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Petcov TE, Straticiuc M, Iancu D, Mirea DA, Trușcă R, Mereuță PE, Savu DI, Mogoșanu GD, Mogoantă L, Popescu RC, Kopatz V, Jinga SI. Unveiling Nanoparticles: Recent Approaches in Studying the Internalization Pattern of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Mono- and Multicellular Biological Structures. J Funct Biomater 2024; 15:169. [PMID: 38921542 PMCID: PMC11204647 DOI: 10.3390/jfb15060169] [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: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Nanoparticle (NP)-based solutions for oncotherapy promise an improved efficiency of the anticancer response, as well as higher comfort for the patient. The current advancements in cancer treatment based on nanotechnology exploit the ability of these systems to pass biological barriers to target the tumor cell, as well as tumor cell organelles. In particular, iron oxide NPs are being clinically employed in oncological management due to this ability. When designing an efficient anti-cancer therapy based on NPs, it is important to know and to modulate the phenomena which take place during the interaction of the NPs with the tumor cells, as well as the normal tissues. In this regard, our review is focused on highlighting different approaches to studying the internalization patterns of iron oxide NPs in simple and complex 2D and 3D in vitro cell models, as well as in living tissues, in order to investigate the functionality of an NP-based treatment.
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- Teodora Eliana Petcov
- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, 1–7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (T.E.P.); (S.I.J.)
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- Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania; (M.S.); (D.I.); (D.A.M.); (P.E.M.)
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- Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania; (M.S.); (D.I.); (D.A.M.); (P.E.M.)
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- Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania; (M.S.); (D.I.); (D.A.M.); (P.E.M.)
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- National Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania; (M.S.); (D.I.); (D.A.M.); (P.E.M.)
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- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rareș Street, 200349 Craiova, Romania;
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- Research Center for Microscopic Morphology and Immunology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rareș Street, 200349 Craiova, Romania;
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, 1–7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (T.E.P.); (S.I.J.)
- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, 18–20 Waehringer Guertel Street, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, 1–7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (T.E.P.); (S.I.J.)
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Nazir F, Munir I, Yesiloz G. A Microfluidics-Assisted Double-Barreled Nanobioconjugate Synthesis Introducing Aprotinin as a New Moonlight Nanocarrier Protein: Tested toward Physiologically Relevant 3D-Spheroid Models. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:18311-18326. [PMID: 38564228 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Proteins are promising substances for introducing new drug carriers with efficient blood circulation due to low possibilities of clearance by macrophages. However, such natural biopolymers have highly sophisticated molecular structures, preventing them from being assembled into nanoplatforms with manipulable payload release profiles. Here, we report a novel anticancer nanodrug carrier moonlighting protein, Aprotinin, to be used as a newly identified carrier for cytotoxic drugs. The Aprotinin-Doxorubicin (Apr-Dox) nanobioconjugate was prepared via a single-step microfluidics coflow mixing technique, a feasible and simple way to synthesize a carrier-based drug design with a double-barreled approach that can release and actuate two therapeutic agents simultaneously, i.e., Apr-Dox in 1:11 ratio (the antimetastatic carrier drug aprotinin and the chemotherapeutic drug DOX). With a significant stimuli-sensitive (i.e., pH) drug release ability, this nanobioconjugate achieves superior bioperformances, including high cellular uptake, efficient tumor penetration, and accumulation into the acidic tumor microenvironment, besides inhibiting further tumor growth by halting the urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) involved in metastasis and tumor progression. Distinctly, in healthy human umbilical vein endothelial (HUVEC) cells, drastically lower cellular uptake of nanobioconjugates has been observed and validated compared to the anticancer agent Dox. Our findings demonstrate an enhanced cellular internalization of nanobioconjugates toward breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer both in vitro and in physiologically relevant biological 3D-spheroid models. Consequently, the designed nanobioconjugate shows a high potential for targeted drug delivery via a natural and biocompatible moonlighting protein, thus opening a new avenue for proving aprotinin in cancer therapy as both an antimetastatic and a drug-carrying agent.
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- Faiqa Nazir
- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM)- Bilkent University, 06800 Cankaya-Ankara, Türkiye
- Institute of Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800 Cankaya-Ankara, Türkiye
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- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM)- Bilkent University, 06800 Cankaya-Ankara, Türkiye
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- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM)- Bilkent University, 06800 Cankaya-Ankara, Türkiye
- Institute of Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800 Cankaya-Ankara, Türkiye
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Popescu RC, Calin BS, Tanasa E, Vasile E, Mihailescu M, Paun IA. Magnetically-actuated microcages for cells entrapment, fabricated by laser direct writing via two photon polymerization. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1273277. [PMID: 38170069 PMCID: PMC10758856 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1273277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The manipulation of biological materials at cellular level constitutes a sine qua non and provocative research area regarding the development of micro/nano-medicine. In this study, we report on 3D superparamagnetic microcage-like structures that, in conjunction with an externally applied static magnetic field, were highly efficient in entrapping cells. The microcage-like structures were fabricated using Laser Direct Writing via Two-Photon Polymerization (LDW via TPP) of IP-L780 biocompatible photopolymer/iron oxide superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) composite. The unique properties of LDW via TPP technique enabled the reproduction of the complex architecture of the 3D structures, with a very high accuracy i.e., about 90 nm lateral resolution. 3D hyperspectral microscopy was employed to investigate the structural and compositional characteristics of the microcage-like structures. Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy was used to prove the unique features regarding the morphology and the functionality of the 3D structures seeded with MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. Comparative studies were made on microcage-like structures made of IP-L780 photopolymer alone (i.e., without superparamagnetic properties). We found that the cell-seeded structures made by IP-L780/MNPs composite actuated by static magnetic fields of 1.3 T were 13.66 ± 5.11 folds (p < 0.01) more efficient in terms of cells entrapment than the structures made by IP-L780 photopolymer alone (i.e., that could not be actuated magnetically). The unique 3D architecture of the microcage-like superparamagnetic structures and their actuation by external static magnetic fields acted in synergy for entrapping osteoblast-like cells, showing a significant potential for bone tissue engineering applications.
