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Sztandera K, Rodríguez-García JL, Ceña V. In Vivo Applications of Dendrimers: A Step toward the Future of Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapeutics. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:439. [PMID: 38675101 PMCID: PMC11053723 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16040439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Over the last few years, the development of nanotechnology has allowed for the synthesis of many different nanostructures with controlled sizes, shapes, and chemical properties, with dendrimers being the best-characterized of them. In this review, we present a succinct view of the structure and the synthetic procedures used for dendrimer synthesis, as well as the cellular uptake mechanisms used by these nanoparticles to gain access to the cell. In addition, the manuscript reviews the reported in vivo applications of dendrimers as drug carriers for drugs used in the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, infections, and ocular diseases. The dendrimer-based formulations that have reached different phases of clinical trials, including safety and pharmacokinetic studies, or as delivery agents for therapeutic compounds are also presented. The continuous development of nanotechnology which makes it possible to produce increasingly sophisticated and complex dendrimers indicates that this fascinating family of nanoparticles has a wide potential in the pharmaceutical industry, especially for applications in drug delivery systems, and that the number of dendrimer-based compounds entering clinical trials will markedly increase during the coming years.
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- Krzysztof Sztandera
- Unidad Asociada Neurodeath, Instituto de Nanociencia Molecular, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Asociada Neurodeath, Instituto de Nanociencia Molecular, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Bristow P, Schantz K, Moosbrugger Z, Martin K, Liebenberg H, Steimle S, Xiao Q, Percec V, Wilner SE. Aptamer-Targeted Dendrimersomes Assembled from Azido-Modified Janus Dendrimers "Clicked" to DNA. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:1541-1549. [PMID: 38394608 PMCID: PMC10934268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01108] [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] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (JDs), synthetic alternatives to lipids, have the potential to expand the scope of nanocarrier delivery systems. JDs self-assemble into vesicles called dendrimersomes, encapsulate both hydrophobic cargo and nucleic acids, and demonstrate enhanced stability in comparison to lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Here, we report the ability to enhance the cellular uptake of Janus dendrimersomes using DNA aptamers. Azido-modified JDs were synthesized and conjugated to alkyne-modified DNAs using copper-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition. DNA-functionalized JDs form nanometer-sized dendrimersomes in aqueous solution via thin film hydration. These vesicles, now displaying short DNAs, are then hybridized to transferrin receptor binding DNA aptamers. Aptamer-targeted dendrimersomes show improved cellular uptake as compared to control vesicles via fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. This work demonstrates the versatility of using click chemistry to conjugate functionalized JDs with biologically relevant molecules and the feasibility of targeting DNA-modified dendrimersomes for drug delivery applications.
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- Paige Bristow
- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19014, United States
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- Roy
& Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19014, United States
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- Roy
& Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19014, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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Percec V, Sahoo D. From Frank-Kasper, Quasicrystals, and Biological Membrane Mimics to Reprogramming In Vivo the Living Factory to Target the Delivery of mRNA with One-Component Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:1353-1370. [PMID: 38232372 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01390] [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: 01/19/2024]
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This Perspective is dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Biomacromolecules. It provides a personal view on the developing field of the polymer and biology interface over the 25 years since the journal was launched by the American Chemical Society (ACS). This Perspective is meant to bridge an article published in the first issue of the journal and recent bioinspired developments in the laboratory of the corresponding author. The discovery of supramolecular spherical helices self-organizing into Frank-Kasper and quasicrystals as models of icosahedral viruses, as well as of columnar helical assemblies that mimic rodlike viruses by supramolecular dendrimers, is briefly presented. The transplant of these assemblies from supramolecular dendrimers to block copolymers, giant surfactants, and other self-organized soft matter follows. Amphiphilic self-assembling Janus dendrimers and glycodendrimers as mimics of biological membranes and their glycans are discussed. New concepts derived from them that evolved in the in vivo targeted delivery of mRNA with the simplest one-component synthetic vector systems are introduced. Some synthetic methodologies employed during the synthesis and self-assembly are explained. Unraveling bioinspired applications of novel materials concludes this brief 25th Anniversary Perspective of Biomacromolecules.
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- Virgil Percec
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Sahoo D, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Maurya DS, Arshad M, Chenna SS, Ona N, Vasserman JA, Ni H, Weissman D, Percec V. The Constitutional Isomerism of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Orchestrates the Total and Targeted Activities of mRNA Delivery. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:3627-3634. [PMID: 38306714 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13569] [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: 02/04/2024]
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Constitutional isomerism has been previously demonstrated by one of our laboratories to represent a powerful design strategy for the elaboration of complex functional self-organizations. Here we report the design, synthesis, and characterization of 14 positional, skeletal, and functional constitutional isomeric one-component, multifunctional, sequence-defined, amphiphilic ionizable Janus dendrimers (IAJDs). Their coassembly by simple injection with luciferase mRNA (Luc-mRNA) to form dendrimersome nanoparticles (DNPs) was studied. Subsequently, the resulting DNPs were employed to investigate, with screening experiments, the delivery of Luc-mRNA in vivo. Constitutional isomerism was shown to produce changes of up to two orders of magnitude of the total-body luciferase activity and targeted luciferase activity to the spleen and liver, of up to three orders of magnitude difference in targeted luciferase activity to the lungs and up to six orders of magnitude to lymph nodes. These results indicate that constitutional isomerism may represent not only a simple but also an important synthetic strategy that most probably may impact the activity of all components of synthetic vectors used in RNA-based nanomedicine, including in mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.
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- Dipankar Sahoo
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Klajnert-Maculewicz B, Janaszewska A, Majecka A. Dendrimersomes: Biomedical applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14611-14625. [PMID: 37999927 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03182a] [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: 11/25/2023]
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In recent years, dendrimer-based vesicles, known as dendrimersomes, have garnered significant attention as highly promising alternatives to lipid vesicles in a variety of biomedical applications. Dendrimersomes offer several advantages, including relatively straightforward synthesis, non-immunogenic properties, stability in circulation, and minimal size variability. These vesicles are composed of Janus dendrimers, which are polymers characterized by two dendritic wedges with different terminal groups - hydrophilic and hydrophobic. This dendrimer structure enables the self-assembly of dendrimersomes. The purpose of this highlight is to provide an overview of recent advancements achieved through the utilization of biomimetic dendrimersomes in various biomedical applications such as drug and nucleic acid delivery.
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- Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of General Biophysics, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of General Biophysics, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of General Biophysics, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.
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Gao Y, Gao C, Fan Y, Sun H, Du J. Physically and Chemically Compartmentalized Polymersomes for Programmed Delivery and Biological Applications. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:5511-5538. [PMID: 37933444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00826] [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: 11/08/2023]
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Multicompartment polymersomes (MCPs) refer to polymersomes that not only contain one single compartment, either in the membrane or in the internal cavity, but also mimic the compartmentalized structure of living cells, attracting much attention in programmed delivery and biological applications. The investigation of MCPs may promote the application of soft nanomaterials in biomedicine. This Review seeks to highlight the recent advances of the design principles, synthetic strategies, and biomedical applications of MCPs. The compartmentalization types including chemical, physical, and hybrid compartmentalization are discussed. Subsequently, the design and controlled synthesis of MCPs by the self-assembly of amphiphilic polymers, double emulsification, coprecipitation, microfluidics and particle assembly, etc. are summarized. Furthermore, the diverse applications of MCPs in programmed delivery of various cargoes and biological applications including cancer therapy, antimicrobials, and regulation of blood glucose levels are highlighted. Finally, future perspectives of MCPs from the aspects of controlled synthesis and applications are proposed.
