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Roy K, Ghosh AK, Das PK. Naphthalene Diimide-Based Orange Emitting Luminogen: A Fluorometric Probe for Thiol Sensing through the Click Reaction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15690-15704. [PMID: 37874762 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Fluorometric sensors have gained considerable attention in various fields, including environmental monitoring, biomedical research, and clinical diagnostics. This article delineates the fabrication of an orange emitting naphthalene diimide (NDI) derivative consisting of maleimide moiety (NDI-mal) for fluorometric sensing of thiols. Spherical shaped organic nanoparticles (∼100-150 nm) were constructed by NDI-mal in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)/dimethylformamide (DMF)-water through J-type aggregation. NDI-mal displayed self-assembly driven aggregation-induced emission (AIE) through excimer formation at λem= 588 nm at fw = 99 vol % DMSO/DMF-water. Naphthyl residue at both terminals of NDI-mal facilitates intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the donor naphthyl residue to the acceptor NDI core. The fluorescence intensity of NDI-mal fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONPs) got quenched in the presence of thiols due to thiol-maleimide adduct formation (Michael addition). NDI-mal FONPs selectively probed thiol functionalized small molecules (4-aminothiophenol), biomolecules (glutathione (GSH)), and proteins (reduced BSA) with high sensitivity having a limit of detection of 15.3 nM, 6.0 nM, and 9.2 ng/mL, respectively. Importantly, thiol sensing was selective against analogous small molecules, biomolecules, and proteins devoid of thiol moieties. Cellular imaging demonstrated selective diagnosis of cancer cells by NDI-mal FONPs through quenching of its emission upon interaction with thiols in B16F10 cells due to the high abundance of GSH in cancer cells compared to NIH3T3 cells. NDI-mal FONPs emitted their native fluorescence inside cells subjected to reactive oxygen species mediated thiol oxidation via Fenton's reaction. Notably, GSH-maleimide adduct formation by NDI-mal FONPs displayed notable therapeutic efficacy against cancer cells having ∼2.4-fold higher killing of B16F10 in comparison to NIH3T3 cells possibly through oxidative stress induced apoptosis owing to the depletion in the GSH level. Thus, NDI-mal AIE-gen successfully emerged as a selective and sensitive probe toward thiols through thiol-maleimide click chemistry with therapeutic ability against cancer cells in the absence of systematic intervention.
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- Kathakoli Roy
- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Farasati Far B, Safaei M, Mokhtari F, Fallahi MS, Naimi-Jamal MR. Fundamental concepts of protein therapeutics and spacing in oncology: an updated comprehensive review. Med Oncol 2023; 40:166. [PMID: 37147486 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-023-02026-5] [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: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Current treatment regimens in cancer cases cause significant side effects and cannot effectively eradicate the advanced disease. Hence, much effort has been expended over the past years to understand how cancer grows and responds to therapies. Meanwhile, proteins as a type of biopolymers have been under commercial development for over three decades and have been proven to improve the healthcare system as effective medicines for treating many types of progressive disease, such as cancer. Following approving the first recombinant protein therapeutics by FDA (Humulin), there have been a revolution for drawing attention toward protein-based therapeutics (PTs). Since then, the ability to tailor proteins with ideal pharmacokinetics has provided the pharmaceutical industry with an important noble path to discuss the clinical potential of proteins in oncology research. Unlike traditional chemotherapy molecules, PTs actively target cancerous cells by binding to their surface receptors and the other biomarkers particularly associated with tumorous or healthy tissue. This review analyzes the potential and limitations of protein therapeutics (PTs) in the treatment of cancer as well as highlighting the evolving strategies by addressing all possible factors, including pharmacology profile and targeted therapy approaches. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of PTs in oncology, including their pharmacology profile, targeted therapy approaches, and prospects. The reviewed data show that several current and future challenges remain to make PTs a promising and effective anticancer drug, such as safety, immunogenicity, protein stability/degradation, and protein-adjuvant interactions.
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- Bahareh Farasati Far
- Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis and Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Via Mersin 10, TR. North Cyprus, Famagusta, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani (ASMU), Tabriz, 53751-71379, Iran
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- Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis and Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran.
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Sun Y, Liu P, Zhang J, Wang L, Shang Y, Shen J, Yuan J. Multiresponsive Keratin-Polysulfobetaine Conjugate-Based Micelles as Drug Carriers with a Prolonged Circulation Time. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:5418-5425. [PMID: 37014665 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A protein-polymer conjugate combines the chemical properties of a synthetic polymer chain with the biological properties of a protein. In this study, the initiator terminated with furan-protected maleimide was first synthesized through three steps. Then, a series of zwitterionic poly[3-dimethyl(methacryloyloxyethyl)ammonium propanesulfonate] (PDMAPS) was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and optimized. Subsequently, well-controlled PDMAPS was conjugated with keratin via thiol-maleimide Michael addition. The keratin-PDMAPS conjugate (KP) could self-assemble in an aqueous solution to form micelles with low critical micelle concentration (CMC) values and good blood compatibility. The drug-loaded micelles exhibited triple responsiveness to pH, glutathione (GSH), and trypsin under tumor microenvironments. In addition, these micelles showed high toxicity against A549 cells while low toxicity on normal cells. Furthermore, these micelles performed prolonged blood circulation.
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- Yu Sun
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, People's Republic of China
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Papagiannopoulos A, Sklapani A, Len A, Radulescu A, Pavlova E, Slouf M. Protein-induced transformation of unilamellar to multilamellar vesicles triggered by a polysaccharide. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 303:120478. [PMID: 36657851 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We report on the morphological transitions of didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) cationic vesicles and hybrid DDAB/hyaluronic acid (HA) vesicles upon addition of BSA at pH 7 where BSA is overall negatively charged. Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) is used to extract the size distributions of the nanovesicles, the thickness of the DDAB bilayers and their lamellarity. Although the HA-decorated DDAB vesicles contain the negatively charged polysaccharide the interaction with BSA appears to be more intense in comparison to bare vesicles. Characteristic peaks in the SANS patterns indicate the presence of multilamellar interfaces while the formation of multilamellar vesicles induced by BSA depends on the amount of added HA. Consequently, higher lamellarities are observed at higher BSA contents. This work demonstrates a simple methodology to tune the encapsulation of globular proteins in vesicular nanoassemblies by affecting their lamellarity and has direct implications on the application of vesicles and liposomes in protein delivery.
