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Ye L, Yu C, Xia J, Ni K, Zhang Y, Ying X, Xie D, Jin Y, Sun R, Tang R, Fan S, Yao S. Multifunctional nanomaterials via cell cuproptosis and oxidative stress for treating osteosarcoma and OS-induced bone destruction. Mater Today Bio 2024; 25:100996. [PMID: 38420143 PMCID: PMC10900125 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.100996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) refers to a highly reactive class of oxidizing species that have the potential to induce cellular apoptosis and necrosis. Cuproptosis, a type of cell death, is primarily associated with the effects of copper ions. However, the specific relationship between ROS, cuproptosis, and osteosarcoma (OS) remains relatively unexplored. Additionally, there is limited research on the use of cuproptosis in conjunction with oxidative stress for treating OS and inhibiting tumor-induced bone destruction. To address these gaps, a novel treatment approach has been developed for OS and neoplastic bone destruction. This approach involves the utilization of glutathione (GSH) and pH-responsive organic-inorganic mesoporous silica nanoparticles@Cu2S@oxidized Dextran (short for MCD). The MCD material demonstrates excellent cytocompatibility, osteogenesis, tumor suppression, and the ability to inhibit osteoclast formation. The specific mechanism of action involves the mitochondria of the MCD material inhibiting key proteins in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Simultaneously, the generation of ROS promotes this inhibition and leads to alterations in cellular energy metabolism. Moreover, the MCD biomaterial exhibits promising mild-temperature photothermal therapy in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) range, effectively mitigating tumor growth and OS-induced bone destruction in vivo.
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- Lin Ye
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University-the Fifth Medical Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University-Lishui Central Hospital, Lishui, 323600, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University-the Fifth Medical Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University-Lishui Central Hospital, Lishui, 323600, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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Miya N, Machogo-Phao LFE, Ntsendwana B. Exploring Copper Oxide and Copper Sulfide for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensors: Current Progress and Future Directions. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:1849. [PMID: 37893284 PMCID: PMC10609065 DOI: 10.3390/mi14101849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Millions of people worldwide are affected by diabetes, a chronic disease that continuously grows due to abnormal glucose concentration levels present in the blood. Monitoring blood glucose concentrations is therefore an essential diabetes indicator to aid in the management of the disease. Enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors presently account for the bulk of glucose sensors on the market. However, their disadvantages are that they are expensive and dependent on environmental conditions, hence affecting their performance and sensitivity. To meet the increasing demand, non-enzymatic glucose sensors based on chemically modified electrodes for the direct electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose are a good alternative to the costly enzymatic-based sensors currently on the market, and the research thereof continues to grow. Nanotechnology-based biosensors have been explored for their electronic and mechanical properties, resulting in enhanced biological signaling through the direct oxidation of glucose. Copper oxide and copper sulfide exhibit attractive attributes for sensor applications, due to their non-toxic nature, abundance, and unique properties. Thus, in this review, copper oxide and copper sulfide-based materials are evaluated based on their chemical structure, morphology, and fast electron mobility as suitable electrode materials for non-enzymatic glucose sensors. The review highlights the present challenges of non-enzymatic glucose sensors that have limited their deployment into the market.
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- DSI/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Advanced Materials Division, Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, South Africa; (N.M.); (B.N.)
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Zhuo X, Liu Z, Aishajiang R, Wang T, Yu D. Recent Progress of Copper-Based Nanomaterials in Tumor-Targeted Photothermal Therapy/Photodynamic Therapy. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2293. [PMID: 37765262 PMCID: PMC10534922 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092293] [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: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Nanotechnology, an emerging and promising therapeutic tool, may improve the effectiveness of phototherapy (PT) in antitumor therapy because of the development of nanomaterials (NMs) with light-absorbing properties. The tumor-targeted PTs, such as photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT), transform light energy into heat and produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that accumulate at the tumor site. The increase in ROS levels induces oxidative stress (OS) during carcinogenesis and disease development. Because of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) feature of copper (Cu), a vital trace element in the human body, Cu-based NMs can exhibit good near-infrared (NIR) absorption and excellent photothermal properties. In the tumor microenvironment (TME), Cu2+ combines with H2O2 to produce O2 that is reduced to Cu1+ by glutathione (GSH), causing a Fenton-like reaction that reduces tumor hypoxia and simultaneously generates ROS to eliminate tumor cells in conjunction with PTT/PDT. Compared with other therapeutic modalities, PTT/PDT can precisely target tumor location to kill tumor cells. Moreover, multiple treatment modalities can be combined with PTT/PDT to treat a tumor using Cu-based NMs. Herein, we reviewed and briefly summarized the mechanisms of actions of tumor-targeted PTT/PDT and the role of Cu, generated from Cu-based NMs, in PTs. Furthermore, we described the Cu-based NMs used in PTT/PDT applications.
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (R.A.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (X.Z.); (Z.L.); (R.A.)
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Miao H, Wu Y, Zhou C, Yang Z, Kong C. Controlled Growth Cu 2S Nanoarrays with High-Performance Photothermal Properties. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1260. [PMID: 37049353 PMCID: PMC10096858 DOI: 10.3390/nano13071260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The controlled growth of Cu2S nanoarrays was constructed by a facile two-step impregnation synthesis route. The as-synthesized Cu2S/CuO@Cu samples were precisely characterized in terms of surface morphology, phase, composition, and oxidation states. At the laser irradiation of 808 nm, Cu2S/CuO@Cu heated up to 106 °C from room temperature in 120 s, resulting in an excellent photothermal conversion performance. The Cu2S/CuO@Cu exhibited excellent cycling performance-sustaining the photothermal performance during five heating-cooling cycles. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation of optical absorption and electric field distributions assured the accuracy and reliability of the developed experimental conditions for acquiring the best photothermal performance of Cu2S/CuO@Cu.
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- Huanran Miao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100094, China; (Y.W.)
