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Ben Mihoub A, Acherar S, Frochot C, Malaplate C, Yen FT, Arab-Tehrany E. Synthesis of New Water Soluble β-Cyclodextrin@Curcumin Conjugates and In Vitro Safety Evaluation in Primary Cultures of Rat Cortical Neurons. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063255. [PMID: 33806807 PMCID: PMC8004725 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Self-aggregation of Curcumin (Cur) in aqueous biological environment decreases its bioavailability and in vivo therapeutic efficacy, which hampers its clinical use as candidate for reducing risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we focused on the design of new Cur- β-Cyclodextrin nanoconjugates to improve the solubility and reduce cell toxicity of Cur. In this study, we described the synthesis, structural characterization, photophysical properties and neuron cell toxicity of two new water soluble β-CD/Cur nanoconjugates as new strategy for reducing risks of neurodegenerative diseases. Cur was coupled to one or two β-CD molecules via triazole rings using CuAAC click chemistry strategy to yield β-CD@Cur and (β-CD)2@Cur nanoconjugates, respectively. The synthesized nanoconjugates were found to be able to self-assemble in aqueous condition and form nano-aggregates of an average diameter size of around 35 and 120 nm for β-CD@Cur and (β-CD)2@Cur, respectively. The photophysical properties, water solubility and cell toxicity on rat embryonic cortical neurons of the designed nanoconjugates were investigated and compared to that of Cur alone. The findings revealed that both new nanoconjugates displayed better water solubility and in vitro biocompatibility than Cur alone, thus making it possible to envisage their use as future nano-systems for the prevention or risk reduction of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Amina Ben Mihoub
- LIBio Laboratory, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
- LCPM, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
- LRGP, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France;
- Correspondence: (A.B.M.); (S.A.); (E.A.-T.)
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- LCPM, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
- Correspondence: (A.B.M.); (S.A.); (E.A.-T.)
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- LRGP, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France;
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- URAFPA, INRAE, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France; (C.M.); (F.T.Y.)
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- URAFPA, INRAE, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France; (C.M.); (F.T.Y.)
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- LIBio Laboratory, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
- Correspondence: (A.B.M.); (S.A.); (E.A.-T.)
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Gajendiran M, Jo H, Kim K, Balasubramanian S. Green synthesis of multifunctional PEG-carboxylate π back-bonded gold nanoconjugates for breast cancer treatment. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:819-834. [PMID: 30774336 PMCID: PMC6354699 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s190946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Surface functionalization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has emerged as a promising field of research with enormous biomedical applications. The folate (FA)-attached polymer-gold nanoconjugates play vital role in targeting the cancer cells. METHODS AuNPs were synthesized by using di- or tri-carboxylate-polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers, including citrate-PEG (CPEG), malate-PEG (MAP), and tartrate-PEG (TAP), as a reducing and stabilizing agent. After synthesis of polymer-AuNPs, the freely available hydroxyl and carboxylate groups of CPEG, MAP, and TAP were used to attach a cancer cell-targeting agent, FA, via a 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide/N-hydroxy succinimide coupling reaction to obtain FA-CPEG-AuNP, FA-MAP-AuNP, and FA-TAP-AuNP nanocon-jugates, respectively. The 5-fluorouracil (5FU) was attached to π back-bonded carbonyl oxygens of the nanoconjugates, and the in vitro drug release profile was studied by high pressure liquid chromatography. Biocompatibility profiles of the FA-CPEG-AuNP, FA-MAP-AuNP, and FA-TAP-AuNP nanoconjugates were investigated using adult human dermal fibroblasts. Anti-breast cancer activity of 5FU-loaded nanoconjugates was investigated using MCF-7 breast cancer cells. RESULTS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analyses confirmed that AuNPs attached to CPEG, MAP, or TAP via the formation of π back bonding between AuNPs and the ester carbonyl group. The π back-bonded nanoconjugates exhibited sustained release of 5FU up to 27 days. FA-MAP-AuNPs exhibited an IC50 at 5 µg/mL, while FA-CPEG-AuNPs and FA-TAP-AuNPs showed the IC50 at 100 µg/mL toward MCF-7 cancer cells. CONCLUSION The developed polymer π back-bonded multifunctional gold nanoconjugates could be used as a potential drug delivery system for targeting MCF-7 cancer cells.
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- Mani Gajendiran
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, India,
- Division of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea,
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- Division of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea,
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- Division of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea,
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Mansur AAP, Mansur HS, Mansur RL, de Carvalho FG, Carvalho SM. Bioengineered II-VI semiconductor quantum dot-carboxymethylcellulose nanoconjugates as multifunctional fluorescent nanoprobes for bioimaging live cells. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2018; 189:393-404. [PMID: 28843194 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are light-emitting ultra-small nanoparticles, which have emerged as a new class of nanoprobes with unique optical properties for bioimaging and biomedical diagnostic. However, to be used for most biomedical applications the biocompatibility and water-solubility are mandatory that can achieved through surface modification forming QD-nanoconjugates. In this study, semiconductor II-VI quantum dots of type MX (M=Cd, Pb, Zn, X=S) were directly synthesized in aqueous media and at room temperature using carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt (CMC) behaving simultaneously as stabilizing and surface biofunctional ligand. These nanoconjugates were extensively characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and zeta potential. The results demonstrated that the biopolymer was effective on nucleating and stabilizing the colloidal nanocrystals of CdS, ZnS, and PbS with the average diameter ranging from 2.0 to 5.0nm depending on the composition of the semiconductor core, which showed quantum-size confinement effect. These QD/polysaccharide conjugates showed luminescent activity from UV-visible to near-infrared range of the spectra under violet laser excitation. Moreover, the bioassays performed proved that these novel nanoconjugates were biocompatible and behaved as composition-dependent fluorescent nanoprobes for in vitro live cell bioimaging with very promising perspectives to be used in numerous biomedical applications and nanomedicine.
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- Alexandra A P Mansur
- Center of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovation - CeNano2I, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Center of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovation - CeNano2I, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Center of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovation - CeNano2I, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Center of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovation - CeNano2I, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Center of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovation - CeNano2I, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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He R, Yin C. Trimethyl chitosan based conjugates for oral and intravenous delivery of paclitaxel. Acta Biomater 2017; 53:355-366. [PMID: 28189812 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 01/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Paclitaxel (PTX) conjugated trimethyl chitosan (TMC-PTX) and folic acid (FA) modified TMC-PTX (FA-TMC-PTX) were developed as polymer-drug conjugates for oral and intravenous delivery of PTX. As amphiphilic conjugates, TMC-PTX and FA-TMC-PTX containing approximately 11wt% PTX could self-assemble into spherical nanoparticles with average sizes of 170 and 187nm, respectively. The conjugates presented a sustained release of PTX and the release rate was positively correlated with the pH value of medium ranging from 1.2 to 7.4. TMC-PTX and FA-TMC-PTX possessed enhanced mucoadhesion compared with trimethyl chitosan, and promoted ex vivo intestinal transport of PTX in comparison to PTX solution by 15.5 and 18.8 folds, respectively. Hemolysis assessment confirmed the safety of TMC-PTX and FA-TMC-PTX, and FA modification alleviated protein adsorption of the conjugates. Prolonged blood retention and increased PTX accumulation in the tumor were achieved for orally and intravenously administered conjugates. In H22 tumor-bearing mice, TMC-PTX delivered via oral or intravenous route showed superior tumor retardation and survival rate compared with intravenously injected PTX, and FA-TMC-PTX further enhanced the antitumor efficacy. Overall, the trimethyl chitosan based drug conjugates may have potential applications as a promising candidate for cancer therapy. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE In the current study, PTX conjugated trimethyl chitosan (TMC-PTX) and folic acid (FA) modified TMC-PTX (FA-TMC-PTX) were developed as the polymer-drug conjugates for oral and intravenous delivery of PTX. By exploiting advantages with respect to improved solubility of drugs, controlled release behavior of covalently linked drugs, and enhanced targeting effect towards tumors, improved tumor growth inhibition efficacy and prolonged survival time were achieved for TMC-PTX as compared with free PTX, and FA modification further enhanced the in vivo antitumor efficacy. Overall, the self-assembled nanoplatform of trimethyl chitosan based drug conjugates may have potential applications as a promising candidate for tumor therapy via different administration routes.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemistry
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacokinetics
- Chitosan/chemistry
- Delayed-Action Preparations/chemical synthesis
- Diffusion
- Female
- Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored/metabolism
- Folic Acid/administration & dosage
- Folic Acid/pharmacokinetics
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Injections, Intravenous
- Mice
- Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods
- Nanocapsules/administration & dosage
- Nanocapsules/chemistry
- Nanocapsules/ultrastructure
- Nanoconjugates/administration & dosage
- Nanoconjugates/chemistry
- Nanoconjugates/ultrastructure
- Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Paclitaxel/administration & dosage
- Paclitaxel/chemistry
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Treatment Outcome
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- Rui He
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Jeong JY, Hong EH, Lee SY, Lee JY, Song JH, Ko SH, Shim JS, Choe S, Kim DD, Ko HJ, Cho HJ. Boronic acid-tethered amphiphilic hyaluronic acid derivative-based nanoassemblies for tumor targeting and penetration. Acta Biomater 2017; 53:414-426. [PMID: 28216300 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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(3-Aminomethylphenyl)boronic acid (AMPB)-installed hyaluronic acid-ceramide (HACE)-based nanoparticles (NPs), including manassantin B (MB), were fabricated for tumor-targeted delivery. The amine group of AMPB was conjugated to the carboxylic acid group of hyaluronic acid (HA) via amide bond formation, and synthesis was confirmed by spectroscopic methods. HACE-AMPB/MB NPs with a 239-nm mean diameter, narrow size distribution, negative zeta potential, and >90% drug encapsulation efficiency were fabricated. Exposed AMPB in the outer surface of HACE-AMPB NPs (in the aqueous environment) may react with sialic acid of cancer cells. The improved cellular accumulation efficiency, in vitro antitumor efficacy, and tumor penetration efficiency of HACE-AMPB/MB NPs, compared with HACE/MB NPs, in MDA-MB-231 cells (CD44 receptor-positive human breast adenocarcinoma cells) may be based on the CD44 receptor-mediated endocytosis and phenylboronic acid-sialic acid interaction. Enhanced in vivo tumor targetability, infiltration efficiency, and antitumor efficacies of HACE-AMPB NPs, compared with HACE NPs, were observed in a MDA-MB-231 tumor-xenografted mouse model. In addition to passive tumor targeting (based on an enhanced permeability and retention effect) and active tumor targeting (interaction between HA and CD44 receptor), the phenylboronic acid-sialic acid interaction can play important roles in augmented tumor targeting and penetration of HACE-AMPB NPs. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: (3-Aminomethylphenyl)boronic acid (AMPB)-tethered hyaluronic acid-ceramide (HACE)-based nanoparticles (NPs), including manassantin B (MB), were fabricated and their tumor targeting and penetration efficiencies were assessed in MDA-MB-231 (CD44 receptor-positive human adenocarcinoma) tumor models. MB, which exhibited antitumor efficacies via the inhibition of angiogenesis and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1, was entrapped in HACE-AMPB NPs in this study. Phenylboronic acid located in the outer surface of HACE-AMPB/MB NPs (in the aqueous milieu) may react with the sialic acid over-expressed in cancer cells and intramolecular B‒O bond can be formed. This phenylboronic acid-sialic acid interaction may provide additional tumor targeting and penetration potentials together with an enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect (passive tumor targeting) and HA-CD44 receptor interaction (active tumor targeting). Developed HACE-AMPB NP may be one of promising nanocarriers for the imaging and therapy of CD44 receptor-expressed cancers.
