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Waeterschoot J, Gosselé W, Lemež Š, Casadevall I Solvas X. Artificial cells for in vivo biomedical applications through red blood cell biomimicry. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2504. [PMID: 38509073 PMCID: PMC10954685 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46732-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Recent research in artificial cell production holds promise for the development of delivery agents with therapeutic effects akin to real cells. To succeed in these applications, these systems need to survive the circulatory conditions. In this review we present strategies that, inspired by the endurance of red blood cells, have enhanced the viability of large, cell-like vehicles for in vivo therapeutic use, particularly focusing on giant unilamellar vesicles. Insights from red blood cells can guide modifications that could transform these platforms into advanced drug delivery vehicles, showcasing biomimicry's potential in shaping the future of therapeutic applications.
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- Jorik Waeterschoot
- Department of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Majid MA, Ullah H, Alshehri AM, Tabassum R, Aleem A, Khan AUR, Batool Z, Nazir A, Bibi I. Development of novel polymer haemoglobin based particles as an antioxidant, antibacterial and an oxygen carrier agents. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3031. [PMID: 38321082 PMCID: PMC10847508 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53548-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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This innovative work aims to develop highly biocompatible and degradable nanoparticles by encapsulating haemoglobin (Hb) within poly-ε-caprolactone for novel biomedical applications. We used a modified double emulsion solvent evaporation method to fabricate the particles. A Scanning electron microscope (SEM) characterized them for surface morphology. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopies (UV-visible) elucidated preserved chemical and biological structure of encapsulated haemoglobin. The airproof equilibrium apparatus obtained the oxygen-carrying capacity and P50 values. The DPPH assay assessed free radical scavenging potential. The antibacterial properties were observed using four different bacterial strains by disk diffusion method. The MTT assay investigates the cytotoxic effects on mouse fibroblast cultured cell lines (L-929). The MTT assay showed that nanoparticles have no toxicity over large concentrations. The well-preserved structure of Hb within particles, no toxicity, high oxygen affinity, P50 value, and IC50 values open the area of new research, which may be used as artificial oxygen carriers, antioxidant, and antibacterial agents, potential therapeutic agents as well as drug carrier particles to treat the cancerous cells. The novelty of this work is the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of developed nanoparticles are not been reported yet. Results showed that the prepared particles have strong antioxidant and antibacterial potential.
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- Muhammad Abdul Majid
- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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- Department of Physics, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Biophotonics Imaging Techniques Laboratory, Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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Pacheco MO, Lutz HM, Armada J, Davies N, Gerzenshtein IK, Cakley AS, Spiess BD, Stoppel WL. Silk Fibroin Particles as Carriers in the Development of Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers. ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH 2023; 3:2300019. [PMID: 38708087 PMCID: PMC11068031 DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202300019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Oxygen therapeutics have a range of applications in transfusion medicine and disease treatment. Synthetic molecules and all-natural or semi-synthetic hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) have seen success as potential circulating oxygen carriers. However, many early HBOC products stalled in development due to side effects from excess hemoglobin in the blood stream and hemoglobin entering the tissue. To overcome these issues, research has focused on increasing the molecular diameter of hemoglobin by polymerizing hemoglobin molecules or encapsulating hemoglobin in liposomal carriers. This work leverages the properties of silk fibroin, a cytocompatible and non-thrombogenic biopolymer, known to entrap protein-based cargo, to engineer a fully protein-based oxygen carrier. Herein, an all-aqueous solvent evaporation technique was used to form silk particles via phase separation from a bulk polyvinyl alcohol phase (PVA). Particles size was tuned, and particles were formed with and without hemoglobin. The encapsulation efficiency and ferrous state of hemoglobin were analyzed, resulting in 60% encapsulation efficiency and a maximum of 20% ferric hemoglobin, yielding 100 µg/mL active hemoglobin in certain sfHBOC formulations. The system did not elicit a strong inflammation response in vitro, demonstrating the potential for this particle system to serve as an injectable HBOC.
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- Marisa O Pacheco
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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Zhang Q, Inagaki NF, Ito T. Recent advances in micro-sized oxygen carriers inspired by red blood cells. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2023; 24:2223050. [PMID: 37363800 PMCID: PMC10288928 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2023.2223050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Supplementing sufficient oxygen to cells is always challenging in biomedical engineering fields such as tissue engineering. Originating from the concept of a 'blood substitute', nano-sized artificial oxygen carriers (AOCs) have been studied for a long time for the optimization of the oxygen supplementation and improvement of hypoxia environments in vitro and in vivo. When circulating in our bodies, micro-sized human red blood cells (hRBCs) feature a high oxygen capacity, a unique biconcave shape, biomechanical and rheological properties, and low frictional surfaces, making them efficient natural oxygen carriers. Inspired by hRBCs, recent studies have focused on evolving different AOCs into microparticles more feasibly able to achieve desired architectures and morphologies and to obtain the corresponding advantages. Recent micro-sized AOCs have been developed into additional categories based on their principal oxygen-carrying or oxygen-releasing materials. Various biomaterials such as lipids, proteins, and polymers have also been used to prepare oxygen carriers owing to their rapid oxygen transfer, high oxygen capacity, excellent colloidal stability, biocompatibility, suitable biodegradability, and long storage. In this review, we concentrated on the fabrication techniques, applied biomaterials, and design considerations of micro-sized AOCs to illustrate the advances in their performances. We also compared certain recent micro-sized AOCs with hRBCs where applicable and appropriate. Furthermore, we discussed existing and potential applications of different types of micro-sized AOCs.