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- China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100094, China; (Y.W.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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Sood A, Kumar A, Gupta VK, Kim CM, Han SS. Translational Nanomedicines Across Human Reproductive Organs Modeling on Microfluidic Chips: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023; 9:62-84. [PMID: 36541361 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Forecasting the consequence of nanoparticles (NPs) and therapeutically significant molecules before materializing for human clinical trials is a mainstay for drug delivery and screening processes. One of the noteworthy obstacles that has prevented the clinical translation of NP-based drug delivery systems and novel drugs is the lack of effective preclinical platforms. As a revolutionary technology, the organ-on-a-chip (OOC), a coalition of microfluidics and tissue engineering, has surfaced as an alternative to orthodox screening platforms. OOC technology recapitulates the structural and physiological features of human organs along with intercommunications between tissues on a chip. The current review discusses the concept of microfluidics and confers cutting-edge fabrication processes for chip designing. We also outlined the advantages of microfluidics in analyzing NPs in terms of characterization, transport, and degradation in biological systems. The review further elaborates the scope and research on translational nanomedicines in human reproductive organs (testis, placenta, uterus, and menstrual cycle) by taking the advantages offered by microfluidics and shedding light on their potential future implications. Finally, we accentuate the existing challenges for clinical translation and scale-up dynamics for microfluidics chips and emphasize its future perspectives.
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- Ankur Sood
- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea.,Institute of Cell Culture, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, 33 Dongjin-ro, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do 52725, South Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea.,Institute of Cell Culture, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea
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Sun CK, Wang YH, Chen YL, Lu TY, Chen HY, Pan SC, Chen PC, Liao MY, Yu J. Fabrication of an Au-doped Cu/Fe oxide-polymer core-shell nanoreactor with chemodynamic and photodynamic dual effects as potential cancer therapeutic agents. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18729. [PMID: 36333398 PMCID: PMC9636373 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nanoparticles are widely used in biomedical applications and cancer treatments due to their minute scale, multi-function, and long retention time. Among the various nanoparticles, the unique optical property derived from the localized surface plasmon resonance effect of metallic nanoparticles is a primary reason that metallic nanoparticles are researched and applied. Copper and Iron nanoparticles have the potential to generate hydroxyl radicals in excess H2O2 via Fenton or Fenton-like reactions. On the other hand, gold nanoparticles equipped with a photosensitizer can transfer the energy of photons to chemical energy and enhance the production of singlet oxygen, which is suitable for cancer treatment. With the actions of these two reactive oxygen species in the tumor microenvironment, cell apoptosis can further be induced. In this work, we first synthesized dual metal nanoparticles with poly[styrene-alt-(maleic acid, sodium salt)(Cu ferrite oxide-polymer) by a simple one-step hydrothermal reduction reaction. Then, gold(III) was reduced and doped into the structure, which formed a triple metal structure, Au-doped Cu ferrite nanoparticles (Au/Cu ferrite oxide-polymer NPs). The metal ratio of the product could be controlled by manipulating the Fe/Cu ratio of reactants and the sequence of addition of reactants. The core-shell structure was verified by transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, the hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen generation ability of Au/Cu ferrite oxide-polymer was proved. The chemodynamic and photodynamic effect was measured, and the in vitro ROS generation was observed. Furthermore, the behavior of endocytosis by cancer cells could be controlled by the magnetic field. The result indicated that Au/Cu ferrite oxide-polymer core-shell nanoreactor is a potential agent for chemodynamic/photodynamic synergetic therapy.
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- Chun-Kai Sun
- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- grid.266100.30000 0001 2107 4242Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- grid.445052.20000 0004 0639 3773Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, 90003 Taiwan
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- grid.412087.80000 0001 0001 3889Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608 Taiwan
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- grid.412087.80000 0001 0001 3889Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608 Taiwan
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- grid.445052.20000 0004 0639 3773Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, 90003 Taiwan
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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Wang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Zhang Z, She J, Wu D, Gao W. High Drug-Loading Nanomedicines for Tumor Chemo-Photo Combination Therapy: Advances and Perspectives. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14081735. [PMID: 36015361 PMCID: PMC9415722 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The combination of phototherapy and chemotherapy (chemo−photo combination therapy) is an excellent attempt for tumor treatment. The key requirement of this technology is the high drug-loading nanomedicines, which can load either chemotherapy drugs or phototherapy agents at the same nanomedicines and simultaneously deliver them to tumors, and play a multimode therapeutic role for tumor treatment. These nanomedicines have high drug-loading efficiency (>30%) and good tumor combination therapeutic effect with important clinical application potential. Although there are many reports of high drug-loading nanomedicines for tumor therapy at present, systematic analyses on those nanomedicines remain lacking and a comprehensive review is urgently needed. In this review, we systematically analyze the current status of developed high drug-loading nanomedicines for tumor chemo−photo combination therapy and summarize their types, methods, drug-loading properties, in vitro and in vivo applications. The shortcomings of the existing high drug-loading nanomedicines for tumor chemo−photo combination therapy and the possible prospective development direction are also discussed. We hope to attract more attention for researchers in different academic fields, provide new insights into the research of tumor therapy and drug delivery system and develop these nanomedicines as the useful tool for tumor chemo−photo combination therapy in the future.
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- Ya Wang
- Center for Gut Microbiome Research, Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
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- Center for Gut Microbiome Research, Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an 710061, China
- Correspondence: (J.S.); (D.W.); (W.G.)
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- Correspondence: (J.S.); (D.W.); (W.G.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Center for Brain Science & Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
- Correspondence: (J.S.); (D.W.); (W.G.)