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- Jae Young Jeong
- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Biogenics Inc., Daejeon 34027, Republic of Korea
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- Biogenics Inc., Daejeon 34027, Republic of Korea; Skin & Tech Inc., Seongnam, Gyeonggi 13135, Republic of Korea
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- Convergence Research Center for Functional Plant Products, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16229, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea; Convergence Research Center for Functional Plant Products, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16229, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Shaik F, Kumar A. ZnO nanoparticles and their acarbose-capped nanohybrids as inhibitors for human salivary amylase. IET Nanobiotechnol 2017; 11:329-335. [PMID: 28476991 PMCID: PMC8676339 DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2016.0115] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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The authors report a controlled synthesis of biocompatible ZnO and acarbose-capped nanohybrids, and examined the inhibition activities of these nanosystems with human salivary α-amylase (HSA) activity. XRD measurements reveal ZnO present in wurtzite phase with hexagonal structure. The average size of ZnO particles for the two studied nanosystems was estimated to lie between 10 to 12 nm using Scherrer equation. These particles depict the onset of absorption at about 320 nm and the band-gap emission at about 370 nm, which are fairly blue shifted as compared with the bulk ZnO and have been understood due to the size quantisation effect. The inhibitory action of thioglycerol capped ZnO nanoparticles (SP1) and acarbose drug (used for diabetes type II) capped ZnO (SP2) for HSA was observed to 61 and72%, respectively. The inhibition activity of the SP1 alone was found to be very similar to that of acarbose and the coating of these particles with drug (SP2) demonstrated an enhancement in inhibition activity of the enzyme by about 30%. From the inhibition studies, it is confirmed that these nanosystems showed better inhibition activity at physiological temperature and pH. These nanosystems are projected to have potential applications in diabetes type II control.
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- Firdoz Shaik
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India.
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Arafa MG, Ayoub BM. DOE Optimization of Nano-based Carrier of Pregabalin as Hydrogel: New Therapeutic &Chemometric Approaches for Controlled Drug Delivery Systems. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41503. [PMID: 28134262 PMCID: PMC5278417 DOI: 10.1038/srep41503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Niosomes entrapping pregabalin (PG) were prepared using span 60 and cholesterol in different molar ratios by hydration method, the remaining PG from the hydrating solution was separated from vesicles by freeze centrifugation. Optimization of nano-based carrier of pregabalin (PG) was achieved. Quality by Design strategy was successfully employed to obtain PG-loaded niosomes with the desired properties. The optimal particle size, drug release and entrapment efficiency were attained by Minitab® program using design of experiment (DOE) that predicted the best parameters by investigating the combined effect of different factors simultaneously. Pareto chart was used in the screening step to exclude the insignificant variables while response surface methodology (RSM) was used in the optimization step to study the significant factors. Best formula was selected to prepare topical hydrogels loaded with niosomal PG using HPMC and Carbopol 934. It was verified, by means of mechanical and rheological tests, that addition of the vesicles to the gel matrix affected significantly gel network. In vitro release and ex vivo permeation experiments were carried out. Delivery of PG molecules followed a Higuchi, non Fickian diffusion. The present work will be of interest for pharmaceutical industry as a controlled transdermal alternative to the conventional oral route.
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- Mona G. Arafa
- Pharmaceutics Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk city, Cairo 11837, Egypt
- The Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk city, Cairo 11837, Egypt
- Chemotheraputic Unit, Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- The Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk city, Cairo 11837, Egypt
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk city, Cairo 11837, Egypt
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Eguílaz M, Gutierrez F, González-Domínguez JM, Martínez MT, Rivas G. Single-walled carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with polytyrosine: A new material for the development of NADH-based biosensors. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 86:308-314. [PMID: 27387261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We report for the first time the use of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) covalently functionalized with polytyrosine (Polytyr) (SWCNT-Polytyr) as a new electrode material for the development of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-based biosensors. The oxidation of glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with SWCNT-Polytyr at potentials high enough to oxidize the tyrosine residues have allowed the electrooxidation of NADH at low potentials due to the catalytic activity of the quinones generated from the primary oxidation of tyrosine without any additional redox mediator. The amperometric detection of NADH at 0.200V showed a sensitivity of (217±3)µAmM(-1)cm(-2) and a detection limit of 7.9nM. The excellent electrocatalytic activity of SWCNT-Polytyr towards NADH oxidation has also made possible the development of a sensitive ethanol biosensor through the immobilization of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) via Nafion entrapment, with excellent analytical characteristics (sensitivity of (5.8±0.1)µAmM(-1)cm(-2), detection limit of 0.67µM) and very successful application for the quantification of ethanol in different commercial beverages.
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- Marcos Eguílaz
- INFIQC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Grupo de nanoestructuras de carbono y Nanotecnología, Departamento de Nanotecnología, Instituto de Carboquímica (CSIC), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Grupo de nanoestructuras de carbono y Nanotecnología, Departamento de Nanotecnología, Instituto de Carboquímica (CSIC), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- INFIQC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
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Xu D, Gao M, Deng C, Zhang X. Synthesis of bifunctional TiO2@SiO2-B(OH)2@Fe3O4@TiO2 sandwich-like nanosheets for sequential selective enrichment of phosphopeptides and glycopeptides for mass spectrometric analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:5489-97. [PMID: 27236315 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9647-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this work, the bifunctional TiO2@SiO2-B(OH)2@Fe3O4@TiO2 sandwich-like nanosheets were designed and synthesized for the sequential selective enrichment of phosphopeptides and glycopeptides. Due to the bifunctional property of the titanium dioxide and the boronic acid group, the nanosheets were successfully applied to the enrichment of phosphopeptides and glycopeptides sequentially, evaluated by capturing phosphopeptides from tryptic digestion of model phosphoprotein bovine β-casein diluted to 0.02 ng/μL (8 × 10(-16) mol/μL) and glycopeptides from tryptic digestion of model glycoprotein horseradish peroxidase (HRP) diluted to 0.1 ng/μL (2.5 × 10(-15) mol/μL). The enrichment selectivity of the bifunctional nanosheets was evaluated by capturing phosphopeptides from a peptide mixture of β-casein and bovine serum albumin (BSA) with the molar ratio of 1:1000 (8.3 × 10(-12) mol of β-casein and 8.3 × 10(-9) mol of BSA in 100 μL) and glycopeptides from a peptide mixture of HRP and BSA up to the ratio of 1:50 (5.0 × 10(-11) mol of HRP and 2.5 × 10(-9) mol of BSA in 100 μL). Graphical Abstract A workflow of the sequential enrichment strategy for phosphopeptides and glycopeptides by the bifunctional TiO2@SiO2-B(OH)2@Fe3O4@TiO2 sandwich-like nanosheets.
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- Dongpo Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Jia JL, Jin XY, Liu QL, Liang WL, Lin MS, Xu HH. Preparation, Characterization and Intracellular Imaging of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Conjugated Gold Nanorods. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2016; 16:4936-42. [PMID: 27483849 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2016.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Visualizing the biodistribution of pesticides inside living cells is great importance for enhancing targeting of pesticides. Here we reported for the first time that gold nanorods (Au NRs) with size of 39.4 nm x 11.3 nm could be used as a fluorescent tracer to examine the distribution of a typical herbicide, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), in tobacco bright yellow 2 (BY-2) cells. The nanostructures of hybrid materials were analyzed by using Raman spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), including spectra assignments and electronic property. These data revealed 2,4-D has successfully conjugated MP-Au NRs according to Raman and XPS. The biodistribution of the conjugates inside BY-2 cells was directly examined at 12 and 24 h by the two-photon microscopy. The intensity of two-photon luminescence (TPL) inside cells demonstrated that the conjugates could be localized and excluded by BY-2 cells. Thus, this labeling approach opens up new avenues to the facile and efficient labeling of pesticides.
