In situ generation of plasmonic cavities for high sensitivity fluorophore and biomolecule detection

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (39) ◽  
pp. 18555-18564
Author(s):  
Daragh Byrne ◽  
Colette McDonagh
Keyword(s):  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Biomolecule Detection ◽  
In Situ Generation

Plasmonic cavities are grown in situ via Au labelled antibodies yielding a highly responsive fluorescence based biosensing platform.

scholarly journals Endogenous microRNA Triggered Enzyme-free DNA Logic Self-assembly for Amplified Bioimaging and Enhanced Gene Therapy via in Situ Generation of siRNAs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Jiang ◽  
Shuzhen Yue ◽  
Kaixin Yu ◽  
Tian Tian ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Therapy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Dna Amplification ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Free Dna ◽  
Therapy Effect ◽  
In Situ Generation

Abstract BackgroundSmall interfering RNA (siRNA) has emerged as a kind of promising therapeutic agents for cancer therapy. However, the off-target effect and degradation are the main challenges for siRNAs delivery. Herein, an enzyme-free DNA amplification strategy initiated by a specific endogenous microRNA has been developed for in situ generation of siRNAs with enhanced gene therapy effect on cervical carcinoma.MethodsThis strategy contains three DNA hairpins (H1, H2/PS and H3) which can be triggered by microRNA-21 (miR-21) for self-assembly of DNA nanowheels (DNWs). Notably, this system is consistent with the operation of a DNA logic circuitry containing cascaded “AND” gates with feedback mechanism. Accordingly, a versatile biosensing and bioimaging platform is fabricated for sensitive and specific analysis of miR-21 in HeLa cells via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Meanwhile, since the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antisense and sense sequences are encoded in hairpin reactants, the performance of this DNA circuit leads to in situ assembly of VEGF siRNAs in DNWs, which can be specifically recognized and cleaved by Dicer for gene therapy of cervical carcinoma. ResultsThe proposed isothermal amplification approach exhibits high sensitivity for miR-21 with a detection limit of 0.25 pM and indicates excellent specificity to discriminate target miR-21 from the single-base mismatched sequence. Furthermore, this strategy achieves accurate and sensitive imaging analysis of the expression and distribution of miR-21 in different living cells. To note, compared to naked siRNAs alone, in situ siRNA generation shows a significantly enhanced gene silencing and anti-tumor effect due to the high reaction efficiency of DNA circuit and improved delivery stability of siRNAs.ConclusionThe endogenous miRNA-activated DNA circuit provides an exciting opportunity to construct a general nanoplatform for precise cancer diagnosis and efficient gene therapy, which has an important significance in clinical translation.

scholarly journals Endogenous microRNA triggered enzyme-free DNA logic self-assembly for amplified bioimaging and enhanced gene therapy via in situ generation of siRNAs

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Jiang ◽  
Shuzhen Yue ◽  
Kaixin Yu ◽  
Tian Tian ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Therapy ◽  
Cervical Carcinoma ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Dna Amplification ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Free Dna ◽  
Therapy Effect ◽  
In Situ Generation

Abstract Background Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has emerged as a kind of promising therapeutic agents for cancer therapy. However, the off-target effect and degradation are the main challenges for siRNAs delivery. Herein, an enzyme-free DNA amplification strategy initiated by a specific endogenous microRNA has been developed for in situ generation of siRNAs with enhanced gene therapy effect on cervical carcinoma. Methods This strategy contains three DNA hairpins (H1, H2/PS and H3) which can be triggered by microRNA-21 (miR-21) for self-assembly of DNA nanowheels (DNWs). Notably, this system is consistent with the operation of a DNA logic circuitry containing cascaded “AND” gates with feedback mechanism. Accordingly, a versatile biosensing and bioimaging platform is fabricated for sensitive and specific analysis of miR-21 in HeLa cells via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Meanwhile, since the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antisense and sense sequences are encoded in hairpin reactants, the performance of this DNA circuit leads to in situ assembly of VEGF siRNAs in DNWs, which can be specifically recognized and cleaved by Dicer for gene therapy of cervical carcinoma. Results The proposed isothermal amplification approach exhibits high sensitivity for miR-21 with a detection limit of 0.25 pM and indicates excellent specificity to discriminate target miR-21 from the single-base mismatched sequence. Furthermore, this strategy achieves accurate and sensitive imaging analysis of the expression and distribution of miR-21 in different living cells. To note, compared to naked siRNAs alone, in situ siRNA generation shows a significantly enhanced gene silencing and anti-tumor effect due to the high reaction efficiency of DNA circuit and improved delivery stability of siRNAs. Conclusions The endogenous miRNA-activated DNA circuit provides an exciting opportunity to construct a general nanoplatform for precise cancer diagnosis and efficient gene therapy, which has an important significance in clinical translation. Graphic abstract

Highly diastereo- and enantioselective organocatalytic synthesis of trifluoromethylated erythritols based on the in situ generation of unstable trifluoroacetaldehyde

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumasa Funabiki ◽  
Toshiya Gotoh ◽  
Ryunosuke Kani ◽  
Toshiyasu Inuzuka ◽  
Yasuhiro Kubota
Keyword(s):  
Trifluoromethyl Group ◽  
In Situ Generation

A highly diastereo- and enantioselective organocatalytic method to synthesise erythritols bearing a trifluoromethyl group has been investigated.