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- Qiming Zhang
- Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Ahmed H, Khan EA, Stokke BT. Microfluidic dual picoinjection based encapsulation of hemoglobin in alginate microcapsules reinforced by a poly(L-lysine)- g-poly(ethylene glycol). SOFT MATTER 2022; 19:69-79. [PMID: 36468540 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01045c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Hemoglobin (Hb) encapsulation inside polysaccharide hydrogels has been considered a possible red blood cell (RBC) surrogate in transfusiology. Here we report on the microfluidic dual picoinjection assisted synthesis of Hb encapsulated alginate-poly(L-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) beads. This process is realized by the on-chip injections of blended Hb alginate solutions in emulsified aqueous calcium chloride (CaCl2) droplets followed by a subsequent injection of an aqueous PLL-g-PEG into each emulsified aqueous droplet. The proposed fabrication approach was realized using a flow-focusing and two picoinjection sites in a single PDMS device. Aqueous CaCl2 solution was emulsified and infused with Hb-alginate solution as the squeezed droplet passed through the first picoinjection site. The injection of PLL-g-PEG to reinforce the microgel and minimize the protein leaching was realized in the second picoinjection site located downstream from the first in the same microfluidic channel. In this process, monodisperse Hb-alginate-PLL-g-PEG particles with a diameter around the size of RBCs (9 μm) were obtained with around 80% of the 7.5 mg ml-1 Hb included in the injected aqueous alginate retaining in the obtained microparticles. Microparticles with Hb loading (32.8 pg per bead) and retention (28.8 pg per bead) over a week of storage at 4 °C are in accordance with the average amount of Hb per RBC. The Hb-alginate-PLL-g-PEG microbeads fabricated in the size range of RBCs are significant for further exploration.
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- Husnain Ahmed
- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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Xu Y, Zhu H, Denduluri A, Ou Y, Erkamp NA, Qi R, Shen Y, Knowles TPJ. Recent Advances in Microgels: From Biomolecules to Functionality. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200180. [PMID: 35790106 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The emerging applications of hydrogel materials at different length scales, in areas ranging from sustainability to health, have driven the progress in the design and manufacturing of microgels. Microgels can provide miniaturized, monodisperse, and regulatable compartments, which can be spatially separated or interconnected. These microscopic materials provide novel opportunities for generating biomimetic cell culture environments and are thus key to the advances of modern biomedical research. The evolution of the physical and chemical properties has, furthermore, highlighted the potentials of microgels in the context of materials science and bioengineering. This review describes the recent research progress in the fabrication, characterization, and applications of microgels generated from biomolecular building blocks. A key enabling technology allowing the tailoring of the properties of microgels is their synthesis through microfluidic technologies, and this paper highlights recent advances in these areas and their impact on expanding the physicochemical parameter space accessible using microgels. This review finally discusses the emerging roles that microgels play in liquid-liquid phase separation, micromechanics, biosensors, and regenerative medicine.
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- Yufan Xu
- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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Recent years have seen substantial efforts aimed at constructing artificial cells from various molecular components with the aim of mimicking the processes, behaviours and architectures found in biological systems. Artificial cell development ultimately aims to produce model constructs that progress our understanding of biology, as well as forming the basis for functional bio-inspired devices that can be used in fields such as therapeutic delivery, biosensing, cell therapy and bioremediation. Typically, artificial cells rely on a bilayer membrane chassis and have fluid aqueous interiors to mimic biological cells. However, a desire to more accurately replicate the gel-like properties of intracellular and extracellular biological environments has driven increasing efforts to build cell mimics based on hydrogels. This has enabled researchers to exploit some of the unique functional properties of hydrogels that have seen them deployed in fields such as tissue engineering, biomaterials and drug delivery. In this Review, we explore how hydrogels can be leveraged in the context of artificial cell development. We also discuss how hydrogels can potentially be incorporated within the next generation of artificial cells to engineer improved biological mimics and functional microsystems.
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Sadek SH, Rubio M, Lima R, Vega EJ. Blood Particulate Analogue Fluids: A Review. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:2451. [PMID: 34065125 PMCID: PMC8126041 DOI: 10.3390/ma14092451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Microfluidics has proven to be an extraordinary working platform to mimic and study blood flow phenomena and the dynamics of components of the human microcirculatory system. However, the use of real blood increases the complexity to perform these kinds of in vitro blood experiments due to diverse problems such as coagulation, sample storage, and handling problems. For this reason, interest in the development of fluids with rheological properties similar to those of real blood has grown over the last years. The inclusion of microparticles in blood analogue fluids is essential to reproduce multiphase effects taking place in a microcirculatory system, such as the cell-free layer (CFL) and Fähraeus-Lindqvist effect. In this review, we summarize the progress made in the last twenty years. Size, shape, mechanical properties, and even biological functionalities of microparticles produced/used to mimic red blood cells (RBCs) are critically exposed and analyzed. The methods developed to fabricate these RBC templates are also shown. The dynamic flow/rheology of blood particulate analogue fluids proposed in the literature (with different particle concentrations, in most of the cases, relatively low) is shown and discussed in-depth. Although there have been many advances, the development of a reliable blood particulate analogue fluid, with around 45% by volume of microparticles, continues to be a big challenge.
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- Samir Hassan Sadek
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain; (S.H.S.); (M.R.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain; (S.H.S.); (M.R.)
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- MEtRICs, Mechanical Engineering Department, Campus de Azurém, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal;
- Transport Phenomena Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain; (S.H.S.); (M.R.)
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Coll-Satue C, Bishnoi S, Chen J, Hosta-Rigau L. Stepping stones to the future of haemoglobin-based blood products: clinical, preclinical and innovative examples. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:1135-1152. [DOI: 10.1039/d0bm01767a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Critical overview of the different oxygen therapeutics developed so far to be used when donor blood is not available.
