Self-assembled multifunctional DNA nanospheres for biosensing and drug delivery into specific target cells

Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (16) ◽  
pp. 7361-7367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Bi ◽  
Ying Dong ◽  
Xiaoqiang Jia ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Hua Zhong ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (42) ◽  
pp. 15010-15015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Soo Oh ◽  
Bongjae F. Lee ◽  
Frank A. Leibfarth ◽  
Michael Eisenstein ◽  
Maxwell J. Robb ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Sally Sabra ◽  
Mona Abdelmoneem ◽  
Mahmoud Abdelwakil ◽  
Moustafa Taha Mabrouk ◽  
Doaa Anwar ◽  
...  

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Filippo Silva ◽  
Leopoldo Sitia ◽  
Raffaele Allevi ◽  
Arianna Bonizzi ◽  
Marta Sevieri ◽  
...  

Protein nanocages represent an emerging candidate among nanoscaled delivery systems. Indeed, they display unique features that proved to be very interesting from the nanotechnological point of view such as uniform structure, stability in biological fluids, suitability for surface modification to insert targeting moieties and loading with different drugs and dyes. However, one of the main concerns regards the production as recombinant proteins in E. coli, which leads to a product with high endotoxin contamination, resulting in nanocage immunogenicity and pyrogenicity. Indeed, a main challenge in the development of protein-based nanoparticles is finding effective procedures to remove endotoxins without affecting protein stability, since every intravenous injectable formulation that should be assessed in preclinical and clinical phase studies should display endotoxins concentration below the admitted limit of 5 EU/kg. Different strategies could be employed to achieve such a result, either by using affinity chromatography or detergents. However, these strategies are not applicable to protein nanocages as such and require implementations. Here we propose a combined protocol to remove bacterial endotoxins from nanocages of human H-ferritin, which is one of the most studied and most promising protein-based drug delivery systems. This protocol couples the affinity purification with the Endotrap HD resin to a treatment with Triton X-114. Exploiting this protocol, we were able to obtain excellent levels of purity maintaining good protein recovery rates, without affecting nanocage interactions with target cells. Indeed, binding assay and confocal microscopy experiments confirm that purified H-ferritin retains its capability to specifically recognize cancer cells. This procedure allowed to obtain injectable formulations, which is preliminary to move to a clinical trial.


2012 ◽  
Vol 430 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 276-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiguang Jin ◽  
Yanju Lian ◽  
Lina Du ◽  
Shuangmiao Wang ◽  
Chang Su ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 205 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
In-Sook Kim ◽  
Young-Il Jeong ◽  
Chong-Su Cho ◽  
Sung-Ho Kim

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 346-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minming Wu ◽  
Zhaoyu Cao ◽  
Yunfei Zhao ◽  
Rong Zeng ◽  
Mei Tu ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahereh Zadeh Mehrizi

: Today, Platelets and platelet-derived nanoparticles and microparticles have found many applications in nanomedical technology. The results of our review study show that no article has been published in this field to review the current status of applications of these platelet derivatives so far. Therefore, in present study, our goal is to compare the applications of platelet derivatives and review their latest status between 2010 and 2020 to present the latest findings to researchers. A very interesting point about the role of platelet derivatives is the presence of molecules on their surface which makes them capable of hiding from the immune system, reaching different target cells, and specifically attaching to different cell types. According to the results of this study, most of their applications include drug delivery, diagnosis of various diseases, and tissue engineering. However, their application in drug delivery is limited due to heterogeneity, large size, and the possibility of interference with cellular pathways in microparticles derived from other cells. On the other hand, platelet nanoparticles are more controllable and have been widely used for drug delivery in treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, thrombosis, infectious diseases, repair of damaged tissue, and photothermal therapy. The results of this study show that platelet nanoparticles are more controllable than platelet microparticles and have a higher potential for use in medicine.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigang Xu ◽  
Meili Hou ◽  
Xiaoxiao Shi ◽  
Yong-E. Gao ◽  
Peng Xue ◽  
...  

Self-assembled small molecular prodrug loaded with camptothecin in response to glutathione and folate receptors for combined tumour detection and treatment.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen L. Miller ◽  
Sonia Contera ◽  
Adam J.M. Wollman ◽  
Adam Hirst ◽  
Katherine E. Dunn ◽  
...  

AbstractIntercalation of drug molecules into synthetic DNA nanostructures formed through self-assembled origami has been postulated as a valuable future method for targeted drug delivery. This is due to the excellent biocompatibility of synthetic DNA nanostructures, and high potential for flexible programmability including facile drug release into or near to target cells. Such favourable properties may enable high initial loading and efficient release for a predictable number of drug molecules per nanostructure carrier, important for efficient delivery of safe and effective drug doses to minimise non-specific release away from target cells. However, basic questions remain as to how intercalation-mediated loading depends on the DNA carrier structure. Here we use the interaction of dyes YOYO-1 and acridine orange with a tightly-packed 2D DNA origami tile as a simple model system to investigate intercalation-mediated loading. We employed multiple biophysical techniques including single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, gel electrophoresis and controllable damage using low temperature plasma on synthetic DNA origami samples. Our results indicate that not all potential DNA binding sites are accessible for dye intercalation, which has implications for future DNA nanostructures designed for targeted drug delivery.


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