scholarly journals Efficient Photoacoustic Imaging With Biomimetic Mesoporous Silica-Based Nanoparticles

Author(s):  
Chuangjia Huang ◽  
Xiaoling Guan ◽  
Hui Lin ◽  
Lu Liang ◽  
Yingling Miao ◽  
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Indocyanine green (ICG), a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been extensively used as a photoacoustic (PA) probe for PA imaging. However, its practical application is limited by poor photostability in water, rapid body clearance, and non-specificity. Herein, we fabricated a novel biomimetic nanoprobe by coating ICG-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles with the cancer cell membrane (namely, CMI) for PA imaging. This probe exhibited good dispersion, large loading efficiency, good biocompatibility, and homologous targeting ability to Hela cells in vitro. Furthermore, the in vivo and ex vivo PA imaging on Hela tumor-bearing nude mice demonstrated that CMI could accumulate in tumor tissue and display a superior PA imaging efficacy compared with free ICG. All these results demonstrated that CMI might be a promising contrast agent for PA imaging of cervical carcinoma.

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4553-4564
Author(s):  
Yihan Kong ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Xiaojing Liu ◽  
Jingjing Pang ◽  
Xinling Mu ◽  
...  

The use of chemotherapy combined with photothermal therapy (PTT) is getting a focus topic for cancer treatment. Duing this research, the double targeting drug delivery system of nedaplatin (NDP)–carboxyl-functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica (MMSN-COOH)–galactosylated chitosan (GC) nanoparticles (NPs) was constructed. Because MMSNs have special physical properties, it can target to the specific area. In addition, it’s able to convert absorbed near-infrared (NIR) light into heat energy for photothermal therapy (PTT). Furthermore, the thermal energy generated by MMSNs under NIR lasers can accelerate the release of drug from preparations. Moreover, GC modified MMSNs-COOH as a carrier can increase the drug uptake of cancer cells that highly express galectins in vitro, resulting in cancer cell apoptosis, and thus increasing the targeting of cancerous tissue in vivo. The experimental consequences in vitro and in vivo revealed that the NDP@MMSNCOOH-GC NPs combined with PTT could avoid systemic toxicity and improve biosecurity while having good anticancer effect.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 7721-7735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryem Bouchoucha ◽  
Éric Béliveau ◽  
Freddy Kleitz ◽  
Frédéric Calon ◽  
Marc-André Fortin

Size and bioconjugation effects of Ri7 antibody conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) influence in vitro and in vivo targeting ability to BMECs.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3337
Author(s):  
Sara Hooshmand ◽  
Sahar Mollazadeh ◽  
Negar Akrami ◽  
Mehrnoosh Ghanad ◽  
Ahmed El-Fiqi ◽  
...  

Exploring new therapies for managing skin wounds is under progress and, in this regard, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) and mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs) offer great opportunities in treating acute, chronic, and malignant wounds. In general, therapeutic effectiveness of both MSNs and MBGs in different formulations (fine powder, fibers, composites etc.) has been proved over all the four stages of normal wound healing including hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The main merits of these porous substances can be summarized as their excellent biocompatibility and the ability of loading and delivering a wide range of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic bioactive molecules and chemicals. In addition, doping with inorganic elements (e.g., Cu, Ga, and Ta) into MSNs and MBGs structure is a feasible and practical approach to prepare customized materials for improved skin regeneration. Nowadays, MSNs and MBGs could be utilized in the concept of targeted therapy of skin malignancies (e.g., melanoma) by grafting of specific ligands. Since potential effects of various parameters including the chemical composition, particle size/morphology, textural properties, and surface chemistry should be comprehensively determined via cellular in vitro and in vivo assays, it seems still too early to draw a conclusion on ultimate efficacy of MSNs and MBGs in skin regeneration. In this regard, there are some concerns over the final fate of MSNs and MBGs in the wound site plus optimal dosages for achieving the best outcomes that deserve careful investigation in the future.


2021 ◽  
pp. 088532822110038
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yousef Memar ◽  
Mina Yekani ◽  
Hadi Ghanbari ◽  
Edris Nabizadeh ◽  
Sepideh Zununi Vahed ◽  
...  

The aims of the present study were the determination of antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects of meropenem-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) on carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( P. aeruginosa) and cytotoxicity properties in vitro. The meropenem-loaded MSNs had shown antibacterial and biofilm inhibitory activities on all isolates at different levels lower than MICs and BICs of meropenem. The viability of HC-04 cells treated with serial concentrations as MICs and BICs of meropenem-loaded MSNs was 92–100%. According to the obtained results, meropenem-loaded MSNs display the significant antibacterial and antibiofilm effects against carbapenem resistant and biofilm forming P. aeruginosa and low cell toxicity in vitro. Then, the prepared system can be an appropriate option for the delivery of carbapenem for further evaluation in vivo assays.


Langmuir ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (26) ◽  
pp. 7867-7877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangliang Dai ◽  
Jinghua Li ◽  
Beilu Zhang ◽  
Junjie Liu ◽  
Zhong Luo ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
ChiAn Cheng ◽  
Emily Cosco ◽  
Shyam Ramakrishnan ◽  
Jakob Lingg ◽  
...  

Tissue is translucent to shortwave infrared (SWIR) light, rendering optical imaging superior in this region. However, the widespread use of optical SWIR imaging has been limited, in part, by the lack of bright, biocompatible contrast agents that absorb and emit light above 1000 nm. J-aggregation offers a means to transform stable, near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores into red-shifted SWIR contrast agents. Here we demonstrate that hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSNs) can template the J-aggregation of NIR fluorophore IR-140 to result in nanomaterials that absorb and emit SWIR light. The J-aggregates inside PEGylated HMSNs are stable for multiple weeks in buffer and enable high resolution imaging <i>in vivo</i>with 980 nm excitation.


Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (39) ◽  
pp. 18031-18036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Ferrauto ◽  
Fabio Carniato ◽  
Enza Di Gregorio ◽  
Mauro Botta ◽  
Lorenzo Tei

A nanosystem based on mesoporous silica functionalized with ICG and the chemotherapeutic drug mitoxantrone has been exploited to introduce an innovative photoacoustic ratiometric approach for the assessment of drug release both in vitro and in vivo.


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