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Zhang C, Tian Z, Chen R, Rowan F, Qiu K, Sun Y, Guan JL, Diao J. Advanced imaging techniques for tracking drug dynamics at the subcellular level. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2023; 199:114978. [PMID: 37385544 PMCID: PMC10527994 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.114978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Optical microscopes are an important imaging tool that have effectively advanced the development of modern biomedicine. In recent years, super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has become one of the most popular techniques in the life sciences, especially in the field of living cell imaging. SRM has been used to solve many problems in basic biological research and has great potential in clinical application. In particular, the use of SRM to study drug delivery and kinetics at the subcellular level enables researchers to better study drugs' mechanisms of action and to assess the efficacy of their targets in vivo. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent advances in SRM and to highlight some of its applications in assessing subcellular drug dynamics.
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- Chengying Zhang
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Sun N, Jia Y, Bai S, Li Q, Dai L, Li J. The power of super-resolution microscopy in modern biomedical science. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 314:102880. [PMID: 36965225 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Super-resolution microscopy (SRM) technology that breaks the diffraction limit has revolutionized the field of cell biology since its appearance, which enables researchers to visualize cellular structures with nanometric resolution, multiple colors and single-molecule sensitivity. With the flourishing development of hardware and the availability of novel fluorescent probes, the impact of SRM has already gone beyond cell biology and extended to nanomedicine, material science and nanotechnology, and remarkably boosted important breakthroughs in these fields. In this review, we will mainly highlight the power of SRM in modern biomedical science, discussing how these SRM techniques revolutionize the way we understand cell structures, biomaterials assembly and how assembled biomaterials interact with cellular organelles, and finally their promotion to the clinical pre-diagnosis. Moreover, we also provide an outlook on the current technical challenges and future improvement direction of SRM. We hope this review can provide useful information, inspire new ideas and propel the development both from the perspective of SRM techniques and from the perspective of SRM's applications.
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- Nan Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Wenzhou Institute and Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Biophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325001, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049.
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Müllner M. Molecular polymer bottlebrushes in nanomedicine: therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5683-5716. [PMID: 35445672 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01601j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Molecular polymer bottlebrushes are densely grafted, individual macromolecules with nanoscale proportions. The last decade has seen an increased focus on this material class, especially in nanomedicine and for biomedical applications. This Feature Article provides an overview of major developments in this area to highlight the many opportunities that these polymer architectures bring to nano-bio research. The article covers aspects of bottlebrush synthesis and summarises their use in drug and gene delivery, imaging, as theranostics and as prototype materials to correlate nanoparticle structure and composition to biological function and behaviour. Areas for future research in this area are discussed.
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- Markus Müllner
- Key Centre for Polymers and Colloids, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. .,The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano), Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Kozlovskaya V, Xue B, Dolmat M, Kharlampieva E. Complete pH-Dependent Shape Recovery in Cubical Hydrogel Capsules after Large Osmotic Deformations. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
- Center of Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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Kozlovskaya V, Kharlampieva E. Anisotropic Particles through Multilayer Assembly. Macromol Biosci 2021; 22:e2100328. [PMID: 34644008 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The anisotropy in the shape of polymeric particles has been demonstrated to have many advantages over spherical particulates, including bio-mimetic behavior, shaped-directed flow, deformation, surface adhesion, targeting, motion, and permeability. The layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is uniquely suited for synthesizing anisotropic particles as this method allows for simple and versatile replication of diverse colloid geometries with precise control over their chemical and physical properties. This review highlights recent progress in anisotropic particles of micrometer and nanometer sizes produced by a templated multilayer assembly of synthetic and biological macromolecules. Synthetic approaches to produce capsules and hydrogels utilizing anisotropic templates such as biological, polymeric, bulk hydrogel, inorganic colloids, and metal-organic framework crystals as sacrificial templates are overviewed. Structure-property relationships controlled by the anisotropy in particle shape and surface are discussed and compared with their spherical counterparts. Advances and challenges in controlling particle properties through varying shape anisotropy and surface asymmetry are outlined. The perspective applications of anisotropic colloids in biomedicine, including programmed behavior in the blood and tissues as artificial cells, nano-motors/sensors, and intelligent drug carriers are also discussed.
