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Tegafaw T, Liu S, Ahmad MY, Ali Al Saidi AK, Zhao D, Liu Y, Yue H, Nam SW, Chang Y, Lee GH. Production, surface modification, physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and bioimaging applications of nanodiamonds. RSC Adv 2023; 13:32381-32397. [PMID: 37928839 PMCID: PMC10623544 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06837d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Nanodiamonds (ND) are chemically inert and stable owing to their sp3 covalent bonding structure, but their surface sp2 graphitic carbons can be easily homogenized with diverse functional groups via oxidation, reduction, hydrogenation, amination, and halogenation. Further surface conjugation of NDs with hydrophilic ligands can boost their colloidal stability and functionality. In addition, NDs are non-toxic as they are made of carbons. They exhibit stable fluorescence without photobleaching. They also possess paramagnetic and ferromagnetic properties, making them suitable for use as a new type of fluorescence imaging (FI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) probe. In this review, we focused on recently developed ND production methods, surface homogenization and functionalization methods, biocompatibilities, and biomedical imaging applications as FI and MRI probes. Finally, we discussed future perspectives.
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- Tirusew Tegafaw
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41944 South Korea +82-53-420-5471
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41944 South Korea +82-53-420-5471
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Taegu 41566 South Korea +82-53-950-6330 +82-53-950-5340
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Belouhova MV, Yotinov ID, Topalova YI. Nanodiamonds improve amaranth biodegradation in a lab-scale biofilter. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2023.2191744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Neri M, Kang J, Zuidema JM, Gasparello J, Finotti A, Gambari R, Sailor MJ, Bertucci A, Corradini R. Tuning the Loading and Release Properties of MicroRNA-Silencing Porous Silicon Nanoparticles by Using Chemically Diverse Peptide Nucleic Acid Payloads. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 8:4123-4131. [PMID: 34468123 PMCID: PMC9554869 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are a class of artificial oligonucleotide mimics that have garnered much attention as precision biotherapeutics for their efficient hybridization properties and their exceptional biological and chemical stability. However, the poor cellular uptake of PNA is a limiting factor to its more extensive use in biomedicine; encapsulation in nanoparticle carriers has therefore emerged as a strategy for internalization and delivery of PNA in cells. In this study, we demonstrate that PNA can be readily loaded into porous silicon nanoparticles (pSiNPs) following a simple salt-based trapping procedure thus far employed only for negatively charged synthetic oligonucleotides. We show that the ease and versatility of PNA chemistry also allows for producing PNAs with different net charge, from positive to negative, and that the use of differently charged PNAs enables optimization of loading into pSiNPs. Differently charged PNA payloads determine different release kinetics and allow modulation of the temporal profile of the delivery process. In vitro silencing of a set of specific microRNAs using a pSiNP-PNA delivery platform demonstrates the potential for biomedical applications.
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- Martina Neri
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 74, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 74, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 74, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Volpi S, Cancelli U, Neri M, Corradini R. Multifunctional Delivery Systems for Peptide Nucleic Acids. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2020; 14:14. [PMID: 33375595 PMCID: PMC7823687 DOI: 10.3390/ph14010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The number of applications of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs)-oligonucleotide analogs with a polyamide backbone-is continuously increasing in both in vitro and cellular systems and, parallel to this, delivery systems able to bring PNAs to their targets have been developed. This review is intended to give to the readers an overview on the available carriers for these oligonucleotide mimics, with a particular emphasis on newly developed multi-component- and multifunctional vehicles which boosted PNA research in recent years. The following approaches will be discussed: (a) conjugation with carrier molecules and peptides; (b) liposome formulations; (c) polymer nanoparticles; (d) inorganic porous nanoparticles; (e) carbon based nanocarriers; and (f) self-assembled and supramolecular systems. New therapeutic strategies enabled by the combination of PNA and proper delivery systems are discussed.
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy; (S.V.); (U.C.); (M.N.)
