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Liu H, Dong J, Duan Z, Xia F, Willner I, Huang F. Light-activated CRISPR-Cas12a for amplified imaging of microRNA in cell cycle phases at single-cell levels. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadp6166. [PMID: 39047109 PMCID: PMC11268419 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp6166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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An ortho-nitrobenzyl phosphate ester-caged nucleic acid hairpin structure coupled to the CRISPR-Cas12a complex is introduced as a functional reaction module for the light-induced activation of the CRISPR-Cas12a (LAC12a) machinery toward the amplified fluorescence detection of microRNA-21 (miRNA-21). The LAC12a machinery is applied for the selective, in vitro sensing of miRNA-21 and for the intracellular imaging of miRNA-21 in different cell lines. The LAC12a system is used to image miRNA-21 in different cell cycle phases of MCF-7 cells. Moreover, the LAC12a machinery integrated in cells enables the two-photon laser confocal microscopy-assisted, light-stimulated spatiotemporal, selective activation of the CRISPR-Cas12a miRNA-21 imaging machinery at the single-cell level and the evaluation of relative expression levels of miRNA-21 at distinct cell cycle phases. The method is implemented to map the distribution of cell cycle phases in an array of single cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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Xuan L, Hou Y, Liang L, Wu J, Fan K, Lian L, Qiu J, Miao Y, Ravanbakhsh H, Xu M, Tang G. Microgels for Cell Delivery in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:218. [PMID: 38884868 PMCID: PMC11183039 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01421-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Microgels prepared from natural or synthetic hydrogel materials have aroused extensive attention as multifunctional cells or drug carriers, that are promising for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Microgels can also be aggregated into microporous scaffolds, promoting cell infiltration and proliferation for tissue repair. This review gives an overview of recent developments in the fabrication techniques and applications of microgels. A series of conventional and novel strategies including emulsification, microfluidic, lithography, electrospray, centrifugation, gas-shearing, three-dimensional bioprinting, etc. are discussed in depth. The characteristics and applications of microgels and microgel-based scaffolds for cell culture and delivery are elaborated with an emphasis on the advantages of these carriers in cell therapy. Additionally, we expound on the ongoing and foreseeable applications and current limitations of microgels and their aggregate in the field of biomedical engineering. Through stimulating innovative ideas, the present review paves new avenues for expanding the application of microgels in cell delivery techniques.
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- Leyan Xuan
- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325, USA.
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China.
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, People's Republic of China.
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Yang L, Zang Y, Liu P, Xing X, Mou Z. A two-layer circuit cascade-based DNA machine for highly sensitive miRNA imaging in living cells. Analyst 2024; 149:2925-2931. [PMID: 38587246 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00277f] [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: 04/09/2024]
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Sensitive detection of microRNA (miRNA), one of the most promising biomarkers, plays crucial roles in cancer diagnosis. However, the low expression level of miRNA makes it extremely urgent to develop ultrasensitive and highly selective strategies for quantification of miRNA. Herein, a DNA machine is rationally constructed for amplified detection and imaging of low-abundance miRNA in living cells based on the toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction (TMSDR). The isothermal and enzyme-free DNA machine with low background leakage is fabricated by integrating two DNA circuits into a cascade system, in which the output of one circuit serves as the input of the other one. Once the DNA machine is transfected into breast cancer cells, the overexpressed miRNA-203 initiates the first-layer circuit through TMSDR, leading to the concentration variation of fuel strands, which further influences the assembly of hairpin DNA in the second-layer circuit and the occurrence of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) for fluorescence imaging. Benefiting from the cascade of the two-layer amplification reaction, the proposed DNA machine acquires a detection limit down to 4 fM for quantification of miR-203 and a 10 000-fold improvement in amplification efficiency over the single circuit. Therefore, the two-layer circuit cascade-based DNA machine provides an effective platform for amplified analysis of low-abundance miRNA with high sensitivity, which holds great promise in biomedical and clinical research.
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- Lin Yang
- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, P. R. China.
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- School of Nursing, Shandong Shengli Vocational College, Dongying 257061, P. R. China.
