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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Urine-Stable Aptamer-Conjugated Gold Nanorods for the Early Detection of High-Grade Bladder Cancer Residual Disease.

Chiara Venegoni, Silvia Tortorella, Alessandra Caliendo, Irene Locatelli, Alessia Di Coste, Erica Locatelli, Filippo Capancioni, Emanuela Bua, Simona Camorani, Andrea Salonia and 6 more

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Chiara VenegoniDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2332-0483
Silvia TortorellaDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, Bologna, 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4981-0795
Alessandra CaliendoInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "Gaetano Salvatore", National Research Council, Naples, 80131, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-2506-513X
Irene LocatelliDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8467-2132
Alessia Di CosteDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8891-4039
Erica LocatelliDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, Bologna, 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0711-8082
Filippo CapancioniDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, Bologna, 40129, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-0429-9057
Emanuela BuaDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, Bologna, 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7650-6882
Simona CamoraniInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "Gaetano Salvatore", National Research Council, Naples, 80131, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1144-0485
Andrea SaloniaDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0595-7165
Francesco MontorsiDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7267-4181
Jithin JoseFUJIFILM Visualsonics Inc., Amsterdam, 1114 AB, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8389-5596
Marco MoschiniDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3084-2458
Laura CerchiaInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology "Gaetano Salvatore", National Research Council, Naples, 80131, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7633-7932
Mauro Comes FranchiniDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 85, Bologna, 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-7263
Massimo AlfanoDivision of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6904-9158

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 23052HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council 101113193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The limitations of current diagnostic imaging techniques and therapies for bladder cancer are associated with and responsible for the recurrence and progression of residual disease, with an impact on social costs and quality of life of patients. This study delivers a cost-effective solution for the detection of bladder cancer residual disease, which is represented by the early detection of bladder cancer lesions < 1 mm. Urine-stable 34-mer SH-terminated 2'F-Py-RNA aptamer that recognizes the integrin α5β1, expressed by 81% of human high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, is developed. The intravesical instillation of aptamer-conjugated gold nanorods as contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging is validated in a preclinical model of orthotopic bladder cancer expressing the integrin α5β1. The photoacoustic signal of gold nanorods remains on the tumor surface for 3 h and allows early detection of cancer lesions < 1 mm. The aptamer is internalized into lysosomes, an opportunity that paves the way for lysosomal-mediated drug release in tumor cells. This study highlights the potential of urine-stable aptamer for the delivery of a solution to target the residual high-grade bladder cancer disease.

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Aptamers, NucleotideEarly Detection of CancerGoldNanotubesNeoplasm, ResidualUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceAptamers, NucleotideGoldaptamerbladder cancerdetectionnanoparticlesurine

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PMID39935083
PMCPMC12004434

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