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ArticleBiosensors2021

Intelligent Bio-Responsive Fluorescent Au-shRNA Complexes for Regulated Autophagy and Effective Cancer Bioimaging and Therapeutics.

Weijuan Cai, Liang Yin, Hui Jiang, Yossi Weizmann, Xuemei Wang

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Article in Biosensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Weijuan CaiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Liang YinDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Shunde 528300, China.
Hui JiangState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8044-758X
Yossi WeizmannDepartment of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.
Xuemei WangState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical EngineeringBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILThe First People's Hospital of Shunde · CN

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFA0205300National Natural Science Foundation of China 82061148012, 82027806, 91753106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MALAT1 acts as an oncogene. RNA interference (RNAi) is an effective method to control the expression of specific genes and can be used for the treatment of tumors, but an effective and safe carrier system is a significant obstacle to gene therapy. Herein, we explored the possibility of constructing an in situ bio-responsive self-assembled fluorescent gold-short hairpin RNA nanocomplex (Au-shRNA NCs) delivery system by co-incubating gold and MALAT1-shRNA for precise hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) imaging and treatment. Due to the characteristics of the cancer microenvironment, Au-shRNA NCs self-assembled in HCC cells (HepG2) but did not occur in control cells (L02) under the same conditions. The in situ bio-responsive self-assembled Au-shRNA NCs delivery system can realize cancer cell bioimaging and promote cell uptake and endosomal escape mechanism, thereby realizing effective transfection. They effectively silenced target gene MALAT1, and with the downregulation of MALAT1, we found that several molecules involved in autophagic flux were also regulated. In vitro and tumor-bearing mouse model experiments demonstrated that the as-prepared fluorescent Au-shRNA NCs can readily realize tumor bioimaging and effectively silence the target gene MALAT1, and those autophagy-related pathway molecules were significantly downregulated, thereby exerting a tumor suppressor efficiency. This raises the possibility of realizing accurate multi-scale bio-imaging from the molecular-level with targeted gene-recognition to cancer cell imaging as well as in vivo tumor tissue imaging for the simultaneous precise cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AutophagyCarcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsRNA, Small InterferingAnimalsCell Line, TumorGoldHep G2 CellsHumansMiceRNA, Long NoncodingTumor MicroenvironmentGoldMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Small Interferingautophagybio-responsive fluorescent complexescancer cells bioimagingLncRNA MALAT1shRNA deliverytherapeutics

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PMID34821640
PMCPMC8615530
OpenAlexW3208969836

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