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- Aristeidis Papagiannopoulos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece
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- Centre for Energy Research, Konkoly-Thege Str., 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary; University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Boszorkány Str., 2, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Outstation at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovskeho nam. 2, 16206 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovskeho nam. 2, 16206 Prague, Czech Republic
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Zhang D, Tang Q, Chen J, Wei Y, Chen J. Novel Development of Nanoparticles-A Promising Direction for Precise Tumor Management. Pharmaceutics 2022; 15:pharmaceutics15010024. [PMID: 36678653 PMCID: PMC9862928 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010024] [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: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Although the clinical application of nanoparticles is still limited by biological barriers and distribution, with the deepening of our understanding of nanoparticles over the past decades, people are gradually breaking through the previous limitations in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors, providing novel strategies for clinical decision makers. The transition of nanoparticles from passive targeting to active tumor-targeting by abundant surface-modified nanoparticles is also a development process of precision cancer treatment. Different particles can be used as targeted delivery tools of antitumor drugs. The mechanism of gold nanoparticles inducing apoptosis and cycle arrest of tumor cells has been discovered. Moreover, the unique photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles may be widely used in tumor therapy in the future, with less side effects on surrounding tissues. Lipid-based nanoparticles are expected to overcome the blood-brain barrier due to their special characteristics, while polymer-based nanoparticles show better biocompatibility and lower toxicity. In this paper, we discuss the development of nanoparticles in tumor therapy and the challenges that need to be addressed.
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- Dengke Zhang
- Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Medicine & Rehabilitation, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (J.C.)
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- Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (J.C.)
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The homeostasis of cellular activities is essential for the normal functioning of living organisms. Hence, the ability to regulate the fates of cells is of great significance for both fundamental chemical biology studies and therapeutic development. Despite the notable success of small-molecule drugs that normally act on cellular protein functions, current clinical challenges have highlighted the use of macromolecules to tune cell function for improved therapeutic outcomes. As a class of hybrid biomacromolecules gaining rapidly increasing attention, protein conjugates have exhibited great potential as versatile tools to manipulate cell function for therapeutic applications, including cancer treatment, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Therefore, recent progress in the design and assembly of protein conjugates used to regulate cell function is discussed in this review. The protein conjugates covered here are classified into three different categories based on their mechanisms of action and relevant applications: (1) regulation of intercellular interactions; (2) intervention in intracellular biological pathways; (3) termination of cell proliferation. Within each genre, a variety of protein conjugate scaffolds are discussed, which contain a diverse array of grafted molecules, such as lipids, oligonucleotides, synthetic polymers, and small molecules, with an emphasis on their conjugation methodologies and potential biomedical applications. While the current generation of protein conjugates is focused largely on delivery, the next generation is expected to address issues of site-specific conjugation, in vivo stability, controllability, target selectivity, and biocompatibility.
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- Yiao Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Thermoresponsive Polymer Assemblies: From Molecular Design to Theranostics Application. Prog Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang T, Qin J, Cheng J, Li C, Du J. Intelligent design of polymersomes for antibacterial and anticancer applications. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 14:e1822. [PMID: 35673991 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Polymersomes (or polymer vesicles) have attracted much attention for biomedical applications in recent years because their lumen can be used for drug delivery and their coronas and membrane can be modified with a variety of functional groups. Thus, polymersomes are very suitable for improved antibacterial and anticancer therapy. This review mainly highlighted recent advances in the synthetic protocols and design principles of intelligent antibacterial and anticancer polymersomes. Antibacterial polymersomes are divided into three categories: polymersomes as antibiotic nanocarriers, intrinsically antibacterial polymersomes, and antibacterial polymersomes with supplementary means including photothermal and photodynamic therapy. Similarly, the anticancer polymersomes are divided into two categories: polymersomes-based delivery systems and anticancer polymersomes with supplementary means. In addition, the bilateral relationship between bacteria and cancer is addressed, since more and more evidences show that bacteria may cause cancer or promote cancer progression. Finally, prospective on next-generation antibacterial and anticancer polymersomes are discussed. This article is categorized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Infectious Disease Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Oncologic Disease Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Lipid-Based Structures.
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- Tao Wang
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Shin J, Cole BD, Shan T, Jang Y. Heterogeneous Synthetic Vesicles toward Artificial Cells: Engineering Structure and Composition of Membranes for Multimodal Functionalities. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:1505-1518. [PMID: 35266692 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The desire to develop artificial cells to imitate living cells in synthetic vesicle platforms has continuously increased over the past few decades. In particular, heterogeneous synthetic vesicles made from two or more building blocks have attracted attention for artificial cell applications based on their multifunctional modules with asymmetric structures. In addition to the traditional liposomes or polymersomes, polypeptides and proteins have recently been highlighted as potential building blocks to construct artificial cells owing to their specific biological functionalities. Incorporating one or more functionally folded, globular protein into synthetic vesicles enables more cell-like functions mediated by proteins. This Review highlights the recent research about synthetic vesicles toward artificial cell models, from traditional synthetic vesicles to protein-assembled vesicles with asymmetric structures. We aim to provide fundamental and practical insights into applying knowledge on molecular self-assembly to the bottom-up construction of artificial cell platforms with heterogeneous building blocks.