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Wan D, Liu W, Wang L, Wang H, Pan J. Fluoridated hydroxyapatite: Eu(3+) nanorods-loaded folate-conjugated D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (vitamin E TPGS) micelles for targeted imaging of cancer cells. Nanotechnology 2016; 27:105703. [PMID: 26862066 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/10/105703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, fluoridated hydroxyapatite: Eu(3+) nanorod-loaded folate-conjugated TPGS micelles were prepared by thin-film hydration. The findings in this study demonstrate that micelles show improved dispersion, high stability, and excellent fluorescent property in aqueous solutions, suitable for targeted imaging of cancer cells with over-expressing folate receptors on their surface. The micelles designed in this study will be a promising tool for early detection of cancer.
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- Dong Wan
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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Alam R, Karam LM, Doane TL, Coopersmith K, Fontaine DM, Branchini BR, Maye MM. Probing Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Quantum Rod-Luciferase Nanoconjugates. ACS Nano 2016; 10:1969-77. [PMID: 26760436 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We describe the necessary design criteria to create highly efficient energy transfer conjugates containing luciferase enzymes derived from Photinus pyralis (Ppy) and semiconductor quantum rods (QRs) with rod-in-rod (r/r) microstructure. By fine-tuning the synthetic conditions, CdSe/CdS r/r-QRs were prepared with two different emission colors and three different aspect ratios (l/w) each. These were hybridized with blue, green, and red emitting Ppy, leading to a number of new BRET nanoconjugates. Measurements of the emission BRET ratio (BR) indicate that the resulting energy transfer is highly dependent on QR energy accepting properties, which include absorption, quantum yield, and optical anisotropy, as well as its morphological and topological properties, such as aspect ratio and defect concentration. The highest BR was found using r/r-QRs with lower l/w that were conjugated with red Ppy, which may be activating one of the anisotropic CdSe core energy levels. The role QR surface defects play on Ppy binding, and energy transfer was studied by growth of gold nanoparticles at the defects, which indicated that each QR set has different sites. The Ppy binding at those sites is suggested by the observed BRET red-shift as a function of Ppy-to-QR loading (L), where the lowest L results in highest efficiency and furthest shift.
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- Rabeka Alam
- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College , New London, Connecticut 06320, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College , New London, Connecticut 06320, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
- Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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Hernandez FU, Morgan SP, Hayes-Gill BR, Harvey D, Kinnear W, Norris A, Evans D, Hardman JG, Korposh S. Characterization and Use of a Fiber Optic Sensor Based on PAH/SiO 2 Film for Humidity Sensing in Ventilator Care Equipment. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2016; 63:1985-1992. [PMID: 26829771 PMCID: PMC7186042 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2016.2521662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a compact probe that can be used to monitor humidity in ventilator care equipment. A mesoporous film of alternate layers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (bilayers), deposited onto an optical fibre was used. The sensing film behaves as a Fabry-Perot cavity of low-finesse where the absorption of water vapour changes the optical thickness and produces a change in reflection proportional to humidity. METHODS The mesoporous film was deposited upon the cleaved tip of an optical fibre using the layer-by-layer method. The sensor was calibrated in a bench model against a commercially available capacitive sensor. The sensitivity and response time were assessed in the range from 5 % relative humidity (RH) to 95%RH for different numbers of bilayers up to a maximum of nine. RESULTS The sensitivity increases with the number of bilayers deposited; sensitivity of 2.28 mV/%RH was obtained for nine bilayers. The time constant of the response was 1.13 s ± 0.30 s which is faster than the commercial device (measured as 158 s). After calibration, the optical fibre humidity sensor was utilised in a bench top study employing a mechanical ventilator. The fast response time enabled changes in humidity in individual breaths to be resolved. CONCLUSION Optical fibre sensors have the potential to be used to monitor breath to breath humidity during ventilator care. SIGNIFICANCE Control of humidity is an essential part of critical respiratory care and the developed sensor provides a sensitive, compact and fast method of humidity monitoring.
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Barchanski A, Taylor U, Sajti CL, Gamrad L, Kues WA, Rath D, Barcikowski S. Bioconjugated Gold Nanoparticles Penetrate Into Spermatozoa Depending on Plasma Membrane Status. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:1597-607. [PMID: 26485929 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Spermatozoa are not only essential for animal reproduction they also represent important tools for the manipulation of animal genetics. For instance, the genetic labeling and analysis of spermatozoa could provide a prospective complementation of pre-fertilization diagnosis and could help to prevent the inheritance of defective alleles during artificial insemination or to select beneficial traits in livestock. Spermatozoa feature extremely specialized membrane organization and restricted transport mechanisms making the labeling of genetically interesting DNA-sequences, e.g., with gold nanoparticles, a particular challenge. Here, we present a systematic study on the size-related internalization of ligand-free, monovalent and bivalent polydisperse gold nanoparticles, depending on spermatozoa membrane status. While monovalent conjugates were coupled solely to either negatively-charged oligonucleotides or positively-charged cell-penetrating peptides, bivalent conjugates were functionalized with both molecules simultaneously. The results clearly indicate that the cell membrane of acrosome-intact, bovine spermatozoa was neither permeable to ligand-free or oligonucleotide-conjugated nanoparticles, nor responsive to the mechanisms of cell-penetrating peptides. Interestingly, after acrosome reaction, which comprises major changes in sperm membrane composition, fluidity and charge, high numbers of monovalent and bivalent nanoparticles were found in the postequatorial segment, depicting a close and complex correlation between particle internalization and membrane organization. Additionally, depending on the applied peptide and for nanoparticle sizes < 10 nm even a successive nuclear penetration was observed, making the bivalent conjugates promising for future genetic delivery and sorting issues.
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Zhang W, Hubbard A, Pang L, Parkinson LB, Brunhoeber P, Wang Y, Tang L. Protecting Quantum Dot Fluorescence from Quenching to Achieve a Reliable Automated Multiplex Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assay. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:1583-96. [PMID: 26485928 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Quantum dots (QD) are novel inorganic fluorochromes that are ultra-bright, photo-stable, and available in multiple, highly-resolvable colors. QDs represent an ideal detection material for in situ hybridization (ISH) because they may provide unprecedented resolution and strong signal intensities that are not attainable with traditional fluorophores. Unfortunately, lack of reliability has been an impediment to widespread adoption of QD-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (QD FISH) technology. By optimizing QD-to-target accessibility, we have developed a QD FISH staining procedure that dramatically improves the reliability of an automated ERG/PTEN QD FISH assay (91% 1st pass rate). Here, we report improvements to the assay that protects QD fluorescence from quenching due to trace amounts of heavy metals and minimizes QD background signals. When using this method, highly-consistent staining was observed with the ERG/PTEN QD FISH assay in prostate tissue. Successful staining of several other clinically-relevant genetic markers was also possible. We further demonstrated improved reliability for determining HER2 gene status in breast cancer, identifying anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene break-apart in non-small cell lung cancer, and detecting human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. The enhanced QD FISH assay allows for examining complicated genetic aberrances without use of enzymatic amplification. Our optimized methods now demonstrate reliability sufficient for QD FISH technology to be a diagnostic tool in a clinical setting.
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Votavova P, Tomala J, Subr V, Strohalm J, Ulbrich K, Rihova B, Kovar M. Novel IL-2-Poly(HPMA)Nanoconjugate Based Immunotherapy. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:1662-73. [PMID: 26485935 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) possesses a strong stimulatory activity for activated T and NK cells and it is an attractive molecule for immunotherapy. Nevertheless, extremely short half-life and severe toxicities associated with high-dose IL-2 treatment are serious and limiting drawbacks. In order to increase IL-2 half-life in vivo, we covalently conjugated synthetic semitelechelic polymeric carrier based on N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) to IL-2. Thus, we synthesized IL-2-poly(HPMA) conjugate containing 2-3 polymer chains per IL-2 molecule in average. Such conjugate has lower biologic activity in comparison to IL-2 in vitro. However, it exerts much higher activity than IL-2 in vivo as shown by expansion of memory CD8+ T, NK, NKT, γδT and Treg cells. Moreover, IL-2-poly(HPMA) extremely effectively potentiates CD8+ T cell peptide-based vaccination. IL-2-poly(HPMA) shows also much longer half-time in circulation than IL-2 (-4 h versus -5 min). Collectively, modification of IL-2 with poly(HPMA) chains dramatically improves its potency and pharmacologic features in vivo, which have implications for immunotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first proof-of-concept report of the use of polymer/protein modification of IL-2 to obtain more pronounced biological activity.
