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Bamburowicz-Klimkowska M, Bystrzejewski M, Kasprzak A, Cieszanowski A, Grudzinski IP. Monoclonal antibody-navigated carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles used for MRI-based tracking integrin receptors in murine melanoma. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2024; 55:102721. [PMID: 38007065 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2023.102721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
Abstract
Integrin beta-3 is a cell adhesion molecule that mediate cell-to-cell and cell-to-extracellular matrix communication. The major goal of this study was to explore melanoma cells (B16F10) based upon specific direct targeting of the β3 subunit (CD61) in the integrin αvβ3 receptor using carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles decorated with monoclonal antibodies (Fe@C-CONH-anti-CD61 and Fe@C-(CH2)2-CONH-anti-CD61). Both melanoma cells treated with nanoparticles as well as C57BL/6 mice bearing syngeneic B16-F10 tumors intravenously injected with nanoparticles were tested in preclinical MRI studies. The as-synthesized carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles functionalized with CD61 monoclonal antibodies have been successfully used as a novel targeted contrast agent for MRI-based tracking melanoma cells expressing the β3 subunit of the integrin αvβ3 receptor.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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Bamburowicz-Klimkowska M, Malecki M, Bystrzejewski M, Kasprzak A, Grudzinski IP. Graphene-encapsulated iron nanoparticles as a non-viral vector for gene delivery into melanoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 652:84-87. [PMID: 36841098 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The rapid progress of nanotechnology has led to use different nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Among them, graphene-encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles (GEMNS) are recognized as next generation carbon nanomaterials in translation cancer research. In this study, we utilized green fluorescence protein (GFP) expression plasmid DNA (pDNA) and GEMNS decorated with branched polyethyleneimine (PEI) to yield a novel transporter (GEMNS-PEI/pDNA) for gene delivery into melanoma cells (B16F10). The efficiency of transfection was examined using PCR and confocal microscopy. The studies show that the as-designed GEMNS-PEI construct is successfully used to transfect the melanoma cells with pDNA and it should be considered as a potent non-viral vector for introducing naked nucleic acids into eucaryotic cells.
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- Magdalena Bamburowicz-Klimkowska
- Department of Toxicology and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Applied Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University, L. Pasteura 1, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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Longhin EM, El Yamani N, Rundén-Pran E, Dusinska M. The alamar blue assay in the context of safety testing of nanomaterials. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2022; 4:981701. [PMID: 36245792 PMCID: PMC9554156 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2022.981701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Alamar Blue (AB) assay is widely used to investigate cytotoxicity, cell proliferation and cellular metabolic activity within different fields of toxicology. The use of the assay with nanomaterials (NMs) entails specific aspects including the potential interference of NMs with the test. The procedure of the AB assay applied for testing NMs is described in detail and step-by-step, from NM preparation, cell exposure, inclusion of interference controls, to the analysis and interpretation of the results. Provided that the proper procedure is followed, and relevant controls are included, the AB assay is a reliable and high throughput test to evaluate the cytotoxicity/proliferation/metabolic response of cells exposed to NMs.
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Characteristics of glucose oxidase immobilized on carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles decorated with polyethyleneimine. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04125-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Qu Y, Bai X, Li D, Zhang X, Liang C, Zheng W, Qu S. Solution-processable carbon dots with efficient solid-state red/near-infrared emission. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 613:547-553. [PMID: 35063786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carbon dots (CDs) emerge as promising luminescent materials for potential applications in optoelectronics on basis of their merits including low cost, eco-friendliness and strong, color-tunable photoluminescence (PL). However, the research on solid-state emissive CDs is still at the primary stage because of the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) of PL and their poor film-formation ability. In this work, we produce CDs with branched-polyethylenimine (b-PEI) chemically functionalized on the surfaces. The thus newly synthesized P-CDs successfully overcome the bottleneck of ACQ effect and display efficient red and NIR emission in aggregate state. Under the excitation of 520 nm, a strong red emission (maxima of 640 nm) with a high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 21% was observed for the P-CDs in neat film. Moreover, this design strategy endows the P-CDs with good film-formation ability via solution spin-coating, which significantly increases its value for the film-based optoelectronic devices.
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- Yanfei Qu
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa 999078, Macau
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
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- Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa 999078, Macau.
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Graphene nanoribbons: A state-of-the-art in health care. Int J Pharm 2021; 595:120269. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Docking of Polyethylenimines Derivatives on Cube Rhombellane Functionalized Homeomorphs. Symmetry (Basel) 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/sym11081048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nowadays, in the world of science, an important goal is to create new nanostructures that may act as potential drug carriers. Among different, real or hypothetical, polymeric networks, rhombellanes are very promising and, therefore, attempts were made to deposit polyethylenimines as possible nano-drug complexes on the cube rhombellane homeomorphs surface. For the search of ligand–fullerene interactions, was used AutoDockVina software. As a reference structure, the fullerene C60 was used. After the docking procedure, the ligands–fullerenes interactions were tested. The important factor determining the mutual affinity of the tested ligands and nanocarriers is the symmetry of the analyzed nanostructures. Here, this feature has the influence on the distribution of such groups like donors and acceptors of hydrogen bonds on the surface of nanoparticles. We calculated the best binding affinities of ligands, values of binding constants and differences relative to C60 molecules. The best binding efficiency was found for linear ligands. It was also found that the shorter the molecule, the better the binding performance, the more the particle grows and the lower the yield. Small structures of ligands react easily with small structures of nanoparticles. The highest positive percentage deviations were obtained for ligand–fullerene complexes showing the highest binding energy values. Detailed analysis of structural properties after docking showed that the values of affinity of the studied indolizine ligands to the rhombellanes surface are correlated with the strength/length of hydrogen bonds formed between them.