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- Jooyong Shin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Progress of albumin-polymer conjugates as efficient drug carriers. PURE APPL CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2021-2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Albumin is a protein that has garnered wide attention in nanoparticle-based drug delivery of cancer therapeutics due to its natural abundance and unique cancer-targeting ability. The propensity of albumin to naturally accumulate in tumours, further augmented by the incorporation of targeting ligands, has made the field of albumin-polymer conjugate development a much pursued one. Polymerization techniques such as RAFT and ATRP have paved the path to incorporate various polymers in the design of albumin-polymer hybrids, indicating the advancement of the field since the first instance of PEGylated albumin in 1977. The synergistic combination of albumin and polymer endows manifold features to these macromolecular hybrids to evolve as next generation therapeutics. The current review is successive to our previously published review on drug delivery vehicles based on albumin-polymer conjugates and aims to provide an update on the progress of albumin-polymer conjugates. This review also highlights the alternative of exploring albumin-polymer conjugates formed via supramolecular, non-covalent interactions. Albumin-based supramolecular polymer systems provide a versatile platform for functionalization, thereby, holding great potential in enhancing cytotoxicity and controlled delivery of therapeutic agents.
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Kiran P, Khan A, Neekhra S, Pallod S, Srivastava R. Nanohybrids as Protein-Polymer Conjugate Multimodal Therapeutics. FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 2021; 3:676025. [PMID: 35047929 PMCID: PMC8757875 DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2021.676025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Protein therapeutic formulations are being widely explored as multifunctional nanotherapeutics. Challenges in ensuring susceptibility and efficacy of nanoformulation still prevail owing to various interactions with biological fluids before reaching the target site. Smart polymers with the capability of masking drugs, ease of chemical modification, and multi-stimuli responsiveness can assist controlled delivery. An active moiety like therapeutic protein has started to be known as an important biological formulation with a diverse medicinal prospect. The delivery of proteins and peptides with high target specificity has however been tedious, due to their tendency to aggregate formation in different environmental conditions. Proteins due to high chemical reactivity and poor bioavailability are being researched widely in the field of nanomedicine. Clinically, multiple nano-based formulations have been explored for delivering protein with different carrier systems. A biocompatible and non-toxic polymer-based delivery system serves to tailor the polymer or drug better. Polymers not only aid delivery to the target site but are also responsible for proper stearic orientation of proteins thus protecting them from internal hindrances. Polymers have been shown to conjugate with proteins through covalent linkage rendering stability and enhancing therapeutic efficacy prominently when dealing with the systemic route. Here, we present the recent developments in polymer-protein/drug-linked systems. We aim to address questions by assessing the properties of the conjugate system and optimized delivery approaches. Since thorough characterization is the key aspect for technology to enter into the market, correlating laboratory research with commercially available formulations will also be presented in this review. By examining characteristics including morphology, surface properties, and functionalization, we will expand different hybrid applications from a biomaterial stance applied in in vivo complex biological conditions. Further, we explore understanding related to design criteria and strategies for polymer-protein smart nanomedicines with their potential prophylactic theranostic applications. Overall, we intend to highlight protein-drug delivery through multifunctional smart polymers.
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- Pallavi Kiran
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Center for Research in Nanotechnology and Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Varlas S, Maitland GL, Derry MJ. Protein-, (Poly)peptide-, and Amino Acid-Based Nanostructures Prepared via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:2603. [PMID: 34451144 PMCID: PMC8402019 DOI: 10.3390/polym13162603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Proteins and peptides, built from precisely defined amino acid sequences, are an important class of biomolecules that play a vital role in most biological functions. Preparation of nanostructures through functionalization of natural, hydrophilic proteins/peptides with synthetic polymers or upon self-assembly of all-synthetic amphiphilic copolypept(o)ides and amino acid-containing polymers enables access to novel protein-mimicking biomaterials with superior physicochemical properties and immense biorelevant scope. In recent years, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been established as an efficient and versatile alternative method to existing self-assembly procedures for the reproducible development of block copolymer nano-objects in situ at high concentrations and, thus, provides an ideal platform for engineering protein-inspired nanomaterials. In this review article, the different strategies employed for direct construction of protein-, (poly)peptide-, and amino acid-based nanostructures via PISA are described with particular focus on the characteristics of the developed block copolymer assemblies, as well as their utilization in various pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.
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- Spyridon Varlas
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Aston Institute of Materials Research, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- Aston Institute of Materials Research, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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Singhal K, Kaushik N, Kumar A. Cubosomes: Versatile Nanosized Formulation for Efficient Delivery of Therapeutics. Curr Drug Deliv 2021; 19:644-657. [PMID: 34238187 DOI: 10.2174/1567201818666210708123855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cubosomes are bicontinuous cubic phase nanoparticles with a size range from 10-500 nm. They offer various advantages with some limitations at the production level, e.g., cubosomes have the feature to encapsulate a large amount of the drug due to its large internal area owing to cuboidal shape thus has a larger area but limited in large scale production due to its high viscosity which is associated with the problem in homogenization. This nanoparticulate formulation is compatible for administration by various routes like oral, transdermal, topical, buccal, etc. The drug release mechanism from cubosomes was reported to be dependent on the partition coefficient and diffusion process. Compared with liposomes, cubosomes show many differences in various aspects like shape, size, ingredients, and mode of action. The main ingredients for the preparation of cubosomes include lipids, stabilizer, aqueous phases, and therapeutic agents. Several methods have been reported for cubosomes, including the top-down method, the bottom-up method, and the adopted coarse method. For the optimization of cubosomes, the key factors to be considered, which will affect the cubosomes characteristics include; the concentration of lipid, temperature, and pH. At present, many research groups are exploring the potential of cubosomes as biosensors and nanocarriers. Based on the latest reports and research, this review illuminates the structure of the Cubosomes, mechanism of the drug release, different methods of preparation with factors affecting the cubosomes, application of cubosomes in different sectors, differences from the liposomes, and advantages.
