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ArticleScientific reports2018

Molecular imaging of telomerase and the enzyme activity-triggered drug release by using a conformation-switchable nanoprobe in cancerous cells.

Hai Shi, Tao Gao, Liu Shi, Tianshu Chen, Yang Xiang, Yuanyang Li, Genxi Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hai ShiState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
Tao GaoCenter for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
Liu ShiState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
Tianshu ChenCenter for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
Yang XiangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
Yuanyang LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nanjing Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Affiliated with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210014, P. R. China. yuanyangli@163.com.
Genxi LiState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China. genxili@nju.edu.cn.
Nanjing University · CNShanghai University · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

So far, the development of a unique strategy for specific biomolecules activity monitoring and precise drugs release in cancerous cells is still challenging. Here, we designed a conformation-switchable smart nanoprobe to monitor telomerase activity and to enable activity-triggered drug release in cancerous cells. The straightforward nanoprobe contained a gold nanoparticle (AuNP) core and a dense layer of 5-carboxyfluorescein (FAM)-labeled hairpin DNA shell. The 3' region of hairpin DNA sequence could function as the telomerase primer to be elongated in the presence of telomerase, resulting in the conformational switch of hairpin DNA. As a result, the FAM fluorescence was activated and the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) molecules which intercalated into the stem region of the hairpin DNA sequence were released into cancerous cells simultaneously. The smart method could specifically distinguish cancerous cells from normal cells based on telomerase activity. It also showed a good performance for monitoring telomerase activity in the cytoplasm by molecular imaging and precise release of Dox triggered by telomerase activity in cancerous cells. These advantages may offer a great potential of this method for monitoring telomerase activity in cancer progression and estimating therapeutic effect.

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Drug LiberationMolecular ImagingCell Line, TumorDoxorubicinDrug CarriersFluoresceinsGoldHumansIntracellular SpaceMetal NanoparticlesMolecular ConformationTelomerase4-carboxyfluoresceinDoxorubicinDrug CarriersFluoresceinsGoldTelomerase

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