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Tian F, Guo RC, Wu C, Liu X, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Wang H, Li G, Yu Z. Assembly of Glycopeptides in Living Cells Resembling Viral Infection for Cargo Delivery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404703. [PMID: 38655625 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Self-assembly in living cells represents one versatile strategy for drug delivery; however, it suffers from the limited precision and efficiency. Inspired by viral traits, we here report a cascade targeting-hydrolysis-transformation (THT) assembly of glycosylated peptides in living cells holistically resembling viral infection for efficient cargo delivery and combined tumor therapy. We design a glycosylated peptide via incorporating a β-galactose-serine residue into bola-amphiphilic sequences. Co-assembling of the glycosylated peptide with two counterparts containing irinotecan (IRI) or ligand TSFAEYWNLLSP (PMI) results in formation of the glycosylated co-assemblies SgVEIP, which target cancer cells via β-galactose-galectin-1 association and undergo galactosidase-induced morphological transformation. While GSH-reduction causes release of IRI from the co-assemblies, the PMI moieties release p53 and facilitate cell death via binding with protein MDM2. Cellular experiments show membrane targeting, endo-/lysosome-mediated internalization and in situ formation of nanofibers in cytoplasm by SgVEIP. This cascade THT process enables efficient delivery of IRI and PMI into cancer cells secreting Gal-1 and overexpressing β-galactosidase. In vivo studies illustrate enhanced tumor accumulation and retention of the glycosylated co-assemblies, thereby suppressing tumor growth. Our findings demonstrate an in situ assembly strategy mimicking viral infection, thus providing a new route for drug delivery and cancer therapy in the future.
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- Feng Tian
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin, 300308, China
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Mo X, Zhang Z, Song J, Wang Y, Yu Z. Self-assembly of peptides in living cells for disease theranostics. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:4289-4306. [PMID: 38595070 DOI: 10.1039/d4tb00365a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
The past few decades have witnessed substantial progress in biomedical materials for addressing health concerns and improving disease therapeutic and diagnostic efficacy. Conventional biomedical materials are typically created through an ex vivo approach and are usually utilized under physiological environments via transfer from preparative media. This transfer potentially gives rise to challenges for the efficient preservation of the bioactivity and implementation of theranostic goals on site. To overcome these issues, the in situ synthesis of biomedical materials on site has attracted great attention in the past few years. Peptides, which exhibit remarkable biocompability and reliable noncovalent interactions, can be tailored via tunable assembly to precisely create biomedical materials. In this review, we summarize the progress in the self-assembly of peptides in living cells for disease diagnosis and therapy. After a brief introduction to the basic design principles of peptide assembly systems in living cells, the applications of peptide assemblies for bioimaging and disease treatment are highlighted. The challenges in the field of peptide self-assembly in living cells and the prospects for novel peptide assembly systems towards next-generation biomaterials are also discussed, which will hopefully help elucidate the great potential of peptide assembly in living cells for future healthcare applications.
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- Xiaowei Mo
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin 300308, China
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Chen N, Zhang Z, Liu X, Wang H, Guo RC, Wang H, Hu B, Shi Y, Zhang P, Liu Z, Yu Z. Sulfatase-Induced In Situ Formulation of Antineoplastic Supra-PROTACs. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:10753-10766. [PMID: 38578841 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology is an innovative strategy for cancer therapy, which, however, suffers from poor targeting delivery and limited capability for protein of interest (POI) degradation. Here, we report a strategy for the in situ formulation of antineoplastic Supra-PROTACs via intracellular sulfatase-responsive assembly of peptides. Coassembling a sulfated peptide with two ligands binding to ubiquitin VHL and Bcl-xL leads to the formation of a pro-Supra-PROTAC, in which the ratio of the two ligands is rationally optimized based on their protein binding affinity. The resulting pro-Supra-PROTAC precisely undergoes enzyme-responsive assembly into nanofibrous Supra-PROTACs in cancer cells overexpressing sulfatase. Mechanistic studies reveal that the pro-Supra-PROTACs selectively cause apparent cytotoxicity to cancer cells through the degradation of Bcl-xL and the activation of caspase-dependent apoptosis, during which the rationally optimized ligand ratio improves the bioactivity for POI degradation and cell death. In vivo studies show that in situ formulation enhanced the tumor accumulation and retention of the pro-Supra-PROTACs, as well as the capability for inhibiting tumor growth with excellent biosafety when coadministrating with chemodrugs. Our findings provide a new approach for enzyme-regulated assembly of peptides in living cells and the development of PROTACs with high targeting delivering and POI degradation efficiency.
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- Ninglin Chen
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- The National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- The National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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Mo X, Song J, Liu X, Guo RC, Hu B, Yu Z. Redox-Regulated In Situ Seed-Induced Assembly of Peptides. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:2497-2508. [PMID: 38478850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Morphology-transformational self-assembly of peptides allows for manipulation of the performance of nanostructures and thereby advancing the development of biomaterials. Acceleration of the morphological transformation process under a biological microenvironment is important to efficiently implement the tailored functions in living systems. Herein, we report redox-regulated in situ seed-induced assembly of peptides via design of two co-assembled bola-amphiphiles serving as a redox-resistant seed and a redox-responsive assembly monomer, respectively. Both of the peptides are able to independently assemble into nanoribbons, while the seed monomer exhibits stronger assembling propensity. The redox-responsive monomer undergoes morphological transformation from well-defined nanoribbons to nanoparticles. Kinetics studies validate the role of the assembled inert monomer as the seeds in accelerating the assembly of the redox-responsive monomer. Alternative addition of oxidants and reductants into the co-assembled monomers promotes the redox-regulated assembly of the peptides facilitated by the in situ-formed seeds. The reduction-induced assembly of the peptide could also be accelerated by in situ-formed seeds in cancer cells with a high level of reductants. Our findings demonstrate that through precisely manipulating the assembling propensity of co-assembled monomers, the in situ seed-induced assembly of peptides could be achieved. Combining the rapid assembly kinetics of the seed-induced assembly with the common presence of redox agents in a biological microenvironment, this strategy potentially offers a new method for developing biomedical materials in living systems.
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- Xiaowei Mo
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin 300308, China
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Xu Y, Chen J, Zhang Y, Zhang P. Recent Progress in Peptide-Based Molecular Probes for Disease Bioimaging. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:2222-2242. [PMID: 38437161 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Recent strides in molecular pathology have unveiled distinctive alterations at the molecular level throughout the onset and progression of diseases. Enhancing the in vivo visualization of these biomarkers is crucial for advancing disease classification, staging, and treatment strategies. Peptide-based molecular probes (PMPs) have emerged as versatile tools due to their exceptional ability to discern these molecular changes with unparalleled specificity and precision. In this Perspective, we first summarize the methodologies for crafting innovative functional peptides, emphasizing recent advancements in both peptide library technologies and computer-assisted peptide design approaches. Furthermore, we offer an overview of the latest advances in PMPs within the realm of biological imaging, showcasing their varied applications in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. We also briefly address current challenges and potential future directions in this dynamic field.
