Aptamer-conjugated carbon-based nanomaterials for cancer and bacteria theranostics: A review

(2022) Aptamer-conjugated carbon-based nanomaterials for cancer and bacteria theranostics: A review. Chemico-biological interactions. p. 109964. ISSN 1872-7786 (Electronic) 0009-2797 (Linking)

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Abstract

Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides that link to various substrates with great affinity and selectivity, including small molecules, peptides, proteins, cells, and tissues. For this reason, they can be used as imaging agents for cancer imaging techniques. Multifunctional nanomaterials combined with imaging probes and drugs are promising cancer diagnosis and treatment candidates. On the other hand, carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs), including such as fullerene, carbon nanotubes, carbon-based quantum dots, carbon nanohorns, graphene oxide and its derivatives carbon nanodots, and nanodiamonds, are sort of smart materials that can be used in a variety of theranostic applications, including photo-triggered therapies. The remarkable physical characteristics, functionalizable chemistry, biocompatibility, and optical properties of these nanoparticles have enabled their utilization in less-invasive therapies. The theranostic agents that emerged by combining aptamers with CNMs have opened a novel alternative for personified medicine of cancer, target-specific imaging, and label-free diagnosis of a broad range of cancers, as well as pathogens. Aptamer-functionalized CNMs have been used as nanovesicles for targeted delivery of anti-cancer agents (i.e., doxorubicin and 5-fluorouracil) to tumor sites. Furthermore, these CNMs conjugated with aptamers have shown great advantages over standard CNMs to sensitively detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Citrobacter freundii. Regrettably, CNMs can form compounds defined as NOAA (nano-objects, and their aggregates and agglomerates larger than 100 nm), that accumulate in the body and cause toxic effects. Surface modification and pretreatment with albumin avoid agglomeration and increase the dispersibility of CNMs, so it is needed to guarantee the desirable interactions between functionalized CNMs and blood plasma proteins. This preliminary review aimed to comprehensively discuss the features and uses of aptamer-conjugated CNMs to manage cancer and bacterial infections.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Bacteria Humans *Nanostructures/chemistry/therapeutic use *Nanotubes, Carbon/chemistry *Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy Oligonucleotides Precision Medicine Bacterial infection Cancer Carbon nanomaterials Nanoparticles Theranostics
Page Range: p. 109964
Journal or Publication Title: Chemico-biological interactions
Journal Index: Pubmed
Volume: 361
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2022.109964
ISSN: 1872-7786 (Electronic) 0009-2797 (Linking)
Depositing User: خانم ناهید ضیائی
URI: http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/24221

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