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Sun J, Song Y, Wang M, Zhao P, Gao F, Li J, Yang M, Yuan H, Sun B, Wang Y. Quantitative and Noninvasive Detection of SAH-Related MiRNA in Cerebrospinal Fluids In Vivo Using SERS Sensors Based on Acupuncture-Based Technology. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:37088-37100. [PMID: 35938390 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Quantitative analysis of microRNAs (miRNAs) in a noninvasive manner is of vital importance for disease diagnosis and prognosis evaluation. However, conventional strategies for realizing accurate, simple, and sensitive detection of target molecules are still a challenge, especially for miRNAs due to their low abundance and susceptibility in the complex biological environment. Here, a novel surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) strategy was established for quantitative detection and monitoring of miRNA-21-5p (miR-21-5p) in living cells and in vivo cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by applying hairpin DNA (hpDNA)-conjugated gold nanostars (GNSs) SERS probes combined with acupuncture-based technology. This strategy enabled ultrasensitive exploration toward miR-21-5p in a wide range from 1 fM to 100 pM in cell lysates. Moreover, SERS analysis facilitated the detection and long-term monitoring for in vivo miR-21-5p noninvasively. This developed strategy promises to offer a powerful method for the analysis of multiple biomolecules in single cells and living bodies.
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- Jingyi Sun
- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
- Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, Hainan 570102, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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Peserico A, Di Berardino C, Russo V, Capacchietti G, Di Giacinto O, Canciello A, Camerano Spelta Rapini C, Barboni B. Nanotechnology-Assisted Cell Tracking. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12091414. [PMID: 35564123 PMCID: PMC9103829 DOI: 10.3390/nano12091414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The usefulness of nanoparticles (NPs) in the diagnostic and/or therapeutic sector is derived from their aptitude for navigating intra- and extracellular barriers successfully and to be spatiotemporally targeted. In this context, the optimization of NP delivery platforms is technologically related to the exploitation of the mechanisms involved in the NP–cell interaction. This review provides a detailed overview of the available technologies focusing on cell–NP interaction/detection by describing their applications in the fields of cancer and regenerative medicine. Specifically, a literature survey has been performed to analyze the key nanocarrier-impacting elements, such as NP typology and functionalization, the ability to tune cell interaction mechanisms under in vitro and in vivo conditions by framing, and at the same time, the imaging devices supporting NP delivery assessment, and consideration of their specificity and sensitivity. Although the large amount of literature information on the designs and applications of cell membrane-coated NPs has reached the extent at which it could be considered a mature branch of nanomedicine ready to be translated to the clinic, the technology applied to the biomimetic functionalization strategy of the design of NPs for directing cell labelling and intracellular retention appears less advanced. These approaches, if properly scaled up, will present diverse biomedical applications and make a positive impact on human health.
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Shi J, Shen M, Zhao W, Liu J, Qu Z, Zhu M, Chen Z, Shi P, Zhang Z, Zhang SS. Ultrasensitive Dual-Signal Detection of Telomerase and MiR-21 Based on Boolean Logic Operations. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:51393-51402. [PMID: 34665612 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c17912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Telomerase and micro-RNAs (miRNAs) are simultaneously upregulated in a variety of tumor cells and have emerged as promising tumor markers. However, sensitive detection of telomerase and miRNAs in situ remains a great challenge due to their low expression levels. Here, we designed a Boolean logic "AND" signal amplification strategy based on functionalized ordered mesoporous nanoparticles (FOMNs) to achieve ultrasensitive detection of telomerase and miR-21 in living tumor cells. Briefly, the strategy uses telomerase as an input to enable the release of DNA3-ROX-BHQ hairpins by making the wrapping DNA1 form a DNA-a hairpin with the joint participation of dNTPs. Subsequently, DNA2-Ag, DNA3-ROX-BHQ, and the second input miR-21 participated in hybridization chain reaction to amplify fluorescence and Raman signals. Experimental results showed the intensity of output dual signals relevant to the expression levels of telomerase and miR-21. The Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) not only enhanced the fluorescence signals but also allowed to obtain more sensitive Raman signals. Therefore, even if expression of tumor markers is at a low level, the FOMN-based dual-signal logic operation strategy can still achieve sensitive detection of telomerase and miR-21 in situ. Furthermore, FOMNs can detect miR-21 expression levels in a short time. Consequently, this strategy has a potential clinical application value in detection of tumor markers and the assessment of tumor treatment efficacy.
