Zhu Guizhi, Hu Rong, Zhao Zilong, Chen Zhuo, Zhang Xiaobing, Tan Weihong
Molecular Sciences and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and College of Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, Hunan University , Changsha 410082, China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Nov 6;135(44):16438-45. doi: 10.1021/ja406115e. Epub 2013 Oct 28.
DNA nanotechnology has been extensively explored to assemble various functional nanostructures for versatile applications. Mediated by Watson-Crick base-pairing, these DNA nanostructures have been conventionally assembled through hybridization of many short DNA building blocks. Here we report the noncanonical self-assembly of multifunctional DNA nanostructures, termed as nanoflowers (NFs), and the versatile biomedical applications. These NFs were assembled from long DNA building blocks generated via rolling circle replication (RCR) of a designer template. NF assembly was driven by liquid crystallization and dense packaging of building blocks, without relying on Watson-Crick base-pairing between DNA strands, thereby avoiding the otherwise conventional complicated DNA sequence design. NF sizes were readily tunable in a wide range, by simply adjusting such parameters as assembly time and template sequences. NFs were exceptionally resistant to nuclease degradation, denaturation, or dissociation at extremely low concentration, presumably resulting from the dense DNA packaging in NFs. The exceptional biostability is critical for biomedical applications. By rational design, NFs can be readily incorporated with myriad functional moieties. All these properties make NFs promising for versatile applications. As a proof-of-principle demonstration, in this study, NFs were integrated with aptamers, bioimaging agents, and drug loading sites, and the resultant multifunctional NFs were demonstrated for selective cancer cell recognition, bioimaging, and targeted anticancer drug delivery.
DNA纳米技术已被广泛探索,用于组装各种功能纳米结构以实现多种应用。在沃森-克里克碱基配对的介导下,这些DNA纳米结构传统上是通过许多短DNA构建块的杂交来组装的。在此,我们报告了多功能DNA纳米结构(称为纳米花,NFs)的非经典自组装及其多种生物医学应用。这些NFs由通过设计模板的滚环复制(RCR)产生的长DNA构建块组装而成。NF组装由构建块的液晶化和密集包装驱动,不依赖于DNA链之间的沃森-克里克碱基配对,从而避免了传统的复杂DNA序列设计。通过简单地调整组装时间和模板序列等参数,NF的尺寸可以在很宽的范围内轻松调节。NFs在极低浓度下对核酸酶降解、变性或解离具有极强的抵抗力,这可能是由于NFs中DNA的密集包装所致。这种卓越的生物稳定性对于生物医学应用至关重要。通过合理设计,NFs可以很容易地与多种功能基团结合。所有这些特性使NFs在多种应用中具有广阔前景。作为原理验证演示,在本研究中,NFs与适体、生物成像剂和药物负载位点整合,并且展示了所得的多功能NFs用于选择性癌细胞识别、生物成像和靶向抗癌药物递送。
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