High-throughput SNP detection microarrays were used here to explore the relationship between 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism C677T and the risk of gastric carcinoma among population...High-throughput SNP detection microarrays were used here to explore the relationship between 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism C677T and the risk of gastric carcinoma among population in Jiangsu region,by genotyping the specimens from 170 patients with gastric carcinoma and 140 age-and sex- matched control subjects.PCR products were spotted onto a 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane coated glass slide to fabricate a microarray,then interrogated by hybridization with dual-color probes (Cy3,CyS) to determine the SNP genotype of each sample,and the relation between the genotypes and the risk of gastric carcinoma was analyzed.The frequencies of C677T genotype were CC(47.9%),CT(40%),CT(12.1%) in control group and CC(35.9%),CT(45.9%),TT(18.2%) in gastric carcinoma group,respectively.The individuals with 677CT+TT genotype group or 677TT had a 1.67-fold (95% CI:1.06-2.64) or 2.67-fold (95% CI:1.382-5.341) increased risk to develop gastric carcinoma compared with those having 677CC genotype. It was shown that the single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene are associated with the risk of gastric carcinoma in the Chinese population.展开更多
Although it has been developed for many years, nucleic acid aptamer screening technology still fails to be widely used, a considerable part of it is due to the variability of tumor cell morphology, which leads to the ...Although it has been developed for many years, nucleic acid aptamer screening technology still fails to be widely used, a considerable part of it is due to the variability of tumor cell morphology, which leads to the use of immortalized cell lines in the laboratory to screen nucleic acid aptamers for recognition ability of tumor cells in the diseased body.To address this, primary cells that can be stably passaged were isolated and extracted from spontaneous tumors of genetically engineered pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma model mice in this study.Next, an automated screening instrument for nucleic acid aptamers developed autonomously by our group was used to perform efficient aptamer screening using a limited number of cells, and the obtained nucleic acid aptamers were affinity verified at the cellular level.Finally, to answer the question of the cell growth environment difference on the recognition ability of nucleic acid aptamers, we verified its targeting ability to tumors in vivo on a nude mice xenograft tumor model, and further used a common antitumor drug doxorubicin combined with nucleic acid aptamers to verify the drug loading ability of this aptamer combined with the targeting therapeutic ability.展开更多
Tissue engineering has become a promising strategy for repairing damaged cartilage and bone tissue. Among the scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, injectable hydrogels have demonstrated great potential for u...Tissue engineering has become a promising strategy for repairing damaged cartilage and bone tissue. Among the scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, injectable hydrogels have demonstrated great potential for use as three-dimensional cell culture scaffolds in cartilage and bone tissue engineering, owing to their high water content, similarity to the natural extracellular matrix(ECM), porous framework for cell transplantation and proliferation, minimal invasive properties, and ability to match irregular defects. In this review, we describe the selection of appropriate biomaterials and fabrication methods to prepare novel injectable hydrogels for cartilage and bone tissue engineering. In addition, the biology of cartilage and the bony ECM is also summarized. Finally, future perspectives for injectable hydrogels in cartilage and bone tissue engineering are discussed.展开更多
Biomedical applications of nanomaterials are exponentially increasing every year due to analogy to various cell receptors, ligands, structural proteins, and genetic materials(that is, DNA). In bone tissue, nanoscale m...Biomedical applications of nanomaterials are exponentially increasing every year due to analogy to various cell receptors, ligands, structural proteins, and genetic materials(that is, DNA). In bone tissue, nanoscale materials can provide scaffold for excellent tissue repair via mechanical stimulation, releasing of various loaded drugs and mediators, 3D scaffold for cell growth and differentiation of bone marrow stem cells to osteocytes. This review will therefore highlight recent advancements on tissue and nanoscale materials interaction.展开更多
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the diseases damaging people health most badly and some mutations of exons in cardiac troponin I (cTnI) gene are closely associated with family hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (...Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the diseases damaging people health most badly and some mutations of exons in cardiac troponin I (cTnI) gene are closely associated with family hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM).A microarray was fabricated to screen mutations in exons 3,5,7,and 8 in cTnI gene.Primers were designed for the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to amplify the target DNA fragments from fresh blood samples.In order to simplify the PCR process,multiplex PCR technology was investigated in detail.The concentration of Mg^(2+) played an important role in multiplex PCR process,a properly low concentration of Mg^(2+) submitted a better speciality of PCR products.The speciality was also favored when the annealing temperature was reasonably enhanced and 64℃is the optimal annealing temperature for the multiplex PCR systems.When applying the fabricated gene-chip to detect the target fragments from PCR mixture,the signal intensity sequence is in accordance with that from theoretic estimate.展开更多
Compared with other types of breast cancer,triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)has the characteristics of a high degree of malignancy and poor prognosis.Early diagnosis of TNBC through biological markers and timely dev...Compared with other types of breast cancer,triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)has the characteristics of a high degree of malignancy and poor prognosis.Early diagnosis of TNBC through biological markers and timely development of effective treatment methods can reduce its mortality.Many Research experiments have confirmed that some specific mi RNA expression profiles in TNBC can used as markers for early diagnosis.However,detecting the expression profiles of multiple groups of miRNAs according to traditional detection methods is complicated and consumes many samples.To address this issue,we developed a method for high-throughput,high-sensitivity quantitative detection of multiple sets of miRNAs(including mi R-16,mi R-21,mi R-92,mi R-199,and mi R-342)specifically expressed in TNBC by rolling circle amplification(RCA)on fluorescence-encoded microspheres.Through the optimization of reaction system conditions,the developed method showed an extensive linear dynamic range and high sensitivity for all five miRNAs with the lowest limit of detection of 2 fmol/L.Meanwhile,this high-throughput detection method also appeared reasonable specificity.Only in the presence of a specific target miRNA,the fluorescence signal on the correspondingly encoded microspheres is significantly increased,while the fluorescence signal on other non-correspondingly encoded microspheres is almost negligible.Furthermore,this process exhibited good recovery and reproducibility in serum.The advantages of this method allow us to more conveniently obtain the expression profiles of multiple groups of TNBC-associated mi RNAs,which is beneficial for the early detection of TNBC.展开更多