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Kasprzak A, Gunka K, Fronczak M, Bystrzejewski M, Poplawska M. Folic Acid-Navigated and β-Cyclodextrin-Decorated Carbon-Encapsulated Iron Nanoparticles as the Nanotheranostic Platform for Controlled Release of 5-Fluorouracil. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry; Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3; 00-664 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3; 00-664 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw; Pasteura Str. 1 02-093 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw; Pasteura Str. 1 02-093 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3; 00-664 Warsaw Poland
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Occlusion phenomenon of redox probe by protein as a way of voltammetric detection of non-electroactive C-reactive protein. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 117:232-239. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kasprzak A, Fateyeva K, Bystrzejewski M, Kaszuwara W, Fronczak M, Koszytkowska-Stawinska M, Poplawska M. Covalent mechanochemical functionalization of carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles towards the improvement of their colloidal stability. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:11190-11202. [PMID: 30051129 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01795f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The mechanochemical covalent functionalization of carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles (CEINs) is reported. Unprotected sugars (mannose, galactose, β-cyclodextrin) and amino sugars (glucosamine and chitosan) were successfully conjugated to the surface of CEINs. The developed grinding-induced methods employ (i) the 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile oxides or azomethine ylides and (ii) amidation-type reactions with the inclusion of carboxyl-functionalized CEINs and amino sugars. All the developed mechanochemical processes are fast (reaction time 10 min) and result in high degrees of coverage (7.3-31.5 wt%). The presented functionalization routes also constitute easy to perform and environmentally improved protocols. Moreover, the use of toxic organic solvents is not required. A comprehensive study on the colloidal stability of the sugar-functionalized CEINs is also included in this work. The results of the turbidimetric analyses reveal that both grinding-induced formation of amide bonds and the cycloadditions of sugar moieties to the surface of CEINs result in the significant improvement of their colloidal stability. The highest stability of the aqueous dispersion was found for CEINs functionalized with β-cyclodextrin. The comparative studies between the classical wet approach and the grinding-induced functionalization of CEINs show that the herein developed environmentally improved method increases the colloidal stability three times. The crucial role of the mechanochemical approach in the covalent functionalization of CEINs and the improvement of their colloidal stability is discussed in this work.
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- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.
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Kasprzak A, Zuchowska A, Poplawska M. Functionalization of graphene: does the organic chemistry matter? Beilstein J Org Chem 2018; 14:2018-2026. [PMID: 30202456 PMCID: PMC6122221 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Reactions applying amidation- or esterification-type processes and diazonium salts chemistry constitute the most commonly applied synthetic approaches for the modification of graphene-family materials. This work presents a critical assessment of the amidation and esterification methodologies reported in the recent literature, as well as a discussion of the reactions that apply diazonium salts. Common misunderstandings from the reported covalent functionalization methods are discussed, and a direct link between the reaction mechanisms and the basic principles of organic chemistry is taken into special consideration.
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- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego Str. 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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Kasprzak A, Bystrzejewski M, Poplawska M. Sulfonated carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles as an efficient magnetic nanocatalyst for highly selective synthesis of benzimidazoles. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:6314-6322. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt00677f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Various benzimidazoles were obtained by applying sulfonated carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles as the nanocatalyst.
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- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Warsaw University of Technology
- 00-664 Warsaw
- Poland
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Kasprzak A, Nowicka AM, Sek JP, Fronczak M, Bystrzejewski M, Koszytkowska-Stawinska M, Poplawska M. Addition of azomethine ylides to carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:30-34. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03689b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles have been covalently functionalized using the Prato reaction.
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- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Warsaw University of Technology
- 00-664 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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Kasprzak A, Grudzinski IP, Bamburowicz-Klimkowska M, Parzonko A, Gawlak M, Poplawska M. New Insight into the Synthesis and Biological Activity of the Polymeric Materials Consisting of Folic Acid and β-Cyclodextrin. Macromol Biosci 2017; 18. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Artur Kasprzak
- Faculty of Chemistry; Warsaw University of Technology; Noakowskiego 3 Str. Warsaw 00-664 Poland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1 Str. Warsaw 02-097 Poland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1 Str. Warsaw 02-097 Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Warsaw University of Technology; Noakowskiego 3 Str. Warsaw 00-664 Poland
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