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- Ying Xu
- School of Biomedical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Sun X, Xu L, Xu HD, Xie L, Wang R, Yang Z, Zhan W, Shen S, Liang G. Intracellular Nitroreductase-Triggered "On" and "Enhanced" Photoacoustic Signals for Sensitive Imaging of Tumor Hypoxia. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2303472. [PMID: 37985951 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202303472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Current molecular photoacoustic (PA) probes are designed with either stimulus-turned "on" or assembly-enhanced signals to trace biological analytes/events. PA probes based on the nature-derived click reaction between 2-cyano-6-aminobenzothiazole (CBT) and cysteine (Cys) (i.e., CBT-Cys click reaction) possess both "turn-on" and "enhanced" PA signals; and thus, should have higher sensitivity. Nevertheless, such PA probes, particularly those for sensitive imaging of tumor hypoxia, remain scarce. Herein, a PA probe NI-Cys(StBu)-Dap(IR780)-CBT (NI-C-CBT) is rationally designed, which after being internalized by hypoxic tumor cells, is cleaved by nitroreductase under the reduction condition to yield cyclic dimer C-CBT-Dimer to turn the PA signal "ON" and subsequently assembled into nanoparticles C-CBT-NPs with additionally enhanced PA signal ("Enhanced"). NI-C-CBT exhibits 1.7-fold "ON" and 3.2-fold overall "Enhanced" PA signals in vitro. Moreover, it provides 1.9-fold and 2.8-fold overall enhanced PA signals for tumor hypoxia imaging in HeLa cells and HeLa tumor-bearing mice, respectively. This strategy is expected to be widely applied to design more "smart" PA probes for sensitive imaging of important biological events in vivo in near future.
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- Xianbao Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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- Oncology and Hematology, Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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- Oncology and Hematology, Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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- Oncology and Hematology, Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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Tian M, Wu R, Xiang C, Niu G, Guan W. Recent Advances in Fluorescent Probes for Cancer Biomarker Detection. Molecules 2024; 29:1168. [PMID: 38474680 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29051168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Many important biological species have been identified as cancer biomarkers and are gradually becoming reliable targets for early diagnosis and late therapeutic evaluation of cancer. However, accurate quantitative detection of cancer biomarkers remains challenging due to the complexity of biological systems and the diversity of cancer development. Fluorescent probes have been extensively utilized for identifying biological substances due to their notable benefits of being non-invasive, quickly responsive, highly sensitive and selective, allowing real-time visualization, and easily modifiable. This review critiques fluorescent probes used for detecting and imaging cancer biomarkers over the last five years. Focuses are made on the design strategies of small-molecule and nano-sized fluorescent probes, the construction methods of fluorescence sensing and imaging platforms, and their further applications in detection of multiple biomarkers, including enzymes, reactive oxygen species, reactive sulfur species, and microenvironments. This review aims to guide the design and development of excellent cancer diagnostic fluorescent probes, and promote the broad application of fluorescence analysis in early cancer diagnosis.
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- Mingce Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Institute of Smart Energy, Beijing 102209, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Chen G, Xu J, Ma S, Ji X, Carney JB, Wang C, Gao X, Chen P, Fan B, Chen J, Yue Y, James TD. Visual monitoring of biocatalytic processes using small molecular fluorescent probes: strategies-mechanisms-applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:2716-2731. [PMID: 38353179 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05626k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Real-time monitoring of biocatalytic-based processes is significantly improved and simplified when they can be visualized. Visual monitoring can be achieved by integrating a fluorescent unit with the biocatalyst. Herein, we outline the design strategies of fluorescent probes for monitoring biocatalysis: (1) probes for monitoring biocatalytic transfer: γ-glutamine is linked to the fluorophore as both a recognition group and for intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) inhibition; the probe is initially in an off state and is activated via the transfer of the γ-glutamine group and the release of the free amino group, which results in restoration of the "Donor-π-Acceptor" (D-π-A) system and fluorescence recovery. (2) Probes for monitoring biocatalytic oxidation: a propylamine is connected to the fluorophore as a recognition group, which cages the hydroxyl group, leading to the inhibition of ICT; propylamine is oxidized and subsequently β-elimination occurs, resulting in exposure of the hydroxyl group and fluorescence recovery. (3) Probes for monitoring biocatalytic reduction: a nitro group attached to a fluorophore as a fluorescence quenching group, this is converted to an amino group by catalytic reduction, resulting in fluorescence recovery. (4) Probes for monitoring biocatalytic hydrolysis: β-D-galactopyranoside or phosphate acts as a recognition group attached to hydroxyl groups of the fluorophore; the subsequent biocatalytic hydrolysis reaction releases the hydroxyl group resulting in fluorescence recovery. Following these 4 mechanisms, fluorophores including cyanine, coumarin, rhodamine, and Nile-red, have been used to develop systems for monitoring biocatalytic reactions. We anticipate that these strategies will result in systems able to rapidly diagnose and facilitate the treatment of serious diseases.
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- Guang Chen
- The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware 19901, USA.
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- The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Jiangsu Simba Biological Medicine Co., Ltd. Gaogang Distrct Qidizhihui Park, Taizhou City, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
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- Hubei University of Science and Technology, No. 88, Xianning Avenue, Xianan District, Xianning 437000, China.
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- Jiangsu Simba Biological Medicine Co., Ltd. Gaogang Distrct Qidizhihui Park, Taizhou City, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware 19901, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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Zhou H, Zhu Y, Yang B, Huo Y, Yin Y, Jiang X, Ji W. Stimuli-responsive peptide hydrogels for biomedical applications. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:1748-1774. [PMID: 38305498 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02610h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Stimuli-responsive hydrogels can respond to external stimuli with a change in the network structure and thus have potential application in drug release, intelligent sensing, and scaffold construction. Peptides possess robust supramolecular self-assembly ability, enabling spontaneous formation of nanostructures through supramolecular interactions and subsequently hydrogels. Therefore, peptide-based stimuli-responsive hydrogels have been widely explored as smart soft materials for biomedical applications in the last decade. Herein, we present a review article on design strategies and research progress of peptide hydrogels as stimuli-responsive materials in the field of biomedicine. The latest design and development of peptide hydrogels with responsive behaviors to stimuli are first presented. The following part provides a systematic overview of the functions and applications of stimuli-responsive peptide hydrogels in tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound healing, antimicrobial treatment, 3D cell culture, biosensors, etc. Finally, the remaining challenges and future prospects of stimuli-responsive peptide hydrogels are proposed. It is believed that this review will contribute to the rational design and development of stimuli-responsive peptide hydrogels toward biomedical applications.
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- Haoran Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China.