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- Jiaju Shi
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
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- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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- Experimental Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. China
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Taiariol L, Chaix C, Farre C, Moreau E. Click and Bioorthogonal Chemistry: The Future of Active Targeting of Nanoparticles for Nanomedicines? Chem Rev 2021; 122:340-384. [PMID: 34705429 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Over the years, click and bioorthogonal reactions have been the subject of considerable research efforts. These high-performance chemical reactions have been developed to meet requirements not often provided by the chemical reactions commonly used today in the biological environment, such as selectivity, rapid reaction rate, and biocompatibility. Click and bioorthogonal reactions have been attracting increasing attention in the biomedical field for the engineering of nanomedicines. In this review, we study a compilation of articles from 2014 to the present, using the terms "click chemistry and nanoparticles (NPs)" to highlight the application of this type of chemistry for applications involving NPs intended for biomedical applications. This study identifies the main strategies offered by click and bioorthogonal chemistry, with respect to passive and active targeting, for NP functionalization with specific and multiple properties for imaging and cancer therapy. In the final part, a novel and promising approach for "two step" targeting of NPs, called pretargeting (PT), is also discussed; the principle of this strategy as well as all the studies listed from 2014 to the present are presented in more detail.
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- Ludivine Taiariol
- Université Clermont Auvergne, Imagerie Moléculaire et Stratégies Théranostiques, BP 184, F-63005 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Inserm U 1240, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Centre Jean Perrin, F-63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Interfaces and Biosensors, UMR 5280, CNRS, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France.,Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Interfaces and Biosensors, UMR 5280, CNRS, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France.,Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, Imagerie Moléculaire et Stratégies Théranostiques, BP 184, F-63005 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Inserm U 1240, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Centre Jean Perrin, F-63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Kolanthai E, Fu Y, Kumar U, Babu B, Venkatesan AK, Liechty KW, Seal S. Nanoparticle mediated RNA delivery for wound healing. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 14:e1741. [PMID: 34369096 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Wound healing is a complicated physiological process that comprises various steps, including hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The wound healing process is significantly affected by coexisting disease states such as diabetes, immunosuppression, or vascular disease. It can also be impacted by age, repeated injury, or hypertrophic scarring. These comorbidities can affect the rate of wound closure, the quality of wound closure, and tissues' function at the affected sites. There are limited options to improve the rate or quality of wound healing, creating a significant unmet need. Advances in nucleic acid research and the human genome project have developed potential novel approaches to address these outstanding requirements. In particular, the use of microRNA, short hairpin RNA, and silencing RNA is unique in their abilities as key regulators within the physiologic machinery of the cell. Although this innovative therapeutic approach using ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an attractive approach, the application as a therapeutic remains a challenge due to site-specific delivery, off-target effects, and RNA degradation obstacles. An ideal delivery system is essential for successful gene delivery. An ideal delivery system should result in high bioactivity, inhibit rapid dilution, controlled release, allow specific activation timings facilitating physiological stability, and minimize multiple dosages. Currently, these goals can be achieved by inorganic nanoparticle (NP) (e.g., cerium oxide, gold, silica, etc.) based delivery systems. This review focuses on providing insight into the preeminent research carried out on various RNAs and their delivery through NPs for effective wound healing. This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Nucleic Acid-Based Structures.