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- Keshav Singhal
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
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Falanga A, Del Genio V, Kaufman EA, Zannella C, Franci G, Weck M, Galdiero S. Engineering of Janus-Like Dendrimers with Peptides Derived from Glycoproteins of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1: Toward a Versatile and Novel Antiviral Platform. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6488. [PMID: 34204295 PMCID: PMC8234430 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Novel antiviral nanotherapeutics, which may inactivate the virus and block it from entering host cells, represent an important challenge to face viral global health emergencies around the world. Using a combination of bioorthogonal copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar alkyne/azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) and photoinitiated thiol-ene coupling, monofunctional and bifunctional peptidodendrimer conjugates were obtained. The conjugates are biocompatible and demonstrate no toxicity to cells at biologically relevant concentrations. Furthermore, the orthogonal addition of multiple copies of two different antiviral peptides on the surface of a single dendrimer allowed the resulting bioconjugates to inhibit Herpes simplex virus type 1 at both the early and the late stages of the infection process. The presented work builds on further improving this attractive design to obtain a new class of therapeutics.
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- Annarita Falanga
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Università 100, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Pharmacy and CIRPEB, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; (E.A.K.); (M.W.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Via de Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; (E.A.K.); (M.W.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and CIRPEB, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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Synthesis of Poly(Malic Acid) Derivatives End-Functionalized with Peptides and Preparation of Biocompatible Nanoparticles to Target Hepatoma Cells. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11040958. [PMID: 33918663 PMCID: PMC8070460 DOI: 10.3390/nano11040958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recently, short synthetic peptides have gained interest as targeting agents in the design of site-specific nanomedicines. In this context, our work aimed at developing new tools for the diagnosis and/or therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by grafting the hepatotropic George Baker (GB) virus A (GBVA10-9) and Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein (CPB)-derived peptides to the biocompatible poly(benzyl malate), PMLABe. We successfully synthesized PMLABe derivatives end-functionalized with peptides GBVA10-9, CPB, and their corresponding scrambled peptides through a thiol/maleimide reaction. The corresponding nanoparticles (NPs), varying by the nature of the peptide (GBVA10-9, CPB, and their scrambled peptides) and the absence or presence of poly(ethylene glycol) were also successfully formulated using nanoprecipitation technique. NPs were further characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), electrophoretic light scattering (ELS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), highlighting a diameter lower than 150 nm, a negative surface charge, and a more or less spherical shape. Moreover, a fluorescent probe (DiD Oil) has been encapsulated during the nanoprecipitation process. Finally, preliminary in vitro internalisation assays using HepaRG hepatoma cells demonstrated that CPB peptide-functionalized PMLABe NPs were efficiently internalized by endocytosis, and that such nanoobjects may be promising drug delivery systems for the theranostics of HCC.
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Shi P, Zhou D, Zhu Y, Peng B, Shao N, Zan X. Thrombin-Loaded TA-CaCO 3 Microspheres as a Budget, Adaptable, and Highly Efficient Hemostatic. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Pengzhong Shi
- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325001, P.R. China
- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325035, P.R. China
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- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325035, P.R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325001, P.R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325001, P.R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325001, P.R. China
- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325035, P.R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325001, P.R. China
- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325035, P.R. China
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Theodorou A, Mandriotis P, Anastasaki A, Velonia K. Oxygen tolerant, photoinduced controlled radical polymerization approach for the synthesis of giant amphiphiles. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01608j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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New families of amphiphilic protein–polymer bioconjugates readily synthesized via an oxygen tolerant, photoinduced RDRP approach.
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- Alexis Theodorou
- Laboratory of Synthetic Biomaterials
- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- University of Crete
- 70013 Heraklion
- Greece
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Biomaterials
- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- University of Crete
- 70013 Heraklion
- Greece
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- Laboratory of Polymeric Materials
- Department of Materials
- ETH Zurich
- 8093 Zurich
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Biomaterials
- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- University of Crete
- 70013 Heraklion
- Greece
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Kalita H, Patowary M. Fluorescent tumor-targeted polymer-bioconjugate: A potent theranostic platform for cancer therapy. Eur Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Albumin nanoparticles as nanocarriers for drug delivery: Focusing on antibody and nanobody delivery and albumin-based drugs. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Meyer CE, Abram SL, Craciun I, Palivan CG. Biomolecule–polymer hybrid compartments: combining the best of both worlds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11197-11218. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00693a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent advances in bio/polymer hybrid compartments in the quest to obtain artificial cells, biosensors and catalytic compartments.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- Basel
- Switzerland
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Bao C, Xu X, Chen J, Zhang Q. Synthesis of biodegradable protein–poly(ε-caprolactone) conjugates via enzymatic ring opening polymerization. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py01464k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lipase–poly(HEAA) conjugates act as initiators and catalysts simultaneously for the eROP of ε-CL, forming biodegradable conjugates with amphiphilic graft copolymers.
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- Chunyang Bao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
- P. R. China
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Zhao D, Rajan R, Matsumura K. Dual Thermo- and pH-Responsive Behavior of Double Zwitterionic Graft Copolymers for Suppression of Protein Aggregation and Protein Release. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:39459-39469. [PMID: 31592638 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b12723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Graft copolymers consisting of two different zwitterionic blocks were synthesized via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. These polymers showed dual properties of thermo- and pH-responsiveness in an aqueous solution. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering were employed to study the phase behavior under varying temperatures and pH values. Unlike the phase transition temperatures of other graft copolymers containing nonionic blocks, the phase transition temperature of these polymers was easily tuned by changing the polymer concentration. Owing to the biocompatible and stimuli-responsive nature of the polymers, this system was shown to effectively release proteins (lysozyme) while simultaneously protecting them against denaturation. The positively charged lysozyme was shown to bind with the negatively charged polymer at the physiological pH (pH 7.4). However, it was subsequently released at pH 3, at which the polymer exhibits a positive charge. Protein aggregation studies using a residual enzymatic activity assay, circular dichroism, and a Thioflavin T assay revealed that the secondary structure of the lysozyme was retained even after harsh thermal treatment. The addition of these polymers helped the lysozyme retain its enzymatic activity and suppressed its fibrillation. Both polymers showed excellent protein protection properties, with the negatively charged polymer exhibiting slightly superior protein protection properties to those of the neutral polymer. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to develop a graft copolymer system consisting of two different zwitterionic blocks that shows dual thermo- and pH-responsive properties. The presence of the polyampholyte structure enables these polymers to act as protein release agents, while simultaneously protecting the proteins from severe stress.