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- Clara Coll-Satue
- Department of Health Technology
- Centre for Nanomedicine and Theranostics
- DTU Health Tech
- Technical University of Denmark
- 2800 Lyngby
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- Department of Health Technology
- Centre for Nanomedicine and Theranostics
- DTU Health Tech
- Technical University of Denmark
- 2800 Lyngby
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- Department of Health Technology
- Centre for Nanomedicine and Theranostics
- DTU Health Tech
- Technical University of Denmark
- 2800 Lyngby
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- Department of Health Technology
- Centre for Nanomedicine and Theranostics
- DTU Health Tech
- Technical University of Denmark
- 2800 Lyngby
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Carvalho V, Maia I, Souza A, Ribeiro J, Costa P, Puga H, Teixeira S, Lima RA. In vitro
Biomodels in Stenotic Arteries to Perform Blood Analogues Flow Visualizations and Measurements: A Review. Open Biomed Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1874120702014010087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of death globally and the most common pathological process is atherosclerosis. Over the years, these cardiovascular complications have been extensively studied by applying in vivo, in vitro and numerical methods (in silico). In vivo studies represent more accurately the physiological conditions and provide the most realistic data. Nevertheless, these approaches are expensive, and it is complex to control several physiological variables. Hence, the continuous effort to find reliable alternative methods has been growing. In the last decades, numerical simulations have been widely used to assess the blood flow behavior in stenotic arteries and, consequently, providing insights into the cardiovascular disease condition, its progression and therapeutic optimization. However, it is necessary to ensure its accuracy and reliability by comparing the numerical simulations with clinical and experimental data. For this reason, with the progress of the in vitro flow measurement techniques and rapid prototyping, experimental investigation of hemodynamics has gained widespread attention. The present work reviews state-of-the-art in vitro macro-scale arterial stenotic biomodels for flow measurements, summarizing the different fabrication methods, blood analogues and highlighting advantages and limitations of the most used techniques.
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Fuchs S, Ernst AU, Wang LH, Shariati K, Wang X, Liu Q, Ma M. Hydrogels in Emerging Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes. Chem Rev 2020; 121:11458-11526. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Stephanie Fuchs
- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Visualization and Measurements of Blood Cells Flowing in Microfluidic Systems and Blood Rheology: A Personalized Medicine Perspective. J Pers Med 2020; 10:jpm10040249. [PMID: 33256123 PMCID: PMC7712771 DOI: 10.3390/jpm10040249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hemorheological alterations in the majority of metabolic diseases are always connected with blood rheology disturbances, such as the increase of blood and plasma viscosity, cell aggregation enhancement, and reduction of the red blood cells (RBCs) deformability. Thus, the visualizations and measurements of blood cells deformability flowing in microfluidic devices (point-of-care devices) can provide vital information to diagnose early symptoms of blood diseases and consequently to be used as a fast clinical tool for early detection of biomarkers. For instance, RBCs rigidity has been correlated with myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, among other blood diseases. In order to better understand the blood cells behavior in microfluidic devices, rheological properties analysis is gaining interest by the biomedical committee, since it is strongly dependent on the interactions and mechanical cells proprieties. In addition, the development of blood analogue fluids capable of reproducing the rheological properties of blood and mimic the RBCs behavior at in vitro conditions is crucial for the design, performance and optimization of the microfluidic devices frequently used for personalized medicine. By combining the unique features of the hemorheology and microfluidic technology for single-cell analysis, valuable advances in personalized medicine for new treatments and diagnosis approach can be achieved.
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Chimisso V, Aleman Garcia MA, Yorulmaz Avsar S, Dinu IA, Palivan CG. Design of Bio-Conjugated Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine Applications: From Polymer Scaffold to Biomolecule Choice. Molecules 2020; 25:E4090. [PMID: 32906772 PMCID: PMC7571016 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bio-conjugated hydrogels merge the functionality of a synthetic network with the activity of a biomolecule, becoming thus an interesting class of materials for a variety of biomedical applications. This combination allows the fine tuning of their functionality and activity, whilst retaining biocompatibility, responsivity and displaying tunable chemical and mechanical properties. A complex scenario of molecular factors and conditions have to be taken into account to ensure the correct functionality of the bio-hydrogel as a scaffold or a delivery system, including the polymer backbone and biomolecule choice, polymerization conditions, architecture and biocompatibility. In this review, we present these key factors and conditions that have to match together to ensure the correct functionality of the bio-conjugated hydrogel. We then present recent examples of bio-conjugated hydrogel systems paving the way for regenerative medicine applications.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR-1096, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (V.C.); (M.A.A.G.); (S.Y.A.); (I.A.D.)
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Guo J, Agola JO, Serda R, Franco S, Lei Q, Wang L, Minster J, Croissant JG, Butler KS, Zhu W, Brinker CJ. Biomimetic Rebuilding of Multifunctional Red Blood Cells: Modular Design Using Functional Components. ACS NANO 2020; 14:7847-7859. [PMID: 32391687 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The design and synthesis of artificial materials that mimic the structures, mechanical properties, and ultimately functionalities of biological cells remains a current holy grail of materials science. Here, based on a silica cell bioreplication approach, we report the design and construction of synthetic rebuilt red blood cells (RRBCs) that fully mimic the broad properties of native RBCs: size, biconcave shape, deformability, oxygen-carrying capacity, and long circulation time. Four successive nanoscale processing steps (RBC bioreplication, layer-by-layer polymer deposition, and precision silica etching, followed by RBC ghost membrane vesicle fusion) are employed for RRBC construction. A panel of physicochemical analyses including zeta-potential measurement, fluorescence microscopy, and antibody-mediated agglutination assay proved the recapitulation of RBC shape, size, and membrane structure. Flow-based deformation studies carried out in a microfluidic blood capillary model confirmed the ability of RRBCs to deform and pass through small slits and reconstitute themselves in a manner comparable to native RBCs. Circulation studies of RRBCs conducted ex ovo in a chick embryo and in vivo in a mouse model demonstrated the requirement of both deformability and native cell membrane surface to achieve long-term circulation. To confer additional non-native functionalities to RRBCs, we developed modular procedures with which to load functional cargos such as hemoglobin, drugs, magnetic nanoparticles, and ATP biosensors within the RRBC interior to enable various functions, including oxygen delivery, therapeutic drug delivery, magnetic manipulation, and toxin biosensing and detection. Taken together, RRBCs represent a class of long-circulating RBC-inspired artificial hybrid materials with a broad range of potential applications.