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Hu T, Yu Y, Lin Y, Chen C. Light-Triggered Signal Enhancement Strategy Integrated with a CRISPR/Cas13a-Based Assay for Ultrasensitive and Specific miRNA Detection. Anal Chem 2023; 95:18587-18594. [PMID: 38078412 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04487] [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: 12/20/2023]
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The development of facile, accurate, and affordable assays for microRNAs (miRNAs) in early cancer is greatly desirable but encounters an obstacle due to low cellular abundance in biofuids. In this study, we present a novel approach called a light-triggered exponential amplification strategy coupled with a CRISPR/Cas13a-based diagnostic system (LEXPA-CRISPR), which directly transduces rare miRNA targets into photocontrolled signal enhancement response. This innovative platform leverages trans-cleavage of CRISPR/Cas13a, activated by the miRNA target, to cleave specific RNA fragments within the MB@PC-NAC assembly, thus releasing free PC-single-stranded DNA (PC-ssDNA) that is modified by a photocleavable linker (PC linker). UV irradiation is further employed toward the photoresponsive PC-ssDNA, resulting in instantaneous generation of oligo with a new 5' phosphate group (Pho-ssDNA). The Pho-ssDNA serves as a trigger for rolling circle amplification (RCA) reaction, which generates thousands of long ssDNA repeats of diverse lengths with a strong fluorescence signal. Through optimization, we achieved a detection limit of 1 fM for miR21 without the need for target amplification. Moreover, the programmable versatility of LEXPA-CRISPR is also demonstrated for miR17 determination only with simple modification of CRISPR RNA (crRNA) sequences. This proposed biosensor successfully monitored the levels of miR21 and miR17 in tumor cells, showing a satisfactory consistency with the standard qRT-PCR method. Conclusively, LEXPA-CRISPR represents a promising strategy for ultrasensitive miRNA detection. It combines the advantages of light-triggered signal amplification and robust collateral cleavage activity of Cas13a, making it an attractive tool for practical CRISPR-based diagnostics.
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- Tao Hu
- The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310052, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310052, China
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- International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Institute of Embryo-Fetal Original Adult Disease, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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Dong JX, Zhang SM, Li YL, Zhang X, Fan YJ, Su M, Wang ZG, Li H, Shen SG, Gao ZF, Wei Q, Xia F. Photocontrollable DNA Walker-Based Molecular Circuit for the Tunable Detection of MicroRNA-21 Using Metal-Organic Frameworks as Label-Free Fluorescence Tags. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16744-16753. [PMID: 37929302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Tunable detection of microRNA is crucial to meet the desired demand for sample species with varying concentrations in clinical settings. Herein, we present a DNA walker-based molecular circuit for the detection of miRNA-21 (miR-21) with tunable dynamic ranges and sensitivity levels ranging from fM to pM. The phosphate-activated fluorescence of UiO-66-NH2 metal-organic framework nanoparticles was used as label-free fluorescence tags due to their competitive coordination effect with the Zr atom, which significantly inhibited the ligand-to-metal charge transfer. To achieve a tunable detection performance for miR-21, the ultraviolet sensitive o-nitrobenzyl was induced as a photocleavable linker, which was inserted at various sites between the loop and the stem of the hairpin probe to regulate the DNA strand displacement reaction. The dynamic range can be precisely regulated from 700- to 67,000-fold with tunable limits of detection ranging from 2.5 fM to 36.7 pM. Impressively, a Boolean logic tree and complex molecular circuit were constructed for logic computation and cancer diagnosis in clinical blood samples. This intelligent biosensing method presents a powerful solution for converting complex biosensing systems into actionable healthcare decisions and will facilitate early disease diagnosis.
