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Moteki A, Kobayashi M. Rheological Behavior of an Aqueous Suspension of Oxidized Carbon Nanohorn (CNHox). NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:1247. [PMID: 39120352 PMCID: PMC11314248 DOI: 10.3390/nano14151247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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Oxidized carbon nanohorn (CNHox) a carbon nanomaterial that has attracted attention due to its unique material properties. It is expected to be applied in various areas like cancer treatment, gene-expression technology, fluids with high thermal conductivity, lubricants, and so on. While the rheological measurements of suspensions provide information on the effective size and interactions of suspended particles, the rheological behaviors of aqueous suspensions of CNHox have never been systematically investigated. To clarify the rheological behaviors of aqueous suspensions of CNHox, their viscosity and dynamic viscoelasticity were measured with changing particle concentration and salt concentration. The viscosity of a CNHox suspension showed yield stress at low shear rates and showed shear-thinning behavior with increasing shear rates. The viscosity of 5 weight % CNHox suspensions was comparable to that of 60 weight % silica suspensions. This high viscosity at a low CNHox concentration is probably due to the porous structure and large effective volume of the CNHox particle. The estimated effective volume of CNHox calculated by the Krieger-Dougherty equation was 18.9 times larger than the actual volume calculated by the mass concentration and density. The dependence of rheological behavior of the CNHox suspension on salt concentration was weak compared to that of the colloidal silica suspension. This weak dependence on salt concentration may be due to the roughness of the particle surface, which would weaken the effect of electric double-layer interactions and/or van der Waals interactions between particles. These rheological behaviors of the aqueous suspension of CNHox shown in this research will be useful in efforts to improve the efficiency of its utilization for the various applications.
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- Ayumi Moteki
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Ibaraki, Japan
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Konishi D, Hirata E, Takano Y, Maeda Y, Ushijima N, Yudasaka M, Yokoyama A. Near-infrared light-boosted antimicrobial activity of minocycline/hyaluronan/carbon nanohorn composite toward peri-implantitis treatments. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:13425-13434. [PMID: 38913014 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01036a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Dental implant therapy is a reliable treatment for replacing missing teeth. However, as dental implants become more widely used, peri-implantitis increasingly has become a severe complication, making successful treatment more difficult. As a result, the development of effective drug delivery systems (DDSs) and treatments for peri-implantitis are urgently needed. Carbon nanohorns (CNHs) are carbon nanomaterials that have shown promise for use in DDSs and have photothermal effects. The present study exploited the unique properties of CNHs to develop a phototherapy employing a near-infrared (NIR) photoresponsive composite of minocycline, hyaluronan, and CNH (MC/HA/CNH) for peri-implantitis treatments. MC/HA/CNH demonstrated antibacterial effects that were potentiated by NIR-light irradiation, a property that was mediated by photothermal-mediated drug release from HA/CNH. These antibacterial effects persisted even following 48 h of dialysis, a promising indication for the clinical use of this material. We propose that the treatment of peri-implantitis using NIR and MC/HA/CNH, in combination with surgical procedures, might be employed to target relatively deep affected areas in a timely and efficacious manner. We envision that this innovative approach will pave the way for future developments in implant therapy.
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- Daisuke Konishi
- Department of Oral Functional Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Graduate school of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-13, Nishi-7, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Functional Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Graduate school of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-13, Nishi-7, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-20, Nishi-10, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-5, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Oral Functional Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Graduate school of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-13, Nishi-7, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.
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- Support Section for Education and Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
- Meijo University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, 1-501, Shiogamaguchi, Tenpaku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Department of Oral Functional Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Graduate school of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-13, Nishi-7, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.
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Ghasemlou M, Pn N, Alexander K, Zavabeti A, Sherrell PC, Ivanova EP, Adhikari B, Naebe M, Bhargava SK. Fluorescent Nanocarbons: From Synthesis and Structure to Cancer Imaging and Therapy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2312474. [PMID: 38252677 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Nanocarbons are emerging at the forefront of nanoscience, with diverse carbon nanoforms emerging over the past two decades. Early cancer diagnosis and therapy, driven by advanced chemistry techniques, play a pivotal role in mitigating mortality rates associated with cancer. Nanocarbons, with an attractive combination of well-defined architectures, biocompatibility, and nanoscale dimension, offer an incredibly versatile platform for cancer imaging and therapy. This paper aims to review the underlying principles regarding the controllable synthesis, fluorescence origins, cellular toxicity, and surface functionalization routes of several classes of nanocarbons: carbon nanodots, nanodiamonds, carbon nanoonions, and carbon nanohorns. This review also highlights recent breakthroughs regarding the green synthesis of different nanocarbons from renewable sources. It also presents a comprehensive and unified overview of the latest cancer-related applications of nanocarbons and how they can be designed to interface with biological systems and work as cancer diagnostics and therapeutic tools. The commercial status for large-scale manufacturing of nanocarbons is also presented. Finally, it proposes future research opportunities aimed at engendering modifiable and high-performance nanocarbons for emerging applications across medical industries. This work is envisioned as a cornerstone to guide interdisciplinary teams in crafting fluorescent nanocarbons with tailored attributes that can revolutionize cancer diagnostics and therapy.
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- Mehran Ghasemlou
- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
- Center for Sustainable Products, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- Carbon Nexus, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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Martinez-Campanario MC, Cortés M, Moreno-Lanceta A, Han L, Ninfali C, Domínguez V, Andrés-Manzano MJ, Farràs M, Esteve-Codina A, Enrich C, Díaz-Crespo FJ, Pintado B, Escolà-Gil JC, García de Frutos P, Andrés V, Melgar-Lesmes P, Postigo A. Atherosclerotic plaque development in mice is enhanced by myeloid ZEB1 downregulation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8316. [PMID: 38097578 PMCID: PMC10721632 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43896-7] [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: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Accumulation of lipid-laden macrophages within the arterial neointima is a critical step in atherosclerotic plaque formation. Here, we show that reduced levels of the cellular plasticity factor ZEB1 in macrophages increase atherosclerotic plaque formation and the chance of cardiovascular events. Compared to control counterparts (Zeb1WT/ApoeKO), male mice with Zeb1 ablation in their myeloid cells (Zeb1∆M/ApoeKO) have larger atherosclerotic plaques and higher lipid accumulation in their macrophages due to delayed lipid traffic and deficient cholesterol efflux. Zeb1∆M/ApoeKO mice display more pronounced systemic metabolic alterations than Zeb1WT/ApoeKO mice, with higher serum levels of low-density lipoproteins and inflammatory cytokines and larger ectopic fat deposits. Higher lipid accumulation in Zeb1∆M macrophages is reverted by the exogenous expression of Zeb1 through macrophage-targeted nanoparticles. In vivo administration of these nanoparticles reduces atherosclerotic plaque formation in Zeb1∆M/ApoeKO mice. Finally, low ZEB1 expression in human endarterectomies is associated with plaque rupture and cardiovascular events. These results set ZEB1 in macrophages as a potential target in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- M C Martinez-Campanario
- Group of Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Transgenesis Facility, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB) and Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (UAM-CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Molecular and Genetic Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Biomedical, Research Network in Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Research Sant Pau, University Autonomous of Barcelona, 08041, Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Group of signal transduction, intracellular compartments and cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, 28007, Madrid, Spain
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- Transgenesis Facility, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB) and Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (UAM-CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Research Sant Pau, University Autonomous of Barcelona, 08041, Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Biomedical, Research Network in Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Department Of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Group of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Molecular and Genetic Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Biomedical, Research Network in Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clínic, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research Network in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (CIBEREHD), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Group of Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer, IDIBAPS, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
- Center for Biomedical Research Network in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (CIBEREHD), Carlos III Health Institute, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
- Molecular Targets Program, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, J.G. Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
- ICREA, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
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Stangel C, Kagkoura A, Pippa N, Stellas D, Zhang M, Okazaki T, Demetzos C, Tagmatarchis N. Preclinical evaluation of modified carbon nanohorns and their complexation with insulin. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:6847-6857. [PMID: 38059018 PMCID: PMC10696926 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00471f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
The current study emphasizes the minimal toxicity observed in vitro and in vivo for carbon nanohorns (CNHs) modified with third generation polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers. Initially, we investigated the interactions between CNH-PAMAM and lipid bilayers, which were utilized as representative models of cellular membranes for the evaluation of their toxicity in vitro. We found that the majority of those interactions occur between the modified CNHs and the polar groups of phospholipids, meaning that CNH-PAMAM does not incorporate into the lipid chains, and thus, disruption of the lipid bilayer structure is avoided. This outcome is a very important observation for further evaluation of CNH-PAPAM in cell lines and in animal models. Next, we demonstrated the potential of CNH-PAMAM for complexation with insulin, as a proof of concept for its employment as a delivery platform. Importantly, our study provides comprehensive evidence of low toxicity for CNH-PAMAM both in vitro and in vivo. The assessment of cellular toxicity revealed that the modified CNHs exhibited minimal toxicity, with concentrations of 151 μg mL-1 and 349 μg mL-1, showing negligible harm to EO771 cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), respectively. Moreover, the histological analysis of the mouse livers demonstrated no evidence of tissue necrosis and inflammation, or any visible signs of severe toxicity. These findings collectively indicate the safe profile of CNH-PAMAM and further contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the safe and efficient utilization of CNH-based nanomaterials in drug and protein delivery applications.