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Song N, Sun Z, Wang B, Liu X, Hu B, Chen N, Zhang S, Yu Z. Suicide gene delivery by morphology-adaptable enantiomeric peptide assemblies for combined ovarian cancer therapy. Acta Biomater 2024; 175:250-261. [PMID: 38122884 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Suicide gene therapy is a promising therapeutic model for ovarian cancer (OC), while suffering from poor gene delivery and limited therapeutic efficacy. To address this concern, here we reported the GSH-responsive morphology-transformable enantiomeric peptide assemblies as delivering vehicles for suicide genes and co-delivery of paclitaxel (PTX). Connecting a lipid-like amphiphile and a hydrophilic arginine segment through disulfide bonds led to the enantiomeric peptides. The enantiomeric peptide assemblies are able to simultaneously uptake plasmid DNA (pDNA) and PTX based on electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. The resulting co-assemblies underwent GSH-responsive disulfide cleavage and thereby promoting their assembly from nanoparticles to nanofibers, leading to the co-release of pDNA and PTX. Cellular and animal studies confirmed the co-delivery of pDNA and PTX into OC cells and the cell apoptosis by the enantiomeric peptides. In addition, in vitro and in vivo experiments supported the advanced uptake and cytotoxicity for L-type peptide vehicles by OC cells, and their great potential for OC-imaging, growth-inhibition and apoptosis-induction compared to D-counterpart. Our results demonstrate that the GSH-responsive morphology-transformable chiral peptide assemblies accurately and simultaneously release suicide genes and chemodrugs at tumor sites, thus providing a new strategy for the development of delivering vehicles for suicide gene and establishment of new therapeutic models for ovarian cancer. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Appropriate delivery carriers are essential for the clinical translation of cancer gene therapy, including the emerging suicide gene therapy. By combining the advantages of morphological transformable vehicles with the chirality peptides towards their bioactivity, we developed the GSH-responsive morphology-transformable enantiomeric peptide assemblies as delivering vehicles for suicide genes and co-delivery of paclitaxel. The GSH-responsive assembly of the enantiomeric peptides allows for precise release of plasmid DNA and paclitaxel in cancer cells, and promotes the formation of nanofibrils that facilitate gene entering nuclei for transfection. The enantiomeric peptide-based vehicles show the chirality-dependent capability for inducing cell apoptosis and inhibiting tumor growth. Our findings demonstrate a new strategy for developing therapeutic models for ovarian cancer.
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- Na Song
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Novel Pharmaceutical Excipients and Controlled Release Preparations, College of Medicine and Nursing, Dezhou University, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Liu D, Liang M, Fan A, Bing W, Qi J. Hypoxia-responsive AIEgens for precise disease theranostics. LUMINESCENCE 2024; 39:e4659. [PMID: 38286609 DOI: 10.1002/bio.4659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
Abstract
Specific biomarker-activatable probes have revolutionized theranostics, being beneficial for precision medicine. Hypoxia is a critical pathological characteristic prevalent in numerous major diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular disorders, inflammatory diseases, and acute ischemia. Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have emerged as a promising tool to tackle the biomedical issues. Of particular significance are the hypoxia-responsive AIEgens, representing a kind of crucial probe capable of delicately sensing and responding to the hypoxic microenvironment, thereby enhancing the precision of disease diagnosis and treatment. In this review, we summarize the recent advances of hypoxia-responsive AIEgens for varied biomedical applications. The hypoxia-responsive structures based on AIEgens, such as azobenzene, nitrobenzene, and N-oxide are presented, which are in response to the reduction property to bring about significant alternations in response spectra and/or fluorescence intensity. The bioapplications including imaging and therapy of tumor and ischemia diseases are discussed. Moreover, the review sheds light on the future challenges and prospects in this field. This review aims to provide comprehensive guidance and understanding into the development of activatable bioprobes, especially the hypoxia-responsive AIEgens for improving the diagnosis and therapy outcome of related diseases.
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- Dongfang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Wen L, Shao M, Li Y, Zhang Y, Peng C, Yu H, Zhang K. Unveiling the hypoxia-induced mitophagy process through two-channel real-time imaging of NTR and viscosity under the same excitation. Talanta 2024; 266:125028. [PMID: 37549565 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Mitophagy is an essential physiological process that eliminates damaged mitochondria via lysosomes. It is reported that hypoxia, inflammatory stimuli or other stress conditions could lead to mitochondrial damage and mitochondrial dysfunction, which induces the process of mitophagy. Herein, we report a novel fluorescent probe PC-NTR for imaging hypoxia-induced mitophagy by monitoring the change of nitroreductase and viscosity simultaneously. To our delight, PC-NTR could respond simultaneously to nitroreductase and viscosity at different fluorescence channels with no mutual interference under the same excitation wavelength. The fluorescence emission around 535 nm was enhanced dramatically after addition of nitroreductase while the fluorescence emission around 635 nm heightened as the viscosity increased. The probe would be able to selectively targeting of mitochondria in cells because of the positively charged pyridine salt structure of PC-NTR. The probe was successfully applied to assess the different levels of hypoxia and real-time imaging of mitochondrial autophagy in live cells. More importantly, using dual channel imaging, PC-NTR could be used to distinguish cancer cells from normal cells and was successfully applied to imaging experiments in HeLa-derived tumor-bearing nude mice. Therefore, PC-NTR would be an important molecular tool for hypoxia imaging and detecting solid tumors in vivo.
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- Lei Wen
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China.
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
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Guo RC, Wang N, Wang W, Zhang Z, Luo W, Wang Y, Du H, Xu Y, Li G, Yu Z. Artificial Peptide-Protein Necrosomes Promote Cell Death. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202314578. [PMID: 37870078 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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The presence of disordered region or large interacting surface within proteins significantly challenges the development of targeted drugs, commonly known as the "undruggable" issue. Here, we report a heterogeneous peptide-protein assembling strategy to selectively phosphorylate proteins, thereby activating the necroptotic signaling pathway and promoting cell necroptosis. Inspired by the structures of natural necrosomes formed by receptor interacting protein kinases (RIPK) 1 and 3, the kinase-biomimetic peptides are rationally designed by incorporating natural or D -amino acids, or connecting D -amino acids in a retro-inverso (DRI) manner, leading to one RIPK3-biomimetic peptide PR3 and three RIPK1-biomimetic peptides. Individual peptides undergo self-assembly into nanofibrils, whereas mixing RIPK1-biomimetic peptides with PR3 accelerates and enhances assembly of PR3. In particular, RIPK1-biomimetic peptide DRI-PR1 exhibits reliable binding affinity with protein RIPK3, resulting in specific cytotoxicity to colon cancer cells that overexpress RIPK3. Mechanistic studies reveal the increased phosphorylation of RIPK3 induced by RIPK1-biomimetic peptides, elucidating the activation of the necroptotic signaling pathway responsible for cell death without an obvious increase in secretion of inflammatory cytokines. Our findings highlight the potential of peptide-protein hybrid aggregation as a promising approach to address the "undruggable" issue and provide alternative strategies for overcoming cancer resistance in the future.
