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Lteif S, Nosratabad NA, Wang S, Xin Y, Weigand SJ, Mattoussi H, Schlenoff JB. Inorganic Nanoparticles Embedded in Polydimethylsiloxane Nanodroplets. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15748-15755. [PMID: 37882626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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To stabilize and transport them through complex systems, nanoparticles are often encapsulated in polymeric nanocarriers, which are tailored to specific environments. For example, a hydrophilic polymer capsule maintains the circulation and stability of nanoparticles in aqueous environments. A more highly designed nanocarrier might have a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell to allow the transport of hydrophobic nanoparticles and pharmaceuticals through physiological media. Polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS, is a hydrophobic material in a liquid-like state at room temperature. The preparation of stable, aqueous dispersions of PDMS droplets in water is problematic due to the intense mismatch in surface energies between PDMS and water. The present work describes the encapsulation of hydrophobic metal and metal oxide nanoparticles within PDMS nanodroplets using flash nanoprecipitation. The PDMS is terminated by amino groups, and the nanodroplet is capped with a layer of poly(styrenesulfonate), forming a glassy outer shell. The hydrophobic nanoparticles nucleate PDMS droplet formation, decreasing the droplet size. The resulting nanocomposite nanodroplets are stable in aqueous salt solutions without the use of surfactants. The hierarchical structuring, elucidated with small-angle X-ray scattering, offers a new platform for the isolation and transport of hydrophobic molecules and nanoparticles through aqueous systems.
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- Sandrine Lteif
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- DND-CAT Synchrotron Research Center, Northwestern University, APS/ANL 432-A005, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Hoang S, Olivier S, Cuenot S, Montillet A, Bellettre J, Ishow E. Microfluidic Assisted Flash Precipitation of Photocrosslinkable Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles for Fine Size Tuning and Enhanced Photoinduced Processes. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:2502-2515. [PMID: 33073929 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Highly concentrated dispersions of fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs), broadly used for optical tracking, bioimaging and drug delivery monitoring, are obtained using a newly designed micromixer chamber involving high impacting flows. Fine size tuning and narrow size distributions are easily obtained by varying independently the flow rates of the injected fluids and the concentration of the dye stock solution. The flash nanoprecipitation process employed herein is successfully applied to the fabrication of bicomposite FONs designed to allow energy transfer. Considerable enhancement of the emission signal of the energy acceptors is promoted and its origin is found to result from polarity rather than steric effects. Finally, we exploit the high spatial confinement encountered in FONs and their ability to encapsulate hydrophobic photosensitizers to induce photocrosslinking. An increase in the photocrosslinked FON stiffness is evidenced by measuring the elastic modulus at the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy. These results pave the way toward the straightforward fabrication of multifunctional and mechanically photoswitchable FONs, opening novel opportunities in sensing, multimodal imaging, and theranostics.
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- Stéphane Hoang
- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322, Nantes, France
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- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322, Nantes, France.,Current address: Air Liquide, Air Liquide Facility, 28 Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-4247, Japan
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- GEPEA UMR CNRS 6144, IUT Saint Nazaire, Université de Nantes, 58 rue Michel Ange, 44600, Saint Nazaire, France
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- LTeN UMR CNRS 6607, Polytech Nantes, Université de Nantes, rue Christian Pauc, 44306, Nantes, France
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- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322, Nantes, France
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Jo A, Zhang R, Allen IC, Riffle JS, Davis RM. Design and Fabrication of Streptavidin-Functionalized, Fluorescently Labeled Polymeric Nanocarriers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:15783-15794. [PMID: 30392355 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Targeted drug delivery has great potential for improving therapeutic outcomes for many diseases. Polymeric nanocarriers can improve the targeted delivery of insoluble and toxic drugs but, to achieve this, it is important to tailor the particle properties. In this study, nanoparticles comprised of poly(ethylene oxide)- b-poly(d,l-lactic acid) (PEO- b-PDLLA) were made by flash nanoprecipitation while varying the compositions of the additives poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA), a fluorophore 6,13-bis(triisopropylsylylethynyl) (TIPS) pentacene, and poly(acrylic acid)- b-poly(d,l-lactic acid) (PAA- b-PDLLA) to characterize their effects on size, ζ potential, fluorescence, and surface functionalization. The particle size was readily increased by addition of PLLA homopolymer up to ∼40 wt % without significant change to the ζ potential. The maximum nanoparticle fluorescence was at 0.5 wt % TIPS based on the PDLLA core and exhibited quenching that could be described by Förster resonant energy transfer. The cores of the particles were coupled with streptavidin through 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide coupling chemistry. Even without the added carboxylate groups from the PAA, the base PEO- b-PDLLA nanoparticles were conjugated with streptavidin at comparable levels while retaining the functionality of streptavidin for further biotinylated ligand binding.