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Yang TC, Chang CY, Yarmishyn AA, Mao YS, Yang YP, Wang ML, Hsu CC, Yang HY, Hwang DK, Chen SJ, Tsai ML, Lai YH, Tzeng Y, Chang CC, Chiou SH. Carboxylated nanodiamond-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery of human retinoschisis mutation into human iPSCs and mouse retina. Acta Biomater 2020; 101:484-494. [PMID: 31672582 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nanodiamonds (NDs) are considered to be relatively safe carbon nanomaterials used for the transmission of DNA, proteins and drugs. The feasibility of utilizing the NDs to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 system for gene editing has not been clearly studied. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to use NDs as the carriers of CRISPR-Cas9 components designed to introduce the mutation in RS1 gene associated with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS). ND particles with a diameter of 3 nm were functionalized by carboxylation of the surface and covalently conjugated with fluorescent mCherry protein. Two linear DNA constructs were attached to the conjugated mCherry: one encoded Cas9 endonuclease and GFP reporter, another encoded sgRNA and contained insert of HDR template designed to introduce RS1 c.625C>T mutation. Such nanoparticles were successfully delivered and internalized by human iPSCs and mouse retinas, the efficiency of internalization was significantly improved by mixing with BSA. The delivery of ND particles led to introduction of RS1 c.625C>T mutation in both human iPSCs and mouse retinas. Rs1 gene editing in mouse retinas resulted in several pathological features typical for XLRS, such as aberrant photoreceptor structure. To conclude, our ND-based CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system can be utilized as a tool for creating in vitro and in vivo disease models of XLRS. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) is a prevalent hereditary retinal disease, which is caused by mutations in RS1 gene, whose product is important for structural organization of the retina. The recent development of genome editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 significantly improved the prospects for better understanding the pathology and development of treatment for this disease. Firstly, gene editing can allow development of appropriate in vitro and in vivo disease models; secondly, CRISPR-Cas9 can be applied for gene therapy by removing the disease-causative mutation in vivo. The major prerequisite for these approaches is to develop safe and efficient CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system. In this study, we tested specifically modified nanodiamonds for such a delivery system. We were able to introduce Rs1 mutation into the mouse retina and, importantly, observed several XLRS-specific effects.
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Panwar N, Soehartono AM, Chan KK, Zeng S, Xu G, Qu J, Coquet P, Yong KT, Chen X. Nanocarbons for Biology and Medicine: Sensing, Imaging, and Drug Delivery. Chem Rev 2019; 119:9559-9656. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Nishtha Panwar
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Border X Block, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Border X Block, Singapore 637553, Singapore
- Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN), CNRS UMR 8520—Université de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Immobilization of Detonation Nanodiamonds on Macroscopic Surfaces. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9061064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Detonation nanodiamonds (NDs) are a novel class of carbon-based nanomaterials, and have received a great deal of attention in biomedical applications, due to their high biocompatibility, facile surface functionalization, and commercialized synthetic fabrication. We were able to transfer the NDs from large-size agglomerate suspensions to homogenous coatings. ND suspensions have been used in various techniques to coat on commercially available substrates of pure Ti and Si. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging and nanoindentation show that the densest and strongest coating of NDs was generated when using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide and N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS)-mediated coupling to macroscopic silanized surfaces. In the next step, the feasibility of DNA-mediated coupling of NDs on macroscopic surfaces is discussed using fluorescent microscopy and additional particle size distribution, as well as zeta potential measurements. This work compares different ND coating strategies and describes the straightforward technique of grafting single-stranded DNA onto carboxylated NDs via thioester bridges.
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Prabhakar N, Rosenholm JM. Nanodiamonds for advanced optical bioimaging and beyond. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ryan RG, Stacey A, O'Donnell KM, Ohshima T, Johnson BC, Hollenberg LCL, Mulvaney P, Simpson DA. Impact of Surface Functionalization on the Quantum Coherence of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:13143-13149. [PMID: 29557161 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nanoscale quantum probes such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamonds have demonstrated remarkable sensing capabilities over the past decade as control over fabrication and manipulation of these systems has evolved. The biocompatibility and rich surface chemistry of diamonds has added to the utility of these probes but, as the size of these nanoscale systems is reduced, the surface chemistry of diamond begins to impact the quantum properties of the NV center. In this work, we systematically study the effect of the diamond surface chemistry on the quantum coherence of the NV center in nanodiamonds (NDs) 50 nm in size. Our results show that a borane-reduced diamond surface can on average double the spin relaxation time of individual NV centers in nanodiamonds when compared to thermally oxidized surfaces. Using a combination of infrared and X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques, we correlate the changes in quantum relaxation rates with the conversion of sp2 carbon to C-O and C-H bonds on the diamond surface. These findings implicate double-bonded carbon species as a dominant source of spin noise for near surface NV centers. The link between the surface chemistry and quantum coherence indicates that through tailored engineering of the surface, the quantum properties and magnetic sensitivity of these nanoscale systems may approach that observed in bulk diamond.
