An Integrated Photoelectrochemical Nanotool for Intracellular Drug Delivery and Treatment Effect Evaluation

Author(s):  
Yi-Fan Ruan ◽  
Feng-Zao Chen ◽  
Yi-Tong Xu ◽  
Tian-Yang Zhang ◽  
Si-Yuan Yu ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Fan Ruan ◽  
Feng-Zao Chen ◽  
Yi-Tong Xu ◽  
Tian-Yang Zhang ◽  
Si-Yuan Yu ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Meena K. S. ◽  
Sonia K ◽  
Alamelu Bai S

In order to develop the efficiency and the specificity of anticancer drug delivery, we have designed an innovative nanocarrier. The nanocarrier system comprises of a multifunctional graphene oxide nanoparticle-based drug delivery system (GO-CS-M-DOX) as a novel platform for intracellular drug delivery of doxorubicin (DOX). Firstly, graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized by hummer’s method whose surface was functionalized by chitosan (CS) in order to obtain a more precise drug delivery, the system was then decorated with mannose (M). Further conjugation of an anti-cancer drug doxorubicin to the nanocarrier system resulted in GO-CS-M-DOX drug delivery system. The resultant conjugate was characterized for its physio-chemical properties and its biocompatibility was evaluated via hemolysis assay. The drug entrapment efficiency is as high as 90% and in vitro release studies of DOX under pH 5.3 is significantly higher than that under pH 7.4. The anticancer activity of the synthesized drug delivery system was studied by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay against MCF-7 cell line. These results stated that the pH dependent multifunctional doxorubicin- chitosan functionalized graphene oxide based nanocarrier system, could lead to a promising and potential platform for intracellular delivery and cytotoxicity activity for variety of anticancer drugs.   


Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 927
Author(s):  
Sebas D. Pronk ◽  
Erik Schooten ◽  
Jurgen Heinen ◽  
Esra Helfrich ◽  
Sabrina Oliveira ◽  
...  

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are currently used for the targeted delivery of drugs to diseased cells, but intracellular drug delivery and therefore efficacy may be suboptimal because of the large size, slow internalization and ineffective intracellular trafficking of the antibody. Using a phage display method selecting internalizing phages only, we developed internalizing single domain antibodies (sdAbs) with high binding affinity to rat PDGFRβ, a receptor involved in different types of diseases. We demonstrate that these constructs have different characteristics with respect to internalization rates but all traffic to lysosomes. To compare their efficacy in targeted drug delivery, we conjugated the sdAbs to a cytotoxic drug. The conjugates showed improved cytotoxicity correlating to their internalization speed. The efficacy of the conjugates was inhibited in the presence of vacuolin-1, an inhibitor of lysosomal maturation, suggesting lysosomal trafficking is needed for efficient drug release. In conclusion, sdAb constructs with different internalization rates can be designed against the same target, and sdAbs with a high internalization rate induce more cell killing than sdAbs with a lower internalization rate in vitro. Even though the overall efficacy should also be tested in vivo, sdAbs are particularly interesting formats to be explored to obtain different internalization rates.


2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 2407-2414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott M. Henry ◽  
Mohamed E. H. El-Sayed ◽  
Christopher M. Pirie ◽  
Allan S. Hoffman ◽  
Patrick S. Stayton

2015 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. e55
Author(s):  
Jinjin Chen ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Jianxun Ding ◽  
Chunsheng Xiao ◽  
Xiuli Zhuang ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (14) ◽  
pp. 2999-3002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Wang ◽  
Jianwei Du ◽  
Youxiang Wang ◽  
Qiao Jin ◽  
Jian Ji

A novel type of dual pH-responsive supramolecular prodrug micelles based on pillar[5]arene was prepared. It was found that the prodrug micelles could be aggregated upon acidic condition, which led to enhanced accumulation and better therapy effect.


Pharmaceutics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diti Desai ◽  
Malin Åkerfelt ◽  
Neeraj Prabhakar ◽  
Mervi Toriseva ◽  
Tuomas Näreoja ◽  
...  

Intracellular drug delivery by mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) carrying hydrophilic and hydrophobic fluorophores as model drug cargo is demonstrated on 2D cellular and 3D tumor organoid level. Two different MSN designs, chosen on the basis of the characteristics of the loaded cargo, were used: MSNs with a surface-grown poly(ethylene imine), PEI, coating only for hydrophobic cargo and MSNs with lipid bilayers covalently coupled to the PEI layer as a diffusion barrier for hydrophilic cargo. First, the effect of hydrophobicity corresponding to loading degree (hydrophobic cargo) as well as surface charge (hydrophilic cargo) on intracellular drug release was studied on the cellular level. All incorporated agents were able to release to varying degrees from the endosomes into the cytoplasm in a loading degree (hydrophobic) or surface charge (hydrophilic) dependent manner as detected by live cell imaging. When administered to organotypic 3D tumor models, the hydrophilic versus hydrophobic cargo-carrying MSNs showed remarkable differences in labeling efficiency, which in this case also corresponds to drug delivery efficacy in 3D. The obtained results could thus indicate design aspects to be taken into account for the development of efficacious intracellular drug delivery systems, especially in the translation from standard 2D culture to more biologically relevant organotypic 3D cultures.


Soft Matter ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiping Zhang ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Fenghua Shi ◽  
Jianxun Ding ◽  
Chunsheng Xiao ◽  
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