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Tang C, York AW, Mikitsh JL, Wright AC, Chacko AM, Elias DR, Xu Y, Lim HK, Prud'homme RK. Preparation of PEGylated Iodine-Loaded Nanoparticles via Polymer-Directed Self-Assembly. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Christina Tang
- Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA 23284 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Princeton University; Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Princeton University; Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Radiology; Division of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Radiology; Division of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Radiology; Division of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Janssen Research & Development; LLC Spring House; PA 19477 USA
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- Janssen Research & Development; LLC Spring House; PA 19477 USA
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- Janssen Research & Development; LLC Spring House; PA 19477 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Princeton University; Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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Lu HD, Wang LZ, Wilson BK, McManus SA, Jumai'an J, Padakanti PK, Alavi A, Mach RH, Prud'homme RK. Copper Loading of Preformed Nanoparticles for PET-Imaging Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:3191-3199. [PMID: 29272577 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nanoparticles (NP) are promising contrast agents for positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide imaging that can increase signal intensity by localizing clusters of PET radionuclides together. However, methods to load NPs with PET radionuclides suffer from harsh loading conditions or poor loading efficacies or result in NP surface modifications that alter targeting in vivo. We present the formation of water-dispersible, polyethylene glycol coated NPs that encapsulate phthalocyanines into NP cores at greater than 50 wt % loading, using the self-assembly technique Flash NanoPrecipitation. Particles from 70 to 160 nm are produced. Phthalocyanine NPs rapidly and spontaneously chelate metals under mild conditions and can act as sinks for PET radionuclides such as 64-Cu to produce PET-active NPs. NPs chelate copper(II) with characteristic rates of 1845 M-1 h-1 at pH 6 and 37 °C, which produced >90% radionuclide chelation within 1 h. NP physical properties, such as core composition, core fluidity, and size, can be tuned to modulate chelation kinetics. These NPs retain 64Cu even in the presence of the strong chelator ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The development of these constructs for rapid and facile radionuclide labeling expands the applications of NP-based PET imaging.
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- Hoang D Lu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Nunes A, Pansare VJ, Beziere N, Ntoukas AK, Reber J, Bruzek M, Anthony J, Prud’homme RK, Ntziachristos V. Quenched hexacene optoacoustic nanoparticles. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:44-55. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb02633a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Flash NanoPrecipitation allows for the creation of optoacoustic imaging agents with tunable size and strong signal for biomedical imaging and therapy.
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- Antonio Nunes
- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
- Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
- D-85764 Neuherberg
- Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton
- USA
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
- Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
- D-85764 Neuherberg
- Germany
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
- Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
- D-85764 Neuherberg
- Germany
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
- Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
- D-85764 Neuherberg
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kentucky
- Lexington
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kentucky
- Lexington
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton
- USA
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
- Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München
- D-85764 Neuherberg
- Germany
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Pansare VJ, Faenza WJ, Lu H, Adamson DH, Prud’homme RK. Formulation of long-wavelength indocyanine green nanocarriers. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-11. [PMID: 28925107 PMCID: PMC5605487 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.9.096007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Indocyanine green (ICG), a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved fluorophore with excitation and emission wavelengths inside the "optical imaging window," has been incorporated into nanocarriers (NCs) to achieve enhanced circulation time, targeting, and real-time tracking in vivo. While previous studies transferred ICG exogenously into NCs, here, a one-step rapid precipitation process [flash nanoprecipitation (FNP)] creates ICG-loaded NCs with tunable, narrow size distributions from 30 to 180 nm. A hydrophobic ion pair of ICG-tetraoctylammonium or tetradodecylammonium chloride is formed either in situ during FNP or preformed then introduced into the FNP feed stream. The NCs are formulated with cores comprising either vitamin E (VE) or polystyrene (PS). ICG core loadings of 30 wt. % for VE and 10 wt. % for PS are achieved. However, due to a combination of molecular aggregation and Förster quenching, maximum fluorescence (FL) occurs at 10 wt. % core loading. The FL-per-particle scales with core diameter to the third power, showing that FNP enables uniform volume encapsulation. By varying the ICG counter-ion ratio, encapsulation efficiencies above 80% are achieved even in the absence of ion pairing, which rises to 100% with 1∶1 ion pairing. Finally, while ICG ion pairs are shown to be stable in buffer, they partition out of NC cores in under 30 min in the presence of physiological albumin concentrations.