Nucleic acid detection(NAD)based on real-time polymerase chain reaction(real-time PCR)is gold standard for infectious disease detection.Magnetic nanoparticles(MNPs)are widely used for nucleic acid extraction(NAE)becau...Nucleic acid detection(NAD)based on real-time polymerase chain reaction(real-time PCR)is gold standard for infectious disease detection.Magnetic nanoparticles(MNPs)are widely used for nucleic acid extraction(NAE)because of their excellent properties.Microfluidic technology makes automated NAD possible.However,most of the NAD microfluidic chips are too complex to be applied to point-of-care(POC)testing.In this paper,a simple-structure cartridge was developed for POC detection of infectious diseases.This self-contained cartridge can be divided into a magnetic-controlled NAE part,a valve-piston combined fluidic control part and a PCR chip,which is able to extract nucleic acid from up to 500μL of liquid samples by MNPs and finish the detection process from“sample in”to“answer out”automatically.Performance tests of the cartridges show that it met the demands of automated NAD.Results of on-cartridge detection of hepatitis B virus(HBV)demonstrated that this system has good uniformity and no cross-contamination between different cartridges,and the limit of detection(LOD)of this system for HBV in serum is 50 IU/mL.Multiplex detections of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses 2(SARS-CoV-2)with a concentration of 500 copies/mL were carried out on the system and 100%positive detection rate was achieved.展开更多
Since aptamer and its in vitro selection process called SELEX were independently described by Ellington and Gold in 1990, extensive research has been undertaken and numerous isolated aptamers for various targets have ...Since aptamer and its in vitro selection process called SELEX were independently described by Ellington and Gold in 1990, extensive research has been undertaken and numerous isolated aptamers for various targets have been applied. Aptamers can bind to a wide range of targets that include small organic molecules, inorganic compounds, haptens and even whole cells with high binding affinity and specificity. Aptamers for a wide range of targets have been selected currently. In addition, aptamers are thermo stable and can also be regenerated easily within a few minutes denaturation, which makes them easy to store or handle. These advantages make aptamers extremely suitable for applications based on molecular recognition as analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In this review, the recent applications of aptamers for chemistry analysis, medicine and food security, along with the future trend will be discussed.展开更多
The extraction of nucleic acid is recognized as one of the most essential steps in molecular biology for initiating other downstream applications such as sequencing, amplification, hybridization, and cloning. Many com...The extraction of nucleic acid is recognized as one of the most essential steps in molecular biology for initiating other downstream applications such as sequencing, amplification, hybridization, and cloning. Many commercial kits and methods are currently available that allow the extraction of only one type of nucleic acids-DNA or RNA. However, in parallel clinical detection of several diseases, a method for simultaneous extraction of both DNA and RNA from the same source is needed in such cases. In this study, a method for simultaneous extraction of DNA and RNA from bacteria based on magnetic nanoparticles(MNPs) was described. Lysis buffers were prepared to help the nucleic acid released and adsorbed to MNPs. Then, two washing buffers were used to remove the contamination of proteins and carbohydrates. The nucleic acids were finally eluted by Deoxyribonuclease(DNase) and Ribonucleases(RNase) free water. Different factors which might affect the purification of the nucleic acid were investigated, and the quantity and quality parameters of the nucleic acid were also recorded. The DNA and RNA extracted from bacteria were then respectively subjected to polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and reverse transcription PCR(RT-PCR) to further confirm its quality. The results indicated that our method can be successfully used to simultaneously extract DNA and RNA from bacteria.展开更多
The heavy metal ions,especially Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+),show extremely hazard to the environment and human being.The measurement of heavy metal ions using sensors is catching more and more attention for its advant...The heavy metal ions,especially Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+),show extremely hazard to the environment and human being.The measurement of heavy metal ions using sensors is catching more and more attention for its advantages of high sensitivity and selectivity,low-cost,convenience to handle and rapid detection.In recent years,nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles(NPs),magnetic nanoparticles,graphene and nanocomposite materials are applied in sensors for improving sensitivity and selectivity,making the research on electrochemical(EC) sensors,spectrometric biosensors and colorimetric biosensors become a hot spot in the application to investigate heavy metal ions,in particular,Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+).In this short review,the research of advanced detection of Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+) and its progress based on nanomaterial sensors in recent years is reviewed.展开更多
How to fabricate zeolitic imidazole framework-8(ZIF-8) based therapeutic nanoplatform will be of significance in biomedicine considering its good biocompatibility. Herein, we report a one-step encapsulation of indocya...How to fabricate zeolitic imidazole framework-8(ZIF-8) based therapeutic nanoplatform will be of significance in biomedicine considering its good biocompatibility. Herein, we report a one-step encapsulation of indocyanine green(ICG) in ZIF-8 nanoparticles(NPs). The as-prepared ICG@ZIF-8 NPs possess an absorption band in the near infrared region and have the good photothermal conversion efficiency. The in vivo and in vitro studies show that, after loading chemotherapy agent hydrophobic doxorubicin(DOX), ICG@ZIF-8-DOX NPs exhibit the chem-and photothermal synergistic therapy for tumor. In addition, it is found that the embedded ICG molecules in ICG@ZIF-8 NPs can be disassociated and released into the solution upon the 808 nm laser irradiation, demonstrating that as-prepared ICG@ZIF-8 NPs can also be used as the optical imaging probe to trace the degradability behavior of resulting NPs in展开更多
