scholarly journals Honokiol-mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Inhibit Vascular Restenosis via the Suppression of TGF-β Signaling Pathway

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 5239-5252
Author(s):  
Xiao Wei ◽  
Zhiwei Fang ◽  
Jing Sheng ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Ping Lu
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Wei ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Zhiwei Fang ◽  
Ping Lu ◽  
Wei-En Yuan

Abstract Background and aims: MSNPs improves the solubility of drugs through physical, chemical and other interactions, and can be used to overcome the defects of poor water-solubility of drugs. We used MSNPs standard substance to encapsulate honokiol and then assemble into honokiol-mesoporous silica nanoparticles, and we investigated the effect of these nanoparticles on the process of restenosis after common carotid artery injury in rats.Results: Here, we report a promising delivery system that load honokiol into mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs), and finally assemble into a nano composite particle. This HNK-MSNPs not merely inhibit proliferation and migration of VSMCs by reducing phosphorylation of Smad3 but also showed a higher suppression of vascular restenosis than the free-honokiol form in a rat model of balloon injury. Conclusions: This drug delivery system supplies a potent nano-platform for the intracellular delivery of honokiol to VSMCs and shows a promising use for the future clinical trial.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1001-1016
Author(s):  
Sandra Ramírez-Rave ◽  
María Josefa Bernad-Bernad ◽  
Jesús Gracia-Mora ◽  
Anatoly K. Yatsimirsky

Hybrid materials based on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSN) have attracted plentiful attention due to the versatility of their chemistry, and the field of Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) is not an exception. MSN present desirable biocompatibility, high surface area values, and a well-studied surface reactivity for tailoring a vast diversity of chemical moieties. Particularly important for DDS applications is the use of external stimuli for drug release. In this context, light is an exceptional alternative due to its high degree of spatiotemporal precision and non-invasive character, and a large number of promising DDS based on photoswitchable properties of azobenzenes have been recently reported. This review covers the recent advances in design of DDS using light as an external stimulus mostly based on literature published within last years with an emphasis on usually overlooked underlying chemistry, photophysical properties, and supramolecular complexation of azobenzenes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 111619
Author(s):  
Paul Jänicke ◽  
Claudia Lennicke ◽  
Annette Meister ◽  
Barbara Seliger ◽  
Ludger A. Wessjohann ◽  
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