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Mencia G, Algar S, Lozano-Cruz T, Muñoz-Fernández MÁ, Gillies ER, Cano J, Valiente M, Gómez R. Carbosilane Dendritic Amphiphiles from Cholesterol or Vitamin E for Micelle Formation. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:451. [PMID: 38675112 PMCID: PMC11053416 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16040451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Cationic dendritic amphiphiles were prepared through the linkage of interesting hydrophobic molecules such as cholesterol or vitamin E to the focal point of carbosilane dendrons. These new dendritic systems self-assembled in saline, producing micellar aggregates with hydrodynamic diameters ranging from 6.5 to 9.2 nm, and critical micelle concentrations of approximately 5 and 10 μM for second- and third-generation systems, respectively. The assemblies were able to encapsulate drugs of different charges (anionic, neutral, and cationic). Surprisingly, a 92% encapsulation efficiency for diclofenac was achieved in micelles prepared from second-generation dendrons. Toxicity measurements on peripheral blood mononuclear cells indicated different behavior depending on the generation, corresponding to the micellar regime. In contrast to the third-generation system, the second-generation system was non-toxic up to 20 μM, opening a window for its use in a micellar regimen, thereby operating as a drug delivery system for different biomedical applications.
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- Gabriel Mencia
- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain; (G.M.); (S.A.); (T.L.-C.); (J.C.)
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain; (G.M.); (S.A.); (T.L.-C.); (J.C.)
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain; (G.M.); (S.A.); (T.L.-C.); (J.C.)
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Laboratory Platform (Immunology), General Universitary Hospital Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), 28007 Madrid, Spain
- Spanish HIV HGM BioBank, Health Research Institute Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), 28007 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6G1Z1, Canada;
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain; (G.M.); (S.A.); (T.L.-C.); (J.C.)
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. Del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, 28805 Madrid, Spain; (G.M.); (S.A.); (T.L.-C.); (J.C.)
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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Dong K, Wang D, Lin L, Niu P, Wang Y, Tan Q, Xing J. Construction and evaluation of a nanosystem that combines acidification promoted chemodynamic therapy and intracellular drug release monitoring. J Biotechnol 2024; 383:13-26. [PMID: 38325656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly invasive subtype of breast cancer that seriously affects women's physical and mental health. Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) induces cell death by specifically generating Fenton/Fenton-like reactions within tumor cells. However, the weak acidity of the tumor microenvironment (TME) greatly weakens the effectiveness of CDT. This work constructed a kind of P-CAIDF/PT nanoparticles (NPs), composed of two Pluronic F127 (PF127) based polymers: one was PF127-CAI (P-CAI), composed by connecting PF127 with the carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) inhibitor (CAI); the other was PF127-SS-TPE (PT), composed of PF127 and the aggregation-induced emission molecule, tetraphenylethylene (TPE), via the linkage of disulfide bonds. The two polymers were employed to construct the doxorubicin (DOX) and ferrocene (Fc) co-loaded P-CAIDF/PT NPs through the film dispersion method. After being administrated via i.v., P-CAIDF/PT could be accumulated in the TME by the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect and engulfed by tumor cells. P-CAI induced intracellular acidification by inhibiting the overexpressed CA IX, thus promoting CDT by enhancing the Fc-mediated Fenton reaction. The acidification-enhanced CDT combined with the DOX-mediated chemotherapy could improve the therapeutic effect on TNBC. Moreover, P-CAIDF/PT also monitored the intracellular drug release processes through the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) effect depending on the inherent DOX/TPE pair. In conclusion, the P-CAIDF/PT nanosystem can achieve the combination therapy of acidification-enhanced CDT and chemotherapy as well as therapy monitoring, thus providing new ideas for the design and development of TNBC therapeutic agents.