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- Dandan Zhao
- School of Materials Science , Japan Advanced Institute of Science and, Technology , 1-1 Asahidai , Nomi , Ishikawa 923-1292 , Japan
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- School of Materials Science , Japan Advanced Institute of Science and, Technology , 1-1 Asahidai , Nomi , Ishikawa 923-1292 , Japan
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- School of Materials Science , Japan Advanced Institute of Science and, Technology , 1-1 Asahidai , Nomi , Ishikawa 923-1292 , Japan
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Sikder A, Ray D, Aswal VK, Ghosh S. Supramolecular Assembly of a Molecularly Engineered Protein and Polymer. Chemistry 2019; 25:10464-10471. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Amrita Sikder
- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary SciencesIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata 700032 India
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- Solid State Physics DivisionBhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai- 400085 India
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- Solid State Physics DivisionBhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai- 400085 India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary SciencesIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata 700032 India
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Zhang J, Ren X, Tian X, Zhang P, Chen Z, Hu X, Mei X. GSH and enzyme responsive nanospheres based on self-assembly of green tea polyphenols and BSA used for target cancer chemotherapy. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 173:654-661. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Tao C, Chuah YJ, Xu C, Wang DA. Albumin conjugates and assemblies as versatile bio-functional additives and carriers for biomedical applications. J Mater Chem B 2018; 7:357-367. [PMID: 32254722 DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02477d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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As the most abundant plasma protein, serum albumin has been extensively studied and employed for therapeutic applications. Despite its direct clinical use for the maintenance of blood homeostasis in various medical conditions, this review exclusively summarizes and discusses albumin-based bio-conjugates and assemblies as versatile bio-functional additives and carriers in biomedical applications. As one of the smallest-sized proteins in the human body, albumin is physiochemically stable and biochemically inert. Moreover, albumin is also endowed with abundant specific binding sites for numerous therapeutic compounds, which also endow it with superior bioactivities. Firstly, due to its small size and binding specificity, albumin alone or its derived assemblies can be utilized as competent drug carriers, which can deliver drugs through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect or actively target lesion sites through binding with gp60 and secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) in tumor sites. Furthermore, its biochemical stability and inertness make it a safe and biocompatible coating material for use in biomedical applications. Albumin-based surface modifying additives can be used to functionalize both macro substrates (e.g. surfaces of medical devices or implants) and nanoparticle surfaces (e.g. drug carriers and imaging contrast agents). In this review, we elaborate on the synthesis and applications of albumin-based bio-functional coatings and drug carriers, respectively.
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- Chao Tao
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.
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Zhou L, Qiu T, Lv F, Liu L, Ying J, Wang S. Self-Assembled Nanomedicines for Anticancer and Antibacterial Applications. Adv Healthc Mater 2018; 7:e1800670. [PMID: 30080319 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201800670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Self-assembly strategies have been widely applied in the nanomedicine field, which provide a convenient approach for building various structures for delivery carriers. When cooperating with biomolecules, self-assembly systems have significant influence on the cell activity and life process and could be used for regulating nanodrug activity. In this review, self-assembled nanomedicines are introduced, including materials, encapsulation, and releasing strategies, where self-assembly strategies are involved. Furthermore, as a promising and emerging area for nanomedicine, in situ self-assembly of anticancer drugs and supramolecular antibiotic switches is also discussed about how to regulate drug activity. Selective pericellular assembly can block mass transformation of cancer cells inducing cell apoptosis, and the intracellular assembly can either cause cell death or effectively avoid drug elimination from cytosol of cancer cells because of the assembly-induced retention (AIR) effect. Host-guest interactions of drug and competitive molecules offer reversible regulations of antibiotic activity, which can reduce drug-resistance and inhibit the generation of drug-resistant bacteria. Finally, the challenges and development trend in the field are discussed.
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- Lingyun Zhou
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Organic Solids; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology; National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for; Cancer/Cancer Hospital; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing 100021 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Organic Solids; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Organic Solids; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology; National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for; Cancer/Cancer Hospital; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing 100021 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Organic Solids; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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Ferreira Soares DC, Oda CMR, Monteiro LOF, de Barros ALB, Tebaldi ML. Responsive polymer conjugates for drug delivery applications: recent advances in bioconjugation methodologies. J Drug Target 2018; 27:355-366. [DOI: 10.1080/1061186x.2018.1499747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Liu X, Sun J, Gao W. Site-selective protein modification with polymers for advanced biomedical applications. Biomaterials 2018; 178:413-434. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Liang L, Fu J, Qiu L. Design of pH-Sensitive Nanovesicles via Cholesterol Analogue Incorporation for Improving in Vivo Delivery of Chemotherapeutics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:5213-5226. [PMID: 29338184 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b16891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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pH-responsive polymersomes have emerged as promising nanocarriers for antitumor drugs to realize their fast release and action in a weakly acidic microenvironment of tumor cells. Herein, however, we designed a remarkably pH-responsive polymersome self-assembled from amphiphilic benzimidazole-based polyphosphazenes via the incorporation of cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CholHS), a type of cholesteric molecule, into the polymersome bilayers to inhibit the drug release during blood circulation. Actually, unwanted premature drug leakage before arriving at the acidic tumor site has become a serious problem for polymersomes encapsulating water-soluble drugs, especially when the drug loading is at a high level, thus limiting the therapeutic efficacy. In this study, polymersomes displayed high loading capability of doxorubicin hydrochloride as 12.83%. More importantly, CholHS incorporation decreased the membrane permeability of the polymersome and effectively retarded the cargo release under physiological conditions but induced the fast drug-release rate at pH 5.5, demonstrating a more remarkably acid-responsive release behavior when compared to that of the CholHS-free polymersomes. Further in vivo investigations including pharmacokinetic and antitumor activity studies verified the extended circulation time and enhanced antitumor efficacy of the drug-loaded CholHS-incorporated polymersomes.