A novel and facile seed-mediated method for the preparation of monodispersed gold nanorods(GNRs) is presented by introducing pyrogallol as a reductant. Fast Fourier transformation of high-resolution transmission elect...A novel and facile seed-mediated method for the preparation of monodispersed gold nanorods(GNRs) is presented by introducing pyrogallol as a reductant. Fast Fourier transformation of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that the synthesized GNRs are single crystalline. The longitudinal surface plasmon resonance of GNRs can be finely tuned by varying silver ion concentrations or seed amounts. Also, both thick(diameter >30 nm) and thin(diameter <10 nm) GNRs with exceptional monodispersity can be well prepared by this method. These findings indicate that this method has a greater performance in controlling the morphology of GNRs than that of traditional approach with ascorbic acid as a reductant.展开更多
The feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to physiological conditions, which is...The feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to physiological conditions, which is still needed to fully exploit the potential of IONPs for their theranostiThe feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to physiological conditions, which is still needed to fully exploit the potential of IONPs for their theranostic applications. In this work, we prepared IONPs which surface were modified with citric acid(CA), chitosan(CS) and folic acid conjugated chitosan(FA-g-CS). respectively. Their physicochemical properties were investigated using FT-IR, TEM,powder XRD, VSM, TGA, DLS and zeta potential. We found that CA-IONP dispersion was composed of monocrystalline particles while CS-IONP and FA-g-CS-IONP were composed of polycrystalline aggregates. All IONPs retained the crystalline structure of magnetite and exhibited the superparamagnetic behavior. Their saturation magnetization decreased with the increase in the amount of their organic coatings. Their drug loading capacities, drug release patterns and in vitro anticancer efficiencies were studied by using doxorubicin(DOX) as a model drug. DOX@CS-IONP and DOX@FA-g-CSIONP exhibited lower drug loading while showing higher water dispersity when compared with DOX@CA-IONP. All IONPs were surface charged and they tended to agglomerate in medium with high pH value and ionic strength. In the presence of chitosan or FA-g-CS coatings, their DOX release rate was slowed down compared with that of DOX@CA-IONP. Unloaded IONPs exhibited nearly no cytotoxicity on both cancer cells and normal cells in the presence of chitosan and FA-g-CS when compared with CA-IONP which presented high cytotoxicity. However, DOX@FA-g-CS-IONP showed significantly cytotoxicity on folate receptors(FRs) positive breast cancer cells while exhibiting nearly no cytotoxicity on FRs negative normal cells. Results presented in this study were valuable to the design and fabrication of IONPs-based system for better theranostic applications.c applications. In this work, we prepared IONPs which surface were modified with citric add(CA), chitosan(CS) and folic acid conjugated chitosan(FA-g-CS), respectively. Their physicochemical properties were investigated using FT-IR, TEM,powder XRD, VSM, TGA, DLS and zeta potential. We found that CA-IONP dispersion was composed of monocrystalline particles while CS-IONP and FA-g-CS-IONP were composed of polycrystalline aggregates. All IONPs retained the crystalline structure of magnetite and exhibited the superparamagnetic behavior. Their saturation magnetization decreased with the increase in the amount of their organic coatings. Their drug loading capacities, drug release patterns and in vitro anticancer efficiencies were studied by using doxorubicin(DOX) as a model drug. DOX@CS-IONP and DOX@FA-g-CSIONP exhibited lower drug loading while showing higher water dispersity when compared with DOX@CA-IONP. All IONPs were surface charged and they tended to agglomerate in medium with high pH value and ionic strength. In the presence of chitosan or FA-g-CS coatings, their DOX release rate was slowed down compared with that of DOX@CA-IONP. Unloaded IONPs exhibited nearly no cytotoxicity on both cancer cells and normal cells in the presence of chitosan and FA-g-CS when compared with CA-IONP which presented high cytotoxicity. However, DOX@FA-g-CS-IONP showed significantly cytotoxicity on folate receptors(FRs) positive breast cancer cells while exhibiting nearly no cytotoxicity on FRs negative normal cells. Results presented in this study were valuable to the design and fabrication of IONPs-based system for better theranostic applications.展开更多
Due to their high specificity and affinity towards various targets,along with other unique advantages such as stability and low cost,aptamers are widely applied in analytical techniques.A typical aptamerbased electroc...Due to their high specificity and affinity towards various targets,along with other unique advantages such as stability and low cost,aptamers are widely applied in analytical techniques.A typical aptamerbased electrochemical biosensor is composed of a aptamer as the biological recognition element and transducer converting the biologic interaction into electrical signals for the quantitative measurement of targets.Improvement of the sensitivity of a biosensor is significantly important in order to achieve the detection of biomolecules with low abundance,and different amplification strategies have been explored.The strategies either employ nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles to con struct electrodes which can transfer the biological reactions more efficiently,or attempt to obtain enhanced signal through multi-labeled carriers or utilize enzyme mimics to catalyze redox cycling.This review discusses recent advances in signal amplification methods and their applications.Critical assessment of each method is also considered.展开更多
An electrochemical sensor based on self-made nano-porous pseudo carbon paste electrode(nano-PPCPE)has been successfully developed,and used to detect Cd^2+ and Pb^2+.The experimental results showed that the electrochem...An electrochemical sensor based on self-made nano-porous pseudo carbon paste electrode(nano-PPCPE)has been successfully developed,and used to detect Cd^2+ and Pb^2+.The experimental results showed that the electrochemical performance of nanoPPCPE is evidently better than both glassy carbon electrode(GCE)and pure carbon paste electrode(CPE).Then the prepared nano-PPCPE was applied to detect Cd^2+ and Pb^2+in standard solution,the results showed that the electrodes can quantitatively detect trace Cd^2+ and Pb^2+,which has great significance in electrochemical analysis and detection.The linear ranges between the target ions concentration and the D PASV current were from 0.1-3.0 μmol/L,0.05-4.0 μmol/L for Cd^2+ and Pb^2+,respectively.And the detection limits were 0.0780 μmol/L and 0.0292 μmol/L,respectively.Moreover,the preparation of the nano-PPCPE is cheap,simple and has important practical value.展开更多
