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Pore forming channels as a drug delivery system for photodynamic therapy in cancer associated with nanoscintillators
摘要： According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is one of main causes of death worldwide, with 8.2 million people dying from this disease in 2012. Because of this, new forms of treatments or improvement of current treatments are crucial. In this regard, Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been used to successfully treat cancers that can be easily accessed externally or by fibre-optic endoscopes, such as skin, bladder and esophagus cancers. In addition, this therapy can used alongside radiotherapy and chemotherapy in order to kill cancer cells. The main problem in implementing PDT is penetration of visible light deeper than 10 mm in tissues, due to scattering and absorption by tissue chromophores. Unfortunately, this excludes several internal organs affected by cancer. Another issue in this regard is the use of a selective cancer cell-photosensitizing compound. Nevertheless, several groups have recently developed scintillation nanoparticles, which can be stimulated by X-rays, thereby making this a possible solution for light production in deeper tissues. Alternative approaches have also been developed, such as photosensitizer structure modifications and cell membrane permeabilizing agents. In this context, certain channels lead to transitory plasma membrane permeability changes, such as pannexin, connexin hemmichannels, TRPV1-4 and P2X7, which allow for the non-selective passage of molecules up to 1,000 Da. Herein, we discuss the particular case of the P2X7 receptor-associated pore as a drug delivery system for hydrophilic substances to be applied in PDT, which could also be carried out with other channels. Methylene blue (MB) is a low cost dye used as a prototype photosensitizer, approved for clinical use in several other clinical conditions, as well as photodynamic therapy for fungi infections.
关键词： PDT,pore forming channels,nanoscintillators,drug delivery,cancer
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Black phosphorus: A novel nanoplatform with potential in the field of bio-photonic nanomedicine
摘要： Single- or few-layer black phosphorus (FLBP) has attracted great attentions in scientific community with its excellent properties, including biodegradability, unique puckered lattice configuration, attractive electrical properties and direct and tunable band gap. In recent years, FLBP has been widely studied in bio-photonic fields such as photothermal and photodynamic therapy, drug delivery, bioimaging and biosensor, showing attractive clinical potential. Because of the marked advantages of FLBP nanomaterials in bio-photonic fields, this review article reviews the latest advances of biomaterials based on FLBP in biomedical applications, ranging from biocompatibility, medical diagnosis to treatment.
关键词： photothermal and photodynamic therapies,biocompatibility,biosensing,drug delivery,Black phosphorus
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Mixed Surface Chemistry: An Approach to Highly Luminescent Biocompatible Amphiphilic Silicon Nanocrystals.
摘要： Amphiphilic nanoparticles (AP-NPs) are attractive for many far-reaching applications in diverse sectors. Amphiphilic silicon nanocrystals (AP-SiNCs) are particularly promising for luminescence-based bioimaging, biosensing, and drug delivery due to their size- and surface chemistry-dependent photoluminescence, high photoluminescence quantum yield, long-term photostability, and robustness to bioconjugation. Numerous studies demonstrated the synthesis of high quality SiNCs that are compatible with organic solvents. However, preparing water-soluble SiNCs while maintaining their attractive PL properties is very challenging and to date, only one report of blue-emitting amphiphilic silicon nanocrystals (AP-SiNCs) has appeared. This report outlines a straightforward one-step thermal hydrosilylation approach that affords AP-SiNCs soluble in aqueous media in high concentrations (i.e., 14.4 mg/mL silicon core-based), exhibit bright long-lived photoluminescence in the red/near-infrared spectral region, are biocompatible, and present bio-conjugable surface groups.
关键词： Drug delivery,Photoluminescence,Silicon nanocrystals,Biosensing,Bioimaging,Amphiphilic nanoparticles
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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[Methods in Molecular Biology] Atomic Force Microscopy Volume 1886 (Methods and Protocols) || Molecular Recognition Force Spectroscopy for Probing Cell Targeted Nanoparticles In Vitro
摘要： In the development and design of cell targeted nanoparticle-based systems the density of targeting moieties plays a fundamental role in allowing maximal cell-specific interaction. Here, we describe the use of molecular recognition force spectroscopy as a valuable tool for the characterization and optimization of targeted nanoparticles toward attaining cell-specific interaction. By tailoring the density of targeting moieties at the nanoparticle surface, one can correlate the unbinding event probability between nanoparticles tethered to an atomic force microscopy tip and cells to the nanoparticle vectoring capacity. This novel approach allows for a rapid and cost-effective design of targeted nanomedicines reducing the need for long and tedious in vitro tests.