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Rojo L, Fernandez-Gutierrez M, Deb S, Stevens MM, San Roman J. Designing dapsone polymer conjugates for controlled drug delivery. Acta Biomater 2015; 27:32-41. [PMID: 26320539 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Polymer-drug conjugates have significantly influenced polymer therapeutics over the last decade via controlled pharmacokinetics. Dapsone (4,4'-diamino diphenylsulphone) is not only widely used in the treatment of leprosy but forms an essential component in the treatment of autoimmune inflammatory diseases and malaria. However, its low bioavailability and non-specific distribution in the body leads to absorption throughout organs including skin, liver, and kidneys that can cause serious side effects. Thus, in this study we report the synthesis of polymer-drug conjugates of dapsone covalently bonded to macromolecular chains towards the development of new bioactive polymeric formulations with anti-inflammatory properties. Dapsone was functionalised with an acrylic moiety in which the acrylamide residue was directly bonded to one of the aromatic rings of dapsone. This functionalisation yielded an unsymmetrical dapsone methacrylamide (DapMA) structure, which on free radical polymerisation and co-polymerisation with HEMA yielded polymers of hydrocarbon macromolecules with pendant dapsone units. Thermal and size-exclusion chromatographic analysis revealed an increase in thermal stabilisation of the homopolymer (p(DapMA)) in comparison to the copolymer (p(Dap-co-HEMA)) with relatively high average molecular weight. The polymer conjugates exhibited high stability with low dapsone release from the polymeric backbone due to hydrolysis. However, a significant anti-inflammatory activity in a nitric oxide inhibition assay confirmed that this property was the consequence of only the macromolecular composition and not related to the release of low molecular weight compounds. Thus, the conjugation of dapsone to macromolecular systems provides a synthetic route to incorporate this drug into polymeric systems, facilitating their development into new anti-inflammatory therapies. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The dapsone-conjugated methacrylic monomer and polymer derivatives with anti-inflammatory properties described are previously unreported. The scientific impact of this work lies in its potential to expand the clinical applications of dapsone toward the development of advanced anti-inflammatory therapies based on polymer-therapeutic approaches. These approaches facilitate the treatment of existing rare auto-immune and other inflammatory related diseases.
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- Luis Rojo
- Institute of Polymer Science & Technology, CSIC and CIBER-BBN, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; Division of Tissue Engineering and Biophotonics, King's College London Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Materials, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Polymer Science & Technology, CSIC and CIBER-BBN, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Tissue Engineering and Biophotonics, King's College London Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Polymer Science & Technology, CSIC and CIBER-BBN, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Gupta P, Authimoolam SP, Hilt JZ, Dziubla TD. Quercetin conjugated poly(β-amino esters) nanogels for the treatment of cellular oxidative stress. Acta Biomater 2015; 27:194-204. [PMID: 26318804 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 08/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PβAE polymers have emerged as highly promising candidates for biomedical and drug delivery applications owing to their tunable, degradable and pH sensitive properties. These polymeric systems can serve as prodrug carriers for the delivery of bioactive compounds which suffer from poor aqueous solubility, low bioavailability and are biologically unstable, such as the antioxidant, quercetin. Using acrylate functionalized quercetin, it is possible to incorporate the polyphenol into the backbone of the polymer matrix, permitting slow release of the intact molecule which is perfectly timed with the polymer degradation. While formulating these quercetin conjugated PβAE matrix into nanocarriers would allow for multiple delivery routes (oral, intravenous, inhalation etc.), well known oil-water nano-emulsion formulation methods are not amenable to the crosslinked hydrolytically sensitive nanoparticle/nanogel. In this work, a single-phase reaction-precipitation method was developed to formulate quercetin conjugated PβAE nanogels (QNG) via reaction of acrylated quercetin (4-5 acrylate groups) with a secondary diamine under dilute conditions using acetonitrile as the reaction medium, resulting in a self-stabilized suspension. The proposed approach permits the post synthesis modification of the spherical nanogels with a PEGylated coating, enhancing their aqueous stability and stealth characteristics. Nanogel size was controlled by varying feed reactant concentrations, achieving drug loadings of 25-38wt%. Uniform release of quercetin over 45-48h was observed upon PβAE ester hydrolysis under physiological conditions with its retained antioxidant activity over the extended times. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Here we present the first demonstration of using poly(beta amino ester) chemistry to form nanogels composed of a bioactive polyphenol for the control of cellular oxidative stress. Previous nanogel and nanoparticle approaches, which use a water phase, are not readily amenable to PBAE chemistry due to their hydrolytic sensitivity. Here we demonstrate a simple approach to control particle size, modify surface chemistry and achieve highly regulated controlled release of active antioxidants, which can protect cells against external oxidative stress signals. This work has importance in the area of controlling material biocompatibility through augmenting the antioxidant status of cells.
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- Prachi Gupta
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA.
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The encapsulation and release of hydrophobic drug, carbamazepine (CBZ) was investigated using three previously synthesized amphiphilic Lipid-b-poly(ethylene glycol) (Lipid-PEG) conjugates. Their micellization, drug encapsulation, and release behavior was investigated by dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and fluorescence spectroscopy. The highest capacity of drug entrapment was observed for the CPE-PEG-a telechelic with the shorter PEG block and the size of the nanoparticles decreased evidently after the drug was loaded, while a slight decrease in size was also observed for the CPE-PEG-b telechelic with longer PEG block and the three-armed CPE-GE conjugate. TEM images showed that all three types of the drug-loaded micelles had spherical or near-spherical morphology. In the study of the in vitro drug release, slower drug-release patterns were observed for CPE-PEG-a and CPE-GE micelles. Almost all the drug entrapped inside the three types of micelles could be released within 50 h.
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- Shimiao Zhang
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2P5, Canada
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Shu J, Qiu Z, Wei Q, Zhuang J, Tang D. Cobalt-Porphyrin-Platinum-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid Nanostructures: A Novel Peroxidase Mimetic System For Improved Electrochemical Immunoassay. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15113. [PMID: 26462136 PMCID: PMC4602201 DOI: 10.1038/srep15113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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5,10,15,20-Tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphine cobalt flat stacking on the reduced graphene oxide with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs/CoTPP/rGO) were first synthesized and functionalized with monoclonal rabbit anti-aflatoxin B1 antibody (anti-AFB1) for highly efficient electrochemical immunoassay of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in this work. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and spectral techniques were employed to characterize the PtNPs/CoTPP/rGO hybrids. Using anti-AFB1-conjugated PtNPs/CoTPP/rGO as the signal-transduction tag, a novel non-enzymatic electrochemical immunosensing system was designed for detection of target AFB1 on the AFB1-bovine serum albumin-functionalized sensing interface. Experimental results revealed that the designed immunoassay could exhibit good electrochemical responses for target analyte and allowed the detection of AFB1 at a concentration as low as 5.0 pg mL(-1) (5.0 ppt). Intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were below 10%. Importantly, the methodology was further validated for analyzing naturally contaminated or spiked blank peanut samples with consistent results obtained by AFB1 ELISA kit, thus providing a promising approach for quantitative monitoring of organic pollutants.
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- Jian Shu
- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education & Fujian Province), Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education & Fujian Province), Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education & Fujian Province), Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education & Fujian Province), Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education & Fujian Province), Institute of Nanomedicine and Nanobiosensing, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P.R. China
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Beack S, Kong WH, Jung HS, Do IH, Han S, Kim H, Kim KS, Yun SH, Hahn SK. Photodynamic therapy of melanoma skin cancer using carbon dot - chlorin e6 - hyaluronate conjugate. Acta Biomater 2015; 26:295-305. [PMID: 26297888 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 08/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Despite wide application of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of melanoma skin cancers, there are strong biomedical unmet needs for the effective generation of singlet oxygen after targeted delivery of photosensitizers. Here, we investigated a facile PDT of melanoma skin cancer using transdermal carbon dot - chlorine e6 - hyaluronate (Cdot-Ce6-HA) conjugates. The Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugate was synthesized by the coupling reaction of diaminohexane modified HA (DAH-HA) with the carboxylic group of Ce6. The singlet oxygen generation of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugates in aqueous solution was more significant than that of free Ce6. The enhanced transdermal and intracellular delivery of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugates to B16F10 melanoma cells in tumor model mice were corroborated by confocal microscopy and two-photon microscopy. The laser irradiation after topical treatment with Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugates resulted in complete suppression of melanoma skin cancers. The antitumor effect was confirmed by histological analysis with H&E staining and TUNEL assay for tumor apoptosis. Taken together, we could confirm the feasibility of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugate for transdermal PDT of melanoma skin cancers. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE To our knowledge, this is the first report on a facile transdermal photodynamic therapy (PDT) of melanoma skin cancer using carbon dot - chlorine e6 - hyaluronate (Cdot-Ce6-HA) conjugates. We found that the singlet oxygen generation of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugates in aqueous solution was more significant than that of free Ce6. Confocal microscopy and two-photon microscopy clearly confirmed the enhanced transdermal and intracellular delivery of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugates to B16F10 melanoma cells in tumor model mice. Taken together, we could confirm the feasibility of Cdot-Ce6-HA conjugate for transdermal PDT of melanoma skin cancers.
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- Songeun Beack
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
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Qi R, Majoros I, Misra AC, Koch AE, Campbell P, Marotte H, Bergin IL, Cao Z, Goonewardena S, Morry J, Zhang S, Beer M, Makidon P, Kotlyar A, Thomas TP, Baker JR. Folate Receptor-Targeted Dendrimer-Methotrexate Conjugate for Inflammatory Arthritis. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:1431-41. [PMID: 26295143 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Generation 5 (G5) poly(amidoamide) (PAMAM) dendrimers are synthetic polymers that have been broadly applied as drug delivery carriers. Methotrexate (MTX), an anti-folate metabolite, has been successfully used as an anti-inflammatory drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the clinic. In this study, we examine the therapeutic efficacy of G5 PAMAM dendrimer methotrexate conjugates (G5-MTX) that also have folic acid (FA) conjugated to the G5-MTX (G5-FA-MTX) to target inflammation-activated folate receptors overexpressing macrophages. These cells are thought to play an important role in the development of RA. With G5 serving as a control, the in vitro binding affinities of G5-FA-MTX and G5-MTX to activated macrophages were assessed in RAW264.7, NR8383 and primary rat peritoneal macrophages. The results indicated that the binding of either conjugate to macrophages was concentration- and temperature-dependent and could be blocked by the presence of 6.25 mM free FA (p < 0.005). The preventive effects of G5-MTX and G5-FA-MTX conjugates on the development of arthritis were explored on an adjuvant-induced inflammatory arthritis model and had similar preventive effects in inflammatory arthritis at a MTX equivalent dose of 4.95 μmol/kg. These studies indicated that when multiples of MTX are conjugated on dendritic polymers, they specifically bind to folate receptor overexpressing macrophages and have comparable anti-inflammatory effects to folate targeted MTX conjugated polymers.