Aptamer-functionalized silver nanoclusters(Ag NCs) have been attracting a lot of interest as label-free probes which have been successfully applied to both cell imaging and molecular detection.MUCl aptamer is an ssDNA...Aptamer-functionalized silver nanoclusters(Ag NCs) have been attracting a lot of interest as label-free probes which have been successfully applied to both cell imaging and molecular detection.MUCl aptamer is an ssDNA aptamer that specifically binds to MUCl mucin which is a large transmembrane glycoprotein whose expression level increases at least 10-fold in primary and metastatic breast cancers.Using C4A4C3-linker-MUCl as template,the Ag NCs were synthesized through one-pot process.The fluorescence intensity of Ag NCs was found to be closely related to the length and type(poly adenine or thymine) of the linker,the optimum linker being-AAAAA-.Using the C4A4C3-A5-MUC1 as the scaffold,the synthesized Ag NCs emitted fluorescence with high quantum yield(QY) of 66.5%.Based on the specific interaction between the MUCl aptamer and MUCl mucin,the C4A4C3-A5-MUC1-stabilized Ag NCs could recognize and differentiate the MCF-7 breast cancer cells from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and A549 human lung cancer cells.展开更多
An improved ssDNA library immobilized systematic evolution of ligands by enrichment(SELEX)was applied to select aptamers against carbaryl.After nine selection rounds,a highly enriched ssDNA pool was obtained.The Apta3...An improved ssDNA library immobilized systematic evolution of ligands by enrichment(SELEX)was applied to select aptamers against carbaryl.After nine selection rounds,a highly enriched ssDNA pool was obtained.The Apta3 was demonstrated as the optimal aptame r.In order to facilitate the modification of aptamer,the Apta3 was further truncated with the dissociation constant(K_(d))of 0.364±0.055μmol/L and a fluorescent aptasensor was developed.The linear range for carbaryl was from 100 nmol/L to1500 nmol/L,with the limit of detection was as low as 15.23 nmol/L.Besides,the biosensor was validated for the carbaryl spiked real samples,and the recoveries were between 97.7%and 107.3%.展开更多
Liver cancer, as the second cause of cancer death all around the world, resulted in a series of chronic liver diseases. More than 80%of the patients cannot receive effective treatment because of their advanced disease...Liver cancer, as the second cause of cancer death all around the world, resulted in a series of chronic liver diseases. More than 80%of the patients cannot receive effective treatment because of their advanced disease or poor liver function. It is time to improve early clinical diagnosis and find optimal therapeutic treatments. As the tumor cells behave differently from the cell-surface molecules, it is necessary to find a highly specific probe. The aptamers, known as "chemical antibodies", can bind to their target molecules with high affinity and high specificity. The apatmers were obtained by Cell-SELEX, which was aimed at finding the aptamers against whole living cells. In the article, after 19 selections, the ssDNA pool was cloned and sequenced. After that, six aptamers were obtained, named apt_A to apt_F. By incubating the aptamers with different cells, except apt_E, the other aptamers showed high specificity. As for apt_E, which showed high affinity to several cancer cells, was a potential probe for the common protein presented by several different cancer cells. The equilibrium dissociation constants(Kd) were evaluated by measuring the flow cytometry signal that characterized the binding ability of aptamers to the target cells at a series of concentrations ranging from 46.3(4.5) nM to 199.4(44.2) nM, which exposed the high binding affinities of these aptamers. The research in the confocal fluorescence images further confirmed the specificity of these aptamers and the fact that the aptamers were combined with the targets on the cell-surface.展开更多
With an intensive understanding of the mechanism of immune system,developing a therapeutic tumor vaccine is one of the most perspective strategy of cancer immunotherapy.In this study,we report a facile approach to pre...With an intensive understanding of the mechanism of immune system,developing a therapeutic tumor vaccine is one of the most perspective strategy of cancer immunotherapy.In this study,we report a facile approach to prepare graphene oxide(GO)-based therapeutic cancer-nanovaccine.The model antigen(ovalbumin,OVA)and adjuvant(CpG ODN),are conjugated with GO-PEI nanosheet through electrostatic interaction.The addition of PEG can improve biocompatibility and prevent nanoparticle aggregation.The prepared GO-based nanovaccine,GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG,exhibits good biocompatibility and low toxicity both in vivo and in vitro.More importantly,it can efficiently induce the maturation of dendritic cells(DCs),the enhancement of antigen cross-presentation ability,and the amplification of cytokine production of immune cells.Impressively,this nanovaccine shows a remarkable therapeutic effect against preestablished B16-OVA-melanoma tumors,which can significantly inhibit tumor growth and prolong the survival time of the OVA-expressed tumor-bearing mice.Moreover,combining GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG with NLG919,an IDO-1(indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase)inhibitor which can regulate the tumor microenvironment,displays a synergistic therapeutic effect.These findings indicate the GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG nanovaccine actively induces an antigen-specific antitumor immune response and it combined with NLG919 could achieve better therapeutic outcomes.展开更多
Aptamer is an oligonucleotide chain with specific binding ability to protein and other targets,which is widely used in ma ny fields.Because of its ability to screen the premise of unknown targets,it can be used to dis...Aptamer is an oligonucleotide chain with specific binding ability to protein and other targets,which is widely used in ma ny fields.Because of its ability to screen the premise of unknown targets,it can be used to discover some novel tumor markers,i.e.,membrane proteins that are specifically highly expressed on the surface of tumor cells.Tumor markers can be used in many fields such as early diagnosis and treatment,and a new type of tumor marker proved to be effective can significantly improve the therapeutic effect of such tumors.However,further characterization of newly acquired membrane proteins is essential for their clinical use as tumor markers.This review first briefly introduced the process of obtaining novel tumor markers from nucleic acid aptamers.Next,the commonly used protein characterization methods could be used as a technical means to identify membrane protein targets corresponding to tumor cell aptamers,to clarify the principles,advantages and disadvantages of various means,and to analyze the most suitable situations for various experimental methods.Finally,the outlook was made and the characterization methods that should be used in such experiments were summarized.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60571032,60121101)the Trans-Century Training Programme Foundation for the Talents by the Ministry of Education of China(2003)+1 种基金the Doctoral Program of Higher Education for funding(20050286014)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong,Province,China(No.04008782).