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- Christina Stangel
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue Athens 11635 Greece
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue Athens 11635 Greece
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- Section of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens 15771 Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue Athens 11635 Greece
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- Nano Carbon Device Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Nano Carbon Device Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Section of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens 15771 Greece
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue Athens 11635 Greece
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Bora P, Bhuyan C, Borah AR, Hazarika S. Carbon nanomaterials for designing next-generation membranes and their emerging applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11320-11336. [PMID: 37671435 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03490a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Carbon nanomaterials have enormous applications in various fields, such as adsorption, membrane separation, catalysis, electronics, capacitors, batteries, and medical sciences. Owing to their exceptional properties, such as large specific surface area, carrier mobility, flexibility, electrical conductivity, and optical pellucidity, the family of carbon nanomaterials is considered as one of the most studied group of materials to date. They are abundantly used in membrane science for multiple applications, such as the separation of organics, enantiomeric separation, gas separation, biomolecule separation, heavy metal separation, and wastewater treatment. This study provides an overview of the significant studies on carbon nanomaterial-based membranes and their emerging applications in our membrane research journey. The types of carbon nanomaterials, their utilization in membrane-based separations, and the mechanism involved are summarized in this study. Techniques for the fabrication of different nanocomposite membranes are also highlighted. Lastly, we have provided an overview of the existing issues and future scopes of carbon nanomaterial-based membranes for technological perspectives.
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- Prarthana Bora
- Chemical Engineering Group and Centre for Petroleum Research CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat - 785006, Assam, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Chemical Engineering Group and Centre for Petroleum Research CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat - 785006, Assam, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Chemical Engineering Group and Centre for Petroleum Research CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat - 785006, Assam, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Chemical Engineering Group and Centre for Petroleum Research CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat - 785006, Assam, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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Kędzierski K, Rytel K, Barszcz B, Majchrzycki Ł. Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorn Langmuir-Schaefer Films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:12124-12131. [PMID: 37586085 PMCID: PMC10469459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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A suspension of single-walled carbon nanohorn (SWCNH) aggregates with a size of approx. 50 nm was used to create a floating film at the water-air interface. The film was then transferred onto large-area quartz substrates using the Langmuir-Schaefer technique at varied surface pressures. The packaging and arrangement of SWCNHs in the film can be controlled during the process. The resulting films' optical and electrical properties were investigated, and the highest electrical conductivity and figure of merit parameter values were observed for the film transferred at surface pressure near the collapse point. These films had a surface density of less than 5 μg cm-2, making them ideal for use in ultra-light sensors, supercapacitors, and photovoltaic cell electrodes. The preparation and properties of the Langmuir-Schaefer films of carbon nanohorns are reported for the first time.
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- Kamil Kędzierski
- Institut
of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- Institut
of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute
of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland
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- Center
of Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz
University, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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Hosseini SM, Mohammadnejad J, Najafi-Taher R, Zadeh ZB, Tanhaei M, Ramakrishna S. Multifunctional Carbon-Based Nanoparticles: Theranostic Applications in Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2023; 6:1323-1338. [PMID: 36921253 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c01000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
Abstract
Cancer diagnosis and treatment are the most critical challenges in modern medicine. Conventional cancer treatments no longer meet the needs of the health field due to the high rate of mutations and epigenetic factors that have caused drug resistance in tumor cells. Hence, the search for unique methods and factors is quickly expanding. The development of nanotechnology in medicine and the search for a system to integrate treatment and diagnosis to achieve an effective approach to overcome the known limitations of conventional treatment methods have led to the emergence of theranostic nanoparticles and nanosystems based on these nanoparticles. An influential group of these nanoparticles is carbon-based theranostic nanoparticles. These nanoparticles have received significant attention due to their unique properties, such as electrical conductivity, high strength, excellent surface chemistry, and wide range of structural diversity (graphene, nanodiamond, carbon quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanohorns). These nanoparticles were widely used in various fields, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, imaging, and biosensors. In this review, we discuss in detail the recent features and advances in carbon-based theranostic nanoparticles and the advanced and diverse strategies used to treat diseases with these nanoparticles.
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- Seyed Mohammad Hosseini
- Department of Life Science Engineering Faculty of Modern Science and Technology, Nano Biotechnology Group, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439957131, Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering Faculty of Modern Science and Technology, Nano Biotechnology Group, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439957131, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 11114115, Iran
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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Ueda K, Ma C, Izumiya M, Kuroda C, Ishida H, Uemura T, Saito N, Aoki K, Haniu H. Biocompatibility Evaluation of Carbon Nanohorns in Bone Tissues. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:244. [PMID: 36677997 PMCID: PMC9866001 DOI: 10.3390/nano13020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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With the advent of nanotechnology, the use of nanoparticles as drug delivery system (DDS) has attracted great interest. We aimed to apply carbon nanohorns (CNHs) as DDS in the development of new treatments for bone diseases. We evaluated the in vitro and in vivo cellular responses of CNHs in bone-related cells compared with carbon blacks (CBs), which are similar in particle size but differ in surface and structural morphologies. Although in vitro experiments revealed that both CNHs and CBs were incorporated into the lysosomes of RAW264-induced osteoclast-like cells (OCs) and MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells (OBs), no severe cytotoxicity was observed. CNHs reduced the tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity and expression of the differentiation marker genes in OCs at noncytotoxic concentrations, whereas the alkaline phosphatase activity and differentiation of OBs increased. Under calcification of OBs, CNHs increased the number of calcified nodules and were intra- and extracellularly incorporated into calcified vesicles to form crystal nuclei. The in vivo experiments showed significant promotion of bone regeneration in the CNH group alone, with localized CNHs being found in the bone matrix and lacunae. The suppression of OCs and promotion of OBs suggested that CNHs may be effective against bone diseases and could be applied as DDS.
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- Katsuya Ueda
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Organ Anatomy and Nanomedicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
- Division of Gene Research, Research Center for Advanced Science, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Physical Therapy Division, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Nagano, Japan
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Gupta T, Pawar B, Vasdev N, Pawar V, Tekade RK. Carbonaceous Nanomaterials for Phototherapy of Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2023; 22:15330338231186388. [PMID: 37461375 DOI: 10.1177/15330338231186388] [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] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) have drawn tremendous biomedical research interest because of their unique structural features. Recently, CNMs, namely carbon dots, fullerenes, graphene, etc, have been successful in establishing them as considerable nanotherapeutics for phototherapy applications due to their electrical, thermal, and surface properties. This review aims to crosstalk the current understanding of CNMs as multimodal compounds in photothermal and photodynamic therapies as an integrated approach to treating cancer. It also expounds on phototherapy's biomechanics and illustrates its relation to cancer biomodulation. Critical considerations related to the structural properties, fabrication approaches, surface functionalization strategies, and biosafety profiles of CNMs have been explained. This article provides an overview of the most recent developments in the study of CNMs used in phototherapy, emphasizing their usage as nanocarriers. To conquer the current challenges of CNMs, we can raise the standard of cancer therapy for patients. The review will be of interest to the researchers working in the area of photothermal and photodynamic therapies and aiming to explore CNMs and their conjugates in cancer therapy.
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- Tanisha Gupta
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Nakamura M, Ueda K, Yamamoto Y, Aoki K, Zhang M, Saito N, Yudasaka M. Bisphosphonate type-dependent cell viability suppressive effects of carbon nanohorn-calcium phosphate-bisphosphonate nanocomposites. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:6037-6048. [PMID: 36073144 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm00822j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the process of bone metastasis, tumor cells spread to the bones to activate osteoclasts, which cause pathological bone resorption and destruction. Bisphosphonates (BPs) inhibit osteoclast activation to resorb bone, reducing bone pain and fracture. We previously developed a nanocomposite for potential localized treatment of bone metastasis by loading a BP compound, ibandronate, onto oxidized carbon nanohorns (OxCNHs), a next-generation drug carrier, using calcium phosphates (CaPs) as mediators to generate OxCNH-CaP-BP nanocomposites. The objective of the present study was to determine nanocomposite formation and biological properties of nanocomposites constructed from two BPs, zoledronate and pamidronate. In vitro tests using murine macrophages (RAW264.7 cells) and osteoclasts differentiated from RAW264.7 cells revealed that the resulting OxCNH-CaP-BP nanocomposites suppressed cell viability in a BP type-dependent manner and more effectively than OxCNHs or BPs alone. The mechanism for the potent and BP type-dependent suppression of cell viability by OxCNH-CaP-BP nanocomposites, based on their relative cellular uptake and reactive oxygen species generation, is also discussed. The present study supports the conclusions that BPs can be loaded onto OxCNHs using CaPs as mediators, and that OxCNH-CaP-BP nanocomposites are putative medicines for localized treatment of metastatic bone destruction.