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Alejo T, Sebastian V, Mendoza G, Arruebo M. Hybrid thermoresponsive nanoparticles containing drug nanocrystals for NIR-triggered remote release. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:1466-1477. [PMID: 34592544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The on-demand administration of anaesthetic drugs can be a promising alternative for chronic pain management. To further improve the efficacy of drug delivery vectors, high drug loadings combined with a spatiotemporal control on the release can not only relief the pain according to patient's needs, but also improve the drawbacks of conventional burst release delivery systems. In this study, a hybrid nanomaterial was developed by loading bupivacaine nanocrystals (BNCs) into oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA)-based thermoresponsive nanogels and coupling them to NIR-absorbing biodegradable copper sulphide nanoparticles (CuS NPs). Those CuS NPs were surface modified with polyelectrolytes using layer-by-layer techniques to be efficiently attached to the surface of nanogels by means of supramolecular interactions. The encapsulation of bupivacaine in the form of nanocrystals allowed to achieve CuS@BNC-nanogels having drug loadings as high as 65.5 wt%. The nanocrystals acted as long-lasting drug reservoirs, leading to an elevated localized drug content, which was useful for their application in prolonged pain relief. The CuS@BNC-nanogels exhibited favorable photothermal transducing properties upon NIR-light irradiation. The photothermal effect granted by the CuS NPs triggered the nano-crystallized drug release to be boosted by the collapse of the thermoresponsive nanogels upon heating. Remote control was achieved for on-demand release at a specific time and place, indicating their potential use as an externally activated triggerable drug-delivery system. Furthermore, cell viability tests and flow cytometry analysis were performed showing satisfactory cytocompatibility in the dose-ranging study having a subcytotoxic concentration of 0.05 mg/mL for CuS@BNC-nanogels. This remotely activated nanoplatform is a promising strategy for long-lasting controlled analgesia and a potential alternative for clinical pain management.
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- Teresa Alejo
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro - Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro - Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro - Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Garin C, Alejo T, Perez-Laguna V, Prieto M, Mendoza G, Arruebo M, Sebastian V, Rezusta A. Chalcogenide nanoparticles and organic photosensitizers for synergetic antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:6246-6259. [PMID: 34328492 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb00972a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Synergistic antimicrobial effects were observed for copper sulfide (CuS) nanoparticles together with indocyanine green (ICG) in the elimination of wild type pathogenic bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853) and also opportunistic fungal infective yeast (Candida albicans ATCC 10231). Furthermore, large antibacterial effects were observed for clinical isolates of Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) PFGE strain-type USA300. This efficient antimicrobial action was attributed to the combined extra- and intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species upon light irradiation. Instead of the use of visible-light for the activation of common photosensitizers, both ICG and CuS nanoparticles can be activated in the near infrared (NIR)-region of the electromagnetic spectrum and therefore, superior tissue penetration would be expected in a potential elimination of pathogenic microorganisms not only on the skin but also in the soft tissue. In the different bacteria studied a 3-log reduction in the bacterial counts was achieved after only 6 min of NIR irradiation and treatment with ICG or CuS alone at concentrations of 40 and 160 µg mL-1, respectively. A maximum bactericidal effect against S. aureus and USA300 strains was obtained for the combination of both photosensitizers at the same concentration. Regarding P. aeruginosa, a 4-log reduction in the CFU was observed for the combination of CuS and ICG at various concentrations. In Candida albicans the combination of both ICG and CuS and light irradiation showed an antimicrobial dose-dependent effect with the reduction of at least 3-log in the cell counts for the combination of ICG + CuS at reduced concentrations. The observed antimicrobial effect was solely attributed to a photodynamic effect and any photothermal effect was avoided to discard any potential thermal injury in a potential clinical application. The generation of reactive oxygen species upon near infrared-light irradiation for those photosensitizers used was measured either alone or in combination. The cytocompatibility of the proposed materials at the doses used in photodynamic therapy was also demonstrated in human dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes by cell culturing and flow cytometry studies.
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- Carlos Garin
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain.
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Gahlot S, Purohit B, Jeanneau E, Mishra S. Coinage Metal Complexes with Di‐tertiary‐butyl Sulfide as Precursors with Ultra‐Low Decomposition Temperature. Chemistry 2021; 27:10826-10832. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Sweta Gahlot
- Université Lyon 1 CNRS UMR 5256 IRCELYON Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon 2 avenue Albert Einstein 69626 Villeurbanne France
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- Université Lyon 1 CNRS UMR 5256 IRCELYON Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon 2 avenue Albert Einstein 69626 Villeurbanne France
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- Université Lyon 1 Centre de Diffractométrie Henri Longchambon 5 rue de La Doua 69100 Villeurbanne France
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- Université Lyon 1 CNRS UMR 5256 IRCELYON Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon 2 avenue Albert Einstein 69626 Villeurbanne France
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Curcio A, de Walle AV, Benassai E, Serrano A, Luciani N, Menguy N, Manshian BB, Sargsian A, Soenen S, Espinosa A, Abou-Hassan A, Wilhelm C. Massive Intracellular Remodeling of CuS Nanomaterials Produces Nontoxic Bioengineered Structures with Preserved Photothermal Potential. ACS NANO 2021; 15:9782-9795. [PMID: 34032115 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite efforts in producing nanoparticles with tightly controlled designs and specific physicochemical properties, these can undergo massive nano-bio interactions and bioprocessing upon internalization into cells. These transformations can generate adverse biological outcomes and premature loss of functional efficacy. Hence, understanding the intracellular fate of nanoparticles is a necessary prerequisite for their introduction in medicine. Among nanomaterials devoted to theranostics is copper sulfide (CuS), which provides outstanding optical properties along with easy synthesis and low cost. Herein, we performed a long-term multiscale study on the bioprocessing of hollow CuS nanoparticles (CuS NPs) and rattle-like iron oxide nanoflowers@CuS core-shell hybrids (IONF@CuS NPs) when inside stem cells and cancer cells, cultured as spheroids. In the spheroids, both CuS NPs and IONF@CuS NPs are rapidly dismantled into smaller units (day 0 to 3), and hair-like nanostructures are generated (day 9 to 21). This bioprocessing triggers an adaptation of the cellular metabolism to the internalized metals without impacting cell viability, differentiation, or oxidative stress response. Throughout the remodeling, a loss of IONF-derived magnetism is observed, but, surprisingly, the CuS photothermal potential is preserved, as demonstrated by a full characterization of the photothermal conversion across the bioprocessing process. The maintained photothermal efficiency correlated well with synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements, evidencing a similar chemical phase for Cu but not for Fe over time. These findings evidence that the intracellular bioprocessing of CuS nanoparticles can reshape them into bioengineered nanostructures without reducing the photothermal function and therapeutic potential.
