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Gao Y, Gao C, Fan Y, Sun H, Du J. Physically and Chemically Compartmentalized Polymersomes for Programmed Delivery and Biological Applications. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:5511-5538. [PMID: 37933444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00826] [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: 11/08/2023]
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Multicompartment polymersomes (MCPs) refer to polymersomes that not only contain one single compartment, either in the membrane or in the internal cavity, but also mimic the compartmentalized structure of living cells, attracting much attention in programmed delivery and biological applications. The investigation of MCPs may promote the application of soft nanomaterials in biomedicine. This Review seeks to highlight the recent advances of the design principles, synthetic strategies, and biomedical applications of MCPs. The compartmentalization types including chemical, physical, and hybrid compartmentalization are discussed. Subsequently, the design and controlled synthesis of MCPs by the self-assembly of amphiphilic polymers, double emulsification, coprecipitation, microfluidics and particle assembly, etc. are summarized. Furthermore, the diverse applications of MCPs in programmed delivery of various cargoes and biological applications including cancer therapy, antimicrobials, and regulation of blood glucose levels are highlighted. Finally, future perspectives of MCPs from the aspects of controlled synthesis and applications are proposed.
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- Yaning Gao
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Sun Q, Shi J, Sun H, Zhu Y, Du J. Membrane and Lumen-Compartmentalized Polymersomes for Biocatalysis and Cell Mimics. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:4587-4604. [PMID: 37842883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00726] [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: 10/17/2023]
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Compartmentalization is a crucial feature of a natural cell, manifested in cell membrane and inner lumen. Inspired by the cellular structure, multicompartment polymersomes (MCPs), including membrane-compartmentalized polymersomes and lumen-compartmentalized polymersomes (polymersomes-in-polymersomes), have aroused great expectations for biological applications such as biocatalysis and cell mimics in the past decades. Compared with traditional polymersomes, MCPs have advantages in encapsulating multiple enzymes separately for multistep enzymatic cascade reactions. In this review, first, the design principles and preparation methods of membrane-compartmentalized and lumen-compartmentalized polymersomes are summarized. Next, recent advances of MCPs as nanoreactors and cell mimics to mimic subcellular organelles or artificial cells are discussed. Finally, the future research directions of MCPs are prospected.
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- Qingmei Sun
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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Zhang Y, Obuchi H, Toyota T. A Practical Guide to Preparation and Applications of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Formed via Centrifugation of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:440. [PMID: 37103867 PMCID: PMC10144487 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13040440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Giant vesicles (GVs), which are closed lipid bilayer membranes with a diameter of more than 1 μm, have attracted attention not only as model cell membranes but also for the construction of artificial cells. For encapsulating water-soluble materials and/or water-dispersible particles or functionalizing membrane proteins and/or other synthesized amphiphiles, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) have been applied in various fields, such as supramolecular chemistry, soft matter physics, life sciences, and bioengineering. In this review, we focus on a preparation technique for GUVs that encapsulate water-soluble materials and/or water-dispersible particles. It is based on the centrifugation of a water-in-oil emulsion layered on water and does not require special equipment other than a centrifuge, which makes it the first choice for laboratory use. Furthermore, we review recent studies on GUV-based artificial cells prepared using this technique and discuss their future applications.
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- Yiting Zhang
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Universal Biology Institute, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Zong W, Shao X, Li J, Chai Y, Hu X, Zhang X. Synthetic Intracellular Environments: From Basic Science to Applications. Anal Chem 2023; 95:535-549. [PMID: 36625127 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Wei Zong
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, No. 42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, No. 42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, No. 42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar161006, China.,Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Synthesis for Fine Chemicals, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, No. 42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar161006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Devices (Wenzhou), College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, No. 42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar161006, China
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Xu Q, Li S, Qi M, Gao J, Chen C, Huang P, Wang Y, Yu C, Huang W, Zhou Y. Membrane‐Bound Inward‐Growth of Artificial Cytoskeletons and Their Selective Disassembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202204440. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202204440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Qingsong Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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Dually Responsive Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-b-poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) Polymersomes for Controlled Delivery. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27113485. [PMID: 35684423 PMCID: PMC9182360 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Limited tissue selectivity and targeting of anticancer therapeutics in systemic administration can produce harmful side effects in the body. Various polymer nano-vehicles have been developed to encapsulate therapeutics and prevent premature drug release. Dually responsive polymeric vesicles (polymersomes) assembled from temperature-/pH-sensitive block copolymers are particularly interesting for the delivery of encapsulated therapeutics to targeted tumors and inflamed tissues. We have previously demonstrated that temperature-responsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL)-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-b-PVCL polymersomes exhibit high loading efficiency of anticancer therapeutics in physiological conditions. However, the in-vivo toxicity of these polymersomes as biocompatible materials has not yet been explored. Nevertheless, developing an advanced therapeutic nanocarrier must provide the knowledge of possible risks from the material’s toxicity to support its future clinical research in humans. Herein, we studied pH-induced degradation of PVCL10-b-PDMS65-b-PVCL10 vesicles in-situ and their dually (pH- and temperature-) responsive release of the anticancer drug, doxorubicin, using NMR, DLS, TEM, and absorbance spectroscopy. The toxic potential of the polymersomes was evaluated in-vivo by intravenous injection (40 mg kg−1 single dose) of PVCL10-PDMS65-PVCL10 vesicles to mice. The sub-acute toxicity study (14 days) included gravimetric, histological, and hematological analyses and provided evidence for good biocompatibility and non-toxicity of the biomaterial. These results show the potential of these vesicles to be used in clinical research.
