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Chen T, Ren L, Liu X, Zhou M, Li L, Xu J, Zhu X. DNA Nanotechnology for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19061671. [PMID: 29874867 PMCID: PMC6032219 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, because of the lack of accurate diagnostic tools for the early stages of cancer. Thus, early diagnosis, which provides important information for a timely therapy of cancer, is of great significance for controlling the development of the disease and the proliferation of cancer cells and for improving the survival rates of patients. To achieve the goals of early diagnosis and timely therapy of cancer, DNA nanotechnology may be effective, since it has emerged as a valid technique for the fabrication of various nanoscale structures and devices. The resultant DNA-based nanoscale structures and devices show extraordinary performance in cancer diagnosis, owing to their predictable secondary structures, small sizes, and high biocompatibility and programmability. In particular, the rapid development of DNA nanotechnologies, such as molecular assembly technologies, endows DNA-based nanomaterials with more functionalization and intellectualization. Here, we summarize recent progress made in the development of DNA nanotechnology for the fabrication of functional and intelligent nanomaterials and highlight the prospects of this technology in cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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- Tianshu Chen
- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Chen Z, Li C, Ni Y, Kong F, Kong A, Shan Y. Ag-enhanced Catalytic Performance of Ordered Mesoporous Fe–N-Graphitic Carbons for Oxygen Electroreduction. Catal Letters 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-017-2186-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Li J, Gao T, Gu S, Zhi J, Yang J, Li G. An electrochemical biosensor for the assay of alpha-fetoprotein-L3 with practical applications. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 87:352-357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Nair AK, Thazhe Veettil V, Kalarikkal N, Thomas S, Kala MS, Sahajwalla V, Joshi RK, Alwarappan S. Boron doped graphene wrapped silver nanowires as an efficient electrocatalyst for molecular oxygen reduction. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37731. [PMID: 27941954 PMCID: PMC5150258 DOI: 10.1038/srep37731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Metal nanowires exhibit unusually high catalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) due to their inherent electronic structures. However, controllable synthesis of stable nanowires still remains as a daunting challenge. Herein, we report the in situ synthesis of silver nanowires (AgNWs) over boron doped graphene sheets (BG) and demonstrated its efficient electrocatalytic activity towards ORR for the first time. The electrocatalytic ORR efficacy of BG-AgNW is studied using various voltammetric techniques. The BG wrapped AgNWs shows excellent ORR activity, with very high onset potential and current density and it followed four electron transfer mechanism with high methanol tolerance and stability towards ORR. The results are comparable to the commercially available 20% Pt/C in terms of performance.
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- Anju K Nair
- International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 560, Kerala, India.,Department of Physics, St Teresas's College Ernakulam, 682011, Kerala, India
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- CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, 630 006, Tamilnadu, India
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- International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 560, Kerala, India.,School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 560, Kerala, India
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- International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 560, Kerala, India.,School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 560, Kerala, India
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- Department of Physics, St Teresas's College Ernakulam, 682011, Kerala, India
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- Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT), School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT), School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, 630 006, Tamilnadu, India
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Zhong Y, Huang L, Zhang Z, Xiong Y, Sun L, Weng J. Enhancing the specificity of polymerase chain reaction by graphene oxide through surface modification: zwitterionic polymer is superior to other polymers with different charges. Int J Nanomedicine 2016; 11:5989-6002. [PMID: 27956830 PMCID: PMC5113928 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s120659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Graphene oxides (GOs) with different surface characteristics, such as size, reduction degree and charge, are prepared, and their effects on the specificity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are investigated. In this study, we demonstrate that GO with a large size and high reduction degree is superior to small and nonreduced GO in enhancing the specificity of PCR. Negatively charged polyacrylic acid (PAA), positively charged polyacrylamide (PAM), neutral polyethylene glycol (PEG) and zwitterionic polymer poly(sulfobetaine) (pSB) are used to modify GO. The PCR specificity-enhancing ability increases in the following order: GO-PAA < GO-PAM < GO-PEG < GO-pSB. Thus, zwitterionic polymer-modified GO is superior to other GO derivatives with different charges in enhancing the specificity of PCR. GO derivatives are also successfully used to enhance the specificity of PCR for the amplification of human mitochondrial DNA using blood genomic DNA as template. Molecular dynamics simulations and molecular docking are performed to elucidate the interaction between the polymers and Pfu DNA polymerase. Our data demonstrate that the size, reduction degree and surface charge of GO affect the specificity of PCR. Based on our results, zwitterionic polymer-modified GO may be used as an efficient additive for enhancing the specificity of PCR.