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- Alberto Curcio
- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes MSC, UMR 7057, CNRS and University of Paris, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Laboratoire PhysicoChimie Curie, Institut Curie, PSL Research University-Sorbonne Université-CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes MSC, UMR 7057, CNRS and University of Paris, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Laboratoire PhysicoChimie Curie, Institut Curie, PSL Research University-Sorbonne Université-CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes MSC, UMR 7057, CNRS and University of Paris, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8234, PHysico-chimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Spanish CRG beamline at the European Synchrotron (ESRF), B.P. 220, F-38043 Grenoble, France
- Departamento de Electrocerámica, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio, ICV-CSIC, Kelsen 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes MSC, UMR 7057, CNRS and University of Paris, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- NanoHealth and Optical Imaging Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- NanoHealth and Optical Imaging Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- NanoHealth and Optical Imaging Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- IMDEA Nanociencia, c/ Faraday, 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Nanobiotecnología (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Unidad Asociada al Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8234, PHysico-chimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes MSC, UMR 7057, CNRS and University of Paris, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Laboratoire PhysicoChimie Curie, Institut Curie, PSL Research University-Sorbonne Université-CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Liu W, Xiang H, Tan M, Chen Q, Jiang Q, Yang L, Cao Y, Wang Z, Ran H, Chen Y. Nanomedicine Enables Drug-Potency Activation with Tumor Sensitivity and Hyperthermia Synergy in the Second Near-Infrared Biowindow. ACS NANO 2021; 15:6457-6470. [PMID: 33750100 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Disulfiram (DSF), a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism, is also used as an antitumor drug in combination with Cu2+ ions. However, studies have shown that the endogenous Cu2+ dose in tumor tissues is still insufficient to form relatively high levels of a bis(N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate) copper(II) complex (denoted as Cu(DTC)2) to selectively eradicate cancer cells. Here, DSF-loaded hollow copper sulfide nanoparticles (DSF@PEG-HCuSNPs) were designed to achieve tumor microenvironment (TME)-activated in situ formation of cytotoxic Cu(DTC)2 for NIR-II-induced, photonic hyperthermia-enhanced, and DSF-initiated cancer chemotherapy. The acidic TME triggered the gradual degradation of DSF@PEG-HCuSNPs, promoting the rapid release of DSF and Cu2+ ions, causing the in situ formation of cytotoxic Cu(DTC)2, to achieve efficient DSF-based chemotherapy. Additionally, DSF@PEG-HCuSNPs exhibited a notably high photothermal conversion efficiency of 23.8% at the second near-infrared (NIR-II) biowindow, thus significantly inducing photonic hyperthermia to eliminate cancer cells. Both in vitro and in vivo studies confirmed the effective photonic hyperthermia-induced chemotherapeutic efficacy of DSF by integrating the in situ formation of toxic Cu(DTC)2 complexes and evident temperature elevation upon NIR-II laser irradiation. Thus, this study represents a distinctive paradigm of in situ Cu2+ chelation-initiated "nontoxicity-to-toxicity" transformation for photonic hyperthermia-augmented DSF-based cancer chemotherapy.
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- Weiwei Liu
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Materdicine Lab, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People's Republic of China
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- Materdicine Lab, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
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Dai X, Ma J, Chen N, Cai Y, He Y, Li X, Gao F. MSNs-Based Nanocomposite for Biofilm Imaging and NIR-Activated Chem/Photothermal/Photodynamic Combination Therapy. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:2810-2820. [PMID: 35014320 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bacterial infections caused by biofilms are severe clinical problems, resulting in high drug resistance by limiting the penetration of antibiotics. Herein, a near-infrared (NIR)-activated chem/photodynamic/photothermal combined therapeutic agent is proposed by loading fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), ultrasmall copper sulfide nanoparticles (Cu2-xSNPs), and ε-polylysine (PLL) onto mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) through a layer-by-layer self-assembly approach. FITC-doped MSNs are prepared to monitor the permeability and accumulation of nanocomposites into biofilms. MSNs can also act as hosts for the synthesis of ultrasmall Cu2-xSNPs, which has effective photodynamic and photothermal ablation against bacteria under NIR light irradiation. Moreover, biodegradable PLL introduced can not only enhance adhesion toward the bacterial surface to increase the effectiveness of phototherapy but also damage bacteria through electrostatic interaction. As a result, the prepared nanocomposites could not only penetrate biofilms but also ablate biofilms through combined chem/photodynamic/photothermal effects under NIR light irradiation. Furthermore, the nanocomposites could treat bacterial infections in vivo with negligible tissue toxicity. Overall, the finely designed nanocomposites are anticipated to display promising applications in imaging-guided chem/photodynamic/photothermal combined therapy for bacterial infections.
