scholarly journals Click and photo-release dual-functional nucleic acid nanostructures

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (65) ◽  
pp. 9709-9712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vibhav A. Valsangkar ◽  
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran ◽  
Lifeng Zhuo ◽  
Song Mao ◽  
Goh Woon Lee ◽  
...  

DNA nanostructures are useful in drug delivery, with cargos attached via click chemistry and released using light-based triggers.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1967
Author(s):  
Ziwen Dai ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yongfang Lin ◽  
Zhigang Wang ◽  
Yang Huang

We designed a functional drug delivery system based solely on DNA. The whole system was built with only four DNA strands. Cyclization of DNA strands excluded the formation of byproducts. DNA aptamers were equipped to endow triangular DNA nanostructures with targeting ability. The homogeneity of materials enabled not only facile construction but also convenient loading of nucleic acid-based drugs with much ease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianqin Yan ◽  
Xiaohui Zhan ◽  
Zhuangzhuang Zhang ◽  
Keqi Chen ◽  
Maolong Wang ◽  
...  

AbstractRecently, DNA nanostructures with vast application potential in the field of biomedicine, especially in drug delivery. Among these, tetrahedral DNA nanostructures (TDN) have attracted interest worldwide due to their high stability, excellent biocompatibility, and simplicity of modification. TDN could be synthesized easily and reproducibly to serve as carriers for, chemotherapeutic drugs, nucleic acid drugs and imaging probes. Therefore, their applications include, but are not restricted to, drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and biological imaging. In this review, we summarize the methods of functional modification and application of TDN in cancer treatment. Also, we discuss the pressing questions that should be targeted to increase the applicability of TDN in the future. Graphical Abstract


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 1650-1659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Sardo ◽  
Emanuela Craparo ◽  
Calogero Fiorica ◽  
Gaetano Giammona ◽  
Gennara Cavallaro

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3067
Author(s):  
Mustafa A. Jihad ◽  
Farah T. M. Noori ◽  
Majid S. Jabir ◽  
Salim Albukhaty ◽  
Faizah A. AlMalki ◽  
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Flaky graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using Hummer’s method and then capped with polyethylene glycol (PEG) by an esterification reaction, then loaded with Nigella sativa (N. sativa) seed extract. Aiming to investigate their potential use as a smart drug delivery system against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, the spectral and structural characteristics of GO-PEG NPs were comprehensively analyzed by XRD, AFM, TEM, FTIR, and UV- Vis. XRD patterns revealed that GO-PEG had different crystalline structures and defects, as well as a higher interlayer spacing. AFM results showed GONPs with the main grain size of 24.41 nm, while GONPs–PEG revealed graphene oxide aggregation with the main grain size of 287.04 nm after loading N. sativa seed extract, which was verified by TEM examination. A strong OH bond appeared in FTIR spectra. Furthermore, UV- Vis absorbance peaks at (275, 284, 324, and 327) nm seemed to be correlated with GONPs, GO–PEG, N. sativa seed extract, and GO –PEG- N. sativa extract. The drug delivery system was observed to destroy the bacteria by permeating the bacterial nucleic acid and cytoplasmic membrane, resulting in the loss of cell wall integrity, nucleic acid damage, and increased cell-wall permeability.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (40) ◽  
pp. 6220-6230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiwang Lai ◽  
Mingxia Lu ◽  
Hongxu Lu ◽  
Martina H. Stenzel ◽  
Pu Xiao

Prodrug (gemcitabine)-based polymer coated nanodiamonds as stimuli-responsive drug delivery platforms for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.


RSC Advances ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (30) ◽  
pp. 12275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Štorha ◽  
Ellina A. Mun ◽  
Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy

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.


Author(s):  
Ameneh Mohammadi ◽  
Pooria Gill ◽  
Pedram Ebrahimnejad ◽  
Said Abediankenari ◽  
Zahra Kashi

: The application of nanotechnology in medicine and pharmaceutical purpose suggested a novel procedure in the nanotechnology terminology as nanomedicine. There is a wide range of applications for nanotechnology in medicine, such as the use of nanocarriers in drug delivery systems. Recently a remarkable attention to DNA has been made through its amazing functionality and its nature as a nanomaterial in biological systems. Since DNA is a biocompatible, the use of DNA as a nanomaterial in medicine has shown a great perspective of rational engineering of DNA nanostructures. According to new approaches in treatment of diseases in gene levels, gene therapy, using DNA as a nanomedicine possesses an important role in the medical sciences as the researchers published enormous papers and patents in the fields, for instance, the applications of DNA and DNA-based nanostructures as drug or gene nanocarriers, DNA-based diagnostics and DNA nanovasccines. Here, some examples of DNA-based nanomedicine in the patent frame were reviewed.


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