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- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Chemistry Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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- Chemistry Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.,UAB Center for Nanomaterials and Biointegration, UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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Chen X, Wang Y, Zhang X, Liu C. Advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy for the study of nano-cell interactions. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:5484-5496. [PMID: 34286716 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00676b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the interactions between nanomaterials and biological systems plays an essential role in enhancing the efficacy of nanomedicines and deepening the understanding of the biological domain. Fluorescence microscopy is a powerful optical imaging technique that allows direct visualization of the behavior of fluorescent-labeled nanomaterials in the intracellular microenvironment. However, conventional fluorescence microscopy, such as confocal microscopy, has limited optical resolution due to the diffraction of light and therefore cannot provide the precise details of nanomaterials with diameters of less than ∼250 nm. Fortunately, the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy has overcome the resolution limitation, enabling more comprehensive studies of nano-cell interactions. Herein, we have summarized the recent advances in nano-cell interactions investigated by a variety of super-resolution microscopic techniques, which may benefit researchers in this multi-disciplinary area by providing a guideline to select appropriate platforms for studying materiobiology.
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- Xi Chen
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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Andrian T, Riera R, Pujals S, Albertazzi L. Nanoscopy for endosomal escape quantification. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:10-23. [PMID: 36131870 PMCID: PMC9419860 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00454e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The successful cytosolic delivery of nanoparticles is hampered by their endosomal entrapment and degradation. To push forward the smart development of nanoparticles we must reliably detect and quantify their endosomal escape process. However, the current methods employed are not quantitative enough at the nanoscale to achieve this. Nanoscopy is a rapidly evolving field that has developed a diverse set of powerful techniques in the last two decades, opening the door to explore nanomedicine with an unprecedented resolution and specificity. The understanding of key steps in the drug delivery process - such as endosomal escape - would benefit greatly from the implementation of the most recent advances in microscopy. In this review, we provide the latest insights into endosomal escape of nanoparticles obtained by nanoscopy, and we discuss the features that would allow these techniques to make a great impact in the field.
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- Teodora Andrian
- Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven Netherlands
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- Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Barcelona Spain
- Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona Av. Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Barcelona Spain
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven Netherlands
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Qu Y, Ju Y, Cortez-Jugo C, Lin Z, Li S, Zhou J, Ma Y, Glab A, Kent SJ, Cavalieri F, Caruso F. Template-Mediated Assembly of DNA into Microcapsules for Immunological Modulation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2002750. [PMID: 32762023 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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There is a need for effective vaccine delivery systems and vaccine adjuvants without extraneous excipients that can compromise or minimize their efficacy. Vaccine adjuvants cytosine-phosphate-guanosine oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs) can effectively activate immune responses to secrete cytokines. However, CpG ODNs are not stable in serum due to enzymatic cleavage and are difficult to transport through cell membranes. Herein, DNA microcapsules made of CpG ODNs arranged into 3D nanostructures are developed to improve the serum stability and immunostimulatory effect of CpG. The DNA microcapsules allow encapsulation and co-delivery of cargoes, including glycogen. The DNA capsules, with >4 million copies of CpG motifs per capsule, are internalized in cells and accumulate in endosomes, where the Toll-like receptor 9 is engaged by CpG. The capsules induce up to 10-fold and 20-fold increases in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6 secretion, respectively, in RAW264.7 cells compared with CpG ODNs. Furthermore, the microcapsules stimulate TNF-α and IL-6 secretion in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. The immunostimulatory activity of the capsules correlates to their intracellular trafficking, endosomal confinement, and degradation, assessed by confocal and super-resolution microscopy. These DNA capsules can serve as both adjuvants to stimulate an immune reaction and vehicles to encapsulate vaccine peptides/genes to achieve synergistic immune effects.