文摘High-throughput SNP detection microarrays were used here to explore the relationship between 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism C677T and the risk of gastric carcinoma among population in Jiangsu region,by genotyping the specimens from 170 patients with gastric carcinoma and 140 age-and sex- matched control subjects.PCR products were spotted onto a 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane coated glass slide to fabricate a microarray,then interrogated by hybridization with dual-color probes (Cy3,CyS) to determine the SNP genotype of each sample,and the relation between the genotypes and the risk of gastric carcinoma was analyzed.The frequencies of C677T genotype were CC(47.9%),CT(40%),CT(12.1%) in control group and CC(35.9%),CT(45.9%),TT(18.2%) in gastric carcinoma group,respectively.The individuals with 677CT+TT genotype group or 677TT had a 1.67-fold (95% CI:1.06-2.64) or 2.67-fold (95% CI:1.382-5.341) increased risk to develop gastric carcinoma compared with those having 677CC genotype. It was shown that the single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene are associated with the risk of gastric carcinoma in the Chinese population.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2017YFA0205301 and 2018YFC1602905)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62071119,62075098,81902153,61527806)the Open Funding of State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases(No.SKLOD2022OF05).
文摘Although it has been developed for many years, nucleic acid aptamer screening technology still fails to be widely used, a considerable part of it is due to the variability of tumor cell morphology, which leads to the use of immortalized cell lines in the laboratory to screen nucleic acid aptamers for recognition ability of tumor cells in the diseased body.To address this, primary cells that can be stably passaged were isolated and extracted from spontaneous tumors of genetically engineered pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma model mice in this study.Next, an automated screening instrument for nucleic acid aptamers developed autonomously by our group was used to perform efficient aptamer screening using a limited number of cells, and the obtained nucleic acid aptamers were affinity verified at the cellular level.Finally, to answer the question of the cell growth environment difference on the recognition ability of nucleic acid aptamers, we verified its targeting ability to tumors in vivo on a nude mice xenograft tumor model, and further used a common antitumor drug doxorubicin combined with nucleic acid aptamers to verify the drug loading ability of this aptamer combined with the targeting therapeutic ability.
基金supported by NSFC (nos 61471168, 61571187,61301043,and 61527806)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016T90403)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province [(2013)448]
文摘Tissue engineering has become a promising strategy for repairing damaged cartilage and bone tissue. Among the scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, injectable hydrogels have demonstrated great potential for use as three-dimensional cell culture scaffolds in cartilage and bone tissue engineering, owing to their high water content, similarity to the natural extracellular matrix(ECM), porous framework for cell transplantation and proliferation, minimal invasive properties, and ability to match irregular defects. In this review, we describe the selection of appropriate biomaterials and fabrication methods to prepare novel injectable hydrogels for cartilage and bone tissue engineering. In addition, the biology of cartilage and the bony ECM is also summarized. Finally, future perspectives for injectable hydrogels in cartilage and bone tissue engineering are discussed.
基金funded by the 863 project(2015AA020502)National Natural Science Foundation of China(61401217,61527806)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20140900)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province[(2013)448]
文摘Biomedical applications of nanomaterials are exponentially increasing every year due to analogy to various cell receptors, ligands, structural proteins, and genetic materials(that is, DNA). In bone tissue, nanoscale materials can provide scaffold for excellent tissue repair via mechanical stimulation, releasing of various loaded drugs and mediators, 3D scaffold for cell growth and differentiation of bone marrow stem cells to osteocytes. This review will therefore highlight recent advancements on tissue and nanoscale materials interaction.
文摘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the diseases damaging people health most badly and some mutations of exons in cardiac troponin I (cTnI) gene are closely associated with family hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM).A microarray was fabricated to screen mutations in exons 3,5,7,and 8 in cTnI gene.Primers were designed for the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to amplify the target DNA fragments from fresh blood samples.In order to simplify the PCR process,multiplex PCR technology was investigated in detail.The concentration of Mg^(2+) played an important role in multiplex PCR process,a properly low concentration of Mg^(2+) submitted a better speciality of PCR products.The speciality was also favored when the annealing temperature was reasonably enhanced and 64℃is the optimal annealing temperature for the multiplex PCR systems.When applying the fabricated gene-chip to detect the target fragments from PCR mixture,the signal intensity sequence is in accordance with that from theoretic estimate.
基金financially supported by Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.822CXTD514)Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Found(No.ZDYF2022SHFZ123)。
文摘Compared with other types of breast cancer,triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC)has the characteristics of a high degree of malignancy and poor prognosis.Early diagnosis of TNBC through biological markers and timely development of effective treatment methods can reduce its mortality.Many Research experiments have confirmed that some specific mi RNA expression profiles in TNBC can used as markers for early diagnosis.However,detecting the expression profiles of multiple groups of miRNAs according to traditional detection methods is complicated and consumes many samples.To address this issue,we developed a method for high-throughput,high-sensitivity quantitative detection of multiple sets of miRNAs(including mi R-16,mi R-21,mi R-92,mi R-199,and mi R-342)specifically expressed in TNBC by rolling circle amplification(RCA)on fluorescence-encoded microspheres.Through the optimization of reaction system conditions,the developed method showed an extensive linear dynamic range and high sensitivity for all five miRNAs with the lowest limit of detection of 2 fmol/L.Meanwhile,this high-throughput detection method also appeared reasonable specificity.Only in the presence of a specific target miRNA,the fluorescence signal on the correspondingly encoded microspheres is significantly increased,while the fluorescence signal on other non-correspondingly encoded microspheres is almost negligible.Furthermore,this process exhibited good recovery and reproducibility in serum.The advantages of this method allow us to more conveniently obtain the expression profiles of multiple groups of TNBC-associated mi RNAs,which is beneficial for the early detection of TNBC.
