经费是由美国国立卫生研究院（EB 001013），自然科学和工程研究理事会，加拿大和加拿大卫生研究院。我们感谢美联社麦圭根博士和她的专长，帮助模块的开发。

1）准备油管<ol><li>切割2至3米长度的聚乙烯管（0.76毫米内径× 1.22毫米外径）。 </li><li> 20 G1的针管端成一个主题。 </li><li>线圈油管并将其放置在一个转换器，自密封袋（7 1 / 2“× 13”）。油管的两端应置于袋启封，并在地方与气体消毒磁带录音。 </li><li>密封袋和气体消毒。 </li></ol> 2）中和胶原蛋白注：1毫升的胶原蛋白填充聚乙烯管材约2米。 <ol><li>将所需的油管到15毫升的锥形管的长度所需要的必要数量的胶原蛋白，并保持在冰上。 </li><li>加入128微升10倍的α- MEM中每毫升含胶原管，并通过反复吹打的解决方案组合。注：（1）解决方案应该是混合变成黄色α- MEM到酸化的胶原蛋白和（2）尽量减少气泡，当混合。 </li><li>胶原蛋白中加入0.8 M碳酸氢钠，直到胶原蛋白的pH值7.4。对于一般估计的pH添加碳酸氢钠，直到黄色的胶原蛋白溶液变成浅粉色的颜色。注：通常需要30％至60μL每毫升胶原蛋白。 </li><li>置于冰上瓦解胶原蛋白，直到准备使用的瓦解胶原凝胶，如果不保持在4 ° C。 </li></ol> 3）嵌入细胞（可选） 注：根据细胞类型的细胞可以被嵌入在一个细胞每毫升1万至20万每毫升细胞之间浓度。使用您要嵌入的细胞所需的介质。 <ol><li>从细胞中移除的媒体，用5 mL PBS冲洗。 </li><li>删除PBS和添加3 mL的胰蛋白酶EDTA。 </li><li>胰蛋白酶EDTA细胞孵育5分钟，在37 ° C。 </li><li> 7毫升媒体重悬细胞。 </li><li>计数细胞。 </li><li>嵌入到一个15毫升的锥形管，转移所需的细胞数量。 </li><li> 5分钟沉淀细胞XG 300。 </li><li>吸过的细胞颗粒的介质。 </li><li>重悬在瓦解胶原细胞，并保持在冰上。 </li></ol> 4）胶原凝胶<ol><li>在生物安全柜切断含有聚乙烯管袋的密封端。 </li><li>在使用消毒镊子管的一端，将3毫升注射器20G针。保持管囊中。 </li><li>油管的另一端插入瓦解胶原蛋白，直到使用消毒镊子锥形管的底部是尖。保持锥形管上冰。 </li><li>回缩注射器的柱塞慢慢拉进聚乙烯管材的胶原蛋白。 注：如果胶原蛋白是被拉进油管，然后迅速泡沫将形成中的胶原蛋白。 </li><li>通过油管拉胶原蛋白后，拉出20G针管回入袋两端。磁带的袋子关闭。 </li><li>在37℃，60分钟收入囊中。如果胶原蛋白细胞，然后翻转过来，每15分钟的袋子。使细胞不解决，以模块的一面。 </li></ol> 5）切割油管胶凝胶原蛋白<ol><li>高压灭菌器的头和刀片切割设备和托盘举行油管。 </li><li>组装切割设备。 </li><li>在前面切割设备的无菌托盘放置在油管和加载到切割设备的油管。 </li><li>设置了一个50 ml锥形管内含有25毫升的媒体在切割设备的出口，以收集削减模块。 注意：使用媒体含有FBS胶原唯一的模块甚至模块不无FBS在媒体的管分开。如果模块包含电池使用嵌入式细胞所需的媒体。如果有模块中没有嵌入细胞使用的内皮细胞的媒体。 </li><li>集切割设备，减少了2毫米的油管长度和降低油管。 </li><li>孵育削减模块在37 ° C为60分钟在50 mL锥形管。 </li></ol> 6）卸下油管胶原模块<ol><li>涡街50 mL锥形管中，在10秒管材模块。 注：分离高密度嵌入式模块，以避免破损时要轻柔。 </li><li>让模块解决试管底部。注意到大约5分钟。 </li><li>使用宽口10毫升血清移液器结算模块转移到15 mL锥形管。 </li><li>重复步骤6.1至6.3的两倍。 </li><li>转到加强与内皮细胞治疗非组织培养板或传输模块7大衣模块。 </li></ol> 7）涂层与内皮细胞的模块<ol><li>日媒体5毫升到15 mL锥形管的底部与解决模块发送嵌入细胞。 </li><li>删除媒体从内皮细胞，并用5 mL PBS冲洗。 </li><li>删除PBS和添加3 mL的胰蛋白酶EDTA。 </li><li>胰蛋白酶EDTA细胞孵育5分钟，在37 ° C。 </li><li> 7毫升媒体重悬细胞。 </li><li>计数细胞。需要5X10 6每毫升装在锥形管的底部模块的内皮细胞。 </li><li> 5分钟和5毫升的内皮细胞介质的悬浮颗粒的细胞在300 XG。 </li><li>添加5毫升含有内皮细胞的模块媒体。 注：这给我们已经发现两种类型的细胞的生存和功能的两个媒体类型的比例为50:50。测试使用共同培养液中，制定适当的维修，以确保在使用它之前的两种细胞类型的表型。 </li><li>孵育的内皮细胞，静态和动态的模块。 </li><li>对于静态孵育内皮细胞混合模块反转设置管直立在37 ° C为15分钟。重复。 </li><li>动态种子内皮细胞轻摇管在37 ° C为60分钟。 </li><li>重复静态孵化两次。 </li><li>模块放置在一个非组织培养处理的板孵育过夜，于37 ° C。 </li><li>第二天模块与新媒体在一个新的非组织文化对待板（50:50混合系统如果使用联合培养）删除独立的内皮细胞。 </li><li>孵育内皮细胞涂，直到它们涵盖100％的模块表面的模块。这通常需要7天左右。 </li></ol> 8）代表性的成果： 该模块的外观圆柱时，他们首先从管中删除。如果模块包含嵌入式细胞和/或涂内皮细胞，它们可以承揽量的50％，并制定一个椭圆形（图1）。该模块也将成为更密集，更不透明时，通过光镜（图1）。另外内皮细胞融合模块表面有一个VE -钙粘蛋白的免疫荧光染色（图2）可以看到的紧密连接形成。传质分析表明，模块能够支持不开发一个坏死的核心，由于运输氧气不足，这往往是在较大的组织问题（如模块，大直径D = 1.4的高细胞密度（8 × 10 7细胞/厘米3）毫米）（图3）。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig1.jpg" alt="图1" /> 图1：模块制造和收缩。模块的收缩发生在3天以下的人脐静脉内皮细胞C（内皮细胞株），播种的效果明显变小模块的直径和长度（P &lt;0.001）（一）。嵌入式的HepG2细胞均匀分布在制造的时间内模块和保留高可行性（二）。 [活细胞绿色死细胞红] [2010年从Corstorphine改编] <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig2.jpg" alt="图2" /> 图2：VE -钙粘蛋白免疫荧光染色欧共体RAEC紧细胞后10天，模块表面涂路口。比例尺= 50微米。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig3.jpg" alt="图3" /> 图3：马尾松三色染色典型的模块（初始直径0.76毫米）和大（初始直径1.4毫米）模块表现出的氧气扩散的限制影响。 7天以下制造，已经形成了大量的死细胞内的大的模块（右下面板）的核心，离开只差RIM活菌（〜200微米厚）。相反，小模块保留一个统一和高分配的活细胞。 [模块嵌入式HepG2细胞和内皮细胞的涂层。] [2010年从Corstorphine] <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig4.jpg" alt="图4" /> 图4：（一）HMEC - 1接种于poloxamine -胶原蛋白模块。播种poloxamine胶原模块保留他们的圆柱状，有是有限的细胞附着性能比胶原只有模块1日之后。比例尺= 200微米。 （二）光显微镜图像的PLGA为基础的可生物降解微球的胶原蛋白含有模块。比例尺= 500微米。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig5.jpg" alt="图5" /> 图5： 在体外实验的例子。 （一）血管生成的实验：毛细血管般的形态与内皮细胞种子的模块，可以轻松地检测和量化后5天的潜伏期与脂肪来源的干细胞。 （二）共聚焦显微镜图像，其中的S模块上的生活/死亡检测泰宁活细胞，是绿色的，死细胞，是红色的。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig6.jpg" alt="图6" /> 图6：包含嵌入式的间质干细胞和内皮细胞表面层的胶原蛋白模块。模块暴露剪应力（〜0.64 DYN /厘米2），7天一个微腔，并开始显示出在接触点的融合。内皮细胞的vWF（棕色）染色，间质干细胞的细胞核呈现蓝色（H＆E）。比例尺=100μm的。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2177/2177fig7.jpg" alt="图7" /> 图7：数以百计的含脂肪来源的干细胞（ASC）和涂人微血管内皮细胞的胶原蛋白模块（HMEC）植入老鼠的皮肤下，研究ASC / HMEC体内脂肪再生应用的互动。