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- Jimin Guo
- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Nanobiology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Polydopamine-based surface modification of hemoglobin particles for stability enhancement of oxygen carriers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 571:326-336. [PMID: 32208203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Templated assembly techniques have been extensively used to develop various types of hemoglobin (Hb) loaded particles with improved performance. However, several instability issues must still be solved, including Hb exposure, enhanced Hb auto-oxidation, and the relatively weak binding of Hb to cross-linkers. Herein, to meet the stability requirements for novel hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), hemoglobin-polydopamine particles (Hb-PDA) were fabricated using a mild process that combines the co-precipitation of Hb and an inorganic template with the spontaneous adhesion of PDA. The Hb-PDA showed uniform size distribution, chemical integrity of both Hb and PDA, high biocompatibility, and robust oxygen delivery. Our results demonstrated that the use of polydopamine as a biocompatible coating material reduced Hb leakage from the particles under both static and flow conditions, thus mitigating the toxicity associated with free Hb and strengthening the stability of Hb particles. In addition, Hb-PDA reduced HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Cells) oxidative injury and scavenged 85% of the available hydroxyl radicals, exhibiting its potential to act as an antioxidant for encapsulated Hb. Hb-PDA therefore shows significant promise as a cell-like structurally and functionally stable HBOCs.
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Marques AC, Costa PJ, Velho S, Amaral MH. Functionalizing nanoparticles with cancer-targeting antibodies: A comparison of strategies. J Control Release 2020; 320:180-200. [PMID: 31978444 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Standard cancer therapies sometimes fail to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to tumor cells in a safe and effective manner. Nanotechnology takes the lead in providing new therapeutic options for cancer due to major potential for selective targeting and controlled drug release. Antibodies and antibody fragments are attracting much attention as a source of targeting ligands to bind specific receptors that are overexpressed on cancer cells. Therefore, researchers are devoting time and effort to develop targeting strategies based on nanoparticles functionalized with antibodies, which hold great promise to enhance therapeutic efficacy and circumvent severe side effects. Several methods have been described to immobilize antibodies on the surface of nanoparticles. However, selecting the most appropriate for each application is challenging but also imperative to preserve antigen binding ability and yield stable antibody-conjugated nanoparticles. From this perspective, we aim to provide considerable knowledge on the most widely used methods of functionalization that can be helpful for decision-making and design of conjugation protocols as well. This review summarizes adsorption, covalent conjugation (carbodiimide, maleimide and "click" chemistries) and biotin-avidin interaction, while discussing the advantages, limitations and relevant therapeutic approaches currently under investigation.
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- A C Marques
- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (FFUP), R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (FFUP), R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, R. Júlio Amaral de Carvalho 45, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (FFUP), R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Haryadi BM, Hafner D, Amin I, Schubel R, Jordan R, Winter G, Engert J. Nonspherical Nanoparticle Shape Stability Is Affected by Complex Manufacturing Aspects: Its Implications for Drug Delivery and Targeting. Adv Healthc Mater 2019; 8:e1900352. [PMID: 31410996 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201900352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The shape of nanoparticles is known recently as an important design parameter influencing considerably the fate of nanoparticles with and in biological systems. Several manufacturing techniques to generate nonspherical nanoparticles as well as studies on in vitro and in vivo effects thereof have been described. However, nonspherical nanoparticle shape stability in physiological-related conditions and the impact of formulation parameters on nonspherical nanoparticle resistance still need to be investigated. To address these issues, different nanoparticle fabrication methods using biodegradable polymers are explored to produce nonspherical nanoparticles via the prevailing film-stretching method. In addition, systematic comparisons to other nanoparticle systems prepared by different manufacturing techniques and less biodegradable materials (but still commonly utilized for drug delivery and targeting) are conducted. The study evinces that the strong interplay from multiple nanoparticle properties (i.e., internal structure, Young's modulus, surface roughness, liquefaction temperature [glass transition (Tg ) or melting (Tm )], porosity, and surface hydrophobicity) is present. It is not possible to predict the nonsphericity longevity by merely one or two factor(s). The most influential features in preserving the nonsphericity of nanoparticles are existence of internal structure and low surface hydrophobicity (i.e., surface-free energy (SFE) > ≈55 mN m-1 , material-water interfacial tension <6 mN m-1 ), especially if the nanoparticles are soft (<1 GPa), rough (Rrms > 10 nm), porous (>1 m2 g-1 ), and in possession of low bulk liquefaction temperature (<100 °C). Interestingly, low surface hydrophobicity of nanoparticles can be obtained indirectly by the significant presence of residual stabilizers. Therefore, it is strongly suggested that nonsphericity of particle systems is highly dependent on surface chemistry but cannot be appraised separately from other factors. These results and reviews allot valuable guidelines for the design and manufacturing of nonspherical nanoparticles having adequate shape stability, thereby appropriate with their usage purposes. Furthermore, they can assist in understanding and explaining the possible mechanisms of nonspherical nanoparticles effectivity loss and distinctive material behavior at the nanoscale.
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- Bernard Manuel Haryadi
- Pharmaceutical Technology and BiopharmaceuticsDepartment of PharmacyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Butenandtstraße 5 81377 Munich Germany
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- Department of ChemistryDresden University of Technology Mommsenstraße 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Department of ChemistryDresden University of Technology Mommsenstraße 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Department of ChemistryDresden University of Technology Mommsenstraße 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Department of ChemistryDresden University of Technology Mommsenstraße 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Technology and BiopharmaceuticsDepartment of PharmacyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Butenandtstraße 5 81377 Munich Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Technology and BiopharmaceuticsDepartment of PharmacyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Butenandtstraße 5 81377 Munich Germany
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Khurana B, Gierlich P, Meindl A, Gomes-da-Silva LC, Senge MO. Hydrogels: soft matters in photomedicine. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:2613-2656. [PMID: 31460568 DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00221a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a shining beacon in the realm of photomedicine, is a non-invasive technique that utilizes dye-based photosensitizers (PSs) in conjunction with light and oxygen to produce reactive oxygen species to combat malignant tissues and infectious microorganisms. Yet, for PDT to become a common, routine therapy, it is still necessary to overcome limitations such as photosensitizer solubility, long-term side effects (e.g., photosensitivity) and to develop safe, biocompatible and target-specific formulations. Polymer based drug delivery platforms are an effective strategy for the delivery of PSs for PDT applications. Among them, hydrogels and 3D polymer scaffolds with the ability to swell in aqueous media have been deeply investigated. Particularly, hydrogel-based formulations present real potential to fulfill all requirements of an ideal PDT platform by overcoming the solubility issues, while improving the selectivity and targeting drawbacks of the PSs alone. In this perspective, we summarize the use of hydrogels as carrier systems of PSs to enhance the effectiveness of PDT against infections and cancer. Their potential in environmental and biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering photoremediation and photochemistry, is also discussed.
