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Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications
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Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications

A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 12211

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Prof. Dr. Tze Wen Chung

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Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming-Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
Interests: functional nanoparticles; surface modifications; drug delivery; tissue engineering
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Prof. Dr. Li-Ming Zhang

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Material Science and Engineering School, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: hydrogels; preparation; characterization; applications
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Dear Colleagues,

Drug-loaded Nanoparticles (NPs) are designed with a drug targeting a specific cell, enhancing cellular uptake, improving in vivo efficacy and stability of drugs as well as reducing the toxic side effects of free drugs. They can also be incorporated into varying scaffolds or films as drug depots for applications of tissue engineering (TE) including wound healing. They can be produced from natural and synthetic polymers such as silk fibroin and polydopamine, and some of inorganic compounds such as carbon nanotube and graphene. Recently, multifunctional NPs or NPs produced by surface modifications including anti-oxidative, stimuli-sensitives such as photothermal responses, theranostic and other properties for drug delivery and TE are attracting widespread interest from many researchers.

This Special Issue aims to highlight and discuss multifunctional NPs for both original research and review papers for applications in drug delivery and TE. Using them in other medical applications are also welcome. It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Tze Wen Chung
Prof. Dr. Li Ming Zhang
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Keywords

  • nanoparticles
  • anti-oxidative
  • photothermal responses
  • stimuli-sensitives
  • image and biosensor
  • drug delivery
  • tissue engineering

