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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Cytotransducers for Visualization of Spatiotemporal Intercellular Communication.

Niko Kimura, Yoko Yamanishi, Shinya Sakuma

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Niko KimuraDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6313-604X
Yoko YamanishiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Shinya SakumaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4145-7264

Funding

FOREST Program JPMJFR2157Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists JP22K14568JST Moonshot R&D-MILLENNIA Program JPMJMS2217-3-2JST Moonshot R&D-MILLENNIA Program JPMJMS2217-4-1
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Abstract

Visualization of intercellular communication provides a means for understanding and leveraging complicated multicellular organizations. Various nanometer-sized artifacts (nano-artifacts) can be employed as small tracers for visualization, achieving spatially and temporally controlled intervention of these small tracers in the interactions remains challenging due to their diffusion-based transportation. To achieve spatiotemporally controlled visualization, cytotransducers are conceptualized that convert veiled intra/intercellular information into visible information. A 110-mm cytotransducer is presented, composed of a lipid layer and a fluorescent nanodiamond. The designed lipid layer allows effective uptake of the cytotransducer by neutrophils, and the fluorescent nanodiamond is labeled with the pH-responsive chemical fluorescein isothiocyanate to visualize the intracellular local pH at the single-cell level. Utilizing cytotransducers, cross-scale visualization of intercellular communication between neutrophils and three types of cells: macrophages, aged cells, and mesenchymal stem cells is demonstrated. Intracellular pH maps are obtained before and during the interactions, achieving spatiotemporally controlled visualization of intercellular communication based on the localized release of cytotransducers by programmed cell death (NETosis). A well-designed cytotransducer allows the simultaneous visualization of intra/intercellular information under spatiotemporally controlled conditions.

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Cell CommunicationAnimalsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMacrophagesMesenchymal Stem CellsNanodiamondsNeutrophilsSpatio-Temporal AnalysisNanodiamondscellular uptakesfluorescent nanodiamondsintercellular communicationslipid nanoparticlesmicrofluidics

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PMID40488967
PMCPMC12410898

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