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- Roxana Cristina Popescu
- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei”, Magurele, Romania
- Faculty of Applied Physics, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurelee, Romania
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Physics, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Applied Physics, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Physics, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurelee, Romania
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Physics, Politehnica University from Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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Zhang ZW, Yang Y, Wu H, Zhang T. Advances in the two-dimensional layer materials for cancer diagnosis and treatment: unique advantages beyond the microsphere. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1278871. [PMID: 37840663 PMCID: PMC10576562 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1278871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) layer materials have shown great potential in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment due to their unique structural, electronic, and chemical properties. These non-spherical materials have attracted increasing attention around the world because of its widely used biological characteristics. The application of 2D layer materials like lamellar graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and black phosphorus (BPs) and so on have been developed for CT/MRI imaging, serum biosensing, drug targeting delivery, photothermal therapy, and photodynamic therapy. These unique applications for tumor are due to the multi-variable synthesis of 2D materials and the structural characteristics of good ductility different from microsphere. Based on the above considerations, the application of 2D materials in cancer is mainly carried out in the following three aspects: 1) In terms of accurate and rapid screening of tumor patients, we will focus on the enrichment of serum markers and sensitive signal transformation of 2D materials; 2) The progress of 2D nanomaterials in tumor MRI and CT imaging was described by comparing the performance of traditional contrast agents; 3) In the most important aspect, we will focus on the progress of 2D materials in the field of precision drug delivery and collaborative therapy, such as photothermal ablation, sonodynamic therapy, chemokinetic therapy, etc. In summary, this review provides a comprehensive overview of the advances in the application of 2D layer materials for tumor diagnosis and treatment, and emphasizes the performance difference between 2D materials and other types of nanoparticles (mainly spherical). With further research and development, these multifunctional layer materials hold great promise in the prospects, and challenges of 2D materials development are discussed.
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- Zheng-Wei Zhang
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Xinghua People’s Hospital, Yangzhou University, Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Xinghua People’s Hospital, Yangzhou University, Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
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Tudor M, Popescu RC, Negoita RD, Gilbert A, Ilisanu MA, Temelie M, Dinischiotu A, Chevalier F, Mihailescu M, Savu DI. In vitro hyperspectral biomarkers of human chondrosarcoma cells in nanoparticle-mediated radiosensitization using carbon ions. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14878. [PMID: 37689817 PMCID: PMC10492786 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41991-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023] Open
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New therapeutic approaches are needed for the management of the highly chemo- and radioresistant chondrosarcoma (CHS). In this work, we used polyethylene glycol-encapsulated iron oxide nanoparticles for the intracellular delivery of the chemotherapeutic doxorubicin (IONPDOX) to augment the cytotoxic effects of carbon ions in comparison to photon radiation therapy. The in vitro biological effects were investigated in SW1353 chondrosarcoma cells focusing on the following parameters: cell survival using clonogenic test, detection of micronuclei (MN) by cytokinesis blocked micronucleus assay and morphology together with spectral fingerprints of nuclei using enhanced dark-field microscopy (EDFM) assembled with a hyperspectral imaging (HI) module. The combination of IONPDOX with ion carbon or photon irradiation increased the lethal effects of irradiation alone in correlation with the induction of MN. Alterations in the hyperspectral images and spectral profiles of nuclei reflected the CHS cell biological modifications following the treatments, highlighting possible new spectroscopic markers of cancer therapy effects. These outcomes showed that the proposed combined treatment is promising in improving CHS radiotherapy.
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- Mihaela Tudor
- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului 30, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125, Magurele, Romania
- Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, 050095, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului 30, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125, Magurele, Romania
- Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Gheorghe Polizu Street, 1-7, 011061, Bucharest, Romania
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- Applied Sciences Doctoral School, Politehnica University Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- UMR6252 CIMAP, Team Applications in Radiobiology with Accelerated Ions, CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-Université de Caen Normandie, 14000, Caen, France
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- Doctoral School of Computer Sciences, Politehnica University Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului 30, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125, Magurele, Romania
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, 050095, Bucharest, Romania.
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- UMR6252 CIMAP, Team Applications in Radiobiology with Accelerated Ions, CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-Université de Caen Normandie, 14000, Caen, France
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- Holographic Imaging and Processing Laboratory, Physics Department, Politehnica University Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Centre for Research in Fundamental Sciences Applied in Engineering, Politehnica University Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului 30, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125, Magurele, Romania.
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