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Panchuk RR, Prylutska SV, Chumakl VV, Skorokhyd NR, Lehka LV, Evstigneev MP, Prylutskyy YI, Berger W, Heffeter P, Scharff P, Ritter U, Stoika RS. Application of C60 Fullerene-Doxorubicin Complex for Tumor Cell Treatment In Vitro and In Vivo. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:1139-52. [PMID: 26307837 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Development of nanocarriers for effective drug delivery to molecular targets in tumor cells is a real problem in modern pharmaceutical chemistry. In the present work we used pristine C60 fullerene as a platform for delivery of anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) to its biological targets. The formation of a complex of C60 fullerene with Dox (C60 + Dox) is described and physico-chemical characteristics of such complex are presented. It was found that Dox conjugation with C60 fullerene leads to 1.5-2-fold increase in Dox toxicity towards various human tumor cell lines, compared with such effect when the drug is used alone. Cytotoxic activity of C60 + Dox complex is accompanied by an increased level of cell produced hydrogen peroxide at early time point (3 h) after its addition to cultured cells. At the same time, cellular production of superoxide radicals does not change in comparison with the effect of Dox alone. Cytomorphological studies have demonstrated that C60 + Dox complexes kill tumor cells by apoptosis induction. The results of in vivo experiments using Lewis lung carcinoma in mice confirmed the enhancement of the Dox toxicity towards tumor cells after drug complexation with C60 fullerene. The effect of such complex towards tumor-bearing mice was even more pronounced than that in the in vitro experiment with targeting human tumor cells. The tumor volume decreased by 2.5 times compared with the control, and an average life span of treated animals increased by 63% compared with control. The obtained results suggest a great perspective of application of C60 + Dox complexes for chemotherapy of malignant tumors.
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Abbad S, Zhang Z, Waddad AY, Munyendo WLL, Lv H, Zhou J. Chitosan-Modified Cationic Amino Acid Nanoparticles as a Novel Oral Delivery System for Insulin. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:486-99. [PMID: 26307831 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.1924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, chitosan-modified basic amino acid derivatives were explored as novel absorption enhancers and nanocarriers for oral insulin delivery. N-Arginine-chitosan (ACS) and N-histidine-chitosan (HCS) were successfully synthesized, and their polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) with insulin were formed by the ordinary self-assembly method. The obtained PECs exhibited a spherical morphology with a narrow size of 205-303 nm, positive surface charge (ζ potential + 14- + 27 mV) and encapsulation efficiency of approximately 80%. The electrostatic interactions between chitosan derivatives and insulin were confirmed by molecular modeling simulation. In vitro studies demonstrated that PECs could partially protect insulin from proteolysis and degradation at 50 degrees C for at least 6 h. Compared with the insulin solution, internalization of PECs into Caco-2 cells was increased by up to 20.7-fold. Moreover, permeability was enhanced as the degrees of substitution of arginine and histidine increased. The PECs had in vivo pharmacological activities of 2.29%-5.39%, with a significant reduction of blood glucose levels in diabetic rats. These results suggested that ACS and HCS PECs hold promising potential for the oral delivery of insulin, peptides and proteins.
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Kim DY, Kwon JS, Lee JH, Jin LM, Kim JH, Kim MS. Effects of the Surface Charge of Stem Cell Membranes and DNA/Polyethyleneimine Nanocomplexes on Gene Transfection Efficiency. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2015; 11:522-30. [PMID: 26307834 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this work, we examined the effects of the surface charge of stem cell membranes and DNA/polyethyleneimine (PEI) nanocomplexes on gene transfection efficiency, because PEI was one of the most reliable and efficient carriers, and rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs) and rat muscle-derived stem cells (rMDSCs) were one of the readily accessible and plentiful sources of stem cells. Thus, we compared the efficiency of DNA transfection in rBMSCs and rMDSCs using the PEI as a gene carrier. Transfection efficiency was evaluated on the basis of electrostatic interaction between negatively charged stem cell membranes and positively charged DNA/PEI nanocomplexes. DNA was fully complexed with PEI at negative-to-positive (NIP) charge ratios greater than 2, as confirmed by gel electrophoresis and fluorescence measurements. DNA and PEI formed spherical nanocomplexes ranging in diameter from 150 nm to 500 nm. The positive surface charge of DNA/PEI nanocomplexes increased with an increasing N/P charge ratio, as measured using dynamic light scattering and a single-walled carbon nanotube-based field-effect transistor device. rBMSCs and rMDSCs both carried a negative surface charge, with rBMSCs being more negatively charged. The transfection efficiency of rMDSCs measured using DNA/PEI nanocomplexes was very low (1%-5%) at most of the N/P charge ratios tested, whereas better efficiencies were observed with rBMSCs (1%-17%). Nanocomplexes with high NIP charge ratios were cytotoxic to both rBMSCs and rMDSCs. Collectively, the results indicate that rBMSCs were more effectively transfected with DNA/PEI nanocomplexes than were rMDSCs, reflecting the higher negative charge of rBMSC membranes that facilitate the interaction with positively charged DNA/PEI nanocomplexes.
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Slocik JM, Drummy LF, Dickerson MB, Crouse CA, Spowart JE, Naik RR. Bioinspired High-Performance Energetic Materials Using Heme-Containing Crystals. Small 2015; 11:3539-3544. [PMID: 25940859 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Synthetic hemozoin crystals (β-hematin) are assembled with aluminium nanoparticles (nAl) to create a nanomaterial composite that is highly energetic and reactive. The results here demonstrate that hemozoin rapidly oxidizes the nAl fuel to release large amounts of energy (+12.5 ± 2.4 kJ g(-1) ).
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- Joseph M Slocik
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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Ma D, Meng L, Chen Y, Hu M, Chen Y, Huang C, Shang J, Wang R, Guo Y, Yang J. NaGdF4:Yb(3+)/Er(3+)@NaGdF4:Nd(3+)@Sodium-Gluconate: Multifunctional and Biocompatible Ultrasmall Core-Shell Nanohybrids for UCL/MR/CT Multimodal Imaging. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:16257-65. [PMID: 26161913 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Multimodal bioimaging nanoparticles by integrating diverse imaging ingredients into one system, represent a class of emerging advanced materials that provide more comprehensive and accurate clinical diagnostics than conventional contrast agents. Here monodisperse and biocompatible core-shell nanoparticles, NaGdF4: Yb(3+)/Er(3+)@NaGdF4:Nd@sodium-gluconate (termed as GNa-Er@Nd), with about 26 nm in diameter were successfully prepared by a facile two step reactions in high boiling solvents, and followed a ligand exchange process with sodium gluconate. The resulting GNa-Er@Nd nanoparticles were well characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), and zeta potentials. These nanohybrids present brightly dual-wavelength excited upconversion luminescence (UCL) under both 980 and 793 nm laser because of the synergistic effect of Yb(3+)/Er(3+) and Nd(3+). They also exhibited excellent relaxivity parameters (r1) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Hounsfield units (HU) in X-ray computed tomography (CT) that are comparable to the clinical contrast agents. Therefore, these small and monodisperse nanoparticles provide options to construct a unique platform for potential multimodal UCL/CT/MRI imaging simultaneously.
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- Dandan Ma
- †Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- †Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- †Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- †Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- §Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- §Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- §Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- §Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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Simon T, Potara M, Gabudean AM, Licarete E, Banciu M, Astilean S. Designing Theranostic Agents Based on Pluronic Stabilized Gold Nanoaggregates Loaded with Methylene Blue for Multimodal Cell Imaging and Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:16191-201. [PMID: 26151097 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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At present, multifunctional noble metal-based nanocomposites are extensively investigated for their potential in performing cellular imaging, diagnostics, and therapy by integration of unique plasmonic properties with the spectroscopic expression and therapeutic activity of appropriate drug. In this work, we report the fabrication of 3-dimensional (3-D) close-packed nanoassemblies of gold nanoparticles by controlling the aggregation of individual nanoparticles in solution and subsequent stabilization of formed aggregates by Pluronic block copolymer (F127) coating. Besides conferring high stability, Pluronic mediates the loading of Methylene Blue (MB) molecules which exhibit interesting spectroscopic and photochemical properties to be employed as both optical label and photosensitizing drug. Indeed, here we demonstrate the pertinence of the fabricated nanoassemblies to provide optical imaging of murine colon carcinoma cells (C-26) via both Raman and fluorescence signals collected from MB molecules, specifically by using scanning confocal surface-enhanced resonant raman spectroscopy (SERRS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) techniques. The specific configuration of as fabricated nanoassemblies allows a small population of MB molecules to be located in very small areas between the aggregated nanoparticles ("hot spots") to provide SERRS signal while the other population remains captured in Pluronic coating and preserves both its fluorescence signal and singlet-oxygen generation capability. Remarkably, we demonstrate an enhanced photodynamic therapeutic activity of MB-loaded gold nanoaggregates against murine colon carcinoma cells (C-26), as compared to the free photosensitizer. To our knowledge, this is the first report on plasmonic nanoplatforms conveying photosensitizing drug into cells to operate as optical label via both SER(R)S and FLIM and to perform enhanced photodynamic therapy.
