Aghilas Akkache, Lisa Clavier, Oleh Mezhenskyi, Kateryna Andriienkova, Thibaut Soubrié, Philippe Lavalle, Nihal Engin Vrana, Varvara Gribova
{"title":"Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Immunomodulatory Properties of Polymers: Toward a Faster and Easier Development of Anti-Inflammatory Biomaterials","authors":"Aghilas Akkache, Lisa Clavier, Oleh Mezhenskyi, Kateryna Andriienkova, Thibaut Soubrié, Philippe Lavalle, Nihal Engin Vrana, Varvara Gribova","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300085","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300085","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In biomaterials development, creating materials with desirable properties can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process, often relying on serendipitous discoveries. A potential route to accelerate this process is to employ artificial intelligence methodologies such as machine learning (ML). Herein, the possibility to predict anti-inflammatory properties of the polymers by using a simplified model of inflammation and a restrained dataset is explored. Cellular assays with 50 different polymers are conducted using the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 as a model. These experiments generate a dataset which is used to develop a ML model based on Bayesian logistic regression. After conducting a Bayesian logistic regression analysis, two ML models, <i>K</i>-nearest neighbors (KNN) and Naïve Bayes, are employed to predict anti-inflammatory polymers properties. The study finds that the probability of a polymer having anti-inflammatory properties is multiplied by three if it is a polycation, and that nitric oxide secretion is a good indicator in determining the anti-inflammatory properties of a polymer, which in this work are defined by tumor necrosis factor alpha expression decrease. Overall, the study suggests that with appropriate dataset design, ML techniques can provide valuable information on functional polymer properties, enabling faster and more efficient biomaterial development.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Transcytosis-Based Cancer Drug Delivery","authors":"Zhehao Wang, Yuji Sun, Youqing Shen, Zhuxian Zhou","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300125","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300125","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Significant challenges persist in enhancing the delivery efficiency of tumor nanomedicines, predominantly due to the difficulty of successfully surpassing pathophysiological barriers. Enhancing tumor penetration of nanomedicines in such conditions represents a pivotal goal in advancing anticancer nanotherapeutics. Transcytosis emerges as a promising solution in this context, addressing the limitations of passive drug delivery. By harnessing diverse stimuli to induce transcytosis, nanocarriers can achieve precise drug delivery and deep tumor penetration, resulting in high therapeutic efficacy and reduced systemic exposure to the therapeutic compound. This review briefly examines various stimuli-responsive nanosystems and offers an overview and outlook on the development of stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for transcytosis-based cancer drug delivery, aiming to provide informative insights for the design of nanomedicines capable of deep tissue penetration and enhanced therapeutic efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139535367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apurva Limaye, Venkatesan Perumal, Courtney M. Karner, Treena Livingston Arinzeh
{"title":"Plant-Derived Zein as an Alternative to Animal-Derived Gelatin for Use as a Tissue Engineering Scaffold","authors":"Apurva Limaye, Venkatesan Perumal, Courtney M. Karner, Treena Livingston Arinzeh","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300104","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300104","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Natural biomaterials are commonly used as tissue engineering scaffolds due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. Plant-derived materials have also gained significant interest due to their abundance and as a sustainable resource. This study evaluates the corn-derived protein zein as a plant-derived substitute for animal-derived gelatin, which is widely used for its favorable cell adhesion properties. Limited studies exist evaluating pure zein for tissue engineering. Herein, fibrous zein scaffolds are evaluated in vitro for cell adhesion, growth, and infiltration into the scaffold in comparison to gelatin scaffolds and are further studied in a subcutaneous model in vivo. Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on zein scaffolds express focal adhesion kinase and integrins such as <i>α</i>\u0000 <sub>v</sub>\u0000 <i>β</i>\u0000 <sub>3</sub>, <i>α</i>\u0000 <sub>4</sub>, and <i>β</i>\u0000 <sub>1</sub> similar to gelatin scaffolds. MSCs also infiltrate zein scaffolds with a greater penetration depth than cells on gelatin scaffolds. Cells loaded onto zein scaffolds in vivo show higher cell proliferation and CD31 expression, as an indicator of blood vessel formation. Findings also demonstrate the capability of zein scaffolds to maintain the multipotent capability of MSCs. Overall, findings demonstrate plant-derived zein may be a suitable alternative to the animal-derived gelatin and demonstrates zein's potential as a scaffold for tissue engineering.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139166041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minh Hieu Ho, Quinn van Hilst, Xiaolin Cui, Yogambha Ramaswamy, Tim Woodfield, Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina, Steven G. Wise, Khoon S. Lim