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- Ruo-Chen Guo
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Song J, Mo X, Liu X, Hu B, Zhang Z, Yu Z. Arginine Methylation Regulates Self-Assembly of Peptides. Macromol Rapid Commun 2023; 44:e2300308. [PMID: 37462116 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Bio-inspired design of peptides represents one facile strategy for development of supramolecular monomers for self-assembly into well-defined nanostructures. Inspired by methylation of arginine during post-translational modification for manipulating protein functions, herein, the controllable self-assembly of peptides via rational incorporation of methylated arginine residues into bola-amphiphilic peptides is reported. A series of bola-amphiphilic peptides are designed and synthesized either containing natural arginine or methylated arginine and investigate the influence of arginine methylation on peptide assembly. This study finds that incorporation of symmetrically di-methylated arginine into oppositely charged hexapeptide hex-SDMAE leads to distinct assembling performance compare to natural peptide hex-RE. The findings demonstrate that the methylation of rationally designed peptide sequences allows for regulation of self-assembly of peptides, thus implying the great potential of arginine methylation in establishing controllable peptide assembling systems and creating in situ formulation of biomedical materials in the future.
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- Jinyan Song
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Pan Y, Liu L, Mou X, Cai Y. Nanomedicine Strategies in Conquering and Utilizing the Cancer Hypoxia Environment. ACS NANO 2023; 17:20875-20924. [PMID: 37871328 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Cancer with a complex pathological process is a major disease to human welfare. Due to the imbalance between oxygen (O2) supply and consumption, hypoxia is a natural characteristic of most solid tumors and an important obstacle for cancer therapy, which is closely related to tumor proliferation, metastasis, and invasion. Various strategies to exploit the feature of tumor hypoxia have been developed in the past decade, which can be used to alleviate tumor hypoxia, or utilize the hypoxia for targeted delivery and diagnostic imaging. The strategies to alleviate tumor hypoxia include delivering O2, in situ O2 generation, reprogramming the tumor vascular system, decreasing O2 consumption, and inhibiting HIF-1 related pathways. On the other side, hypoxia can also be utilized for hypoxia-responsive chemical construction and hypoxia-active prodrug-based strategies. Taking advantage of hypoxia in the tumor region, a number of methods have been applied to identify and keep track of changes in tumor hypoxia. Herein, we thoroughly review the recent progress of nanomedicine strategies in both conquering and utilizing hypoxia to combat cancer and put forward the prospect of emerging nanomaterials for future clinical transformation, which hopes to provide perspectives in nanomaterials design.
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- Yi Pan
- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
- Clinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
- Clinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
- Clinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
- Clinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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Zhang H, Shi C, Han F, Cai L, Ma H, Long S, Sun W, Du J, Fan J, Chen X, Peng X. Synchronized activating therapeutic nano-agent: Enhancement and tracing for hypoxia-induced chemotherapy. Biomaterials 2023; 302:122365. [PMID: 37890436 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
Abstract
Prodrug is a potential regime to overcome serious adverse events and off-target effects of chemotherapy agents. Among various prodrug activators, hypoxia stands out owing to the generalizability and prominence in tumor micro-environment. However, existing hypoxia activating prodrugs generally face the limitations of stringent structural requirements, the lack of feedback and the singularity of therapeutic modality, which is imputed to the traditional paradigm that recognition groups must be located at the terminus of prodrugs. Herein, a multifunctional nano-prodrug Mal@Cy-NTR-CB has been designed. In this nano-prodrug, a self-destructive tether is introduced to break the mindset, and achieves the activation by hypoxia of chemotherapy based on Chlorambucil (CB), whose efficacy can be augmented and traced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) and fluorescence from Cyanine dyes (Cy). In addition, Maleimide (Mal) carried by the nano-shells can regulate glutathione (GSH) content, preventing 1O2 scavenging, so as to realize PDT sensitization. Experiments demonstrate that Mal@Cy-NTR-CB specifically responds to hypoxic tumors, and achieve synchronous activation, enhancement and feedback of chemotherapy and PDT, inhibiting the tumor growth effectively. This study broadens the design ideas of activatable prodrugs and provides the possibility of multifunctional nano-prodrugs to improve the generalization and prognosis in precision oncology.
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- Han Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China; State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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Liu Y, Li J, Huang H, Shu Y. A fluorescent probe for imaging nitroreductase with signal amplification in high-viscosity environments. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:9509-9515. [PMID: 37740378 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb01760e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Herein, we developed a fluorescent probe ENBT for in vitro detection of nitroreductase (NTR) as well as imaging intracellular NTR. ENBT itself is non-fluorescent and it could be catalyzed by NTR to generate a viscosity-sensitive fluorophore EBT. The fluorescence intensity of EBT could be further enhanced in cancer cells with relatively high viscosity due to the inhibition of the twisted intramolecular charge transfer effect. The probe ENBT has a good response to NTR with a detection limit of 36.8 ng mL-1, and EBT has a good response to viscosity. Furthermore, different concentrations of NTR (0-1.4 μg mL-1) were used to react with the probe and the reaction systems were subjected to different viscosity solutions, and the fluorescence signals of the products in the viscosity range of 45.86-163.60 cP were increased up to 1.69-fold. ENBT was successfully used to image NTR in cells under different hypoxic conditions as well as in Staphylococcus aureus. Finally, lipopolysaccharide was added to stimulate an increase in cellular viscosity after ENBT was catalyzed by intracellular NTR into EBT, and the fluorescence signals were observed to increase by 1.72-fold. The signal amplification capability gives ENBT higher sensitivity and immunity to interference. Moreover, it has the advantages of mitochondrial targeting, large Stokes shift (190 nm), high selectivity, and can be easily synthesized.
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- Yunfan Liu
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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An K, Deng X, Chi H, Zhang Y, Li Y, Cheng M, Ni Z, Yang Z, Wang C, Chen J, Bai J, Ran C, Wei Y, Li J, Zhang P, Xu F, Tan W. Stimuli-Responsive PROTACs for Controlled Protein Degradation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306824. [PMID: 37470380 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) represent a promising therapeutic modality to address undruggable and resistant issues in drug discovery. However, potential on-target toxicity remains clinically challenging. We developed a generalized caging strategy to synthesize a series of stimuli-responsive PROTACs (sr-PROTACs) with diverse molecular blocks bearing robust and cleavable linkers, presenting "turn on" features in manipulating protein degradation. By leveraging pathological cues, such as elevated ROS, phosphatase, H2 S, or hypoxia, and external triggers, such as ultraviolet light, X-Ray, or bioorthogonal reagents, we achieved site-specific activation and traceless release of original PROTACs through de-caging and subsequent self-immolative cleavage, realizing selective uptake and controlled protein degradation in vitro. An in vivo study revealed that two sr-PROTACs with phosphate- and fluorine-containing cages exhibited high solubility and long plasma exposure, which were specifically activated by tumor overexpressing phosphatase or low dosage of X-Ray irradiation in situ, leading to efficient protein degradation and potent tumor remission. With more reactive biomarkers to be screened from clinical practice, our caging library could provide a general tool to design activatable PROTACs, prodrugs, antibody-drug conjugates, and smart biomaterials for personalized treatment, tissue engineering or regenerative medicine.