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Xu Q, Li S, Qi M, Gao J, Chen C, Huang P, Wang Y, Yu C, Huang W, Zhou Y. Membrane‐Bound Inward‐Growth of Artificial Cytoskeletons and Their Selective Disassembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202204440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Qingsong Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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Mahmoud YAG, El-Naggar ME, Abdel-Megeed A, El-Newehy M. Recent Advancements in Microbial Polysaccharides: Synthesis and Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13234136. [PMID: 34883639 PMCID: PMC8659985 DOI: 10.3390/polym13234136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Polysaccharide materials are widely applied in different applications including food, food packaging, drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressing, wastewater treatment, and bioremediation sectors. They were used in these domains due to their efficient, cost-effective, non-toxicity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. As is known, polysaccharides can be synthesized by different simple, facile, and effective methods. Of these polysaccharides are cellulose, Arabic gum, sodium alginate, chitosan, chitin, curdlan, dextran, pectin, xanthan, pullulan, and so on. In this current article review, we focused on discussing the synthesis and potential applications of microbial polysaccharides. The biosynthesis of polysaccharides from microbial sources has been considered. Moreover, the utilization of molecular biology tools to modify the structure of polysaccharides has been covered. Such polysaccharides provide potential characteristics to transfer toxic compounds and decrease their resilience to the soil. Genetically modified microorganisms not only improve yield of polysaccharides, but also allow economically efficient production. With the rapid advancement of science and medicine, biosynthesis of polysaccharides research has become increasingly important. Synthetic biology approaches can play a critical role in developing polysaccharides in simple and facile ways. In addition, potential applications of microbial polysaccharides in different fields with a particular focus on food applications have been assessed.
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- Yehia A.-G. Mahmoud
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt;
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- Textile Research Division, National Research Center (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Cairo 12622, Egypt
- Correspondence: (M.E.E.-N.); (M.E.-N.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, Egypt;
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
- Correspondence: (M.E.E.-N.); (M.E.-N.)
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Giuliano CB, Cvjetan N, Ayache J, Walde P. Multivesicular Vesicles: Preparation and Applications. CHEMSYSTEMSCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/syst.202000049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Camila Betterelli Giuliano
- Elvesys – Microfluidics Innovation Center 172 Rue de Charonne 75011 Paris France
- University of Strasbourg CNRS ISIS UMR 7006 67000 Strasbourg France
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- ETH Zürich Department of Materials Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Elvesys – Microfluidics Innovation Center 172 Rue de Charonne 75011 Paris France
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- ETH Zürich Department of Materials Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Zhao B, Yan Y, Zhang J, Chen E, Wang K, Zhao C, Zhong Y, Huang D, Cui Z, Deng D, Gu C, Chen W. Synthesis of zwitterionic chimeric polymersomes for efficient protein loading and intracellular delivery. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00815c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Design and synthesis of degradable chimeric polymersomes based on zwitterionic PAC(DMA)-PCL-PMDMSA triblock copolymers for high protein loading and intracellular delivery.
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- Bingbing Zhao
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Road, Nanjing 211198, China
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Raychaudhuri R, Pandey A, Hegde A, Abdul Fayaz SM, Chellappan DK, Dua K, Mutalik S. Factors affecting the morphology of some organic and inorganic nanostructures for drug delivery: characterization, modifications, and toxicological perspectives. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2020; 17:1737-1765. [PMID: 32878492 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2020.1819237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Introduction: In this review, we aim to highlight the impact of various processes and formulation variables influencing the characteristics of certain surfactant-based nanoconstructs for drug delivery. Areas covered: The review includes the discussion on processing parameters for the preparation of nanoconstructs, especially those made up of surfactants. Articles published in last 15 years (437) were reviewed, 381 articles were selected for data review and most appropriate articles (215) were included in article. Effect of variables such as surfactant concentration and type, membrane additives, temperature, and pH-dependent transitions on morphology has been highlighted along with effect of shape on nanoparticle uptake by cells. Various characterization techniques explored for these nanostructures with respect to size, morphology, lamellarity, distribution, etc., and a separate section on polymeric vesicles and the influence of block copolymers, type of block copolymer, control of block length, interaction of multiple block copolymers on the structure of polymersomes and chimeric nanostructures have been discussed. Finally, applications, modification, degradation, and toxicological aspects of these drug delivery systems have been highlighted. Expert opinion: Parameters influencing the morphology of micelles and vesicles can directly or indirectly affect the efficacy of small molecule cellular internalization as well as uptake in the case of biologicals.[Figure: see text].
