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Zhao RM, Zhang QF, Tian XL, Chen JJ, Yu XQ, Zhang J. ROS-Responsive Bola-Lipid Nanoparticles as a Codelivery System for Gene/Photodynamic Combination Therapy. Mol Pharm 2024; 21:2012-2024. [PMID: 38497779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c00053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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The nonviral delivery systems that combine genes with photosensitizers for multimodal tumor gene/photodynamic therapy (PDT) have attracted much attention. In this study, a series of ROS-sensitive cationic bola-lipids were applied for the gene/photosensitizer codelivery. Zn-DPA was introduced as a cationic headgroup to enhance DNA binding, while the hydrophobic linking chains may facilitate the formation of lipid nanoparticles (LNP) and the encapsulation of photosensitizer Ce6. The length of the hydrophobic chain played an important role in the gene transfection process, and 14-TDZn containing the longest chains showed better DNA condensation, gene transfection, and cellular uptake. 14-TDZn LNPs could well load photosensitizer Ce6 to form 14-TDC without a loss of gene delivery efficiency. 14-TDC was used for codelivery of p53 and Ce6 to achieve enhanced therapeutic effects on the tumor cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis. Results showed that the codelivery system was more effective in the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation than individual p53 or Ce6 monotherapy. Mechanism studies showed that the production of ROS after Ce6 irradiation could increase the accumulation of p53 protein in tumor cells, thereby promoting caspase-3 activation and inducing apoptosis, indicating some synergistic effect. These results demonstrated that 14-TDC may serve as a promising nanocarrier for gene/PDT combination therapy.
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- Rui-Mo Zhao
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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Gonçalves RA, Holmberg K, Lindman B. Cationic surfactants: A review. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Pious A, Kamlekar RK, Muthusamy S, Jothi A, Praneeth VK, Ramesh S, Anbazhagan V. Effectiveness of the hydrophobic core of pyridine tethered N-acyl glycine micelles in improving chromenoquinoline synthesis in water. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.131129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Zhang W, Dhumal D, Zhu X, Ralahy B, Ellert-Miklaszewska A, Wu J, Laurini E, Yao YW, Kao CL, Iovanna JL, Pricl S, Kaminska B, Xia Y, Peng L. Bola-Amphiphilic Glycodendrimers: New Carbohydrate-Mimicking Scaffolds to Target Carbohydrate-Binding Proteins. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201400. [PMID: 35820051 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dendrimers are appealing scaffolds for creating carbohydrate mimics with unique multivalent cooperativity. We report here novel bola-amphiphilic glycodendrimers bearing mannose and glucose terminals, and a hydrophobic thioacetal core responsive to reactive oxygen species. The peculiar bola-amphiphilic feature enabled stronger binding to lectin compared to conventional amphiphiles. In addition, these dendrimers are able to target mannose receptors and glucose transporters expressed at the surface of cells, thus allowing effective and specific cellular uptake. This highlights their great promise for targeted delivery.
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- Wenzheng Zhang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research Innovative Drug Research Center School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology (MolBNL@UniTS) Laboratory DEA, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM) INSERM U1068, CNRS UMR 7258, Aix-Marseille Université and Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, 13288, France
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- Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology (MolBNL@UniTS) Laboratory DEA, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
- Department of General Biophysics Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, 90-236, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research Innovative Drug Research Center School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) UMR 7325, Equipe Labellisé par La Ligue, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, 13288, France
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Vemuri GN, Hughes JR, Iovine PM. Synthesis and characterization of terpene-derived cationic bolaamphiphiles. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spiropyran/Merocyanine Amphiphile in Various Solvents: A Joint Experimental–Theoretical Approach to Photophysical Properties and Self-Assembly. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911535. [PMID: 36232836 PMCID: PMC9569490 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This joint experimental-theoretical work focuses on molecular and photophysical properties of the spiropyran-containing amphiphilic molecule in organic and aqueous solutions. Being dissolved in tested organic solvents, the system demonstrates positive photochromism, i.e., upon UV stimulus the colorless spiropyran form is transformed into colorful merocyanine isomer. However, the aqueous solution of the amphiphile possesses a negative photochromism: the orange-red merocyanine form becomes thermodynamically more stable in water, and both UV and vis stimuli lead to the partial or complete photobleaching of the solution. The explanation of this phenomenon is given on the basis of density functional theory calculations and classical modeling including thermodynamic integration. The simulations reveal that stabilization of merocyanine in water proceeds with the energy of ca. 70 kJ mol−1, and that the Helmholtz free energy of hydration of merocyanine form is 100 kJ mol−1 lower as compared to the behavior of SP isomer in water. The explanation of such a difference lies in the molecular properties of the merocyanine: after ring-opening reaction this molecule transforms into a zwitterionic form, as evidenced by the electrostatic potential plotted around the opened form. The presence of three charged groups on the periphery of a flat conjugated backbone stimulates the self-assembly of merocyanine molecules in water, ending up with the formation of elongated associates with stack-like building blocks, as shown in molecular dynamics simulations of the aqueous solution with the concentration above critical micelle concentration. Our quantitative evaluation of the hydrophilicity switching in spiropyran/merocyanine containing surfactants may prompt the search for new systems, including colloidal and polymeric ones, aiming at remote tuning of their morphology, which could give new promising shapes and patterns for the needs of modern nanotechnology.