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- Lina Liang
- Ministry of Education (MOE), Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE), Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China
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Li D, Feng X, Chen L, Ding J, Chen X. One-Step Synthesis of Targeted Acid-Labile Polysaccharide Prodrug for Efficiently Intracellular Drug Delivery. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2018; 4:539-546. [PMID: 33418743 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The therapeutic potential of the active targeting and acid-sensitive polysaccharide prodrug was investigated. The active targeting of polysaccharide prodrug was based on the specific interaction between cyclo(Arg-Gly-Asp-d-Phe-Lys) peptide (c(RGDfK)) and its receptor αvβ3 integrin overexpressed on the membrane of tumor cells. The cRGD-modified doxorubicin-conjugated hydroxyethyl starch (HES=DOX/cRGD) was synthesized via a one-step Schiff base reaction between oxidized HES, and DOX and c(RGDfK) that achieved an acid-accelerated drug release profile. The targeted polysaccharide prodrug self-assembled into micelle in aqueous environment with a moderate hydrodynamic diameter of 77.1 nm. All data in vitro indicated enhanced cell uptake and elevated cytotoxicity of HES=DOX/cRGD toward human malignant melanoma A375 cells compared with HES=DOX and DOX. Moreover, the smart prodrug also exhibited upregulated accumulation in the tumor, improved antitumor efficacy, and reduced systemic cytotoxicity in vivo. The cRGD-decorated acid-sensitive polysaccharide prodrug was advantageous in both antitumor efficacy and systemic security, showing great prospect in clinical application.
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- Di Li
- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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Papagiannopoulos A. Bovine serum albumin interactions with cationic surfactant vesicles decorated by a low-molar-mass polysaccharide. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wang Y, Yan L, He S, Zhou D, Cheng Y, Chen X, Jing X, Huang Y. A Versatile Method to Prepare Protein Nanoclusters for Drug Delivery. Macromol Biosci 2017; 18. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yupeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Department of Bioengineering; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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Kudarha RR, Sawant KK. Albumin based versatile multifunctional nanocarriers for cancer therapy: Fabrication, surface modification, multimodal therapeutics and imaging approaches. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2017; 81:607-626. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Huang Z, Zhao J, Wang Z, Meng F, Ding K, Pan X, Zhou N, Li X, Zhang Z, Zhu X. Combining Orthogonal Chain-End Deprotections and Thiol-Maleimide Michael Coupling: Engineering Discrete Oligomers by an Iterative Growth Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:13612-13617. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Zhihao Huang
- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- Department of Chemistry; University of South Florida; Tampa Florida 33620 USA
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 China
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Combining Orthogonal Chain-End Deprotections and Thiol-Maleimide Michael Coupling: Engineering Discrete Oligomers by an Iterative Growth Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cao Q, He N, Wang Y, Lu Z. Self-assembled nanostructures from amphiphilic globular protein–polymer hybrids. Polym Bull (Berl) 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-017-2176-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li C, Tan J, Chang J, Li W, Liu Z, Li N, Ji Y. Radioiodine-labeled anti-epidermal growth factor receptor binding bovine serum albumin-polycaprolactone for targeting imaging of glioblastoma. Oncol Rep 2017; 38:2919-2926. [DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Wang WL, Ma XJ, Yu XF. pH-responsive polymersome based on PMCP-b-PDPA as a drug delivery system to enhance cellular internalization and intracellular drug release. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-017-1982-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An FF, Zhang XH. Strategies for Preparing Albumin-based Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Bioimaging and Drug Delivery. Theranostics 2017; 7:3667-3689. [PMID: 29109768 PMCID: PMC5667340 DOI: 10.7150/thno.19365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Biosafety is the primary concern in clinical translation of nanomedicine. As an intrinsic ingredient of human blood without immunogenicity and encouraged by its successful clinical application in Abraxane, albumin has been regarded as a promising material to produce nanoparticles for bioimaging and drug delivery. The strategies for synthesizing albumin-based nanoparticles could be generally categorized into five classes: template, nanocarrier, scaffold, stabilizer and albumin-polymer conjugate. This review introduces approaches utilizing albumin in the preparation of nanoparticles and thereby provides scientists with knowledge of goal-driven design on albumin-based nanomedicine.