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- Keli An
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China
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Zhang G, Fang H, Chang S, Chen R, Li L, Wang D, Liu Y, Sun R, Zhao Y, Li B. Fullerene [60] encapsulated water-soluble supramolecular cage for prevention of oxidative stress-induced myocardial injury. Mater Today Bio 2023; 21:100693. [PMID: 37404456 PMCID: PMC10316085 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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A water-soluble cube-like supramolecular cage was constructed by an engagement of six molecules through a hydrophobic effect in the water. The obtained cage could perfectly encapsulate one fullerene C60 molecule inside of the cavity and significantly improve the water-solubility of the C60 without changing the original structure. The water-soluble complex was further applied to reduce the reactive oxygen species (R.O.S.) in cardiomyocytes (FMC84) through Akt/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway. Furthermore, in the mouse model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, the application of C60 was found to be effective in reducing myocardial injury and improving cardiac function. It also reduced the levels of R.O.S. in myocardial tissue, inhibited myocardial apoptosis, and mitigated myocardial inflammatory responses. The present study provides a new guideline for constructing water-soluble C60 and verifies the important role of C60 in preventing oxidative stress-related cardiovascular disease injury.
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- Guanzhao Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Binzhou Medical University, Zibo Central Hospital, NO.10, South Shanghai Road, Zibo, 255000, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Center of Translational Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, NO.10, South Shanghai Road, Zibo, 255000, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Binzhou Medical University, Zibo Central Hospital, NO.10, South Shanghai Road, Zibo, 255000, China
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Wang C, Hong Y, Dong L, Cheng H, Jin D, Zhao R, Yu Z, Yuan Y. An AND-gate bioluminescent probe for precise tumor imaging. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5768-5773. [PMID: 37265734 PMCID: PMC10231332 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00556a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Sensitivity and specificity are two indispensable requirements to ensure diagnostic accuracy. Dual-locked probes with "AND-gate" logic theory have emerged as a powerful tool to enhance imaging specificity, avoid "false positive" results, and realize correlation analysis. In addition, bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is an excitation-free optical modality with high sensitivity and low background and can thus be combined with a dual-locked strategy for precise disease imaging. Here, we developed a novel AND-gate bioluminescent probe, FK-Luc-BH, which is capable of responding to two different tumor biomarkers (cathepsin L and ClO-). The good specificity of FK-Luc-BH was proven, as an obvious BL signal could only be observed in the solution containing both cathepsin L (CTSL) and ClO-. 4T1-fLuc cells and tumors treated with FK-Luc-BH exhibited significantly higher BL signals than those treated with unresponsive control compound Ac-Luc-EA or cotreated with FK-Luc-BH and a ClO- scavenger/cathepsin inhibitor, demonstrating the ability of FK-Luc-BH to precisely recognize tumors in which CTSL and ClO- coexist.
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- Chenchen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University Hefei Anhui 230061 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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Zhang L, Jiao Y, Yang H, Jia X, Li H, He C, Si W, Duan C. Supramolecular Host-Guest Strategy for the Accelerating Detection of Nitroreductase. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:21198-21209. [PMID: 37070853 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Identifying nitroreductase (NTR) with fluorescent techniques has become a research hotspot, due to its good sensitivity and selectivity toward the early-stage cancer diagnosis and monitoring. Herein, a host-guest reporter (NAQA⊂Zn-MPPB) is successfully achieved by encapsulating the NTR probe NAQA into a new NADH-functioned metal-organic cage Zn-MPPB, which makes the reporter for ultrafast detection of NTR within dozens of seconds in solution. The host-guest strategy fuses the Zn-MPPB and NAQA to form a pseudomolecule material, which changes the reaction process of NTR and NAQA from a double substrates mechanism to a single substrate one, and accelerates the reduction efficiency of NAQA. This advantage make the new host-guest reporter exhibit a linear relationship between emission changes and NTR concentration, and it shows better sensitively toward NTR than that of NAQA. Additionally, the positively charged water-soluble metal-organic cage can encapsulate NAQA in the cavity, promote it to dissolve in an aqueous environment, and facilitate their accumulation into tumor cells. As expected, such host-guest reporter displays a fast and high efficiently imaging capability toward NTR in tumor cells and tumor-bearing mice, and flow cytometry assay is conducted to corroborate the capability as well, implying the considerably potential of host-guest strategy for early tumor diagnosis and treatment.
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- Lei Zhang
- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Cao Y, Zhou L, Fang Z, Zou Z, Zhao J, Zuo X, Li G. Application of functional peptides in the electrochemical and optical biosensing of cancer biomarkers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3383-3398. [PMID: 36808189 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06824a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Early screening and diagnosis are the most effective ways to prevent the occurrence and progression of cancers, thus many biosensing strategies have been developed to achieve economic, rapid, and effective detection of various cancer biomarkers. Recently, functional peptides have been gaining increasing attention in cancer-related biosensing due to their advantageous features of a simple structure, ease of synthesis and modification, high stability, and good biorecognition, self-assembly and antifouling capabilities. Functional peptides can not only act as recognition ligands or enzyme substrates for the selective identification of different cancer biomarkers but also function as interfacial materials or self-assembly units to improve the biosensing performances. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in functional peptide-based biosensing of cancer biomarkers according to the used techniques and the roles of peptides. Particular attention is focused on the use of electrochemical and optical techniques, both of which are the most commonly used techniques in the field of biosensing. The challenges and promising prospects of functional peptide-based biosensors in clinical diagnosis are also discussed.
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- Yue Cao
- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhang X, Liu P, Wang Y, Han X, Chen L. Fluorescent imaging to provide visualized evidences for mercury induced hypoxia stress. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 444:130374. [PMID: 36399820 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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As one typical toxic and dangerous heavy metal, mercury brings incalculable hazards to the environment and human, the mechanism at the molecular level is unclear. There is no visualized evidence to support directly that mercury ions (Hg2+) exposure may induce secondary stress, which is associated with the risk of hypoxia microenvironment in biological systems. Hypoxia occurs in many physiological and pathophysiological processes in the living system, accompanying overexpression of various biomarkers, such as nitroreductase (NTR). Hence, we had successfully developed two NTR-selective fluorescent probes with excellent performance for evaluating the hypoxia degree in vivo and in vitro. We visualized and qualitatively monitored the fluctuations of the endogenous NTR levels in living cells and zebrafish. The imaging results exhibited that different doses of Hg2+ exposure elevated the NTR levels and the same trend in changes of NTR as extrinsic hypoxia exposure, suggesting that Hg2+ exposure induced microenvironmental changes resulting in the hypoxia stress. This is the first time to provide visual evidence to support that Hg2+ stress may involve in the intracellular hypoxia microenvironment through monitoring the dynamic of NTR levels in the living systems. Our results may provide a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms of typical heavy metal element induced toxicity.