{"title":"From Adhesion to Detachment: Strategies to Design Tissue-Adhesive Hydrogels","authors":"Minh Hieu Ho, Quinn van Hilst, Xiaolin Cui, Yogambha Ramaswamy, Tim Woodfield, Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina, Steven G. Wise, Khoon S. Lim","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300090","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300090","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The use of tissue adhesives dates to 1940s when surgical glues were introduced for wound closure applications. However, current clinically used tissue adhesives (fibrin and cyanoacrylate glues) have limited adhesion strength and biocompatibility issues which restrict their performance in targeted applications. Due to this unmet clinical challenge, there is a need to develop next-generation tissue adhesives to expand the current limited available options. Another factor that is often overlooked in the field is the consequence of when these tissue adhesives fail while in use in specific applications. In this review, the complications arising from tissue adhesives that have insufficient adhesion strength are covered, where unintentional loosening and detachment can lead to serious complications depending on both the applications and scenarios in which the adhesives are used. Next, the current methodologies employed to design tissue-adhesive hydrogels targeting specific applications are also collated. Finally, the different strategies to engineer on-demand removal property of these tissue-adhesive hydrogels are consolidated, including some perspectives on current challenges and outlooks in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139164753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA)-Based DNA-Functional Materials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy","authors":"Xun You, Jing Wang, Xiaocui Guo, Dayong Yang","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300108","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Developing biocompatible material systems with accurate functional designability and powerful integration capability is the urgent demand of efficient cancer diagnosis and therapy. Deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs) as biomacromolecules are characterized with sequence programmability, rich biological activity, and molecular recognition, and show great performance in the fabrication of biomedical materials. Rolling circle amplification (RCA) is an efficient isothermal enzymatic amplification strategy for production of ultralong single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) with defined repeat sequences and structures. By virtue of rational design of the RCA templates sequences, the produced ssDNA enables to integrate and amplify the required function modules, which endows RCA-based DNA materials with extraordinary performance in cancer therapeutics. In this review, RCA-based strategies for integration of functional modules are systematically summarized; construction of RCA-based functional DNA materials and their recent progress in cancer therapeutics including detection, bioimaging, and therapy are overviewed; and finally the opportunities and challenges of RCA-based assembly strategy in terms of material construction and applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy are discussed. It is envisioned that RCA-based DNA-functional materials will provide typical paradigms for the application of DNA-functional materials in the field of cancer therapeutics, and hopefully provide more possibilities for precision medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138948618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mesoporous Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles with High Scavenging Properties of Reactive Oxygen Species for Treating Age-Related Macular Degeneration","authors":"Seung Woo Choi, Ye Eun Kim, Jaeyun Kim","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202370121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202370121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Drug Delivery</b>\u0000 </p><p>Regulating reactive oxygen species (ROS) and chronic inflammation can be a novel approach for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. In article number 2300062, Jaeyun Kim and co-workers develop mesoporous cerium oxide (ceria) nanoparticles with high ROS scavenging and anti-inflammatory effects, while also enabling drug loading.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"3 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202370121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138634256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chen Xie, Qiansha Luo, Yuxuan Zhang, Fang Qin, Yingfeng Tu, Kun Liu
