Symbiotic Self-Assembly Strategy toward Lipid-Encased Cross-Linked Polymer Nanoparticles for Efficient Gene Silencing

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (28) ◽  
pp. 24971-24983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingshuk Dutta ◽  
Davide Bochicchio ◽  
Alexander E. Ribbe ◽  
Dominique Alfandari ◽  
Jesse Mager ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1413-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifan Lv ◽  
Ruizi Peng ◽  
Yu Zhou ◽  
Xiaobing Zhang ◽  
Weihong Tan

A catalytic self-assembled DNA dendritic complex was herein reported for efficient and convenient siRNA-based gene silencing with low cytotoxicity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. eaaw6264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaidong Huo ◽  
Ningqiang Gong ◽  
Ying Jiang ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
Hongbo Guo ◽  
...  

The development of an efficient delivery system for enhanced and controlled gene interference–based therapeutics is still facing great challenges. Fortunately, the flourishing field of nanotechnology provides more effective strategies for nucleic acid delivery. Here, the triplex-forming oligonucleotide sequence and its complementary strand were used to mediate self-assembly of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles. The obtained sunflower-like nanostructures exhibited strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption and photothermal conversion ability. Upon NIR irradiation, the large-sized nanostructure could disassemble and generate ultrasmall nanoparticles modified with c-myc oncogene silencing sequence, which could directly target the cell nucleus. Moreover, the controlled gene silencing effect could be realized by synergistically controlling the preincubation time with the self-assembled nanostructure (in vitro and in vivo) and NIR irradiation time point. This study provides a new approach for constructing more efficient and tailorable nanocarriers for gene interference applications.


Small ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (27) ◽  
pp. 3604-3604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Chen ◽  
Paola Posocco ◽  
Xiaoxuan Liu ◽  
Qiang Cheng ◽  
Erik Laurini ◽  
...  

Small ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (27) ◽  
pp. 3667-3676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Chen ◽  
Paola Posocco ◽  
Xiaoxuan Liu ◽  
Qiang Cheng ◽  
Erik Laurini ◽  
...  

Plant Methods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Decai Tuo ◽  
Peng Zhou ◽  
Pu Yan ◽  
Hongguang Cui ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Cassava is an important crop for food security and industry in the least-developed and developing countries. The completion of the cassava genome sequence and identification of large numbers of candidate genes by next-generation sequencing provide extensive resources for cassava molecular breeding and increase the need for rapid and efficient gene function analysis systems in cassava. Several plant virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) systems have been developed as reverse genetic tools for rapid gene function analysis in cassava. However, these VIGS vectors could cause severe viral symptoms or inefficient gene silencing. Results In this study, we constructed agroinfection-compatible infectious cDNA clones of cassava common mosaic virus isolate CM (CsCMV-CM, genus Potexvirus, family Alphaflexiviridae) that causes systemic infection with mild symptoms in cassava. CsCMV-CM was then modified to a viral vector carrying the Nimble cloning frame, which facilitates the rapid and high-throughput cloning of silencing fragments into the viral genome. The CsCMV-based vector successfully silenced phytoene desaturase (PDS) and magnesium chelatase subunit I (ChlI) in different cassava varieties and Nicotiana benthamiana. The silencing of the ChlI gene could persist for more than two months. Conclusions This CsCMV-based VIGS system provides a new tool for rapid and efficient gene function studies in cassava.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Liu ◽  
Kaiwei Huang ◽  
Anqi Lv ◽  
Wenpeng Ye ◽  
Yijun Yang ◽  
...  

Three kinds of microstructures of one organic phosphor were perpared based on a solution-concentration-controlled self-assembly strategy. These microstructures show different phosphorescence efficiency, which holds considerable promise for the miniaturized optical...


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 3200-3209
Author(s):  
Wei Ha ◽  
Xiao-Bo Zhao ◽  
Wei-Hua Zhao ◽  
Jiang-Jiang Tang ◽  
Yan-Ping Shi

An ingeniously designed podophyllotoxin nanoprodrug was synthesized and offered an effective platform for co-delivery of multiple therapeutic agents for drug combination via the hierarchical self-assembly strategy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (100) ◽  
pp. 15073-15076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huifang Cheng ◽  
Guodong Feng ◽  
Zhenzhen Yang ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Francis Okejiri ◽  
...  

A highly porous MnNbOx with excellent low-temperature NOx reduction was fabricated by a facile, sustainable ionic liquid induced self-assembly strategy.


Carbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 860
Author(s):  
Xiao-hua Zhang ◽  
Xin-yu Gan ◽  
Bao-sheng Liu ◽  
Xiao-yan Yan ◽  
Xin-xin Zhao

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