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- Li Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China.
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Song N, Song Y, Hu B, Liu X, Yu X, Zhou H, Long J, Yu Z. Persistent Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Stimulated by Peptide Assemblies for Sensitizing Cancer Chemotherapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2202039. [PMID: 36353887 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202039] [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: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress represents one of important methods for disease therapy, which, however, is significantly suppressed by the ER homeostatic processe. Herein, a proof-of-concept strategy is reported for persistent stimulation of ER stress via preventing ER stress adaptation by utilizing multifunctional peptide assemblies. The strategy is established via creation of peptide assemblies with ER-targeting and chaperone glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78)-inhibiting functions. The peptides assemblies form well-defined nanofibers that are retrieved by ER organelles in human cervical cancer cell. The underlying mechanism studies unravel that the ER-accumulated peptide assemblies simultaneously stimulate ER stress and inhibit GRP78 refolding activity and thereby promoting endogenous protein aggregation. Combining the internalized peptide assemblies with the induced protein aggregates leads to the persistent stimulation of ER stress. The persistent ER stress induced by the peptide assemblies bestows their application in sensitizing cancer chemotherapy. Both in vitro and in vivo results confirm the enhanced cytotoxicity of drug toyocamycin against HeLa cells by peptide assemblies, thus efficiently inhibiting in vivo tumor growth. The strategy reported here discloses the fundamental keys for efficient promotion of ER stress, thus providing the guidance for development of ER-targeting-assisted cancer chemotherapy in the future.
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- Na Song
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Song Y, Zhang Z, Cao Y, Yu Z. Stimulus-Responsive Amino Acids Behind In Situ Assembled Bioactive Peptide Materials. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202200497. [PMID: 36278304 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200497] [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: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In situ self-assembly of peptides into well-defined nanostructures represents one of versatile strategies for creation of bioactive materials within living cells with great potential in disease diagnosis and treatment. The intimate relationship between amino acid sequences and the assembling propensity of peptides has been thoroughly elucidated over the past few decades. This has inspired development of various controllable self-assembling peptide systems based on stimuli-responsive naturally occurring or non-canonical amino acids, including redox-, pH-, photo-, enzyme-responsive amino acids. This review attempts to summarize the recent progress achieved in manipulating in situ self-assembly of peptides by controllable reactions occurring to amino acids. We will highlight the systems containing non-canonical amino acids developed in our laboratory during the past few years, primarily including acid/enzyme-responsive 4-aminoproline, redox-responsive (seleno)methionine, and enzyme-responsive 2-nitroimidazolyl alanine. Utilization of the stimuli-responsive assembling systems in creation of bioactive materials will be specifically introduced to emphasize their advantages for addressing the concerns lying in disease theranostics. Eventually, we will provide the perspectives for the further development of stimulus-responsive amino acids and thereby demonstrating their great potential in development of next-generation biomaterials.
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- Yanqiu Song
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China.,Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin, 300308, P. R. China
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Wang Y, Gao D, Jin L, Ren X, Ouyang Y, Zhou Y, He X, Jia L, Tian Z, Wu D, Yang Z. NADPH Selective Depletion Nanomedicine-Mediated Radio-Immunometabolism Regulation for Strengthening Anti-PDL1 Therapy against TNBC. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2203788. [PMID: 36403210 PMCID: PMC9875612 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Anti-PD(L)1 immunotherapy recently arises as an effective treatment against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) but is only applicable to a small portion of TNBC patients due to the low PD-L1 expression and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). To address these challenges, a multifunctional "drug-like" copolymer that possesses the auto-changeable upper critical solution temperature and the capacity of scavenging reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) inside tumor cells is synthesized and employed to develop a hypoxia-targeted and BMS202 (small molecule antagonist of PD-1/PD-L1 interactions)-loaded nanomedicine (BMS202@HZP NPs), combining the anti-PD-L1 therapy and the low-dose radiotherapy (LDRT) against TNBC. In addition to the controlled release of BMS202 in the hypoxic TNBC, BMS202@HZP NPs benefit the LDRT by upregulating the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP, the primary cellular source for NADPH) of TME whereas scavenging the NADPH inside tumor cells. As a result, the BMS202@HZP NPs-mediated LDRT upregulate the PD-L1 expression of tumor to promote anti-PD-L1 therapy response while reprogramming the immunometabolism of TME to alleviate its immunosuppression. This innovative nanomedicine-mediated radio-immunometabolism regulation provides a promising strategy to reinforce the anti-PD-L1 therapy against TNBC.
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- Ying Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biomedical Nanomaterials of HenanZhoukou Normal UniversityZhoukou466001P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- PCFM LabSchool of ChemistrySun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhou510006P. R. China
- Center of Accurate DiagnosisTreatment and Transformation of Bone and Joint DiseasesThe Eighth Affiliated HospitalSun Yat‐sen UniversityShenzhen518000P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of EducationSchool of Life Science and TechnologyXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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Shao Y, Xiang L, Zhang W, Chen Y. Responsive shape-shifting nanoarchitectonics and its application in tumor diagnosis and therapy. J Control Release 2022; 352:600-618. [PMID: 36341936 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Nanodrug delivery system has a great application in the treatment of solid tumors by virtue of EPR effect, though its success in clinics is still limited by its poor extravasation, small intratumoral accumulation, and weak tumor penetration. The shape of nanoparticles (NPs) greatly affects their circulation time, flow behavior, intratumoral amassing, cell internalization as well as tumor tissue penetration. Generally, short nanorods and 100-200 nm spherical nanocarriers possess nice circulation behaviors, nanorods and nanofibers with a large aspect ratio (AR) cumulate well at tumor sites, and tiny nanospheres/disks (< 50 nm) and short nanorods with a low AR achieve a favorable tumor tissue penetration. The AR and surface evenness of NPs also tune their cell contact, cell ingestion, and drug accumulation at tumor sites. Therefore, adopting stimulus-responsive shape-switching (namely, shape-shifting nanoarchitectonics) can not only ensure a good circulation and extravasation for NPs, but also and more importantly, promote their amassing, retention, and penetration in tumor tissues to maximize therapeutic efficacy. Here we review the recently developed shape-switching nanoarchitectonics of antitumoral NPs based on stimulus-responsiveness, demonstrate how successful they are in tumor shrinking and elimination, and provide new ideas for the optimization of anticancer nanotherapeutics.