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Bonaccorsi P, Gangemi CMA, Greco V, Gattuso G, Barattucci A. A two-site reactive platform in the synthesis of amino-functionalized amphiphilic molecules via sulfenic acids. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:7448-7457. [PMID: 36082757 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01266a] [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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The synthesis of some bolaamphiphiles is described. It is a convergent approach that allows the linkage of a glucosyl derivative to a bis-functionalized platform, via a copper-free Sonogashira cross-coupling. The central core was obtained from the reaction of a suitably substituted bis-sulfoxide with diethynyl benzenes. The intermediates of such reaction are sulfenyl functions that are easily added to one triple bond of the unsaturated molecules. The functionalization at the central core, through the nucleophilic addition of ammonia or piperidine onto the two vinyl sulfonyl groups already present in the backbones of the molecules, opened the way to the preparation of more complex derivatives. The observation of the formation of new stereogenic carbons with an unexpected significantly high diastereoselectivity was justified and supported by preliminary theoretical calculations. The two ending glucosyl moieties were favourably deprotected to afford the amino-functionalized bolaamphiphilic molecules.
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- Paola Bonaccorsi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Biologiche Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali (CHIBIOFARAM), Università degli Studi di Messina, Sicily, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Biologiche Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali (CHIBIOFARAM), Università degli Studi di Messina, Sicily, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli studi di Catania, Sicily, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Biologiche Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali (CHIBIOFARAM), Università degli Studi di Messina, Sicily, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Biologiche Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali (CHIBIOFARAM), Università degli Studi di Messina, Sicily, Italy.
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Lebedenko CG, Banerjee IA. Investigation of Self‐Assembly of Symmetric and Asymmetric Peptide Bolaamphiphiles by COSMO‐RS and Atomistic Simulations and Their Interactions with POPC Bilayers. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Fordham University 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 USA
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Bolaamphiphilic Bis-Dehydropeptide Hydrogels as Potential Drug Release Systems. Gels 2021; 7:gels7020052. [PMID: 33946932 PMCID: PMC8162347 DOI: 10.3390/gels7020052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The self-assembly of nanometric structures from molecular building blocks is an effective way to make new functional materials for biological and technological applications. In this work, four symmetrical bolaamphiphiles based on dehydrodipeptides (phenylalanyldehydrophenylalanine and tyrosyldehydrophenylalanine) linked through phenyl or naphthyl linkers (terephthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid) were prepared, and their self-assembly properties were studied. The results showed that all compounds, with the exception of the bolaamphiphile of tyrosyldehydrophenylalanine and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, gave self-standing hydrogels with critical gelation concentrations of 0.3 wt % and 0.4 wt %, using a pH trigger. The self-assembly of these hydrogelators was investigated using STEM microscopy, which revealed a network of entangled fibers. According to rheology, the dehydrodipeptide bolaamphiphilic hydrogelators are viscoelastic materials with an elastic modulus G′ that falls in the range of native tissue (0.37 kPa brain–4.5 kPa cartilage). In viability and proliferation studies, it was found that these compounds were non-toxic toward the human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT. In sustained release assays, we studied the effects of the charge present on model drug compounds on the rate of cargo release from the hydrogel networks. Methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), and ciprofloxacin were chosen as cationic, anionic, and overall neutral cargo, respectively. These studies have shown that the hydrogels provide a sustained release of methyl orange and ciprofloxacin, while methylene blue is retained by the hydrogel network.
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