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- Bhavya Khurana
- Medicinal Chemistry, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. and CQC, Coimbra Chemistry Department, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. and Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany and Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Technische Universität München, Lichtenberg-Str. 2a, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Red blood cells as an efficient in vitro model for evaluating the efficacy of metallic nanoparticles. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:279. [PMID: 31245243 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1807-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Blood and the linings of blood vessels may be regarded as a fifth tissue type. The human body contains 5 × 109 red blood cells (RBCs) per ml, a total of 2.5 × 1013 cells in the 5 l of blood present in the body. With an average lifetime of 125 days, human RBCs are destroyed by leukocytes in the spleen and liver. Nowadays red blood cells are extensively used to study various metabolic functions. Nanoparticles (NP) are being widely accepted for drug delivery system. This review summarizes the red blood cells, NPs and their characteristics on the basis of the RBC components along with drug delivery systems through RBCs. Further, we also discussed that how erythrocytes can be used as an efficient in vitro model for evaluating the efficacy of various nanocomposite materials.
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Development of human-derived hemoglobin–albumin microspheres as oxygen carriers using Shirasu porous glass membrane emulsification. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 126:533-539. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Lee H, Roh YH, Kim HU, Bong KW. Low temperature flow lithography. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2018; 12:054105. [PMID: 30310526 PMCID: PMC6153115 DOI: 10.1063/1.5047016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Flow lithography (FL) is a microfluidic technique distinguished for its ability to produce hydrogel microparticles of various geometrical and chemical designs. While FL is typically performed in room temperature, this paper reports a new technique called low temperature flow lithography that uses low synthesis temperature to increase the degree of polymerization of microparticles without compromising other aspects of flow lithography. We suggest that decreased oxygen diffusivity in low temperature is responsible for the increase in polymerization. Microparticles that exhibit a higher degree of polymerization display a more developed polymer network, ultimately resulting in a more defined morphology, higher incorporation of materials of interest, and improved functional performance. This work demonstrates the increase in the degree of polymerization by examining the temperature effect on both the physical and chemical structures of particles. We show applications of this technique in synthesizing thin microparticles and enhancing microparticle-based detection of microRNA. Low temperature FL offers a simple and easy method of improving the degree of polymerization, which can be implemented in a wide range of FL applications.
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- H Lee
- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Jin Q, Deng Y, Jia F, Tang Z, Ji J. Gas Therapy: An Emerging “Green” Strategy for Anticancer Therapeutics. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201800084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Qiao Jin
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Surgery; Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310009 China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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Matsuhira T, Kure T, Yamamoto K, Sakai H. Analysis of Dimeric αβ Subunit Exchange between PEGylated and Native Hemoglobins (α2β2 Tetramer) in an Equilibrated State by Intramolecular ββ-Cross-Linking. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:3412-3420. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Takashi Matsuhira
- Department of Chemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, 634-8521, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, 634-8521, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, 634-8521, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, 634-8521, Japan
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Charoenphol P, Oswalt K, Bishop CJ. Therapeutics incorporating blood constituents. Acta Biomater 2018; 73:64-80. [PMID: 29626699 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Blood deficiency and dysfunctionality can result in adverse events, which can primarily be treated by transfusion of blood or the re-introduction of properly functioning sub-components. Blood constituents can be engineered on the sub-cellular (i.e., DNA recombinant technology) and cellular level (i.e., cellular hitchhiking for drug delivery) for supplementing and enhancing therapeutic efficacy, in addition to rectifying dysfunctioning mechanisms (i.e., clotting). Herein, we report the progress of blood-based therapeutics, with an emphasis on recent applications of blood transfusion, blood cell-based therapies and biomimetic carriers. Clinically translated technologies and commercial products of blood-based therapeutics are subsequently highlighted and perspectives on challenges and future prospects are discussed. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Blood-based therapeutics is a burgeoning field and has advanced considerably in recent years. Blood and its constituents, with and without modification (i.e., combinatorial), have been utilized in a broad spectrum of pre-clinical and clinically-translated treatments. This review article summarizes the most up-to-date progress of blood-based therapeutics in the following contexts: synthetic blood substitutes, acellular/non-recombinant therapies, cell-based therapies, and therapeutic sub-components. The article subsequently discusses clinically-translated technologies and future prospects thereof.
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In drug targeting, the urgent need for more effective and less iatrogenic therapies is pushing toward a complete revision of carrier setup. After the era of 'articles used as homing systems', novel prototypes are now emerging. Newly conceived carriers are endowed with better biocompatibility, biodistribution and targeting properties. The biomimetic approach bestows such improved functional properties. Exploiting biological molecules, organisms and cells, or taking inspiration from them, drug vector performances are now rapidly progressing toward the perfect carrier. Following this direction, researchers have refined carrier properties, achieving significant results. The present review summarizes recent advances in biomimetic and bioinspired drug vectors, derived from biologicals or obtained by processing synthetic materials with a biomimetic approach.