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- Elayaraja Kolanthai
- Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Laboratory for Fetal and Regenerative Biology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.,College of Medicine, Nanoscience Technology Center, Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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Yoshimoto Y, Jo JI, Tabata Y. Preparation of antibody-immobilized gelatin nanospheres incorporating a molecular beacon to visualize the biological function of macrophages. Regen Ther 2020; 14:11-18. [PMID: 31970268 PMCID: PMC6961756 DOI: 10.1016/j.reth.2019.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Introduction Inflammatory response plays an important role in the disease progress or therapeutic effect. In this context, it is highly required to develop a technology to visualize the inflammatory response. In this study, macrophages and their microRNA (miRNA) which are involved in the inflammatory response, were focused while a system of molecular beacon (MB) to detect the miRNA of macrophages was designed and prepared. Methods Gelatin nanospheres were prepared by the conventional coacervation method. An antibody with an affinity for the surface receptor of macrophages was immobilized onto the gelatin nanospheres by several methods. A nucleic acid-based MB for a pro-inflammatory miRNA 155–5p was designed and incorporated into the antibody-immobilized gelatin nanospheres (MB-gelatin NS). Macrophages before and after the polarization into pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory phenotypes were cultured with the MB-gelatin NS and change in the intracellular fluorescence was observed. Results The antibody-immobilized gelatin nanospheres prepared by a coupling between the amino groups of gelatin and the sugar chains of antibody with NaIO4 showed the highest affinity for cellular receptor. MB complexed with the cell-penetrating (CP) peptide was successfully incorporated into the antibody-immobilized gelatin nanospheres. When cultured with pro-inflammatory macrophages, MB-gelatin NS efficiently detected the miRNA 155–5p to emit fluorescence. Conclusions By the NaIO4 method, the antibody was immobilized onto gelatin nanospheres with a high affinity remaining while the MB was incorporated into the antibody-immobilized gelatin nanospheres. The MB incorporated allowed mRNA to visualize the pro-inflammatory nature of macrophages. Antibody could be immobilized onto gelatin nanospheres with the affinity remaining. MB for a pro-inflammatory miRNA was incorporated into gelatin nanospheres. MB incorporated emitted the fluorescence in the pro-inflammatory macrophages.
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Key Words
- Antibody immobilization
- BCA, bicinchoninic acid
- BHQ, black hole quencher
- BSA, bovine serum albumin
- CP, cell-penetrating
- DDW, double-distilled water
- DLS, dynamic light scattering
- DSS, disuccinimidyl suberate
- FCS, fetal calf serum
- GA, glutaraldehyde
- Gelatin nanospheres
- IL, interleukin
- Ig, immunoglobulin
- Inflammatory response
- KPB, potassium phosphate-buffered
- MB, molecular beacon
- Macrophages
- Molecular beacon
- PBS, phosphate buffered-saline
- WST-8, 2-(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium
- miRNA, microRNA
- microRNA
- qRT-PCR, quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction
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- Yu Yoshimoto
- Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Gubala V, Giovannini G, Kunc F, Monopoli MP, Moore CJ. Dye-doped silica nanoparticles: synthesis, surface chemistry and bioapplications. Cancer Nanotechnol 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s12645-019-0056-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background
Fluorescent silica nanoparticles have been extensively utilised in a broad range of biological applications and are facilitated by their predictable, well-understood, flexible chemistry and apparent biocompatibility. The ability to couple various siloxane precursors with fluorescent dyes and to be subsequently incorporated into silica nanoparticles has made it possible to engineer these fluorophores-doped nanomaterials to specific optical requirements in biological experimentation. Consequently, this class of nanomaterial has been used in applications across immunodiagnostics, drug delivery and human-trial bioimaging in cancer research.