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- Yaru Shao
- Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 410001, China
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- Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.
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Gueta O, Amiram M. Expanding the chemical repertoire of protein-based polymers for drug-delivery applications. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 190:114460. [PMID: 36030987 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Expanding the chemical repertoire of natural and artificial protein-based polymers (PBPs) can enable the production of sequence-defined, yet chemically diverse, biopolymers with customized or new properties that cannot be accessed in PBPs composed of only natural amino acids. Various approaches can enable the expansion of the chemical repertoire of PBPs, including chemical and enzymatic treatments or the incorporation of unnatural amino acids. These techniques are employed to install a wide variety of chemical groups-such as bio-orthogonally reactive, cross-linkable, post-translation modifications, and environmentally responsive groups-which, in turn, can facilitate the design of customized PBP-based drug-delivery systems with modified, fine-tuned, or entirely new properties and functions. Here, we detail the existing and emerging technologies for expanding the chemical repertoire of PBPs and review several chemical groups that either demonstrate or are anticipated to show potential in the design of PBP-based drug delivery systems. Finally, we provide our perspective on the remaining challenges and future directions in this field.
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- Osher Gueta
- The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.
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Zhao C, Liu W, Sun W, Yu H, Sheng Z, Wang J, Jiang Y, Liu Y. Activatable self-assembled organic nanotheranostics: Aspartyl aminopeptidase triggered NIR fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal/photodynamic synergistic therapy. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1231:340198. [PMID: 36220284 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Phototherapy has developed as a powerful method for remedial modalities. The conventional photosensitizers are "always on" state and lack tumor targeting, which contributed to poor therapeutic effect and high toxicity. Therefore, we developed an aspartyl aminopeptidase (DNPEP) activated self-assembled organic nanoparticles (NRh-Asp NPs) with sensitive external irradiation-induced photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT). NRh-Asp NPs can be activated to NRh-NH2 NPs by DNPEP, demonstrating strong near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence, and efficiently generating heat and singlet oxygen under the near-infrared laser. NRh-Asp NPs was successfully used for visualizing DNPEP in vitro and in vivo in NIR region, and demonstrated good synergistic anti-cancer efficacy of PDT and PTT. These results suggest that DNPEP-mediated NRh-Asp NPs are promising candidates for image-guided phototherapeutic of tumor.
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- Chao Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China.
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Ding C, Chen C, Zeng X, Chen H, Zhao Y. Emerging Strategies in Stimuli-Responsive Prodrug Nanosystems for Cancer Therapy. ACS NANO 2022; 16:13513-13553. [PMID: 36048467 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Prodrugs are chemically modified drug molecules that are inactive before administration. After administration, they are converted in situ to parent drugs and induce the mechanism of action. The development of prodrugs has upgraded conventional drug treatments in terms of bioavailability, targeting, and reduced side effects. Especially in cancer therapy, the application of prodrugs has achieved substantial therapeutic effects. From serendipitous discovery in the early stage to functional design with pertinence nowadays, the importance of prodrugs in drug design is self-evident. At present, studying stimuli-responsive activation mechanisms, regulating the stimuli intensity in vivo, and designing nanoscale prodrug formulations are the major strategies to promote the development of prodrugs. In this review, we provide an outlook of recent cutting-edge studies on stimuli-responsive prodrug nanosystems from these three aspects. We also discuss prospects and challenges in the future development of such prodrugs.
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- Chendi Ding
- Clinical Research Center, Maoming People's Hospital, 101 Weimin Road, Maoming 525000, China
- School of Medicine, Jinan University, 855 Xingye East Road, Guangzhou 510632, China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Clinical Research Center, Maoming People's Hospital, 101 Weimin Road, Maoming 525000, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Wei Y, Zhang J, Liu X. Surfactant-Assisted Assembly of Dipeptide Forming a Broom-like Structure. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27154876. [PMID: 35956826 PMCID: PMC9369827 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27154876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Understanding the influence of surfactants on the assembly of peptides has a considerable practical motivation. In this paper, we systematically study the anionic surfactant-assisted assembly of diphenylalanine (FF). FF forms broom-like structures in a concentration of sodium cholate (NaC) around the CMC, and assembles into linear and unidirectional rods in the presence of low and high surfactant concentrations. FF’s improved hydrogen bonding and controlled assembly rates are appropriate for other anionic surfactants. At this stage, the use of FF as the simplest protein consequence can be helpful in the investigation of further protein–surfactant interactions.
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Morsby JJ, Atkinson KM, Shradha Reddy Kommidi S, Freel T, Janeková H, Štacko P, Smith BD. Structure-Activity Studies of Nitroreductase-Responsive Near-Infrared Heptamethine Cyanine Fluorescent Probes. European J Org Chem 2022; 2022:e202200270. [PMID: 38322783 PMCID: PMC10846533 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Two new classes of near-infrared molecular probes were prepared and shown to exhibit "turn on" fluorescence when cleaved by the nitroreductase enzyme, a well-known biomarker of cell hypoxia. The fluorescent probes are heptamethine cyanine dyes with a central 4'-carboxylic ester group on the heptamethine chain that is converted by a self-immolative fragmentation mechanism to a 4'-caboxylate group that greatly enhances the fluorescence brightness. Each compound was prepared by ring opening of a Zincke salt. The chemical structures have either terminal benzoindolinenes or propargyloxy auxochromes, which provide favorable red-shifted absorption/emission wavelengths and a hyperchromic effect that enhances the photon output when excited by 808 nm light. A fluorescent probe with terminal propargyloxy-indolenines exhibited less self-aggregation and was rapidly activated by nitroreductase with large "turn on" fluorescence; thus, it is the preferred choice for translation towards in vivo applications.
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- Janeala J. Morsby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurestrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurestrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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Lei S, Zhao F, Zhang J, Blum NT, He T, Qu J, Huang P, Lin J. Metallo-Dye-Based Supramolecular Nanoassembly for NIR-II Cancer Theranostics. Anal Chem 2022; 94:8399-8408. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Shan Lei
- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Liu X, Li M, Liu J, Song Y, Hu B, Wu C, Liu AA, Zhou H, Long J, Shi L, Yu Z. In Situ Self-Sorting Peptide Assemblies in Living Cells for Simultaneous Organelle Targeting. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:9312-9323. [PMID: 35587998 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Self-sorting is a common phenomenon in eukaryotic cells and represents one of the versatile strategies for the formation of advanced functional materials; however, developing artificial self-sorting assemblies within living cells remains challenging. Here, we report on the GSH-responsive in situ self-sorting peptide assemblies within cancer cells for simultaneous organelle targeting to promote combinatorial organelle dysfunction and thereby cell death. The self-sorting system was created via the design of two peptides E3C16E6 and EVMSeO derived from lipid-inspired peptide interdigitating amphiphiles and peptide bola-amphiphiles, respectively. The distinct organization patterns of the two peptides facilitate their GSH-induced self-sorting into isolated nanofibrils as a result of cleavage of disulfide-connected hydrophilic domains or reduction of selenoxide groups. The GSH-responsive in situ self-sorting in the peptide assemblies within HeLa cells was directly characterized by super-resolution structured illumination microscopy. Incorporation of the thiol and ER-targeting groups into the self-sorted assemblies endows their simultaneous targeting of endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, thus leading to combinatorial organelle dysfunction and cell death. Our results demonstrate the establishment of the in situ self-sorting peptide assemblies within living cells, thus providing a unique platform for drug targeting delivery and an alternative strategy for modulating biological processes in the future.