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- Xiaomei Dai
- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Biosensing and Bioimaging (LOBAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Biosensing and Bioimaging (LOBAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Biosensing and Bioimaging (LOBAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules Research, Institute of Synthesis and Application of Medical Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Biosensing and Bioimaging (LOBAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules Research, Institute of Synthesis and Application of Medical Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Laboratory of Biosensing and Bioimaging (LOBAB), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China
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Kuo SH, Wu PT, Huang JY, Chiu CP, Yu J, Liao MY. Fabrication of Anisotropic Cu Ferrite-Polymer Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Ablation of Cervical Cancer Cells. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E2429. [PMID: 33291730 PMCID: PMC7761902 DOI: 10.3390/nano10122429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In this work we developed methylene blue-immobilized copper-iron nanoparticles (MB-CuFe NPs) through a facile one-step hydrothermal reaction to achieve a better phototherapeutic effect. The Fe/Cu ratio of the CuFe NPs was controllable by merely changing the loading amount of iron precursor concentration. The CuFe NPs could serve as a Fenton catalyst to convert hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into reactive oxygen species (ROS), while the superparamagnetic properties also suggest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) potential. Furthermore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved MB photosensitizer could strongly adsorb onto the surface of CuFe NPs to facilitate the drug delivery into cells and improve the photodynamic therapy at 660 nm via significant generation of singlet oxygen species, leading to enhanced cancer cell-damaging efficacy. An MTT (thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide) assay proved the low cytotoxicity of the CuFe NPs to cervical cancer cells (HeLa cells), namely above 80% at 25 ppm of the sample dose. A slight dissolution of Cu and Fe ions from the CuFe NPs in an acidic environment was obtained, providing direct evidence for CuFe NPs being degradable without the risk of long-term retention in the body. Moreover, the tremendous photo-to-thermal conversion of CuFe NPs was examined, which might be combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) for promising development in the depletion of cancer cells after a single pulse of deep-red light irradiation at high laser power.
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- Shuo-Hsiu Kuo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (P.-T.W.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (P.-T.W.)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 90003, Taiwan; (J.-Y.H.); (C.-P.C.)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 90003, Taiwan; (J.-Y.H.); (C.-P.C.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (P.-T.W.)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 90003, Taiwan; (J.-Y.H.); (C.-P.C.)
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Sui J, Yan J, Liu D, Wang K, Luo G. Continuous Synthesis of Nanocrystals via Flow Chemistry Technology. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1902828. [PMID: 31755221 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Modern nanotechnologies bring humanity to a new age, and advanced methods for preparing functional nanocrystals are cornerstones. A considerable variety of nanomaterials has been created over the past decades, but few were prepared on the macro scale, even fewer making it to the stage of industrial production. The gap between academic research and engineering production is expected to be filled by flow chemistry technology, which relies on microreactors. Microreaction devices and technologies for synthesizing different kinds of nanocrystals are discussed from an engineering point of view. The advantages of microreactors, the important features of flow chemistry systems, and methods to apply them in the syntheses of salt, oxide, metal, alloy, and quantum dot nanomaterials are summarized. To further exhibit the scaling-up of nanocrystal synthesis, recent reports on using microreactors with gram per hour and larger production rates are highlighted. Finally, an industrial example for preparing 10 tons of CaCO3 nanoparticles per day is introduced, which shows the great potential for flow chemistry processes to transfer lab research to industry.
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- Jinsong Sui
- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Spatiotemporal control of photothermal heating using pH sensitive near-infrared croconaine-based dyes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.111936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Ortega-Liebana MC, Encabo-Berzosa MM, Casanova A, Pereboom MD, Alda JO, Hueso JL, Santamaria J. Upconverting Carbon Nanodots from Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) as Near-Infrared Activated Phototheranostic Agents. Chemistry 2019; 25:5539-5546. [PMID: 30741455 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This work describes the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots (CNDs) synthesized from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as a precursor and their application as luminescent agents with a dual-mode theranostic role as near-infrared (NIR) triggered imaging and photodynamic therapy agents. Interestingly, these fluorescent CNDs are more rapidly and selectively internalized by tumor cells and exhibit very limited cytotoxicity until remotely activated with a NIR illumination source. These CNDs are excellent candidates for phototheranostic purposes, for example, simultaneous imaging and therapy can be carried out on cancer cells by using their luminescent properties and the in situ generation of reactive oxidative species (ROS) upon excitation in the NIR range. In the presence of CNDs, NIR remote activation induces the in vitro killing of U251MG cells. Through the use of flow imaging cytometry, we have been able to successfully map and quantify the different types of cell deaths induced by the presence of intracellular superoxide anions (. O2 - ) and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) ROS generated in situ upon NIR irradiation.
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- M Carmen Ortega-Liebana
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Rio Ebro, R+D Building, C/Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Rio Ebro, R+D Building, C/Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Zaragoza Medical School, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Zaragoza Medical School, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Zaragoza Medical School, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Rio Ebro, R+D Building, C/Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon (ICMA), Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Rio Ebro, R+D Building, C/Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon (ICMA), Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
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Ma M, Liu X, Tan L, Cui Z, Yang X, Liang Y, Li Z, Zheng Y, Yeung KWK, Wu S. Enhancing the antibacterial efficacy of low-dose gentamicin with 5 minute assistance of photothermy at 50 °C. Biomater Sci 2019; 7:1437-1447. [DOI: 10.1039/c8bm01539b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Implant materials are prone to bacterial infections and cause serious consequences, while traditional antibiotic therapy has a long treatment cycle and even causes bacterial resistance.
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Liu X, Yang T, Han Y, Zou L, Yang H, Jiang J, Liu S, Zhao Q, Huang W. In Situ Growth of CuS/SiO 2-Based Multifunctional Nanotherapeutic Agents for Combined Photodynamic/Photothermal Cancer Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:31008-31018. [PMID: 30130088 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A scalable and low-cost strategy is developed to fabricate a novel CuS/SiO2-based nanotherapeutic agent for dual-model imaging-guided photothermal/photodynamic combined therapy. In this design, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with CuS bundled in the channel are obtained in aqueous solution via in situ growth route for the first time. Furthermore, to achieve a more efficient therapy, photosensitizer (complex Ir-2) and bovine serum albumin are sequentially assembled via layer-by-layer method. The as-prepared complex Ir-2 presents a remarkably high 1O2 generation (ΦΔ = 1.3) under light illumination to offer effective photodynamic cell killing, and MSN/CuS exhibits high photothermal conversion efficiency (η = 31.7%) under illumination by 808 nm light to offer hyperthermia tumor ablation. In vitro and in vivo analyses show that the as-obtained nanotherapeutic agents exhibit excellent performance in tumor therapy even under irradiation with low power because of the high yield of 1O2 combined with the high photothermal conversion efficiency. Additionally, the nanotherapeutic agents are readily visualized in vivo via near-infrared fluorescence and thermal imaging. More importantly, based on the strategy of in situ growth and layer-by-layer assembly developed in this study, the development of other "all-in-one" multifunctional theranostic platform with high efficiency can be predictable.