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- Kai Dong
- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Molecular Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Zhang G, Li T, Liu J, Wu X, Yi H. Cinnamaldehyde-Contained Polymers and Their Biomedical Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15061517. [PMID: 36987298 PMCID: PMC10051895 DOI: 10.3390/polym15061517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Cinnamaldehyde, a natural product that can be extracted from a variety of plants of the genus Cinnamomum, exhibits excellent biological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. To overcome the disadvantages (e.g., poor water solubility and sensitivity to light) or enhance the advantages (e.g., high reactivity and promoting cellular reactive oxygen species production) of cinnamaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde can be loaded into or conjugated with polymers for sustained or controlled release, thereby prolonging the effective action time of its biological activities. Moreover, when cinnamaldehyde is conjugated with a polymer, it can also introduce environmental responsiveness to the polymer through the form of stimuli-sensitive linkages between its aldehyde group and various functional groups of polymers. The environmental responsiveness provides the great potential of cinnamaldehyde-conjugated polymers for applications in the biomedical field. In this review, the strategies for preparing cinnamaldehyde-contained polymers are summarized and their biomedical applications are also reviewed.
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- Guangyan Zhang
- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
- Correspondence: (G.Z.); (J.L.)
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Correspondence: (G.Z.); (J.L.)
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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Dong K, Chen W, Zhao Z, Zhang Y, Wang P, Wang K, Xing J, Lu T, Dong Y. Multifunctional nanosystems sequentially regulating intratumor Fenton chemistry by remodeling the tumor microenvironment to reinforce chemodynamic therapy. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2022; 138:212957. [PMID: 35913243 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.212957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The particularity of the tumor microenvironment (TME) significantly limits the efficiency of chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Although various measures have been taken to improve the efficiency of CDT, how to organically integrate them into one nanosystem to achieve efficient synergy for CDT according to predetermined procedures is still an urgent problem to be solved. This work reported a multifunctional nanosystem, TPI@PPCAI, which comprised the inner triphenylphosphine modified D-α-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS-PPh3) micelles loading iron-oxide nanoparticles (IONs), and the outer poly (dopamine-co-protocatechuic acid) (PDA-PA, PP) coating modified with carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitor (CAI). TPI@PPCAI remodeled TME by sequential function adjustment to make it suitable for the efficient Fenton reactions: CAI first inhibited the overexpressed CA IX to result in intracellular acidification, which combined with near-infrared light (NIR) irradiation to accelerate the PP coating degradation, thereby promoting the exposure and disintegration of the inner micellar structure to release TPGS-PPh3 and IONs. The TPGS-PPh3 further elevated the intracellular ROS basal level by targeting and interfering with the mitochondrial function. Therefore, the TME was transformed into an acidic microenvironment with high ROS levels, which vigorously promoted the Fenton reaction mediated by IONs with the aid of photothermal effect induced by PP coating via NIR irradiation, ultimately earning high-efficiency CDT on xenograft MDA-MB-231 tumor-bearing mice. This study improved the efficiency of Fenton reaction in biological systems through the practical design of nanostructures and provided a novel thought for ROS-mediated therapy.
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- Kai Dong
- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Ashrafizadeh M, Saebfar H, Gholami MH, Hushmandi K, Zabolian A, Bikarannejad P, Hashemi M, Daneshi S, Mirzaei S, Sharifi E, Kumar AP, Khan H, Heydari Sheikh Hossein H, Vosough M, Rabiee N, Thakur Kumar V, Makvandi P, Mishra YK, Tay FR, Wang Y, Zarrabi A, Orive G, Mostafavi E. Doxorubicin-loaded graphene oxide nanocomposites in cancer medicine: Stimuli-responsive carriers, co-delivery and suppressing resistance. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2022; 19:355-382. [PMID: 35152815 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2022.2041598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The application of doxorubicin (DOX) in cancer therapy has been limited due to its drug resistance and poor internalization. Graphene oxide (GO) nanostructures have the capacity for DOX delivery while promoting its cytotoxicity in cancer. AREAS COVERED The favorable characteristics of GO nanocomposites, preparation method, and application in cancer therapy are described. Then, DOX resistance in cancer is discussed. The GO-mediated photothermal therapy and DOX delivery for cancer suppression are described. Preparation of stimuli-responsive GO nanocomposites, surface functionalization, hybrid nanoparticles, and theranostic applications are emphasized in DOX chemotherapy. EXPERT OPINION Graphene oxide nanoparticle-based photothermal therapy maximizes the anti-cancer activity of DOX against cancer cells. Apart from DOX delivery, GO nanomaterials are capable of loading anti-cancer agents and genetic tools to minimize drug resistance and enhance the cytolytic impact of DOX in cancer eradication. To enhance DOX accumulation in cancer cells, stimuli-responsive (redox-, light-, enzyme- and pH-sensitive) GO nanoparticles have been developed for DOX delivery. Further development of targeted delivery of DOX-loaded GO nanomaterials against cancer cells may be achieved by surface modification of polymers such as polyethylene glycol, hyaluronic acid, and chitosan. Doxorubicin-loaded GO nanoparticles have demonstrated theranostic potential for simultaneous diagnosis and therapy. Hybridization of GO with other nanocarriers such as silica and gold nanoparticles further broadens their potential anti-cancer therapy applications.