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Tu J, Bussmann J, Du G, Gao Y, Bouwstra JA, Kros A. Lipid bilayer-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles carrying bovine hemoglobin towards an erythrocyte mimic. Int J Pharm 2018; 543:169-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Liu EY, Jung S, Weitz DA, Yi H, Choi CH. High-throughput double emulsion-based microfluidic production of hydrogel microspheres with tunable chemical functionalities toward biomolecular conjugation. LAB ON A CHIP 2018; 18:323-334. [PMID: 29242870 DOI: 10.1039/c7lc01088e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chemically functional hydrogel microspheres hold significant potential in a range of applications including biosensing, drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to their high degree of flexibility in imparting a range of functions. In this work, we present a simple, efficient, and high-throughput capillary microfluidic approach for controlled fabrication of monodisperse and chemically functional hydrogel microspheres via formation of double emulsion drops with an ultra-thin oil shell as a sacrificial template. This method utilizes spontaneous dewetting of the oil phase upon polymerization and transfer into aqueous solution, resulting in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based microspheres containing primary amines (chitosan, CS) or carboxylates (acrylic acid, AA) for chemical functionality. Simple fluorescent labelling of the as-prepared microspheres shows the presence of abundant, uniformly distributed and readily tunable functional groups throughout the microspheres. Furthermore, we show the utility of chitosan's primary amine as an efficient conjugation handle at physiological pH due to its low pKa by direct comparison with other primary amines. We also report the utility of these microspheres in biomolecular conjugation using model fluorescent proteins, R-phycoerythrin (R-PE) and green fluorescent protein (GFPuv), via tetrazine-trans-cyclooctene (Tz-TCO) ligation for CS-PEG microspheres and carbodiimide chemistry for AA-PEG microspheres, respectively. The results show rapid coupling of R-PE with the microspheres' functional groups with minimal non-specific adsorption. In-depth protein conjugation kinetics studies with our microspheres highlight the differences in reaction and diffusion of R-PE with CS-PEG and AA-PEG microspheres. Finally, we demonstrate orthogonal one-pot protein conjugation of R-PE and GFPuv with CS-PEG and AA-PEG microspheres via simple size-based encoding. Combined, these results represent a significant advancement in the rapid and reliable fabrication of monodisperse and chemically functional hydrogel microspheres with tunable properties.
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- Eric Y Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
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Qin P, Pan X, Liu R, Qiu J, Fang X. Experimental and computational characterization on the binding of two fluoroquinolones to bovine hemoglobin. J Mol Recognit 2017; 30. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Pengfei Qin
- College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water and Soil Conservation and Environmental Protection; Linyi University; Linyi China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering; Linyi University; Linyi China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering; Shandong University; Jinan China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water and Soil Conservation and Environmental Protection; Linyi University; Linyi China
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- Linyi Agricultural Environmental Protection and Monitoring Station; Linyi China
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Wei X, Xiong H, He S, Wang Y, Zhou D, Jing X, Huang Y. A facile way to prepare functionalized dextran nanogels for conjugation of hemoglobin. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 155:440-448. [PMID: 28463811 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nanogels with several special advantages have been widely applied in protein delivery. However, biocompatible and biodegradable nanogels used for hemoglobin (Hb) delivery are far less explored. Herein, we developed a facile method to prepare functionalized dextran nanogels for conjugation of Hb. In situ cross-linked and aldehyde group functionalized nanogels (FNGs) were prepared from dextran-g-succinic anhydride-g-dopamine conjugate (Dex-SA-DA) assembly by simple pH adjustion and oxidization in water. Hb was further conjugated into the swelling FNGs by Schiff base reaction under mild condition. The obtained hemoglobin-loaded nanogels (HbNGs) exhibited high stability, oxygen affinity and good hemo-compatibility, suggesting the potential for oxygen carriers. We expected that the designed functionalized nanogels with high stability and loading capacity could bring a new opportunity for protein delivery.
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- Xing Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China.
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Anselmo AC, Prabhakarpandian B, Pant K, Mitragotri S. Clinical and commercial translation of advanced polymeric nanoparticle systems: opportunities and material challenges. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/2053-1613/aa5468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Xue B, Kozlovskaya V, Kharlampieva E. Shaped stimuli-responsive hydrogel particles: syntheses, properties and biological responses. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:9-35. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb02746f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This review summarizes a pool of current experimental approaches and discusses perspectives in the development of the synergistic combination of shape and stimuli-response in particulate hydrogels.
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- Bing Xue
- Chemistry Department
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- USA
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- Chemistry Department
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- USA
- Center for Nanomaterials and Biointegration
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Red blood cells: Supercarriers for drugs, biologicals, and nanoparticles and inspiration for advanced delivery systems. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2016; 106:88-103. [PMID: 26941164 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Red blood cells (RBCs) constitute a unique drug delivery system as a biologic or hybrid carrier capable of greatly enhancing pharmacokinetics, altering pharmacodynamics (for example, by changing margination within the intravascular space), and modulating immune responses to appended cargoes. Strategies for RBC drug delivery systems include internal and surface loading, and the latter can be performed both ex vivo and in vivo. A relatively new avenue for RBC drug delivery is their application as a carrier for nanoparticles. Efforts are also being made to incorporate features of RBCs in nanocarriers to mimic their most useful aspects, such as long circulation and stealth features. RBCs have also recently been explored as carriers for the delivery of antigens for modulation of immune response. Therefore, RBC-based drug delivery systems represent supercarriers for a diverse array of biomedical interventions, and this is reflected by several industrial and academic efforts that are poised to enter the clinical realm.