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我们编造了几个不同的微观组织，使用与不同的细胞类型1-11嵌入式模块。我们已经成功地嵌入原发性心肌细胞，胰岛，脂肪干细胞和间质基质细胞以及一些包括肝癌，NIH 3T3和克隆肝细胞的细胞株。我们涂有几种类型包括大鼠主动脉血管内皮细胞，人脐静脉内皮细胞和人类微血管内皮细胞内皮细胞的模块。模块也已产生胶原蛋白和poloxamine聚合物或含有药物洗脱微球（图4）的混合物。 ?...

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fabrication of micro-tissues using modules of collagen gel containing cells

这个协议描述的称为模块的微观组织类型制造。该模块的方法生成统一的，可扩展性和吻合血管的组织。该模块可制成胶原蛋白，以及其他gelable或交联材料。他们后制造的直径约2毫米长，0.7毫米，但在尺寸缩小与嵌入式细胞或模块与内皮细胞涂。单独的模块都足够小，嵌入细胞内的氧气和其他营养物质的扩散限制，但模块可以打包在一起，形成较大的组织，perfusable。因为不同类型的细胞，可以嵌入在或涂在模块之前，他们挤在一起，形成复杂的组织，这些组织都采用模块化施工。模块有三个主要步骤：（1）中的胶原蛋白和嵌入在它的细胞，（2）凝胶在管内的胶原蛋白和切割与内皮细胞的模块和（3）涂层的模块。

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Fabrication of Micro-tissues using Modules of Collagen Gel Containing Cells

使用圆柱胶原凝胶，称为模块，其中包含嵌入细胞表面的微组织的创建是涂有内皮细胞。

微组织使用胶原蛋白的模块的制备凝胶含有细胞

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12.7K 次观看.  University of Toronto. 使用圆柱胶原凝胶，称为模块，其中包含嵌入细胞表面的微组织的创建是涂有内皮细胞。

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Imaging Denatured Collagen Strands In vivo and Ex vivo via Photo-triggered Hybridization of Caged Collagen Mimetic Peptides

Collagen is a major structural component of the extracellular matrix that supports tissue formation and maintenance. Although collagen remodeling is an integral part of normal tissue renewal, excessive amount of remodeling activity is involved in tumors, arthritis, and many other pathological conditions. During collagen remodeling, the triple helical structure of collagen molecules is disrupted by proteases in the extracellular environment. In addition, collagens present in many histological tissue samples are partially denatured by the fixation and preservation processes. Therefore, these denatured collagen strands can serve as effective targets for biological imaging. We previously developed a caged collagen mimetic peptide (CMP) that can be photo-triggered to hybridize with denatured collagen strands by forming triple helical structure, which is unique to collagens. The overall goals of this procedure are i)&#160;to image denatured collagen strands resulting from normal remodeling activities in vivo, and ii) to visualize collagens in ex vivo tissue sections using the photo-triggered caged CMPs. To achieve effective hybridization and successful in vivo and ex vivo imaging, fluorescently labeled caged CMPs are either photo-activated immediately before intravenous injection, or are directly activated on tissue sections. Normal skeletal collagen remolding in nude mice and collagens in prefixed mouse cornea tissue sections are imaged in this procedure. The imaging method based on the CMP-collagen hybridization technology presented here could lead to deeper understanding of the tissue remodeling process, as well as allow development of new diagnostics for diseases associated with high collagen remodeling activity.