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- Robert G Ryan
- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Science , Curtin University , Bentley , Western Australia 6102 , Australia
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- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) , Takasaki , Gunma 370-1292 , Japan
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- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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Zeng Y, Liu W, Wang Z, Singamaneni S, Wang R. Multifunctional Surface Modification of Nanodiamonds Based on Dopamine Polymerization. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:4036-4042. [PMID: 29528233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Surface functionalization of nanodiamonds (NDs), which is of great interest in advanced material and therapeutic applications, requires the immobilization of functional species, such as nucleic acids, bioprobes, drugs, and metal nanoparticles, onto NDs' surfaces to form stable nanoconjugates. However, it is still challenging to modify the surface of NDs due to the complexity of their surface chemistry and the low density of each functional group on the surfaces of NDs. In this work, we demonstrate a general applicable surface functionalization approach for the preparation of ND-based core-shell nanoconjugates using dopamine polymerization. By taking advantage of the universal adhesion and versatile reactivity of polydopamine, we have effectively conjugated DNA and silver nanoparticles onto NDs. Moreover, the catalytic activity of ND-supported silver nanoparticle was characterized by the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, and the addressability of NDs was tested through DNA hybridization that formed satellite ND-gold nanorod conjugation. This simple and robust method we have presented may significantly improve the capability for attaching various functionalities onto NDs and open up new platforms for applications of NDs.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering , Washington University in St. Louis , St Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States
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Edgington R, Spillane KM, Papageorgiou G, Wray W, Ishiwata H, Labarca M, Leal-Ortiz S, Reid G, Webb M, Foord J, Melosh N, Schaefer AT. Functionalisation of Detonation Nanodiamond for Monodispersed, Soluble DNA-Nanodiamond Conjugates Using Mixed Silane Bead-Assisted Sonication Disintegration. Sci Rep 2018; 8:728. [PMID: 29335424 PMCID: PMC5768878 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18601-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Nanodiamonds have many attractive properties that make them suitable for a range of biological applications, but their practical use has been limited because nanodiamond conjugates tend to aggregate in solution during or after functionalisation. Here we demonstrate the production of DNA-detonation nanodiamond (DNA-DND) conjugates with high dispersion and solubility using an ultrasonic, mixed-silanization chemistry protocol based on the in situ Bead-Assisted Sonication Disintegration (BASD) silanization method. We use two silanes to achieve these properties: (1) 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl methylphosphonate (THPMP); a negatively charged silane that imparts high zeta potential and solubility in solution; and (2) (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES); a commonly used functional silane that contributes an amino group for subsequent bioconjugation. We target these amino groups for covalent conjugation to thiolated, single-stranded DNA oligomers using the heterobifunctional crosslinker sulfosuccinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylate (Sulfo-SMCC). The resulting DNA-DND conjugates are the smallest reported to date, as determined by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The functionalisation method we describe is versatile and can be used to produce a wide variety of soluble DND-biomolecule conjugates.
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- Robert Edgington
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK. .,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK.,Department of Physics, King's College London, London, WC2R 5 2LS, United Kingdom
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK.,Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT, UK. .,Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
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The interest in nanodiamond applications in biology and medicine is on the rise over recent years. This is due to the unique combination of properties that nanodiamond provides. Small size (∼5 nm), low cost, scalable production, negligible toxicity, chemical inertness of diamond core and rich chemistry of nanodiamond surface, as well as bright and robust fluorescence resistant to photobleaching are the distinct parameters that render nanodiamond superior to any other nanomaterial when it comes to biomedical applications. The most exciting recent results have been related to the use of nanodiamonds for drug delivery and diagnostics-two components of a quickly growing area of biomedical research dubbed theranostics. However, nanodiamond offers much more in addition: it can be used to produce biodegradable bone surgery devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, kill drug resistant microbes, help us to fight viruses, and deliver genetic material into cell nucleus. All these exciting opportunities require an in-depth understanding of nanodiamond. This review covers the recent progress as well as general trends in biomedical applications of nanodiamond, and underlines the importance of purification, characterization, and rational modification of this nanomaterial when designing nanodiamond based theranostic platforms.
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- K Turcheniuk
- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, United States of America
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Berger O, Gazit E. Molecular self-assembly using peptide nucleic acids. Biopolymers 2017; 108. [PMID: 27486924 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are extensively studied for the control of genetic expression since their design in the 1990s. However, the application of PNAs in nanotechnology is much more recent. PNAs share the specific base-pair recognition characteristic of DNA together with material-like properties of polyamides, both proteins and synthetic polymers, such as Kevlar and Nylon. The first application of PNA was in the form of PNA-amphiphiles, resulting in the formation of either lipid integrated structures, hydrogels or fibrillary assemblies. Heteroduplex DNA-PNA assemblies allow the formation of hybrid structures with higher stability as compared with pure DNA. A systematic screen for minimal PNA building blocks resulted in the identification of guanine-containing di-PNA assemblies and protected guanine-PNA monomer spheres showing unique optical properties. Finally, the co-assembly of PNA with thymine-like three-faced cyanuric acid allowed the assembly of poly-adenine PNA into fibers. In summary, we believe that PNAs represent a new and important family of building blocks which converges the advantages of both DNA- and peptide-nanotechnologies.