基金This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,No.62071119)the Open Funding of State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases(No.SKLOD2022OF05)+1 种基金the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program(No.BA2020016)the National Fund(No.BWS19C016).
文摘Nucleic acid detection(NAD)based on real-time polymerase chain reaction(real-time PCR)is gold standard for infectious disease detection.Magnetic nanoparticles(MNPs)are widely used for nucleic acid extraction(NAE)because of their excellent properties.Microfluidic technology makes automated NAD possible.However,most of the NAD microfluidic chips are too complex to be applied to point-of-care(POC)testing.In this paper,a simple-structure cartridge was developed for POC detection of infectious diseases.This self-contained cartridge can be divided into a magnetic-controlled NAE part,a valve-piston combined fluidic control part and a PCR chip,which is able to extract nucleic acid from up to 500μL of liquid samples by MNPs and finish the detection process from“sample in”to“answer out”automatically.Performance tests of the cartridges show that it met the demands of automated NAD.Results of on-cartridge detection of hepatitis B virus(HBV)demonstrated that this system has good uniformity and no cross-contamination between different cartridges,and the limit of detection(LOD)of this system for HBV in serum is 50 IU/mL.Multiplex detections of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses 2(SARS-CoV-2)with a concentration of 500 copies/mL were carried out on the system and 100%positive detection rate was achieved.
基金supported by the 863 Project(2012AA022703,2015AA020502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61271056)
文摘Since aptamer and its in vitro selection process called SELEX were independently described by Ellington and Gold in 1990, extensive research has been undertaken and numerous isolated aptamers for various targets have been applied. Aptamers can bind to a wide range of targets that include small organic molecules, inorganic compounds, haptens and even whole cells with high binding affinity and specificity. Aptamers for a wide range of targets have been selected currently. In addition, aptamers are thermo stable and can also be regenerated easily within a few minutes denaturation, which makes them easy to store or handle. These advantages make aptamers extremely suitable for applications based on molecular recognition as analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In this review, the recent applications of aptamers for chemistry analysis, medicine and food security, along with the future trend will be discussed.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB744501)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2012AA022703)+8 种基金the National Key Special Science Program(2013ZX10004103-002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61201033,21205013,61271056,61527806)Projects of Development of Science and Medical Technology(201208038)Projects of Health Ministry of Nanjing(ZKX12038)the Clinical Science and Technology Special Projects in Jiangsu Province(BL2012067,BL2014094)the Talents Planning of Six Summit Fields of Jiangsu Province(2013-WSN-056)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project(2014M551491,2015T80487)Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds(1302007A)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province
文摘The extraction of nucleic acid is recognized as one of the most essential steps in molecular biology for initiating other downstream applications such as sequencing, amplification, hybridization, and cloning. Many commercial kits and methods are currently available that allow the extraction of only one type of nucleic acids-DNA or RNA. However, in parallel clinical detection of several diseases, a method for simultaneous extraction of both DNA and RNA from the same source is needed in such cases. In this study, a method for simultaneous extraction of DNA and RNA from bacteria based on magnetic nanoparticles(MNPs) was described. Lysis buffers were prepared to help the nucleic acid released and adsorbed to MNPs. Then, two washing buffers were used to remove the contamination of proteins and carbohydrates. The nucleic acids were finally eluted by Deoxyribonuclease(DNase) and Ribonucleases(RNase) free water. Different factors which might affect the purification of the nucleic acid were investigated, and the quantity and quality parameters of the nucleic acid were also recorded. The DNA and RNA extracted from bacteria were then respectively subjected to polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and reverse transcription PCR(RT-PCR) to further confirm its quality. The results indicated that our method can be successfully used to simultaneously extract DNA and RNA from bacteria.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61471168,61571187)China Post-Doctoral Science Foundation(2016T90403)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province [(2013) 448]
文摘The heavy metal ions,especially Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+),show extremely hazard to the environment and human being.The measurement of heavy metal ions using sensors is catching more and more attention for its advantages of high sensitivity and selectivity,low-cost,convenience to handle and rapid detection.In recent years,nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles(NPs),magnetic nanoparticles,graphene and nanocomposite materials are applied in sensors for improving sensitivity and selectivity,making the research on electrochemical(EC) sensors,spectrometric biosensors and colorimetric biosensors become a hot spot in the application to investigate heavy metal ions,in particular,Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+).In this short review,the research of advanced detection of Cd^(2+),Pb^(2+) and Hg^(2+) and its progress based on nanomaterial sensors in recent years is reviewed.
基金financially supported by the State Key Basic Research Program of the PRC(No.2014CB744501)the NSF of China(No.81771976)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe joint fund of Southeast University and Nanjing Medical University
文摘How to fabricate zeolitic imidazole framework-8(ZIF-8) based therapeutic nanoplatform will be of significance in biomedicine considering its good biocompatibility. Herein, we report a one-step encapsulation of indocyanine green(ICG) in ZIF-8 nanoparticles(NPs). The as-prepared ICG@ZIF-8 NPs possess an absorption band in the near infrared region and have the good photothermal conversion efficiency. The in vivo and in vitro studies show that, after loading chemotherapy agent hydrophobic doxorubicin(DOX), ICG@ZIF-8-DOX NPs exhibit the chem-and photothermal synergistic therapy for tumor. In addition, it is found that the embedded ICG molecules in ICG@ZIF-8 NPs can be disassociated and released into the solution upon the 808 nm laser irradiation, demonstrating that as-prepared ICG@ZIF-8 NPs can also be used as the optical imaging probe to trace the degradability behavior of resulting NPs in
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61271056,61301039,61102031,21205036)Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(13JJ4091,12JJ6060)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded projects(2014M550261,2014T70459)the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department(13A003)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province[(2013)448]
文摘A novel and facile seed-mediated method for the preparation of monodispersed gold nanorods(GNRs) is presented by introducing pyrogallol as a reductant. Fast Fourier transformation of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that the synthesized GNRs are single crystalline. The longitudinal surface plasmon resonance of GNRs can be finely tuned by varying silver ion concentrations or seed amounts. Also, both thick(diameter >30 nm) and thin(diameter <10 nm) GNRs with exceptional monodispersity can be well prepared by this method. These findings indicate that this method has a greater performance in controlling the morphology of GNRs than that of traditional approach with ascorbic acid as a reductant.