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- Maki Nakamura
- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
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- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
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- Physical Therapy Division, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Nano Carbon Device Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. .,Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8502, Japan.
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Gao C, Jian J, Luo L, Liang J, Li Z, Pang M, Cai H, Shen XC. Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorns-based Smart Nanotheranostic: From Phototherapy to Enzyme-Activated Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 628:273-286. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Pagar RR, Musale SR, Pawar G, Kulkarni D, Giram PS. Comprehensive Review on the Degradation Chemistry and Toxicity Studies of Functional Materials. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2022; 8:2161-2195. [PMID: 35522605 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In recent decades there has been growing interest of material chemists in the successful development of functional materials for drug delivery, tissue engineering, imaging, diagnosis, theranostic, and other biomedical applications with advanced nanotechnology tools. The efficacy and safety of functional materials are determined by their pharmacological, toxicological, and immunogenic effects. It is essential to consider all degradation pathways of functional materials and to assess plausible intermediates and final products for quality control. This review provides a brief insight into chemical degradation mechanisms of functional materials like oxidation, photodegradation, and physical and enzymatic degradation. The intermediates and products of degradation were confirmed with analytical methods such as proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), UV-vis spectroscopy (UV-vis), infrared spectroscopy (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), mass spectroscopy, and other sophisticated analytical methods. These analytical methods are also used for regulatory, quality control, and stability purposes in industry. The assessment of degradation is important to predetermine the behavior of functional materials in specific storage conditions and can be relevant to their behavior during in vivo applications. Another important aspect is the evaluation of the toxicity of functional materials. Toxicity can be accessed with various methods using in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, and in silico models. In vitro cell culture methods are used to determine mitochondrial damage, reactive oxygen species, stress responses, and cellular toxicity. In vitro cellular toxicity can be measured by MTT assay, LDH leakage assay, and hemolysis. In vivo studies are performed using various animal models involving zebrafish, rodents (mice and rats), and nonhuman primates. Ex vivo studies are also used for efficacy and toxicity determinations of functional materials like ex vivo potency assay and precision-cut liver slice (PCLS) models. The in silico tools with computational simulations like quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR), pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD), dose and time response, and quantitative cationic-activity relationships ((Q)CARs) are used for prediction of the toxicity of functional materials. In this review, we studied the principle methods used for degradation studies, different degradation pathways, and mechanisms of functional material degradation with prototype examples. We discuss toxicity assessments with different toxicity approaches used for estimation of the safety and efficacy of functional materials.
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- Roshani R Pagar
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India
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- Srinath College of Pharmacy, Bajajnagar, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431136, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, United States
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Almeida ER, Capriles PVSZ, Dos Santos HF. Unveiling the Releasing Processes of Pt(II)-Based Anticancer Drugs from Oxidized Carbon Nanohorn: An In Silico Study. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:4246-4260. [PMID: 35670834 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c02555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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About half of all cancer chemotherapies currently applied involve medication with the three worldwide approved Pt(II)-based drugs, cisplatin (cddp), carboplatin (cpx), and oxaliplatin (oxa), due to their notable antitumor activity for several cancers. However, this wide application is accompanied by severe side effects, such as nephrotoxicity, myelosuppression, and neurotoxicity, as a result of their low bioavailability and selectivity for cancer cells. To mitigate these drawbacks, the use of chemically functionalized carbon nanohorns (CNH) as nanocarriers represents a potential formulation since CNH has been noted for their biodegradability, biocompatibility, low toxicity, and cavities dimensionally compatible with small drugs. This work reports energetic and dynamic analyses of complexes formed by oxidized CNH (CNHox) and the cddp, cpx, and oxa drugs. Using unbiased molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we show that the encapsulated formulations (cddp@CNHox, cpx@CNHox, and oxa@CNHox) were more stable by ∼11.0 kcal mol-1 than the adsorbed ones (cddp > CNHox, cpx > CNHox, and oxa > CNHox). This high stability, mainly governed by van der Waals interactions, was responsible for the drug confinement during the entire simulation time (200 ns). The biased MD simulations of the inclusion complexes confirmed the nonspontaneity of the drug release since the potentials of mean force (PMF) indicated the endergonic character of this process. Additionally, the releasing energy profiles pointed out that the free energy barrier (ΔΔG≠) for the escape from CNHox cavity follows the order oxa > cpx ∼ cddp, with the value for the oxa complex (21-26 kcal mol-1) found to be about 36 and 30% larger than those for cpx and cddp, respectively. While the approximate residence time (tres) of the oxa drug inside the CNHox cavity was 5.45 × 108 s, the same measure for the cddp and cpx drugs was 5.3 × 105 and 1.60 × 103 s. Simulations also revealed that the escape of oxa with the oxalate group facing the nanowindow was the most unfavorable process, giving tres = 1.09 × 109 s. Besides reinforcing and extending the nanovectorization of cddp, cpx, and oxa in CNHox for cancer chemotherapies, all features considered may provide interpretations for experimental data and encourage new investigations aiming to propose less aggressive treatments for oncological diseases.
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- Eduardo R Almeida
- Núcleo de Estudos em Química Computacional (NEQC), Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Campus Universitário, Martelos, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Modelagem Computacional (PGMC), Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Campus Universitário, Martelos, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Estudos em Química Computacional (NEQC), Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Campus Universitário, Martelos, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil
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Takada S, Hirata E, Sakairi M, Miyako E, Takano Y, Ushijima N, Yudasaka M, Iijima S, Yokoyama A. Carbon nanohorn coating by electrodeposition accelerate bone formation on titanium implant. ARTIFICIAL CELLS, NANOMEDICINE, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 49:20-29. [PMID: 33522305 DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2020.1865388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Direct contact between bone and implant materials is required for dental implants. Titanium is used for the implant material owing to its mechanical and biological properties. The anodisation as the surface treatment was employed to enhance osteogenesis around titanium. Moreover, carbon nanohorn (CNH), a type of nanometer-sized carbon material, was reported to promote the bone formation. Thus, it is expected that if the surface of anodised Ti (AnTi) is modified with CNHs, Ti-bone contact would be enhanced. In this study, the Ti surface was modified with CNHs by electrophoresis and obtained anodised titanium coated with CNHs (CNH/AnTi). In vitro, CNH/AnTi attracted osteoblastic cells more than AnTi, thereby the proliferation of osteoblastic cell was enhanced by CNH/AnTi more than by AnTi. In vivo, at 7 and 28 days after implantation of CNH/AnTi or AnTi into the rat femur, more aggressive bone formation was observed on the surface of CNH/AnTi than on AnTi. More importantly, the area where newly formed bone tissue directly attached to CNH/AnTi was significantly larger than that for AnTi, suggesting that "contact osteogenesis" was accelerated on CNH/AnTi during the early post-implantation period. CNH/AnTi would be advantageous especially for the early stages of bone regeneration after surgery.
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- Sari Takada
- Faculty and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Nomi, Japan
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Lotfipour F, Shahi S, Farjami A, Salatin S, Mahmoudian M, Dizaj SM. Safety and Toxicity Issues of Therapeutically Used Nanoparticles from the Oral Route. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:9322282. [PMID: 34746313 PMCID: PMC8570876 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9322282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The emerging science of nanotechnology sparked a research attention in its potential benefits in comparison to the conventional materials used. Oral products prepared via nanoparticles (NPs) have garnered great interest worldwide. They are used commonly to incorporate nutrients and provide antimicrobial activity. Formulation into NPs can offer opportunities for targeted drug delivery, improve drug stability in the harsh environment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, increase drug solubility and bioavailability, and provide sustained release in the GI tract. However, some issues like the management of toxicity and safe handling of NPs are still debated and should be well concerned before their application in oral preparations. This article will help the reader to understand safety issues of NPs in oral drug delivery and provides some recommendations to the use of NPs in the drug industry.
