsive biomaterials. This review discusses in detail the unique structural aspects of the elastin and its soluble precursor, tropoelastin. Furthermore, the versatility of elastin-like peptides is discussed through numerous examples that bolster the significance of elastin in the field of regenerative medicines such as wound care, cardiac tissue engineering, ocular disorders, bone tissue regeneration, etc. Finally, the review highlights the importance of exploring short elastin-mimetic peptides to recapitulate the structural and functional aspects of elastin for advanced healthcare applications.
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- Archita Sharma
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Sector 81, Knowledge City, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.
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Zhao L, Ren Z, Liu X, Ling Q, Li Z, Gu H. A Multifunctional, Self-Healing, Self-Adhesive, and Conductive Sodium Alginate/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Hydrogel as a Flexible Strain Sensor. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:11344-11355. [PMID: 33620195 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Hydrogel-based wearable devices have attracted tremendous interest due to their potential applications in electronic skins, soft robotics, and sensors. However, it is still a challenge for hydrogel-based wearable devices to be integrated with high conductivity, a self-healing ability, remoldability, self-adhesiveness, good mechanical strength and high stretchability, good biocompatibility, and stimulus-responsiveness. Herein, multifunctional conductive composite hydrogels were fabricated by a simple one-pot method based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), sodium alginate (SA), and tannic acid (TA) using borax as a cross-linker. The composite hydrogel network was built by borate ester bonds and hydrogen bonds. The obtained hydrogel exhibited pH- and sugar-responsiveness, high stretchability (780% strain), and fast self-healing performance with healing efficiency (HE) as high as 93.56% without any external stimulus. Additionally, the hydrogel displayed considerable conductive behavior and stable changes of resistance with high sensitivity (gauge factor (GF) = 15.98 at a strain of 780%). The hydrogel was further applied as a strain sensor for monitoring large and tiny human motions with durable stability. Significantly, the healed hydrogel also showed good sensing behavior. This work broadens the avenue for the design and preparation of biocompatible polymer-based hydrogels to promote the application of hydrogel sensors with comfortable wearing feel and high sensitivity.
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- Li Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Clean Technology in Leather Industry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Vapor deposition synthesis of polypyrrole nanoparticles with a tunable photothermal conversion capacity. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.126073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Polymer-based hydrogels with local drug release for cancer immunotherapy. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 137:111333. [PMID: 33571834 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Immunotherapy that boosts the body's immune system to treat local and distant metastatic tumors has offered a new treatment option for cancer. However, cancer immunotherapy via systemic administration of immunotherapeutic agents often has two major issues of limited immune responses and potential immune-related adverse events in the clinic. Hydrogels, a class of three-dimensional network biomaterials with unique porous structures can achieve local delivery of drugs into tumors to trigger the antitumor immunity, resulting in amplified immunotherapy at lower dosages. In this review, we summarize the recent development of polymer-based hydrogels as drug release systems for local delivery of various immunotherapeutic agents for cancer immunotherapy. The constructions of polymer-based hydrogels and their local delivery of various drugs in tumors to achieve sole immunotherapy, and chemotherapy-, and phototherapy-combinational immunotherapy are introduced. Furthermore, a brief conclusion is given and existing challenges and further perspectives of polymer-based hydrogels for cancer immunotherapy are discussed.
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Poustchi F, Amani H, Ahmadian Z, Niknezhad SV, Mehrabi S, Santos HA, Shahbazi M. Combination Therapy of Killing Diseases by Injectable Hydrogels: From Concept to Medical Applications. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2001571. [PMID: 33274841 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The complexity of hard-to-treat diseases strongly undermines the therapeutic potential of available treatment options. Therefore, a paradigm shift from monotherapy toward combination therapy has been observed in clinical research to improve the efficiency of available treatment options. The advantages of combination therapy include the possibility of synchronous alteration of different biological pathways, reducing the required effective therapeutic dose, reducing drug resistance, and lowering the overall costs of treatment. The tunable physical properties, excellent biocompatibility, facile preparation, and ease of administration with minimal invasiveness of injectable hydrogels (IHs) have made them excellent candidates to solve the clinical and pharmacological limitations of present systems for multitherapy by direct delivery of therapeutic payloads and improving therapeutic responses through the formation of depots containing drugs, genes, cells, or a combination of them in the body after a single injection. In this review, currently available methods for the design and fabrication of IHs are systematically discussed in the first section. Next, as a step toward establishing IHs for future multimodal synergistic therapies, recent advances in cancer combination therapy, wound healing, and tissue engineering are addressed in detail in the following sections. Finally, opportunities and challenges associated with IHs for multitherapy are listed and further discussed.
