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AlDala'een NFD, Mohamad WNKW, Alias N, Ali AM, Shaikh Mohammed J. Bioinspired dynamic microcapsules. Soft Matter 2017; 14:124-131. [PMID: 29215674 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01682d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
There is an increasing interest in bioinspired dynamic materials. Abundant illustrations of protein domains exist in nature, with remarkable ligand binding characteristics and structures that undergo conformational changes. For example, calmodulin (CaM) can have three conformational states, which are the unstructured Apo-state, Ca2+-bound ligand-exposed binding state, and compact ligand-bound state. CaM's mechanical response to biological cues is highly suitable for engineering dynamic materials. The distance between CaM globular terminals in the Ca2+-bound state is 5 nm and in the ligand-bound state is 1.5 nm. CaM's nanoscale conformational changes have been used to develop dynamic hydrogel microspheres that undergo reversible volume changes. The current work presents the fabrication and preliminary results of layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled Dynamic MicroCapsules (DynaMicCaps) whose multilayered shell walls are composed of polyelectrolytes and CaM. Quasi-dynamic perfusion results show that the DynaMicCaps undergo drastic volume changes, with up to ∼1500% increase, when exposed to a biochemical ligand trifluoperazine (TFP) at pH 6.3. Under similar test conditions, microcapsules without CaM also underwent volume changes, with only up to ∼290% increase, indicating that CaM's bio-responsiveness was retained within the shell walls of the DynaMicCaps. Furthermore, DynaMicCaps exposed to 0.1 M NaOH underwent volume changes, with only up to ∼580% volume increase. Therefore, DynaMicCaps represent a new class of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) capsules that can potentially be used to release their payload at near physiological pH. With over 200 proteins that undergo marked, well-characterized conformational changes in response to specific biochemical triggers, several other versions of DynaMicCaps can potentially be developed.
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- N F D AlDala'een
- Faculty of Innovative Design & Technology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Gong Badak Campus, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
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Amirav I, Roduta Roberts M, Mussaffi H, Mandelberg A, Roth Y, Abitbul R, Luder A, Blau H, Alkrinawi S, Aviram M, Ben-Ami M, Rotschild M, Bentur L, Shoseyov D, Cohen-Cymberknoh M, Kerem E, Avital A, Springer C, Hevroni A, Dabbah H, Elizur A, Picard E, Goldberg S, Rivlin J, Livnat G, Lavie M, Alias N, Soferman R, Olbrich H, Raidt J, Wallmeier J, Werner C, Loges NT, Omran H. Collecting clinical data in primary ciliary dyskinesia- challenges and opportunities. F1000Res 2016; 5:2031. [PMID: 27781089 PMCID: PMC5022703 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9323.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rationale: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is under diagnosed and underestimated. Most clinical research has used some form of questionnaires to capture data but none has been critically evaluated particularly with respect to its end-user feasibility and utility. Objective: To critically appraise a clinical data collection questionnaire for PCD used in a large national PCD consortium in order to apply conclusions in future PCD research. Methods: We describe the development, validation and revision process of a clinical questionnaire for PCD and its evaluation during a national clinical PCD study with respect to data collection and analysis, initial completion rates and user feedback. Results: 14 centers participating in the consortium successfully completed the revised version of the questionnaire for 173 patients with various completion rates for various items. While content and internal consistency analysis demonstrated validity, there were methodological deficiencies impacting completion rates and end-user utility. These deficiencies were addressed resulting in a more valid questionnaire. Conclusions: Our experience may be useful for future clinical research in PCD. Based on the feedback collected on the questionnaire through analysis of completion rates, judgmental analysis of the content, and feedback from experts and end users, we suggest a practicable framework for development of similar tools for various future PCD research.
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- Israel Amirav
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Ziv Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Holon, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ziv Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ziv Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ziv Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Bar Ilan Faculty of Medicine, Safed, Israel
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- Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center , Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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