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- Farzaneh Lotfipour
- Food and Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Dental and Periodontal Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Food and Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Dental and Periodontal Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Dental and Periodontal Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Jeong S, Yoo SW, Kim HJ, Park J, Kim JW, Lee C, Kim H. Recent Progress on Molecular Photoacoustic Imaging with Carbon-Based Nanocomposites. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:5643. [PMID: 34640053 PMCID: PMC8510032 DOI: 10.3390/ma14195643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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For biomedical imaging, the interest in noninvasive imaging methods is ever increasing. Among many modalities, photoacoustic imaging (PAI), which is a combination of optical and ultrasound imaging techniques, has received attention because of its unique advantages such as high spatial resolution, deep penetration, and safety. Incorporation of exogenous imaging agents further amplifies the effective value of PAI, since they can deliver other specified functions in addition to imaging. For these agents, carbon-based materials can show a large specific surface area and interesting optoelectronic properties, which increase their effectiveness and have proved their potential in providing a theragnostic platform (diagnosis + therapy) that is essential for clinical use. In this review, we introduce the current state of the PAI modality, address recent progress on PAI imaging that takes advantage of carbon-based agents, and offer a future perspective on advanced PAI systems using carbon-based agents.
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- Songah Jeong
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea; (S.J.); (H.J.K.); (J.P.); (J.W.K.)
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 264, Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun 58128, Jeollanam-do, Korea;
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea; (S.J.); (H.J.K.); (J.P.); (J.W.K.)
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea; (S.J.); (H.J.K.); (J.P.); (J.W.K.)
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea; (S.J.); (H.J.K.); (J.P.); (J.W.K.)
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 264, Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun 58128, Jeollanam-do, Korea;
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160, Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea
- Department of Artificial Intelligence Convergence, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea; (S.J.); (H.J.K.); (J.P.); (J.W.K.)
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Kan H, Zhang H, Lu M, Zhao F, Gao S, Yan G, Huang J, Zhang XX. Effects of carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes on bioconcentration of pentachlorophenol and hepatic damages in goldfish. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:1389-1398. [PMID: 33420882 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-COOH) exerts strong adsorption capacity for pentachlorophenol (PCP) and they inevitably co-occur in the environment, but few studies have characterized the effects of MWCNT-COOH on the bioavailability of PCP and its oxidative and tissue damages to fish. In this work, we assessed the PCP accumulation in different organs and the induced oxidative and tissue damages of goldfish following 50-d in vivo exposure to PCP alone or co-exposure with MWCNT-COOH. Our results indicated that PCP bioaccumulation in goldfish liver, gill, muscle, intestine and gut contents was inhibited after co-exposure with MWCNT-COOH in uptake phase. PCP exposure alone and co-exposure with MWCNT-COOH evoked severe oxidative and tissue damages in goldfish bodies, as indicated by significant inhibition of activities of antioxidant enzymes, remarkable decrease in glutathione level, simultaneous elevation of malondialdehyde content, and obvious histological damages to liver and gill. The decreased accumulation of PCP in the presence of MWCNT-COOH led to the reduction of PCP-induced toxicity to liver tissues, as confirmed by the alleviation of hepatic oxidative damages. However, co-exposure groups had higher concentrations of PCP in the tissues than PCP treatment alone (p < 0.05 each) in the depuration phase, revealing that MWCNT-COOH-bound pollutants might pose higher risk once desorbed from the nanoparticles. These results provided substantial information regarding the combined effects of PCP and MWCNT-COOH on aquatic species, which helps to deeply understand the potential ecological risks of the emerging pollutants.
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- Haifeng Kan
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Fujian Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Institute of Eco-environmental Protection, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Fujian Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Fujian Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry, Fujian Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Almeida ER, Dos Santos HF, Capriles PVSZ. Carbon nanohorns as nanocontainers for cisplatin: insight into their interaction with the plasma membranes of normal and breast cancer cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:16376-16389. [PMID: 34318822 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02015c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cisplatin (cddp)-based chemotherapy is one of the most effective therapeutic alternatives for breast cancer treatment, the most common form of cancer, despite the severe side effects related to the high toxicity and low selectivity of cddp. To circumvent these drawbacks, the encapsulation of cddp into oxidized carbon nanohorns (CNHoxs) has been shown as a promising formulation with biocompatibility and low toxicity. However, there is still a lack of studies regarding the behavior of this cddp@CNHox nanovector on the cell membranes. This study presents an in silico description of the interactions between cddp@CNHox and membrane models of cancer (C_memb) and normal (N_memb) cells referring to a typical human breast. The results revealed the interaction mechanism of the inclusion complex 3cddp@CNHox (three cddp molecules are included in the CNHox cavity) with these biomembranes, which is a multistep process including approach, landing, insertion, and penetration. The 3cddp@CNHox stability was monitored over time, and demonstrated the trapping of cddp molecules inside the CNHox cavity over all simulations. The van der Waals contribution played a primary role (∼74%) for the complex stability. Moreover, the binding free energy calculations indicated that the interaction of the 3cddp@CNHox complex with the C_memb model was slightly more favorable, on average, than with the N_memb model. Analysis of the hydrogen bonds (HBs) formed over simulations of 800 ns explains the selectivity for the C_memb model, since the total number of HBs established between the inclusion complex and the C_memb model was about three times greater than that with the N_memb model. By reinforcing the potentiality of oxidized CNHox as a nanovector of cddp, the results presented in this study may assist and drive new experimental studies with this nanomaterial, focusing on the development of less aggressive formulations for breast cancer treatment.
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- Eduardo R Almeida
- Núcleo de Estudos em Química Computacional (NEQC), Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Campus Universitário, Martelos, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil.
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Du YD, Zhang XQ, Shu L, Feng Y, Lv C, Liu HQ, Xu F, Wang Q, Zhao CC, Kong Q. Safety evaluation and ibuprofen removal via an Alternanthera philoxeroides-based biochar. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:40568-40586. [PMID: 32564323 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09714-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are a representative class of emerging contaminants. This study aimed to investigate the PPCP removal performance and application safety of a biochar fabricated using the invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides (APBC). According to scanning electron microscopy and pore size analyses, APBC exhibited a porous structure with a specific surface area of 857.5 m2/g. A Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis indicated the presence of surface functional groups, including phosphorus-containing groups, C=O, C=C, and -OH. The adsorption experiment showed that the maximum removal efficiency of ibuprofen was 97% at an initial concentration of 10 mg/L and APBC dosage of 0.8 g/L. The adsorption kinetics were fitted by the pseudo-second-order model with the highest correlation coefficient (R2 = 0.9999). The adsorption isotherms were well described by the Freundlich model (R2 = 0.9896), which indicates a dominant multilayer adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity of APBC was 172 mg/g. A toxicity evaluation, based on Chlorella pyrenoidosa and human epidermal BEAS-2B cells, was carried out using a spectrum analysis, thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide assay, and flow cytometry. The results of the above showed the low cytotoxicity of APBC and demonstrated its low toxicity in potential environmental applications.
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- Yuan-da Du
- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, 402 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Immunology for Environment and Health, Shandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center of Human-Nature and Green Development in the Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore.
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Zieba W, Czarnecka J, Rusak T, Zieba M, Terzyk AP. Nitric-Acid Oxidized Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorns as a Potential Material for Bio-Applications-Toxicity and Hemocompatibility Studies. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:1419. [PMID: 33804062 PMCID: PMC8002155 DOI: 10.3390/ma14061419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The results of in vitro studies of single-walled carbon nanohorn (SWCNH) oxidized materials' cytotoxicity obtained by the cell membrane integrity (Neutral Red Uptake (NRU)) and metabolic activity (by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT)) on A549 and human dermal fibroblasts (HDF) cell lines are presented. We also present hemocompatibility studies on human and porcine blood, and an erythrocyte concentrate to prove that the obtained samples will not interfere with blood components. Characterization of the materials is supplemented by ζ-potential measurements, Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) imaging, and thermogravimetric studies (TG). The presented results show the correlation between the specific surface area of materials and the platelet aggregation, when the ID/IG ratio determined from Raman spectra correlates with hemoglobin release from the erythrocytes (in whole blood testing). A plausible mechanism explaining the observed correlations is given. The cytotoxicity and hemocompatibility studies prove that the studied materials are acceptable for use in biomedical applications, especially a sample SWCNH-ox-1.5 with the best application potential.
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- Wojciech Zieba
- Physicochemistry of Carbon Materials Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarin Street 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (W.Z.); (M.Z.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Lwowska Street 1, 87-100 Torun, Poland;
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego Street 1, 15-328 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Physicochemistry of Carbon Materials Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarin Street 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (W.Z.); (M.Z.)
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- Physicochemistry of Carbon Materials Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarin Street 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (W.Z.); (M.Z.)
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Different carbon nanostructures have been explored as functional materials for the development of effective nanomaterials in cancer treatment applications. This review mainly aims to discuss the features, either strength or weakness, of carbon nanohorn (CNH), carbon conical horn-shaped nanostructures of sp2 carbon atoms. The interest for these materials arises from their ability to couple the clinically relevant properties of carbon nanomaterials as drug carriers with the negligible toxicity described in vivo. Here, we offer a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the use of CNH in cancer treatments, underlining the benefits of each functionalization route and approach, as well as the biological performances of either loaded and unloaded materials, while discussing the importance of delivery devices.