关键词： Targeted nanoparticles,Tailored nanomedicine,Tip functionalization,Single molecule force spectroscopy,Drug delivery
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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[IEEE 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) - Honolulu, HI, USA (2018.7.18-2018.7.21)] 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) - In vitro Measurement of Release Kinetics of Temperature Sensitive Liposomes with a Fluorescence Imaging System
摘要： Temperature sensitive liposomes (TSL) are a promising type of nanoparticles for localized drug delivery. TSL typically release the contained drug at mild hyperthermic temperatures (40-42 oC). Combined with localized hyperthermia, this allows for local drug delivery. In vitro characterization of TSL involves measurements of drug release at varying temperatures, but current methods are inadequate due to low temporal resolution of ~8 – 10 seconds. We present a novel method for measuring the drug release with sub-second temporal resolution. In the proposed system, the TSL entrapping the fluorescent drug (Doxorubicin) are pumped through a capillary tube. The tube is rapidly heated to a desired temperature via Peltier element. Since fluorescence increases as drug is released from TSL, drug release kinetics can be measured via fluorescent imaging. By fitting exponential models, we calculated the time constants of drug release at temperatures of 39.5, 40.5 and 41.5?C were about 6.09, 2.06 and 1.03 seconds, respectively. Our initial tests show that the developed system can measure TSL release at subsecond resolution, and thus allow adequate in vitro evaluation of TSL formulations.
关键词： drug delivery,Peltier element,Temperature sensitive liposomes,fluorescence imaging,capillary tube
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Thermo‐sensitive nanogel‐laden bicontinuous microemulsion drug‐eluting contact lenses
摘要： The bicontinuous microemulsion contact lens (BMCL) has nanoporous biphasic structures (100–250 nm) that are interconnected via multiple nano-channels, providing suitable retention of various drugs for glaucoma. Timolol maleate (TM)-carried poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) nanogel (30–50 nm) was incorporated into BMCLs by soaking or by centrifuging plus soaking. Here, we present drug-loading and release in silicon- or polyethylene oxide-microemulsion BMCLs under various conditions. Nanoporous BMCLs containing thermosensitive TM-laden nanogel were capable of potent body-temperature-triggered release of TM. Daily drug release was controllable according to the initial volume of drug-loaded (VDL) and loading method for sustained drug release, making them reduce drug-loss during transportation or storage.
关键词： temperature-triggered drug release,sustained drug release,bicontinuous microemulsion,drug delivery,nanoporous contact lens,drug-eluting contact lens
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Porous TiO <sub/>2</sub> Nanotube Arrays for Drug Loading and Their Elution Sensing
摘要： Porous TiO2 nanotube arrays have been attracting much attention as optical sensing layers and surface layers of dental implants because they are stable in acid and biocompatible. To use them as the optical sensing layers, TiO2 nanotube arrays with various structures were fabricated and obtained an optimized microstructure at 50 V, 50 min and 0.5 wt% of NH4F, 7.4 vol% deionized water in ethylene glycol. TiO2 nanotube arrays which had diameters of ～73.54 nm and lengths of ～3.39 μm showed the best sensing performance. A Ti implant was also anodized at 60 V for 4 hr in an ethylene glycol electrolyte and TiO2 nanotube arrays showed the pore diameter of 156.01 nm and the thickness of 6.87 μm. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2), isobutylphenyl propionic acid, and sodium alendronate were loaded into the TiO2 nanotube arrays on the surface of the Ti implant. For elution of these drugs, optical thickness changes of 2.4 nm, 3.5 nm and 3.1 nm were respectively observed for about 2.2 hr, 3.6 hr and 3.1 hr. The TiO2 nanotube arrays were useful for drug loading and their elution interferometric sensing.