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- Or Berger
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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Tao W, Lin P, Hu J, Ke S, Song J, Zeng X. A sensitive DNA sensor based on an organic electrochemical transistor using a peptide nucleic acid-modified nanoporous gold gate electrode. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra09832d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate with porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) as a gate electrode was proposed for DNA sensing.
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- Wenyan Tao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenzhen University
- Shenzhen
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Kim H, Kim HN, Weon S, Moon GH, Kim JH, Choi W. Robust Co-catalytic Performance of Nanodiamonds Loaded on WO3 for the Decomposition of Volatile Organic Compounds under Visible Light. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Hyoung−il Kim
- Division
of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Division
of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Division
of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Division
of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and
Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Division
of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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Redox and Organic Post-Annealing Chemical Processes Impacting the Fluorescence of N V − Centers into Nanodiamonds. J Fluoresc 2016; 26:2321-2332. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-016-1928-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Briones M, Petit-Domínguez M, Parra-Alfambra A, Vázquez L, Pariente F, Lorenzo E, Casero E. Electrocatalytic processes promoted by diamond nanoparticles in enzymatic biosensing devices. Bioelectrochemistry 2016; 111:93-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Akiel RD, Zhang X, Abeywardana C, Stepanov V, Qin PZ, Takahashi S. Investigating Functional DNA Grafted on Nanodiamond Surface Using Site-Directed Spin Labeling and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:4003-8. [PMID: 27058261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nanodiamonds (NDs) are a new and attractive class of materials for sensing and delivery in biological systems. Methods for functionalizing ND surfaces are highly valuable in these applications, yet reported approaches for covalent modification with biological macromolecules are still limited, and characterizing behaviors of ND-tethered biomolecules is difficult. Here we demonstrated the use of copper-free click chemistry to covalently attach DNA strands at ND surfaces. Using site-directed spin labeling and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, we demonstrated that the tethered DNA strands maintain the ability to undergo repetitive hybridizations and behave similarly to those in solutions, maintaining a large degree of mobility with respect to the ND. The work established a method to prepare and characterize an easily addressable identity tag for NDs. This will open up future applications such as targeted ND delivery and developing sensors for investigating biomolecules.
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- Rana D Akiel
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology (CQIST), University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Veliscek-Carolan J, Hanley TL, Jolliffe KA. The impact of structural variation in simple lanthanide binding peptides. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12880g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of di-, tri- and tetra-peptides were synthesised using l- and d-glutamic acid in order to determine the effects of peptide length and stereochemistry on lanthanide binding affinity.
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Science and engineering of nanodiamond particle surfaces for biological applications (Review). Biointerphases 2015; 10:030802. [PMID: 26245200 DOI: 10.1116/1.4927679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Diamond has outstanding bulk properties such as super hardness, chemical inertness, biocompatibility, luminescence, to name just a few. In the nanoworld, in order to exploit these outstanding bulk properties, the surfaces of nanodiamond (ND) particles must be accordingly engineered for specific applications. Modification of functional groups on the ND's surface and the corresponding electrostatic properties determine their colloidal stability in solvents, formation of photonic crystals, controlled adsorption and release of cargo molecules, conjugation with biomolecules and polymers, and cellular uptake. The optical activity of the luminescent color centers in NDs depends on their proximity to the ND's surface and surface termination. In order to engineer the ND surface, a fundamental understanding of the specific structural features and sp(3)-sp(2) phase transformations on the surface of ND particles is required. In the case of ND particles produced by detonation of carbon containing explosives (detonation ND), it should also be taken into account that its structure depends on the synthesis parameters and subsequent processing. Thus, for development of a strategy of surface modification of detonation ND, it is imperative to know details of its production. In this review, the authors discuss ND particles structure, strategies for surface modification, electrokinetic properties of NDs in suspensions, and conclude with a brief overview of the relevant bioapplications.