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- Yijiao Qu
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata,", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Zhang B, Zhu M, Li Z, Lung PS, Chrzanowski W, Kwok CT, Lu J, Li Q. Cellular fate of deformable needle-shaped PLGA-PEG fibers. Acta Biomater 2020; 112:182-189. [PMID: 32470525 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Deformability of micro/nanometer sized particles plays an important role in particle-cell interactions and thus becomes a key parameter in carrier design in biomedicine application such as drug delivery and vaccinology. Yet the influence of material's deformability on the cellular fate of the particles as well as physiology response of live cells are to be understood. Here we show the cellular fate of needle shaped (high aspect ratio ~25) PLGA-PEG copolymer fibers depending on their deformability. We found that all the fibers entered murine macrophage cells (RAW 264.7) via phagocytosis. While the fibers of high apparent Young's modulus (average value = 872 kPa) maintained their original shape upon phagocytosis, their counterparts of low apparent Young's modulus (average value = 56 kPa) curled in cells. The observed deformation of fibers of low apparent Young's modulus in cells coincided with abnormal intracellular actin translocation and absence of lysosome/phagosome fusion in macrophages, suggesting the important role of material mechanical properties and mechano-related cellular pathway in affecting cell physiology. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Particles are increasingly important in the field of biomedicine, especially when they are serving as drug carriers. Physical cues, such as mechanical properties, were shown to provide insight into their stability and influence on physiology inside the cell. In the current study, we managed to fabricate 5 types of needle shaped PLGA-PEG fibers with controlled Young's modulus. We found that hard fibers maintained their original shape upon phagocytosis, while soft fibers were curled by actin compressive force inside the cell, causing abnormal actin translocation and impediment of lysosome/phagosome fusion, suggesting the important role of material mechanical properties and mechano-related cellular pathway in affecting cell physiology.
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Hansel CS, Holme MN, Gopal S, Stevens MM. Advances in high-resolution microscopy for the study of intracellular interactions with biomaterials. Biomaterials 2020; 226:119406. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kurapati R, Groth TW, Raichur AM. Recent Developments in Layer-by-Layer Technique for Drug Delivery Applications. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:5512-5527. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Rajendra Kurapati
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
- Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Unit, University of South Africa, Florida 1710, South Africa
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Super-resolution microscopy, or nanoscopy, revolutionized the field of cell biology, enabling researchers to visualize cellular structures with nanometric resolution, single-molecule sensitivity, and in multiple colors. However, the impact of these techniques goes beyond biology as the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine can greatly benefit from them, as well. Nanoscopy can visualize nanostructures in vitro and in cells and can contribute to the characterization of their structures and nano-bio interactions. In this Perspective, we discuss the potential of super-resolution imaging for nanomedicine research, its technical challenges, and the future developments we envision for this technology.
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- Silvia Pujals
- Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Baldiri Reixac 15-21, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Baldiri Reixac 15-21, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems
(ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Gupta N, Kozlovskaya V, Dolmat M, Kharlampieva E. Shape Recovery of Spherical Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayer Capsules after Osmotically Induced Deformation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:10910-10919. [PMID: 31356750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The mechanical properties of microparticles intended for in vivo applications as drug delivery vehicles are among important parameters that influence their circulation in the blood and govern particle biodistribution. We report on the synthesis of soft but mechanically robust spherical capsules via a hydrogen-bonded multilayer assembly of (poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone), Mw = 10 000 g mol-1) with (poly(methacrylic acid) Mw = 100 000 g mol-1)) (PVPON/PMAA)n in methanol using 4 μm nonporous silica microparticles as sacrificial templates, where n = 5 and 10 and represents the bilayer number. The mechanical properties of (PVPON/PMAA)n spherical capsules were assessed using the osmotic pressure difference method and resulted in an elasticity modulus of 97 ± 8 MPa, which is in the range of Young's modulus for elastomeric networks. We also found that hydrogen-bonded (PVPON/PMAA)10 capsules demonstrated almost complete recovery from a concave buckled inward shape induced by the osmotic pressure difference from the addition of polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) to the capsule solution to their initial spherical shape within 12 h after the PSS solution was rinsed off. The permeability measurements through the capsule shell using fluorescently labeled dextran molecular probes revealed that the average mesh size of the hydrogen-bonded network assembled in methanol is in the range of 3 to 9 nm and is not permeable to FITC-dextran with a molecular weight of >40 000 g mol-1. Our study shows that physically cross-linked polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules are capable of withstanding large deformations, which is essential to the development of adaptable particles for controlled delivery.