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- Ruchira Raychaudhuri
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal, Karnataka State, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal, Karnataka State, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal, Karnataka State, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal, Karnataka State, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University , Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Discipline of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney , Broadway, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal, Karnataka State, India
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Nayanathara U, Kermaniyan SS, Such GK. Multicompartment Polymeric Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 41:e2000298. [PMID: 32686228 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Multicompartment polymeric nanocarriers which mimic the compartmentalized architecture of living cells have received considerable research attention in the biomedical field. The advancement of synthetic polymeric chemistry has allowed multicompartment polymeric nanocarriers to be tailored for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, encapsulated catalysis, and artificial cellular mimics. In this review, polymer-based multicompartment nanocarriers (multicompartment micelles, multicompartment polymersomes, and capsosomes) have been discussed. This review focuses on multicompartment systems applied to biomedical applications over the last ten years. The synthetic procedures and structural properties that impact the specific application are also highlighted.
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- Umeka Nayanathara
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Waghwani HK, Uchida M, Fu CY, LaFrance B, Sharma J, McCoy K, Douglas T. Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) as a Platform for Hierarchical Compartmentalization. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:2060-2072. [PMID: 32319761 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hierarchically self-assembled structures are common in biology, but it is often challenging to design and fabricate synthetic analogs. The archetypal cell is defined by hierarchically organized multicompartmentalized structures with boundaries that delineate the interior from exterior environments and is an inspiration for complex functional materials. Here, we have demonstrated an approach to the design and construction of a nested protein cage system that can additionally incorporate the packing of other functional macromolecules and exhibit some of the features of a minimal synthetic cell-like material. We have demonstrated a strategy for controlled co-packaging of subcompartments, ferritin (Fn) cages, together with active cellobiose-hydrolyzing β-glycosidase enzyme macromolecules, CelB, inside the sequestered volume of the bacteriophage P22 capsid. Using controlled in vitro assembly, we were able to modulate the stoichiometry of Fn cages and CelB encapsulated inside the P22 to control the degree of compartmentalization. The co-encapsulated enzyme CelB showed catalytic activity even when packaged at high total macromolecular concentrations comparable to an intracellular environment. This approach could be used as a model to create synthetic protein-based protocells that can confine smaller functionalized proto-organelles and additional macromolecules to support a range of biochemical reactions.
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- Hitesh Kumar Waghwani
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.,Department of Chemistry, California State University Fresno, Fresno, California 93740, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.,Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Vázquez-González M, Wang C, Willner I. Biocatalytic cascades operating on macromolecular scaffolds and in confined environments. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-0433-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Iqbal S, Blenner M, Alexander-Bryant A, Larsen J. Polymersomes for Therapeutic Delivery of Protein and Nucleic Acid Macromolecules: From Design to Therapeutic Applications. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:1327-1350. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Shoaib Iqbal
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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Martí-Centelles R, Rubio-Magnieto J, Escuder B. A minimalistic catalytically-active cell mimetic made of a supra-molecular hydrogel encapsulated into a polymersome. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:14487-14490. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04941g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A minimalistic multicomponent cell mimetic is constructed from a catalytic low molecular weight fibrillar network and a polymersome compartment.
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- Rosa Martí-Centelles
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castelló 12071
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castelló 12071
- Spain
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Xiong Q, Zhang X, Wei W, Wei G, Su Z. Enzyme-mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization for functional materials: principles, synthesis, and applications. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00136h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Enzymes provide a potential and highly efficient way to mediate the formation of various functional polymer materials with wide applications.
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- Qingyun Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- 100029 Beijing
- China
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- Chair of Materials Science (CMS)
- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Jena 07743
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- 100029 Beijing
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qingdao University
- 266071 Qingdao
- China
- Faculty of Production Engineering
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- 100029 Beijing
- China
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Larnaudie SC, Peyret A, Beaute L, Nassoy P, Lecommandoux SB. Photopolymerization-Induced Polymersome Rupture. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:8398-8403. [PMID: 31199660 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Poly(butadiene)- b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PBut2.5- b-PEO1.3) giant polymersomes were prepared using an emulsion-centrifugation method. The impact of a fast decrease of the osmotic pressure inside the lumen of giant PBut- b-PEO vesicles was studied by confocal microscopy. This osmotic imbalance was created by performing the photoinduced polymerization of acrylamide inside these giant polymersomes, mimicking cell-like confinement. Experimental conditions (irradiation time, relative concentration of monomer, and photoinitiator) were optimized to induce the fastest and highest osmotic pressure difference in bulk solution. When confined inside polymersomes with a low permeability membrane made of PBut- b-PEO copolymers, this hyper-osmotic shock induced a fast disruption of the membrane and polymersome burst. These findings, complementary to hypotonic shock approaches previously reported, are demonstrating the versatility and relevance of controlling and modulating osmotic pressure imbalance in self-assembled artificial cell systems and protocells.
