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Cancer Cell Targeting With Functionalized Quantum Dot-Encoded Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules
摘要： Imaging agents and drug carriers are commonly targeted toward cancer cell through functionalization with specific recognition molecules. Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals whose extraordinary brightness and photostability make them attractive for direct fluorescent labeling of biomolecules or optical encoding of the membranes and cells. Here, we analyse the cytotoxicity of QD-encoded microcapsules, validate an approach to the activation of further functionalization with monoclonal antibody Trastuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the extracellular domain of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and already in clinical use for the treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer. In addition, we characterize the cell-specific targeting activity of the resultant bio-conjugate by immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and real-time analysis of interaction of the conjugates with live HER2 overexpressing human breast cancer cells. We demonstrate, that encapsulation of QDs into the polymer shell using the layer-by-layer deposition method yields highly fluorescent polyelectrolyte microcapsules with a homogeneous size distribution and biocompatibility upon in vitro treatment of cancer cells. Carbodiimide surface activation ensures optimal disperse and optical characteristics of the QD-encoded microcapsules before antibody conjugation. The prepared conjugates of the microcapsules with cancer-specific monoclonal antibody targeting HER2 provide sufficiently sensitive and specific antibody-mediated binding of the microcapsules with live cancer cells, which demonstrated their potential as prospective cancer cell–targeting agents.
关键词： cytotoxicity,monoclonal antibody,polyelectrolyte microcapsules,quantum dots,cancer cell targeting
更新于2025-11-21 11:24:58
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Therapeutic application of light emitting diode: Photo-oncomic approach
摘要： As a new light source, light emitting diode (LED) with high brightness and lower cost has been rapidly developed in medical application and light therapy. LED phototherapy can activate target cells with appropriate power and adequate energy density. This review provides general information on therapeutic applications of blue, green, yellow, red, and infrared LED in medical treatments for various physical abnormalities and on bio-imaging. The bio-imaging system is improved by decreasing the number of microscopes apparatuses including neutral-density filter, excitation filters and mechanical shutters. The numbers of excitation photons are increased and the fluorescent excitation efficiency is improved at cellular level. In the target tissue, the therapeutic effect of LEDs is dependent on incident photons irrespective of the system used to generate these photons. Photomodulated light from LED device is delivered in pulsed mode with specific pulse sequences and time. Too low or too high dose of energy may be ineffective at all. Clinical applications of LED light depending on different wavelengths are summarized. The author’s photo-oncomic experiments using a specific blue light emitting diode were introduced, showing that blue LED possessed anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic abilities in cancer cells and mice. As a promising light source, photo-oncomic approach of blue LED could be applied to treat cancers and inflammatory diseases.
关键词： cancer cell migration,photo-oncomic approach,Light emitting diode,growth
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Ultrasensitive U-shaped fiber optic LSPR cytosensing for label-free and in situ evaluation of cell surface N-glycan expression
摘要： Label-free and in situ detection of N-glycan expression on surface of cells is vital for understanding the progression of cancer. Herein, cytosensing based on U-shaped fiber optic local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) was developed for cancer cell detection and N-glycan evaluation on cell surface. The U-shaped fiber optic LSPR has high refractive index sensitivity (RIS). Therefore, U-shaped fiber optic LSPR cytosensing afforded ultrasensitivity for cancer cell detection with the limit of detection (LOD) of 30 cells/mL and good linearity in a wide range of 1×102-1×106 cells/mL under the optimal conditions of modified AuNPs size and Con A concentration. The U-shaped fiber optic LSPR cytosensing shows more than 29 times lower limit of detection than the straight ones. More importantly, the prepared U-shaped cytosensing was applied to evaluate the N-glycan expression level on the surface of cancer cells under different concentration external stimuli of inhibitor tunicamycin (TM). Noticeably, U-shaped fiber optic LSPR cytosensing showed an acceptable reproducibility, satisfactory anti-interference and good selectivity, and was also applied in the assessment of N-glycan expression on surface of six kinds of cell lines. Therefore, the U-shaped fiber optic LSPR offers a feasible tool in biophysical research and clinical diagnosis for cancer.
关键词： Cancer cell,N-Glycan expression,Cytosensing,U-shaped fiber optic probe,Local surface plasmon resonance
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Methylene-Blue-Encapsulated Liposomes as Photodynamic Therapy Nano Agents for Breast Cancer Cells
摘要： Methylene blue (MB) is a widely used dye and photodynamic therapy (PDT) agent that can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) after light exposure, triggering apoptosis. However, it is hard for the dye to penetrate through the cell membrane, leading to poor cellular uptake; thus, drug carriers, which could enhance the cellular uptake, are a suitable solution. In addition, the defective vessels resulting from fast vessel outgrowth leads to an enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, which gives nanoscale drug carriers a promising potential. In this study, we applied poly(12-(methacryloyloxy)dodecyl phosphorylcholine), a zwitterionic polymer-lipid, to self-assemble into liposomes and encapsulate MB (MB-liposome). Its properties of high stability and fast intracellular uptake were confirmed, and the higher in vitro ROS generation ability of MB-liposomes than that of free MB was also verified. For in vivo tests, we examined the toxicity in mice via tail vein injection. With the features found, MB-liposome has the potential of being an effective PDT nano agent for cancer therapy.
