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Buckley C, Montgomery TR, Szank T, Murray BA, Quigley C, Major I. Modification of hyaluronic acid to enable click chemistry photo-crosslinking of hydrogels with tailorable degradation profiles. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 240:124459. [PMID: 37072064 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
Abstract
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally occurring mucopolysaccharide that, due to its inherent bioactivity and extracellular matrix-like structure, has the potential to be utilised extensively in tissue engineering. However, this glycosaminoglycan lacks the properties required for cellular adhesion and photo-crosslinking by UV light, which significantly hinders this polymers applicability. This research presents a method for modifying hyaluronic acid via thiolation and methacrylation to generate a novel photo-crosslinkable polymer with improved physicochemical properties, biocompatibility and the potential to customize biodegradability according to the ratio of monomers used. A decrease in stiffness proportional to increasing thiol concentration was observed when testing the compressive strength of hydrogels. Conversely, it was noted that the storage moduli of hydrogels increased proportionally to thiol concentration indicating a greater degree of cross-linking with the addition of thiol. The addition of thiol to HA increased the biocompatibility of the material in both neuronal and glial cell lines and improved the degradability of methacrylated HA. Due to the enhanced physicochemical properties and biocompatibility imparted by the introduction of thiolated HA, this novel hydrogel system could have numerous bioengineering applications.
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- Ciara Buckley
- PRISM Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone N37 HD68, Ireland
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- School of Science and Computing, Atlantic Technological University, Galway H91 T8NW, Ireland
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- Biosciences Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone N37 HD68, Ireland
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- Department of Science, Technological University Dublin- Tallaght Campus, Dublin D24 FKT9, Ireland
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- School of Science and Computing, Atlantic Technological University, Galway H91 T8NW, Ireland
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- PRISM Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone N37 HD68, Ireland.
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Chung TW, Wu TY, Siah ZY, Liu DZ. Antioxidative NAC-Loaded Silk Nanoparticles with Opening Mucosal Tight Junctions for Nasal Drug Delivery: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14061288. [PMID: 35745861 PMCID: PMC9229699 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Using nasal routes to deliver drugs to the brain using multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) to bypass the blood–brain barrier (BBB) might enhance the delivery efficacy. Anti-oxidative N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC)-loaded silk fibroin (SF/NAC) NPs are produced, characterized and studied as a potential delivery vehicle for NAC delivered to the brain via nasal for both in vitro and in vivo studies. The NPs are not cytotoxic to RPMI 2650 cells, mucosal model cells, at a concentration of 6000 μg/mL. The anti-oxidative activities of SF/NAC NPs are demonstrated by high H2O2 scavenge capacities of the NPs and shown by mitochondrial superoxide (MitoSOX) immunostaining of human mesenchymal stem cells. Tight junctions in RPMI 2650 cells are opened after 30 min of incubation with SF/NAC NPs, which are demonstrated by measuring the decrease in trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) values and discreteness in ZO-1 stains. The cellular uptake of SF/NAC NPs by RPMI 2650 cells is significantly greater than that for SF NPs and increased with increasing incubation time. In an in vivo imaging study (IVIS) using rats shows that the amount of NAC that is delivered to the brain by SF/NAC NPs increased by 1.40–2.60 times and NAC is retained longer in the nasal cavity than NAC solutions in a 2-h study.
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- Tze-Wen Chung
- Biomedical Engineering Research and Development Center, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; (T.-Y.W.); (Z.-Y.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; (T.-Y.W.); (Z.-Y.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; (T.-Y.W.); (Z.-Y.S.)
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- Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
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Wu Z, Li H, Zhao X, Ye F, Zhao G. Hydrophobically modified polysaccharides and their self-assembled systems: A review on structures and food applications. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 284:119182. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Jin Z, Hu G, Zhao K. Mannose-anchored quaternized chitosan/thiolated carboxymethyl chitosan composite NPs as mucoadhesive carrier for drug delivery. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 283:119174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hyaluronic acid (HA), an important component of the extracellular matrix, has high water solubility and biocompatibility, and good application prospects in biomedicine. Especially in tumour treatment, prodrug polymer micelles prepared from HA and chemotherapeutics can increase water solubility, prolong drug release time, improve organ distribution and therapeutic effects, and show good tumour targeting and biocompatibility. Therefore, this study introduces strategies for using HA to prepare prodrug polymer micelles and discusses recent research on HA prodrug micelles for antitumor applications.
