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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2024

HiViPore: a highly viable in-flow compression for a one-step cell mechanoporation in microfluidics to induce a free delivery of nano- macro-cargoes.

Maria Isabella Maremonti, Valeria Panzetta, Paolo Antonio Netti, Filippo Causa

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2024. 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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Maria Isabella MaremontiInterdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, 80125, Italy.
Valeria PanzettaInterdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, 80125, Italy.
Paolo Antonio NettiInterdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, 80125, Italy.
Filippo CausaInterdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, 80125, Italy. causa@unina.it.

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Abstract

backgroundAmong mechanoporation techniques for intracellular delivery, microfluidic approaches succeed in high delivery efficiency and throughput. However, especially the entry of large cargoes (e.g. DNA origami, mRNAs, organic/inorganic nanoparticles) is currently impaired since it requires large cell membrane pores with the need to apply multi-step processes and high forces, dramatically reducing cell viability.

resultsHere, HiViPore presents as a microfluidic viscoelastic contactless compression for one-step cell mechanoporation to produce large pores while preserving high cell viability. Inducing an increase of curvature at the equatorial region of cells, formation of a pore with a size of ~ 1 μm is obtained. The poration is coupled to an increase of membrane tension, measured as a raised fluorescence lifetime of 12% of a planarizable push-pull fluorescent probe (Flipper-TR) labelling the cell plasma membrane. Importantly, the local disruptions of cell membrane are transient and non-invasive, with a complete recovery of cell integrity and functions in ~ 10 min. As result, HiViPore guarantees cell viability as high as ~ 90%. In such conditions, an endocytic-free diffusion of large nanoparticles is obtained with typical size up to 500 nm and with a delivery efficiency up to 12 times higher than not-treated cells.

conclusionsThe proposed one-step contactless mechanoporation results in an efficient and safe approach for advancing intracellular delivery strategies. In detail, HiViPore solves the issues of low cell viability when multiple steps of poration are required to obtain large pores across the cell plasma membrane. Moreover, the compression uses a versatile, low-cost, biocompatible viscoelastic fluid, thus also optimizing the operational costs. With HiViPore, we aim to propose an easy-to-use microfluidic device to a wide range of users, involved in biomedical research, imaging techniques and nanotechnology for intracellular delivery applications in cell engineering.

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Cell MembraneCell SurvivalMicrofluidicsNanoparticlesDrug Delivery SystemsHumansContactless compressionIntracellular deliveryMacro-cargoesMechanoporationMembrane tensionMicrofluidicsNano-cargoes

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PMCPMC11282774

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