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Hui Y, Yi X, Hou F, Wibowo D, Zhang F, Zhao D, Gao H, Zhao CX. Role of Nanoparticle Mechanical Properties in Cancer Drug Delivery. ACS NANO 2019; 13:7410-7424. [PMID: 31287659 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The physicochemical properties of nanoparticles play critical roles in regulating nano-bio interactions. Whereas the effects of the size, shape, and surface charge of nanoparticles on their biological performances have been extensively investigated, the roles of nanoparticle mechanical properties in drug delivery, which have only been recognized recently, remain the least explored. This review article provides an overview of the impacts of nanoparticle mechanical properties on cancer drug delivery, including (1) basic terminologies of the mechanical properties of nanoparticles and techniques for characterizing these properties; (2) current methods for fabricating nanoparticles with tunable mechanical properties; (3) in vitro and in vivo studies that highlight key biological performances of stiff and soft nanoparticles, including blood circulation, tumor or tissue targeting, tumor penetration, and cancer cell internalization, with a special emphasis on the underlying mechanisms that control those complicated nano-bio interactions at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels. The interesting research and findings discussed in this review article will offer the research community a better understanding of how this research field evolved during the past years and provide some general guidance on how to design and explore the effects of nanoparticle mechanical properties on nano-bio interactions. These fundamental understandings, will in turn, improve our ability to design better nanoparticles for enhanced drug delivery.
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- Yue Hui
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , QLD 4072 , Australia
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- Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, College of Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , QLD 4072 , Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , QLD 4072 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Laboratory of Advanced Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Laboratory of Advanced Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China
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- School of Engineering , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , QLD 4072 , Australia
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Zyuzin MV, Timin AS, Sukhorukov GB. Multilayer Capsules Inside Biological Systems: State-of-the-Art and Open Challenges. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:4747-4762. [PMID: 30840473 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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There are many reports about the interaction of multilayer capsules with biological systems in the literature. A majority of them are devoted to the in vitro study with two-dimensional cell cultures. Multilayer capsule fabrication had been under intensive investigation from 1990s and 2000s by Prof. Helmuth Möhwald, and many of his followers further developed their own research directions, focusing on capsule implementation in various fields of biology and medicine. The aim of this future article is to consistently consider the most recent advances in cell-capsule interactions for different biomedical applications, including functionalization of clinically relevant cells, nonviral gene delivery, magnetization of cells to control their movement, and in vivo drug delivery. Finally, the description and discussion of the new trends and perspectives for improved functionalities of capsules in design and functionalization of cell-assisted drug vehicles are the major topics of this work.
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- Mikhail V Zyuzin
- Faculty of Physics and Engineering , ITMO University , Lomonosova 9 , 191002 St. Petersburg , Russia
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- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University , Lenin Avenue, 30 , 634050 Tomsk , Russian Federation
- First I. P. Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg , Lev Tolstoy Street, 6/8 , 197022 St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University , Lenin Avenue, 30 , 634050 Tomsk , Russian Federation
- School of Engineering and Materials Science , Queen Mary University of London , Mile End Road , E1 4NS London , U.K
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Pujals S, Feiner-Gracia N, Delcanale P, Voets I, Albertazzi L. Super-resolution microscopy as a powerful tool to study complex synthetic materials. Nat Rev Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-018-0070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cellular Uptake Mechanisms and Detection of Nanoparticle Uptake by Advanced Imaging Methods. BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO NANOSCALE PARTICLES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12461-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In drug targeting, the urgent need for more effective and less iatrogenic therapies is pushing toward a complete revision of carrier setup. After the era of 'articles used as homing systems', novel prototypes are now emerging. Newly conceived carriers are endowed with better biocompatibility, biodistribution and targeting properties. The biomimetic approach bestows such improved functional properties. Exploiting biological molecules, organisms and cells, or taking inspiration from them, drug vector performances are now rapidly progressing toward the perfect carrier. Following this direction, researchers have refined carrier properties, achieving significant results. The present review summarizes recent advances in biomimetic and bioinspired drug vectors, derived from biologicals or obtained by processing synthetic materials with a biomimetic approach.