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- Jiao Sun
- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, China
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Drug delivery systems based on CD44-targeted glycosaminoglycans for cancer therapy. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 251:117103. [PMID: 33142641 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The polysaccharide-based biomaterials hyaluronic acid (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) have aroused great interest for use in drug delivery systems for tumor therapy, as they have outstanding biocompatibility and great targeting ability for cluster determinant 44 (CD44). In addition, modified HA and CS can self-assemble into micelles or micellar nanoparticles (NPs) for targeted drug delivery. This review discusses the formation of HA- and CS-based NPs, and various types of CS-based NPs including CS-drug conjugates, CS-polymer NPs, CS-small molecule NPs, polyelectrolyte nanocomplexes (PECs), CS-metal NPs, and nanogels. We then focus on the applications of HA- and CS-based NPs in tumor chemotherapy, gene therapy, photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT), sonodynamic therapy (SDT), and immunotherapy. Finally, this review is expected to provide guidelines for the development of various HA- and CS-based NPs used in multiple cancer therapies.
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Rapid SERS Detection of Thiol-Containing Natural Products in Culturing Complex. Int J Anal Chem 2020; 2020:9271236. [PMID: 32802063 PMCID: PMC7416272 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9271236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thiol-containing natural products possess a wide range of bioactivities. The burst of synthetic biology technology facilitates the discovery of new thiol-containing active ingredients. Herein, we report a sensitive, quick, and robust surface-enhanced Raman scattering technology for specific and multiplex detection of thiol-containing compounds without purification requirements and also indicating the thiols with different chemical environments. Using this platform, we successfully demonstrated the simultaneous detection of thiol-containing compounds from as low as 1 μM of analytes spiked in complex culture matrices.
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Chen Z, Han S, Yang X, Xu L, Qi H, Hao G, Cao J, Liang Y, Ma Q, Zhang G, Sun Y. Overcoming Multiple Absorption Barrier for Insulin Oral Delivery Using Multifunctional Nanoparticles Based on Chitosan Derivatives and Hyaluronic Acid. Int J Nanomedicine 2020; 15:4877-4898. [PMID: 32753869 PMCID: PMC7358087 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s251627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Although dynamics and uses of modified nanoparticles (NPs) as orally administered macromolecular drugs have been researched for many years, measures of molecule stability and aspects related to important transport-related mechanisms which have been assessed in vivo remain as relatively under characterized. Thus, our aim was to develop a novel type of oral-based delivery system for insulin and to overcome barriers to studying the stability, transport mechanisms, and efficacy in vivo of the delivery system. Methods NPs we developed and tested were composed of insulin (INS), dicyandiamide-modified chitosan (DCDA-CS), cell-penetrating octaarginine (r8), and hydrophilic hyaluronic acid (HA) and were physically constructed by electrostatic self-assembly techniques. Results Compared to free-insulin, levels of HA-DCDA-CS-r8-INS NPs were retained at more desirable measures of biological activity in our study. Further, our assessments of the mechanisms for NPs suggested that there were high measures of cellular uptake that mainly achieved through active transport via lipid rafts and the macropinocytosis pathway. Furthermore, investigations of NPs indicated their involvement in caveolae-mediated transport and in the DCDA-CS-mediated paracellular pathway, which contributed to increasing the efficiency of sequential transportation from the apical to basolateral areas. Accordingly, high efficiency of absorption of NPs in situ for intestinal loop models was realized. Consequently, there was a strong induction of a hypoglycemic effect in diabetic rats of NPs via orally based administrations when compared with measures related to free insulin. Conclusion Overall, the dynamics underlying and influenced by HA-DCDA-CS-r8-INS may hold great promise for stability of insulin and could help overcome interference by the epithelial barrier, and thus showing a great potential to improve the efficacy of orally related treatments.
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- Zuxian Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Lunan Pharmaceutical Corporation, Linyi 276001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Lunan Pharmaceutical Corporation, Linyi 276001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, People's Republic of China
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Liu Y, Khan AR, Du X, Zhai Y, Tan H, Zhai G. Progress in the polymer-paclitaxel conjugate. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The enhancing effect of N-acetylcysteine modified hyaluronic acid-octadecylamine micelles on the oral absorption of paclitaxel. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 138:636-647. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.07.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang HB, Bai HY, Mao AL, Liu YM. Poly(adenine) DNA-Templated Gold Nanocluster-Based Fluorescent Strategy for the Determination of Thiol-Containing Pharmaceuticals. ANAL LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2019.1609491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Hai-Bo Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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