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- Yaning Gao
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Lu J, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Maurya DS, Sahoo D, Ona N, Reagan EK, Ni H, Weissman D, Percec V. Targeted and Equally Distributed Delivery of mRNA to Organs with Pentaerythritol-Based One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18760-18766. [PMID: 37606244 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Delivery of nucleic acids with viral and synthetic vectors has pioneered genetic nanomedicine. Four-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) consisting of ionizable lipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, and PEG-conjugated lipids, assembled by microfluidic or T-tube, are the benchmark synthetic vector for delivery of mRNA. One-component multifunctional sequence-defined ionizable amphiphilic Janus dendrimer (IAJD) delivery systems for mRNA were developed by us to complement LNPs. IAJDs consist of multifunctional hydrophilic low-generation dendrons or minidendrons conjugated to hydrophobic dendrons. They were inspired by amphiphilic Janus dendrimers and glycodendrimers. IAJDs coassemble with mRNA into predictable-size vesicles, named dendrimersome nanoparticles (DNPs), by simple injection in acetate buffer, rather than by the complex technology required by LNPs. Assembly of DNPs by simple injection together with sequence design in the hydrophilic and hydrophobic modules of IAJDs endowed rapid screening to access discovery. Molecular design principles for targeted delivery were elaborated when the branching points of IAJDs were constructed from symmetrically and nonsymmetrically substituted plant phenolic acids interconnected by pentaerythritol (PE). Here, we report the first library containing simplified IAJDs constructed in only three steps from symmetrically trialkylated PE in the hydrophobic domain and four different piperazine-based ionizable amines in the hydrophilic part. Rapid coassembly with mRNA and in vivo screening led to the discovery of the two most active IAJDs targeting the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes, one predominantly to the spleen and liver and six delivering equally to the spleen, liver, lung, and lymph nodes. These IAJDs represent the simplest synthetic vectors and the first viral or synthetic system delivering equally to multiple organs.
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- Juncheng Lu
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Lu J, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Maurya DS, Shalihin MI, Zhang D, Chenna SS, Adamson J, Liu M, Shah HUR, Shah H, Xiao Q, Queeley B, Ona NA, Reagan EK, Ni H, Sahoo D, Peterca M, Weissman D, Percec V. Screening Libraries to Discover Molecular Design Principles for the Targeted Delivery of mRNA with One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Derived from Plant Phenolic Acids. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:1572. [PMID: 37376020 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Viral and synthetic vectors to deliver nucleic acids were key to the rapid development of extraordinarily efficient COVID-19 vaccines. The four-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), containing phospholipids, PEG-conjugated lipids, cholesterol, and ionizable lipids, co-assembled with mRNA via a microfluidic technology, are the leading nonviral delivery vector used by BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna to access COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. LNPs exhibit a statistical distribution of their four components when delivering mRNA. Here, we report a methodology that involves screening libraries to discover the molecular design principles required to realize organ-targeted mRNA delivery and mediate activity with a one-component ionizable multifunctional amphiphilic Janus dendrimer (IAJD) derived from plant phenolic acids. IAJDs co-assemble with mRNA into monodisperse dendrimersome nanoparticles (DNPs) with predictable dimensions, via the simple injection of their ethanol solution in a buffer. The precise location of the functional groups in one-component IAJDs demonstrated that the targeted organs, including the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and lung, are selected based on the hydrophilic region, while activity is associated with the hydrophobic domain of IAJDs. These principles, and a mechanistic hypothesis to explain activity, simplify the synthesis of IAJDs, the assembly of DNPs, handling, and storage of vaccines, and reduce price, despite employing renewable plant starting materials. Using simple molecular design principles will lead to increased accessibility to a large diversity of mRNA-based vaccines and nanotherapeutics.
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- Juncheng Lu
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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Percec V, Sahoo D, Adamson J. Stimuli-Responsive Principles of Supramolecular Organizations Emerging from Self-Assembling and Self-Organizable Dendrons, Dendrimers, and Dendronized Polymers. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15081832. [PMID: 37111979 PMCID: PMC10142069 DOI: 10.3390/polym15081832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
All activities of our daily life, of the nature surrounding us and of the entire society and its complex economic and political systems are affected by stimuli. Therefore, understanding stimuli-responsive principles in nature, biology, society, and in complex synthetic systems is fundamental to natural and life sciences. This invited Perspective attempts to organize, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time the stimuli-responsive principles of supramolecular organizations emerging from self-assembling and self-organizable dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers. Definitions of stimulus and stimuli from different fields of science are first discussed. Subsequently, we decided that supramolecular organizations of self-assembling and self-organizable dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers may fit best in the definition of stimuli from biology. After a brief historical introduction to the discovery and development of conventional and self-assembling and self-organizable dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers, a classification of stimuli-responsible principles as internal- and external-stimuli was made. Due to the enormous amount of literature on conventional dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers as well as on their self-assembling and self-organizable systems we decided to discuss stimuli-responsive principles only with examples from our laboratory. We apologize to all contributors to dendrimers and to the readers of this Perspective for this space-limited decision. Even after this decision, restrictions to a limited number of examples were required. In spite of this, we expect that this Perspective will provide a new way of thinking about stimuli in all fields of self-organized complex soft matter.
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- Virgil Percec
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
- Chemical Physics Laboratory, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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Kisakova LA, Apartsin EK, Nizolenko LF, Karpenko LI. Dendrimer-Mediated Delivery of DNA and RNA Vaccines. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15041106. [PMID: 37111593 PMCID: PMC10145063 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15041106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA and RNA vaccines (nucleic acid-based vaccines) are a promising platform for vaccine development. The first mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech) were approved in 2020, and a DNA vaccine (Zydus Cadila, India), in 2021. They display unique benefits in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Nucleic acid-based vaccines have a number of advantages, such as safety, efficacy, and low cost. They are potentially faster to develop, cheaper to produce, and easier to store and transport. A crucial step in the technology of DNA or RNA vaccines is choosing an efficient delivery method. Nucleic acid delivery using liposomes is the most popular approach today, but this method has certain disadvantages. Therefore, studies are actively underway to develop various alternative delivery methods, among which synthetic cationic polymers such as dendrimers are very attractive. Dendrimers are three-dimensional nanostructures with a high degree of molecular homogeneity, adjustable size, multivalence, high surface functionality, and high aqueous solubility. The biosafety of some dendrimers has been evaluated in several clinical trials presented in this review. Due to these important and attractive properties, dendrimers are already being used to deliver a number of drugs and are being explored as promising carriers for nucleic acid-based vaccines. This review summarizes the literature data on the development of dendrimer-based delivery systems for DNA and mRNA vaccines.
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- Lyubov A. Kisakova
- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, 630559 Kol’tsovo, Russia
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- CBMN, UMR 5248, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, University Bordeaux, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, 630559 Kol’tsovo, Russia
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- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, 630559 Kol’tsovo, Russia
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Assembling Complex Macromolecules and Self-Organizations of Biological Relevance with Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne, Thio-Bromo, and TERMINI Double "Click" Reactions. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15051075. [PMID: 36904317 PMCID: PMC10007166 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Bertozzi, Meldal, and Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry". Since 2001, when the concept of click chemistry was advanced by Sharpless laboratory, synthetic chemists started to envision click reactions as the preferred choice of synthetic methodology employed to create new functions. This brief perspective will summarize research performed in our laboratories with the classic Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne click (CuAAC) reaction elaborated by Meldal and Sharpless, with the thio-bromo click (TBC) and with the less-used, irreversible TERminator Multifunctional INItiator (TERMINI) dual click (TBC) reactions, the last two elaborated in our laboratory. These click reactions will be used to assemble, by accelerated modular-orthogonal methodologies, complex macromolecules and self-organizations of biological relevance. Self-assembling amphiphilic Janus dendrimers and Janus glycodendrimers together with their biological membrane mimics known as dendrimersomes and glycodendrimersomes as well as simple methodologies to assemble macromolecules with perfect and complex architecture such as dendrimers from commercial monomers and building blocks will be discussed. This perspective is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Professor Bogdan C. Simionescu, the son of my (VP) Ph.D. mentor, Professor Cristofor I. Simionescu, who as his father, took both science and science administration in his hands, and dedicated his life to handling them in a tandem way, to their best.