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- Fei-Fei An
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P.R. China
- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Innovations Institute (MI3), Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 E 69th St, New York, NY, 10065
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P.R. China
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Antitumor Effect of Nanoparticle 131I-Labeled Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate–Bovine Serum Albumin–Polycaprolactone in Lung Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2017; 208:1116-1126. [PMID: 28301223 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.16.16947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Wang L, Liu L, Dong B, Zhao H, Zhang M, Chen W, Hong Y. Multi-stimuli-responsive biohybrid nanoparticles with cross-linked albumin coronae self-assembled by a polymer-protein biodynamer. Acta Biomater 2017; 54:259-270. [PMID: 28286038 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A thermoresponsive polymer-protein biodynamer was prepared via the bioconjugation of an aliphatic aldehyde-functionalized copolymer to hydrazine-modified bovine serum albumin (BSA) through reversible pyridylhydrazone linkages. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) results indicated that the pyridylhydrazone linkages cleaved in an intracellular-mimicking acidic milieu, thus leading to the release of BSA. The dynamic character of the protein biodynamer was demonstrated by exchange reactions with aldehyde-containing molecules. The biodynamer self-assembled into spherical micelles at a temperature above its lower critical solution temperature (LCST). Subsequently, BSA molecules within the hydrophilic coronae of the micelles were readily cross-linked via reaction with cystamine at 45°C, and multi-stimuli-responsive nanoparticles were generated. The biohybrid nanoparticles reversibly swelled and shrank as the cores of the nanoparticles were solvated below the LCST and desolvated above the LCST. The accessible reversibility of the pyridylhydrazone bonds imparts pH-responsive and dynamic characteristics to the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles displayed glutathione (GSH) responsiveness, and the synergistic effects of pH and GSH resulted in complete disintegration of the nanoparticles under the intracellular-mimicking acidic and reductive conditions. The nanoparticles were also enzyme-responsive and disintegrated rapidly in the presence of protease. In vitro cytotoxicity and cell uptake assays demonstrated that the nanoparticles were highly biocompatible and effectively internalized by HepG2 cells, which make them interesting candidates as vehicles for drug delivery application and biomimetic platforms to investigate the biological process in nature. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In this research, we report the synthesis of a temperature and pH dual-responsive polymer-protein biodynamer through reversible pyridylhydrazone formation. The prepared biodynamer can offer a potential platform for intracellular protein delivery. The multi-stimuli-responsive biohybrid nanoparticles containing disulfide functionalities are constructed by cross-linking albumin coronae of the biodynamer micelles. With the combination of a thermoresponsive polymer, protein and reversible covalent bonds, the biohybrid nanoparticles are endowed with highly biocompatible, environmentally responsive and adaptive features. These nanoparticles present the ability to undergo changes in their constitution, hydrodynamic size and nanostructure in response to physical, chemical and biological stimuli, which make them interesting candidates as vehicles for drug delivery application and a biomimetic platform to investigate the biological process in nature.
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Makwana H, Mastrotto F, Magnusson JP, Sleep D, Hay J, Nicholls KJ, Allen S, Alexander C. Engineered Polymer–Transferrin Conjugates as Self-Assembling Targeted Drug Delivery Systems. Biomacromolecules 2017; 18:1532-1543. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hiteshri Makwana
- School
of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Albumedix, Ltd., 59 Castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 1FD, United Kingdom
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- Albumedix, Ltd., 59 Castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 1FD, United Kingdom
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- Albumedix, Ltd., 59 Castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 1FD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Roy E, Patra S, Madhuri R, Sharma PK. Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticle Decorated Magnetopolymersome: An Advanced Nanocarrier for Targeted Photothermal Therapy and Dual-Mode Responsive T1 MRI Imaging. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:2120-2135. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ekta Roy
- Department
of Applied Chemistry and ‡Functional Nanomaterials Research
Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826 004, India
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and ‡Functional Nanomaterials Research
Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826 004, India
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and ‡Functional Nanomaterials Research
Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826 004, India
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry and ‡Functional Nanomaterials Research
Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826 004, India
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Le Fer G, Portes D, Goudounet G, Guigner JM, Garanger E, Lecommandoux S. Design and self-assembly of PBLG-b-ELP hybrid diblock copolymers based on synthetic and elastin-like polypeptides. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:10095-10104. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01945a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis and self-assembly of amphiphilic copolypeptides containing a recombinant elastin-like polypeptide block used as a macroinitiator for the ROP of γ-BLG NCA are presented.
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- Gaëlle Le Fer
- Université de Bordeaux/Bordeaux INP
- ENSCBP
- Pessac 33607
- France
- CNRS
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- Université de Bordeaux/Bordeaux INP
- ENSCBP
- Pessac 33607
- France
- CNRS
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- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés (IMPMC)
- 75005 Paris
- France
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131I-labeled and DOX-loaded multifunctional nanoliposomes for radiotherapy and chemotherapy in brain gliomas. Brain Res 2016; 1739:145218. [PMID: 28011394 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The codelivery of different therapeutics is a promising option because of its synergetic effects of drugs. In this study, a new combination therapy that used the doxorubicin-loaded and 131I-labeled nanoliposomes (131I-DOX-NL) was proposed to delay tumor growth of gliomas, which are characterized by significant mortality and morbidity. 131I-DOX-NL was constructed based on bovine serum albumin (BSA)-tailor made hydrophobic maleimide-functionalized poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) (Fig. 1) and was evaluated by cellular viability in vitro and by U87 xenograft models in vivo. Compared with using 131I-NL or DOX-NL alone, our experimental results show that 131I-DOX-NL exhibits similar high cellular uptake but enhanced efficacy to cure gliomas because of its codelivery of 131I and DOX. In the U87 mouse tumor models, the combination therapy resulted in higher survival rates of mice and smaller tumor sizes than monotherapy did alone. In conclusion, multifunctional nanoliposome 131I-DOX-NL is a good candidate for the codelivery of 131I-mediated radiotherapy and DOX-mediated chemotherapy due to its ability to inhibit U87 cell proliferation and tumor growth. 131I-DOX-NL can be used as a promising effective therapy for malignant gliomas and deserves further investigation.
