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Dong H, Huang X, Wu X. Development of a novel sialic acid-conjugated camptothecin prodrug for enhanced cancer chemotherapy. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:6160-6166. [PMID: 37548235 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm01072d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Camptothecin (CPT) is an attractive natural drug for cancer chemotherapy. However, the poor water solubility, non-targeting feature, and adverse side effects of CPT are significant obstacles to developing an effective anticancer drug. Here, for the first time, 9-thiol-sialic acid (9-SH-Sia) is coupled to CPT by forming a disulfide releasable carbonate linkage, resulting in a novel CPT prodrug (CPT-ss-Sia) that self-assembles into nanostructures in an aqueous solution. Strikingly, CPT-ss-Sia exhibited excellent in vitro properties, including enhanced water solubility, glutathione (GSH)-triggered CPT release, and increased E-lactone ring stability. Furthermore, CPT-ss-Sia had good cancer cell-killing ability comparable to CPT. Intravenous administration of CPT-ss-Sia significantly inhibited the growth of multiple types of tumors. Histological analysis showed that CPT-ss-Sia treatment significantly reduced lesions in tumor-bearing mice compared to CPT treatment. Notably, CPT-ss-Sia treatment did not adversely affect the body weight of the mice. This is the first report of the 9-SH-Sia conjugate-based prodrug. Overall, CPT-ss-Sia has broad clinical application prospects.
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- Huiling Dong
- National Glycoengineering Research Center and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate-based Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate-based Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
- Suzhou Research Institute, Shandong University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Wang M, Kejian S, Ye L, Chen J, Ma L. Transforms of Cell Surface Glycoproteins Charge Influences Tumor Cell Metastasis via Atypically Inhibiting Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Including Matrix Metalloproteinases and Cell Junctions. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:1498-1507. [PMID: 37498932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Cell communication and signal transduction rely heavily on the charge on the cell surface. The cell surface is negatively charged, with glycoproteins on the cell membrane providing a large percentage of the charge. Sialic acid is found on the outermost side of glycan chains and contributes to glycoprotein's negative charge. Sialic acid is highly expressed in tumor cells and plays an important role in tumor metastasis and immune escape by interacting with extracellular ligands. However, the specific effect of negative charge changes on glycoproteins is still poorly understood. In this study, we used 9-azido sialic acid (9Az-Sia) to create artificial epitopes on glycoproteins via metabolic glycan labeling, and we attached charged groups such as amino and carboxyl to 9Az-Sia via a click reaction with dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO). The charge of glycoproteins was changed by metabolic glycan labeling and click modification. The results showed that the migration and invasion ability of the MDA-MB-231 cell labeled with 9Az-Sia was significantly reduced after the modification with amino groups rather than carboxyl groups. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the biological process of metastatic tumor cells, with an increasing ability of tumor cells to migrate and invade. In particular, the expression of adhesion molecules increased in the amine-linked group, whereas the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) increased significantly, which is not identical to EMT characteristics. In vivo experiments have demonstrated that the loss of negative charge on glycoproteins has an inhibitory effect on tumors. In conclusion, modifying the positive charge on the surface of glycoproteins can inhibit tumor cell metastasis and has great potential for tumor therapy.
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- Mingzhe Wang
- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Health Technology and Engineering, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Singh S, Tian W, Severance ZC, Chaudhary SK, Anokhina V, Mondal B, Pergu R, Singh P, Dhawa U, Singha S, Choudhary A. Proximity-inducing modalities: the past, present, and future. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:5485-5515. [PMID: 37477631 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00943a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Living systems use proximity to regulate biochemical processes. Inspired by this phenomenon, bifunctional modalities that induce proximity have been developed to redirect cellular processes. An emerging example of this class is molecules that induce ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation of a protein of interest, and their initial development sparked a flurry of discovery for other bifunctional modalities. Recent advances in this area include modalities that can change protein phosphorylation, glycosylation, and acetylation states, modulate gene expression, and recruit components of the immune system. In this review, we highlight bifunctional modalities that perform functions other than degradation and have great potential to revolutionize disease treatment, while also serving as important tools in basic research to explore new aspects of biology.