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- Sophie C Larnaudie
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629 , F-33600 Pessac , France
- LP2N, Institut d?Optique Graduate School, CNRS UMR 5298, Universite? de Bordeaux, IOA , 1 rue Franc?ois Mitterrand , F-33400 Talence , France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629 , F-33600 Pessac , France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629 , F-33600 Pessac , France
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- LP2N, Institut d?Optique Graduate School, CNRS UMR 5298, Universite? de Bordeaux, IOA , 1 rue Franc?ois Mitterrand , F-33400 Talence , France
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Yang Y, Alford A, Kozlovskaya V, Zhao S, Joshi H, Kim E, Qian S, Urban V, Cropek D, Aksimentiev A, Kharlampieva E. Effect of temperature and hydrophilic ratio on the structure of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block-poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) polymersomes. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS 2019; 1:722-736. [PMID: 31828238 PMCID: PMC6905513 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.8b00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nanosized polymeric vesicles (polymersomes) assembled from ABA triblock copolymers of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL-PDMS-PVCL) are a promising platform for biomedical applications, as the temperature-responsiveness of the PVCL blocks enables reversible vesicle shrinkage and permeability of the polymersome shell at elevated temperatures. Herein, we explore the effects of molecular weight, polymer block weight ratios, and temperature on the structure of these polymersomes via electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, small angle neutron scattering (SANS), and all-atom molecular dynamic methods. We show that the shell structure and overall size of the polymersome can be tuned by varying the hydrophilic (PVCL) weight fraction of the polymer: at room temperature, polymers of smaller hydrophilic ratios form larger vesicles that have thinner shells, whereas polymers with higher PVCL content exhibit interchain aggregation of PVCL blocks within the polymersome shell above 50 °C. Model fitting and model-free analysis of the SANS data reveals that increasing the mass ratio of PVCL to the total copolymer weight from 0.3 to 0.56 reduces the temperature-induced change in vesicle diameter by a factor of 3 while simultaneously increasing the change in shell thickness by a factor of 1.5. Finally, by analysis of the shell structures and overall size of polymersomes with various PVCL weight ratios and those without temperature-dependent polymer components, we bring into focus the mechanism of temperature-triggered drug release reported in a previous study. This work provides new fundamental perspectives on temperature-responsive polymersomes and elucidates important structure-property relationships of their constituent polymers.
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- Yiming Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Physics, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, Illinois 61822, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, Illinois 61822, United States
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- Department of Physics, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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Hürtgen D, Härtel T, Murray SM, Sourjik V, Schwille P. Functional Modules of Minimal Cell Division for Synthetic Biology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 3:e1800315. [PMID: 32648714 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201800315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cellular reproduction is one of the fundamental hallmarks of life. Therefore, the development of a minimal division machinery capable of proper genome condensation and organization, mid-cell positioning and segregation in space and time, and the final septation process constitute a fundamental challenge for synthetic biology. It is therefore important to be able to engineer such modules for the production of artificial minimal cells. A bottom-up assembly of molecular machines from bulk biochemicals complemented by in vivo experiments as well as computational modelling helps to approach such key cellular processes. Here, minimal functional modules involved in genome segregation and the division machinery and their spatial organization and positioning are reviewed, setting into perspective the design of a minimal cell. Furthermore, the milestones of recent in vitro reconstitution experiments in the context of cell division are discussed and their role in shedding light on fundamental cellular mechanisms that constitute spatiotemporal order is described. Lastly, current challenges in the field of bottom-up synthetic biology as well as possible future developments toward the development of minimal biomimetic systems are discussed.
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- Daniel Hürtgen
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch Straße 16, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch Straße 16, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch Straße 16, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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Sun Z, Liu G, Hu J, Liu S. Photo- and Reduction-Responsive Polymersomes for Programmed Release of Small and Macromolecular Payloads. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:2071-2081. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ziqiang Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Peyret A, Ibarboure E, Le Meins J, Lecommandoux S. Asymmetric Hybrid Polymer-Lipid Giant Vesicles as Cell Membrane Mimics. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2018; 5:1700453. [PMID: 29375971 PMCID: PMC5770682 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Lipid membrane asymmetry plays an important role in cell function and activity, being for instance a relevant signal of its integrity. The development of artificial asymmetric membranes thus represents a key challenge. In this context, an emulsion-centrifugation method is developed to prepare giant vesicles with an asymmetric membrane composed of an inner monolayer of poly(butadiene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PBut-b-PEO) and outer monolayer of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC). The formation of a complete membrane asymmetry is demonstrated and its stability with time is followed by measuring lipid transverse diffusion. From fluorescence spectroscopy measurements, the lipid half-life is estimated to be 7.5 h. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique, the diffusion coefficient of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl) (DOPE-rhod, inserted into the POPC leaflet) is determined to be about D = 1.8 ± 0.50 μm2 s-1 at 25 °C and D = 2.3 ± 0.7 μm2 s-1 at 37 °C, between the characteristic values of pure POPC and pure polymer giant vesicles and in good agreement with the diffusion of lipids in a variety of biological membranes. These results demonstrate the ability to prepare a cell-like model system that displays an asymmetric membrane with transverse and translational diffusion properties similar to that of biological cells.