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- Xin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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Tang M, Song Y, Lu YL, Zhang YM, Yu Z, Xu X, Liu Y. Cyclodextrin-Activated Porphyrin Photosensitization for Boosting Self-Cleavable Drug Release. J Med Chem 2022; 65:6764-6774. [PMID: 35485832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Supramolecular prodrugs that combine the merits of stimuli-responsiveness and targeting ability in a controllable manner have shown appealing prospects in disease diagnostics and therapeutics. Herein, we report that a new theranostic agent with the host-guest-binding-activated photosensitization has been fabricated by a binary supramolecular assembly consisting of the permethyl-β-cyclodextrin-grafted hyaluronic acid and a combretastatin A-4-appended porphyrin derivative. Illuminated by a red-light source, the production efficiency of singlet oxygen (1O2) pronouncedly increases by ∼60-fold once the porphyrin core is encapsulated by cyclodextrins. Consequently, the cell-selective fluorescence emission is dramatically enhanced, the microtubule-targeted drug is rapidly and completely released, and the 1O2-involved combinational treatment is simultaneously achieved both in vitro and in vivo. To be envisaged, this complexation-boosted light-activatable photosensitizing prodrug delivery system with improved photophysical performance and remarkable phototheranostic outcomes will make a significant contribution to the creation of more advanced stimulus-based biomaterials.
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- Mian Tang
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Song Y, Li M, Song N, Liu X, Wu G, Zhou H, Long J, Shi L, Yu Z. Self-Amplifying Assembly of Peptides in Macrophages for Enhanced Inflammatory Treatment. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:6907-6917. [PMID: 35388694 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Enzyme-regulated in situ self-assembly of peptides represents one versatile strategy in the creation of theranostic agents, which, however, is limited by the strong dependence on enzyme overexpression. Herein, we reported the self-amplifying assembly of peptides precisely in macrophages associated with enzyme expression for improving the anti-inflammatory efficacy of conventional drugs. The self-amplifying assembling system was created via coassembling an enzyme-responsive peptide with its derivative functionalized with a protein ligand. Reduction of the peptides by the enzyme NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1) led to the formation of nanofibers with high affinity to the protein, thereby facilitating NQO1 expression. The improved NQO1 level conversely promoted the assembly of the peptides into nanofibers, thus establishing an amplifying relationship between the peptide assembly and the NQO1 expression in macrophages. Utilization of the amplifying assembling system as vehicles for drug dexamethasone allowed for its passive targeting delivery to acute injured lungs. Both in vitro and in vivo studies confirmed the capability of the self-amplifying assembling system to enhance the anti-inflammatory efficacy of dexamethasone via simultaneous alleviation of the reactive oxygen species side effect and downregulation of proinflammatory cytokines. Our findings demonstrate the manipulation of the assembly of peptides in living cells with a regular enzyme level via a self-amplification process, thus providing a unique strategy for the creation of supramolecular theranostic agents in living cells.
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- Yanqiu Song
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Zhou Y, Liu R, Shevtsov M, Gao H. When imaging meets size-transformable nanosystems. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 183:114176. [PMID: 35227872 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Imaging techniques, including magnetic, optical, acoustic and nuclear imaging, are gaining popularity as a research tool and clinical diagnostics. The advent of imaging agents-incorporated nanosystems (NSs), with sufficient contrast and high resolution, facilitates better monitoring of disease progression, targeted delivery and therapeutic process. Of note, the size of NSs remarkably affects imaging performance, while both large and small NSs enjoy respective features and superiority for imaging aspect, including penetration depth, signal-to-background ratio and spatiotemporal resolution. In this review, after a systematic summary of the basic knowledge of imaging techniques and its relation with size-tunable strategies, we further provide insights into the opportunities and challenges facing size-transformable NSs of the future for bio-imaging application and clinical translation.
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- Yang Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), St. Petersburg 194064, Russia
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China.
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Zhang Y, Yu Y, Gao J. Supramolecular Nanomedicines of In-Situ Self-Assembling Peptides. Front Chem 2022; 10:815551. [PMID: 35186883 PMCID: PMC8854645 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.815551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nanomedicines provide distinct clinical advantages over traditional monomolecular therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Supramolecular nanomedicines made from in-situ self-assembling peptides have emerged as a promising strategy in designing and fabricating nanomedicines. In-situ self-assambly (SA) allows the combination of nanomedicines approach with prodrug approach, which exhibited both advantages of these strategies while addressed the problems of both and thus receiving more and more research attention. In this review, we summarized recently designed supramolecular nanomedicines of in-situ SA peptides in the manner of applications and design principles, and the interaction between the materials and biological environments was also discussed.
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Guo RC, Zhang XH, Fan PS, Song BL, Li ZX, Duan ZY, Qiao ZY, Wang H. In Vivo Self-Assembly Induced Cell Membrane Phase Separation for Improved Peptide Drug Internalization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25128-25134. [PMID: 34549872 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Therapeutic peptides have been widely concerned, but their efficacy is limited by the inability to penetrate cell membranes, which is a key bottleneck in peptide drugs delivery. Herein, an in vivo self-assembly strategy is developed to induce phase separation of cell membrane that improves the peptide drugs internalization. A phosphopeptide KYp is synthesized, containing an anticancer peptide [KLAKLAK]2 (K) and a responsive moiety phosphorylated Y (Yp). After interacting with alkaline phosphatase (ALP), KYp can be dephosphorylated and self-assembles in situ, which induces the aggregation of ALP and the protein-lipid phase separation on cell membrane. Consequently, KYp internalization is 2-fold enhanced compared to non-responsive peptide, and IC50 value of KYp is approximately 5 times lower than that of free peptide. Therefore, the in vivo self-assembly induced phase separation on cell membrane promises a new strategy to improve the drug delivery efficacy in cancer therapy.
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- Ruo-Chen Guo
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8 Guangrongdao, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, No. 8 Guangrongdao, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruo‐Chen Guo
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology No. 8 Guangrongdao Tianjin 300130 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
| | - Zhi‐Xiang Li
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology No. 8 Guangrongdao Tianjin 300130 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
| | - Hao Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety CAS Center for Excellence in Nano-science National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun Beijing 100190 China
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