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Kumar R, Santa Chalarca CF, Bockman MR, Bruggen CV, Grimme CJ, Dalal RJ, Hanson MG, Hexum JK, Reineke TM. Polymeric Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids. Chem Rev 2021; 121:11527-11652. [PMID: 33939409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more promising. The therapeutic potential of nucleic acids has been limited by a reliance on engineered viral vectors for delivery. Chemically defined polymers can remediate technological, regulatory, and clinical challenges associated with viral modes of gene delivery. Because of their scalability, versatility, and exquisite tunability, polymers are ideal biomaterial platforms for delivering nucleic acid payloads efficiently while minimizing immune response and cellular toxicity. While polymeric gene delivery has progressed significantly in the past four decades, clinical translation of polymeric vehicles faces several formidable challenges. The aim of our Account is to illustrate diverse concepts in designing polymeric vectors towards meeting therapeutic goals of in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy. Here, we highlight several classes of polymers employed in gene delivery and summarize the recent work on understanding the contributions of chemical and architectural design parameters. We touch upon characterization methods used to visualize and understand events transpiring at the interfaces between polymer, nucleic acids, and the physiological environment. We conclude that interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies motivated by fundamental questions are key to designing high-performing polymeric vehicles for gene therapy.
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- Ramya Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Dong L, Peng HQ, Niu LY, Yang QZ. Modulation of Aggregation-Induced Emission by Excitation Energy Transfer: Design and Application. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2021; 379:18. [PMID: 33825076 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-021-00330-0] [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: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Excitation energy transfer (EET) as a fundamental photophysical process is well-explored for developing functional materials with tunable photophysical properties. Compared to traditional fluorophores, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) exhibit unique advantages for building EET systems, especially serving as energy donors, due to their outstanding photophysical properties such as bright fluorescence in aggregation state, broad absorption and emission spectra, large Stokes shift, and high photobleaching resistance. In addition, the photophysical properties of AIEgens can be modulated by energy transfer for improved luminescence performance. Therefore, a variety of EET systems based on AIEgens have been constructed and their applications in different areas have been explored. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the design strategy of AIE-based energy transfer systems for light-harvesting, fluorescent probes and theranostic systems, with an emphasis on design strategies to achieve desirable properties. The limitations, challenges and future opportunities of AIE-EET systems are briefly outlined. Design strategies and applications (light-harvesting, fluorescent probe and theranostics) of AIEgen-based excitation energy systems are discussed in this review.
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- Lei Dong
- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Liu DE, Yan X, An J, Ma J, Gao H. Construction of traceable cucurbit[7]uril-based virus-mimicking quaternary complexes with aggregation-induced emission for efficient gene transfection. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:7475-7482. [PMID: 32667015 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01180k] [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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Construction of an efficient cationic gene delivery system with low cytotoxicity, high transfection efficacy, as well as gene tracking function remains a major challenge in gene therapy. Fabrication of simple and reversible nanocomplexes based on host-guest interaction provides an opportunity to construct stimuli-responsive intelligent supramolecular systems. Inspired by the hierarchical structure of viruses, a novel virus-mimicking PG/CB/TPE/DNA gene delivery system is developed via a multistep noncovalent self-assembly process between pDNA and the preformed PG/CB/TPE complexes based on the host-guest interaction between cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and the protonated diamine group in the poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s derivative (PG), as well as the electrostatic interaction between para-carboxyl functionalized tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and cationic PG. The developed efficient multifunctional gene delivery system exhibits stimuli responsive characteristics and aggregation-induced emission phenomena, thereby enabling gene delivery pH responsiveness and traceability. Moreover, the introduction of TPE and CB[7] endows the self-assembled PG/CB/TPE/DNA complexes with virus-mimicking architecture and properties such as low cytotoxicity, high stability, excellent endosomal escape, and efficient transfection, which are expected to be used as a promising gene delivery system.
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- De-E Liu
- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Bioimaging, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory for Application Research of Hyaluronic Acid, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China.
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Wang Y, Nie J, Fang W, Yang L, Hu Q, Wang Z, Sun JZ, Tang BZ. Sugar-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: Design, Structures, and Applications. Chem Rev 2020; 120:4534-4577. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Yijia Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 999077, China
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Li D, Chen J, Xu X, Bao C, Zhang Q. Supramolecular assemblies of glycoclusters with aggregation-induced emission for sensitive phenol detection. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:13385-13388. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05301e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hypercrosslinked AIE-active glycocluster nano aggregates are facilely synthesized as fluorescent probes for the detection of phenols.
