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Light Controlled In Vitro Gene Delivery Using Polymer-Tethered Spiropyran as a Photoswitchable Photosensitizer
摘要： A gene delivery system using spiropyran as a photoswitchable photosensitizer for controlled photochemical internalization effect was developed by engineering the outer coating of polyethylenimine/DNA complex with a small amount of spiropyran-containing cationic copolymers. The successful binding of cationic polymers by the polyethylenimine coating was detected by the distance-sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer technique that evidenced occurrence of energy transfer between fluorescein-labeled cationic copolymers and polyethylenimine-condensed rhodamine-labeled DNA. The ternary polyplexes feature reversible controllability of singlet oxygen generation based on the dual effect of spiropyrans in photochromism and aggregation-induced enhanced photosensitization, allowing significant light-induced amplification of bPEI-mediated in vitro transgene efficiency (from original 15% to final 91%) at a low DNA dose, with the integrity of supercoiled DNA structure unaffected. The use of spiropyran without the need of other photosensitizers circumvents the issue of uncontrolled long-lasting photocytotoxicity in gene delivery.
关键词： gene delivery,spiropyran,photoswitching,singlet oxygen,fluorescence resonance energy transfer
更新于2025-11-21 11:08:12
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Carbons dots: The next generation platform for biomedical applications
摘要： Among the wide range of carbon family nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) one of the promising candidate which have attracted tremendous attention due to its unique advantages such as facile synthesis procedure, easy surface functionalization, outstanding water solubility, low toxicity and excellent photo-physical properties. Due to these unique advantages, CDs are extensively used in catalysis, electronics, sensing, power as well as in biological sectors. In this review we will discuss recent progress in synthesis, structure and fluorescence properties of CDs with special highlight on its biomedical applications, more precisely we will highlight on CDs, for drug/gene delivery, bioimaging and photothermal and photodynamic therapy applications. Furthermore, we discuss the current challenges and future perspective of CDs in the field of biomedical sector.
关键词： Photo-physical properties,Bioimaging,Photothermal and photodynamic therapy,Drug/gene delivery
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Photoactivatable Prodrug-Backboned Polymeric Nanoparticles for Efficient Light-Controlled Gene Delivery and Synergistic Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
摘要： Combination of chemotherapy and gene therapy provides an effective strategy for cancer treatment. However, lacking of suitable co-delivery systems with efficient endo/lysosomal escape and controllable drug release/gene unpacking is the major bottleneck for maximizing the combinational therapeutic efficacy. Herein, we developed a photoactivatable Pt(IV) prodrug-backboned polymeric nanoparticles system (CNPPtCP/si(c-fos)) for light-controlled si(c-fos) delivery and synergistic photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) and RNAi on platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). Upon blue light irradiation (430 nm), CNPPtCP/si(c-fos) could generate oxygen-independent N3? with mild oxidation energy for efficient endo/lysosomal escape through N3?-assisted photochemical internalization with less gene deactivation. Thereafter, along with Pt(IV) prodrug activation, CNPPtCP/si(c-fos) would be disassociated to release active Pt(II) and unpack si(c-fos) simultaneously. Both in vitro and in vivo results demonstrated that CNPPtCP/si(c-fos) displayed excellent synergistic therapeutic efficacy on PROC with low toxicity. This PACT prodrug-backboned polymeric nanoplatform may provide a promising gene/drug co-delivery tactics for treatment of various hard-to-tackle cancers.
关键词： N3?-assisted photochemical internalization,photoactivatable polymeric nanoparticles,gene delivery,platinum-resistant ovarian cancer,photoactivated chemotherapy
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Bottom-Up Synthesis of Nitrogen and Oxygen Co-Decorated Carbon Quantum Dots with Enhanced DNA Plasmid Expression
摘要： In this paper, a bottom-up hydrothermal route is reported for the synthesis of oxygen and nitrogen co-decorated carbon quantum dots (CQDs) using ammonium hydrogen citrate (AHC) as a single precursor. DLS data approved the formation of 4.0 nm (average size) CQDs. XRD pattern shows the interlayer spacing (002) of 3.5 ? for CQDs, which is exactly the same as that of crystalline graphite. XPS and FTIR spectra verified the formation of oxygen and nitrogen functional groups on the CQDs surface. Co-decorated carboxyl, hydroxyl and amine groups on the CQDs surfaces make them as promising polyelectrolyte for gene delivery. Toxicity assay showed a survival rate of 70% under different incubation times and up to 500 μg/mL. The highly water-soluble, stable fluorescence and low toxic CQDs increased the gene expression of DNA plasmid in E. coli bacteria 4-fold more than the control group.
关键词： biocompatible,Gene delivery,carbon quantum dot,transformation
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Optical Transfection
摘要： Strategies for the delivery of genes into eukaryotic cells fall into three categories: transfection by biochemical methods, transfection by physical methods, and virus-mediated transduction. “Optical transfection”—a physical transfection method—exploits the ability of light to create small transient pores in the plasma membrane of mammalian cells.
关键词： plasma membrane,laser,eukaryotic cells,Optical transfection,gene delivery
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Photodegradable coumarin-derived amphiphilic dendrons for DNA binding: Self-assembly and phototriggered disassembly in water and air-water interface
摘要： In this article, we demonstrate the self-assembly and photoresponive behavior of a novel coumarin-based amphiphilic dendron in both aqueous solution and air-water interface. The dendritic structure, namely C-IG1, was composed of a lipophilic cholesterol and hydrophilic poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendron, and the amphiphilic counterpart is interconnected by a photolabile coumarin carbonate ester, enabling the photoinduced degradation of the amphiphiles in protic solvents via SN1-like mechanism. A Nile red solubilization fluorescence assay suggests a low critical aggregation concentration for the micelle formation of C-IG1 in aqueous solutions (3.9 × 10?5 M); the Langmuir analysis further indicates that C-IG1 possesses significant compressibility in air-water interface, eventually forming homogeneous monolayers with a final molecular area (A0) of 36 ?2. Notably, the micelles and Langmuir monolayer are quite stable until photo-triggered dissociation based on the photodeavage of C-IG1 amphiphile activated by 365-nm incident light. Moreover, the transition in interfacial morphology of the Langmuir monolayer during the assembly and photodegradation processes also can be visually analyzed by incorporating Nile red probes with in situ monitoring through fluorescence microscopy. The thin film deposited on a glass substrate by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique also shows a photoresponsive behavior based on the change in the contact angles of a water droplet on the surface upon light stimulation. The binding affinity of C-IG1 and cyclic DNA determined by the fluorescence quenching analysis of the coumarin reporter suggests a ground-state macromolecular complexation process occurring through polyvalent interactions between the pseudodendrimers and biomacromolecules. The ethidium bromide displacement assay further indicates thus dendriplex formation at low nitrogen-to-phosphorous value (N/P < 1) and confirms that the decomplexation accompanied by DNA release can be achieved through an active phototriggered route under spatiotemporal control.
关键词： Dendrimers,Langmuir analysis,Photocleavage,Gene delivery,Amphiphilic dendrons
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14