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Zhang D, Xiao Q, Rahimzadeh M, Liu M, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Miyazaki Y, Shinoda W, Percec V. Self-Assembly of Glycerol-Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Amplifies and Indicates Principles for the Selection of Stereochemistry by Biological Membranes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4311-4323. [PMID: 36749951 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The principles for the selection of the stereochemistry of phospholipids of biological membranes remain unclear and continue to be debated. Therefore, any new experiments on this topic may help progress in this field. To address this question, three libraries of constitutional isomeric glycerol-amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (JDs) with nonsymmetric homochiral, racemic, and symmetric achiral branching points were synthesized by an orthogonal-modular-convergent methodology. These JDs amplify self-assembly, and therefore, monodisperse vesicles known as dendrimersomes (DSs) with predictable dimensions programmed by JD concentration were assembled by rapid injection of their ethanol solution into water. DSs of homochiral JD enantiomers, racemic, including mixtures of different enantiomers, and achiral exhibited similar DS size-concentration dependence. However, the number of bilayers of DSs assembled from homochiral, achiral, and racemic JDs determined by cryo-TEM were different. Statistical analysis of the number of bilayers and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated that homochiral JDs formed predominantly unilamellar DSs. Symmetric achiral JDs assembled only unilamellar DSs while racemic JDs favored multilamellar DSs. Since cell membranes are unilamellar, these results indicate a new rationale for nonsymmetric homochiral vs racemic selection. Simultaneously, these experiments imply that the symmetric achiral lipids forming more stable membrane, probably had been the preferable assemblies of prebiotic cell membranes.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- DWI─Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen 52074, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- DWI─Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen 52074, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Wang DY, Ren LJ, Liu HK, Wang W. Chiral three-dimensional supramolecular assemblies: colloidal onions, cubosomes, and hexosomes. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:8656-8662. [PMID: 36349695 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01221a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Amphiphilic molecules can self-assemble in solution into a variety of supramolecular assemblies, ranging from simple micelles, ribbons, and tubes to complex cubosomes with bicontinuous cubic nanostructures. It is well known that the self-assembly of chiral building blocks into one-dimensional (1D) twisted fibers, helical ribbons, and tubes enables chiral transfer from the molecular scale to super-assemblies. In this study, we investigate the chirality of three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular assemblies, such as colloidal onions, cubosomes, and hexosomes, formed from the same chiral heteroclusters. Unlike supramolecular 1D helical ribbons, these assemblies do not have chiral external shapes or chiral internal nanostructures, but they do exhibit circular dichroism, suggesting that they are chiral. Structural studies revealed that the ordered arrangement of the chiral units in curved superstructures is the origin of the supramolecular chirality of these 3D assemblies. Therefore, this study provides insights for enriching the diversity and complexity of supramolecular chiral assemblies.
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- De-Yin Wang
- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Wagner AM, Quandt J, Söder D, Garay‐Sarmiento M, Joseph A, Petrovskii VS, Witzdam L, Hammoor T, Steitz P, Haraszti T, Potemkin II, Kostina NY, Herrmann A, Rodriguez‐Emmenegger C. Ionic Combisomes: A New Class of Biomimetic Vesicles to Fuse with Life. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2200617. [PMID: 35393756 PMCID: PMC9189634 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The construction of biomembranes that faithfully capture the properties and dynamic functions of cell membranes remains a challenge in the development of synthetic cells and their application. Here a new concept for synthetic cell membranes based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic comb polymers into vesicles, termed ionic combisomes (i-combisomes) is introduced. These combs consist of a polyzwitterionic backbone to which hydrophobic tails are linked by electrostatic interactions. Using a range of microscopies and molecular simulations, the self-assembly of a library of combs in water is screened. It is discovered that the hydrophobic tails form the membrane's core and force the backbone into a rod conformation with nematic-like ordering confined to the interface with water. This particular organization resulted in membranes that combine the stability of classic polymersomes with the biomimetic thickness, flexibility, and lateral mobility of liposomes. Such unparalleled matching of biophysical properties and the ability to locally reconfigure the molecular topology of its constituents enable the harboring of functional components of natural membranes and fusion with living bacteria to "hijack" their periphery. This provides an almost inexhaustible palette to design the chemical and biological makeup of the i-combisomes membrane resulting in a powerful platform for fundamental studies and technological applications.
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- Anna M. Wagner
- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Chair of BiotechnologyRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 3Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- Physics DepartmentLomonosov Moscow State UniversityLeninskie Gory 1–2Moscow119991Russian Federation
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Physics DepartmentLomonosov Moscow State UniversityLeninskie Gory 1–2Moscow119991Russian Federation
- National Research, South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk454080Russian Federation
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular ChemistryRWTH Aachen UniversityWorringerweg 2Aachen52074Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsForckenbeckstraße 50Aachen52074Germany
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)Carrer de Baldiri Reixac, 10, 12Barcelona08028Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)Passeig Lluís Companys 23Barcelona08010Spain
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Drug-dendrimer complexes and conjugates: Detailed furtherance through theory and experiments. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 303:102639. [PMID: 35339862 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dendritic nanovectors-based drug delivery has gained significant attention in the past couple of decades. Dendrimers play a crucial role in deciding the solubility of sparingly soluble drug molecules and help in improving pharmacokinetics. A few important steps in drug delivery through dendrimers, such as drug encapsulation, formulation, and target-specific delivery, play an important role in deciding the fate of a drug molecule. It is also of prime importance to understand the interactions between a drug molecule and dendrimers at atomistic levels to decode the mechanism of action of drug-dendrimer complexes and their reliability in terms of drug delivery. Colossal progress in current experimental and computational approaches in the field has resulted in a vast amount of data that needs to be curated to be further implemented efficiently. Improved computational power has led to greater accuracy and prompt predictions of properties of drug-dendrimer complexes and their mechanism of action. The current review encapsulates the pioneering work in the field, experimental achievements in terms of drug delivery, and newer computational techniques employed in the advancement of the field.