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- Jiang Xue Dong
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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Yang J, Liang Y, Li X, Zhang Y, Qian L, Ke Y, Zhang C. A Spatially Programmable DNA Nanorobot Arm to Modulate Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticle Assembly by Enzymatic Excision. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202308797. [PMID: 37691009 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Programmable assembly of gold nanoparticle superstructures with precise spatial arrangement has drawn much attention for their unique characteristics in plasmonics and biomedicine. Bio-inspired methods have already provided programmable, molecular approaches to direct AuNP assemblies using biopolymers. The existing methods, however, predominantly use DNA as scaffolds to directly guide the AuNP interactions to produce intended superstructures. New paradigms for regulating AuNP assembly will greatly enrich the toolbox for DNA-directed AuNP manipulation and fabrication. Here, we developed a strategy of using a spatially programmable enzymatic nanorobot arm to modulate anisotropic DNA surface modifications and assembly of AuNPs. Through spatial controls of the proximity of the reactants, the locations of the modifications were precisely regulated. We demonstrated the control of the modifications on a single 15 nm AuNP, as well as on a rectangular DNA origami platform, to direct unique anisotropic AuNP assemblies. This method adds an alternative enzymatic manipulation to DNA-directed AuNP superstructure assembly.
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- Jing Yang
- School of Computer Science, Key Lab of High Confidence Software Technologies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- School of Computer Science, Key Lab of High Confidence Software Technologies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
- Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- School of Computer Science, Key Lab of High Confidence Software Technologies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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O’Hagan M, Duan Z, Huang F, Laps S, Dong J, Xia F, Willner I. Photocleavable Ortho-Nitrobenzyl-Protected DNA Architectures and Their Applications. Chem Rev 2023; 123:6839-6887. [PMID: 37078690 PMCID: PMC10214457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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This review article introduces mechanistic aspects and applications of photochemically deprotected ortho-nitrobenzyl (ONB)-functionalized nucleic acids and their impact on diverse research fields including DNA nanotechnology and materials chemistry, biological chemistry, and systems chemistry. Specific topics addressed include the synthesis of the ONB-modified nucleic acids, the mechanisms involved in the photochemical deprotection of the ONB units, and the photophysical and chemical means to tune the irradiation wavelength required for the photodeprotection process. Principles to activate ONB-caged nanostructures, ONB-protected DNAzymes and aptamer frameworks are introduced. Specifically, the use of ONB-protected nucleic acids for the phototriggered spatiotemporal amplified sensing and imaging of intracellular mRNAs at the single-cell level are addressed, and control over transcription machineries, protein translation and spatiotemporal silencing of gene expression by ONB-deprotected nucleic acids are demonstrated. In addition, photodeprotection of ONB-modified nucleic acids finds important applications in controlling material properties and functions. These are introduced by the phototriggered fusion of ONB nucleic acid functionalized liposomes as models for cell-cell fusion, the light-stimulated fusion of ONB nucleic acid functionalized drug-loaded liposomes with cells for therapeutic applications, and the photolithographic patterning of ONB nucleic acid-modified interfaces. Particularly, the photolithographic control of the stiffness of membrane-like interfaces for the guided patterned growth of cells is realized. Moreover, ONB-functionalized microcapsules act as light-responsive carriers for the controlled release of drugs, and ONB-modified DNA origami frameworks act as mechanical devices or stimuli-responsive containments for the operation of DNA machineries such as the CRISPR-Cas9 system. The future challenges and potential applications of photoprotected DNA structures are discussed.
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- Michael
P. O’Hagan
- Institute
of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering
Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty
of Materials Science and Chemistry, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering
Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty
of Materials Science and Chemistry, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Institute
of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute
of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering
Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty
of Materials Science and Chemistry, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Institute
of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Zhang Y, Li JH, Zhang XL, Wang HJ, Yuan R, Chai YQ. Aluminum(III)-Based Organic Nanofibrous Gels as an Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence Emitter Combined with a Rigid Triplex DNA Walker as a Signal Magnifier for Ultrasensitive DNA Assay. Anal Chem 2023; 95:1686-1693. [PMID: 36541619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Due to effective tackling of the problems of aggregation-caused quenching of traditional ECL emitters, aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence (AIECL) has emerged as a research hotspot in aqueous detection and sensing. However, the existing AIECL emitters still encounter the bottlenecks of low ECL efficiency, poor biocompatibility, and high cost. Herein, aluminum(III)-based organic nanofibrous gels (AOGs) are used as a novel AIECL emitter to construct a rapid and ultrasensitive sensing platform for the detection of Flu A virus biomarker DNA (fDNA) with the assistance of a high-speed and hyper-efficient signal magnifier, a rigid triplex DNA walker (T-DNA walker). The proposed AOGs with three-dimensional (3D) nanofiber morphology are assembled in one step within about 15 s by the ligand 2,2':6',2″-terpyridine-4'-carboxylic acid (TPY-COOH) and cheap metal ion Al3+, which demonstrates an efficient ECL response and outstanding biocompatibility. Impressively, on the basis of loop-mediated isothermal amplification-generated hydrogen ions (LAMP-H+), the target-induced pH-responsive rigid T-DNA walker overcomes the limitations of conventional single or duplex DNA walkers in walking trajectory and efficiency due to the entanglement and lodging of leg DNA, exhibiting high stability, controllability, and walking efficiency. Therefore, AOGs with excellent AIECL performance were combined with a CG-C+ T-DNA nanomachine with high walking efficiency and stability, and the proposed "on-off" ECL biosensor displayed a low detection limit down to 23 ag·μL-1 for target fDNA. Also, the strategy provided a useful platform for rapid and sensitive monitoring of biomolecules, considerably broadening its potential applications in luminescent molecular devices, clinical diagnosis, and sensing analysis.
