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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2021

Therapy of spinal cord injury by zinc modified gold nanoclusters via immune-suppressing strategies.

Sen Lin, Dan Li, Zipeng Zhou, Chang Xu, Xifan Mei, He Tian

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Sen Lin *Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China.
Dan Li *Department of Basic Science, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China.
Zipeng ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chang XuDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xifan MeiDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China. meixifan@jzmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3698-0525
He TianDepartment of Basic Science, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China. tianhe@jzmu.edu.cn.

Funding

foundation of liaoning province education administration XLYC1902108national natural science foundation of china 81871556national natural science foundation of china 82072165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the central nervous system (CNS) that causes devastating complications from chronic pain to breathing problems. Unfortunately, few effective and safe treatments are known to relieve the damages of SCI. Nanomedicines are used for the treatment of SCI with relatively few side effects, but only depending on the delivery of additional drugs, which increase complexity to the treatment. Considering the urgent need for saving SCI patients, it is important to develop promising nanobiotechnology for relieving their pains.

methodsThe clinical survey was used to investigate SCI patients, thereafter the therapy plan was designed. The receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) curves of the prediction model were built to find symptoms after SCI. The treatment plan (i.e. immunosuppressive strategy) was designed by manufacturing therapies based on gold nanoclusters (AuNCs). The response of the immune cells (macrophages) was studied accordingly. The western blot, reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR), and immunochemical staining were used for evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro therapeutic effects.

resultsWe found increased monocytes/macrophages (M/Ms) levels in 114 SCI subjects (44.7% with severe SCI complications) by the clinical survey. Additionally, the enhanced macrophage level was found to be closely related to the walking disorder after SCI. Since macrophages were central effector cells of the immune system, we assumed that the immune-suppressing strategies could be used for SCI therapy. Thereafter, AuNCs were stabilized by dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) enantiomers (including DL-DHLA, R-DHLA; A racemic mixture (R and S) was denoted as DL; R and S refer to Rectus and Sinister), obtaining DL-DHLA-AuNCs and R-DHLA-AuNCs, respectively. In addition, zinc-modified DL-DHLA and R-DHLA stabilized AuNCs (i.e., DL-DHLA-AuNCs-Zn and R-DHLA-AuNCs-Zn) were investigated. Among these AuNCs, R-DHLA-AuNCs-Zn showed the most remarkable therapeutic effect for promoting the polarization of pro-inflammatory macrophages and reducing neuronal ROS-induced apoptosis and inflammation in vitro and in vivo; the lesion size was decreased and the survival rate of ventral neurons is higher.

conclusionsR-DHLA-AuNCs-Zn have comprehensive therapeutic capabilities, especially the immune-suppressing effects for the therapy of SCI, which is promising to relieve the pain or even recover SCI for the patients.

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AnimalsCell SurvivalGoldHumansLymphocytesMacrophagesMaleMetal NanoparticlesMiceMonocytesNeuroprotective AgentsPrognosisRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRAW 264.7 CellsReactive Oxygen Speciesdihydrolipoic acidGoldNeuroprotective AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesThioctic AcidZincApoptosisGold nanoclustersInflammationMonocytes/macrophagesNeuronsOxidative stressPolarizationSpinal cord injury

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