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ArticleACS nano2025

Harnessing Dye-Induced Local Heating in Lipid Membranes: A Path to Near-Infrared Light-Modulated Artificial Synaptic Vesicles.

Satya Ranjan Sarker, Takeru Yamazaki, Keitaro Sou, Ichiro Takemura, Yusuke Kurita, Kayoko Nomura, Mari Ichimura, Takahito Suzuki, Ayumi Kai, Takumi Araki and 5 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Satya Ranjan SarkerWPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Takeru YamazakiWPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Keitaro SouWaseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5449-9084
Ichiro TakemuraSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.
Yusuke KuritaWPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Kayoko NomuraWPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Mari IchimuraSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.
Takahito SuzukiSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.
Ayumi KaiSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.
Takumi ArakiSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.
Shinnosuke HattoriSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa 243-0014, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0786-1308
Taniyuki FuruyamaNanoMaterials Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-1581
Young-Tae ChangDepartment of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1927-3688
Taketoshi KiyaGraduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5709-8016
Satoshi AraiWPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4807-8248

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical heating coupled with near-infrared (NIR) light and photothermal materials enables local heating within biospecimens, minimizing undesirable thermal damage. Here, we demonstrated that photothermally heating lipid bilayers embedded with a phthalocyanine dye (VPc) efficiently perturbs the bilayers, resulting in increased permeability. Notably, microscopic studies revealed that the changes in membrane permeability may not follow the conventional mechanism of temperature-sensitive liposomes, which involve a bulk temperature increase that induces a phase transition across the entire lipid bilayer. Furthermore, the heat generated by NIR laser illumination rarely diffused into the surrounding environment, and the dye was located within the bilayers at the molecular level, where it effectively transferred heat to the lipid bilayer. We prepared VPc-embedded liposomes encapsulating acetylcholine (ACh) and demonstrated the NIR laser-triggered release of ACh, creating a concentration jump across a few cells or within a limited single cell region. This method induced Ca

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IndolesInfrared RaysLipid BilayersSynaptic VesiclesAcetylcholineAnimalsHot TemperatureIsoindolesLiposomesMiceAcetylcholineIndolesIsoindolesLipid BilayersLiposomesphthalocyanineartificial synaptic vesiclelocal heatingNIR lightphotothermal dyethermometry

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PMID40717382
PMCPMC12367230

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