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Zhang D, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Lu J, Maurya DS, Xiao Q, Liu M, Adamson J, Ona N, Reagan EK, Ni H, Weissman D, Percec V. The Unexpected Importance of the Primary Structure of the Hydrophobic Part of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers in Targeted mRNA Delivery Activity. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4746-4753. [PMID: 35263098 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Viral and synthetic vectors for delivery of nucleic acids impacted genetic nanomedicine by aiding the rapid development of the extraordinarily efficient Covid-19 vaccines. Access to targeted delivery of nucleic acids is expected to expand the field of nanomedicine beyond most expectations. Both viral and synthetic vectors have advantages and disadvantages. The major advantage of the synthetic vectors is their unlimited synthetic capability. The four-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the leading nonviral vector for mRNA used by Pfizer and Moderna in Covid-19 vaccines. Their synthetic capacity inspired us to develop a one-component multifunctional sequence-defined ionizable amphiphilic Janus dendrimer (IAJD) delivery system for mRNA. The first experiments on IAJDs provided, through a rational-library design combined with orthogonal-modular accelerated synthesis and sequence control in their hydrophilic part, some of the most active synthetic vectors for the delivery of mRNA to lung. The second experiments employed a similar strategy, generating, by a less complex hydrophilic structure, a library of IAJDs targeting spleen, liver, and lung. Here, we report preliminary studies designing the hydrophobic region of IAJDs by using dissimilar alkyl lengths and demonstrate the unexpectedly important role of the primary structure of the hydrophobic part of IAJDs by increasing up to 90.2-fold the activity of targeted delivery of mRNA to spleen, lymph nodes, liver, and lung. The principles of the design strategy reported here and in previous publications indicate that IAJDs could have a profound impact on the future of genetic nanomedicine.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Kannan R, Datta A, Prabakaran P, Prasad E, Muthuvijayan V. Modular amphiphilic poly(aryl ether)-based supramolecular nanomicelles: an efficient endocytic drug carrier. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:12695-12698. [PMID: 34782906 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05652b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A rationally designed amphiphilic poly(aryl ether)-based dendrimer self-assembles into nanomicelles and exhibits tunable morphology upon varying the hydrophilic chain length. The 30 nm-sized dendrimer nanomicelles successfully entrapped Doxorubicin, demonstrated the sustained release of Doxorubicin and can successfully penetrate cancer cells through caveolae-dependent endocytosis, compared to the free drug.
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- Ramya Kannan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. .,Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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The development of hollow multishelled structure: from the innovation of synthetic method to the discovery of new characteristics. Sci China Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-021-1097-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhang D, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Maurya DS, Liu M, Xiao Q, Lu J, Lauri G, Ona N, Reagan EK, Ni H, Weissman D, Percec V. Targeted Delivery of mRNA with One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:17975-17982. [PMID: 34672554 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Targeted and efficient delivery of nucleic acids with viral and synthetic vectors is the key step of genetic nanomedicine. The four-component lipid nanoparticle synthetic delivery systems consisting of ionizable lipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, and a PEG-conjugated lipid, assembled by microfluidic or T-tube technology, have been extraordinarily successful for delivery of mRNA to provide Covid-19 vaccines. Recently, we reported a one-component multifunctional sequence-defined ionizable amphiphilic Janus dendrimer (IAJD) synthetic delivery system for mRNA relying on amphiphilic Janus dendrimers and glycodendrimers developed in our laboratory. Amphiphilic Janus dendrimers consist of functional hydrophilic dendrons conjugated to hydrophobic dendrons. Co-assembly of IAJDs with mRNA into dendrimersome nanoparticles (DNPs) occurs by simple injection in acetate buffer, rather than by microfluidic devices, and provides a very efficient system for delivery of mRNA to lung. Here we report the replacement of most of the hydrophilic fragment of the dendron from IAJDs, maintaining only its ionizable amine, while changing its interconnecting group to the hydrophobic dendron from amide to ester. The resulting IAJDs demonstrated that protonated ionizable amines play dual roles of hydrophilic fragment and binding ligand for mRNA, changing delivery from lung to spleen and/or liver. Replacing the interconnecting ester with the amide switched the delivery back to lung. Delivery predominantly to liver is favored by pairs of odd and even alkyl groups in the hydrophobic dendron. This simple structural change transformed the targeted delivery of mRNA mediated with IAJDs, from lung to liver and spleen, and expands the utility of DNPs from therapeutics to vaccines.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Laskar P, Dufès C. Emergence of cationic polyamine dendrimersomes: design, stimuli sensitivity and potential biomedical applications. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:6007-6026. [PMID: 34765868 PMCID: PMC8548884 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00536g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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For decades, self-assembled lipid vesicles have been widely used in clinics as nanoscale delivery systems for various biomedical applications, including treatment of various diseases. Due to their core-shell architecture and versatile nature, they have been successfully used as carriers for the delivery of a wide range of therapeutic cargos, including drugs and nucleic acids, in cancer treatment. Recently, surface-modified polyamine dendrimer-based vesicles, or dendrimersomes, have emerged as promising alternatives to lipid vesicles for various biomedical applications, due to their ease of synthesis, non-immunogenicity, stability in circulation and lower size polydispersity. This mini-review provides an overview of the recent advances resulting from the use of biomimetic hydrophobically-modified polyamine-based dendrimersomes towards biomedical applications, focusing mainly on the two most widely used polyamine dendrimers, namely polyamidoamine (PAMAM) and poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers.
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- Partha Laskar
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley McAllen TX 78504 USA
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde 161 Cathedral Street Glasgow G4 0RE UK
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Rodríguez-Nogales C, Desmaële D, Sebastián V, Couvreur P, Blanco-Prieto MJ. Decoration of Squalenoyl-Gemcitabine Nanoparticles with Squalenyl-Hydroxybisphosphonate for the Treatment of Bone Tumors. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:3730-3738. [PMID: 34581019 PMCID: PMC9298071 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Therapeutic perspectives of bone tumors such as osteosarcoma remain restricted due to the inefficacy of current treatments. We propose here the construction of a novel anticancer squalene‐based nanomedicine with bone affinity and retention capacity. A squalenyl‐hydroxybisphosphonate molecule was synthetized by chemical conjugation of a 1‐hydroxyl‐1,1‐bisphosphonate moiety to the squalene chain. This amphiphilic compound was inserted onto squalenoyl‐gemcitabine nanoparticles using the nanoprecipitation method. The co‐assembly led to nanoconstructs of 75 nm, with different morphology and colloidal properties. The presence of squalenyl‐hydroxybisphosphonate enhanced the nanoparticles binding affinity for hydroxyapatite, a mineral present in the bone. Moreover, the in vitro anticancer activity was preserved when tested in commercial and patient‐treated derived pediatric osteosarcoma cells. Further in vivo studies will shed light on the potential of these nanomedicines for the treatment of bone sarcomas.
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- Carlos Rodríguez-Nogales
- Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Navarra-IdisNA, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR CNRS 8612, Université Paris-Saclay, Jean Baptiste Clément 5, 92290, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor López, 50008, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud UMR CNRS 8612, Université Paris-Saclay, Jean Baptiste Clément 5, 92290, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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- Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Navarra-IdisNA, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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Chen J. Advanced Electron Microscopy of Nanophased Synthetic Polymers and Soft Complexes for Energy and Medicine Applications. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:2405. [PMID: 34578720 PMCID: PMC8470047 DOI: 10.3390/nano11092405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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After decades of developments, electron microscopy has become a powerful and irreplaceable tool in understanding the ionic, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and other functional performances of next-generation polymers and soft complexes. The recent progress in electron microscopy of nanostructured polymers and soft assemblies is important for applications in many different fields, including, but not limited to, mesoporous and nanoporous materials, absorbents, membranes, solid electrolytes, battery electrodes, ion- and electron-transporting materials, organic semiconductors, soft robotics, optoelectronic devices, biomass, soft magnetic materials, and pharmaceutical drug design. For synthetic polymers and soft complexes, there are four main characteristics that differentiate them from their inorganic or biomacromolecular counterparts in electron microscopy studies: (1) lower contrast, (2) abundance of light elements, (3) polydispersity or nanomorphological variations, and (4) large changes induced by electron beams. Since 2011, the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been working with numerous facility users on nanostructured polymer composites, block copolymers, polymer brushes, conjugated molecules, organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials, organic-inorganic interfaces, organic crystals, and other soft complexes. This review crystalizes some of the essential challenges, successes, failures, and techniques during the process in the past ten years. It also presents some outlooks and future expectations on the basis of these works at the intersection of electron microscopy, soft matter, and artificial intelligence. Machine learning is expected to automate and facilitate image processing and information extraction of polymer and soft hybrid nanostructures in aspects such as dose-controlled imaging and structure analysis.