关键词： Dental Implant,Porous TiO2 Nanotube Arrays,Interferometric Sensor,Isobutylphenyl Propionic Acid,Drug Delivery,rhBMP-2,Sodium Alendronate
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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In vivo and in vitro demonstration of gold nanorod aided photothermal pre-softening of B16F10 melanoma for efficient chemotherapy using Doxorubicin loaded Graphene Oxide
摘要： A combined photothermal therapy (PTT), and chemotherapy (chemo) was performed in vitro on B16F10 melanoma cells, and in vivo using melanoma bearing C57BL/6 mice. 785 nm (100 mW) irradiated gold nanorods (AuNRs) was used as the PT agent, and electrostatically conjugated Doxorubicin (Dox) to a nanocarrier graphene oxide (GO) worked as the chemotherapeutic. Selection of dosage was optimized from the individual viability studies, and finally a combined therapeutic (AuNR (100 ppm), GO (125, and 250 ppm), Dox (0.0058, and 0.00058 ppm)), was delivered in vitro. PTT, followed by chemo, sequentially, resulted in <10 % viability, whereas simultaneous PTT with chemo resulted in a viability of ~40 % for the melanoma cells. Flow cytometry indicated optical inhomogeneity in the cells that internalized GO, and AuNR, however, the Dox amount was identical within the cells treated with or without PTT. Confocal microscopy revealed that GO-Dox was internalized, and Dox was distributed uniformly within the cells irrespective of the treatment protocol. In vivo results in melanoma bearing C57BL/6 mice resembled the in vitro data closely. The tumor growth inhibition index was highest at 0.78 for the group receiving sequential treatment, followed by 0.61 for those receiving simultaneous treatment, where the control group had a score of 0. For the sequential treatment, pre-softening of the cells with PTT, followed by the chemo resulted in significantly improved toxicity of the treatment, whereas simultaneous PTT, with chemo results were dominated by the Dox alone.
关键词： Nanomedicine,Graphene Oxide,Photothermal therapy,Melanoma,Drug delivery,Gold Nanorods
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Hypoxia-Triggered Transforming Immunomodulator for Cancer Immunotherapy via Photodynamically Enhanced Antigen Presentation of Dendritic Cell
摘要： A key factor for successful cancer immunotherapy (CIT) is the extent of antigen presentation by dendritic cells (DCs) that phagocytize tumor-associated antigens (TAA) in the tumor site and migrate to tumor draining lymph nodes (TDLN), for the activation of T cells. Although various types of adjuvant delivery have been studied to enhance the activity of the DCs, poor delivery efficiency and depleted population of tumor infiltrating DCs have limited the efficacy of CIT. Herein, we report a hypoxia-responsive mesoporous silica nanocarrier (denoted as CAGE) for an enhanced CIT assisted by photodynamic therapy (PDT). In this study, CAGE was designed as a hypoxia-responsive transforming carrier to improve the intracellular uptake of nanocarriers and the delivery of adjuvants to DCs. Furthermore, PDT was exploited for the generation of immunogenic debris and recruitment of DCs in a tumor site, followed by enhanced antigen presentation. Finally, a significant inhibition of tumor growth was observed in vivo, signifying that the PDT would be a promising solution for DC-based immunotherapy.
关键词： combinatorial immunotherapy,hypoxia-responsive drug delivery,tumor-associated antigen,dendritic cell modulation,photodynamic therapy
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Specific Targeting of Breast Cancer Cells with Antibodies Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles
摘要： Background and Objective: Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) conjugated with either EpCAM or TARP antibodies and an anticancer agent, paclitaxel (PTX), for tumour targeting and therapy were synthesised using a simple chemistry. Methods: The AuNP surface was functionalised using a two-step modification approach. The conjugates were characterised using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and infrared spectroscopy. Results: The cytotoxicity assay of T47D cells treated with only antibodies conjugated to the gold nanoparticles did not show any cytotoxicity to the cells, which indicates these nanoconjugates are suitable for intracellular delivery of anticancer drugs. Conclusion: When using AuNPs with antibodies and the cancer chemotherapy agent PTX attached simultaneously to the functionalised AuNPs, the reduction of cell viability was significantly higher compared to PTX-thiol-AuNPs conjugate system where no antibodies were used.
关键词： drug delivery,antibodies,paclitaxel,EpCAM,Gold nanoparticles,TARP,cytotoxicity
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14