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- Xiangmei Liu
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) , Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) , 127 West Youyi Road , Xi'an 710072 , Shaanxi , China
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Pro-angiogenic near infrared-responsive hydrogels for deliberate transgene expression. Acta Biomater 2018; 78:123-136. [PMID: 30098440 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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CuS nanoparticles (CuSNP) are degradable, readily prepared, inexpensive to produce and efficiently cleared from the body. In this work, we explored the feasibility of CuSNP to function as degradable near infrared (NIR) nanotransducers within fibrin-based cellular scaffolds. To prepare NIR-responsive CuSNP hydrogels, fibrinogen was dissolved in cell culture medium and supplemented with aqueous dispersions of CuSNP. Fibrinogen polymerization was catalyzed by the addition of thrombin. In some experiments, HUVEC, C3H/10T1/2 or C3H/10T1/2-fLuc cells, that harbor a heat-activated and rapamycin-dependent gene switch for regulating the expression of firefly luciferase transgene, were incorporated to the sol phase of the hydrogel. For in vivo experiments, hydrogels were injected subcutaneously in the back of adult C3H/HeN mice. Upon NIR irradiation, CuSNP hydrogels allowed heat-inducible and rapamycin-dependent transgene expression in cells contained therein, in vitro and in vivo. C3H/10T1/2 cells cultured in CuSNP hydrogels increased metabolic activity, survival rate and fibrinolytic activity, which correlated with changes at the transcriptome level. Media conditioned by CuSNP hydrogels increased viability of HUVEC which formed pseudocapillary structures and remodeled protein matrix when entrapped within these hydrogels. After long-term implantation, the skin patches that covered the CuSNP hydrogels showed increased capillary density which was not detected in mice implanted with matrices lacking CuSNP. In summary, NIR-responsive scaffolds harboring CuSNP offer compelling features in the tissue engineering field, as degradable implants with enhanced integration capacity in host tissues that can provide remote controlled deployment of therapeutic gene products. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Hydrogels composed of fibrin embedding copper sulfide nanoparticles (CuSNP) efficiently convert incident near infrared (NIR) energy into heat and can function as cellular scaffolding. NIR laser irradiation of CuSNP hydrogels can be employed to remotely induce spatiotemporal patterns of transgene expression in genetically engineered multipotent stem cells. CuSNP incorporation in hydrogel architecture accelerates the cell-mediated degradation of the fibrin matrix and induces pro-angiogenic responses that may facilitate the integration of these NIR-responsive scaffolds in host tissues. CuSNP hydrogels that harbor cells capable of controlled expression of therapeutic gene products may be well suited for tissue engineering as they are biodegradable, enhance implant vascularization and can be used to deploy growth factors in a desired spatiotemporal fashion.
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Ortiz de Solorzano I, Alejo T, Abad M, Bueno-Alejo C, Mendoza G, Andreu V, Irusta S, Sebastian V, Arruebo M. Cleavable and thermo-responsive hybrid nanoparticles for on-demand drug delivery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 533:171-181. [PMID: 30153594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.08.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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By combining the photothermal ability of copper sulphide nanoparticles (NPs) upon excitation with Near Infrared (NIR) Light and the thermo-responsive properties of the homemade oligo (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate copolymer we have obtained fragmentable nanocomposites able to release a carried drug on-demand after NIR-light triggering. A complete physico-chemical characterization of the resulting nanoparticles has been carried out and their degradation assessed at different temperatures. Herein, we have also evaluated the drug loading capacity of those nanoparticles and the temperature dependence in their drug release kinetics using bupivacaine hydrochloride as a model drug. For those hybrid nanoparticles, subcytotoxic doses on four different cell lines and their potential interference in cell metabolism, induction of apoptosis, and cell cycle have been evaluated by Alamar Blue fluorometry and flow cytometry.
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- Isabel Ortiz de Solorzano
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/ Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Tai YW, Chiu YC, Wu PT, Yu J, Chin YC, Wu SP, Chuang YC, Hsieh HC, Lai PS, Yu HP, Liao MY. Degradable NIR-PTT Nanoagents with a Potential Cu@Cu 2O@Polymer Structure. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:5161-5174. [PMID: 29359551 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b15109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Cu@Cu2O@PSMA polymer nanoparticles (Cu@Cu2O@polymer NPs) with near-infrared (NIR) absorption were successfully synthesized in a single-step oxidation reaction of Cu@PSMA polymer NPs at 100 °C for 20 min. The shape, structure, and optical properties of the Cu@Cu2O@polymer NPs were tailorable by controlling the reaction parameters, for example, using the initial Cu@PSMA polymer NP as a template and varying the halide ion content, heating temperature, and reaction time. The Cu@Cu2O@polymer NPs exhibited robust NIR absorption between 650 and 710 nm and possessed superior oxidation resistance in water and culture media. In vitro assays demonstrated the low cytotoxicity of the Cu@Cu2O@PSMA polymer NPs to HeLa cells through an improved cell viability, high IC50, low injury incidence from the supernatant of the partly dissociated Cu@Cu2O@PSMA polymer NPs, and minor generation of reactive oxygen species. More importantly, we demonstrated that the inorganic Cu-based nanocomposite [+0.34 V vs normal hydrogen electrode (NHE)] was degradable in an endogenous H2O2 (+1.78 V vs NHE) environment. Cu ions were detected in the urine of mice, which illustrates the possibility of extraction after the degradation of the Cu-based particles. 'After an treatment of the HeLa cells with the Cu@Cu2O@polymer NPs and a 660 nm light-emitting diode, the photoablation of 50 and 90% cells was observed at NP doses of 20 and 50 ppm, respectively. These results demonstrate that NIR-functional and moderate redox-active Cu@Cu2O@polymer NPs are potential next-generation photothermal therapy (PTT) nanoagents because of combined features of degradation resistance in the physiological environment, enabling the delivery of efficient PTT, a possibly improved ability to selectively harm cancer cells by releasing Cu ions under high-H2O2 and/or low-pH conditions, and ability to be extracted from the body after biodegradation.