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- Sameek Singh
- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Szponarski M, Gademann K. Antibody Recognition of Cancer Cells via Glycan Surface Engineering. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200125. [PMID: 35638149 PMCID: PMC9400979 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stimulation of the body's immune system toward tumor cells is now well recognized as a promising strategy in cancer therapy. Just behind cell therapy and monoclonal antibodies, small molecule‐based strategies are receiving growing attention as alternatives to direct immune response against tumor cells. However, the development of small‐molecule approaches to modulate the balance between stimulatory immune factors and suppressive factors in a targeted way remains a challenge. Here, we report the cell surface functionalization of LS174T cancer cells with an abiotic hapten to recruit antibodies to the cell surface. Metabolic glycoengineering followed by covalent reaction with the hapten results in antibody recognition of the target cells. Microscopy and flow cytometry studies provide compelling evidence that metabolic glycoengineering and small molecule stimulators can be combined to direct antibody recognition.
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- Mathieu Szponarski
- University of Zurich: Universitat Zurich, Department of Chemistry, SWITZERLAND
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- University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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Dong H, Gao Y, Huang X, Wu X. Synthesis of sialic acid conjugates of the clinical near-infrared dye as next-generation theranostics for cancer phototherapy. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:927-934. [PMID: 35060591 PMCID: PMC9112073 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb02693c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cancer is a multifaceted global health problem that requires continuous action to develop next-generation cancer theranostics. Inspired by the emerging use of indocyanine green (ICG), the only clinically approved near-infrared (NIR) dye for cancer phototherapy, here we synthesized two ICG conjugate theranostics by coupling ICG to sialic acid (Sia) through the C2 and C9 positions of Sia, respectively, referred to as Sia-C2-ICG and Sia-C9-ICG. Encouragingly, Sia-C2/C9-ICGs show superior in vitro properties, including enhanced stability, reduced non-specific binding to serum proteins, and improved blood compatibility, highlighting the benefits of Sia coupling. Notably, in vivo NIR imaging shows that Sia-C9-ICG significantly promotes tumor targeting and effectively prolongs the circulation time in the body, while Sia-C2-ICG is superior to ICG but inferior to Sia-C9-ICG in targeting tumors. Furthermore, Sia-C9-ICG combined with NIR laser irradiation can lead to excellent photothermal and photodynamic therapies for cancer cells, resulting in superior solid tumor ablation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Sia-NIR conjugates achieving significant tumor reduction in vivo. Together, these advances render Sia-C9-ICG an attractive lead as next-generation cancer theranostics that can be translated clinically to treat human patients.
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- Huiling Dong
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate-based Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate-based Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate-based Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
- Suzhou Research Institute, Shandong University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Galarreta-Rodriguez I, Marcano L, Castellanos-Rubio I, Gil de Muro I, García I, Olivi L, Fernández-Gubieda ML, Castellanos-Rubio A, Lezama L, de Larramendi IR, Insausti M. Towards the design of contrast-enhanced agents: systematic Ga 3+ doping on magnetite nanoparticles. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:2517-2530. [PMID: 35060578 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03029a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The main objective of the preparation of the Fe3-xGaxO4 (0.14 ≤ x ≤ 1.35) system was to further the knowledge of the magnetic response of Ga3+-doped magnetite for application as MRI contrast agents. With this purpose, monodisperse nanoparticles between 7 and 10 nm with different amounts of gallium were prepared from an optimized protocol based on thermal decomposition of metallo-organic precursors. Thorough characterization of the sample was conducted in order to understand the influence of gallium doping on the structural, morphological and magnetic properties of the Fe3-xGaxO4 system. X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption near-edge structure measurements have proved the progressive incorporation of Ga in the spinel structure, with different occupations in both tetrahedral and octahedral sites. Magnetization measurements as a function of field temperature have shown a clear dependence of magnetic saturation on the gallium content, reaching an Ms value of 110 Am2 kg-1 at 5 K for x = 0.14 (significantly higher than bulk magnetite) and considerably decreasing for amounts above x = 0.57 of gallium. For this reason, nanoparticles with moderate Ga quantities were water-transferred by coating them with the amphiphilic polymer PMAO to further analyse their biomedical potential. Cytotoxicity assays have demonstrated that Fe3-xGaxO4@PMAO formulations with x ≤ 0.57, which are the ones with better magnetic response, are not toxic for cells. Finally, the effect of gallium doping on relaxivities has been analysed by measuring longitudinal (T1-1) and transverse (T1-1) proton relaxation rates at 1.4 T revealing that nanoparticles with x = 0.14 Ga3+ content present remarkable T2 contrast and the nanoparticles with x = 0.26 have great potential to act as dual T1-T2 contrast agents.