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- Vikram J. Pansare
- Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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- Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Chemistry, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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- Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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Lu HD, Lim TL, Javitt S, Heinmiller A, Prud’homme RK. Assembly of Macrocycle Dye Derivatives into Particles for Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Applications. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2017; 19:397-406. [PMID: 28441473 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.7b00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Optical imaging is a rapidly progressing medical technique that can benefit from the development of new and improved optical imaging agents suitable for use in vivo. However, the molecular rules detailing what optical agents can be processed and encapsulated into in vivo presentable forms are not known. We here present the screening of series of highly hydrophobic porphyrin, phthalocyanine, and naphthalocyanine dye macrocycles through a self-assembling Flash NanoPrecipitation process to form a series of water dispersible dye nanoparticles (NPs). Ten out of 19 tested dyes could be formed into poly(ethylene glycol) coated nanoparticles 60-150 nm in size, and these results shed insight on dye structural criteria that are required to permit dye assembly into NPs. Dye NPs display a diverse range of absorbance profiles with absorbance maxima within the NIR region, and have absorbance that can be tuned by varying dye choice or by doping bulking materials in the NP core. Particle properties such as dye core load and the compositions of co-core dopants were varied, and subsequent effects on photoacoustic and fluorescence signal intensities were measured. These results provide guidelines for designing NPs optimized for photoacoustic imaging and NPs optimized for fluorescence imaging. This work provides important details for dye NP engineering, and expands the optical imaging tools available for use.
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- Hoang D. Lu
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Nanoparticle targeting of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for magnetic-based separations of bacterial pathogens. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-017-0548-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lu HD, Wilson BK, Lim TL, Heinmiller A, Prud’homme RK. Real-Time and Multiplexed Photoacoustic Imaging of Internally Normalized Mixed-Targeted Nanoparticles. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:443-451. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Hoang D. Lu
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Weissmueller NT, Lu HD, Hurley A, Prud'homme RK. Nanocarriers from GRAS Zein Proteins to Encapsulate Hydrophobic Actives. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:3828-3837. [PMID: 27744703 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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One factor limiting the expansion of nanomedicines has been the high cost of the materials and processes required for their production. We present a continuous, scalable, low cost nanoencapsulation process, Flash Nanoprecipitation (FNP) that enables the production of nanocarriers (NCs) with a narrow size distribution using zein corn proteins. Zein is a low cost, GRAS protein (having the FDA status of "Generally Regarded as Safe") currently used in food applications, which acts as an effective encapsulant for hydrophobic compounds using FNP. The four-stream FNP configuration allows the encapsulation of very hydrophobic compounds in a way that is not possible with previous precipitation processes. We present the encapsulation of several model active compounds with as high as 45 wt % drug loading with respect to zein concentration into ∼100 nm nanocarriers. Three examples are presented: (1) the pro-drug antioxidant, vitamin E-acetate, (2) an anticholera quorum-sensing modulator CAI-1 ((S)-3-hydroxytridecan-4-one; CAI-1 that reduces Vibrio cholerae virulence by modulating cellular communication), and (3) hydrophobic fluorescent dyes with a range of hydrophobicities. The specific interaction between zein and the milk protein, sodium caseinate, provides stabilization of the NCs in PBS, LB medium, and in pH 2 solutions. The stability and size changes in the three media provide information on the mechanism of assembly of the zein/active/casein NC.