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Briones M, Casero E, Petit-Domínguez MD, Ruiz MA, Parra-Alfambra AM, Pariente F, Lorenzo E, Vázquez L. Diamond nanoparticles based biosensors for efficient glucose and lactate determination. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 68:521-528. [PMID: 25636025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this work, we report the modification of a gold electrode with undoped diamond nanoparticles (DNPs) and its applicability to the fabrication of electrochemical biosensing platforms. DNPs were immobilized onto a gold electrode by direct adsorption and the electrochemical behavior of the resulting DNPs/Au platform was studied. Four well-defined peaks were observed corresponding to the DNPs oxidation/reduction at the underlying gold electrode, which demonstrate that, although undoped DNPs have an insulating character, they show electrochemical activity as a consequence of the presence of different functionalities with unsaturated bonding on their surface. In order to develop a DNPs-based biosensing platform, we have selected glucose oxidase (GOx), as a model enzyme. We have performed an exhaustive study of the different steps involved in the biosensing platform preparation (DNPs/Au and GOx/DNPs/Au systems) by atomic force microscopy (AFM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The glucose biosensor shows a good electrocatalytic response in the presence of (hydroxymethyl)ferrocene as redox mediator. Once the suitability of the prototype system to determine glucose was verified, in a second step, we prepared a similar biosensor, but employing the enzyme lactate oxidase (LOx/DNPs/Au). As far as we know, this is the first electrochemical biosensor for lactate determination that includes DNPs as nanomaterial. A linear concentration range from 0.05 mM to 0.7 mM, a sensitivity of 4.0 µA mM(-1) and a detection limit of 15 µM were obtained.
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- M Briones
- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica y Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente N°7, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA)-Nanoscience, Faraday 9, Campus Cantoblanco-UAM, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Campus de Excelencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz N°3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Jarre G, Heyer S, Memmel E, Meinhardt T, Krueger A. Synthesis of nanodiamond derivatives carrying amino functions and quantification by a modified Kaiser test. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:2729-37. [PMID: 25550737 PMCID: PMC4273261 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nanodiamonds functionalized with different organic moieties carrying terminal amino groups have been synthesized. These include conjugates generated by Diels–Alder reactions of ortho-quinodimethanes formed in situ from pyrazine and 5,6-dihydrocyclobuta[d]pyrimidine derivatives. For the quantification of primary amino groups a modified photometric assay based on the Kaiser test has been developed and validated for different types of aminated nanodiamond. The results correspond well to values obtained by thermogravimetry. The method represents an alternative wet-chemical quantification method in cases where other techniques like elemental analysis fail due to unfavourable combustion behaviour of the analyte or other impediments.
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- Gerald Jarre
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany ; Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems (RCCM), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Flory JD, Simmons CR, Lin S, Johnson T, Andreoni A, Zook J, Ghirlanda G, Liu Y, Yan H, Fromme P. Low temperature assembly of functional 3D DNA-PNA-protein complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:8283-95. [PMID: 24871902 DOI: 10.1021/ja501228c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Proteins have evolved to carry out nearly all the work required of living organisms within complex inter- and intracellular environments. However, systematically investigating the range of interactions experienced by a protein that influence its function remains challenging. DNA nanostructures are emerging as a convenient method to arrange a broad range of guest molecules. However, flexible methods are needed for arranging proteins in more biologically relevant 3D geometries under mild conditions that preserve protein function. Here we demonstrate how peptide nucleic acid (PNA) can be used to control the assembly of cytochrome c (12.5 kDa, pI 10.5) and azurin (13.9 kDa, pI 5.7) proteins into separate 3D DNA nanocages, in a process that maintains protein function. Toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement is introduced as a method to purify PNA-protein conjugates. The PNA-proteins were assembled within 2 min at room temperature and within 4 min at 11 °C, and hybridize with even greater efficiency than PNA conjugated to a short peptide. Gel electrophoresis and steady state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy were used to investigate the effect of protein surface charge on its interaction with the negatively charged DNA nanocage. These data were used to generate a model of the DNA-PNA-protein complexes that show the negatively charged azurin protein repelled away from the DNA nanocage while the positively charged cytochrome c protein remains within and closely interacts with the DNA nanocage. When conjugated to PNA and incorporated into the DNA nanocage, the cytochrome c secondary structure and catalytic activity were maintained, and its redox potential was reduced modestly by 20 mV possibly due to neutralization of some positive surface charges. This work demonstrates a flexible new approach for using 3D nucleic acid (PNA-DNA) nanostructures to control the assembly of functional proteins, and facilitates further investigation of protein interactions as well as engineer more elaborate 3D protein complexes.
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- Justin D Flory
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ‡Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production, and §Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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