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- Timea Simon
- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- †Nanobiophotonics and Laser Microspectroscopy Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Physics, and ‡Molecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences and Faculty of Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, M. Kogalniceanu Str 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Lee SJ, Kang MS, Oh JS, Jeong YI, Park IK, Lee HC. Nano-Aggregates of Doxorubicin-Conjugated Methoxy Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-Carboxymethyl Dextran Copolymer. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5566-5570. [PMID: 26369118 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.10466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Block copolymer composed of carboxymethyl dextran (CMDex) and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) (abbreviated as CMDexPEG) was synthesized and doxorubicin (DOX) was conjugated with carboxyl groups of CMDexPEG. DOX-conjugated CMDexPEG block copolymer formed nanoparticles in water with sizes less than 100 nm. DOX-conjugated nanoparticles enhanced DOX delivery to the DOX-resistant CT26 cells and showed higher anticancer activity in vitro. DOX-conjugated nanoparticles inhibited growth of CT26 solid tumor at tumor-bearing mouse model study. In near infrared (NIR)-dye study, nanoparticles were retained in the tumor tissues for a longer period.
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Savarimuthu WP, Gananathan P, Rao AP, Manickam E, Singaravelu G. Protoporphyrin IX-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy--An In-Vitro Study. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5577-5584. [PMID: 26369120 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.10302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Targeted drug delivery system using nanoparticles is a promising strategy for efficient Photodynamic therapy (PDT) as they have the potential to overcome the problems of photosensitizer and enhance the effectiveness and specificity of PDT. In this study, Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) conjugated gold nanoparticles were synthesized using electrostatic and covalent conjugation scheme. Folic acid (FA) was also conjugated suitably to the covalent complex to vectorize the complex. Optical characterizations of the complex prove the formation of the complex. The size of the synthesized nanocomplexes was studied using light scattering measurements. The photo-toxicity of the free PpIX and PpIX-nanoparticle complexes were studied using MTT assay technique against Vero and HeLa cell lines. These In-vitro results of this study indicates that, the nanoparticle complexes are more phototoxic compared to free PpIX, with the covalent complex being the better of the two complexes and the folate-mediated nanocomplex is the superior of the studied complexes. These results ensures that nanoparticle conjugated photosensitizers equipped with FA may be an effective drug delivery mechanism for PDT.
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Zhao H, Tao L, Yu R, Yuan H, Lan M. Doxorubicin-Loaded Micelles Based on Folic Acid Conjugated pH-Dependent Thermo-Sensitive Copolymer: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5553-5558. [PMID: 26369116 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.10286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this paper, the doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded micelles were prepared based on a novel folic acid conjugated pH-dependent thermo-sensitive copolymer poly(D,L-lactic acid)-b-poly(N-isopropyl methacrylamide-co-N-isopropylmaelic acid-co-10-undecenoic acid) (PLA-PNNUA-FA) constructed to provide an active targeting drug delivery and triggered drug release system. The micelles were able to target tumors through the interaction between folic acid and its receptors which are overexpressed on the tumor cell membrane, and achieved pH-dependent thermo induced drug release in the intracellular mild acidic media such as endosomes and lysosomes after the micelles enter the cells. The results of cell assays and animal experiments showed that the micelles exhibited obvious tumor penetration efficiency in vivo, also improved DOX cell uptake and cytotoxicity in vitro. It was suggested that copolymer PLA-PNNUA-FA might be a potential targeted drug carrier to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs achieving better efficacy of chemotherapy.
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Cheng H, Zhu JY, Xu XD, Qiu WX, Lei Q, Han K, Cheng YJ, Zhang XZ. Activable Cell-Penetrating Peptide Conjugated Prodrug for Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:16061-16069. [PMID: 26161578 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this paper, an activable cell-penetrating peptide (CR8G3PK6, ACPP) with a shielding group of 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride (DMA) was conjugated with antitumor drug doxorubicin (DOX) to construct a novel prodrug (DOX-ACPP-DMA) for tumor targeted drug delivery. The shielding group of DMA linked to the primary amines of K6 through the amide bond was used to block the cell-penetrating function of the polycationic CPP (R8) through intramolecular electrostatic attraction at physiological pH 7.4. At tumor extracellular pH 6.8, the hydrolysis of DMA led to charge reversal, activating the pristine function of CPP for improved cellular uptake by tumor cells. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and flow cytometry studies revealed that the cellular uptake of DOX-ACPP-DMA was significantly enhanced after acid-triggered activation in both HeLa and COS7 cells. After cell internalization, the overexpressed intracellular proteases would further trigger drug release in cells. Both in vitro and in vivo investigations showed that the peptidic prodrug exhibited significant tumor growth inhibition and demonstrated great potential for tumor therapy.
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Wang N, Feng Y, Zeng L, Zhao Z, Chen T. Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Carriers of Ruthenium Complexes to Antagonize Cancer Multidrug Resistance and Radioresistance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:14933-14945. [PMID: 26107995 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Multidrug resistance and radioresistance are major obstacles for successful cancer therapy. Due to the unique characteristics of high surface area, improved cellular uptake, and the possibility to be easily bound with therapeutics, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted increasing attention as potential nanodrug delivery systems. In this study, a CNT-based radiosensitive nanodrug delivery system was rationally designed to antagonize the multidrug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. The nanosystem was loaded with a potent anticancer ruthenium polypyridyl complex (RuPOP) via π-π interaction and formation of a hydrogen bond. The functionalized nanosystem (RuPOP@MWCNTs) enhanced the cellular uptake of RuPOP in liver cancer cells, especially drug-resistant R-HepG2 cells, through endocytosis. Consistently, the selective cellular uptake endowed the nanosystem amplified anticancer efficacy against R-HepG2 cells but not in normal cells. Interestingly, RuPOP@MWCNTs significantly enhanced the anticancer efficacy of clinically used X-ray against R-HepG2 cells through induction of apoptosis and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, with the involvement of ROS overproduction, which activated several downstream signaling pathways, including DNA damage-mediated p53 phosphorylation, activation of p38, and inactivation of AKT and ERK. Moreover, the nanosystem also effectively reduces the toxic side effects of loaded drugs and prolongs the blood circulation in vivo. Taken together, the results demonstrate the rational design of functionalized carbon nanotubes and their application as effective nanomedicine to overcome cancer multidrug resistance.
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- Ni Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Shamsipur M, Farzin L, Amouzadeh Tabrizi M, Molaabasi F. Highly sensitive label free electrochemical detection of VGEF165 tumor marker based on "signal off" and "signal on" strategies using an anti-VEGF165 aptamer immobilized BSA-gold nanoclusters/ionic liquid/glassy carbon electrode. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 74:369-75. [PMID: 26162327 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.06.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this work, a label free electrochemical aptasensor for the detection of ultra-traces of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) based on "signal off" and "signal on" mechanisms of response was developed. The BSA-gold nanoclusters/ionic liquid (BSA-AuNCs/IL) was used as a suitable nanocomposite platform for immobilization of the aptamer on a glassy carbon electrode. In "signal off" mechanism, the interaction of VEGF165 with its anti-VEGF165 aptamers, resulted in desorption of methylene blue (MB) probe from aptamer and its release into solution. Consequently, the decrease in current intensity of the differential pulse voltammogram of adsorbed MB was monitored and found to be linearly proportional with increasing concentration of VEGF165 in sample solution in the range of 1-120 pM with a limit of detection of 0.32p M. While, in "signal on" mechanism, the interaction of immobilized anti-VEGF165 aptamers on the electrode surface with VEGF165, led to more mass-transfer limiting of the [Fe(CN)6](3-/4-) probe to the electrode surface. Therefore, the charge transfer resistance (Rct) of the probe was increased linearly with increasing concentration of VEGF165 in the range of 2.5-250 pM with a limit of detection of 0.48 pM. The experimental results demonstrated that both of these mechanisms are suitable for determination of low levels of the VEGF165 tumor marker in serum samples.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Akiyama Y, Shikagawa H, Kanayama N, Takarada T, Maeda M. Modulation of Interparticle Distance in Discrete Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers by DNA Single-Base Pairing. Small 2015; 11:3153-3161. [PMID: 25739374 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201500045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Self-assembled structures of metallic nanoparticles with dynamically changeable interparticle distance hold promise for the regulation of collective physical properties. This paper describes gold nanoparticle dimers and trimers that exhibit spontaneous and reversible changes in interparticle distance. To exploit this property, a gold nanoparticle is modified with precisely one long DNA strand and approximately five short DNA strands. The long DNA serves to align the nanoparticles on a template DNA via hybridization, while the short DNAs function to induce the interparticle distance changes. The obtained dimer and trimer are characterized with gel electrophoresis, dynamic light scattering measurements, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). When the complementary short DNA is added to form the fully matched duplexes on the particle surface in the presence of MgCl2 , spontaneous reduction of the interparticle distance is observed with TEM and cryo-electron microscopy. By contrast, when the terminal-mismatched DNA is added, no structural change occurs under the same conditions. Therefore, the single base pairing/unpairing at the outermost surface of the nanoparticle impacts the interparticle distance. This unique feature could be applied to the regulation of structures and properties of various DNA-functionalized nanoparticle assemblies.
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- Yoshitsugu Akiyama
- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Li L, Zhang L, Wang T, Wu X, Ren H, Wang C, Su Z. Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Novel Spherical Au Nanocluster Assemblies@Polyacrylic Acid/Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles for Dual-Modal Imaging-Guided Cancer Chemotherapy. Small 2015; 11:3162-3173. [PMID: 25755105 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Engineering novel theranostic agents with both imaging and therapeutic functions have profound impact on molecular diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutics. In this paper, we develop for the first time a simple, scalable, and reproducible route to synthesize novel multifunctional spherical Au nanoclusters assemblies encapsulated by a polyacylic acid (PAA)/calcium phosphate (CaP) shell with aggregation enhanced fluorescence property (designated as AuNCs-A@PAA/CaP). Furthermore, the resulting AuNCs-A@PAA/CaP nanoparticles (NPs) possess a high payload of doxorubicin as synergetic pH-sensitive drug delivery vehicles to employ for dual-modal computed tomography (CT) and fluorescence imaging-guided liver cancer chemotherapy in vivo. The results reveal that AuNCs-A@PAA/CaP NPs not only provide excellent bimodal CT and fluorescence contrast imaging but also present efficient tumor ablation under the guidance of CT and fluorescence imaging, to achieve excellent chemotherapeutic efficacy to the hepatocarcinoma cell line (H-22) bearing mice through intravenous injection. Comprehensive blood tests and careful histological examinations reveal no apparent toxicity of AuNCs-A@PAA/CaP NPs. Our work highlights the great promise of AuNCs-A@PAA/CaP NPs for guiding and monitoring the chemotherapeutic process using simultaneous dual-modality CT and fluorescence imaging through a single theranostic agent.