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This review summarises the state-of-the-art of the use of dye-doped silica nanoparticles in bioapplications and firstly accounts for the common nanoparticle synthesis methods, surface modification approaches and different bioconjugation strategies employed to generate biomolecule-coated nanoparticles. The use of dye-doped silica nanoparticles in immunoassays/biosensing, bioimaging and drug delivery is then provided and possible future directions in the field are highlighted. Other non-cancer-related applications involving silica nanoparticles are also briefly discussed. Importantly, the impact of how the protein corona has changed our understanding of NP interactions with biological systems is described, as well as demonstrations of its capacity to be favourably manipulated.
Conclusions
Dye-doped silica nanoparticles have found success in the immunodiagnostics domain and have also shown promise as bioimaging agents in human clinical trials. Their use in cancer delivery has been restricted to murine models, as has been the case for the vast majority of nanomaterials intended for cancer therapy. This is hampered by the need for more human-like disease models and the lack of standardisation towards assessing nanoparticle toxicity. However, developments in the manipulation of the protein corona have improved the understanding of fundamental bio–nano interactions, and will undoubtedly assist in the translation of silica nanoparticles for disease treatment to the clinic.
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Yang S, Li Y. Fluorescent hybrid silica nanoparticles and their biomedical applications. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 12:e1603. [DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Shaobo Yang
- Lab of Low‐Dimensional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- Lab of Low‐Dimensional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Chen Y, Yang L, Liu J, Chen Z. Estrogen conjugated fluorescent silica nanoparticles as optical probes for breast cancer cells imaging. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2019; 13:044113. [PMID: 31531151 PMCID: PMC6735662 DOI: 10.1063/1.5117769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fluorescent nanoparticles are promising tools for living cancer cell imaging and cancer targeting. In this study, estrogen conjugated dye-doped fluorescent nanoparticles (estrogen conjugated FNPs) were synthesized and characterized. The functionalized nanoparticles with low toxicity have shown high selectivity and sensitivity toward target cells. Based on the specific recognition between the estrogen and the estrogen receptor, estrogen conjugated FNPs have been employed as optical probes for specific targeting of estrogen receptor-positive cancer cells with fluorescence microscopy imaging technology. The results demonstrate that the estrogen conjugated FNPs can effectively recognize breast cancer cells with good sensitivity and exceptional photostability, which would offer a novel approach for the diagnosis of breast cancer cells, as well as a new method in detecting estrogen receptors.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and
Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and
Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Aptamers as Diagnostic Tools in Cancer. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2018; 11:ph11030086. [PMID: 30208607 PMCID: PMC6160954 DOI: 10.3390/ph11030086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Researchers have been working hard on investigating not only improved therapeutics but also on early detection methods, both critical to increasing treatment efficacy, and developing methods for disease prevention. The use of nucleic acids, or aptamers, has emerged as more specific and accurate cancer diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules that recognize specific targets based on unique three-dimensional conformations. Despite the fact aptamer development has been mainly restricted to laboratory settings, the unique attributes of these molecules suggest their high potential for clinical advances in cancer detection. Aptamers can be selected for a wide range of targets, and also linked with an extensive variety of diagnostic agents, via physical or chemical conjugation, to improve previously-established detection methods or to be used as novel biosensors for cancer diagnosis. Consequently, herein we review the principal considerations and recent updates in cancer detection and imaging through aptamer-based molecules.