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Sun H, Cui J, Ju Y, Chen X, Wong EHH, Tran J, Qiao GG, Caruso F. Tuning the Properties of Polymer Capsules for Cellular Interactions. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:1859-1866. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Huanli Sun
- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and ‡the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Voronin DV, Sindeeva OA, Kurochkin MA, Mayorova O, Fedosov IV, Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya O, Gorin DA, Tuchin VV, Sukhorukov GB. In Vitro and in Vivo Visualization and Trapping of Fluorescent Magnetic Microcapsules in a Bloodstream. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:6885-6893. [PMID: 28186726 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Remote navigation and targeted delivery of biologically active compounds is one of the current challenges in the development of drug delivery systems. Modern methods of micro- and nanofabrication give us new opportunities to produce particles and capsules bearing cargo to deploy and possess magnetic properties to be externally navigated. In this work we explore multilayer composite magnetic microcapsules as targeted delivery systems in vitro and in vivo studies under natural conditions of living organism. Herein, we demonstrate magnetic addressing of fluorescent composite microcapsules with embedded magnetite nanoparticles in blood flow environment. First, the visualization and capture of the capsules at the defined blood flow by the magnetic field are shown in vitro in an artificial glass capillary employing a wide-field fluorescence microscope. Afterward, the capsules are visualized and successfully trapped in vivo into externally exposed rat mesentery microvessels. Histological analysis shows that capsules infiltrate small mesenteric vessels whereas large vessels preserve the blood microcirculation. The effect of the magnetic field on capsule preferential localization in bifurcation areas of vasculature, including capsule retention at the site once external magnet is switched off is discussed. The research outcome demonstrates that microcapsules can be effectively addressed in a blood flow, which makes them a promising delivery system with remote navigation by the magnetic field.
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- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, National Research Tomsk State University , Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Precision Mechanics and Control Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Saratov 410028, Russia
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London , Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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Xue B, Kozlovskaya V, Kharlampieva E. Shaped stimuli-responsive hydrogel particles: syntheses, properties and biological responses. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:9-35. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb02746f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This review summarizes a pool of current experimental approaches and discusses perspectives in the development of the synergistic combination of shape and stimuli-response in particulate hydrogels.
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- Bing Xue
- Chemistry Department
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- USA
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- Chemistry Department
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- USA
- Center for Nanomaterials and Biointegration
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Kozlovskaya V, Xue B, Kharlampieva E. Shape-Adaptable Polymeric Particles for Controlled Delivery. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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Chen X, Cui J, Ping Y, Suma T, Cavalieri F, Besford QA, Chen G, Braunger JA, Caruso F. Probing cell internalisation mechanics with polymer capsules. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:17096-17101. [PMID: 27722612 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr06657g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We report polymer capsule-based probes for quantifying the pressure exerted by cells during capsule internalisation (Pin). Poly(methacrylic acid) (PMA) capsules with tuneable mechanical properties were fabricated through layer-by-layer assembly. The Pin was quantified by correlating the cell-induced deformation with the ex situ osmotically induced deformation of the polymer capsules. Ultimately, we found that human monocyte-derived macrophage THP-1 cells exerted up to approximately 360 kPa on the capsules during internalisation.
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- Xi Chen
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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