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- Jihua Chen
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Wang J, Li J, Wang Y, Li Z, Zhang J. Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly of Comb-like Amphiphilic Copolymers into Onion-like Vesicles. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Junfeng Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
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Zhang D, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Maurya DS, Huang N, Xiao Q, Ona N, Liu M, Shahnawaz H, Ni H, Kim K, Billingsley MM, Pochan DJ, Mitchell MJ, Weissman D, Percec V. One-Component Multifunctional Sequence-Defined Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Delivery Systems for mRNA. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12315-12327. [PMID: 34324336 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Efficient viral or nonviral delivery of nucleic acids is the key step of genetic nanomedicine. Both viral and synthetic vectors have been successfully employed for genetic delivery with recent examples being DNA, adenoviral, and mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines. Viral vectors can be target specific and very efficient but can also mediate severe immune response, cell toxicity, and mutations. Four-component lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) containing ionizable lipids, phospholipids, cholesterol for mechanical properties, and PEG-conjugated lipid for stability represent the current leading nonviral vectors for mRNA. However, the segregation of the neutral ionizable lipid as droplets in the core of the LNP, the "PEG dilemma", and the stability at only very low temperatures limit their efficiency. Here, we report the development of a one-component multifunctional ionizable amphiphilic Janus dendrimer (IAJD) delivery system for mRNA that exhibits high activity at a low concentration of ionizable amines organized in a sequence-defined arrangement. Six libraries containing 54 sequence-defined IAJDs were synthesized by an accelerated modular-orthogonal methodology and coassembled with mRNA into dendrimersome nanoparticles (DNPs) by a simple injection method rather than by the complex microfluidic technology often used for LNPs. Forty four (81%) showed activity in vitro and 31 (57%) in vivo. Some, exhibiting organ specificity, are stable at 5 °C and demonstrated higher transfection efficiency than positive control experiments in vitro and in vivo. Aside from practical applications, this proof of concept will help elucidate the mechanisms of packaging and release of mRNA from DNPs as a function of ionizable amine concentration, their sequence, and constitutional isomerism of IAJDs.
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- Dapeng Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6321, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6321, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Perli G, Wang Q, Braga CB, Bertuzzi DL, Fontana LA, Soares MCP, Ruiz J, Megiatto JD, Astruc D, Ornelas C. Self-Assembly of a Triazolylferrocenyl Dendrimer in Water Yields Nontraditional Intrinsic Green Fluorescent Vesosomes for Nanotheranostic Applications. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12948-12954. [PMID: 34291930 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The promising field of nanomedicine stimulates a continuous search for multifunctional nanotheranostic systems for imaging and drug delivery. Herein, we demonstrate that application of supramolecular chemistry's concepts in dendritic assemblies can enable the formation of advanced dendrimer-based nanotheranostic devices. A dendrimer bearing 81 triazolylferrocenyl terminal groups adopts a more compact shell-like structure in polar solvents with the ferrocenyl peripheral groups backfolding toward the hydrophobic dendrimer interior, while exposing the more polar triazole moieties as the dendritic shell. Akin to lipids, the compact dendritic structure self-assembles into uniform nanovesicles that in turn self-assemble into larger vesosomes in water. The vesosomes emit green nontraditional intrinsic fluorescence (NTIL), which is an emerging property as there are no classical fluorophores in the dendritic macromolecular structure. This work confirms the hypothesis that the NTIL emission is greatly enhanced by rigidification of the supramolecular assemblies containing heteroatomic subluminophores (HASLs) and by the presence of electron rich functional groups on the periphery of dendrimers. This work is the first one detecting NTIL in ferrocenyl-terminated dendrimers. Moreover, the vesosomes are stable in biological medium, are uptaken by cells, and show cytotoxic activity against cancer cells. Accordingly, the self-organization of these dendrimers into tertiary structures promotes the emergence of new properties enabling the same component, in this case, ferrocenyl group, to function as both antitumoral drug and fluorophore.
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- Gabriel Perli
- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, UMR CNRS 5255, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Devices, Rua Mendeleyev 200, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas, 13083-860 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, UMR CNRS 5255, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, UMR CNRS 5255, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- Institute of Chemistry, Rua Josue de Castro, Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz, University of Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Yu. Kostina N, Söder D, Haraszti T, Xiao Q, Rahimi K, Partridge BE, Klein ML, Percec V, Rodriguez‐Emmenegger C. Enhanced Concanavalin A Binding to Preorganized Mannose Nanoarrays in Glycodendrimersomes Revealed Multivalent Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:8352-8360. [PMID: 33493389 PMCID: PMC8048596 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The effect of the two-dimensional glycan display on glycan-lectin recognition remains poorly understood despite the importance of these interactions in a plethora of cellular processes, in (patho)physiology, as well as its potential for advanced therapeutics. Faced with this challenge we utilized glycodendrimersomes, a type of synthetic vesicles whose membrane mimics the surface of a cell and offers a means to probe the carbohydrate biological activity. These single-component vesicles were formed by the self-assembly of sequence-defined mannose-Janus dendrimers, which serve as surrogates for glycolipids. Using atomic force microscopy and molecular modeling we demonstrated that even mannose, a monosaccharide, was capable of organizing the sugar moieties into periodic nanoarrays without the need of the formation of liquid-ordered phases as assumed necessary for rafts. Kinetics studies of Concanavalin A binding revealed that those nanoarrays resulted in a new effective ligand yielding a ten-fold increase in the kinetic and thermodynamic constant of association.
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- Nina Yu. Kostina
- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsInstitute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen UniversityForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsInstitute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen UniversityForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsInstitute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen UniversityForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPA19104-6323USA
- Institute of Computational Molecular ScienceTemple UniversityPhiladelphiaPA19122USA
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsInstitute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen UniversityForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPA19104-6323USA
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- Institute of Computational Molecular ScienceTemple UniversityPhiladelphiaPA19122USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPA19104-6323USA
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive MaterialsInstitute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen UniversityForckenbeckstraße 5052074AachenGermany
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Yu. Kostina N, Söder D, Haraszti T, Xiao Q, Rahimi K, Partridge BE, Klein ML, Percec V, Rodriguez‐Emmenegger C. Enhanced Concanavalin A Binding to Preorganized Mannose Nanoarrays in Glycodendrimersomes Revealed Multivalent Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nina Yu. Kostina
- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Forckenbeckstraße 50 52074 Aachen Germany
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Forckenbeckstraße 50 52074 Aachen Germany
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Forckenbeckstraße 50 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6323 USA
- Institute of Computational Molecular Science Temple University Philadelphia PA 19122 USA
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Forckenbeckstraße 50 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6323 USA
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science Temple University Philadelphia PA 19122 USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6323 USA
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- DWI- Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Forckenbeckstraße 50 52074 Aachen Germany
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Omarova M, Zhang Y, Mkam Tsengam IK, He J, Yu T, Zhang D, John V. Hydrophobe Containing Polypeptoids Complex with Lipids and Induce Fusogenesis of Lipid Vesicles. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:3145-3152. [PMID: 33730500 PMCID: PMC8041297 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c11477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The hydrophobic effect of alkyl group insertion into phospholipid bilayers is exploited in modifying and modulating vesicle structure. We show that amphiphilic polypeptoids (peptide mimics) with n-decyl side chains, which we term as hydrophobe-containing polypeptoids (HCPs), can insert the alkyl hydrophobes into the membrane bilayer of phospholipid-based vesicles. Such insertion leads to disruption of the liposomes and the formation of HCP-lipid complexes that are colloidally stable in aqueous solution. Interestingly, when these complexes are added to fresh liposomes, remnant uncomplexed hydrophobes (the n-decyl groups) bridge liposomes and fuse them. The fusion leads to the engulfing of liposomes and the formation of multilayered vesicles. The morphology of the liposome system can be changed from stopping fusion and forming clustered vesicles to the continued formation of multilayered liposomes simply by controlling the amount of the HCP-lipid complex added. The entire procedure occurs in aqueous systems without the addition of any other solvents. There are several implications to these observations including the biological relevance of mimicking fusogenic proteins such as the SNARE proteins and the development of new drug delivery technologies to impact delivery to cell organelles.