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Diekmann A, Omelan MCV, Giese U, Rose V. CARBON NANOHORN–BASED NBR HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES. RUBBER CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.5254/rct.20.79958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Carbon nanohorn (CNH)–filled elastomer hybrid nanocomposites were prepared based on NBR. Three different CNH types were analyzed, each featuring various characteristics such as aggregate structure, specific surface area, surface energy distribution, and electrical conductivity and resulting in different potentials regarding the properties of the developed elastomers. For the CNH types, a high tendency of agglomeration was observed in the pristine state, indicating the need for an effective strategy to break up the agglomerates during the mixing or the compounding procedure to realize their incorporation and sufficient dispersion in a polymer matrix. In addition to the melt mixing technology by means of an internal lab mixer, a discontinuous static and a continuous dynamic latex compounding process were used. Carbon nanotubes and a highly conductive carbon black (Printex) were used as hybrid fillers in the compounds mixed by melt mixing, whereas two different types of carbon black (Printex and Derussol) were also incorporated in the latex experiments. Hybrid nanocomposites with low content of CNHs (≤1 wt%) show an improvement in dynamic-mechanic and physical properties due to distinctive polymer–filler interactions. Dealing with higher amounts of CNHs leads to filler reagglomeration, resulting in deterioration of the elastomer properties. For the electric conductivity assessment, addition of CNH indicates no synergistic effects and no significant increase of the hybrid compounds, which is demonstrated in dielectric measurements, although pristine CNHs are conductive themselves. Elastomer compounds processed via the latex method show enhanced material performance by using the continuous dynamic latex compounding, which is mainly attributed to the dispersion of the hybrid filler.
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- Astrid Diekmann
- Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V., Eupener Straße 33, 30519 Hannover, Germany
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- Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V., Eupener Straße 33, 30519 Hannover, Germany
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- Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V., Eupener Straße 33, 30519 Hannover, Germany
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Optical Limiting of Carbon Nanohorn-Based Aqueous Nanofluids: A Systematic Study. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10112160. [PMID: 33138159 PMCID: PMC7716216 DOI: 10.3390/nano10112160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nowadays, the use of lasers has become commonplace in everyday life, and laser protection has become an important field of scientific investigation, as well as a security issue. In this context, optical limiters are receiving increasing attention. This work focuses on the identification of the significant parameters affecting optical limiting properties of aqueous suspensions of pristine single-wall carbon nanohorns. The study is carried out on the spectral range, spanning from ultraviolet to near-infrared (355, 532 and 1064 nm). Optical nonlinear properties are systematically investigated as a function of nanohorn morphology, concentration, dimensions of aggregates, sample preparation procedure, nanostructure oxidation and the presence and concentration of surfactants to identify the role of each parameter in the nonlinear optical behavior of colloids. The size and morphology of individual nanoparticles were identified to primarily determine optical limiting. A cluster size effect was also demonstrated, showing more effective optical limiting in larger aggregates. Most importantly, we describe an original approach to identify the dominant nonlinear mechanism. This method requires simple transmittance measurements and a fitting procedure. In our suspensions, nonlinearity was identified to be of electronic origin at a 532 nm wavelength, while at 355 nm, it was found in the generation of bubbles.
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Hifni B, Khan M, Devereux SJ, Byrne MH, Quinn SJ, Simpson JC. Investigation of the Cellular Destination of Fluorescently Labeled Carbon Nanohorns in Cultured Cells. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:6790-6801. [PMID: 35019342 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00748] [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: 12/14/2022]
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The high surface area, facile functionalization, and biocompatibility of carbon nanohorns (CNHs) make them attractive for many applications, including drug delivery. The cellular destination of nanomaterials dictates both the therapeutic application and the potential toxicity. Identifying the uptake mechanism is challenging as several endocytic pathways have been identified that facilitate cellular entry. Here, the cellular uptake of fluorescently labeled CNHs was assessed by utilizing quantitative cell-based assays to determine the factors influencing how internalization occurs and the destinations they reach in HeLa cells. Cell viability assays suggest that about 80% of the cells remained viable even at the highest concentration of 20 μg/mL exposure to CNHs. Uptake studies revealed that when pulse-chase conditions were applied, CNHs were seen to be localized both at the cell periphery and in a juxtanuclear pattern inside HeLa cells, in the latter case colocalizing with the lysosomal marker LAMP1. RNA interference studies, using a panel of RNA tools to individually deplete key molecules associated with the endocytic machinery, failed to block the internalization of CNHs into cells, suggesting that multiple mechanisms of endocytosis are used by this particle type.
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- Badriah Hifni
- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland.,School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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- School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 N2E5, Ireland
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Magno LM, Hinds DT, Duffy P, Yadav RB, Ward AD, Botchway SW, Colavita PE, Quinn SJ. Porous Carbon Microparticles as Vehicles for the Intracellular Delivery of Molecules. Front Chem 2020; 8:576175. [PMID: 33195066 PMCID: PMC7591791 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.576175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study the application of porous carbon microparticles for the transport of a sparingly soluble material into cells is demonstrated. Carbon offers an intrinsically sustainable platform material that can meet the multiple and complex requirements imposed by applications in biology and medicine. Porous carbon microparticles are attractive as they are easy to handle and manipulate and combine the chemical versatility and biocompatibility of carbon with a high surface area due to their highly porous structure. The uptake of fluorescently labeled microparticles by cancer (HeLa) and normal human embryonic Kidney (HEK 293) cells was monitored by confocal fluorescence microscopy. In this way the influence of particle size, surface functionalization and the presence of transfection agent on cellular uptake were studied. In the presence of transfection agent both large (690 nm) and small microparticles (250 nm) were readily internalized by both cell lines. However, in absence of the transfection agent the uptake was influenced by particle size and surface PEGylation with the smaller nanoparticle size being delivered. The ability of microparticles to deliver a fluorescein dye model cargo was also demonstrated in normal (HEK 293) cell line. Taken together, these results indicate the potential use of these materials as candidates for biological applications.
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- Luis M. Magno
- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorns as Promising Nanotube-Derived Delivery Systems to Treat Cancer. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12090850. [PMID: 32906852 PMCID: PMC7558911 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cancer has become one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, with increasing incidence in recent years. Current pharmacological strategies are not tissue-specific therapies, which hampers their efficacy and results in toxicity in healthy organs. Carbon-based nanomaterials have emerged as promising nanoplatforms for the development of targeted delivery systems to treat diseased cells. Single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWCNH) are graphene-based horn-shaped nanostructure aggregates with a multitude of versatile features to be considered as suitable nanosystems for targeted drug delivery. They can be easily synthetized and functionalized to acquire the desired physicochemical characteristics, and no toxicological effects have been reported in vivo followed by their administration. This review focuses on the use of SWCNH as drug delivery systems for cancer therapy. Their main applications include their capacity to act as anticancer agents, their use as drug delivery systems for chemotherapeutics, photothermal and photodynamic therapy, gene therapy, and immunosensing. The structure, synthesis, and covalent and non-covalent functionalization of these nanoparticles is also discussed. Although SWCNH are in early preclinical research yet, these nanotube-derived nanostructures demonstrate an interesting versatility pointing them out as promising forthcoming drug delivery systems to target and treat cancer cells.
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Garriga R, Herrero-Continente T, Palos M, Cebolla VL, Osada J, Muñoz E, Rodríguez-Yoldi MJ. Toxicity of Carbon Nanomaterials and Their Potential Application as Drug Delivery Systems: In Vitro Studies in Caco-2 and MCF-7 Cell Lines. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10081617. [PMID: 32824730 PMCID: PMC7466705 DOI: 10.3390/nano10081617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Carbon nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention in biomedicine recently to be used as drug nanocarriers suitable for medical treatments, due to their large surface area, high cellular internalization and preferential tumor accumulation, that enable these nanomaterials to transport chemotherapeutic agents preferentially to tumor sites, thereby reducing drug toxic side effects. However, there are widespread concerns on the inherent cytotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials, which remains controversial to this day, with studies demonstrating conflicting results. We investigated here in vitro toxicity of various carbon nanomaterials in human epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cells. Carbon nanohorns (CNH), carbon nanotubes (CNT), carbon nanoplatelets (CNP), graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (GO) and nanodiamonds (ND) were systematically compared, using Pluronic F-127 dispersant. Cell viability after carbon nanomaterial treatment followed the order CNP < CNH < RGO < CNT < GO < ND, being the effect more pronounced on the more rapidly dividing Caco-2 cells. CNP produced remarkably high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. Furthermore, the potential of these materials as nanocarriers in the field of drug delivery of doxorubicin and camptothecin anticancer drugs was also compared. In all cases the carbon nanomaterial/drug complexes resulted in improved anticancer activity compared to that of the free drug, being the efficiency largely dependent of the carbon nanomaterial hydrophobicity and surface chemistry. These fundamental studies are of paramount importance as screening and risk-to-benefit assessment towards the development of smart carbon nanomaterial-based nanocarriers.