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- Fatemeh Poustchi
- Drug Research Program Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy University of Helsinki Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Department of Nanotechnology University of Guilan Rasht Guilan 41996‐13765 Iran
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- Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Department of Medical Nanotechnology Iran University of Medical Science Tehran 14496‐14535 Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutics School of Pharmacy Zanjan University of Medical Science Zanjan 45139‐56184 Iran
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- Burn and Wound Healing Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz 71987‐54361 Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran 14496‐14535 Iran
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- Drug Research Program Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy University of Helsinki Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) University of Helsinki Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Drug Research Program Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy University of Helsinki Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center (ZPNRC) Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Zanjan 45139‐56184 Iran
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Zeng L, Cheng H, Dai Y, Su Z, Wang C, Lei L, Lin D, Li X, Chen H, Fan K, Shi S. In Vivo Regenerable Cerium Oxide Nanozyme-Loaded pH/H 2O 2-Responsive Nanovesicle for Tumor-Targeted Photothermal and Photodynamic Therapies. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:233-244. [PMID: 33373178 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c19074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapies (PTTs) are both promising strategies for effective tumor therapy. However, the absence of O2 at tumor sites hinders the sustained response of photosensitizers. Here, we develop a recycled cerium oxide (CeO2) catalase nanozyme-loaded hyaluronic acid nanovesicle to address the hypoxic tumor microenvironments and targeted delivery of the photosensitizers [indocyanine green (ICG)] to tumors. A polysaccharide complex effectively modifies the surface of a polyethylenimine phenylboronic acid nanostructure to achieve the CeO2 nanozyme-loading nanovesicles that exhibit both tumor-targeted enhancement and an improved hypoxic microenvironment. Also, the hydrogen peroxide responsiveness and acid-sensitive cleavage of phenylboronic acid specifically disintegrate the ICG/nanozyme coloaded nanovesicles in the tumor microenvironment. The in vitro synergistic tests and tumor suppression rate tests indicated that the cerium oxide nanozyme significantly improves the outcomes of PDT via cerium-element valence state recycling and hypoxia improvement, thus enhancing the tumor suppression efficiency. This pH/H2O2-responsive nanozyme/ICG codelivery system provides a good carrier model for improving the tumor microenvironment and increasing the efficiency of tumor-targeted PTT and PDT therapies.
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- Li Zeng
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceutical, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
- Nanozyme Medical Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, China
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Yu CH, Chiang PY, Yeh YC. Di(2-picolyl)amine-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels with tailorable metal–ligand coordination crosslinking. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01325d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new class of metallo-hydrogels has been developed using di(2-picolyl)amine (DPA)-functionalized 4-arm polyethylene glycol (4A-PEG-DPAn) polymers crosslinked by metal–ligand coordination.
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- Cheng-Hsuan Yu
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang Z, Tian Z, Zhu M, Wu C, Zhu Y. Recent Advances in Biomaterial Scaffolds for Integrative Tumor Therapy and Bone Regeneration. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202000212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Ziyan Huang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials College of Chemical Engineering Huanggang Normal University Huanggang 438000 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials College of Chemical Engineering Huanggang Normal University Huanggang 438000 China
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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Geanaliu-Nicolae RE, Andronescu E. Blended Natural Support Materials-Collagen Based Hydrogels Used in Biomedicine. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 13:E5641. [PMID: 33321865 PMCID: PMC7764196 DOI: 10.3390/ma13245641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Due to their unique properties-the are biocompatible, easily accessible, and inexpensive with programmable properties-biopolymers are used in pharmaceutical and biomedical research, as well as in cosmetics and food. Collagen is one of the most-used biomaterials in biomedicine, being the most abundant protein in animals with a triple helices structure, biocompatible, biomimetic, biodegradable, and hemostatic. Its disadvantages are its poor mechanical and thermal properties and enzymatic degradation. In order to solve this problem and to use its benefits, collagen can be used blended with other biomaterials such as alginate, chitosan, and cellulose. The purpose of this review article is to offer a brief paper with updated information on blended collagen-based formulations and their potential application in biomedicine.
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- Ruxandra-Elena Geanaliu-Nicolae
- Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania;
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