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Kozlovskaya V, Xue B, Kharlampieva E. Shape-Adaptable Polymeric Particles for Controlled Delivery. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Chemistry Department and ‡Center for Nanomaterials
and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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Liu EY, Jung S, Yi H. Improved Protein Conjugation with Uniform, Macroporous Poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) Hydrogel Microspheres via EDC/NHS Chemistry. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:11043-11054. [PMID: 27690459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We demonstrate a robust and tunable micromolding method to fabricate chemically functional poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (p(AAm-co-AA)) hydrogel microspheres with uniform dimensions and controlled porous network structures for rapid biomacromolecular conjugation. Specifically, p(AAm-co-AA) microspheres with abundant carboxylate functional groups are fabricated via surface-tension-induced droplet formation in patterned poly(dimethylsiloxane) molds and photoinduced radical polymerization. To demonstrate the chemical functionality, we enlisted rapid EDC/NHS (1-ethyl-3-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)) chemistry for fluorescent labeling of the microspheres with small-molecule dye fluorescein glycine amide. Epifluorescence imaging results illustrate the uniform incorporation of carboxylate groups within the microspheres and rapid conjugation kinetics. Furthermore, protein conjugation results using red fluorescent protein R-phycoerythrin demonstrate the highly porous nature of the microspheres as well as the utility of the microspheres and the EDC/NHS scheme for facile biomacromolecular conjugation. Combined, these results illustrate the significant potential for our fabrication-conjugation strategy in the development of biofunctionalized polymeric hydrogel microparticles toward rapid biosensing, bioprocess monitoring, and biodiagnostics.
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- Eric Y Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University , Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University , Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University , Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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Jung S, Choi CH, Lee CS, Yi H. Integrated fabrication-conjugation methods for polymeric and hybrid microparticles for programmable drug delivery and biosensing applications. Biotechnol J 2016; 11:1561-1571. [PMID: 27365166 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Functionalized polymeric microparticles possess significant potential for controlled drug delivery and biosensing applications, yet current fabrication techniques face challenges in simple and scalable fabrication and biofunctionalization. For programmable manufacture of biofunctional microparticles in a simple manner, we have developed robust micromolding methods combined with biopolymeric conjugation handles and bioorthogonal click reactions. In this focused minireview, we present detailed methods for our integrated approaches for fabrication of microparticles with controlled 2D and 3D shapes and dimensions toward controlled release, and for biomacromolecular conjugation via strain promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) and tetrazine-trans-cyclooctene (Tz-TCO) ligation reactions utilizing a potent aminopolysaccharide chitosan as an efficient conjugation handle. We believe that the fabrication-conjugation methods reported here from a range of our recent reports illustrate the simple, robust and readily reproducible nature of our approaches to creating multifaceted microparticles in a programmable, cost-efficient and scalable manner toward a wide range of medical and biotechnological application areas.
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- Sukwon Jung
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Current Affiliation: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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Wet-laid soy fiber reinforced hydrogel scaffold: Fabrication, mechano-morphological and cell studies. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2016; 63:308-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.02.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Meyer RA, Green JJ. Shaping the future of nanomedicine: anisotropy in polymeric nanoparticle design. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 8:191-207. [PMID: 25981390 PMCID: PMC4644720 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Nanofabrication and biomedical applications of polymeric nanoparticles have become important areas of research. Biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles have been investigated for their use as delivery vehicles for therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Although polymeric nanoconstructs have traditionally been fabricated as isotropic spheres, anisotropic, nonspherical nanoparticles have gained interest in the biomaterials community owing to their unique interactions with biological systems. Polymeric nanoparticles with different forms of anisotropy have been manufactured using a variety of novel methods in recent years. In addition, they have enhanced physical, chemical, and biological properties compared with spherical nanoparticles, including increased targeting avidity and decreased nonspecific in vivo clearance. With these desirable properties, anisotropic nanoparticles have been successfully utilized in many biomedical settings and have performed superiorly to analogous spherical nanoparticles. We summarize the current state-of-the-art fabrication methods for anisotropic polymeric nanoparticles including top-down, bottom-up, and microfluidic design approaches. We also summarize the current and potential future applications of these nanoparticles, including drug delivery, biological targeting, immunoengineering, and tissue engineering. Ongoing research into the properties and utility of anisotropic polymeric nanoparticles will prove critical to realizing their potential in nanomedicine.
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Jia Y, Duan L, Li J. Hemoglobin-Based Nanoarchitectonic Assemblies as Oxygen Carriers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:1312-8. [PMID: 26479864 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Safe and effective artificial oxygen carriers are the subject of great interest due to the problems of traditional blood transfusion and enormous demand in clinical use. In view of its unique oxygen-transport ability and normal metabolic pathways, hemoglobin is regarded as an ideal oxygen-carrying unit. With advances in nano-biotechnology, hemoglobin assemblies as artificial oxygen carriers achieve great development. Here, recent progress on hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers is highlighted in view of two aspects: acellular hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers and cellular hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers. These novel oxygen carriers exhibit advantages over traditional carriers and will greatly promote research on reliable and feasible oxygen carriers.
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- Yi Jia
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710024, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Tan S, Lu Z, Zhao J, Zhang J, Wu M, Wu Q, Yang J. Synthesis and multi-responsiveness of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-acrylic acid) core–shell microgels via miniemulsion polymerization. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py00544f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report herein a facile and large fabrication of multi-responsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-acrylic acid) microgels with a core–shell structure via seed miniemulsion polymerization. The multi-responsive microgels can reversibly swell and shrink in response to pH and temperature variation.
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- Shen Tan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials
- Hefei 230601
- P. R. China
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Sun H, Björnmalm M, Cui J, Wong EHH, Dai Y, Dai Q, Qiao GG, Caruso F. Structure Governs the Deformability of Polymer Particles in a Microfluidic Blood Capillary Model. ACS Macro Lett 2015; 4:1205-1209. [PMID: 35614837 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Particle stiffness is a design parameter that affects bionano interactions, including biodistribution kinetics and cellular processing. Herein, we develop soft polysaccharide (hyaluronic acid, HA) replica particles and capsules with tunable stiffness and sizes similar to human red blood cells (RBCs) via atom transfer radical polymerization-mediated continuous assembly of polymers (CAPATRP) and investigate their stiffness and deformability using colloidal-probe atomic force microscopy (CP-AFM) and a microfluidic blood capillary model, respectively. We demonstrate that HA replica particles and capsules with comparable nanoscale stiffness exhibit significantly different behaviors in a microfluidic blood capillary model. HA capsules behaved as RBCs, while HA replica particles had difficulty passing through the capillaries. These results (i) demonstrate how flow-based deformability measurements can be used to complement nanoscale stiffness measurements and (ii) provide important insight into the role of particle structure on the flow-based deformability of soft replica particles and capsules in a physiologically relevant microfluidic model.