基金supported by the State Key Basic Research Program of the PRC(No.2014CB744501)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFA0205301)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61527806,61471168 and 61871180)Open Funding of State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases(No.SKLOD2018OF02)
文摘The feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to physiological conditions, which is still needed to fully exploit the potential of IONPs for their theranostiThe feature of the surface coating can affect important properties of iron oxide nanoparticles(IONPs), it is therefore critical for further understanding how these materials react to physiological conditions, which is still needed to fully exploit the potential of IONPs for their theranostic applications. In this work, we prepared IONPs which surface were modified with citric acid(CA), chitosan(CS) and folic acid conjugated chitosan(FA-g-CS). respectively. Their physicochemical properties were investigated using FT-IR, TEM,powder XRD, VSM, TGA, DLS and zeta potential. We found that CA-IONP dispersion was composed of monocrystalline particles while CS-IONP and FA-g-CS-IONP were composed of polycrystalline aggregates. All IONPs retained the crystalline structure of magnetite and exhibited the superparamagnetic behavior. Their saturation magnetization decreased with the increase in the amount of their organic coatings. Their drug loading capacities, drug release patterns and in vitro anticancer efficiencies were studied by using doxorubicin(DOX) as a model drug. DOX@CS-IONP and DOX@FA-g-CSIONP exhibited lower drug loading while showing higher water dispersity when compared with DOX@CA-IONP. All IONPs were surface charged and they tended to agglomerate in medium with high pH value and ionic strength. In the presence of chitosan or FA-g-CS coatings, their DOX release rate was slowed down compared with that of DOX@CA-IONP. Unloaded IONPs exhibited nearly no cytotoxicity on both cancer cells and normal cells in the presence of chitosan and FA-g-CS when compared with CA-IONP which presented high cytotoxicity. However, DOX@FA-g-CS-IONP showed significantly cytotoxicity on folate receptors(FRs) positive breast cancer cells while exhibiting nearly no cytotoxicity on FRs negative normal cells. Results presented in this study were valuable to the design and fabrication of IONPs-based system for better theranostic applications.c applications. In this work, we prepared IONPs which surface were modified with citric add(CA), chitosan(CS) and folic acid conjugated chitosan(FA-g-CS), respectively. Their physicochemical properties were investigated using FT-IR, TEM,powder XRD, VSM, TGA, DLS and zeta potential. We found that CA-IONP dispersion was composed of monocrystalline particles while CS-IONP and FA-g-CS-IONP were composed of polycrystalline aggregates. All IONPs retained the crystalline structure of magnetite and exhibited the superparamagnetic behavior. Their saturation magnetization decreased with the increase in the amount of their organic coatings. Their drug loading capacities, drug release patterns and in vitro anticancer efficiencies were studied by using doxorubicin(DOX) as a model drug. DOX@CS-IONP and DOX@FA-g-CSIONP exhibited lower drug loading while showing higher water dispersity when compared with DOX@CA-IONP. All IONPs were surface charged and they tended to agglomerate in medium with high pH value and ionic strength. In the presence of chitosan or FA-g-CS coatings, their DOX release rate was slowed down compared with that of DOX@CA-IONP. Unloaded IONPs exhibited nearly no cytotoxicity on both cancer cells and normal cells in the presence of chitosan and FA-g-CS when compared with CA-IONP which presented high cytotoxicity. However, DOX@FA-g-CS-IONP showed significantly cytotoxicity on folate receptors(FRs) positive breast cancer cells while exhibiting nearly no cytotoxicity on FRs negative normal cells. Results presented in this study were valuable to the design and fabrication of IONPs-based system for better theranostic applications.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFA0205301)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61527806,81902153 and 61871180)+1 种基金the Clinical Advanced Technology of Social Development Projects in Jiangsu Province(No.BE2018695)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(No.2017JJ2069).