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Castillo RR, Baeza A, Vallet-Regí M. Recent applications of the combination of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with nucleic acids: development of bioresponsive devices, carriers and sensors. Biomater Sci 2018; 5:353-377. [PMID: 28105473 DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00872k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The discovery and control of the biological roles mediated by nucleic acids have turned them into a powerful tool for the development of advanced biotechnological materials. Such is the importance of these gene-keeping biomacromolecules that even nanomaterials have succumbed to the claimed benefits of DNA and RNA. Currently, there could be found in the literature a practically intractable number of examples reporting the use of combination of nanoparticles with nucleic acids, so boundaries are demanded. Following this premise, this review will only cover the most recent and powerful strategies developed to exploit the possibilities of nucleic acids as biotechnological materials when in combination with mesoporous silica nanoparticles. The extensive research done on nucleic acids has significantly incremented the technological possibilities for those biomacromolecules, which could be employed in many different applications, where substrate or sequence recognition or modulation of biological pathways due to its coding role in living cells are the most promising. In the present review, the chosen counterpart, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, also with unique properties, became a reference material for drug delivery and biomedical applications due to their high biocompatibility and porous structure suitable for hosting and delivering small molecules. Although most of the reviews dealt with significant advances in the use of nucleic acid and mesoporous silica nanoparticles in biotechnological applications, a rational classification of these new generation hybrid materials is still uncovered. In this review, there will be covered promising strategies for the development of living cell and biological sensors, DNA-based molecular gates with targeting, transfection or silencing properties, which could provide a significant advance in current nanomedicine.
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- Rafael R Castillo
- Dpto. Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre i+12, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.
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- Dpto. Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre i+12, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.
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- Dpto. Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre i+12, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.
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Wei Y, Wei Z, Luo P, Wei W, Liu S. pH-sensitive metal-phenolic network capsules for targeted photodynamic therapy against cancer cells. ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 46:1552-1561. [PMID: 28918670 DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2017.1377724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective and promising method for cancer treatment, which is proposed for more than one century. However, the specific delivery of photosensitizer to target carcinoma cells to reduce the side effect is still a great challenge. This work provides a strategy to deliver photosensitizers to cancer cells by utilizing pH-sensitive polyethylene glycol metal-phenolic network (PEG-MPN) capsules to encapsulate haematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME). With the assistance of folic acid (FA), HMME-doped PEG-MPN capsules (MPN@HMMEs) accumulate in carcinoma cells selectively followed by releasing HMME in the lysosomes because of the physiologically relevant acidic pH environment. From the fluorescent ratiometric sensing and reactive oxygen species (ROS) regionality distribution of MPN@HMMEs, we demonstrated the encapsulated photosensitizers are diffused from lysosomes to cytoplasm. Under irradiation at 638 nm laser, ROS generated from the photosensitizers induced cancer cells undergoing apoptosis while normal cells survive. Therefore, MPN@HMME could be applied as a new strategy for targeted PDT against cancer and PEG-MPN capsules are expected to be general carries for drug delivering.
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- Yuanqing Wei
- a Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- a Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- a Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- a Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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- a Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Smart Carbon-Rich Materials and Device , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing , P. R. China
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Ma W, Fu P, Sun M, Xu L, Kuang H, Xu C. Dual Quantification of MicroRNAs and Telomerase in Living Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:11752-11759. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Ma
- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State
Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface
and Biodetection and School of
Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative
Innovationcenter of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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Di Paola M, Quarta A, Conversano F, Sbenaglia EA, Bettini S, Valli L, Gigli G, Casciaro S. Human Hepatocarcinoma Cell Targeting by Glypican-3 Ligand Peptide Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles: Implications for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4490-4499. [PMID: 28420236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) are widely studied nanomaterials for their potential employment in advanced biomedical applications, such as selective molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery. SiNPs are generally low cost and highly biocompatible, can be easily functionalized with a wide variety of functional ligands, and have been demonstrated to be effective in enhancing ultrasound contrast at clinical diagnostic frequencies. Therefore, SiNPs might be used as contrast agents in echographic imaging. In this work, we have developed a SiNPs-based system for the in vitro molecular imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma cells that express high levels of glypican-3 protein (GPC-3) on their surface. In this regard, a novel GPC-3 targeting peptide was designed and conjugated to fluorescent silica nanoparticles. The physicochemical properties, acoustic behavior, and biocompatibility profile of the functionalized SiNPs were characterized; then binding and uptake of both naked and functionalized SiNPs were analyzed by laser scanning confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in GPC-3 positive HepG2 cells, a human hepatocarcinoma cell line. The results obtained showed that GPC-3-functionalized fluorescent SiNPs significantly enhanced the ultrasound contrast and were effectively bound and taken up by HepG2 cells without affecting their viability.