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- Die Li
- Key Laboratory of New Membrane Materials
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
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- Key Laboratory of New Membrane Materials
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
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- Key Laboratory of New Membrane Materials
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
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- Key Laboratory of New Membrane Materials
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
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- Key Laboratory of New Membrane Materials
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
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Chen Y, Diaz-Dussan D, Peng YY, Narain R. Hydroxyl-Rich PGMA-Based Cationic Glycopolymers for Intracellular siRNA Delivery: Biocompatibility and Effect of Sugar Decoration Degree. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2068-2074. [PMID: 30970212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The ErbB family of proteins, structurally related to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), is found to be overexpressed in many cancers such as gliomas, a lung and cervical carcinomas. Gene therapy allows to modify the expression of genes like ErbB and has been a promising strategy to target oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. In the current work, novel hydroxyl-rich poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA)-based cationic glycopolymers were designed for intracellular small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery to silence the EGFR gene. The cationic polymers with different sugar decoration degrees (0, 9, and 33%) were synthesized by ring-opening reaction of PGMA with ethanolamine and a lactobionic acid-derived aminosaccharide (Lac-NH2). Specific EGFR knockdown of the protein tyrosine kinase ErbB-overexpressing HeLa cells was achieved using these hydroxyl-rich polycation/siRNA complexes. Higher sugar content improved the biocompatibility of the polymers, but it also seems to decrease the EGFR knockdown capability, which should mainly be related to the surface charge of polyplexes. An optimum balance was observed with PGEL-1 (9% sugar content) formulation, achieving ∼52% knockdown efficiency as well as high cell viability. Considering the specific recognition between galactose residues and asialoglycoprotein receptor in hepatocytes, our novel PGMA-based cationic glycopolymers exhibited promising future to serve as a safe and targeting gene delivery vector to hepatoma cell line like HepG2.
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- Yangjun Chen
- School of Ophthalmology & Optometry, Eye Hospital , Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou 325027 , Zhejiang , China.,Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton T6G 2G6 , Alberta , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton T6G 2G6 , Alberta , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton T6G 2G6 , Alberta , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton T6G 2G6 , Alberta , Canada
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Zhao CM, Wang KR, Wang C, He X, Li XL. Cooling-Induced NIR Emission Enhancement and Targeting Fluorescence Imaging of Biperylene Monoimide and Glycodendrimer Conjugates. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:381-386. [PMID: 35651141 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Under high concentrations, strong pressure, and low temperature, fluorophores usually exhibit the fluorescence quenching phenomenon. Of significance, the development of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and pressure-induced emission (PIE) fluorophores has perfectly prevented fluorescence quenching under high concentrations and strong pressure. However, cooling-induced fluorescence quenching in water is still an urgent problem. In this paper, cooling-induced emission (CIE) enhancement based on a biperylene monoimide (BPMI) derivative, BPMI-18Lac, with a conjugated lactose-based glycodendrimer was developed. BPMI-18Lac, as a non-AIE molecule, exhibited the CIE phenomenon with a fluorescent intensity increasing 7-fold when the temperature decreased from 80 to -40 °C. The mechanism was due to the inhibition of the intramolecular electron interactions between the perylene monoimide moieties linked by the C-C single bond. In addition, BPMI-18Lac, as a multivalent glycodendrimer, showed selective fluorescence imaging for HepG 2 cells through the ASGP receptor on the cell surface. Importantly, this work developed a water-soluble CIE molecule for potential application below freezing temperature.
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- Chun-Miao Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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Wang X, Xu M, Huang K, Lou X, Xia F. AIEgens/Nucleic Acid Nanostructures for Bioanalytical Applications. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:689-699. [PMID: 30489015 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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DNA occupies significant roles in life processes, which include encoding the sequences of proteins and accurately transferring genetic information from generation to generation. Recent discoveries have demonstrated that a variety of biological functions are correlated with DNA's conformational transitions. The non-B form has attained great attention among the diverse forms of DNA over the past several years. The main reason for this is that a large number of studies have shown that the non-B form of DNA is associated with gross deletions, inversions, duplications, translocations as well as simple repeating sequences, which therefore causes human diseases. Consequently, the conformational transition of DNA between the B-form and the non-B form is important for biology. Conventional fluorescence probes based on the conformational transitions of DNA usually need a fluorophore and a quencher group, which suffers from the complex design of the structure and tedious synthetic procedures. Moreover, conventional fluorescence probes are subject to the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect, which limits their application toward imaging and analyte detection. Fluorogens exhibiting aggregation-induced emission (AIE) have attracted tremendous attention over the past decade. By taking advantage of this unique behavior, plenty of fluorescent switch-on probes without the incorporation of fluorescent quenchers/fluorophore pairs have been widely developed as biosensors for imaging a variety of analytes. Herein, the recent progress in bioanalytical applications on the basis of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens)/nucleic acid nanostructures are presented and discussed.