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- Yue Zhang
- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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- Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan 400715, PR China
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Chen M, Duan R, Xu S, Duan Z, Yuan Q, Xia F, Huang F. Photoactivated DNA Walker Based on DNA Nanoflares for Signal-Amplified MicroRNA Imaging in Single Living Cells. Anal Chem 2021; 93:16264-16272. [PMID: 34797071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Specific and sensitive detection and imaging of cancer-related miRNA in living cells are desirable for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Because of the spatiotemporal variability of miRNA expression level during different cell cycles, signal amplification strategies that can be activated by external stimuli are required to image miRNAs on demand at desired times and selected locations. Herein, we develop a signal amplification strategy termed as the photoactivated DNA walker based on DNA nanoflares, which enables photocontrollable signal amplification imaging of cancer-related miRNA in single living cells. The developed method is achieved via combining photoactivated nucleic acid displacement reaction with the traditional exonuclease III (EXO III)-assisted DNA walker based on DNA nanoflares. This method is capable of on-demand activation of the DNA walker for dictated signal amplification imaging of cancer-related miRNA in single living cells. The developed method was demonstrated as a proof of concept to achieve photoactivated signal amplification imaging of miRNA-21 in single living HeLa cells via selective two-photon irradiation (λ = 740 nm) of single living HeLa cells by using confocal microscopy equipped with a femtosecond laser.
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- Mengxi Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Zhao T, Gao Y, Wang J, Cui Y, Niu S, Xu S, Luo X. From Passive Signal Output to Intelligent Response: "On-Demand" Precise Imaging Controlled by Near-Infrared Light. Anal Chem 2021; 93:12329-12336. [PMID: 34474564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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"On-demand" accurate imaging of multiple intracellular miRNAs will significantly improve the detection reliability and accuracy. However, the "always-active" design of traditional multicomponent detection probes enables them to passively recognize and output signals as soon as they encounter targets, which will inevitably impair the detection accuracy and, inevitably, result in false-positive signals. To address this scientific problem, in this work, we developed a near-infrared (NIR) light-activated multicomponent detection intelligent nanoprobe for spatially and temporally controlled on-demand accurate imaging of multiple intracellular miRNAs. The proposed intelligent nanoprobe is composed of a rationally designed UV light-responsive triangular DNA nano sucker (TDS) and upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), named UCNPs@TDS (UTDS), which can enter cells autonomously through endocytosis and enable remote regulation of on-demand accurate imaging for multiple intracellular miRNAs using NIR light illumination at a chosen time and place. It is worth noting that the most important highlight of the UTDS we designed in this work is that it can resist nonspecific activation as well as effectively avoid false-positive signals and improve the accuracy of imaging of multiple intracellular miRNAs. Moreover, distinguishing different kinds of cell lines with different miRNA expressions levels can be also achieved through this NIR light-activated intelligent UTDS, showing feasible prospects in precise imaging and disease diagnosis.