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- Rosa Garriga
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Correspondence: (R.G.); (M.J.R.-Y.); Tel.: +34-976-762294 (R.G.); +34-976-761649 (M.J.R-Y.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain; (T.H.-C.); (J.O.)
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Fisiología, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain;
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- Instituto de Carboquímica ICB-CSIC, Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; (V.L.C.); (E.M.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain; (T.H.-C.); (J.O.)
- CIBEROBN (ISCIII), IIS Aragón, IA2, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Carboquímica ICB-CSIC, Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; (V.L.C.); (E.M.)
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Fisiología, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain;
- CIBEROBN (ISCIII), IIS Aragón, IA2, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Correspondence: (R.G.); (M.J.R.-Y.); Tel.: +34-976-762294 (R.G.); +34-976-761649 (M.J.R-Y.)
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Yu Y, Yang X, Reghu S, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R, Miyako E. Photothermogenetic inhibition of cancer stemness by near-infrared-light-activatable nanocomplexes. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4117. [PMID: 32807785 PMCID: PMC7431860 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17768-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Strategies for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs) are urgently required because CSCs are resistant to anticancer drugs and cause treatment failure, relapse and metastasis. Here, we show that photoactive functional nanocarbon complexes exhibit unique characteristics, such as homogeneous particle morphology, high water dispersibility, powerful photothermal conversion, rapid photoresponsivity and excellent photothermal stability. In addition, the present biologically permeable second near-infrared (NIR-II) light-induced nanocomplexes photo-thermally trigger calcium influx into target cells overexpressing the transient receptor potential vanilloid family type 2 (TRPV2). This combination of nanomaterial design and genetic engineering effectively eliminates cancer cells and suppresses stemness of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Finally, in molecular analyses of mechanisms, we show that inhibition of cancer stemness involves calcium-mediated dysregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway. The present technological concept may lead to innovative therapies to address the global issue of refractory cancers. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are known to induce chemotherapy resistance, and cause tumour relapse and metastasis. Here, the authors develop photoactive nanocarbon complexes with second near-infrared photothermal ability to target cancer cells overexpressing the receptor TRPV2 and show it to suppress CSCs through dysregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway.
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- Yue Yu
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan.,Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Ikeda, 563-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan
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- AIST-INDIA DAILAB, DBT-AIST International Center for Translational & Environmental Research (DAICENTER), Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan
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- AIST-INDIA DAILAB, DBT-AIST International Center for Translational & Environmental Research (DAICENTER), Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan.
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Yang J, Hou M, Sun W, Wu Q, Xu J, Xiong L, Chai Y, Liu Y, Yu M, Wang H, Xu ZP, Liang X, Zhang C. Sequential PDT and PTT Using Dual-Modal Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorns Synergistically Promote Systemic Immune Responses against Tumor Metastasis and Relapse. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001088. [PMID: 32832363 PMCID: PMC7435231 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Immune responses stimulated by photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) are a promising strategy for the treatment of advanced cancer. However, the antitumor efficacy by PDT or PTT alone is less potent and unsustainable against cancer metastasis and relapse. In this study, Gd3+ and chlorin e6 loaded single-walled carbon nanohorns (Gd-Ce6@SWNHs) are developed, and it is demonstrated that they are a strong immune adjuvant, and have high tumor targeting and penetration efficiency. Then, three in vivo mouse cancer models are established, and it is found that sequential PDT and PTT using Gd-Ce6@SWNHs synergistically promotes systemic antitumor immune responses, where PTT stimulates dendritic cells (DCs) to secrete IL-6 and TNF-α, while PDT triggers upregulation of IFN-γ and CD80. Moreover, migration of Gd-Ce6@SWNHs from the targeted tumors to tumor-draining lymph nodes sustainably activates the DCs to generate a durable immune response, which eventually eliminates the distant metastases without using additional therapeutics. Gd-Ce6@SWNHs intervened phototherapies also generate durable and long-term memory immune responses to tolerate and prevent cancer rechallenge. Therefore, this study demonstrates that sequential PDT and PTT using Gd-Ce6@SWNHs under moderate conditions elicits cooperative and long-lasting antitumor immune responses, which are promising for the treatment of patients with advanced metastatic cancers.
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- Jingxing Yang
- Department of OrthopedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of OrthopedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- Department of OrthopedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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- School of Environment and Biological EngineeringNanjing University of Science and TechnologyNanjingJiangsu210094China
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina InstituteThe University of QueenslandWoolloongabbaQueensland4102Australia
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaBrisbaneQueensland4072Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina InstituteThe University of QueenslandWoolloongabbaQueensland4102Australia
- Gallipoli Medical Research InstituteGreenslopes Private HospitalGreenslopesQueensland4120Australia
- Department of Biliary‐Pancreatic SurgeryRen Ji HospitalSchool of MedicineShanghai Jiao Tong University800, Dongchuan RoadShanghai200240China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaBrisbaneQueensland4072Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina InstituteThe University of QueenslandWoolloongabbaQueensland4102Australia
- Gallipoli Medical Research InstituteGreenslopes Private HospitalGreenslopesQueensland4120Australia
- Department of General SurgeryChangzheng HospitalThe Second Military Medical UniversityShanghai200003China
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- Department of OrthopedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
- Department of Nuclear MedicineRui Jin HospitalSchool of Biomedical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200030China
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Sano M, Izumiya M, Haniu H, Ueda K, Konishi K, Ishida H, Kuroda C, Uemura T, Aoki K, Matsuda Y, Saito N. Cellular Responses of Human Lymphatic Endothelial Cells to Carbon Nanomaterials. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10071374. [PMID: 32674394 PMCID: PMC7407296 DOI: 10.3390/nano10071374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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One of the greatest challenges to overcome in the pursuit of the medical application of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) is safety. Particularly, when considering the use of CNMs in drug delivery systems (DDSs), evaluation of safety at the accumulation site is an essential step. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity of carbon nanohorns (CNHs), which are potential DDSs, using human lymph node endothelial cells that have been reported to accumulate CNMs, as a comparison to fibrous, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and particulate carbon black (CB). The effect of different surface characteristics was also evaluated using two types of CNHs (untreated and oxidized). In the fibrous MWCNT, cell growth suppression, as well as expression of inflammatory cytokine genes was observed, as in previous reports. In contrast, no significant toxicity was observed for particulate CB and CNHs, which was different from the report of CB cytotoxicity in vascular endothelial cells. These results show that (1) lymph endothelial cells need to be tested separately from other endothelial cells for safety evaluation of nanomaterials, and (2) the potential of CNHs as DDSs.
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- Mahoko Sano
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-263-37-3555
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Biomedical Engineering Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
- Division of Gene Research, Research Center for Supports to Advanced Science, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Physical and Occupational Therapy Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan;
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, Saitama 362-0806, Japan;
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; (M.S.); (M.I.); (K.U.); (K.K.); (H.I.); (C.K.); (T.U.); (N.S.)
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Sun L, Wang R, Ju Q, Xu J. Physiological, Metabolic, and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Responses of Arabidopsis Seedlings to Carbon Nanohorns. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:4409-4420. [PMID: 32182044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Carbon-based nanomaterials have potential applications in nanoenabled agriculture. However, the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying single-walled carbon nanohorn (SWCNH)-mediated plant growth remain unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of SWCNHs on Arabidopsis grown in 1/4-strength Murashige and Skoog medium via physiological, genetic, and molecular analyses. Treatment with 0.1 mg/L SWCNHs promoted primary root (PR) growth and lateral root (LR) formation; 50 and 100 mg/L SWCNHs inhibited PR growth. Treatment with 0.1 mg/L SWCNHs increased the lengths of the meristematic and elongation zones, and transcriptomic and genetic analyses confirmed the positive effects of SWCNHs on root tip stem cell niche activity and meristematic cell division potential. Increased expression of YUC3 and YUC5 and increased PIN2 abundance improved PR growth and LR development in 0.1 mg/L SWCNH-treated seedlings. Metabolomic analyses revealed that SWCNHs altered the levels of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids, suggesting that SWCNHs reprogrammed carbon/nitrogen metabolism in plants. SWCNHs also regulate plant growth and development by increasing the levels of several secondary metabolites; transcriptomic analyses further supported these results. The present results are valuable for continued use of SWCNHs in agri-nanotechnology, and these molecular approaches could serve as examples for studies on the effects of nanomaterials in plants.