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- Milad Ashrafizadeh
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Caddesi No. 27, Orhanlı, Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Farhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- DVM. Graduated, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Division of epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, 5th Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Iran
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- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Farhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, School of Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, 6517838736 Hamadan, Iran
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- NUS Center for Cancer Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.,Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.,School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, U.K.,School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Centre for Materials Interface, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, Italy
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- Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark
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- The Graduate School, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Urological Sciences and Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6H3Z6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Sariyer 34396, Istanbul, Turkey
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- NanoBioCel Research Group, School of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.,Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.,University Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Oral Implantology - UIRMI (UPV/EHUFundación Eduardo Anitua). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.,Bioaraba, NanoBioCel Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.,Singapore Eye Research Institute, The Academia, 20 College Road, Discovery Tower, Singapore
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Fabrication of pH/Reduction Sensitive Polyethylene Glycol-Based Micelles for Enhanced Intracellular Drug Release. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13091464. [PMID: 34575539 PMCID: PMC8470983 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13091464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
At present, the drug is still difficult to release completely and quickly only with single stimulation. In order to promote the rapid release of polymeric micelles at tumor site, pH/reduction sensitive polymers (PCT) containing disulfide bonds and orthoester groups were synthesized. The PCT polymers can self-assemble in water and entrap doxorubicin to form drug-loaded micelles (DOX/PCT). In an in vitro drug release experiment, the cumulative release of DOX/PCT micelles in the simulated tumor microenvironment (pH 5.0 with GSH) reached (89.7 ± 11.7)% at 72 h, while it was only (16.7 ± 6.1)% in the normal physiological environment (pH 7.4 without GSH). In addition, pH sensitive DOX loaded micellar system (DOX/PAT) was prepared as a control. Furthermore, compared with DOX/PAT micelles, DOX/PCT micelles showed the stronger cytotoxicity against tumor cells to achieve an effective antitumor effect. After being internalized by clathrin/caveolin-mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis, DOX/PCT micelles were depolymerized in intercellular acidic and a reductive environment to release DOX rapidly to kill tumor cells. Additionally, DOX/PCT micelles had a better inhibitory effect on tumor growth than DOX/PAT micelles in in vivo antitumor activity studies. Therefore, pH/reduction dual sensitive PCT polymers have great potential to be used as repaid release nanocarriers for intercellular delivery of antitumor drugs.
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Qiu N, Du X, Ji J, Zhai G. A review of stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for tumor-targeted delivery of curcumin. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2021; 47:839-856. [PMID: 34033496 DOI: 10.1080/03639045.2021.1934869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Despite a potential drug with multiple pharmacological activities, curcumin has disadvantages of the poor water solubility, rapid metabolism, low bioavailability, which considerably limit its clinical application. Currently, polymeric micelles (PMs) have gained widespread concern due to their advantageous physical and chemical properties, easy preparation, and biocompatibility. They can be used to improve drug solubility, prolong blood circulation time, and allow passive targeted drug delivery to tumor through enhanced penetration and retention effect. Moreover, studies focused on tumor microenvironment offer alternatives to design stimulus-responsive smart PMs based on low pH, high levels of glutathione, altered enzyme expression, increased reactive oxygen species production, and hypoxia. There are various external stimuli, such as light, ultrasound, and temperature. These endogenous/exogenous stimuli can be used for the research of intelligent micelles. Intelligent PMs can effectively load curcumin with improved solubility, and intelligently respond to release the drug at a controlled rate at targeted sites such as tumors to avoid early release, which markedly improves the bioavailability of curcumin. The present review is aimed to discuss and summarize recent developments in research of curcumin-loaded intelligent PMs based on endogenous and exogenous stimuli, and facilitates the development of novel delivery systems for future research.