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- Tingting Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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Duan Z, Tan L, Duan R, Chen M, Xia F, Huang F. Photoactivated Biosensing Process for Dictated ATP Detection in Single Living Cells. Anal Chem 2021; 93:11547-11556. [PMID: 34374521 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The subcellular distribution of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and the concentration of ATP in living cells dynamically fluctuate with time during different cell cycles. The dictated activation of the biosensing process in living cells enables the spatiotemporal target detection in single living cells. Herein, a kind of o-nitrobenzylphosphate ester hairpin nucleic acid was introduced as a photoresponsive DNA probe for light-activated ATP detection in single living cells. Two methods to spatiotemporally activate the probe in single living cells were discussed. One method was the usage of the micrometer-sized optical fiber (about 5 μm) to guide the UV light (λ = 365 nm) to selectively activate the photoresponsive DNA probe in single living cells. The second method involved a two-photon laser confocal scanning microscope to selectively irradiate the photoresponsive DNA probes confined in single living cells via two-photon irradiation (λ = 740 nm). ATP aptamer integrated in the activated DNA probes selectively interacted with the target ATP, resulting in dictated signal generation. Furthermore, the photoactivated biosensing process enables dictated dual-model ATP detection in single living cells with "Signal-ON" fluorescence signal and "Signal-OFF" electrochemical signal outputs. The developed photoactivated biosensor for dictated ATP detection with high spatiotemporal resolution in single living cells at a desired time and desired place suggests the possibility to monitor biomarkers during different cell cycles.
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- Zhijuan Duan
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Liu J, Yang L, Xue C, Huang G, Chen S, Zheng J, Yang R. Reductase and Light Programmatical Gated DNA Nanodevice for Spatiotemporally Controlled Imaging of Biomolecules in Subcellular Organelles under Hypoxic Conditions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:33894-33904. [PMID: 34275283 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Monitoring hypoxia-related changes in subcellular organelles would provide deeper insights into hypoxia-related metabolic pathways, further helping us to recognize various diseases on subcellular level. However, there is still a lack of real-time, in situ, and controllable means for biosensing in subcellular organelles under hypoxic conditions. Herein, we report a reductase and light programmatical gated nanodevice via integrating light-responsive DNA probes into a hypoxia-responsive metal-organic framework for spatiotemporally controlled imaging of biomolecules in subcellular organelles under hypoxic conditions. A small-molecule-decorated strategy was applied to endow the nanodevice with the ability to target subcellular organelles. Dynamic changes of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate under hypoxic conditions were chosen as a model physiological process. The assay was validated in living cells and tumor tissue slices obtained from mice models. Due to the highly integrated, easily accessible, and available for living cells and tissues, we envision that the concept and methodology can be further extended to monitor biomolecules in other subcellular organelles under hypoxic conditions with a spatiotemporal controllable approach.
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- Jin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 Hunan, China
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- Hunan Institute of Sports Science, 410003 Changsha, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410013 Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410006 Hunan, China
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Huang F, Chen M, Zhou Z, Duan R, Xia F, Willner I. Spatiotemporal patterning of photoresponsive DNA-based hydrogels to tune local cell responses. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2364. [PMID: 33888708 PMCID: PMC8062675 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22645-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Understanding the spatiotemporal effects of surface topographies and modulated stiffness and anisotropic stresses of hydrogels on cell growth remains a biophysical challenge. Here we introduce the photolithographic patterning or two-photon laser scanning confocal microscopy patterning of a series of o-nitrobenzylphosphate ester nucleic acid-based polyacrylamide hydrogel films generating periodically-spaced circular patterned domains surrounded by continuous hydrogel matrices. The patterning processes lead to guided modulated stiffness differences between the patterned domains and the surrounding hydrogel matrices, and to the selective functionalization of sub-regions of the films with nucleic acid anchoring tethers. HeLa cells are deposited on the circularly-shaped domains functionalized with the MUC-1 aptamers. Initiation of the hybridization chain reaction by nucleic acid tethers associated with the continuous hydrogel matrix results in stress-induced ordered orthogonal shape-changes on the patterned domains, leading to ordered shapes of cell aggregates bound to the patterns.
