Muhammad Asraf Mansor, Mohd Ridzuan Ahmad, Michal Petrů, Seyed Saeid Rahimian Koloor
{"title":"An impedance flow cytometry with integrated dual microneedle for electrical properties characterization of single cell.","authors":"Muhammad Asraf Mansor, Mohd Ridzuan Ahmad, Michal Petrů, Seyed Saeid Rahimian Koloor","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2239274","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2239274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrical characteristics of living cells have been proven to reveal important details about their internal structure, charge distribution and composition changes in the cell membrane, as well as the extracellular context. An impedance flow cytometry is a common approach to determine the electrical properties of a cell, having the advantage of label-free and high throughput. However, the current techniques are complex and costly for the fabrication process. For that reason, we introduce an integrated dual microneedle-microchannel for single-cell detection and electrical properties extraction. The dual microneedles utilized a commercially available tungsten needle coated with parylene. When a single cell flows through the parallel-facing electrode configuration of the dual microneedle, the electrical impedance at multiple frequencies is measured. The impedance measurement demonstrated the differential of normal red blood cells (RBCs) with three different sizes of microbeads at low and high frequencies, 100 kHz and 2 MHz, respectively. An electrical equivalent circuit model (ECM) was used to determine the unique membrane capacitance of individual cells. The proposed technique demonstrated that the specific membrane capacitance of an RBC is 9.42 mF/m<sup>-2</sup>, with the regression coefficients, <math><mi>ρ</mi></math> at 0.9895. As a result, this device may potentially be used in developing countries for low-cost single-cell screening and detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"371-383"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9944816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel PDT: 5-aminolevulinic acid combined 450 nm blue laser photodynamic therapy significantly promotes cell death of HR-HPV infected cells.","authors":"Yuqing Chen, Yibo Mei, Lijiang Gu, Xing Li, Peng Guo, Lihong Chen, Dalin He","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2022.2164585","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2022.2164585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and related diseases are clinical challenges. The efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) using red laser (630 ± 5 nm) is remarkable and safe. In this study, we aim to investigate the efficacy of ALA-450 nm PDT comparing with ALA-635 nm PDT. We detected cell proliferation and cell apoptosis through MTT assay and flow cytometry assay respectively. Flow cytometry assay determined the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Western blotting analysis investigated the protein expression. <i>In vivo</i>, immunohistochemical staining assay and TUNEL assay were performer to detect cell apoptosis. ALA-450 nm PDT inhibited the proliferation of End1 and HeLa cells, promoted cell apoptosis more effectively than ALA-635 nm PDT, and induced cell death probably through increasing the intracellular ROS generation and caspase-dependent apoptosis pathway. <i>In vivo</i>, ALA-450 nm PDT significantly inhibited tumour growth and activated cell apoptosis. The ALA-450 nm PDT had an advantage over ALA-635 nm PDT on inhibiting the proliferation of End1 and HeLa cells and inducing cell apoptosis. The ALA-450 nm PDT might be a promising therapeutic strategy for eradicating the HR-HPV infected cells and promoting the integration of diagnosis and treatment of HR-HPV related diseases.HighlightsWe combined 5-aminolevulinic acid with 450 nm blue laser using as a novel type of photodynamic therapy.The ALA-450 nm PDT had an advantage over ALA-635 nm PDT on inhibition of the proliferation of End1 and HeLa cells and inducing cell apoptosis <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i>.The ALA-450 nm PDT may provide a novel alternative therapeutic option in patients with persistent HPV infection and promote the integration of diagnosis and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"22-32"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10528911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bingting Li, Jun Zhang, Ning Ma, Weidan Li, Guoxing You, Gan Chen, Lian Zhao, Quan Wang, Hong Zhou
{"title":"PEG-conjugated bovine haemoglobin enhances efficiency of chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin with alleviating DOX-induced splenocardiac toxicity in the breast cancer.","authors":"Bingting Li, Jun Zhang, Ning Ma, Weidan Li, Guoxing You, Gan Chen, Lian Zhao, Quan Wang, Hong Zhou","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2176865","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2176865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective chemotherapeutic agent widely used for cancer treatment. However, hypoxia in tumour tissue and obvious adverse effects particularly cardiotoxicity restricts the clinical usage of DOX. Our study is based on the co-administration of haemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) and DOX in a breast cancer model to investigate HBOCs' ability to enhance chemotherapeutic effectiveness and its capabilities to alleviate the side effects induced by DOX. In an <i>in-vitro</i> study, the results suggested the cytotoxicity of DOX was significantly improved when combined with HBOCs in a hypoxic environment, and produced more γ-H2AX indicating higher DNA damage than free DOX did. Compared with administration of free DOX, combined therapy exhibited a stronger tumour suppressive