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- Itziar Galarreta-Rodriguez
- Dpto. Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Dpto. Electricidad y Electrónica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Dpto. Electricidad y Electrónica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Dpto. Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramon 182, 20014, Donostia San Sebastián, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Biomateriales, Bioingeniería y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Elettra Synchrotron Trieste, 34149 Basovizza, Italy
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- Dpto. Electricidad y Electrónica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Dpto. Genética, Antropología Física y Fisiología Animal, Facultad de Medicina, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- Dpto. Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Dpto. Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Dpto. Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU, Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Xie Y, Li Y, Han S. Metabolic installation of macrophage-recruiting glycan ligand on tumor cell surface for in vivo tumor suppression. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2022; 57:128500. [PMID: 34906672 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Synthetic probes that could direct immune cells against tumors are potential immunotherapeutics. We herein report in vivo tumor suppression via an intravenously injected abiotic sialic acid (TCCSia) that could be metabolically incorporated into tumor cell surface to yield of a high affinity ligand (TCCSiaα2,3-Gal) of Siglec-1 specifically expressed on macrophages. We observed marked suppression of pulmonary metastasis and subcutaneous tumor growth of B16F10 melanoma cells in mice with TCCSia, suggesting the utility of abiotic sialic acid to modulate tumor immunity via recruiting Siglec+ immune cells.
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- Yunzhi Xie
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Goyard D, Diriwari PI, Berthet N. Metabolic labelling of cancer cells with glycodendrimers stimulate immune-mediated cytotoxicity. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:72-78. [PMID: 35211675 PMCID: PMC8792828 DOI: 10.1039/d1md00262g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The recruitment of antibody naturally present in human blood stream at the surface of cancer cells have been proved a promising immunotherapeutic strategy to fight cancer. Antibody recruiting molecules (ARMs) combining tumor and antibody binding modules have been developed for this purpose, however the formation of the interacting complex with both antibody and cell is difficult to optimize to stimulate immune-mediated cytotoxicity. To circumvent this limitation, we report herein a more direct approach combining cell metabolism of azido-sugar and bio-orthogonal click chemistry to conjugate at the cell glycocalyx structurally well-defined glycodendrimers as antibody binding module (ABM). We demonstrate that this strategy allows not only the recruitment of natural antibody at the surface of isolated cells or solid tumor models but also activate a cytotoxic response with human serum as unique source of immune effectors.
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- David Goyard
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS DCM UMR 5250 F-38000 Grenoble France
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Lin H, Hong H, Feng L, Shi J, Zhou Z, Wu Z. Synthesis of DNP-modified GM3-based anticancer vaccine and evaluation of its immunological activities for cancer immunotherapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zhang X, Chen Y, He X, Zhang Y, Zhou M, Peng C, He Z, Gui S, Li Z. Smart Nanogatekeepers for Tumor Theranostics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2103712. [PMID: 34677898 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems (nano-DDSs) are required to reliably arrive and persistently reside at the tumor site with minimal off-target side effects for clinical theranostics. However, due to the complicated environment and high interstitial pressure in tumor tissue, they can return to the bloodstream and cause secondary side effects in normal organs. Recently, a number of nanogatekeepers have been engineered via structure-transformable/stable strategies to overcome this undesirable dilemma. The emerging structure-transformable nanogatekeepers for tumor imaging and therapy are first overviewed here, particularly for nanogatekeepers undergoing structural transformation in tumor microenvironments, cell membranes, and organelles. Thereafter, intelligent structure-stable nanogatekeepers through reversible activation and artificial individualization receptors are overviewed. Finally, the ongoing challenges and prospects of nanogatekeepers for clinical translation are briefly discussed.