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- Yu-Wei Tai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Zhongxiao Branch, Taipei City Hospital , Taipei 11556, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University , Pingtung 90003, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University , Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University , Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University , Pingtung 90003, Taiwan
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Hu C, Chen W, Xie Y, Verma SK, Destro P, Zhan G, Chen X, Zhao X, Schuck PJ, Kriegel I, Manna L. Generating plasmonic heterostructures by cation exchange and redox reactions of covellite CuS nanocrystals with Au 3+ ions. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:2781-2789. [PMID: 29359781 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07283j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We demonstrate the fabrication of various types of heterostructures, including core-shells and dimers. This is achieved by reacting platelet-shaped covellite (CuS) nanocrystals (NCs) with Au3+ ions under various reaction conditions: the exposure of CuS NCs to Au3+ ions, in the presence or in the absence of ascorbic acid (AA), leads to the formation of CuS@Au core-shell nanostructures; the reaction of CuS NCs with Au3+ ions in the presence of oleylamine (OM) leads to the formation of CuS@Au2S; the presence of both OM and AA leads to the formation of Au/CuS dimers. Depending on which condition is chosen, either cation exchange (CE) between gold and copper ions is predominant (leading to amorphous Au2S) or the reduction of Au3+ leads to the nucleation of metallic Au domains (which are operated by the AA). In the heterostructures achieved by CE, the Au2S shell is almost entirely amorphous, and can be converted to polycrystalline upon electron beam irradiation. Finally, when both oleylamine and AA are present in the reaction environment, Au/CuS dimers are formed due to the reduction of Au3+ to metallic Au domains which nucleate on top of the CuS seeds. The experimental dual plasmonic bands of the CuS@Au core-shells and Au/CuS dimers are in agreement with the theoretical optical simulations. The procedures described here enable the synthesis of core-shell nanostructures with tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near-infrared (NIR) region, and of plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructures with LSPRs in both the NIR and the visible regions.
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- Chao Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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Rubio-Ruiz B, Pérez-López AM, Bray TL, Lee M, Serrels A, Prieto M, Arruebo M, Carragher NO, Sebastián V, Unciti-Broceta A. High-Precision Photothermal Ablation Using Biocompatible Palladium Nanoparticles and Laser Scanning Microscopy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:3341-3348. [PMID: 29320154 PMCID: PMC5799879 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b17282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Herein, we report a straightforward method for the scalable preparation of Pd nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) with reduced inherent cytotoxicity and high photothermal conversion capacity. These Pd-NPs are rapidly taken up by cells and able to kill labeled cancer cells upon short exposure to near-infrared (NIR) light. Following cell treatment with Pd-NPs, ablated areas were patterned with high precision by laser scanning microscopy, allowing one to perform cell migration assays with unprecedented accuracy. Using coherent Raman microscopy, cells containing Pd-NPs were simultaneously ablated and imaged. This novel methodology was combined with intravital imaging to mediate microablation of cancerous tissue in tumor xenografts in mice.
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- Belén Rubio-Ruiz
- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen’s Medical Research
Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon
Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University
of Zaragoza, Campus Río
Ebro-Edificio I+D, c/Poeta Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon
Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University
of Zaragoza, Campus Río
Ebro-Edificio I+D, c/Poeta Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Networking
Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon
Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University
of Zaragoza, Campus Río
Ebro-Edificio I+D, c/Poeta Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Networking
Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Research
UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, United Kingdom
- E-mail: . Phone: 0044 131 6518500
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Chen W, Xie Y, Hu C, Zeng T, Jiang H, Qiao F, Gu J, Dong X, Zhao X. Room temperature synthesis of aqueous soluble covellite CuS nanocrystals with high photothermal conversion. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00644j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Generating aqueous soluble covellite CuS nanocrystals with well-defined NIR plasmon absorbance by reacting Cu2+ with S2− ions via a facile and scalable protocol at room temperature, in the presence of various ligands.
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- Wenhui Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures
- Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
- Wuhan 430070
- P. R. China
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Prieto M, Rwei AY, Alejo T, Wei T, Lopez-Franco MT, Mendoza G, Sebastian V, Kohane DS, Arruebo M. Light-Emitting Photon-Upconversion Nanoparticles in the Generation of Transdermal Reactive-Oxygen Species. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:41737-41747. [PMID: 29131564 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Common photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy do not penetrate the skin effectively. In addition, the visible blue and red lights used to excite such photosensitizers have shallow penetration depths through tissue. To overcome these limitations, we have synthesized ultraviolet- and visible-light-emitting, energy-transfer-based upconversion nanoparticles and coencapsulated them inside PLGA-PEG (methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)) nanoparticles with the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX. Nd3+ has been introduced as a sensitizer in the upconversion nanostructure to allow its excitation at 808 nm. The subcytotoxic doses of the hybrid nanoparticles have been evaluated on different cell lines (i.e., fibroblasts, HaCaT, THP-1 monocytic cell line, U251MG (glioblastoma cell line), and mMSCs (murine mesenchymal stem cells). Upon NIR (near infrared)-light excitation, the upconversion nanoparticles emitted UV and VIS light, which consequently activated the generation of reactive-oxygen species (ROS). In addition, after irradiating at 808 nm, the resulting hybrid nanoparticles containing both upconversion nanoparticles and protoporphyrin IX generated 3.4 times more ROS than PLGA-PEG nanoparticles containing just the same dose of protoporphyrin IX. Their photodynamic effect was also assayed on different cell cultures, demonstrating their efficacy in selectively killing treated and irradiated cells. Compared to the topical application of the free photosensitizer, enhanced skin permeation and penetration were observed for the nanoparticulate formulation, using an ex vivo human-skin-permeation experiment. Whereas free protoporphyrin IX remained located at the outer layer of the skin, nanoparticle-encapsulated protoporphyrin IX was able to penetrate through the epidermal layer slightly into the dermis.