effect in an <i>in-vivo</i> study. Further mechanism studies showed that the expression of various proteins such as hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), CD31, CD34, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in tumour tissues was also significantly reduced in the combined treatment group. In addition, HBOCs can significantly reduce the splenocardiac toxicity induced by DOX, according to the results of the haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and histological investigation. This study suggested that PEG-conjugated bovine haemoglobin may not only reduce the hypoxia in tumours and increase the efficiency of chemotherapeutic agent DOX, but also alleviate the irreversible heart toxicity caused by DOX-inducted splenocardiac dysregulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"120-130"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9453232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinmin Guo, Jianru Lin, Liwen Pan, Kun He, Zhihui Huang, Jialin Chen, Cuiyan Lin, Baohui Zeng, Sijia Luo, Mengdie Wang
{"title":"Ultrasound-triggered release of miR-199a-3p from liposome nanobubbles for enhanced hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.","authors":"Xinmin Guo, Jianru Lin, Liwen Pan, Kun He, Zhihui Huang, Jialin Chen, Cuiyan Lin, Baohui Zeng, Sijia Luo, Mengdie Wang","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2268137","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2268137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was aimed to develop an efficient tumour-targeted liposome nanobubbles (LNBs) system using ultrasound-targeted nanobubble destruction for enhanced release and transfection of miRNA-199a-3p in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therapy. The prepared LNBs comprised a polyethylene glycol-modified liposome shell and a perfluoropentane (PFP) core. MiRNA-199a-3p was attached to the nanocomposite surface via electrostatic adsorption, while RGD peptide functionalized the LNBs surface for enhanced HCC cell targeting, namely PFP@miR-RGD-LNBs. The LNBs were spherical with a narrow size distribution. The gene-loaded LNBs effectively condensed miR-199a-3p and protected it from enzymatic degradation. Low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) promoted a fast release of miR-199a-3p from the prepared LNBs, thereby enhancing therapeutic effects. The combined application of PFP@miR-RGD-LNBs and LIFU exhibited a more potent inhibitory effect on HepG2 cells than the other groups, potentially due to LIFU promoting rapid and efficient gene release at the target site and increasing cell membrane permeability. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed significantly increased mRNA expression levels of key apoptosis markers (Bad, Bax, Caspase-9 and Caspase-3) in the PFP@miR-RGD-LNBs + LIFU group compared to other groups. These findings suggest that the prepared LNBs are highly likely to be promising candidates for further exploration of HCC gene delivery and therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"560-571"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41232071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statement of retraction: Anti-gastric cancer effect of Salidroside through elevating miR-99a expression.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2271702","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2271702","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"548"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49688599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amany Belal, Mohamed Y Zaky, Doaa S Mohamed, Eman E Mohamed, Rehab Mahmoud, Doaa Essam, R R Atta, Fatma I Abo El-Ela, Fatma Mohamed Halfaya, Kyung-Tae Lee, Ahmed H E Hassan, Mohammed M Ghoneim, Ahmed Farghali
{"title":"A study on the therapeutic potential of graphene titanate nanocomposite for treating chemically induced arthritis in rats.","authors":"Amany Belal, Mohamed Y Zaky, Doaa S Mohamed, Eman E Mohamed, Rehab Mahmoud, Doaa Essam, R R Atta, Fatma I Abo El-Ela, Fatma Mohamed Halfaya, Kyung-Tae Lee, Ahmed H E Hassan, Mohammed M Ghoneim, Ahmed Farghali","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2268653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2023.2268653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nanotechnology holds substantial promise in the innovative therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The current study was designed to synthesize and characterize a new graphene titanate nanocomposite (GTNc) and explore its anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant potencies against Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced arthritis in rats, as well as investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. Our characterization methods included XRD, FT-IR, SEM, EDX, zeta potential, practical size, and XRF to characterize the novel GTNc. Our findings revealed that arthritic rats treated with GTNc exhibited lower levels of RF, CRP, IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-17, and ADAMTS-5, and higher levels of IL-4 and TIMP-3. In arthritic rats, GTNc reduced LPO levels while increasing GSH content and GST antioxidant activity. Additionally, GTNc decreased the expression of the TGF-β mRNA gene in arthritic rats. Histopathological investigation showed that GTNc reduced inflammatory cell infiltration, cartilage degradation, and bone destruction in joint injuries caused by CFA in the arthritic rats. Collectively, the anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties of GTNc appear promising for future arthritis treatments and bone disability research.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"590-603"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71410426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sadeka Nujhat, Hannah S Leese, Mirella Di Lorenzo, Rebecca Bowen, Sandhya Moise