文摘Due to their high specificity and affinity towards various targets,along with other unique advantages such as stability and low cost,aptamers are widely applied in analytical techniques.A typical aptamerbased electrochemical biosensor is composed of a aptamer as the biological recognition element and transducer converting the biologic interaction into electrical signals for the quantitative measurement of targets.Improvement of the sensitivity of a biosensor is significantly important in order to achieve the detection of biomolecules with low abundance,and different amplification strategies have been explored.The strategies either employ nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles to con struct electrodes which can transfer the biological reactions more efficiently,or attempt to obtain enhanced signal through multi-labeled carriers or utilize enzyme mimics to catalyze redox cycling.This review discusses recent advances in signal amplification methods and their applications.Critical assessment of each method is also considered.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2018YFC1602905)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61871180 and 61527806)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (No.2017JJ2069)Hunan Key Research Project (No.2017SK2174) for the financial supports
文摘An electrochemical sensor based on self-made nano-porous pseudo carbon paste electrode(nano-PPCPE)has been successfully developed,and used to detect Cd^2+ and Pb^2+.The experimental results showed that the electrochemical performance of nanoPPCPE is evidently better than both glassy carbon electrode(GCE)and pure carbon paste electrode(CPE).Then the prepared nano-PPCPE was applied to detect Cd^2+ and Pb^2+in standard solution,the results showed that the electrodes can quantitatively detect trace Cd^2+ and Pb^2+,which has great significance in electrochemical analysis and detection.The linear ranges between the target ions concentration and the D PASV current were from 0.1-3.0 μmol/L,0.05-4.0 μmol/L for Cd^2+ and Pb^2+,respectively.And the detection limits were 0.0780 μmol/L and 0.0292 μmol/L,respectively.Moreover,the preparation of the nano-PPCPE is cheap,simple and has important practical value.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB744501)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61271056,61527806)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20141332)the National Youth Science Foundation of China(61301043)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutionsthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Aptamer-functionalized silver nanoclusters(Ag NCs) have been attracting a lot of interest as label-free probes which have been successfully applied to both cell imaging and molecular detection.MUCl aptamer is an ssDNA aptamer that specifically binds to MUCl mucin which is a large transmembrane glycoprotein whose expression level increases at least 10-fold in primary and metastatic breast cancers.Using C4A4C3-linker-MUCl as template,the Ag NCs were synthesized through one-pot process.The fluorescence intensity of Ag NCs was found to be closely related to the length and type(poly adenine or thymine) of the linker,the optimum linker being-AAAAA-.Using the C4A4C3-A5-MUC1 as the scaffold,the synthesized Ag NCs emitted fluorescence with high quantum yield(QY) of 66.5%.Based on the specific interaction between the MUCl aptamer and MUCl mucin,the C4A4C3-A5-MUC1-stabilized Ag NCs could recognize and differentiate the MCF-7 breast cancer cells from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and A549 human lung cancer cells.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFC1602905)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61527806 and 61871180)。
文摘An improved ssDNA library immobilized systematic evolution of ligands by enrichment(SELEX)was applied to select aptamers against carbaryl.After nine selection rounds,a highly enriched ssDNA pool was obtained.The Apta3 was demonstrated as the optimal aptame r.In order to facilitate the modification of aptamer,the Apta3 was further truncated with the dissociation constant(K_(d))of 0.364±0.055μmol/L and a fluorescent aptasensor was developed.The linear range for carbaryl was from 100 nmol/L to1500 nmol/L,with the limit of detection was as low as 15.23 nmol/L.Besides,the biosensor was validated for the carbaryl spiked real samples,and the recoveries were between 97.7%and 107.3%.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China (61471168, 61571187, 61301043, 61527806)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016T90403)the Economical Forest Cultivation and Utilization of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center in Hunan Province [(2013) 448]
文摘Liver cancer, as the second cause of cancer death all around the world, resulted in a series of chronic liver diseases. More than 80%of the patients cannot receive effective treatment because of their advanced disease or poor liver function. It is time to improve early clinical diagnosis and find optimal therapeutic treatments. As the tumor cells behave differently from the cell-surface molecules, it is necessary to find a highly specific probe. The aptamers, known as "chemical antibodies", can bind to their target molecules with high affinity and high specificity. The apatmers were obtained by Cell-SELEX, which was aimed at finding the aptamers against whole living cells. In the article, after 19 selections, the ssDNA pool was cloned and sequenced. After that, six aptamers were obtained, named apt_A to apt_F. By incubating the aptamers with different cells, except apt_E, the other aptamers showed high specificity. As for apt_E, which showed high affinity to several cancer cells, was a potential probe for the common protein presented by several different cancer cells. The equilibrium dissociation constants(Kd) were evaluated by measuring the flow cytometry signal that characterized the binding ability of aptamers to the target cells at a series of concentrations ranging from 46.3(4.5) nM to 199.4(44.2) nM, which exposed the high binding affinities of these aptamers. The research in the confocal fluorescence images further confirmed the specificity of these aptamers and the fact that the aptamers were combined with the targets on the cell-surface.
基金the financial support from Basic and Applied Basic Research Program of Hainan Province(Nos.2019RC209and 820RC646)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81860037)China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundations(Nos.2015T80488 and 2014T70459)。
文摘With an intensive understanding of the mechanism of immune system,developing a therapeutic tumor vaccine is one of the most perspective strategy of cancer immunotherapy.In this study,we report a facile approach to prepare graphene oxide(GO)-based therapeutic cancer-nanovaccine.The model antigen(ovalbumin,OVA)and adjuvant(CpG ODN),are conjugated with GO-PEI nanosheet through electrostatic interaction.The addition of PEG can improve biocompatibility and prevent nanoparticle aggregation.The prepared GO-based nanovaccine,GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG,exhibits good biocompatibility and low toxicity both in vivo and in vitro.More importantly,it can efficiently induce the maturation of dendritic cells(DCs),the enhancement of antigen cross-presentation ability,and the amplification of cytokine production of immune cells.Impressively,this nanovaccine shows a remarkable therapeutic effect against preestablished B16-OVA-melanoma tumors,which can significantly inhibit tumor growth and prolong the survival time of the OVA-expressed tumor-bearing mice.Moreover,combining GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG with NLG919,an IDO-1(indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase)inhibitor which can regulate the tumor microenvironment,displays a synergistic therapeutic effect.These findings indicate the GO-PEI-OVA-PEG-CpG nanovaccine actively induces an antigen-specific antitumor immune response and it combined with NLG919 could achieve better therapeutic outcomes.
基金financially supported by the National Key Researchand Development Program of China(No.2018YFC1602905)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81902153,61871180,61527806)。
文摘Aptamer is an oligonucleotide chain with specific binding ability to protein and other targets,which is widely used in ma ny fields.Because of its ability to screen the premise of unknown targets,it can be used to discover some novel tumor markers,i.e.,membrane proteins that are specifically highly expressed on the surface of tumor cells.Tumor markers can be used in many fields such as early diagnosis and treatment,and a new type of tumor marker proved to be effective can significantly improve the therapeutic effect of such tumors.However,further characterization of newly acquired membrane proteins is essential for their clinical use as tumor markers.This review first briefly introduced the process of obtaining novel tumor markers from nucleic acid aptamers.Next,the commonly used protein characterization methods could be used as a technical means to identify membrane protein targets corresponding to tumor cell aptamers,to clarify the principles,advantages and disadvantages of various means,and to analyze the most suitable situations for various experimental methods.Finally,the outlook was made and the characterization methods that should be used in such experiments were summarized.
