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ArticleScientific reports2013

Mimicking cellular transport mechanism in stem cells through endosomal escape of new peptide-coated quantum dots.

Karthikeyan Narayanan, Swee Kuan Yen, Qingqing Dou, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, Thankiah Sudhaharan, Sohail Ahmed, Jackie Y Ying, Subramanian Tamil Selvan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Karthikeyan NarayananInstitute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A STAR, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore. karthikeyan@ibn.a-star.edu.sg
Swee Kuan Yen
Qingqing Dou
Parasuraman Padmanabhan
Thankiah Sudhaharan
Sohail Ahmed
Jackie Y Ying
Subramanian Tamil Selvan
Agency for Science, Technology and Research · SGInstitute of Medical Biology · SGInstitute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology · SGInstitute of Materials Research and Engineering · SGNanyang Technological University · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein transport is an important phenomenon in biological systems. Proteins are transported via several mechanisms to reach their destined compartment of cell for its complete function. One such mechanism is the microtubule mediated protein transport. Up to now, there are no reports on synthetic systems mimicking the biological protein transport mechanism. Here we report a highly efficient method of mimicking the microtubule mediated protein transport using newly designed biotinylated peptides encompassing a microtubule-associated sequence (MTAS) and a nuclear localization signaling (NLS) sequence, and their final conjugation with streptavidin-coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs). Our results demonstrate that these novel bio-conjugated QDs enhance the endosomal escape and promote targeted delivery into the nucleus of human mesenchymal stem cells via microtubules. Mimicking the cellular transport mechanism in stem cells is highly desirable for diagnostics, targeting and therapeutic applications, opening up new avenues in the area of drug delivery.

Indexed as

PeptidesQuantum DotsAmino Acid SequenceBiological TransportCell NucleusEndosomesHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicrotubulesMolecular Sequence DataNuclear Localization SignalsProtein BindingSolubilityNuclear Localization SignalsPeptides

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PMID23851637
PMCPMC3711047
OpenAlexW2053458455

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