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- Ariane Peyret
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères OrganiquesLCPOUniversité de BordeauxCNRSBordeaux INPUMR 562916 Avenue Pey BerlandF‐33600PessacFrance
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères OrganiquesLCPOUniversité de BordeauxCNRSBordeaux INPUMR 562916 Avenue Pey BerlandF‐33600PessacFrance
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères OrganiquesLCPOUniversité de BordeauxCNRSBordeaux INPUMR 562916 Avenue Pey BerlandF‐33600PessacFrance
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères OrganiquesLCPOUniversité de BordeauxCNRSBordeaux INPUMR 562916 Avenue Pey BerlandF‐33600PessacFrance
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Dao T, Fauquignon M, Fernandes F, Ibarboure E, Vax A, Prieto M, Le Meins J. Membrane properties of giant polymer and lipid vesicles obtained by electroformation and pva gel-assisted hydration methods. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Puig J, Ceolín M, Williams RJJ, Schroeder WF, Zucchi IA. Controlling the generation of bilayer and multilayer vesicles in block copolymer/epoxy blends by a slow photopolymerization process. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:7341-7351. [PMID: 28990627 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01660c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Vesicles are a highly attractive morphology to achieve in micellar dispersions of block copolymers (BCP) in epoxy thermosets due to the fact that small amounts can affect a large volume fraction of the matrix, a fact that is important for toughening purposes. However, generating vesicles in epoxy matrices requires operating in a narrow range of formulations and processing conditions. In this report, we show that block-copolymer vesicles dispersed in an epoxy matrix could be obtained through a sphere-to-cylinder-to-vesicle micellar transition induced by visible-light photopolymerization at room temperature. A 10 wt% colloidal solution of poly(ethylene-co-butene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEB-b-PEO) block copolymer (BCP) in an epoxy monomer (DGEBA) self-assembled into spherical micelles as shown by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). During a slow photopolymerization of the epoxy monomer carried out at room temperature, a sphere-to-cylinder-to-vesicle transition took place as revealed by in situ SAXS and TEM images. This was driven by the tendency of the system to reduce the local interfacial curvature as a response to a decrease in the miscibility of PEO blocks in the polymerizing epoxy matrix. When the BCP concentration was increased from 10 to 20 and 40 wt%, the final structure evolved from bilayer vesicles to multilayer vesicles and to lamellae, respectively. In particular, for 20 wt% PEB-b-PEO, transient structures such as partially fused multilayered vesicles were observed by TEM, giving insight into the growth mechanism of multilayer vesicles. On the contrary, when a relatively fast thermal polymerization was performed at 80 °C, the final morphology consisted of kinetically trapped spherical and cylindrical micelles. Hopefully, this study will lead to new protocols for the preparation of vesicles dispersed in epoxy matrices in a controlled way.
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- J Puig
- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), J. B. Justo 4302, B7608FDQ, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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Peyret A, Ibarboure E, Pippa N, Lecommandoux S. Liposomes in Polymersomes: Multicompartment System with Temperature-Triggered Release. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7079-7085. [PMID: 28654295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Multicompartmentalization is a key feature of eukaryotic cells, allowing separation and protection of species within the membrane walls. During the last years, several methods have been reported to afford synthetic multicompartment lipidic or polymeric vesicles that mimic biological cells and that allow cascade chemical or enzymatic reactions within their lumen. We hereby report on the preparation and study of liposomes in polymersomes (LiPs) systems. We discuss on the loading and coloading of lipidic nanovesicles made of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC), 1,2-dipentadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (diC15-PC), or 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) inside the lumen of giant poly(butadiene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PBut-b-PEO) polymersomes. These LiPs systems were characterized by confocal microscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy. We further demonstrate that we can achieve controlled sequential release of dyes from diC15-PC and DPPC liposomes at defined temperatures inside the giant PBut-b-PEO polymersomes. This controlled release could be used as a means to initiate cascade reactions on demand in confined microreactors.