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- Na Qiu
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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Qin F, Zhou H, Li J, Liu J, Wang Y, Bai R, Liu S, Ma M, Liu T, Gao F, Du P, Lu X, Chen C. Hypoxia and pH co-triggered oxidative stress amplifier for tumor therapy. Eur J Pharmacol 2021; 905:174187. [PMID: 34048738 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To keep fast proliferation, tumor cells are exposed to higher oxidative stress than normal cells and they upregulate the amount of some antioxidants such as glutathione (GSH) against reactive oxygen species to maintain the balance. This phenomenon is severe in hypoxic tumor cells. Although researchers have proposed a series of treatment strategies based on regulating the intracellular reactive oxygen species level, few of them are related to the hypoxic tumor. Herein, a novel organic compound (PLC) was designed by using lysine as a bridge to connect two functional small molecules, a hypoxia-responsive nitroimidazole derivative (pimonidazole) and a pH-responsive cinnamaldehyde (CA) derivative. Then, the oxidative stress amplifying ability of PLC in hypoxic tumor cells was evaluated. The acidic microenvironment of tumor can trigger the release of CA to produce reactive oxygen species. Meanwhile, large amount of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) can be consumed to decrease the synthesis of GSH during the bio-reduction process of the nitro group in PLC under hypoxic conditions. Therefore, the lethal effect of CA can be amplified for the decrease of GSH. Our results prove that this strategy can significantly enhance the therapeutic effect of CA in the hypoxic tumor cells.
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- Fenglan Qin
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China; Research Unit of Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100021, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China; Research Unit of Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100021, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China; Research Unit of Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100021, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China; Research Unit of Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100021, PR China.
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Xu C, Han R, Liu H, Zhu Y, Zhang J, Xu L. Construction of Polymeric Micelles for Improving Cancer Chemotherapy by Promoting the Production of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species and Self‐Accelerating Drug Release. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Caidie Xu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Ningbo University Ningbo 315211 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Ningbo University Ningbo 315211 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Wenzhou University Wenzhou 325027 China
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- Medical School of Ningbo University Ningbo 315211 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Ningbo University Ningbo 315211 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering Ningbo University Ningbo 315211 China
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Dong K, Zhao ZZ, Kang J, Lin LR, Chen WT, Liu JX, Wu XL, Lu TL. Cinnamaldehyde and Doxorubicin Co-Loaded Graphene Oxide Wrapped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced MCF-7 Cell Apoptosis. Int J Nanomedicine 2020; 15:10285-10304. [PMID: 33376322 PMCID: PMC7756203 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s283981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Combined chemotherapy is often affected by the different physicochemical properties of chemotherapeutic drugs, which should be improved by the reasonable design of co-loaded preparations. Purpose A kind of simple but practical graphene oxide (GO) wrapped mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) modified with hyaluronic acid (MSN@GO-HA) were developed for the co-delivery of cinnamaldehyde (CA) and doxorubicin (DOX), in order to enhance their combined treatment on tumor cells and reduce their application defects. Methods The MSNCA@GODOX-HA was constructed by MSNCA (loading CA via physical diffusion) and GODOX-HA (modified with HA and loading DOX via π–π stacking) through the electrostatic adsorption, followed by the physicochemical characterization, serum stability and in vitro release study. Cytotoxicity on different cells was detected, followed by the tumor cell uptake tests. The intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) changes, mitochondrial functions and activities of caspase-3/-9 in MCF-7 cells were also evaluated, respectively. Results The MSNCA@GODOX-HA nanoparticles kept stable in FBS solution and achieved pH-responsive release behavior, which was beneficial to increase the accumulation of CA and DOX in tumor cells to enhance the treatment. MSNCA@GODOX-HA exerted higher cytotoxicity to MCF-7 human breast cancer cells than H9c2 cardiac myocyte cells, which were not only attributed to the active targeting to tumor cells by HA, but also related with the activation of intrinsic apoptotic pathway in MCF-7 cells induced by CA, which was mediated by the specific ROS signal amplification and the interference with mitochondrial function. Moreover, the efficacy of DOX was also enhanced by the above process. Conclusion The establishment of the MSNCA@GODOX-HA nanoparticles played a role in promoting strengths and restricting shortcomings of CA and DOX, thereby exerting their function and achieving efficient treatment against cancer.