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- Fujian Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Lin M, Wan H, Zhang J, Huang F, Li S, Xia F. Bioinspired Programmable Engineering of a Color-Change Biointerface based on Dual-Stimulation Regulation. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:8970-8977. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Meihua Lin
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Lin M, Yi X, Wan H, Zhang J, Huang F, Xia F. Photoresponsive Electrochemical DNA Biosensors Achieving Various Dynamic Ranges by Using Only-One Capture Probe. Anal Chem 2020; 92:9963-9970. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Meihua Lin
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Huang F, Duan R, Zhou Z, Vázquez-González M, Xia F, Willner I. Near-infrared light-activated membrane fusion for cancer cell therapeutic applications. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5592-5600. [PMID: 32874503 PMCID: PMC7441577 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00863j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The spatiotemporal stimulation of liposome-liposome or liposome-membrane fusion processes attracts growing interest as a means to mimic cell-cell interactions in nature and for using these processes for biomedical applications. We report the use of o-nitrobenzyl phosphate functionalized-cholesterol tethered nucleic acid-modified liposomes as functional photoresponsive units for inducing, by NIR-irradiation, spatiotemporal liposome-liposome or liposome-membrane fusion processes. The liposomes are loaded with upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and their NIR irradiation (λ = 980 nm) yields luminescence at λ = 365 nm, providing a localized light-source to deprotect the o-nitrobenzyl phosphate groups and resulting in the fragmentation of the nucleic acid structures. In one system, the NIR-triggered fusion of two liposomes, L1 and L2, is exemplified. Liposome L1 is loaded with UCNPs and Tb3+ ions, and the liposome boundary is functionalized with a cholesterol-tethered, o-nitrobenzyl phosphate caged hairpin nucleic acid structure. Liposome L2 is loaded with 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid, DPA, and its boundary is modified with a cholesterol-tethered nucleic acid, complementary to a part of the caged hairpin, associated with L1. NIR-irradiation of the L1/L2 mixture resulted in the photocleavage of the hairpin structure, associated with L1, and the resulting fragmented nucleic acid associated with L1 hybridized with the nucleic acid linked to L2, leading to the fusion of the two liposomes. The fusion process was followed by dynamic light scattering, and by monitoring the fluorescence of the Tb3+-DPA complex generated upon the fusion of the liposomes and their exchange of contents (fusion efficiency 30%). In a second system, the fusion of the liposomes L1, loaded with UCNPs and doxorubicin (DOX), with HeLa cancer cells functionalized with nucleic acid tethers, complementary to the hairpin units associated with the boundary of L1, and linked to the MUC-1 receptor sites associated with the HeLa cells, through a MUC-1 aptamer unit is exemplified. The effect of DOX-loaded L1/HeLa cell fusion on the cytotoxicity towards HeLa cells is addressed. The NIR UCNP-stimulated cleavage of the o-nitrobenzyl phosphate caged hairpin units associated with L1 leads to the fragmentation of the hairpin units and the resulting nucleic acid tethers hybridize with the nucleic acid-modified HeLa cells, resulting in the liposome-HeLa cell fusion and the release of DOX into the HeLa cells. Selective spatiotemporal cytotoxicity towards HeLa cells is demonstrated (ca. 40% cell killing within two days). The study presents a comprehensive stepwise set of experiments directed towards the development of NIR-driven liposome-liposome or liposome-membrane fusion processes.
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- Fujian Huang
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education , Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , China . ;
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education , Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , China . ;
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- Institute of Chemistry , Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel .
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- Institute of Chemistry , Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel .
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education , Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , China . ;
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- Institute of Chemistry , Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel .
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Yao D, Bhadra S, Xiong E, Liang H, Ellington AD, Jung C. Dynamic Programming of a DNA Walker Controlled by Protons. ACS NANO 2020; 14:4007-4013. [PMID: 32167282 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We have now constructed a four-legged DNA walker based on toehold exchange reactions whose movement is controlled by alternating pH changes. A well-characterized, pH-responsive CG-C+ triplex DNA was embedded into a tetrameric catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) walker. The proton-controlled walker could autonomously move on otherwise unprogrammed microparticles surface, and the walking rate and steps of walking were efficiently controlled by pH. The starting and stopping of the walker, and its association and dissociation from the microparticles, could also be dynamically controlled by pH. The simple, programmable, and robust nature of this proton-controlled walker now provides the impetus for the development of a wide variety of more practical nanomachines.