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- Xudong Wang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 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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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 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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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.,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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Zhu H, An J, Pang C, Chen S, Li W, Liu J, Chen Q, Gao H. A multifunctional polymeric gene delivery system for circumventing biological barriers. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:384-392. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb03069c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Crucial light-controlled-ROS and pH-stimulus-responsive functionalities are tailored into a triblock copolymer for manufacture of gene delivery vehicles.
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- Huajie Zhu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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Liu D, An J, Pang C, Yan X, Li W, Ma J, Gao H. Construction of Bovine Serum Albumin/AIE‐Based Quaternary Complexes for Efficient Gene Transfection. Macromol Biosci 2018; 19:e1800359. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- De‐E Liu
- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and EngineeringSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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Chen S, Chen Q, Dong S, Ma J, Yang Y, Chen L, Gao H. Polymer Brush Decorated MOF Nanoparticles Loaded with AIEgen, Anticancer Drug, and Supramolecular Glue for Regulating and In Situ Observing DOX Release. Macromol Biosci 2018; 18:e1800317. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Shuai Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and BiotechnologyDalian University of Technology No. 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryInternational Joint Research Laboratory of Nano‐Micro Architecture ChemistryCollege of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical ConversionTianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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Xu FJ. Versatile types of hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems via O-heterocyclic ring-opening reactions: From strategic design to nucleic acid delivery applications. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Huang Y, Chen Q, Lu H, An J, Zhu H, Yan X, Li W, Gao H. Near-infrared AIEgen-functionalized and diselenide-linked oligo-ethylenimine with self-sufficing ROS to exert spatiotemporal responsibility for promoted gene delivery. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:6660-6666. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02207k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We attempted to synthesize an oligo-ethyleneimine (OEI)-crosslinked polycation, characterized with self-sufficing ROS by virtue of a functional AIE component and an ROS-labile diselenide linkage.
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- Yongkang Huang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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Abd-El-Aziz AS, Agatemor C. Emerging Opportunities in the Biomedical Applications of Dendrimers. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-017-0768-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zhao X, Xu X, Liu Y, Wang C. Luminescence performance of poly(aryl ether)s membranes with different morphologies. POLYM ENG SCI 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.24804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xiaoyan Zhao
- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou, 213164 China
- Stat Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers (Fudan University); Shanghai, 200433 China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou, 213164 China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou, 213164 China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou, 213164 China
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Jiang Z, Chen Q, Yang X, Chen X, Li Z, Liu DE, Li W, Lei Y, Gao H. Polyplex Micelle with pH-Responsive PEG Detachment and Functional Tetraphenylene Incorporation to Promote Systemic Gene Expression. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:2849-2858. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Zhu Jiang
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic
Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School
of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- Department
of Neurosurgery, South Campus, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic
Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic
Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic
Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic
Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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Morsi NG, Ali SM, Elsonbaty SS, Afifi AA, Hamad MA, Gao H, Elsabahy M. Poly(glycerol methacrylate)-based degradable nanoparticles for delivery of small interfering RNA. Pharm Dev Technol 2017; 23:387-399. [PMID: 28347210 DOI: 10.1080/10837450.2017.1312443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nucleic acids therapeutic efficiency is generally limited by their low stability and intracellular bioavailability, and by the toxicity of the carriers used to deliver them to the target sites. Aminated poly(glycerol methacrylate) polymers are biodegradable and pH-sensitive polymers that have been used previously to deliver antisense oligonucleotide and show high transfection efficiency. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiency and toxicity of aminated linear poly(glycerol methacrylate) (ALT) biodegradable polymer to the most commonly used cationic degradable (i.e. chitosan) and non-degradable (i.e. polyethylenimine (PEI)) polymers for delivery of short interfering RNA (siRNA). ALT, PEI and chitosan polymers were able to form nanosized particles with siRNA. Size, size-distribution and zeta-potential were measured over a wide range of nitrogen-to-phosphate (N/P) ratios, and the stability of the formed nanoparticles in saline and upon freeze-drying was also assessed. No significant cytotoxicity at the range of the tested concentrations of ALT and chitosan nanoparticles was observed, whereas the non-degradable PEI showed significant toxicity in huh-7 hepatocyte-derived carcinoma cell line. The safety profiles of the degradable polymers (ALT and chitosan) over non-degradable PEI were demonstrated in vitro and in vivo. In addition, ALT nanoparticles were able to deliver siRNA in vivo with significantly higher efficiency than chitosan nanoparticles. The results in the present study give evidence of the great implications of ALT nanoparticles in biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity, high stability and simple preparation method.