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- Lu Li
- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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Lima MD, Hussain MW, Spinks GM, Naficy S, Hagenasr D, Bykova JS, Tolly D, Baughman RH. Efficient, Absorption-Powered Artificial Muscles Based on Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Yarns. Small 2015; 11:3113-3118. [PMID: 25755113 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201500424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A new type of absorption-powered artificial muscle provides high performance without needing a temperature change. These muscles, comprising coiled carbon nanotube fibers infiltrated with silicone rubber, can contract up to 50% to generate up to 1.2 kJ kg(-1) . The drive mechanism for actuation is the rubber swelling during exposure to a nonpolar solvent. Theoretical energy efficiency conversion can be as high as 16%.
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- Márcio Dias Lima
- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
- LINTEC Nano-Science and Technology Center, 990 N. Bowser Road, Suite 800, Richardson, TX, 75081, USA
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- The Alan G MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road BE26, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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We coupled folic acid as a tumour targeting ligand to the surface of ferritins and loaded them with ZnF16Pc. The resulting nanoconjugates can efficiently hone in on 4T1 tumours in vivo, and, with photoirradiation, leading to suppressed tumour growth and tumour metastasis.
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- Zipeng Zhen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Imani R, Pazoki M, Tiwari A, Boschloo G, Turner APF, Kralj-Iglič V, Iglič A. Band edge engineering of TiO2@DNA nanohybrids and implications for capacitive energy storage devices. Nanoscale 2015; 7:10438-10448. [PMID: 26001096 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02533h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Novel mesoporous TiO2@DNA nanohybrid electrodes, combining covalently encoded DNA with mesoporous TiO2 microbeads using dopamine as a linker, were prepared and characterised for application in supercapacitors. Detailed information about donor density, charge transfer resistance and chemical capacitance, which have an important role in the performance of an electrochemical device, were studied by electrochemical methods. The results indicated the improvement of electrochemical performance of the TiO2 nanohybrid electrode by DNA surface functionalisation. A supercapacitor was constructed from TiO2@DNA nanohybrids with PBS as the electrolyte. From the supercapacitor experiment, it was found that the addition of DNA played an important role in improving the specific capacitance (Cs) of the TiO2 supercapacitor. The highest Cs value of 8 F g(-1) was observed for TiO2@DNA nanohybrids. The nanohybrid electrodes were shown to be stable over long-term cycling, retaining 95% of their initial specific capacitance after 1500 cycles.
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- Roghayeh Imani
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Matai I, Sachdev A, Gopinath P. Self-Assembled Hybrids of Fluorescent Carbon Dots and PAMAM Dendrimers for Epirubicin Delivery and Intracellular Imaging. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:11423-35. [PMID: 25946165 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Advanced nanomaterials integrating imaging and therapeutic modalities on a single platform offers a new horizon in current cancer treatment strategies. Recently, carbon dots (CQDs) have been successfully employed for bioimaging of cancer cells. In the present study, luminescent CQDs with anionic terminus and cationic acetylated G5 poly(amido amine) (G5-Ac85) dendrimers were combined via noncovalent interactions to form self-assembled fluorescent hybrids. The fluorescence of CQDs in hybrids is enhanced in the vicinity of primary amine groups of dendrimers, making them suitable as cellular imaging probes. Encapsulation of chemo-drug epirubicin (EPI) in the dendrimer interiors endowed the fluorescent hybrids with therapeutic potential. The in vitro release of an entrapped EPI drug from CQDs@EPI⊂G5-Ac85 hybrids was faster in an acidic environment than under physiological conditions. Herein, multifunctional CQDs@EPI⊂G5-Ac85 hybrids serve as a dual-emission delivery system, to track the intracellular distribution and cytotoxic effects of EPI drugs. Green emission properties of CQDs were used for fluorescence microscopic imaging and cellular uptake by flow cytometry. Cell cycle analysis, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and up-regulation of apoptotic signaling genes unanimously demonstrated the apoptosis inducing ability of CQDs@EPI⊂G5-Ac85 hybrids in breast cancer (MCF-7) cells. Therefore, we have evaluated CQDs@EPI⊂G5-Ac85 hybrids as prospective candidates to achieve simultaneous imaging and drug delivery in cancer cells.
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- Ishita Matai
- †Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand-247667, India
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- †Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand-247667, India
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- †Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand-247667, India
- ‡Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand-247667, India
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Liu F, Cui Y, Wang L, Wang H, Yuan Y, Pan J, Chen H, Yuan L. Temperature-Responsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Modified Gold Nanoparticle-Protein Conjugates for Bioactivity Modulation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:11547-54. [PMID: 25948168 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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It is important to effectively maintain and modulate the bioactivity of protein-nanoparticle conjugates for their further and intensive applications. The strategies of controlling protein activity via "tailor-made surfaces" still have some limitations, such as the difficulties in further modulation of the bioactivity and the proteolysis by some proteases. Thus, it is essential to establish a responsive protein-nanoparticle conjugate system to realize not only controllable modulations of protein activity in the conjugates by incorporating sensitivity to environmental cues but also high resistance to proteases. In the work reported here, Escherichia coli (E. coli) inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAM) were both fabricated onto gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), forming AuNP-PPase-pNIPAM conjugates. The bioactivity-modulating capability of the conjugates with changes in temperature was systematically investigated by varying the molecular weight of pNIPAM, the PPase/pNIPAM molar ratio on AuNP, and the orientation of the proteins. Under proper conditions, the activity of the conjugate at 45 °C was approximately 270% of that at 25 °C. In the presence of trypsin digestion, much less conjugate activity than protein activity was lost. These findings indicate that the fabrication of AuNP-protein-pNIPAM conjugates can both modulate protein activity on a large scale and show much higher resistance to protease digestion, exhibiting great potential in targeted delivery, controllable biocatalysis, and molecular/cellular recognition.
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- Feng Liu
- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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Yang Y, Niu Y, Zhang J, Meka AK, Zhang H, Xu C, Lin CXC, Yu M, Yu C. Biphasic Synthesis of Large-Pore and Well-Dispersed Benzene Bridged Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles for Intracellular Protein Delivery. Small 2015; 11:2743-9. [PMID: 25652950 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201402779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Large pore (4.6-7.6 nm) and well-dispersed benzene bridged mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles with uniform particle size of ≈50 nm are prepared via a biphasic approach. They can be directly used as nanocarriers without surface modification for the intracellular delivery of therapeutic proteins.
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- Yannan Yang
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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Ning N, Ma Q, Liu S, Tian M, Zhang L, Nishi T. Tailoring Dielectric and Actuated Properties of Elastomer Composites by Bioinspired Poly(dopamine) Encapsulated Graphene Oxide. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10755-10762. [PMID: 25938262 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, we obtained dielectric elastomer composites with controllable dielectric and actuated properties by using a biomimetic method. We used dopamine (DA) to simultaneously coat the graphene oxide (GO) and partially reduce GO by self-polymerization of DA on GO. The poly(dopamine) (PDA) coated GO (GO-PDA) was assembled around rubber latex particles by hydrogen bonding interaction between carboxyl groups of carboxylated nitrile rubber (XNBR) and imino groups or phenolic hydroxyl groups of GO-PDA during latex compounding, forming a segregated GO-PDA network at a low percolation threshold. The results showed that the introduction of PDA on GO prevented the restack of GO in the matrix. The dielectric and actuated properties of the composites depend on the thickness of PDA shell. The dielectric loss and the elastic modulus decrease, and the breakdown strength increases with increasing the thickness of PDA shell. The maximum actuated strain increases from 1.7% for GO/XNBR composite to 4.4% for GO-PDA/XNBR composites with the PDA thickness of about 5.4 nm. The actuated strain at a low electric field (2 kV/mm) obviously increases from 0.2% for pure XNBR to 2.3% for GO-PDA/XNBR composite with the PDA thickness of 1.1 nm, much higher than that of other DEs reported in previous studies. Thus, we successfully obtained dielectric composites with low dielectric loss and improved breakdown strength and actuated strain at a low electric field, facilitating the wide application of dielectric elastomers.
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- §Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Visaveliya N, Lenke S, Köhler JM. Composite Sensor Particles for Tuned SERS Sensing: Microfluidic Synthesis, Properties and Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10742-10754. [PMID: 25939496 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a promising platform for particle-based sensor signaling, and droplet-based microfluidic systems are particularly advantageous for control of the size and composition of micro- and nanoparticles. For controlled sensing application, a high homogeneity of the sensor particles is a key requirement, and the particles with functional properties demand for the preparation in a minimum number of synthesis steps. Frequently used coflow and flow focusing arrangements, however, produce the microparticles of only larger size. To address such concern for downscaling of particle size, which is crucial for strong sensing outcome, we have used a peculiar micro cross-flow arrangement here for generating the polymer microparticles of broad size range between 30 and 600 μm along with in situ embedded silver nanoparticles. Embedded silver acts as nuclei for additional silver enforcement via silver-catalyzed silver deposition in order to realize the composite microparticles for SERS sensing. The homogeneous size and spatial distribution of silver nanoparticles inside the matrix and enforcement over the surface together with controlled pore size provides a high and homogeneous loading of polymer composite sensor. Moreover, different parameters such as analytes concentration and particles size have been studied here for SERS sensing application of biochemical molecules (amino acids and vitamins). Overall, the platform for size-tuned droplets generation, synthesis of composite microparticles, mechanism for synchronized photopolymerization-photoreduction, tuned silver enforcement, and the impacts of different analytes on differently composed microparticles are systematically investigated in this paper.