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- Ariane Peyret
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO, Université de Bordeaux , CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629, 16 Avenue Pey Berland F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO, Université de Bordeaux , CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629, 16 Avenue Pey Berland F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO, Université de Bordeaux , CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629, 16 Avenue Pey Berland F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, LCPO, Université de Bordeaux , CNRS, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5629, 16 Avenue Pey Berland F-33600 Pessac, France
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Recent advances in compartmentalized synthetic architectures as drug carriers, cell mimics and artificial organelles. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 152:199-213. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 01/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Microfluidic fabrication of polymersomes enclosing an active Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction: Effect on their stability of solute concentrations in the external media. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 146:406-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kubilis A, Abdulkarim A, Eissa AM, Cameron NR. Giant Polymersome Protocells Dock with Virus Particle Mimics via Multivalent Glycan-Lectin Interactions. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32414. [PMID: 27576579 PMCID: PMC5006173 DOI: 10.1038/srep32414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Despite the low complexity of their components, several simple physical systems, including microspheres, coacervate droplets and phospholipid membrane structures (liposomes), have been suggested as protocell models. These, however, lack key cellular characteristics, such as the ability to replicate or to dock with extracellular species. Here, we report a simple method for the de novo creation of synthetic cell mimics in the form of giant polymeric vesicles (polymersomes), which are capable of behavior approaching that of living cells. These polymersomes form by self-assembly, under electroformation conditions, of amphiphilic, glycosylated block copolymers in aqueous solution. The glycosylated exterior of the resulting polymeric giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) allows their selective interaction with carbohydrate-binding receptor-functionalized particles, in a manner reminiscent of the cell-surface docking of virus particles. We believe that this is the first example of a simple protocell model displaying cell-like behavior through a native receptor-ligand interaction.
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- Artur Kubilis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Kyne C, Crowley PB. Grasping the nature of the cell interior: fromPhysiological ChemistrytoChemical Biology. FEBS J 2016; 283:3016-28. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.13744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ciara Kyne
- School of Chemistry; National University of Ireland Galway; Ireland
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- School of Chemistry; National University of Ireland Galway; Ireland
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Habel J, Ogbonna A, Larsen N, Schulte L, Almdal K, Hélix-Nielsen C. How molecular internal-geometric parameters affect PB-PEO polymersome size in aqueous solution. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.23954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Joachim Habel
- Department of Environmental Engineering; Technical University of Denmark; Miljøvej, Building 113, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
- Aquaporin A/S; Ole Maaløes Vej 3 2200 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Aquaporin A/S; Ole Maaløes Vej 3 2200 Copenhagen Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter; Ole Maaløes Vej 5 2200 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology; Technical University of Denmark; Produktionstorvet, Building 423, 2800 Kgs Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology; Technical University of Denmark; Produktionstorvet, Building 423, 2800 Kgs Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Technical University of Denmark; Miljøvej, Building 113, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
- Aquaporin A/S; Ole Maaløes Vej 3 2200 Copenhagen Denmark
- Laboratory for Water Biophysics and Membrane Processes, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Maribor; Smetanova Ulica 17 2000 Maribor Slovenia
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Gaitzsch J, Huang X, Voit B. Engineering Functional Polymer Capsules toward Smart Nanoreactors. Chem Rev 2015; 116:1053-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jens Gaitzsch
- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Peters RJRW, Nijemeisland M, van Hest JCM. Reversibly Triggered Protein-Ligand Assemblies in Giant Vesicles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Peters RJRW, Nijemeisland M, van Hest JCM. Reversibly Triggered Protein-Ligand Assemblies in Giant Vesicles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:9614-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Dinu MV, Spulber M, Renggli K, Wu D, Monnier CA, Petri-Fink A, Bruns N. Filling Polymersomes with Polymers by Peroxidase-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromol Rapid Commun 2015; 36:507-14. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201400642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Maria Valentina Dinu
- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Klingelbergstrasse 80 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Klingelbergstrasse 80 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Klingelbergstrasse 80 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Klingelbergstrasse 80 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Chemin des Verdiers 4 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Chemin des Verdiers 4 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Klingelbergstrasse 80 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Chemin des Verdiers 4 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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Li Y, Yan L, Liu Y, Qian K, Liu B, Yang P, Liu B. High-efficiency nano/micro-reactors for protein analysis. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12333f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This article reviews the recent advances regarding the development of nanomaterial-based nanoreactors and microfluidic droplet reactors and their applications in protein analysis.
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- Yixin Li
- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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- Center for Bio-Nano-Chips and Diagnostics in Translational Medicine
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Center for Bio-Nano-Chips and Diagnostics in Translational Medicine
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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Lomora M, Itel F, Dinu IA, Palivan CG. Selective ion-permeable membranes by insertion of biopores into polymersomes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:15538-46. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05879h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Biomimetic polymersomes with an ion-selective membrane were successfully engineered by insertion of ionomycin, without affecting their final architecture.
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- Mihai Lomora
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- CH-4056 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- CH-4056 Basel
- Switzerland
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Bacinello D, Garanger E, Taton D, Tam KC, Lecommandoux S. Tailored drug-release from multi-functional polymer-peptide hybrid vesicles. Eur Polym J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Piskorz TK, Ochab-Marcinek A. A Universal Model of Restricted Diffusion for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:4906-12. [DOI: 10.1021/jp502467u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Tomasz K. Piskorz
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Kasprzaka
44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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Costa RR, Mano JF. Polyelectrolyte multilayered assemblies in biomedical technologies. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:3453-79. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60393h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Pereira de Souza T, Perez-Mercader J. Entrapment in giant polymersomes of an inorganic oscillatory chemical reaction and resulting chemo-mechanical coupling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:8970-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc02321h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We present the entrapment of a fully oscillating BZ reaction inside a polymersome and report on the subsequent polymersome chemomechanics.