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- Yong Zhong
- Department of Biomaterials, College of Materials
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences
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- Department of Physics, Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomaterials, College of Materials
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- Department of Biomaterials, College of Materials
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Han XW, Meng XZ, Zhang J, Wang JX, Huang HF, Zeng XF, Chen JF. Ultrafast Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle Decorated Graphene Oxide by a Rotating Packed Bed Reactor. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xing-Wei Han
- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Smartdot
Technologies Co., Ltd., Beijing 100192, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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Reversibly Switching Silver Hierarchical Structures via Reaction Kinetics. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14942. [PMID: 26442867 PMCID: PMC4595744 DOI: 10.1038/srep14942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Here we report a study on controllable synthesis of hierarchical silver structures via regulating reaction kinetics. Silver particles with various morphologies are synthesized by a solution-based reduction approach at the addition of amino acids. The amino acid is used to coordinate with silver ions to slow down the reduction of silver ions. With the increase of glycine concentration, the morphologies of silver particles switch from dendrites, to flowers and to compacted spheres, which is attributed to the decrease of reaction rate as a result of the coordination. Three more amino acids are examined and confirms the role of reaction kinetic in shaping silver particles. Furthermore, by increasing the concentration of the reductant, the silver morphologies change from compact spheres to loose flowers as a result of the increase of reaction rate. Therefore the silver hierarchical structure can be reversibly switched by reaction kinetics. The silver particles synthesized are tested for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) property and the dendritic particles present a remarkable SERS activity. This study shows that reaction kinetics is a powerful tool to tune hierarchical structures of silver particles, which is expected to be transferable to other material systems.
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Tee SY, Ye E, Pan PH, Lee CJJ, Hui HK, Zhang SY, Koh LD, Dong Z, Han MY. Fabrication of bimetallic Cu/Au nanotubes and their sensitive, selective, reproducible and reusable electrochemical sensing of glucose. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:11190-11198. [PMID: 26061696 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02399h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Herein, we report a facile two-step approach to produce gold-incorporated copper (Cu/Au) nanostructures through controlled disproportionation of the Cu(+)-oleylamine complex at 220 °C to form copper nanowires and the subsequent reaction with Au(3+) at different temperatures of 140, 220 and 300 °C. In comparison with copper nanowires, these bimetallic Cu/Au nanostructures exhibit their synergistic effect to greatly enhance glucose oxidation. Among them, the shape-controlled Cu/Au nanotubes prepared at 140 °C show the highest electrocatalytic activity for non-enzymatic glucose sensing in alkaline solution. In addition to high sensitivity and fast response, the Cu/Au nanotubes possess high selectivity against interferences from other potential interfering species and excellent reproducibility with long-term stability. By introducing gold into copper nanostructures at a low level of 3, 1 and 0.1 mol% relative to the initial copper precursor, a significant electrocatalytic enhancement of the resulting bimetallic Cu/Au nanostructures starts to occur at 1 mol%. Overall, the present fabrication of stable Cu/Au nanostructures offers a promising low-cost platform for sensitive, selective, reproducible and reusable electrochemical sensing of glucose.
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- Si Yin Tee
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology & Research, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore.
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Gao T, Liu F, Yang D, Yu Y, Wang Z, Li G. Assembly of Selective Biomimetic Surface on an Electrode Surface: A Design of Nano–Bio Interface for Biosensing. Anal Chem 2015; 87:5683-9. [PMID: 25925724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Tao Gao
- State
Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
- Laboratory
of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China
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Guo X, Liu G, Yue S, He J, Wang L. Hydroxyl-rich nanoporous carbon nanosheets synthesized by a one-pot method and their application in the in situ preparation of well-dispersed Ag nanoparticles. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra18300f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Nanoporous carbon nanosheets (CNSs) with high surface area have been synthesized by pyrolysis of organic–inorganic precursor. The CNSs with rich hydroxyl groups display remarkable reactivity and capability for in situ loading ultrafine Ag NPs.
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- Xiaodi Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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