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- Liangliang Sun
- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla Yunnan 666303, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla Yunnan 666303, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla Yunnan 666303, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla Yunnan 666303, China
- Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla Yunnan 666303, China
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Wang S, Li X, Gong X, Liang H. Mechanistic modeling of spontaneous penetration of carbon nanocones into membrane vesicles. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:2686-2694. [PMID: 31916567 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09098c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Carbon nanocones (CNCs) are promising drug delivery systems that can be functionalized with a variety of biomolecules (such as proteins, peptides, or antibodies), which allow for site-specific, targeted payload delivery to particular cells and organs. However, considerable uncertainty exists with respect to the toxicity of CNCs on their conical shape, and the underlying mechanism that leads to the penetration of CNCs (especially the truncated ones) in and through the cell membrane is not yet well understood. Using a coarse-grained dissipative particle dynamics method, we systematically investigate the spontaneous penetration of untruncated and truncated CNCs into membrane vesicles. For untruncated CNCs, the simulation results show that both pristine and oxidized ones can spontaneously penetrate across or be attached to the vesicle surface without membrane rupture, indicating low or insignificant toxicity. However, for truncated CNCs, we find that both the apex angle and aspect ratio can influence the CNC-membrane interactions and CNC-induced toxicity: a higher apex angle (and/or a lower aspect ratio) yields a higher toxicity of truncated CNCs. Further free energy analysis reveals that the lowest free energy path during the penetration is associated with CNC's orientation and rotation. For a truncated CNC with a low aspect ratio and high apex angle, it tends to rotate itself to a preferred standing-up fashion inside the vesicle membrane, posing an enhanced toxicity of CNCs. These findings may provide useful guidelines for designing effective CNC vehicles for drug delivery.
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- Shuo Wang
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering (State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Hydrodynamics), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics and Center for X-Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering (State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Hydrodynamics), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Ford R, Devereux SJ, Quinn SJ, O'Neill RD. Carbon nanohorn modified platinum electrodes for improved immobilisation of enzyme in the design of glutamate biosensors. Analyst 2019; 144:5299-5307. [PMID: 31373591 DOI: 10.1039/c9an01085h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Electrochemical enzymatic biosensors are the subject of research due to their potential for in vivo monitoring of glutamate, which is a key neurotransmitter whose concentration is related to healthy brain function. This study reports the use of biocompatible oxidised carbon nanohorns (o-CNH) with a high surface area, to enhance the immobilization of glutamate oxidase (GluOx) for improved biosensor performance. Two families of biosensors were designed to interact with the anionic GluOx. Family-1 consists of covalently functionalised o-CNH possessing hydrazide (HYZ) and amine (PEG-NH2) terminated surfaces and Family-2 comprised non-covalently functionalised o-CNH with different loadings of polyethyleneimine (PEI) to form a cationic hybrid. Amperometric detection of H2O2 formed by enzymatic oxidation of glutamate revealed a good performance from all designs with the most improved performance by the PEI hybrid systems. The best response was from a o-CNH : PEI ratio of 1 : 10 mg mL-1, which yielded a glutamate calibration plateau, JMAX, of 55 ± 9 μA cm-2 and sensitivity of 111 ± 34 μA mM-1 cm-2. The low KM of 0.31 ± 0.05 mM indicated the retention of the enzyme function, and a limit of detection of 0.02 ± 0.004 μM and a response time of 0.88 ± 0.13 s was determined. The results demonstrate the high sensitivity of these biosensors and their potential for future use for the detection of glutamate in vivo.
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- Rochelle Ford
- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Ekwueme EC, Rao R, Mohiuddin M, Pellegrini M, Lee YS, Reiter MP, Jackson J, Freeman JW. Single-walled carbon nanohorns modulate tenocyte cellular response and tendon biomechanics. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2019; 108:1907-1914. [PMID: 31785088 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Subfailure ligament and tendon injury remain a significant burden to global healthcare. Here, we present the use of biocompatible single-walled carbon nanohorns (CNH) as a potential treatment for the repair of sub-failure injury in tendons. First, in vitro exposure of CNH to human tenocytes revealed no change in collagen deposition but a significant decrease in cell metabolic activity after 14 days. Additionally, gene expression studies revealed significant downregulation of collagen Types I and III mRNA at 7 days with some recovery after 14 days of exposure. Biomechanical tests with explanted porcine digitorum tendons showed the ability of CNH suspensions to modulate tendon biomechanics, most notably elastic moduli immediately after treatment. in vivo experiments demonstrated the ability of CNH to persist in the damaged matrix of stretch-injured Sprague Dawley rat Achilles tendon but not significantly modify tendon biomechanics after 7 days of treatment. Although these results demonstrate the early feasibility of utility of CNH as a potential modality for tendon subfailure injury, additional work is needed to further validate and ensure clinical efficacy.
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- Emmanuel C Ekwueme
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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Panwar N, Soehartono AM, Chan KK, Zeng S, Xu G, Qu J, Coquet P, Yong KT, Chen X. Nanocarbons for Biology and Medicine: Sensing, Imaging, and Drug Delivery. Chem Rev 2019; 119:9559-9656. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Nishtha Panwar
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Border X Block, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Border X Block, Singapore 637553, Singapore
- Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN), CNRS UMR 8520—Université de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Gao C, Jian J, Lin Z, Yu YX, Jiang BP, Chen H, Shen XC. Hypericin-Loaded Carbon Nanohorn Hybrid for Combined Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy in Vivo. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:8228-8237. [PMID: 31140812 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of hypericin (Hyp) is hampered by poor water solubility and photostability. Incorporation of photosensitizers into nanocarriers has been designed to solve these issues. Herein, SWNH-Hyps nanohybrids were first fabricated by loading hypericin on the surface of single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) through ??? interaction and exhibited high solubility and stability in aqueous water. SWNH-Hyps could be utilized for a single platform for cancer therapy because it could simultaneously generate enough reactive oxygen species and hyperthermia using light irradiation. Moreover, the SWNHs not only improved water solubility, photostability, and therapy effects of Hyp but also protected it from light degradation. SWNH-Hyps could effectively ablate 4T1 cells by photodynamic/photothermal synergistic therapy upon 590 and 808 nm light irradiations compared with PDT. Furthermore, remarkable tumor cell death as well as tumor growth inhibition was proved via photothermal therapy and PDT of SWNH-Hyps under 590 and 808 nm light irradiations, which demonstrated that synergistic anticancer ability of SWNH-Hyps was better than that of free Hyp in vivo. Such a simple and facile adsorption method improved water solubility of Hyp and then enhanced its therapy effect, which displays that SWNHs can be hopefully used in medicines in the future.
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- Cunji Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , P. R. China
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Molecular dynamics of carbon nanohorns and their complexes with cisplatin in aqueous solution. J Mol Graph Model 2019; 89:167-177. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhang M, Deng Y, Yang M, Nakajima H, Yudasaka M, Iijima S, Okazaki T. A Simple Method for Removal of Carbon Nanotubes from Wastewater Using Hypochlorite. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1284. [PMID: 30718788 PMCID: PMC6362128 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38307-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been applied in a wide range of fields, such as materials, electronics, energy storages, and biomedicine. With the rapid increase in CNTs industrialization, more and more CNT-containing wastewater is being produced. Since concerns about the toxic effects of CNTs on human health persist, CNT-containing wastewater should not be released into the environment without purification, but no effective methods have been reported. In the present study, we report a simple method to eliminate CNTs from industrial or laboratorial wastewater using sodium hypochlorite. Direct treatment of aqueous dispersions with sodium hypochlorite solution completely degraded CNTs into carbon oxides or carbonates ions. Since hypochlorite is environmentally friendly and frequently used as a disinfectant or bleaching agent in domestic cleaning, this method is practical for purification of CNT-contaminated industrial wastewater.
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- Minfang Zhang
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan.
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan.,Faculty of Science & Technology, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Science & Technology, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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Devereux SJ, Massaro M, Barker A, Hinds DT, Hifni B, Simpson JC, Quinn SJ. Spectroscopic study of the loading of cationic porphyrins by carbon nanohorns as high capacity carriers of photoactive molecules to cells. J Mater Chem B 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00217k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Spherical carbon nanohorns have great potential as drug delivery agents. Here a detailed study of the loading of porphyrin molecules is reported and the influence on their stability described. An optimally loaded sample is shown to cause photoactivated cell death.