Imaging Denatured Collagen Strands In vivo and Ex vivo via Photo-triggered Hybridization of Caged Collagen Mimetic Peptides

This procedure demonstrates in vivo near IR fluorescence imaging of collagen remodeling activities in mice as well as ex vivo staining of collagens in tissue sections using caged collagen mimetic peptides that can be photo-triggered to hybridize with denatured collagen strands.

成像变性的胶原股<em&gt;在体内</em&gt;和<em&gt;体外</em&gt;通过光引发杂交笼胶原蛋白仿生肽

Collagen is a major structural component of the extracellular matrix that supports tissue formation and maintenance. Although collagen remodeling is an ...

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生物工程

Human Cartilage Tissue Fabrication Using Three-dimensional Inkjet Printing Technology

Bioprinting, which is based on thermal inkjet printing, is one of the most attractive enabling technologies in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. With digital control&#160;cells, scaffolds, and growth factors can be precisely deposited to the desired two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) locations rapidly. Therefore, this technology is an ideal approach to fabricate tissues mimicking their native anatomic structures. In order to engineer cartilage with native zonal organization, extracellular matrix composition (ECM), and mechanical properties, we developed a bioprinting platform using a commercial inkjet printer with simultaneous photopolymerization capable for 3D cartilage tissue engineering. Human chondrocytes suspended in poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) were printed for 3D neocartilage construction via layer-by-layer assembly. The printed cells were fixed at their original deposited positions, supported by the surrounding scaffold in simultaneous photopolymerization. The mechanical properties of the printed tissue were similar to the native cartilage. Compared to conventional tissue fabrication, which requires longer UV exposure, the viability of the printed cells with simultaneous photopolymerization was significantly higher. Printed neocartilage demonstrated excellent glycosaminoglycan (GAG) and collagen type II production, which was consistent with gene expression. Therefore, this platform is ideal for accurate cell distribution and arrangement for anatomic tissue engineering.

The methods described in this paper show how to convert a commercial inkjet printer into a bioprinter with simultaneous UV polymerization. The printer is capable of constructing 3D tissue structure with cells and biomaterials. The study demonstrated here constructed a 3D neocartilage.

人体软骨组织制作采用三维喷墨打印技术

Bioprinting, which is based on thermal inkjet printing, is one of the most attractive enabling technologies in the field of tissue engineering and ...

Engineered 3D Silk-collagen-based Model of Polarized Neural Tissue

Despite huge efforts to decipher the anatomy, composition and function of the brain, it remains the least understood organ of the human body. To gain a deeper comprehension of the neural system scientists aim to simplistically reconstruct the tissue by assembling it in vitro from basic building blocks using a tissue engineering approach. Our group developed a tissue-engineered silk and collagen-based 3D brain-like model resembling the white and gray matter of the cortex. The model consists of silk porous sponge, which is pre-seeded with rat brain-derived neurons, immersed in soft collagen matrix. Polarized neuronal outgrowth and network formation is observed with separate axonal and cell body localization. This compartmental architecture allows for the unique development of niches mimicking native neural tissue, thus enabling research on neuronal network assembly, axonal guidance, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and electrical functions.

Insight into the complex actions of the brain requires advanced research tools. Here we demonstrate a novel silk-collagen-based 3D engineered model of neural tissue resembling brain-like architecture. The model can be used to study neuronal network assembly, axonal guidance, cell-cell interactions and electrical activity.

极化神经组织工程三维蚕丝胶原蛋白为基础的模式

Despite huge efforts to decipher the anatomy, composition and function of the brain, it remains the least understood organ of the human body. To gain a ...