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- Xunfa Zhang
- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
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- Oncology Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Education Office of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230012, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Education Office of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230012, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Education Office of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230012, China
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- Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Education Office of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230012, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
- Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Education Office of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230012, China
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Park SH, Jung H, Lee H, Kim TM, Cho JW, Jang WD, Hyun JY, Shin I. Cancer cell death using metabolic glycan labelling techniques. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 56:10650-10653. [PMID: 32870196 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04474a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Herein we describe a method for inducing cancer cell death, which relies on the use of a H2O2-responsive glycan metabolic precursor in conjunction with antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) or photodynamic therapy (PDT).
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- Sang-Hyun Park
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Achilli S, Berthet N, Renaudet O. Antibody recruiting molecules (ARMs): synthetic immunotherapeutics to fight cancer. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:713-724. [PMID: 34212148 PMCID: PMC8190906 DOI: 10.1039/d1cb00007a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Antibody-recruiting molecules (ARMs) are one of the most promising tools to redirect the immune response towards cancer cells. In this review, we aim to highlight the recent advances in the field. We will illustrate the advantages of different ARM approaches and emphasize the importance of a multivalent presentation of the binding units. Antibody-recruiting molecules (ARMs) are one of the most promising tools to redirect the immune response towards cancer cells.![]()
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- Silvia Achilli
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS DCM UMR 5250 F-38000 Grenoble France
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Metabolic glycan labelling for cancer-targeted therapy. Nat Chem 2020; 12:1102-1114. [PMID: 33219365 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-00587-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Metabolic glycoengineering with unnatural sugars provides a powerful tool to label cell membranes with chemical tags for subsequent targeted conjugation of molecular cargos via efficient chemistries. This technology has been widely explored for cancer labelling and targeting. However, as this metabolic labelling process can occur in both cancerous and normal cells, cancer-selective labelling needs to be achieved to develop cancer-targeted therapies. Unnatural sugars can be either rationally designed to enable preferential labelling of cancer cells, or specifically delivered to cancerous tissues. In this Review Article, we will discuss the progress to date in design and delivery of unnatural sugars for metabolic labelling of tumour cells and subsequent development of tumour-targeted therapy. Metabolic cell labelling for cancer immunotherapy will also be discussed. Finally, we will provide a perspective on future directions of metabolic labelling of cancer and immune cells for the development of potent, clinically translatable cancer therapies.
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Xue Z, Zhao H, Zhu R, Chen C, Cao H, Han J, Han S. On the use of abiotic sialic acids to attenuate cell inflammation. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17320. [PMID: 30470771 PMCID: PMC6251910 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35477-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Sialic acid (Sia) residues on cell surface are critical for myriad cellular events such as immunity and inflammation. We herein reported the use of abiotic Sia to raise the thresholds of inflammatory cell responses. Identified from a panel of structurally diversified Sia analogs via a cell inflammation assay, Sia-2, with N-butyryl moiety at C-5, markedly lowered LPS-stimulated NF-κB activity in macrophages. Further analysis shows that Sia-2 attenuates phosphorylation of IκB and Erk1/2/p38/JNK, critical for NF-κB signaling and MAPK signaling, and lowers gene transcription of proinflammatory interleukin-6. These results support the use of abiotic Sia as promising agents to modulate cell surface Sia-pertinent cell signaling.