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pH Sensitive Erythrocyte-Derived Membrane for Acute Systemic Retention and Increased Infectivity of Coated Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus
by Kaelan T. Samoranos, Alexandra L. Krisiewicz, Bianca C. Karpinecz, Philip A. Glover, Trevor V. Gale, Carla Chehadeh, Sheikh Ashshan, Richard Koya, Eddie Y. Chung and Han L. Lim
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(9), 1810; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14091810 - 28 Aug 2022
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Oncolytic viruses have emerged as a promising modality in cancer treatment given their high synergy with highly efficient immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, their potency is limited by their rapid in vivo clearance. To overcome this, we coated oncolytic vaccinia viruses (oVV) with erythrocyte-derived [...] Read more.
Oncolytic viruses have emerged as a promising modality in cancer treatment given their high synergy with highly efficient immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, their potency is limited by their rapid in vivo clearance. To overcome this, we coated oncolytic vaccinia viruses (oVV) with erythrocyte-derived membranes (EDMs), hypothesizing that they would not only remain in systemic circulation for longer as erythrocytes would when administered intravenously, but also respond to environmental pH cues due to their membrane surface sialic acid residues. For this, we developed a model based on DLVO theory to show that the acidic moieties on the surface of EDM confers it the ability to respond to pH-based stimuli. We corroborate our modeling results through in vitro cell culture models and show that EDM-coated oVV infects cancer cells faster under acidic conditions akin to the tumor microenvironment. When EDM-coated oVVs were intravenously injected into wild-type mice, they exhibited prolonged circulation at higher concentrations when compared to the unprocessed oVV. Furthermore, when EDM-coated oVV was directly injected into xenografted tumors, we observed that they were suppressed earlier than the tumors that received regular oVV, suggesting that the EDM coating does not hinder oVV infectivity. Overall, we found that EDM was able to serve as a multi-functional encapsulant that allowed the payload to remain in circulation at higher concentrations when administered intravenously while simultaneously exhibiting pH-responsive properties. Full article
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Antioxidative NAC-Loaded Silk Nanoparticles with Opening Mucosal Tight Junctions for Nasal Drug Delivery: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study
by Tze-Wen Chung, Ting-Ya Wu, Zheng-Yu Siah and Der-Zen Liu
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(6), 1288; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14061288 - 17 Jun 2022
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Using nasal routes to deliver drugs to the brain using multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) to bypass the blood–brain barrier (BBB) might enhance the delivery efficacy. Anti-oxidative N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC)-loaded silk fibroin (SF/NAC) NPs are produced, characterized and studied as a potential delivery vehicle for NAC [...] Read more.
Using nasal routes to deliver drugs to the brain using multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) to bypass the blood–brain barrier (BBB) might enhance the delivery efficacy. Anti-oxidative N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC)-loaded silk fibroin (SF/NAC) NPs are produced, characterized and studied as a potential delivery vehicle for NAC delivered to the brain via nasal for both in vitro and in vivo studies. The NPs are not cytotoxic to RPMI 2650 cells, mucosal model cells, at a concentration of 6000 μg/mL. The anti-oxidative activities of SF/NAC NPs are demonstrated by high H2O2 scavenge capacities of the NPs and shown by mitochondrial superoxide (MitoSOX) immunostaining of human mesenchymal stem cells. Tight junctions in RPMI 2650 cells are opened after 30 min of incubation with SF/NAC NPs, which are demonstrated by measuring the decrease in trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) values and discreteness in ZO-1 stains. The cellular uptake of SF/NAC NPs by RPMI 2650 cells is significantly greater than that for SF NPs and increased with increasing incubation time. In an in vivo imaging study (IVIS) using rats shows that the amount of NAC that is delivered to the brain by SF/NAC NPs increased by 1.40–2.60 times and NAC is retained longer in the nasal cavity than NAC solutions in a 2-h study. Full article
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Development of Irinotecan Liposome Armed with Dual-Target Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Anti-Fibroblast Activation Protein-Specific Antibody for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
by Hung-Jun Lin, Tien-Li Liang, Yao-Yuan Chang, Der-Zen Liu, Jia-Yu Fan, Steve R. Roffler and Shyr-Yi Lin
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(6), 1202; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14061202 - 5 Jun 2022
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of death in Taiwan. Previous studies have shown that more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cells presented epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) cell marker, and this marker is thought to be important as it [...] Read more.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of death in Taiwan. Previous studies have shown that more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cells presented epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) cell marker, and this marker is thought to be important as it is related to activation of cancer cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and cancer progression. Moreover, tumor-associated fibroblasts were involved in tumor proliferation and progression. In this study, we fabricated an anti-EGFR and anti-fibroblast activation protein bispecific antibody-targeted liposomal irinotecan (BS−LipoIRI), which could specifically bind to pancreatic cancer cells and tumor-associated fibroblasts. The drug encapsulation efficiency of BS−LipoIRI was 80.95%, and the drug loading was 8.41%. We proved that both pancreatic cancer cells and fibroblasts could be targeted by BS−LipoIRI, which showed better cellular uptake efficacy compared to LipoIRI. Furthermore, an in vivo mouse tumor test indicated that BS−LipoIRI could inhibit pancreatic cancer growth up to 46.2% compared to phosphate-buffered saline control, suggesting that BS−LipoIRI could be useful in clinical cancer treatment. Full article
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Mucoadhesive Nanocarriers as a Promising Strategy to Enhance Intracellular Delivery against Oral Cavity Carcinoma
by Manisha Pandey, Hira Choudhury, Jenifer Ngu Shao Ying, Jessica Foo Sze Ling, Jong Ting, Jocelyn Su Szhiou Ting, Ivory Kuek Zhia Hwen, Ho Wan Suen, Hazimah Syazwani Samsul Kamar, Bapi Gorain, Neha Jain and Mohd Cairul Iqbal Mohd Amin
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(4), 795; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040795 - 5 Apr 2022
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Oral cancer, particularly squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), has posed a grave challenge to global health due to its high incidence, metastasis, and mortality rates. Despite numerous studies and favorable improvements in the therapeutic strategies over the past few decades, the prognosis of this [...] Read more.
Oral cancer, particularly squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), has posed a grave challenge to global health due to its high incidence, metastasis, and mortality rates. Despite numerous studies and favorable improvements in the therapeutic strategies over the past few decades, the prognosis of this disease remains dismal. Moreover, several drawbacks are associated with the conventional treatment; including permanent disfigurement and physical impairment that are attributed to surgical intervention, and systemic toxicity that results from aggressive radio- or chemotherapies, which impacts patients’ prognosis and post-treatment quality of life. The highly vascularized, non-keratinized oral mucosa appears as a potential route for cytotoxic drug administration in treating oral cancer. It acts as a non-invasive portal for drug entry targeting the local oral lesions of the early stages of cancer and the systemic metastasis sites of advanced cancer. The absorption of the poorly aqueous-soluble anti-cancer drugs can be enhanced due to the increased permeability of the ulcerous mucosa lining in the disease state and by bypassing the hepatic first-pass metabolism. However, some challenges in oral transmucosal drug delivery include the drugs’ taste, the limited surface area of the membrane lining the oral cavity, and flushing and enzymatic degradation by saliva. Therefore, mucoadhesive nanocarriers have emerged as promising platforms for controlled, targeted drug delivery in the oral cavity. The surface functionalization of nanocarriers with various moieties allows for drug targeting, bioavailability enhancement, and biodistribution at the site of action, while the mucoadhesive feature prolongs the drug’s residence time for preferential accumulation to optimize the therapeutic effect and reduce systemic toxicity. This review has been focused to highlight the potential of various nanocarriers (e.g., nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, nanocapsules, and liposomes) in conferring targeting, solubility and bioavailability enhancement of actives and mucoadhesive properties as novel tumor-targeted drug delivery approaches in oral cancer treatment. Full article
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