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- Marzhana Omarova
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Coordinated
Instrumentation Facility, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Wu M, Wang Y, Yan N, Jin J, Han Y, Jiang W. Self-Assembly of Polymeric Nanovesicles into Hierarchical Supervesicles and Its Application in Selectable Multicompartmental Encapsulation. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ming Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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Kostina NY, Wagner AM, Haraszti T, Rahimi K, Xiao Q, Klein ML, Percec V, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C. Unraveling topology-induced shape transformations in dendrimersomes. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:254-267. [PMID: 32789415 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01097a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The vital functions of cell membranes require their ability to quickly change shape to perform complex tasks such as motion, division, endocytosis, and apoptosis. Membrane curvature in cells is modulated by very complex processes such as changes in lipid composition, the oligomerization of curvature-scaffolding proteins, and the reversible insertion of protein regions that act like wedges in the membrane. But, could much simpler mechanisms support membrane shape transformation? In this work, we demonstrate how the change of amphiphile topology in the bilayer can drive shape transformations of cell membrane models. To tackle this, we have designed and synthesized new types of amphiphiles-Janus dendrimers-that self-assemble into uni-, multilamellar, or smectic-ordered vesicles, named dendrimersomes. We synthesized Janus dendrimers containing a photo-labile bond that upon UV-Vis irradiation cleavage lose a part of the hydrophilic dendron. This leads to a change from a cylindrically to a wedge-shaped amphiphile. The high mobility of these dendrimers allows for the concentration of the wedge-shaped amphiphiles and the generation of transmembrane asymmetries. The concentration of the wedges and their rate of segregation allowed control of the budding and generation of structures such as tubules and high genus vesicles.
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- Nina Yu Kostina
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA and Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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Potter M, Najer A, Klöckner A, Zhang S, Holme MN, Nele V, Che J, Massi L, Penders J, Saunders C, Doutch JJ, Edwards AM, Ces O, Stevens MM. Controlled Dendrimersome Nanoreactor System for Localized Hypochlorite-Induced Killing of Bacteria. ACS NANO 2020; 14:17333-17353. [PMID: 33290039 PMCID: PMC7760217 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a serious global health problem necessitating new bactericidal approaches such as nanomedicines. Dendrimersomes (DSs) have recently become a valuable alternative nanocarrier to polymersomes and liposomes due to their molecular definition and synthetic versatility. Despite this, their biomedical application is still in its infancy. Inspired by the localized antimicrobial function of neutrophil phagosomes and the versatility of DSs, a simple three-component DS-based nanoreactor with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity is presented. This was achieved by encapsulation of glucose oxidase (GOX) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) within DSs (GOX-MPO-DSs), self-assembled from an amphiphilic Janus dendrimer, that possesses a semipermeable membrane. By external addition of glucose to GOX-MPO-DS, the production of hypochlorite (-OCl), a highly potent antimicrobial, by the enzymatic cascade was demonstrated. This cascade nanoreactor yielded a potent bactericidal effect against two important multidrug resistant pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), not observed for H2O2 producing nanoreactors, GOX-DS. The production of highly reactive species such as -OCl represents a harsh bactericidal approach that could also be cytotoxic to mammalian cells. This necessitates the development of strategies for activating -OCl production in a localized manner in response to a bacterial stimulus. One option of locally releasing sufficient amounts of substrate using a bacterial trigger (released toxins) was demonstrated with lipidic glucose-loaded giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), envisioning, e.g., implant surface modification with nanoreactors and GUVs for localized production of bactericidal agents in the presence of bacterial growth.
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- Michael Potter
- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
- MRC
Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
- Department
of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Neutron and Muon
Source, STFC, Didcot OX11 ODE, U.K.
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- MRC
Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
- Department
of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Percec V, Xiao Q, Lligadas G, Monteiro MJ. Perfecting self-organization of covalent and supramolecular mega macromolecules via sequence-defined and monodisperse components. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chandrasiri I, Abebe DG, Loku Yaddehige M, Williams JSD, Zia MF, Dorris A, Barker A, Simms BL, Parker A, Vinjamuri BP, Le N, Gayton JN, Chougule MB, Hammer NI, Flynt A, Delcamp JH, Watkins DL. Self-Assembling PCL–PAMAM Linear Dendritic Block Copolymers (LDBCs) for Bioimaging and Phototherapeutic Applications. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:5664-5677. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Indika Chandrasiri
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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Wang L, Song S, van Hest J, Abdelmohsen LKEA, Huang X, Sánchez S. Biomimicry of Cellular Motility and Communication Based on Synthetic Soft-Architectures. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1907680. [PMID: 32250035 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201907680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cells, sophisticated membrane-bound units that contain the fundamental molecules of life, provide a precious library for inspiration and motivation for both society and academia. Scientists from various disciplines have made great endeavors toward the understanding of the cellular evolution by engineering artificial counterparts (protocells) that mimic or initiate structural or functional cellular aspects. In this regard, several works have discussed possible building blocks, designs, functions, or dynamics that can be applied to achieve this goal. Although great progress has been made, fundamental-yet complex-behaviors such as cellular communication, responsiveness to environmental cues, and motility remain a challenge, yet to be resolved. Herein, recent efforts toward utilizing soft systems for cellular mimicry are summarized-following the main outline of cellular evolution, from basic compartmentalization, and biological reactions for energy production, to motility and communicative behaviors between artificial cell communities or between artificial and natural cell communities. Finally, the current challenges and future perspectives in the field are discussed, hoping to inspire more future research and to help the further advancement of this field.
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- Lei Wang
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, 150001, China
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 10-12, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, 150001, China
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 10-12, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Pg. Lluis Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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Najafi F, Salami-Kalajahi M, Roghani-Mamaqani H. Synthesis of amphiphilic Janus dendrimer and its application in improvement of hydrophobic drugs solubility in aqueous media. Eur Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Li S, Xia B, Javed B, Hasley WD, Melendez-Davila A, Liu M, Kerzner M, Agarwal S, Xiao Q, Torre P, Bermudez JG, Rahimi K, Kostina NY, Möller M, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Klein ML, Percec V, Good MC. Direct Visualization of Vesicle Disassembly and Reassembly Using Photocleavable Dendrimers Elucidates Cargo Release Mechanisms. ACS NANO 2020; 14:7398-7411. [PMID: 32383856 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Release of cargo molecules from cell-like nanocarriers can be achieved by chemical perturbations, including changes to pH and redox state and via optical modulation of membrane properties. However, little is known about the kinetics or products of vesicle breakdown due to limitations in real-time imaging at nanometer length scales. Using a library of 12 single-single type photocleavable amphiphilic Janus dendrimers, we developed a self-assembling light-responsive dendrimersome vesicle platform. A photocleavable ortho-nitrobenzyl inserted between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic dendrons of amphiphilic Janus dendrimers allowed for photocleavage and disassembly of their supramolecular assemblies. Distinct methods used to self-assemble amphiphilic Janus dendrimers produced either nanometer size small unilamellar vesicles or micron size giant multilamellar and onion-like dendrimersomes. In situ observation of giant photosensitive dendrimersomes via confocal microscopy elucidated rapid morphological transitions that accompany vesicle breakdown upon 405 nm laser illumination. Giant dendrimersomes displayed light-induced cleavage, disassembling and reassembling into much smaller vesicles at millisecond time scales. Additionally, photocleavable vesicles demonstrated rapid release of molecular and macromolecular cargos. These results guided our design of multilamellar particles to photorelease surface-attached proteins, photoinduce cargo recruitment, and photoconvert vesicle morphology. Real-time characterization of the breakdown and reassembly of lamellar structures provides insights on partial cargo retention and informs the design of versatile, optically regulated carriers for applications in nanoscience and synthetic biology.