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Peters RJRW, Marguet M, Marais S, Fraaije MW, van Hest JCM, Lecommandoux S. Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 53:146-50. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peters RJRW, Marguet M, Marais S, Fraaije MW, van Hest JCM, Lecommandoux S. Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201308141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hosta-Rigau L, Shimoni O, Städler B, Caruso F. Advanced subcompartmentalized microreactors: polymer hydrogel carriers encapsulating polymer capsules and liposomes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2013; 9:3573-3583. [PMID: 23606518 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201300125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The design of compartmentalized carriers for advanced drug delivery systems or artificial cells and organelles is of interest for biomedical applications. Herein, a polymer carrier microreactor that contains two different classes of subcompartments, multilayered polymer capsules and liposomes, is presented. 50 nm-diameter liposomes and 300 nm-diameter polymer capsules are encapsulated into a larger polymer carrier capsule, demonstrating control over the spatial positioning of the subcompartments, which are either 'membrane-associated' or 'free-floating' in the aqueous interior. Selective and spatially dependent degradation of the 300 nm-diameter subcompartments (without destroying the structural integrity of the enzyme-loaded liposomes) is also shown, by performing an encapsulated enzymatic reaction using the liposomal subcompartments. These findings cover several important aspects toward the development of engineered compartmentalized carrier vessels for the creation of artificial cell mimics or advanced therapeutic delivery systems.
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- Leticia Hosta-Rigau
- Present address: Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Aarhus University Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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Zhao L, Li N, Wang K, Shi C, Zhang L, Luan Y. A review of polypeptide-based polymersomes. Biomaterials 2013; 35:1284-301. [PMID: 24211077 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Self-assembled systems from biodegradable amphiphilic polymers at the nanometer scale, such as nanotubes, nanoparticles, polymer micelles, nanogels, and polymersomes, have attracted much attention especially in biomedical fields. Among these nano-aggregates, polymersomes have attracted tremendous interests as versatile carriers due to their colloidal stability, tunable membrane properties and ability of encapsulating or integrating a broad range of drugs and molecules. Biodegradable block polymers, especially aliphatic polyesters such as polylactide, polyglycolide and poly (ε-caprolactone) have been widely used as biomedical materials for a long time to well fit the requirement of biomedical drug carriers. To have a precise control of the aggregation behavior of nano-aggregates, the more ordered polypeptide has been used to self-assemble into the drug carriers. In this review we focus on the study of polymersomes which also named pepsomes formed by polypeptide-based copolymers and attempt to clarify the polypeptide-based polymersomes from following aspects: synthesis and characterization of the polypeptide-based copolymers, preparation, multifunction and application of polypeptide-based polymersomes.
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- Lanxia Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, PR China
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Salva R, Le Meins JF, Sandre O, Brûlet A, Schmutz M, Guenoun P, Lecommandoux S. Polymersome shape transformation at the nanoscale. ACS NANO 2013; 7:9298-311. [PMID: 24047230 DOI: 10.1021/nn4039589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Polymer vesicles, also named polymersomes, are valuable candidates for drug delivery and micro- or nanoreactor applications. As far as drug delivery is concerned, the shape of the carrier is believed to have a strong influence on the biodistribution and cell internalization. Polymersomes can be submitted to an osmotic imbalance when injected in physiological media leading to morphological changes. To understand these osmotic stress-induced variations in membrane properties and shapes, several nanovesicles made of the graft polymer poly(dimethylsiloxane)-g-poly(ethylene oxide) (PDMS-g-PEO) or the triblock copolymer PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO were osmotically stressed and observed by light scattering, neutron scattering (SANS), and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). Hypotonic shock leads to a swelling of the vesicles, comparable to optically observable giant polymersomes, and hypertonic shock leads to collapsed structures such as stomatocytes and original nested vesicles, the latter being only observed for bilayers classically formed by amphiphilic copolymers. Complementary SANS and cryo-TEM experiments are shown to be in quantitative agreement and highlight the importance of the membrane structure on the behavior of these nanopolymersomes under hypertonic conditions as the final morphology reached depends whether or not the copolymers assemble into a bilayer. The vesicle radius and membrane curvature are also shown to be critical parameters for such transformations: the shape evolution trajectory agrees with theoretical models only for large enough vesicle radii above a threshold value around 4 times the membrane thickness.