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- Martin Prieto
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN , 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Nanoscience (INA), University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro , Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón) , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN , 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Ren S, Cheng X, Chen M, Liu C, Zhao P, Huang W, He J, Zhou Z, Miao L. Hypotoxic and Rapidly Metabolic PEG-PCL-C3-ICG Nanoparticles for Fluorescence-Guided Photothermal/Photodynamic Therapy against OSCC. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:31509-31518. [PMID: 28858474 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The development of agents for noninvasive photothermal/photodynamic therapies (PTT/PDT) against cancer remains challenging because most PTT agents cause side effects on normal tissues due to their high cytotoxicity and slow metabolism rate. We successfully synthesized an organic compound (C3), encapsulated in PEG-PCL with indocyanine green (ICG), to form hybrid nanoparticles (PEG-PCL-C3-ICG NPs) for use as a new PPT/PDT agent to treat cancer with a single irradiation. Compared with conventional PPT agents, such as Au nanorods, C3 showed better photothermal conversion stability, lower cytotoxicity and a faster metabolic rate, ensuring promising PTT efficacy in eliminating tumors during in vivo application, while ICG was used as a PDT agent. With 808 nm laser irradiation at tumor sites, the PEG-PCL-C3-ICG NPs were able to simultaneously produce hyperthermia through C3 and produce reactive oxygen species as well as a fluorescence-guided effect through ICG to kill oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells. The combination of these hypotoxic and metabolic hybrid nanoparticles with radiation therapy has potential for the future treatment of OSCC.
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- Shuangshuang Ren
- Department of Periodontology, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P. R. China
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- Department of Periodontology, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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Sun S, Li P, Liang S, Yang Z. Diversified copper sulfide (Cu 2-xS) micro-/nanostructures: a comprehensive review on synthesis, modifications and applications. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:11357-11404. [PMID: 28776056 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03828c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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As a significant metal chalcogenide, copper sulfide (Cu2-xS, 0 < x < 1), with a unique semiconducting and nontoxic nature, has received significant attention over the past few decades. Extensive investigations have been employed to the various Cu2-xS micro-/nanostructures owing to their excellent optoelectronic behavior, potential thermoelectric properties, and promising biomedical applications. As a result, micro-/nanostructured Cu2-xS with well-controlled morphologies, sizes, crystalline phases, and compositions have been rationally synthesized and applied in the fields of photocatalysis, energy conversion, in vitro biosensing, and in vivo imaging and therapy. However, a comprehensive review on diversified Cu2-xS micro-/nanostructures is still lacking; therefore, there is an imperative need to thoroughly highlight the new advances made in function-directed Cu2-xS-based nanocomposites. In this review, we have summarized the important progress made in the diversified Cu2-xS micro-/nanostructures, including that in the synthetic strategies for the preparation of 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D micro-/nanostructures (including polyhedral, hierarchical, hollow architectures, and superlattices) and in the development of modified Cu2-xS-based composites for enhanced performance, as well as their various applications. Furthermore, the present issues and promising research directions are briefly discussed.
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- Shaodong Sun
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, ShaanXi, People's Republic of China.
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Xie Y, Chen W, Bertoni G, Kriegel I, Xiong M, Li N, Prato M, Riedinger A, Sathya A, Manna L. Tuning and Locking the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of CuS (Covellite) Nanocrystals by an Amorphous CuPd x S Shell. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2017; 29:1716-1723. [PMID: 28413257 PMCID: PMC5389691 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
We demonstrate the stabilization of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in a semiconductor-based core-shell heterostructure made of a plasmonic CuS core embedded in an amorphous-like alloyed CuPd x S shell. This heterostructure is prepared by reacting the as-synthesized CuS nanocrystals (NCs) with Pd2+ cations at room temperature in the presence of an electron donor (ascorbic acid). The reaction starts from the surface of the CuS NCs and proceeds toward the center, causing reorganization of the initial lattice and amorphization of the covellite structure. According to density functional calculations, Pd atoms are preferentially accommodated between the bilayer formed by the S-S covalent bonds, which are therefore broken, and this can be understood as the first step leading to amorphization of the particles upon insertion of the Pd2+ ions. The position and intensity in near-infrared LSPRs can be tuned by altering the thickness of the shell and are in agreement with the theoretical optical simulation based on the Mie-Gans theory and Drude model. Compared to the starting CuS NCs, the amorphous CuPd x S shell in the core-shell nanoparticles makes their plasmonic response less sensitive to a harsh oxidation environment (generated, for example, by the presence of I2).
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Affiliation(s)
- Yi Xie
- State
Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- E-mail:
| | - Wenhui Chen
- State
Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
| | - Giovanni Bertoni
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
| | - Ilka Kriegel
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Molecular
Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Mo Xiong
- State
Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
| | - Neng Li
- State
Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), No. 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
| | - Mirko Prato
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
| | - Andreas Riedinger
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Optical
Materials Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Ayyappan Sathya
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
| | - Liberato Manna
- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- E-mail:
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