TO SEPARATELY ASSESS THE DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL OF TVS & MRI IN THE TERMS OF SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY BY CORRELATING THE IMAGING FINDINGS WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suraj Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Transvaginal Ultrasound ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Imaging Evaluation ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Conventional Mri ◽  
Diagnostic Potential ◽  
Adc Mapping ◽  
Malignant Lesions ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

This prospective study was done in the Department of Radio diagnosis Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode. A total of 65 patients who were referred to our department with clinical suspicion of endometrial lesions and incidentally detected endometrial lesions on ultrasonography underwent transvaginal ultrasound and subsequent Imaging evaluation of pelvis MRI has very high sensitivity (95%) and specificity (98%) and is almost as accurate (97%) as histopathology in differentiating benign from malignant lesions. Addition of DWI with ADC mapping to conventional MRI increases its accuracy even more. However there is inherent limitation to MRI in detecting carcinoma in situ and micrometastasis. Keywords: TVS, MRI, Sensitivity, Specificity, Histopathology.

Recent advances in Minisci-type reactions and applications in organic synthesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wengui Wang ◽  
Shoufeng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Radical Reactivity ◽  
Atom Loss ◽  
Radical Generation ◽  
In Situ Generation ◽  
Thermal Cleavage ◽  
Synthetic Chemist

Abstract:: Minisci-type reactions have become widely known as reactions that involve the addition of carbon-centered radicals to basic heteroarenes followed by formal hydrogen atom loss. While the originally developed protocols for radical generation remain in active use today, in recent years by a new array of radical generation strategies allow use of a wider variety of radical precursors that often operate under milder and more benign conditions. New transformations based on free radical reactivity are now available to a synthetic chemist looking to utilize a Minisci-type reaction. Radical-generation methods based on photoredox catalysis and electrochemistry, which utilize thermal cleavage or the in situ generation of reactive radical precursors, have become popular approaches. Our review will cover the remarkably literature that has appeared on this topic in recent 5 years, from 2015-01 to 2020-01, in an attempt to provide guidance to the synthetic chemist, on both the challenges that have been overcome and applications in organic synthesis.

scholarly journals A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Richards ◽  
Jonathan H. Harrhy ◽  
Richard J. Lewis ◽  
Alexander G. R. Howe ◽  
Grzegorz M. Suldecki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Water Disinfection ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
In Situ Generation

In Situ Generation of Unstable Difluoromethylphosphonate-Containing Diazoalkanes and Their Use in [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions with Vinyl Sulfones

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 1130-1134
Author(s):  
Haibo Mei ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Romana Pajkert ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Jingcheng Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cycloaddition Reactions ◽  
In Situ Generation

Experimental Investigation of Laser Sintering of Conductive Adhesive for Functional Prototypes Produced by Embedding Stereolithography

2014 ◽  
Vol 1038 ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
Bernd Niese ◽  
Philipp Amend ◽  
Uwe Urmoneit ◽  
Stephan Roth ◽  
Michael Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Damage ◽  
Laser Sintering ◽  
Conductive Adhesive ◽  
Flexible Production ◽  
Sintering Process ◽  
Building Process ◽  
In Situ Generation ◽  
Functional Components

Embedding stereolithography (eSLA) is an additive, hybrid process, which provides a flexible production of 3D components and the ability to integrate electrical and optical conductive structures and functional components within parts. However, the embedding of conductive circuits in stereolithography (SLA) parts assumes usage of process technologies, which enables their direct integration of conductive circuits during the layer-wise building process. In this context, a promising method for in-situ generation of conductive circuits is dispensing of conductive adhesive on the current surface of the SLA part and its subsequent sintering. In this paper, the laser sintering (λ = 355 nm) of conductive adhesive mainly consisting of silver nanoparticles is investigated. The work intends to evaluate the curing behavior of the conductive adhesive, the beam-matter-interactions and the thermal damage of the SLA substrate. The investigations revealed a fast and flexible laser sintering process for the generation of conductive circuits with sufficient electrical conductivity and sufficient current capacity load. In this context, a characterization of the conductive structures is done by measuring their electrical resistance and their potential current capacity load.

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