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- Shangda Li
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6058, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6058, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6321, United States
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6058, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6321, United States
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Wang X, Liu X, Huang X. Bioinspired Protein-Based Assembling: Toward Advanced Life-Like Behaviors. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2001436. [PMID: 32374501 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The ability of living organisms to perform structure, energy, and information-related processes for molecular self-assembly through compartmentalization and chemical transformation can possibly be mimicked via artificial cell models. Recent progress in the development of various types of functional microcompartmentalized ensembles that can imitate rudimentary aspects of living cells has refocused attention on the important question of how inanimate systems can transition into living matter. Hence, herein, the most recent advances in the construction of protein-bounded microcompartments (proteinosomes), which have been exploited as a versatile synthetic chassis for integrating a wide range of functional components and biochemical machineries, are critically summarized. The techniques developed for fabricating various types of proteinosomes are discussed, focusing on the significance of how chemical information, substance transportation, enzymatic-reaction-based metabolism, and self-organization can be integrated and recursively exploited in constructed ensembles. Therefore, proteinosomes capable of exhibiting gene-directed protein synthesis, modulated membrane permeability, spatially confined membrane-gated catalytic reaction, internalized cytoskeletal-like matrix assembly, on-demand compartmentalization, and predatory-like chemical communication in artificial cell communities are specially highlighted. These developments are expected to bridge the gap between materials science and life science, and offer a theoretical foundation for developing life-inspired assembled materials toward various applications.
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- Xiaoliang Wang
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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Wang L, Partridge BE, Huang N, Olsen JT, Sahoo D, Zeng X, Ungar G, Graf R, Spiess HW, Percec V. Extraordinary Acceleration of Cogwheel Helical Self-Organization of Dendronized Perylene Bisimides by the Dendron Sequence Encoding Their Tertiary Structure. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9525-9536. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Li Wang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Hao T, Tan H, Li S, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Yu C, Zhou Y, Yan D. Multilayer onion‐like vesicles self‐assembled from amphiphilic hyperbranched multiarm copolymers via simulation. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20190163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Tongfan Hao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringJiangsu University Zhenjiang China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- Institute of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJiangsu University Zhenjiang China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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Luo J, Liu T, Qian K, Wei B, Hu Y, Gao M, Sun X, Lin Z, Chen J, Bera MK, Chen Y, Zhang R, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Tsige M, Cheng SZD, Liu T. Continuous Curvature Change into Controllable and Responsive Onion-like Vesicles by Rigid Sphere-Rod Amphiphiles. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1811-1822. [PMID: 31995358 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We observe the formation of highly controllable and responsive onion-like vesicles by using rigid sphere-rod amphiphilic hybrid macromolecules, composed of charged, hydrophilic Keggin-type clusters (spheres) and hydrophobic rod-like oligofluorenes (OFs). Unlike the commonly used approach, which mainly relies on chain bending of flexible molecules to satisfy different curvatures in onion-like vesicles, the rigid hybrids form flexible interdigitations by tuning the angles between OFs, leading to the formation of bilayers with different sizes. The self-assembled vesicles possess complete onion-like structures from most inner to outer layers, and their size (layer number) can be accurately manipulated by different solution conditions including solvent polarity, ionic strength, temperature, and hybrid concentration, with fixed interbilayer distance under all conditions. Moreover, the vesicle size (layer number) shows excellent reversibility to the change of temperature. The charged feature of spheres, rod length, and overall hybrid architecture shows significant effects on the formation of such onion-like vesicles.
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- Jiancheng Luo
- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Kent State University , Kent , Ohio 44242 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS , The University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- Department of Polymer Science , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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Yan XY, Lin Z, Zhang W, Xu H, Guo QY, Liu Y, Luo J, Liu XY, Zhang R, Huang J, Liu T, Su Z, Zhang R, Zhang S, Liu T, Cheng SZD. Magnifying the Structural Components of Biomembranes: A Prototype for the Study of the Self-Assembly of Giant Lipids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:5226-5234. [PMID: 31957938 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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How biomembranes are self-organized to perform their functions remains a pivotal issue in biological and chemical science. Understanding the self-assembly principles of lipid-like molecules hence becomes crucial. Herein, we report the mesostructural evolution of amphiphilic sphere-rod conjugates (giant lipids), and study the roles of geometric parameters (head-tail ratio and cross-sectional area) during this course. As a prototype system, giant lipids resemble natural lipidic molecules by capturing their essential features. The self-assembly behavior of two categories of giant lipids (I-shape and T-shape, a total of 8 molecules) is demonstrated. A rich variety of mesostructures is constructed in solution state and their molecular packing models are rationally understood. Giant lipids recast the phase behavior of natural lipids to a certain degree and the abundant self-assembled morphologies reveal distinct physiochemical behaviors when geometric parameters deviate from natural analogues.
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- Xiao-Yun Yan
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.,Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.,Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909, USA
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Yan X, Lin Z, Zhang W, Xu H, Guo Q, Liu Y, Luo J, Liu X, Zhang R, Huang J, Liu T, Su Z, Zhang R, Zhang S, Liu T, Cheng SZD. Magnifying the Structural Components of Biomembranes: A Prototype for the Study of the Self‐Assembly of Giant Lipids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Xiao‐Yun Yan
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and TechnologySchool of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and TechnologySchool of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and TechnologySchool of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and TechnologySchool of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and TechnologySchool of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer ScienceCollege of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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Pawar SV, Upadhyay PK, Burade S, Kumbhar N, Patil R, Dhavale DD. Synthesis and anti-leishmanial activity of TRIS-glycine-β-alanine dipeptidic triazole dendron coated with nonameric mannoside glycocluster. Carbohydr Res 2019; 485:107815. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.107815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hu FF, Sun YW, Zhu YL, Huang YN, Li ZW, Sun ZY. Enthalpy-driven self-assembly of amphiphilic Janus dendrimers into onion-like vesicles: a Janus particle model. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:17350-17356. [PMID: 31517380 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05885k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Synthetic vesicles of amphiphilic Janus dendrimers are known as dendrimersomes. The understanding of the conditions and formation mechanism of dendrimersomes is meaningful for further controlling the structures. Herein, the characteristics of the self-assembly of amphiphilic Janus dendrimer/water solutions into unilamellar and onion-like dendrimersomes are studied by molecular dynamics simulations via a spherical single-site Janus particle model. The model with two distinct surfaces, one hydrophobic side and another hydrophilic side, describes the amphiphilic nature of Janus dendrimers. By reducing the dendrimers with complex architectures to be simple Janus particles, we investigate the concentration-dependent self-assembled structures as well as the enthalpy-driven formation process of onion-like dendrimersomes, in contrast to the entropy-mediated self-assembly of amphiphilic flexible chains. Three typical equilibrium morphologies including linear micelles, lamellar structures and vesicles are found upon varying the Janus balance and dendrimer concentration. It is observed that the dendrimersomes consisting of the dendrimers with neglectable molecular configuration entropy become very stable, which agrees well with experimental observation. Specifically, different from many lipidsomes and polymersomes which can spontaneously merge, the size of dendrimersomes will not increase through mutual fusion once the well-defined onion-like structure is formed. Moreover, the discharge of water is achieved by water diffusion in our simulations, instead of in the "peeling-one-onion-layer-at-a-time" fashion. Our study combined with the previous ones using flexible chain models could depict a complete picture of dendrimersomes in favor of their applications in drug and gene delivery.