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- Nikolas T Weissmueller
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and §Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and §Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and §Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and §Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Lu HD, Wilson BK, Heinmiller A, Faenza B, Hejazi S, Prud'homme RK. Narrow Absorption NIR Wavelength Organic Nanoparticles Enable Multiplexed Photoacoustic Imaging. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:14379-14388. [PMID: 27153806 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging hybrid optical-ultrasound based imaging technique that can be used to visualize optical absorbers in deep tissue. Free organic dyes can be used as PA contrast agents to concurrently provide additional physiological and molecular information during imaging, but their use in vivo is generally limited by rapid renal clearance for soluble dyes and by the difficulty of delivery for hydrophobic dyes. We here report the use of the block copolymer directed self-assembly process, Flash NanoPrecipitation (FNP), to form series of highly hydrophobic optical dyes into stable, biocompatible, and water-dispersible nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes from 38 to 88 nm and with polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface coatings suitable for in vivo use. The incorporation of dyes with absorption profiles within the infrared range, that is optimal for PA imaging, produces the PA activity of the particles. The hydrophobicity of the dyes allows their sequestration in the NP cores, so that they do not interfere with targeting, and high loadings of >75 wt % dye are achieved. The optical extinction coefficients (ε (mL mg(-1) cm(-1))) were essentially invariant to the loading of the dye in NP core. Co-encapsulation of dye with vitamin E or polystyrene demonstrates the ability to simultaneously image and deliver a second agent. The PEG chains on the NP surface were functionalized with folate to demonstrate folate-dependent targeting. The spectral separation of different dyes among different sets of particles enables multiplexed imaging, such as the simultaneous imaging of two sets of particles within the same animal. We provide the first demonstration of this capability with PA imaging, by simultaneously imaging nontargeted and folate-targeted nanoparticles within the same animal. These results highlight Flash NanoPrecipitation as a platform to develop photoacoustic tools with new diagnostic capabilities.
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- Hoang D Lu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Persis Science , Andreas, Pennsylvania 18211, United States
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- Optimeos Life Sciences LLC , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Pinkerton NM, Frongia C, Lobjois V, Wilson BK, Bruzek MJ, Prud'homme RK, Anthony J, Bolze F, Chassaing S. Red-emitting, EtTP-5-based organic nanoprobes for two-photon imaging in 3D multicellular biological models. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra09954h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Biocompatible and biostable EtTP-5-loaded organic core–shell nanoparticles have been successfully evaluated for their potential as red-emitting fluorescent nanoprobes for two-photon imaging.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kentucky
- Lexington
- USA
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- Laboratoire de Conception et Application des Molécules Bioactives
- UMR 7199
- Equipe de Chimie et Neurologie Moléculaire
- Faculté de Pharmacie
- Université de Strasbourg
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Tang C, Amin D, Messersmith PB, Anthony JE, Prud’homme RK. Polymer directed self-assembly of pH-responsive antioxidant nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:3612-20. [PMID: 25760226 PMCID: PMC4679371 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We have developed pH-responsive, multifunctional nanoparticles based on encapsulation of an antioxidant, tannic acid (TA), using flash nanoprecipitation, a polymer directed self-assembly method. Formation of insoluble coordination complexes of tannic acid and iron during mixing drives nanoparticle assembly. Tuning the core material to polymer ratio, the size of the nanoparticles can be readily tuned between 50 and 265 nm. The resulting nanoparticle is pH-responsive, i.e., stable at pH 7.4 and soluble under acidic conditions due to the nature of the coordination complex. Further, the coordination complex can be coprecipitated with other hydrophobic materials such as therapeutics or imaging agents. For example, coprecipitation with a hydrophobic fluorescent dye creates fluorescent nanoparticles. In vitro, the nanoparticles have low cytotoxicity and show antioxidant activity. Therefore, these particles may facilitate intracellular delivery of antioxidants.
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- Christina Tang
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Department Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Department Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 United States
- Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering University of California, Berkeley 210 Hearst Mining Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
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- Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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