{"title":"Micro/Nanomotors for Oral Delivery of Drugs: From Design to Application","authors":"Chen Xie, Qiansha Luo, Yuxuan Zhang, Fang Qin, Yingfeng Tu, Kun Liu","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300057","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Oral administration, as a traditional approach of taking therapeutic drugs, is easily accepted by patients due to its convenience and compliance. However, the harsh digestive environment and mucosa-epithelial cell barriers limit the absorption of drugs through the oral route, particularly for biomacromolecules such as protein, peptide, or nucleic acid drugs. To address this issue, active carriers such as micro/nanomotors and mechanical devices have been engineered as novel delivery systems that are capable of converting various energy into mechanical force. The active delivery of these carriers holds promise for overcoming absorptive barriers and improving drug delivery efficiency, making them an attractive option for precision medicine applications that include drug delivery, gene and cell therapy, biopsy, tissue penetration, intracellular delivery, and biosensing. This article presents an overview of the progress and challenges associated with orally delivering macromolecular drugs, as well as strategies to enhance drug absorption. Additionally, it discusses recent developments and potential applications of active carriers in drug delivery and related fields, which may provide inspiration for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138599659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jay V. Shah, Jake N. Siebert, Xinyu Zhao, Shuqing He, Richard E. Riman, Mei Chee Tan, Mark C. Pierce, Edmund C. Lattime, Vidya Ganapathy, Prabhas V. Moghe
{"title":"Shortwave-Infrared-Emitting Nanoprobes for CD8 Targeting and In Vivo Imaging of Cytotoxic T Cells in Breast Cancer","authors":"Jay V. Shah, Jake N. Siebert, Xinyu Zhao, Shuqing He, Richard E. Riman, Mei Chee Tan, Mark C. Pierce, Edmund C. Lattime, Vidya Ganapathy, Prabhas V. Moghe","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300092","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300092","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Checkpoint immunotherapy has made great strides in the treatment of solid tumors, but many patients do not respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Identification of tumor-infiltrating cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) has the potential to stratify patients and monitor immunotherapy responses. In this study, the design of cluster of differentiation (CD8<sup>+</sup>) T cell-targeted nanoprobes that emit shortwave infrared (SWIR) light in the second tissue-transparent window for noninvasive, real-time imaging of CTLs in murine models of breast cancer is presented. SWIR-emitting rare-earth nanoparticles encapsulated in human serum albumin are conjugated with anti-CD8α to target CTLs with high specificity. CTL targeting is validated in vitro through binding of nanoprobes to primary mouse CTLs. The potential for the use of SWIR fluorescence intensity to determine CTL presence is validated in two syngeneic mammary fat pad tumor models, EMT6 and 4T1, which differ in immune infiltration. SWIR imaging using CD8-targeted nanoprobes successfully identifies the presence of CTLs in the more immunogenic EMT6 model, while imaging confirms the lack of substantial immune infiltration in the nonimmunogenic 4T1 model. In this work, the opportunity for SWIR imaging using CD8-targeted nanoprobes to assess CTL infiltration in tumors for the stratification and monitoring of responders to checkpoint immunotherapy is highlighted.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300092","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138599054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial Biomimetic Mineralization of Viruses: More than Calcium","authors":"Pan-Deng Shi, Yan-Peng Xu, Hui Zhao, Cheng-Feng Qin","doi":"10.1002/anbr.202300064","DOIUrl":"10.1002/anbr.202300064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biomineralization is a universal biological phenomenon in which organisms use inorganic minerals to form their own structures. Inspired by the discovery of mineralized phages in nature, the concept of artificial biomimetic viral mineralization is proposed and it is validated using a large panel of viruses. Different viruses can be mineralized under different conditions, and the same virus can be completely mineralized using different inorganic minerals. The biomineralized viruses with unique physical and chemical properties display biological phenotypes distinct from those of their native counterparts during the subsequent infection process. These new features are largely due to the inorganic minerals chosen. Calcium is the most frequently used material for viral mineralization, and other inorganic ions, including silicon, aluminum, and ferrum, have also been utilized. In this review, recent advances in the artificial biomimetic mineralization of viruses are summarized while highlighting the potential applications and challenges in biomedicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":29975,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Nanobiomed Research","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anbr.202300064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138605920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}