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- Huanli Sun
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and ‡Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Lai YT, Ohta S, Akamatsu K, Nakao SI, Sakai Y, Ito T. Size-dependent interaction of cells and hemoglobin-albumin based oxygen carriers prepared using the SPG membrane emulsification technique. Biotechnol Prog 2015; 31:1676-84. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Yao-Tong Lai
- Dept. of Chemical System Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Kogakuin University; 2665-1, Nakano-machi Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0015 Japan
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- Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Kogakuin University; 2665-1, Nakano-machi Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0015 Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo; 4-6-1, Komaba Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505 Japan
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- Dept. of Chemical System Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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Wang S, Yuan F, Chen K, Chen G, Tu K, Wang H, Wang LQ. Synthesis of Hemoglobin Conjugated Polymeric Micelle: A ZnPc Carrier with Oxygen Self-Compensating Ability for Photodynamic Therapy. Biomacromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Shasha Wang
- MOE
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization,
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization,
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Center
for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Center
for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization,
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization,
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization,
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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Beletskii A, Galloway A, Rele S, Stone M, Malinoski F. Engineered PRINT(®) nanoparticles for controlled delivery of antigens and immunostimulants. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2015; 10:1908-13. [PMID: 25424798 DOI: 10.4161/hv.28817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Particle replication in non-wetting templates (PRINT) is a novel nanoparticle platform that provides compositional flexibility with the ability to specify size and shape in formulating vaccines. The PRINT platform also offers manufacturing and cost advantages over traditional particle technologies. Across multiple antigen and adjuvant formulations, robust antibody and cellular responses have been achieved using PRINT particles in mouse models. Preclinical studies applying PRINT technology in the disease areas of influenza, malaria, and pneumonia are described in this commentary. The proof of principle studies pave the way toward significant cost-effective solutions to global vaccine supply needs.
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Villa CH, Pan DC, Zaitsev S, Cines DB, Siegel DL, Muzykantov VR. Delivery of drugs bound to erythrocytes: new avenues for an old intravascular carrier. Ther Deliv 2015; 6:795-826. [PMID: 26228773 PMCID: PMC4712023 DOI: 10.4155/tde.15.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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For several decades, researchers have used erythrocytes for drug delivery of a wide variety of therapeutics in order to improve their pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, controlled release and pharmacodynamics. Approaches include encapsulation of drugs within erythrocytes, as well as coupling of drugs onto the red cell surface. This review focuses on the latter approach, and examines the delivery of red blood cell (RBC)-surface-bound anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic and anti-microbial agents, as well as RBC carriage of nanoparticles. Herein, we discuss the progress that has been made in surface loading approaches, and address in depth the issues relevant to surface loading of RBC, including intrinsic features of erythrocyte membranes, immune considerations, potential surface targets and techniques for the production of affinity ligands.
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- Carlos H Villa
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Biodegradable colloidal microgels with tunable thermosensitive volume phase transitions for controllable drug delivery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 450:26-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.02.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Beck-Broichsitter M, Nicolas J, Couvreur P. Design attributes of long-circulating polymeric drug delivery vehicles. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2015; 97:304-17. [PMID: 25857838 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Following systemic administration polymeric drug delivery vehicles allow for a controlled and targeted release of the encapsulated medication at the desired site of action. For an elevated and organ specific accumulation of their cargo, nanocarriers need to avoid opsonization, activation of the complement system and uptake by macrophages of the mononuclear phagocyte system. In this respect, camouflaged vehicles revealed a delayed elimination from systemic circulation and an improved target organ deposition. For instance, a steric shielding of the carrier surface by poly(ethylene glycol) substantially decreased interactions with the biological environment. However, recent studies disclosed possible deficits of this approach, where most notably, poly(ethylene glycol)-modified drug delivery vehicles caused significant immune responses. At present, identification of novel potential carrier coating strategies facilitating negligible immune reactions is an emerging field of interest in drug delivery research. Moreover, physical carrier properties including geometry and elasticity seem to be very promising design attributes to surpass numerous biological barriers, in order to improve the efficacy of the delivered medication.
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- Moritz Beck-Broichsitter
- Institut Galien UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Institut Galien UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Institut Galien UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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Preparation of uniform-sized hemoglobin–albumin microspheres as oxygen carriers by Shirasu porous glass membrane emulsification technique. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 127:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Meyer RA, Meyer RS, Green JJ. An automated multidimensional thin film stretching device for the generation of anisotropic polymeric micro- and nanoparticles. J Biomed Mater Res A 2015; 103:2747-57. [PMID: 25641799 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Anisotropic polymeric particles are of growing interest for biomaterials applications due to their unique properties. These include the ability for these particles to evade nonspecific cellular uptake and to have enhanced targeted cellular uptake and interaction. One of the most widely used methods for generating anisotropic polymeric particles is the thin film stretching procedure. Despite its theoretical simplicity, this procedure, as it has been implemented to date, can be difficult due to the inconsistent nature of the manual operation of machinery used to stretch the film. We have constructed an automated thin film stretcher for control over biomaterials via thin film stretching in 1D and 2D and as a result, have enabled precise generation of anisotropic polymeric particles. We demonstrate that this device can be utilized to produce anisotropic biodegradable particles of different size, shape, and material consistency. Furthermore, we show that this machine has enabled the scaled up and rapid production of anisotropic polymeric particles, including polymeric microparticles that mimic the shape of red blood cells. Further application of this automated thin film stretching device could allow for significant impact to diverse biomaterial and biomedical applications such as biomimetic particles for immunoengineering and long-circulating particles for controlled release of drugs.
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- Randall A Meyer
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231.,Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231
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