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- Nikunjkumar Visaveliya
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Microreaction Technology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Weimarer Strasse 32, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Microreaction Technology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Weimarer Strasse 32, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Microreaction Technology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Weimarer Strasse 32, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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Xu S, Man B, Jiang S, Wang J, Wei J, Xu S, Liu H, Gao S, Liu H, Li Z, Li H, Qiu H. Graphene/Cu nanoparticle hybrids fabricated by chemical vapor deposition as surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate for label-free detection of adenosine. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10977-87. [PMID: 25941901 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present a graphene/Cu nanoparticle hybrids (G/CuNPs) system as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate for adenosine detection. The Cu nanoparticles wrapped by a monolayer graphene shell were directly synthesized on flat quartz by chemical vapor deposition in a mixture of methane and hydrogen. The G/CuNPs showed an excellent SERS enhancement activity for adenosine. The minimum detected concentration of the adenosine in serum was demonstrated as low as 5 nM, and the calibration curve showed a good linear response from 5 to 500 nM. The capability of SERS detection of adenosine in real normal human urine samples based on G/CuNPs was also investigated and the characteristic peaks of adenosine were still recognizable. The reproducible and the ultrasensitive enhanced Raman signals could be due to the presence of an ultrathin graphene layer. The graphene shell was able to enrich and fix the adenosine molecules, which could also efficiently maintain chemical and optical stability of G/CuNPs. Based on the G/CuNPs system, the ultrasensitive SERS detection of adenosine in varied matrices was expected for the practical applications in medicine and biotechnology.
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- Shicai Xu
- †College of Physics and Electronic Information, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Macromolecular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- ‡College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- ‡College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- †College of Physics and Electronic Information, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Macromolecular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- §Department of Neurology, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou 253014, China
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- ∥Department of Internal Medicine, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou 253014,China
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- †College of Physics and Electronic Information, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Macromolecular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- ‡College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- †College of Physics and Electronic Information, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Macromolecular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- †College of Physics and Electronic Information, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Macromolecular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- ⊥Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology of Shandong Province, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan 250117, China
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- ‡College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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Gulsuner HU, Ceylan H, Guler MO, Tekinay AB. Multi-domain short peptide molecules for in situ synthesis and biofunctionalization of gold nanoparticles for integrin-targeted cell uptake. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10677-10683. [PMID: 25942540 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We describe design and synthesis model of multidomain (modular) peptides (MDPs), which direct a reaction cascade coupling the synthesis and surface functionalization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in a single step. The synthesis is achieved via simple mixing of the aqueous solutions of auric acid and MDPs at room temperature without the addition of any surfactants or toxic intermediate reagents. This method allows facile control over the nanoparticle size between ∼2-15 nm, which opens a practical window for biomedical applications. In contrast to the conventional citrate-mediated methods, peptide-mediated synthesis and stabilization provide increased colloidal stability to AuNPs. As a proof of this concept, we demonstrate active targeting of human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF7) using the one-step-prepared engineered AuNPs. Overall, we propose a single-step, chemically greener, biologically safer method for the synthesis and surface functionalization of gold nanoparticles in a size-controlled manner. The chemical versatility of the MDP design broadens the applicability of this strategy, thereby emerging as a successful alternative for the currently available nanoparticle preparation technologies.
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- Hilal Unal Gulsuner
- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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We demonstrate a facile synthesis of different nanostructures by oxidative unzipping of stacked nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube cups (NCNCs). Depending on the initial number of stacked-cup segments, this method can yield graphene nanosheets (GNSs) or hybrid nanostructures comprised of graphene nanoribbons partially unzipped from a central nanotube core. Due to the stacked-cup structure of as-synthesized NCNCs, preventing complete exposure of graphitic planes, the unzipping mechanism is hindered, resulting in incomplete unzipping; however, individual, separated NCNCs are completely unzipped, yielding individual nitrogen-doped GNSs. Graphene-based materials have been employed as electrocatalysts for many important chemical reactions, and it has been proposed that increasing the reactive edges results in more efficient electrocatalysis. In this paper, we apply these graphene conjugates as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to determine how the increase in reactive edges affects the electrocatalytic activity. This investigation introduces a new method for the improvement of ORR electrocatalysts by using nitrogen dopants more effectively, allowing for enhanced ORR performance with lower overall nitrogen content. Additionally, the GNSs were functionalized with gold nanoparticles (GNPs), resulting in a GNS/GNP hybrid, which shows efficient surface-enhanced Raman scattering and expands the scope of its application in advanced device fabrication and biosensing.
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Shi Y, Pramanik A, Tchounwou C, Pedraza F, Crouch RA, Chavva SR, Vangara A, Sinha SS, Jones S, Sardar D, Hawker C, Ray PC. Multifunctional biocompatible graphene oxide quantum dots decorated magnetic nanoplatform for efficient capture and two-photon imaging of rare tumor cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10935-43. [PMID: 25939643 PMCID: PMC4570252 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are extremely rare cells in blood containing billions of other cells. The selective capture and identification of rare cells with sufficient sensitivity is a real challenge. Driven by this need, this manuscript reports the development of a multifunctional biocompatible graphene oxide quantum dots (GOQDs) coated, high-luminescence magnetic nanoplatform for the selective separation and diagnosis of Glypican-3 (GPC3)-expressed Hep G2 liver cancer tumor CTCs from infected blood. Experimental data show that an anti-GPC3-antibody-attached multifunctional nanoplatform can be used for selective Hep G2 hepatocellular carcinoma tumor cell separation from infected blood containing 10 tumor cells/mL of blood in a 15 mL sample. Reported data indicate that, because of an extremely high two-photon absorption cross section (40530 GM), an anti-GPC3-antibody-attached GOQDs-coated magnetic nanoplatform can be used as a two-photon luminescence platform for selective and very bright imaging of a Hep G2 tumor cell in a biological transparency window using 960 nm light. Experimental results with nontargeted GPC3(-) and SK-BR-3 breast cancer cells show that multifunctional-nanoplatform-based cell separation, followed by two-photon imaging, is highly selective for Hep G2 hepatocellular carcinoma tumor cells.
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- Yongliang Shi
- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Research Laboratory, Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
- E-mail:. Fax: +16019793674
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Zuo Y, Liu X, Wei D, Sun J, Xiao W, Zhao H, Guo L, Wei Q, Fan H, Zhang X. Photo-cross-linkable methacrylated gelatin and hydroxyapatite hybrid hydrogel for modularly engineering biomimetic osteon. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10386-10394. [PMID: 25928732 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Modular tissue engineering holds great potential in regenerating natural complex tissues by engineering three-dimensional modular scaffolds with predefined geometry and biological characters. In modular tissue-like construction, a scaffold with an appropriate mechanical rigidity for assembling fabrication and high biocompatibility for cell survival is the key to the successful bioconstruction. In this work, a series of composite hydrogels (GH0, GH1, GH2, and GH3) based on a combination of methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) and hydroxyapatite (HA) was exploited to enhance hydrogel mechanical rigidity and promote cell functional expression for osteon biofabrication. These composite hydrogels presented a lower swelling ratio, higher mechanical moduli, and better biocompatibility when compared to the pure GelMA hydrogel. Furthermore, on the basis of the composite hydrogel and photolithograph technology, we successfully constructed an osteon-like concentric double-ring structure in which the inner ring encapsulating human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) was designed to imitate blood vessel tubule while the outer ring encapsulating human osteoblast-like cells (MG63s) acts as part of bone. During the coculture period, MG63s and HUVECs exhibited not only satisfying growth status but also the enhanced genic expression of osteogenesis-related and angiogenesis-related differentiations. These results demonstrate this GelMA-HA composite hydrogel system is promising for modular tissue engineering.
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- Yicong Zuo
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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Witzigmann D, Wu D, Schenk SH, Balasubramanian V, Meier W, Huwyler J. Biocompatible polymer-Peptide hybrid-based DNA nanoparticles for gene delivery. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:10446-10456. [PMID: 25907363 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Currently, research on polymers to be used as gene delivery systems is one of the most important directions in both polymer science and biomedicine. In this report, we describe a five-step procedure to synthesize a novel polymer-peptide hybrid system for gene transfection. The block copolymer based on the biocompatible polymer poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOXA) was combined with the biocleavable peptide block poly(aspartic acid) (PASP) and finally modified with diethylenetriamine (DET). PMOXA-b-PASP(DET) was produced in high yield and characterized by (1)H NMR and FT-IR. Our biopolymer complexed plasmid DNA (pDNA) efficiently, and highly uniform nanoparticles with a slightly negative zeta potential were produced. The polymer-peptide hybrid system was able to efficiently transfect HEK293 and HeLa cells with GFP pDNA in vitro. Unlike the commonly used polymer, 25 kDa branched poly(ethylenimine), our biopolymer had no adverse effects on cell growth and viability. In summary, the present work provides valuable information for the design of new polymer-peptide hybrid-based gene delivery systems with biocompatible and biodegradable properties.
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- Dominik Witzigmann
- †Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- †Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- †Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
- §Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 5E, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- †Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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