{"title":"Advances in screening and diagnostic lab-on-chip tools for gynaecological cancers - a review.","authors":"Sadeka Nujhat, Hannah S Leese, Mirella Di Lorenzo, Rebecca Bowen, Sandhya Moise","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2274047","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2274047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gynaecological cancers are a major global health concern due to the lack of effective screening programmes for ovarian and endometrial cancer, for example, and variable access to vaccination and screening tests for cervical cancer in many countries. Recent research on portable and cost-effective lab-on-a-chip (LoC) technologies show promise for mass screening and diagnostic procedures for gynaecological cancers. However, most LoCs for gynaecological cancer are still in development, with a need to establish and clinically validate factors such as the type of biomarker, sample and method of detection, before patient use. Multiplex approaches, detecting a panel of gynaecological biomarkers in a single LoC, offer potential for more reliable diagnosis. This review highlights the current research on LoCs for gynaecological cancer screening and diagnosis, emphasizing the need for further research and validation prior to their widespread adoption in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"618-629"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71477523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statement of retraction: Mirt2 functions in synergy with miR-377 to participate in inflammatory pathophysiology of Sjögren's syndrome.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2271700","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2271700","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"547"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49688600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cancer reduction in mice with Prakasine nanomedicine immunotherapy.","authors":"Prakash S K","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2270023","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2270023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, non-toxic mercury nanoparticle Prakasine (PRK-NP) was synthesized as per 'Prakash theory of metal drugs' and nanoparticle's non toxicity has been demonstrated by employing <i>in vitro</i> MTT (dose = 320ug/ml), SBR (dose = 80ug/ml) and apoptosis assays (dose = 320ug/ml), and <i>in vivo</i> acute and chronic toxicity studies in mice (<i>n</i> = 12, dose = 900 mg/kg body weight oral), rat (<i>n</i> = 14, dose = 500 mg/kg body weight oral for 18 months), rabbit (<i>n</i> = 14, dose = 500 mg/kg body weight oral for 18 months) and dogs (<i>n</i> = 14, dose = 500 mg/kg body weight oral for 18 months). The MTT, SBR and apoptosis assays established no cytotoxicity, no genotoxicity and no cytolytic anticancer effects. The mice, rat, rabbit and dog studies also indicated nontoxicity. The PRK-NPs significantly reduced the breast cancer tumour in murine mammary tumour - C3H/HeJ model 35% and 43.7% in mice at doses of 200 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg respectively. Also, in xenograft mammary tumour mice model the tumour regressions are 25.7% and 83% in the doses of 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg respectively, compared to standard positive control drugs without any adverse effects and toxicity. Thus, the current study beholds anticipation PRK-NPs may play a vital role in therapeutic.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"572-589"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Process-structure-biofunctional paradigm in cellular structured implants: an overview and perspective on the synergy between additive manufacturing, bio-mechanical behaviour and biological functions.","authors":"R D K Misra, K P Misra","doi":"10.1080/21691401.2023.2278156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2023.2278156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The overview describes the synergy between biological sciences and cellular structures processed by additive manufacturing to elucidate the significance of cellular structured implants in eliminating stress shielding and in meeting the bio-mechanical property requirements of elastic modulus, impact resistance, and fatigue strength in conjunction with the biological functionality. The convergence of additive manufacturing, computer-aided design, and structure-property relationships is envisaged to provide the solution to the current day challenges in the biomedical arena. The traditional methods of fabrication of biomedical devices including casting and mechanical forming have limitations because of the mismatch in micro/microstructure, mechanical, and physical properties with the host site. Additive manufacturing of cellular structured alloys <i>via</i> electron beam melting and laser powder bed fusion has benefits of fabricating patient-specific design that is obtained from the computed tomography scan of the defect site. The discussion in the overview consists of two aspects - the first one describes the underlying reason that motivated 3D printing of implants from the perspective of minimising stress shielding together with the mechanical property requirements, where the mechanical properties of cellular structured implants depend on the cellular architecture and percentage cellular porosity. The second aspect focuses on the biological response of cellular structured devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":8736,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":"630-640"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71477524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}