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- Kai Dong
- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Mishra P, Gupta P, Pruthi V. Cinnamaldehyde incorporated gellan/PVA electrospun nanofibers for eradicating Candida biofilm. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2020; 119:111450. [PMID: 33321588 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Immunocompromised patients encounter fungal infections more frequently than healthy individuals. Conventional drugs associated health risk and resistance, portrayed fungal infections as a global health problem. This issue needs to be answered immediately by designing a novel anti-fungal therapeutic agent. Phytoactive molecules based therapeutics are most suitable candidate due to their low cytotoxicity and minimal side effects to the host. In this study, cinnamaldehyde (CA), an FDA approved phytoactive molecule present in cinnamon essential oil was incorporated into gellan (GA)/poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) based electrospun nanofibers to resolve the issues like low water solubility, high volatility and irritant effect associated with CA and also to enhance its therapeutic applications. The drug encapsulation, morphology and physical properties of the synthesized CA nanofibers were evaluated by FESEM, AFM, TGA, FTIR and static water contact angle analysis. The average diameters of CA encapsulated GA/PVA nanofibers and GA/PVA nanofibers were recorded to be 278.5 ± 57.8 nm and 204.03 ± 39.14 nm, respectively. These nanofibers were evaluated for their anti-biofilm activity against Candida using XTT (2, 3-bis (2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino)-carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium salt) reduction assay. Data demonstrated that CA encapsulated GA/PVA nanofibers can effectively eradicate 89.29% and 50.45% of Candida glabrata and Candida albicans biofilm respectively. CA encapsulated nanofibers exhibited brilliant antimicrobial property against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The cytotoxicity assay demonstrated that nanofibers loaded with CA have anticancer properties as it reduces cell viability of breast cancer cells (MCF-7) by 27.7%. These CA loaded GA/PVA (CA-GA/PVA) nanofibers could be used as novel wound dressing material and coatings on biomedical implants to eradicate biofilm.
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- Purusottam Mishra
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Guan Y, Wang LY, Wang B, Ding MH, Bao YL, Tan SW. Recent Advances of D-α-tocopherol Polyethylene Glycol 1000 Succinate Based Stimuli-responsive Nanomedicine for Cancer Treatment. Curr Med Sci 2020; 40:218-231. [PMID: 32337683 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-020-2185-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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D-α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) is a pharmaceutical excipient approved by Chinese NMPA and FDA of USA. It's widely applied as a multifunctional drug carrier for nanomedicine. The advantages of TPGS include P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibition, penetration promotion, apoptosis induction via mitochondrial-associated apoptotic pathways, multidrug resistant (MDR) reversion, metastasis inhibition and so on. TPGS-based drug delivery systems which are responding to external stimulus can combine the inhibitory functions of TPGS towards P-gp with the environmentally responsive controlled release property and thus exerts a synergistic anti-cancer effect, through increased intracellular drug concentration in tumors cells and well-controlled drug release behavior. In this review, TPGS-based nano-sized delivery systems responsive to different stimuli were summarized and discussed, including pH-responsive, redoxresponsive and multi-responsive systems in various formulations. The achievements, mechanisms and different characteristics of TPGS-based stimuli-responsive drug-delivery systems in tumor therapy were also outlined.
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- Yang Guan
- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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Fujitaka Y, Hamada H, Uesugi D, Kuboki A, Shimoda K, Iwaki T, Kiriake Y, Saikawa T. Synthesis of Daidzein Glycosides, α-Tocopherol Glycosides, Hesperetin Glycosides by Bioconversion and Their Potential for Anti-Allergic Functional-Foods and Cosmetics. Molecules 2019; 24:E2975. [PMID: 31426346 PMCID: PMC6721765 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24162975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Daidzein is a common isoflavone, having multiple biological effects such as anti-inflammation, anti-allergy, and anti-aging. α-Tocopherol is the tocopherol isoform with the highest vitamin E activity including anti-allergic activity and anti-cancer activity. Hesperetin is a flavone, which shows potent anti-inflammatory effects. These compounds have shortcomings, i.e., water-insolubility and poor absorption after oral administration. The glycosylation of bioactive compounds can enhance their water-solubility, physicochemical stability, intestinal absorption, and biological half-life, and improve their bio- and pharmacological properties. They were transformed by cultured Nicotiana tabacum cells to 7-β-glucoside and 7-β-gentiobioside of daidzein, and 3'- and 7-β-glucosides, 3',7-β-diglucoside, and 7-β-gentiobioside of hesperetin. Daidzein and α-tocopherol were glycosylated by galactosylation with β-glucosidase to give 4'- and 7-β-galactosides of daidzein, which were new compounds, and α-tocopherol 6-β-galactoside. These nine glycosides showed higher anti-allergic activity, i.e., inhibitory activity toward histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells, than their respective aglycones. In addition, these glycosides showed higher tyrosinase inhibitory activity than the corresponding aglycones. Glycosylation of daidzein, α-tocopherol, and hesperetin greatly improved their biological activities.
