scholarly journals Rational Design of Aqueous Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles as Potential Theranostic Agents of Breast Cancer

Author(s):  
Panagiota Koralli ◽  
Spyridon Tsikalakis ◽  
Maria Goulielmaki ◽  
Stella Arelaki ◽  
Janina Müller ◽  
...  

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) have emerged as a new promising class of cancer theranostic agents due to their desirable optical features, such as high absorption coefficient and photoluminescence quantum yields,...

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1258
Author(s):  
N. Arias-Ramos ◽  
L. E. Ibarra ◽  
M. Serrano-Torres ◽  
B. Yagüe ◽  
M. D. Caverzán ◽  
...  

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) have emerged as advanced polymeric nanoplatforms in biomedical applications by virtue of extraordinary properties including high fluorescence brightness, large absorption coefficients of one and two-photons, and excellent photostability and colloidal stability in water and physiological medium. In addition, low cytotoxicity, easy functionalization, and the ability to modify CPN photochemical properties by the incorporation of dopants, convert them into excellent theranostic agents with multifunctionality for imaging and treatment. In this work, CPNs were designed and synthesized by incorporating a metal oxide magnetic core (Fe3O4 and NiFe2O4 nanoparticles, 5 nm) into their matrix during the nanoprecipitation method. This modification allowed the in vivo monitoring of nanoparticles in animal models using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intravital fluorescence, techniques widely used for intracranial tumors evaluation. The modified CPNs were assessed in vivo in glioblastoma (GBM) bearing mice, both heterotopic and orthotopic developed models. Biodistribution studies were performed with MRI acquisitions and fluorescence images up to 24 h after the i.v. nanoparticles administration. The resulting IONP-doped CPNs were biocompatible in GBM tumor cells in vitro with an excellent cell incorporation depending on nanoparticle concentration exposure. IONP-doped CPNs were detected in tumor and excretory organs of the heterotopic GBM model after i.v. and i.t. injection. However, in the orthotopic GBM model, the size of the nanoparticles is probably hindering a higher effect on intratumorally T2-weighted images (T2WI) signals and T2 values. The photodynamic therapy (PDT)—cytotoxicity of CPNs was not either affected by the IONPs incorporation into the nanoparticles.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 10634-10646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guorui Jin ◽  
Rongyan He ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Yuqing Dong ◽  
Min Lin ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2357-2369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiota Koralli ◽  
Alkmini D. Nega ◽  
Lida Evmorfia Vagiaki ◽  
Aristea Pavlou ◽  
Michael G. Siskos ◽  
...  

The development of new aqueous conjugated polymer nanoparticles with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) at the far red and near infrared (NIR) spectral regions (>650 nm) as alternative polymer probes for fluorescence imaging is reported.


Biomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 119252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengliang Li ◽  
Qingyuan Deng ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Yongwei Huang ◽  
Xiaozhen Li ◽  
...  

ACS Nano ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miao Zhao ◽  
Edward Leggett ◽  
Struan Bourke ◽  
Souzana Poursanidou ◽  
Sadie Carter-Searjeant ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (21) ◽  
pp. 3962-3969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhui Dai ◽  
Dongliang Yang ◽  
Wenjie Zhang ◽  
Biqing Bao ◽  
Yixiang Cheng ◽  
...  

We prepared a series of novel chiral far-red/near-infrared fluorescent CPNs with different nanoparticle sizes, which show size-dependent chirality and are successfully employed for cell imaging.


Materials ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmine Braeken ◽  
Srujan Cheruku ◽  
Anitha Ethirajan ◽  
Wouter Maes

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