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- Romain Salva
- Université de Bordeaux /IPB, ENSCBP, 16 avenue Pey-Berland, 33607 Pessac, France, LCPO, UMR 5629, Pessac, France
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Zhao Y, Sakai F, Su L, Liu Y, Wei K, Chen G, Jiang M. Progressive macromolecular self-assembly: from biomimetic chemistry to bio-inspired materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:5215-5256. [PMID: 24022921 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Macromolecular self-assembly (MSA) has been an active and fruitful research field since the 1980s, especially in this new century, which is promoted by the remarkable developments in controlled radical polymerization in polymer chemistry, etc. and driven by the demands in bio-related investigations and applications. In this review, we try to summarize the trends and recent progress in MSA in relation to biomimetic chemistry and bio-inspired materials. Our paper covers representative achievements in the fabrication of artificial building blocks for life, cell-inspired biomimetic materials, and macromolecular assemblies mimicking the functions of natural materials and their applications. It is true that the current status of the deliberately designed and obtained nano-objects based on MSA including a variety of micelles, multicompartment vesicles, and some hybrid and complex nano-objects is at their very first stage to mimic nature, but significant and encouraging progress has been made in achieving a certain similarity in morphologies or properties to that of natural ones. Such achievements also demonstrate that MSA has played an important and irreplaceable role in the grand and long-standing research of biomimetic and bio-inspired materials, the future success of which depends on mutual and persistent efforts in polymer science, material science, supramolecular chemistry, and biology.
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- Yu Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Costa RR, Castro E, Arias FJ, Rodríguez-Cabello JC, Mano JF. Multifunctional Compartmentalized Capsules with a Hierarchical Organization from the Nano to the Macro Scales. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:2403-10. [DOI: 10.1021/bm400527y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Rui R. Costa
- 3B’s
Research
Group − Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of
the European Institute of Excellence of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, S. Cláudio do
Barco, 4806-909 Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associated Laboratory,
Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B’s
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Group − Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of
the European Institute of Excellence of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, S. Cláudio do
Barco, 4806-909 Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associated Laboratory,
Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- G.I.R. Bioforge, University of Valladolid, Edificio I+D,
Paseo de Belén, 1, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Valladolid, Spain
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- G.I.R. Bioforge, University of Valladolid, Edificio I+D,
Paseo de Belén, 1, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Valladolid, Spain
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- 3B’s
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Group − Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of
the European Institute of Excellence of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, S. Cláudio do
Barco, 4806-909 Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associated Laboratory,
Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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Pearson RT, Avila-Olias M, Joseph AS, Nyberg S, Battaglia G. Smart Polymersomes: Formation, Characterisation and Applications. SMART MATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849736800-00179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The term polymersome, which refers to a fully synthetic polymeric vesicle, became commonplace around the turn of the millennium. Since then these highly intriguing structures have been at the center of multi-disciplinary research, bridging the fields of nanotechnology, chemistry, physics, biology, medicine and imaging and, more recently, pioneering the field of synthetic biology. As structures they offer greater control into understanding the relationship between amphiphile properties and membrane curvature. Moreover, as delivery vectors for therapeutic and diagnostic compounds they enable greater efficiency of current therapies and targeted delivery. With the rising costs of both healthcare and drug development, polymersomes and nanomedicine are well placed to combat these modern-day problems. This chapter provides an overview of the approaches to prepare and to characterize polymersomes as well as their applications in biomedicine, highlighting recent achievements in the stimuli-responsive drug delivery field.
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- R. T. Pearson
- The Krebs Institute The Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN UK
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- The Krebs Institute The Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN UK
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- The Krebs Institute The Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN UK
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- The Krebs Institute The Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN UK
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- The Krebs Institute The Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN UK
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Rivas G, Alfonso C, Jiménez M, Monterroso B, Zorrilla S. Macromolecular interactions of the bacterial division FtsZ protein: from quantitative biochemistry and crowding to reconstructing minimal divisomes in the test tube. Biophys Rev 2013; 5:63-77. [PMID: 28510160 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0115-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The division of Escherichia coli is an essential process strictly regulated in time and space. It requires the association of FtsZ with other proteins to assemble a dynamic ring during septation, forming part of the functionally active division machinery, the divisome. FtsZ reversibly interacts with FtsA and ZipA at the cytoplasmic membrane to form a proto-ring, the first molecular assembly of the divisome, which is ultimately joined by the rest of the division-specific proteins. In this review we summarize the quantitative approaches used to study the activity, interactions, and assembly properties of FtsZ under well-defined solution conditions, with the aim of furthering our understanding of how the behavior of FtsZ is controlled by nucleotides and physiological ligands. The modulation of the association and assembly properties of FtsZ by excluded-volume effects, reproducing in part the natural crowded environment in which this protein has evolved to function, will be described. The subsequent studies on the reactivity of FtsZ in membrane-like systems using biochemical, biophysical, and imaging technologies are reported. Finally, we discuss the experimental challenges to be met to achieve construction of the minimum protein set needed to initiate bacterial division, without cells, in a cell-like compartment. This integrated approach, combining quantitative and synthetic strategies, will help to support (or dismiss) conclusions already derived from cellular and molecular analysis and to complete our understanding on how bacterial division works.
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- Germán Rivas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), c/Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), c/Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), c/Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), c/Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano" (CSIC), c/Serrano 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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