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ArticleScientific reports2017

A novel 4-arm DNA/RNA Nanoconstruct triggering Rapid Apoptosis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells within 24 hours.

Joline Tung, Lih Shin Tew, Yuan-Man Hsu, Yit Lung Khung

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joline TungInstitute of New Drug Development, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Lih Shin TewRegenerative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI) Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Yuan-Man HsuDepartment of Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yit Lung KhungInstitute of New Drug Development, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. yitlung.khung@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
China Medical University · TWUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measuring at ~30 nm, a fully customizable holliday junction DNA nanoconstruct, was designed to simultaneously carry three unmodified SiRNA strands for apoptosis gene knockout in cancer cells without any assistance from commercial transfection kits. In brief, a holliday junction structure was intelligently designed to present one arm with a cell targeting aptamer (AS1411) while the remaining three arms to carry different SiRNA strands by means of DNA/RNA duplex for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells. By carrying the three SiRNA strands (AKT, MDM2 and Survivin) into triple negative breast MDA-MB-231 cancer cells, cell number had reduced by up to ~82% within 24 hours solely from one single administration of 32 picomoles. In the immunoblotting studies, up-elevation of phosphorylated p53 was observed for more than 8 hours while the three genes of interest were suppressed by nearly half by the 4-hour mark upon administration. Furthermore, we were able to demonstrate high cell selectivity of the nanoconstruct and did not exhibit usual morphological stress induced from liposomal-based transfection agents. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this system represents the first of its kind in current literature utilizing a short and highly customizable holliday DNA junction to carry SiRNA for apoptosis studies.

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DNANanostructuresRNAApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorFemaleGene ExpressionHumansTime FactorsTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorDNARNA

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PMID28400564
PMCPMC5429792
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