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- Noha G Morsi
- a Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine , Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- a Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine , Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- a Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine , Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- a Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine , Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- b Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- c School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Tianjin University of Technology , Tianjin , China
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- a Assiut International Center of Nanomedicine , Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt.,d Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , TX , USA.,e Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy , Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt.,f Misr University for Science and Technology , 6th of October City , Egypt
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Dong S, Chen Q, Li W, Jiang Z, Ma J, Gao H. A dendritic catiomer with an MOF motif for the construction of safe and efficient gene delivery systems. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:8322-8329. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb01966a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The dendritic catiomer using biocompatible Zr-MOFs as the core exhibited a markedly higher transfection efficiency and lower cytotoxicity than the commercial gold standard branched PEI25k in A549 cells.
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- Shuqi Dong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
- P. R. China
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A spermine conjugated stearic acid-g-chitosan oligosaccharide polymer with different types of amino groups for efficient p53 gene therapy. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 145:695-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.05.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wang T, Chen Q, Lu H, Li W, Li Z, Ma J, Gao H. Shedding PEG Palisade by Temporal Photostimulation and Intracellular Reducing Milieu for Facilitated Intracellular Trafficking and DNA Release. Bioconjug Chem 2016; 27:1949-57. [PMID: 27453033 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The dilemma of poly(ethylene glycol) surface modification (PEGylation) inspired us to develop an intracellularly sheddable PEG palisade for synthetic delivery systems. Here, we attempted to conjugate PEG to polyethylenimine (PEI) through tandem linkages of disulfide-bridge susceptible to cytoplasmic reduction and an azobenzene/cyclodextrin inclusion complex responsive to external photoirradiation. The subsequent investigations revealed that facile PEG detachment could be achieved in endosomes upon photoirradiation, consequently engendering exposure of membrane-disruptive PEI for facilitated endosome escape. The liberated formulation in the cytosol was further subjected to complete PEG detachment relying on disulfide cleavage in the reductive cytosol, thus accelerating dissociation of electrostatically assembled PEI/DNA polyplex to release DNA by means of polyion exchange reaction with intracellularly charged species, ultimately contributing to efficient gene expression.
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- Tieyan Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology , 391 Binshui Xidao, Tianjin, Xiqing District, 300384, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology , 391 Binshui Xidao, Tianjin, Xiqing District, 300384, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology , 391 Binshui Xidao, Tianjin, Xiqing District, 300384, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin University , 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, Nankai District, 300072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology , 391 Binshui Xidao, Tianjin, Xiqing District, 300384, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin University of Technology , 391 Binshui Xidao, Tianjin, Xiqing District, 300384, China
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Wu Y, Chen Q, Li Q, Lu H, Wu X, Ma J, Gao H. Daylight-stimulated antibacterial activity for sustainable bacterial detection and inhibition. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:6350-6357. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb01629d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Light-stimulated AIE-based nanocomplexes have been developed as convenient tools to accomplish the tasks of the detection and inhibition of bacteria.
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- Yuanhao Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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- Department of Chemistry
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cambridge
- USA
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion
- Tianjin University of Technology
- Tianjin 300384
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Wang X, Yang Y, Zuo Y, Yang F, Shen H, Wu D. Facile creation of FRET systems from a pH-responsive AIE fluorescent vesicle. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:5320-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01706a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We demonstrate a facile approach to constructing aggregation induced emission (AIE) fluorescent vesicles for creation of FRET systems.
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- Xing Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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