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- Zhongwei Xue
- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- National Glycoengineering research center, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- National Glycoengineering research center, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- State key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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Xue Z, Wang S, Li J, Chen X, Han J, Han S. Bifunctional Super-resolution Imaging Probe with Acidity-Independent Lysosome-Retention Mechanism. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11393-11400. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Zhongwei Xue
- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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Li S, Yu B, Wang J, Zheng Y, Zhang H, Walker MJ, Yuan Z, Zhu H, Zhang J, Wang PG, Wang B. Biomarker-Based Metabolic Labeling for Redirected and Enhanced Immune Response. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:1686-1694. [PMID: 29792670 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Installation of an antibody-recruiting moiety on the surface of disease-relevant cells can lead to the selective destruction of targets by the immune system. Such an approach can be an alternative strategy to traditional chemotherapeutics in cancer therapy and possibly other diseases. Herein we describe the development of a new strategy to selectively label targets with an antibody-recruiting moiety through its covalent and stable installation, complementing existing methods of employing reversible binding. This is achieved through selective delivery of 1,3,4- O-acetyl- N-azidoacetylmannosamine (Ac3ManNAz) to folate receptor-overexpressing cells using an Ac3ManNAz-folate conjugate via a cleavable linker. As such, Ac3ManNAz is converted to cell surface glycan bearing an azido group, which serves as an anchor to introduce l-rhamnose (Rha), a hapten, via a click reaction with aza-dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO)-Rha. We tested this method in several cell lines including KB, HEK-293, and MCF7 and were able to demonstrate the following: 1) Rha can be selectively installed to the folate receptor overexpressing cell surface and 2) the Rha installed on the target surface can recruit anti-rhamnose (anti-Rha) antibodies, leading to the destruction of target cells via complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP).
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- Shanshan Li
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycochemistry Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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Zheng N, Wang S, Su X, Han S. Liposome-aided metabolic engineering of tumor surface immunogenicity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2018; 28:2550-2554. [PMID: 29941189 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Approaches to increase tumor immunogenicity are of therapeutic potentials. We herein reported the use of liposomes for covalent incorporation of neoantigen on tumor surfaces with DNP-conjugated sialic acid (DNPSia). Relative to free DNPSia, sugar-encapsulated biotinylated liposomes (DNPSia@LP@biotin) enables effective cell surface expression of DNPSia on biotin receptor (BR)-expressing cells over BR-free cells in vitro, and on tumor cell surfaces with high tumor-to-normal tissue contrast in a mice model. These findings suggest the potentials of targetable liposomes for modulating tumor surface immunity via metabolic oligosaccharide engineering.
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- Nianfeng Zheng
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University, Xiamen 361004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Zhao Z, Sun C, Bao J, Yang L, Wei R, Cheng J, Lin H, Gao J. Surface manganese substitution in magnetite nanocrystals enhances T 1 contrast ability by increasing electron spin relaxation. J Mater Chem B 2017; 6:401-413. [PMID: 32254520 DOI: 10.1039/c7tb02954c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Magnetite nanoparticles, with good biocompatibility and favorable magnetic properties, have the potential to be the best candidate for non-gadolinium MRI contrast agents. However, they usually show low T1 contrast ability, largely because Fe(ii) ions have a short electronic relaxation time and also have a small number of unpaired electrons with inefficient proton relaxation enhancement. Herein, we report a novel strategy to increase the T1 contrast ability of magnetite nanoparticles, through substituting the undesirable Fe(ii) ions with Mn(ii) ions. Mn(ii) ions have a longer electronic relaxation time (10-8 s) and more unpaired electrons (5 unpaired electrons). We successfully construct diverse-shaped manganese ferrite nanoparticles with abundant magnetic ions, Mn(ii) and Fe(iii), exposed on the surface. These manganese ferrite nanoparticles exhibit remarkably higher longitudinal relaxivity than their parent iron oxide nanoparticles. We demonstrate that the increase in T1 relaxivity is attributed to the extended electronic relaxation time and the increased number of unpaired electrons on the surface of the nanoparticles by controlling surface features, particularly by adjusting the substitution degree of Mn(ii) ions and in situ coating. This study provides an insightful strategy to improve the T1 contrast ability of iron oxide nanoparticles, which is urgently needed for developing high-performance non-gadolinium T1 contrast agents for imaging and diagnosis of disease.
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- Zhenghuan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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