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- Marco Di Paola
- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Cai X, Luo Y, Yan H, Du D, Lin Y. pH-Responsive ZnO Nanocluster for Lung Cancer Chemotherapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:5739-5747. [PMID: 28150936 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Here, we demonstrated a pH-responsive nanocluster based on ZnO quantum dots (QDs) and investigated its potential in drug delivery with tumor-specific accumulation. The nanoclusters were composed of small single ZnO QDs by cross-linking dicarboxyl-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), showing high stability and biocompatibility in physiological fluids. The clustered ZnO QDs were capable of loading a large quantity of doxorubicin (DOX) via complexation and covalent interactions. After cellular uptake, the drug was efficiently released because the carrier was completely dissolved; the metal-drug complex was disassembled in response to decreasing pH in the endosomes within tumor cells. Moreover, the viability of cancer cells was significantly decreased because the ZnO QDs exhibited cytotoxicity postdissolution and preferentially killed cancerous cells compared to normal cells. Furthermore, this pH-responsive PEG-cZnO QDs cluster system may be capable of tumor homing while circulating in the blood via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect.
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- Xiaoli Cai
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University , P.O. Box 642920, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University , P.O. Box 642920, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University , P.O. Box 647090, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University , P.O. Box 642920, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University , P.O. Box 647090, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Heleg-Shabtai V, Aizen R, Sharon E, Sohn YS, Trifonov A, Enkin N, Freage L, Nechushtai R, Willner I. Gossypol-Capped Mitoxantrone-Loaded Mesoporous SiO2 NPs for the Cooperative Controlled Release of Two Anti-Cancer Drugs. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:14414-14422. [PMID: 27186957 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Mesoporous SiO2 nanoparticles, MP-SiO2 NPs, are functionalized with the boronic acid ligand units. The pores of the MP-SiO2 NPs are loaded with the anticancer drug mitoxantrone, and the pores are capped with the anticancer drug gossypol. The resulting two-drug-functionalized MP-SiO2 NPs provide a potential stimuli-responsive anticancer drug carrier for cooperative chemotherapeutic treatment. In vitro experiments reveal that the MP-SiO2 NPs are unlocked under environmental conditions present in cancer cells, e.g., acidic pH and lactic acid overexpressed in cancer cells. The effective unlocking of the capping units under these conditions is attributed to the acidic hydrolysis of the boronate ester capping units and to the cooperative separation of the boronate ester bridges by the lactate ligand. The gossypol-capped mitoxantrone-loaded MP-SiO2 NPs reveals preferential cytotoxicity toward cancer cells and cooperative chemotherapeutic activities toward the cancer cells. The MCF-10A epithelial breast cells and the malignant MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells treated with the gossypol-capped mitoxantrone-loaded MP-SiO2 NPs revealed after a time-interval of 5 days a cell death of ca. 8% and 60%, respectively. Also, the gossypol-capped mitoxantrone-loaded MP-SiO2 NPs revealed superior cancer-cell death (ca. 60%) as compared to control carriers consisting of β-cyclodextrin-capped mitoxantrone-loaded (ca. 40%) under similar loading of the mitoxantrone drug. The drugs-loaded MP-SiO2 NPs reveal impressive long-term stabilities.
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- Vered Heleg-Shabtai
- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Wolfson Centre for Applied Structural Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Wolfson Centre for Applied Structural Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Zhang S, Ding S, Qian Y, Yuan M, Lu J, Liu Z, Xiao J. Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Collagens of Variable Lengths. CHINESE J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201600177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Gori M, Trombetta M, Santini D, Rainer A. Tissue engineering and microRNAs: future perspectives in regenerative medicine. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1071349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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