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- Yuya Fujitaka
- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Junshin Gakuen University, 1-1-1 Tikushigaoka, Fukuoka-shi, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8510, Japan
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Dong K, Lei Q, Guo R, Wu X, Zhang Y, Cui N, Shi JY, Lu T. Regulating intracellular ROS signal by a dual pH/reducing-responsive nanogels system promotes tumor cell apoptosis. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:5713-5728. [PMID: 31413571 PMCID: PMC6662175 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s208089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose: The levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in tumor cells are much higher than that in normal cells, and rise rapidly under the influence of exogenous or endogenous inducing factors, eventually leading to the apoptosis of tumor cells. Therefore, this study prepared a dual pH/reducing-responsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-Cinnamaldehyde-co-D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate, PssNCT) nanogels, which employed two exogenous ROS inducers, cinnamaldehyde (CA) and D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS), to selectively induce apoptosis by regulating ROS levels in tumor cells. Methods: The PssNCT nanogels were prepared by the free radical precipitation polymerization under the crosslink between pH-sensitive hydrazone and reducing-sensitive disulfide bonds, followed by the physicochemical and morphological characteristics investigations. Plasma stability, dual pH/reducing responsive degradation and in vitro release were also assessed. In cell experiments, cytotoxicity in different cells were first detected. The intracellular ROS levels and mitochondrial functions of tumor cells were then evaluated. Moreover, the apoptosis and western-blot assays were employed to verify the association between ROS levels elevation and apoptosis in tumor cells. Results: The nanogels exhibited a round-like hollow structure with the diameter smaller than 200nm. The nanogels were stable in plasma, while showed rapid degradation in acidic and reducing environments, thus achieving significant release of CA and TPGS in these media. Furthermore, the sufficient amplification of ROS signals was induced by the synergistically function of CA and TPGS on mitochondria, which resulted in the opening of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and enhanced cytotoxicity on MCF-7 cells. However, nanogels barely affected L929 cells owing to their lower intracellular ROS basal levels. Conclusion: The specific ROS regulation method achieved by these nanogels could be explored to selectively kill tumor cells according to the difference of ROS signals in different kinds of cells.
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- Kai Dong
- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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Teleky BE, Vodnar DC. Biomass-Derived Production of Itaconic Acid as a Building Block in Specialty Polymers. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1035. [PMID: 31212656 PMCID: PMC6630286 DOI: 10.3390/polym11061035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomass, the only source of renewable organic carbon on Earth, offers an efficient substrate for bio-based organic acid production as an alternative to the leading petrochemical industry based on non-renewable resources. Itaconic acid (IA) is one of the most important organic acids that can be obtained from lignocellulose biomass. IA, a 5-C dicarboxylic acid, is a promising platform chemical with extensive applications; therefore, it is included in the top 12 building block chemicals by the US Department of Energy. Biotechnologically, IA production can take place through fermentation with fungi like Aspergillus terreus and Ustilago maydis strains or with metabolically engineered bacteria like Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum. Bio-based IA represents a feasible substitute for petrochemically produced acrylic acid, paints, varnishes, biodegradable polymers, and other different organic compounds. IA and its derivatives, due to their trifunctional structure, support the synthesis of a wide range of innovative polymers through crosslinking, with applications in special hydrogels for water decontamination, targeted drug delivery (especially in cancer treatment), smart nanohydrogels in food applications, coatings, and elastomers. The present review summarizes the latest research regarding major IA production pathways, metabolic engineering procedures, and the synthesis and applications of novel polymeric materials.
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- Bernadette-Emőke Teleky
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăştur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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