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Dong C, Liu Z, Wang S, Zheng B, Guo W, Yang W, Gong X, Wu X, Wang H, Chang J. A Protein-Polymer Bioconjugate-Coated Upconversion Nanosystem for Simultaneous Tumor Cell Imaging, Photodynamic Therapy, and Chemotherapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:32688-32698. [PMID: 27934134 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Combined cancer therapy possesses many advantages including improved tumoricidal efficacy, reduced side effects, and retarded drug resistance. Herein, a protein-polymer bioconjugate-coated multifunctional upconversion nanosystem, consisting of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNs) core, tailored amphiphilic protein-polymer bioconjugate shell, and photosensitizer zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and antitumor drug doxorubicin coloaded inside, was elaborately developed for combined photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy. In this system, UCNs core could convert deep penetrating near-infrared light to visible light for simultaneous cell fluorescence imaging and photodynamic therapy by activating ZnPc to generate cytotoxic ROS, while the protective shell of bovine serum albumin-poly(ε-caprolactone) (BSA-PCL) offered excellent water solubility, good stability, and low cytotoxicity. The ROS production test showed that this nanosystem could successfully generate singlet oxygen under NIR irradiation. A cellular uptake study demonstrated that intense fluorescence emission of the UCNs could be observed in HeLa cells, indicating their outstanding real-time imaging capability. More importantly, compared with single PDT or chemotherapy systems, the constructed combined therapy UCNs system demonstrated significantly enhanced tumor cell killing efficiency. On the basis of our findings, this multifunctional UCNs nanosystem could be a promising versatile theranostic nanoplatform for image-guided combined cancer therapy.
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- Chunhong Dong
- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Research Center for Coastal Environmental Engineering and Technology of Shandong Province, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Yantai City, Shandong Province 264003, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro-Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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Pelegri-O’Day EM, Maynard HD. Controlled Radical Polymerization as an Enabling Approach for the Next Generation of Protein-Polymer Conjugates. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:1777-85. [PMID: 27588677 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Protein-polymer conjugates are unique constructs that combine the chemical properties of a synthetic polymer chain with the biological properties of a biomacromolecule. This often leads to improved stabilities, solubilities, and in vivo half-lives of the resulting conjugates, and expands the range of applications for the proteins. However, early chemical methods for protein-polymer conjugation often required multiple polymer modifications, which were tedious and low yielding. To solve these issues, work in our laboratory has focused on the development of controlled radical polymerization (CRP) techniques to improve synthesis of protein-polymer conjugates. Initial efforts focused on the one-step syntheses of protein-reactive polymers through the use of functionalized initiators and chain transfer agents. A variety of functional groups such as maleimide and pyridyl disulfide could be installed with high end-group retention, which could then react with protein functional groups through mild and biocompatible chemistries. While this grafting to method represented a significant advance in conjugation technique, purification and steric hindrance between large biomacromolecules and polymer chains often led to low conjugation yields. Therefore, a grafting from approach was developed, wherein a polymer chain is grown from an initiating site on a functionalized protein. These conjugates have demonstrated improved homogeneity, characterization, and easier purification, while maintaining protein activity. Much of this early work utilizing CRP techniques focused on polymers made up of biocompatible but nonfunctional monomer units, often containing oligoethylene glycol meth(acrylate) or N-isopropylacrylamide. These branched polymers have significant advantages compared to the historically used linear poly(ethylene glycols) including decreased viscosities and thermally responsive behavior, respectively. Recently, we were motivated to use CRP techniques to develop polymers with rationally designed and functional biological properties for conjugate preparation. Specifically, two families of saccharide-inspired polymers were developed for stabilization and activation of therapeutic biomolecules. A series of polymers with trehalose side-chains and vinyl backbones were prepared and used to stabilize proteins against heat and lyophilization stress as both conjugates and additives. These materials, which combine properties of osmolytes with nonionic surfactants, have significant potential for in vivo therapeutic use. Additionally, polymers that mimic the structure of the naturally occurring polysaccharide heparin were prepared. These polymers contained negatively charged sulfonate groups and imparted stabilization to a heparin-binding growth factor after conjugation. A screen of other sulfonated polymers led to the development of a polymer with improved heparin mimesis, enhancing both stability and activity of the protein to which it was attached. Chemical improvements over the past decade have enabled the preparation of a diverse set of protein-polymer conjugates by controlled polymerization techniques. Now, the field should thoroughly explore and expand both the range of polymer structures and also the applications available to protein-polymer conjugates. As we move beyond medicine toward broader applications, increased collaboration and interdisciplinary work will result in the further development of this exciting field.
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- Emma M. Pelegri-O’Day
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and California Nanosystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and California Nanosystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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Yang W, Zhu L, Cui Y, Wang H, Wang Y, Yuan L, Chen H. Improvement of Site-Directed Protein-Polymer Conjugates: High Bioactivity and Stability Using a Soft Chain-Transfer Agent. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:15967-15974. [PMID: 27284806 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Protein has been widely applied in biotechnology and biomedicine thanks to its unique properties of high catalytic activity, outstanding receptor-ligand specificity, and controllable sequence mutability. Owing to the easily induced structural variation and thus the inactivation of protein, there has been much effort to improve the structural stability and biological activity of proteins by the use of polymers to modify protein to construct protein-polymer conjugates. However, during the conjugation of polymer to protein active center, the great loss in the original biological activity of the protein is still a serious and so far unsolved question. Here, for the purpose of preparing site-directed and highly structurally stable protein-polymer conjugate, which would possess at least a substantially similar level of biological activity as the original unmodified protein, we proposed a new strategy by using a pyridine chain-transfer agent (CTA-Py) with a soft pyridine-terminated chain for visible-light-induced reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization specifically on a number of sites close to the protein active center. The results showed that all the intermediate conjugates PPa-CTA-Py at different modification sites could retain full enzymatic activities (about 110-130% of the unmodified PPa). It was demonstrated by dynamic computer simulation that introducing of CTA-Py had little interference to the protein spatial structure as compared to the popular maleimide chain-transfer agent (CTA-Ma) with rigid maleimide-terminated. Moreover, intermediate conjugates PPa-CTA-Py is facile and ready for further light polymerization under mild conditions. Final PPa-PNIPAAm conjugate produced from CTA-Py exhibited excellent temperature responsiveness and maintained its enzymatic activity even at high temperature. These highly stable and responsive protein-polymer conjugates have great potential and could be widely used in various industrial, chemical, biological, and pharmaceutical applications.
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- Weikang Yang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, PR China
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