关键词： methylene blue,zwitterion,liposome,photodynamic therapy,breast cancer cell
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Simultaneously quantifying intracellular FAD and FMN using a novel strategy of intrinsic fluorescence four-way calibration
摘要： The simultaneous quantitative analysis of intracellular metabolic coenzymes flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) is of interest because they participate in many electron-transfer reactions of metabolism. But, the simultaneous quantitative analysis of FAD and FMN is hard to be achieved by traditional analytical methods. This paper proposes a novel strategy of intrinsic fluorescence coupled with four-way calibration method for simultaneous quantitative analysis of intracellular metabolic coenzymes FAD and FMN. Through mathematical separation, this proposed analytical method efficiently achieved the simultaneous quantitative analysis of metabolic coenzymes FAD and FMN in the cell, despite the fact that uncalibrated spectral interferents coexist in the system. The predicted concentrations of FAD and FMN in the cell are 217.0±6.9 and 155.0±1.7 pmol/106 cells respectively, which were validated by the approved liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. This analytical method with second-order advantage simply requires the cell solution to be diluted by a buffer, it could introduce an interesting analytical strategy for multianalyte direct quantitative analysis in complex biological systems. In addition, we explore the third-order advantage of four-way calibration by a comparative study based on this real fluorescence data. The comparisons indicate that a four-way calibration method can provide higher sensitivity and more resolving power than a three-way calibration method.
关键词： Cancer cell,Flavin mononucleotide,Four-way calibration.,Fluorescence,Flavin adenine dinucleotide
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Multi-objective Parameter Auto-tuning for Tissue Image Segmentation Workflows
摘要： We propose a software platform that integrates methods and tools for multi-objective parameter auto-tuning in tissue image segmentation workflows. The goal of our work is to provide an approach for improving the accuracy of nucleus/cell segmentation pipelines by tuning their input parameters. The shape, size, and texture features of nuclei in tissue are important biomarkers for disease prognosis, and accurate computation of these features depends on accurate delineation of boundaries of nuclei. Input parameters in many nucleus segmentation workflows affect segmentation accuracy and have to be tuned for optimal performance. This is a time-consuming and computationally expensive process; automating this step facilitates more robust image segmentation workflows and enables more efficient application of image analysis in large image datasets. Our software platform adjusts the parameters of a nuclear segmentation algorithm to maximize the quality of image segmentation results while minimizing the execution time. It implements several optimization methods to search the parameter space efficiently. In addition, the methodology is developed to execute on high-performance computing systems to reduce the execution time of the parameter tuning phase. These capabilities are packaged in a Docker container for easy deployment and can be used through a friendly interface extension in 3D Slicer. Our results using three real-world image segmentation workflows demonstrate that the proposed solution is able to (1) search a small fraction (about 100 points) of the parameter space, which contains billions to trillions of points, and improve the quality of segmentation output by × 1.20, × 1.29, and × 1.29, on average; (2) decrease the execution time of a segmentation workflow by up to 11.79× while improving output quality; and (3) effectively use parallel systems to accelerate parameter tuning and segmentation phases.
关键词： Parameter auto-tuning,Cancer,Cell morphology,Computer-assisted image analysis,Digital pathology
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Synthesis of folic acid conjugated photoluminescent carbon quantum dots with ultrahigh quantum yield for targeted cancer cell fluorescence imaging
摘要： Folic acid functionalized carbon quantum dot (FA-CQD) with ultrahigh quantum yield (50%) were synthesized by one-pot hydrothermal route using citric acid. The synthesized CQDs were characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and X-ray diffraction. The cell viability of about 95% and 97% were obtained for MTT assay of the CQDs and FA-CQDs toward MCF-7 cells after 24 h of incubation respectively. The FA-CQDs were successfully applied for targeted imaging of cervical cancer (type HeLa) and human breast adenocarcinoma (type MCF7) cells using fluorescence microscope.