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- School of Chemistry
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
- School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield
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- School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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Karimi P. Investigation of Simultaneous Cation-Π and Π–Π Stacking Interactions on Graphene and Some Bent Graphenes as Curved Surfaces of Carbon Nanohorns. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476618050116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Devereux SJ, Cheung S, Daly HC, O'Shea DF, Quinn SJ. Multimodal Microscopy Distinguishes Extracellular Aggregation and Cellular Uptake of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanohorns. Chemistry 2018; 24:14162-14170. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Department of ChemistryRCSI 123 St Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryRCSI 123 St Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryRCSI 123 St Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Ireland
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- School of ChemistryUniversity College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
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Gao C, Dong P, Lin Z, Guo X, Jiang BP, Ji S, Liang H, Shen XC. Near-Infrared Light Responsive Imaging-Guided Photothermal and Photodynamic Synergistic Therapy Nanoplatform Based on Carbon Nanohorns for Efficient Cancer Treatment. Chemistry 2018; 24:12827-12837. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Cunji Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of, Medical Resources; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Guangxi Normal University; Guilin 541004 P. R. China
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Yi X, Zou G, Gao H. Mechanics of cellular packing of nanorods with finite and non-uniform diameters. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:14090-14099. [PMID: 29999084 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04110e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To understand the mechanics of cellular/intracellular packing of one-dimensional nanomaterials, we performed theoretical analysis and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate how the morphology and mechanical behaviors of a lipid vesicle are regulated by encapsulated rigid nanorods of finite and non-uniform diameters, including a cylindrical rod, a rod with widened ends, a cone-shaped rod, and a screwdriver-shaped rod. As the rod length increases, the vesicle evolves from a sphere into different shapes, such as a lemon, a conga drum, a cherry, a bowling pin, or a tubular shape for long and thick rods. The contact between the vesicle protrusion and the rod plays an important role in regulating the vesicle tubulation, membrane tension, and axial contact force on the rod. Our analysis provides a theoretical basis to understand a wide range of experiments on morphological transitions that occur in cellular packing of actin or microtubule bundles, mitotic cell division, and intracellular packing of carbon nanotubes.
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- Xin Yi
- Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
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He B, Shi Y, Liang Y, Yang A, Fan Z, Yuan L, Zou X, Chang X, Zhang H, Wang X, Dai W, Wang Y, Zhang Q. Single-walled carbon-nanohorns improve biocompatibility over nanotubes by triggering less protein-initiated pyroptosis and apoptosis in macrophages. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2393. [PMID: 29921862 PMCID: PMC6008334 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04700-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Single-walled carbon-nanohorns (SNH) exhibit huge application prospects. Notably, spherical SNH possess different morphology from conventional carbon nanotubes (CNT). However, there is a tremendous lack of studies on the nanotoxicity and mechanism of SNH, and their comparison with nanotubes. Here, the dissimilarity between SNH and CNT is found in many aspects including necrosis, pyroptosis, apoptosis, protein expression, hydrolases leakage, lysosome stress, membrane disturbance and the interaction with membrane proteins. The improved biocompatibility of SNH over four types of established CNT is clearly demonstrated in macrophages. Importantly, a key transmembrane protein, glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) is discovered to initiate the nanotoxicity. Compared to CNT, the weaker nano-GPNMB interaction in SNH group induces lower degree of cascade actions from nano/membrane interplay to final cell hypotoxicity. In conclusion, the geometry of single-construct unit, but not that of dispersive forms or intracellular levels of nanocarbons make the most difference.
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- Bing He
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Centre of Medical and Health Analysis, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Centre of Medical and Health Analysis, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Centre of Medical and Health Analysis, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Kokubun K, Matsumura S, Yudasaka M, Iijima S, Shiba K. Immobilization of a carbon nanomaterial-based localized drug-release system using a bispecific material-binding peptide. Int J Nanomedicine 2018; 13:1643-1652. [PMID: 29588591 PMCID: PMC5862015 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s155913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Introduction Inorganic materials are widely used in medical devices, such as artificial hearts, vessels, and joints, in stents, and as nanocarriers for drug-delivery systems. Carbon nanomaterials are of particular interest due to their biological inertness and their capability to accommodate molecules. Several attempts have been proposed, in which carbon nanomaterials are used as nanocarriers for the systemic delivery of drugs. Materials and methods We developed a drug-delivery system in which oxidized single-walled carbon nanohorns (oxSWNHs) were immobilized on a titanium (Ti) surface using material-binding peptides to enable localized drug delivery. For this purpose, we utilized a bispecific peptidic aptamer comprising a core sequence of a Ti-binding peptide and a SWNH-binding peptide to immobilize oxSWNHs on Ti. Results Scanning electron microscopy was used to confirm the presence of oxSWNHs adsorbed onto the Ti surface, and a quartz crystal microbalance was used to evaluate the binding process during oxSWNH adsorption. The oxSWNHs-ornamented Ti substrate was nontoxic to cells and released biologically active dexamethasone over a sustained period. Conclusion This oxSWNHs-immobilized system can be used to modify the surface of Ti in implants and be loaded with drugs that stimulate osteogenesis and bone regeneration.
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- Katsutoshi Kokubun
- Division of Protein Engineering, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Protein Engineering, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.,Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.,Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Protein Engineering, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Basu U, Banik B, Wen R, Pathak RK, Dhar S. The Platin-X series: activation, targeting, and delivery. Dalton Trans 2018; 45:12992-3004. [PMID: 27493131 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01738j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Anticancer platinum (Pt) complexes have long been considered to be one of the biggest success stories in the history of medicinal inorganic chemistry. Yet there remains the hunt for the "magic bullet" which can satisfy the requirements of an effective chemotherapeutic drug formulation. Pt(iv) complexes are kinetically more inert than the Pt(ii) congeners and offer the opportunity to append additional functional groups/ligands for prodrug activation, tumor targeting, or drug delivery. The ultimate aim of functionalization is to enhance the tumor selective action and attenuate systemic toxicity of the drugs. Moreover, an increase in cellular accumulation to surmount the resistance of the tumor against the drugs is also of paramount importance in drug development and discovery. In this review, we will address the attempts made in our lab to develop Pt(iv) prodrugs that can be activated and delivered using targeted nanotechnology-based delivery platforms.
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- Uttara Basu
- NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Although viral vectors comprise the majority of gene delivery vectors, their various safety, production, and other practical concerns have left a research gap to be addressed. The non-viral vector space encompasses a growing variety of physical and chemical methods capable of gene delivery into the nuclei of target cells. Major physical methods described in this chapter are microinjection, electroporation, and ballistic injection, magnetofection, sonoporation, optical transfection, and localized hyperthermia. Major chemical methods described in this chapter are lipofection, polyfection, gold complexation, and carbon-based methods. Combination approaches to improve transfection efficiency or reduce immunological response have shown great promise in expanding the scope of non-viral gene delivery.
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- Chi Hong Sum
- University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Vithanage M, Seneviratne M, Ahmad M, Sarkar B, Ok YS. Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2017; 39:1421-1439. [PMID: 28444473 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-017-9957-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Rapid surge of interest for carbon nanotube (CNT) in the last decade has made it an imperative member of nanomaterial family. Because of the distinctive physicochemical properties, CNTs are widely used in a number of scientific applications including plant sciences. This review mainly describes the role of CNT in plant sciences. Contradictory effects of CNT on plants physiology are reported. CNT can act as plant growth inducer causing enhanced plant dry biomass and root/shoot lengths. At the same time, CNT can cause negative effects on plants by forming reactive oxygen species in plant tissues, consequently leading to cell death. Enhanced seed germination with CNT is related to the water uptake process. CNT can be positioned as micro-tubes inside the plant body to enhance the water uptake efficiency. Due to its ability to act as a slow-release fertilizer and plant growth promoter, CNT is transpiring as a novel nano-carbon fertilizer in the field of agricultural sciences. On the other hand, accumulation of CNT in soil can cause deleterious effects on soil microbial diversity, composition and population. It can further modify the balance between plant-toxic metals in soil, thereby enhancing the translocation of heavy metal(loids) into the plant system. The research gaps that need careful attention have been identified in this review.
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- Meththika Vithanage
- Environmental Chemodynamics Project, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
- International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
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- Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Korea Biochar Research Center and Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea.
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d’Amora M, Camisasca A, Lettieri S, Giordani S. Toxicity Assessment of Carbon Nanomaterials in Zebrafish during Development. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 7:E414. [PMID: 29186817 PMCID: PMC5746904 DOI: 10.3390/nano7120414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) are increasingly employed in nanomedicine as carriers for intracellular transport of drugs, imaging probes, and therapeutics agents, thanks to their unique optical and physicochemical properties. However, a better understanding about the effects of CNMs on a vertebrate model at the whole animal level is required. In this study, we compare the toxicity of oxidized carbon nano-onions (oxi-CNOs), oxidized carbon nano-horns (oxi-CNHs) and graphene oxide (GO) in zebrafish (Danio rerio). We evaluate the possible effects of these nanomaterials on zebrafish development by assessing different end-points and exposure periods.
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- Marta d’Amora
- Nano Carbon Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy; (M.d.A.); (A.C.); (S.L.)
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- Nano Carbon Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy; (M.d.A.); (A.C.); (S.L.)
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 31, 16145 Genoa, Italy
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- Nano Carbon Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy; (M.d.A.); (A.C.); (S.L.)
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- Nano Carbon Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy; (M.d.A.); (A.C.); (S.L.)
- Department of Chemistry, University of Turin, via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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