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- Dongbao Yao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Duan R, Li T, Duan Z, Huang F, Xia F. Near-Infrared Light Activated Nucleic Acid Cascade Recycling Amplification for Spatiotemporally Controllable Signal Amplified mRNA Imaging. Anal Chem 2020; 92:5846-5854. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Ruilin Duan
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Luo Z, Zhou J, Liu B. Engineering Surface Patterning of Colloidal Rings through Plateau-Rayleigh Instability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16884-16888. [PMID: 31531921 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Plateau-Rayleigh (P-R) instability occurring on Brownian colloidal particles is presented. This instability can be used for the surface patterning of Brownian colloidal rings. This idea was realized by employing polystyrene(PS)/SiO2 core/shell rings, for which PS layer was selectively grown onto the interior surface of SiO2 rings. The P-R instability was initiated in the ring's dispersion by adding a good solvent of PS. By using both experiments and theory, it is shown that the number of patches is tunable and that it is linearly related to a function of two variables, namely, solvent quantity and contact angle. In particular, one-patch Janus rings and patchy disks were also synthesized at high yields. The patch size of all particles is tunable by step-by-step polymerization and the patches can be functionalized, for example by ATRP grafting with pH-sensitive polymers. This approach can be adapted for the synthesis of other patchy colloids with designated complexity.
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- Zhang Luo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Center of Soft Matter Physics and Its Application, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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Luo Z, Zhou J, Liu B. Engineering Surface Patterning of Colloidal Rings through Plateau–Rayleigh Instability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201910695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zhang Luo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesState Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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- Center of Soft Matter Physics and Its ApplicationBeihang University Beijing 100191 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesState Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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Cascaded DNA circuits-programmed self-assembly of spherical nucleic acids for high signal amplification. Sci China Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-019-9603-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Wei B, Yao D, Zheng B, Zhou X, Guo Y, Li X, Li C, Xiao S, Liang H. Facile Strategy for Visible Disassembly of Spherical Nucleic Acids Programmed by Catalytic DNA Circuits. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:19724-19733. [PMID: 31083902 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b02107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The programmable toehold-mediated DNA-strand-displacement reaction has demonstrated its extraordinary capability in driving the spherical nucleic acid assembly. Here, a facile strategy of integrating a DNA-strand-displacement-based DNA circuit with a universal spherical nucleic acid aggregate system was developed for the visible disassembly of spherical nucleic acids. This integrated system exhibited rapid colorimetric response and good sensitivity in the disassembly reaction and demonstrated its capability in the application of single nucleotide polymorphism discrimination. Moreover, an OR logic gate used for multiplex detection was constructed through combining the fixed spherical nucleic acid disassembly system with two DNA circuits. This strategy will have great potential in the fabrication of a portable low-cost DNA diagnostic kit, and it is also a very promising method to be used in other applications, such as complex DNA networks and programmable phase transformation of nanoparticle superlattices.
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- Bing Wei
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hefei Normal University , Hefei , Anhui 230061 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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Tam DY, Zhuang X, Wong SW, Lo PK. Photoresponsive Self-Assembled DNA Nanomaterials: Design, Working Principles, and Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1805481. [PMID: 30861628 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201805481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Photoresponsive DNA nanomaterials represent a new class of remarkable functional materials. By adjusting the irradiation wavelength, light intensity, and exposure time, various photocontrolled DNA-based systems can be reversibly or irreversibly regulated in respect of their size, shape, conformation, movement, and dissociation/association. This Review introduces the most updated progress in the development of photoresponsive DNA-based system and emphasizes their advantages over other stimuli-responsive systems. Their design and mechanisms to trigger the photoresponses are shown and discussed. The potential application of these photon-responsive DNA nanomaterials in biology, biomedicine, materials science, nanophotonic and nanoelectronic are also covered and described. The challenges faced and further directions of the development of photocontrolled DNA-based systems are also highlighted.
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- Dick Yan Tam
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Key Laboratory of Biochip Technology, Biotech and Health Centre, Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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