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- Fang-Fang Hu
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China and School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Li Y, Fan F, Wang J, Cseh L, Xue M, Zeng X, Ungar G. New Type of Columnar Liquid Crystal Superlattice in Double‐Taper Ionic Minidendrons. Chemistry 2019; 25:13739-13747. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Ya‐Xin Li
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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- Department of PhysicsZhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou 310018 P.R. China
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- Department of PhysicsZhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou 310018 P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of MaterialsSchool of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of MaterialsSchool of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
- Romanian Academy, “Coriolan Dragulescu” Institute of Chemistry Timisoara 300223 Romania
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- Department of PhysicsZhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou 310018 P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of MaterialsSchool of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
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Wang L, Shi C, Wang X, Guo D, Duncan TM, Luo J. Zwitterionic Janus Dendrimer with distinct functional disparity for enhanced protein delivery. Biomaterials 2019; 215:119233. [PMID: 31176068 PMCID: PMC6585461 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The development of a facile protein delivery vehicle is challenging and remains an unmet demand for clinical applications. The well-defined structure and functionality of a nanocarrier are highly desirable for the reproducibility and regulatory compliance. Herein, we report for the first time a novel Janus dendrimer (JD) system, comprised of two distinct dendrons with superior protein binding and protein repelling properties, respectively, for efficient spontaneous protein loading and enhanced in vivo protein delivery. Core-forming dendron is tethered with a combination of charged and hydrophobic moieties, which coat protein surface efficiently via the multivalent and synergistic interactions. Zwitterionic peripheries on the counter dendron endow the nanoparticle (<20 nm) with a highly hydrophilic and antifouling surface, which efficiently prevents serum protein adsorption and exchange as demonstrated in biolayer interferometry assay, therefore, reducing premature protein release. Surprisingly, JD nanocarriers containing biomimicking glycerylphosphorylcholine (GPC) surface significantly enhanced the intracellular uptake of protein therapeutics specifically in cancer cells, compared with zwitterionic carboxybetain (CB)-JD and PEGylated nanocarriers. The zwitterionic JD nanocarriers greatly prolonged the in vivo pharmacokinetic profiles of payloads relative to the PEGylated nanocarriers. Janus nanocarrier controlled the in vivo release of insulin and improved the blood sugar control in mice.
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- Lili Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States; National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States; Department of Surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States; Upstate Cancer Center, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, United States.
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Torre P, Xiao Q, Buzzacchera I, Sherman SE, Rahimi K, Kostina NY, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Möller M, Wilson CJ, Klein ML, Good MC, Percec V. Encapsulation of hydrophobic components in dendrimersomes and decoration of their surface with proteins and nucleic acids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:15378-15385. [PMID: 31308223 PMCID: PMC6681758 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904868116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Reconstructing the functions of living cells using nonnatural components is one of the great challenges of natural sciences. Compartmentalization, encapsulation, and surface decoration of globular assemblies, known as vesicles, represent key early steps in the reconstitution of synthetic cells. Here we report that vesicles self-assembled from amphiphilic Janus dendrimers, called dendrimersomes, encapsulate high concentrations of hydrophobic components and do so more efficiently than commercially available stealth liposomes assembled from phospholipid components. Multilayer onion-like dendrimersomes demonstrate a particularly high capacity for loading low-molecular weight compounds and even folded proteins. Coassembly of amphiphilic Janus dendrimers with metal-chelating ligands conjugated to amphiphilic Janus dendrimers generates dendrimersomes that selectively display folded proteins on their periphery in an oriented manner. A modular strategy for tethering nucleic acids to the surface of dendrimersomes is also demonstrated. These findings augment the functional capabilities of dendrimersomes to serve as versatile biological membrane mimics.
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- Paola Torre
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- NovioSense B.V., 6534 AT Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122;
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058;
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6321
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323;
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Tan H, Li S, Li K, Yu C, Lu Z, Zhou Y. Shape Transformations of Vesicles Self-Assembled from Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Multiarm Copolymers via Simulation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:6929-6938. [PMID: 30091926 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The understanding of shape transformations of vesicles is of fundamental importance in biological and clinical sciences. Hyperbranched polymer vesicles (branched polymersomes) are newly emerging polymer vesicles with special structure and property. They have also been regarded as a good model for biomembranes. However, the shape transformations of hyperbranched polymer vesicles have not been studied from either an experimental or theoretical level. Herein, the shape transformations of vesicles self-assembled from amphiphilic hyperbranched multiarm copolymers (HMCs) in response to the interaction parameters between the hydrophobic core and hydrophilic arms and the polymer concentrations are investigated carefully through dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. In the morphological phase diagram, two types of vesicles are obtained: one type corresponds to vesicles without holes formed at low concentrations including unilamellar vesicles, double-lamellar vesicles, discocyte-shaped vesicles, and tubular vesicles, and the other type corresponds to vesicles with holes formed at high concentrations including stomatocyte-shaped vesicles, toroidal vesicles, genus-3 (G-3) toroidal vesicles with three holes, and genus-4 (G-4) toroidal vesicles with four holes. In addition, both the self-assembly mechanisms and the dynamics for the formation of these vesicles have been systematically studied. The current work will offer theoretical support for fabricating novel vesicles with various shapes from hyperbranched polymers.
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- Haina Tan
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road , Shanghai , China 200240
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road , Shanghai , China 200240
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road , Shanghai , China 200240
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road , Shanghai , China 200240
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials , Jilin University , Changchun , China 130021
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road , Shanghai , China 200240
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Wang HY, Ren LJ, Wang XG, Ming JB, Wang W. Insights into the Self-Assembly of a Heterocluster Janus Molecule into Colloidal Onions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:6727-6734. [PMID: 31030522 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Diverse nanostructures and nano-objects for advanced applications are created by the self-assembly of lipids, surfactants, and block copolymers. Understanding this process is critical for improving their functions and expanding their applications. Accordingly, we pioneered the synthesis and application of heterocluster Janus molecules (HCJMs), which resemble conventional amphiphiles. Their self-assembly into nanostructures and nano-objects can be directly characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), allowing the process to be unraveled through the monitoring of the intermediates. In this study, we focused on the TEM characterization of HCJM-based colloidal onions, which have an onion-like inner structure, to gain insight into the self-assembly process from molecules to perfect onions. Multiple mechanisms, including molecular aggregation, structural ordering within aggregates into colloidal onions, and layer-by-layer growth caused by particle coarsening, contributed to the overall self-assembly process. The analysis also indicated that the reduction in the Gibbs free energy and bending free energy of curved layers are the driving forces for structural ordering and onion growth. Finally, this work provided a useful method for preparing colloidal onions for attractive applications in nanomedicine and other areas.
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