关键词： HeLa cancer cell,Ultra high quantum yield CQDs,MCF-7 cancer cell,Fluorescence imaging,Targeted cancer imaging
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Design of Magnetica??Plasmonic Nanoparticle Assemblies via Interface Engineering of Plasmonic Shells for Targeted Cancer Cell Imaging and Separation
摘要： Magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles have received considerable attention for widespread applications. These nanoparticles (NPs) exhibiting surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activities are developed due to their potential in bio-sensing applicable in non-destructive and sensitive analysis with target-specific separation. However, it is challenging to synthesize these NPs that simultaneously exhibit low remanence, maximized magnetic content, plasmonic coverage with abundant hotspots, and structural uniformity. Here, a method that involves the conjugation of a magnetic template with gold seeds via chemical binding and seed-mediated growth is proposed, with the objective of obtaining plasmonic nanostructures with abundant hotspots on a magnetic template. To obtain a clean surface for directly functionalizing ligands and enhancing the Raman intensity, an additional growth step of gold (Au) and/or silver (Ag) atoms is proposed after modifying the Raman molecules on the as-prepared magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles. Importantly, one-sided silver growth occurred in an environment where gold facets are blocked by Raman molecules; otherwise, the gold growth is layer-by-layer. Moreover, simultaneous reduction by gold and silver ions allowed for the formation of a uniform bimetallic layer. The enhancement factor of the nanoparticles with a bimetallic layer is approximately 107. The SERS probes functionalized cyclic peptides are employed for targeted cancer-cell imaging and separation.
关键词： cell separation,surface-enhanced Raman scattering,bio-sensing,magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles,cancer-cell imaging
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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A microfluidic paper-based laser-induced fluorescence sensor based on duplex-specific nuclease amplification for selective and sensitive detection of miRNAs in cancer cells
摘要： MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are considered as the potential biomarkers for many cancers. To determine miRNAs in cancer cells is significant for realizing these diseases. In this work, a microfluidic paper-based laser-induced fluorescence sensor based on duplex-specific nuclease (DSN) amplification was developed and applied to selectively and sensitively determine miRNAs in cancer cells. An interface for laser-induced fluorescence detection was firstly applied to perform the sample detection on the paper-based chip. Under the optimal conditions, DSN (3 μL 0.10 U) and Taqman probes (2 μL 2.5 × 10?7 M) were preserved on the circles (Diameter 4 mm) of the folded paper chip. When miRNA solution was added, the mixed solution could trigger fluorescence signal amplification by cyclically digesting hybrids of miRNAs and Taqman probes by DSN. The whole determination, including sample heating process, could be accomplished within 40 min. The detection limits for miRNA-21 and miRNA-31 were 0.20 and 0.50 fM respectively, corresponding to only 1.0 and 1.5 zmol consumption of miRNAs. The testing of mismatched miRNAs showed that the method had good specificity. Finally, the method was applied to determine miRNA-21 and miRNA-31 in lysates of cancer cells of A549 and HeLa, and hepatocyte LO2. MiRNA-21 and miRNA-31 could be successfully found from the two cancer cells. The concentrations for miRNA-21 and miRNA-31 were 1.74 × 10?13 M and 6.29 × 10?14 M in HeLa cell lysate (3.75 × 104 cells/mL), 3.07 × 10?15 M and 3.28 × 10?15 M in A549 cell lysate (8.33 × 106 cells/mL) respectively. The recoveries ranged from 87.30% to 111.83%, indicating the results were reliable. The developed method was effective, selective and sensitive in the determination of miRNAs in cancer cells.
关键词： microRNA,Duplex-specific nuclease,Paper-based sensor,Laser-induced fluorescence,Cancer cell
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Exploration of the Potential Efficacy of Natural Resource Derived Blue Emitting Graphene Quantum Dots in Cancer Therapeutic Application
摘要： Coal is the most abundant natural resource being used worldwide and shows graphite-like clusters. Here, we report an innovative and cost effective oxidative functionalization approach followed by acid-free and oxone oxidant-assisted solvothermal synthesis of graphene quantum dots from coal for the first time. This oxidative functionalization method of coal has been performed through heat treatment of nitric acid followed by acid recovery process. Indeed, solvothermal method is entirely free from the utilization of strong acids; and involves a simple, eco-friendly, and salt free purification process with high production yield (~45%). Due to the synergistic synthesis technique, our developed GQDs are found to exhibit a strong blue photoluminescence (PL) characteristic with significantly high quantum yield (~14.42 %). High resolution Transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images indicate that nanocrystalline GQDs have uniform and narrow particle size distribution in the range of 2.5-5 nm. The anticancer efficacy of the synthesized GQDs nano material is validated through cellular morphological pattern analysis and DAPI stain images of neuroblastoma cell and breast cancer cell. Additionally, the alteration of mitochondrial membrane potential is scrutinized using JC1 micrographs. Interestingly, RITC tagged GQDs are showing cellular internalization within breast cancer cells. The robust functionality, luminescence stability, nanosecond lifetime, biocompatibility and low toxicity of our developed GQDs enable them to be promising probes for cancer therapeutic applications. This study unveils new opportunities for sustainable production of GQDs with novel attributing features because of the easily available of raw material, cost-effective productivity and fascinating photoluminescence property.
关键词： Oxidative functionalization,Coal,Cancer cell,Photoluminescence,Solvothermal synthesis
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59