Minced Tissue in Compressed Collagen: A Cell-containing Biotransplant for Single-staged Reconstructive Repair

Conventional techniques for cell expansion and transplantation of autologous cells for tissue engineering purposes can take place in specially equipped human cell culture facilities. These methods include isolation of cells in single cell suspension and several laborious and time-consuming events before transplantation back to the patient. Previous studies suggest that the body itself could be used as a bioreactor for cell expansion and regeneration of tissue in order to minimize ex vivo manipulations of tissues and cells before transplanting to the patient. The aim of this study was to demonstrate a method for tissue harvesting, isolation of continuous epithelium, mincing of the epithelium into small pieces and incorporating them into a three-layered biomaterial. The three-layered biomaterial then served as a delivery vehicle, to allow surgical handling, exchange of nutrition across the transplant, and a controlled degradation. The biomaterial consisted of two outer layers of collagen and a core of a mechanically stable and slowly degradable polymer. The minced epithelium was incorporated into one of the collagen layers before transplantation. By mincing the epithelial tissue into small pieces, the pieces could be spread and thereby the propagation of cells was stimulated. After the initial take of the transplants, cell expansion and reorganization would take place and extracellular matrix mature to allow ingrowth of capillaries and nerves and further maturation of the extracellular matrix. The technique minimizes ex vivo manipulations and allow cell harvesting, preparation of autograft, and transplantation to the patient as a simple one-stage intervention. In the future, tissue expansion could be initiated around a 3D mold inside the body itself, according to the specific needs of the patient. Additionally, the technique could be performed in an ordinary surgical setting without the need for sophisticated cell culturing facilities.

Tissue engineering often includes in vitro expansion in order to create autografts for tissue regeneration. In this study a method for tissue expansion, regeneration, and reconstruction in vivo was developed in order to minimize the processing of cells and biological materials outside the body.

在压缩的胶原组织糜：含细胞Biotransplant单上演重建修复

Conventional techniques for cell expansion and transplantation of autologous cells for tissue engineering purposes can take place in specially equipped ...

Preparation and Photoacoustic Analysis of Cellular Vehicles Containing Gold Nanorods

Gold nanorods are attractive for a range of biomedical applications, such as the photothermal ablation and the photoacoustic imaging of cancer, thanks to their intense optical absorbance in the near-infrared window, low cytotoxicity and potential to home into tumors. However, their delivery to tumors still remains an issue. An innovative approach consists of the exploitation of the tropism of tumor-associated macrophages that may be loaded with gold nanorods in vitro. Here, we describe the preparation and the photoacoustic inspection of cellular vehicles containing gold nanorods. PEGylated gold nanorods are modified with quaternary ammonium compounds, in order to achieve a cationic profile. On contact with murine macrophages in ordinary Petri dishes, these particles are found to undergo massive uptake into endocytic vesicles. Then these cells are embedded in biopolymeric hydrogels, which are used to verify that the stability of photoacoustic conversion of the particles is retained in their inclusion into cellular vehicles. We are confident that these results may provide new inspiration for the development of novel strategies to deliver plasmonic particles to tumors.

We show the preparation and address the feasibility of cellular vehicles containing gold nanorods for the photoacoustic imaging of cancer.

含有金纳米棒蜂窝车辆的制备及光声分析

Gold nanorods are attractive for a range of biomedical applications, such as the photothermal ablation and the photoacoustic imaging of cancer, thanks to ...

Forming Giant-sized Polymersomes Using Gel-assisted Rehydration

Polymer vesicles, or polymersomes, are being widely explored as synthetic analogs of lipid vesicles based on their stability, robustness, barrier properties, chemical versatility and tunable physical characteristics. Typical methods used to prepare giant-sized (&gt; 4 &#181;m) vesicles, however, are both time and labor intensive, yielding low numbers of intact polymersomes. Here, we present for the first time the use of gel-assisted rehydration for the rapid and high-yielding formation of giant (&gt;4 &#181;m) polymer vesicles (polymersomes). Using this method, polymersomes can be formed from a wide array of rehydration solutions including several different physiologically-compatible buffers and full cell culture media, making them readily useful for biomimicry studies. This technique is also capable of reliably producing polymersomes from different polymer compositions with far better yields and much less difficulty than traditional methods. Polymersome size is readily tunable by altering temperature during rehydration or adding membrane fluidizers to the polymer membrane, generating giant-sized polymersomes (&gt;100 &#181;m).

We present a protocol to rapidly form giant polymer vesicles (pGVs). Briefly, polymer solutions are dehydrated on dried agarose films adhered to coverslips. Rehydration of the polymer films results in rapid formation of pGVs. This method greatly advances the preparation of synthetic giant vesicles for direct applications in biomimetic studies.

形成用凝胶辅助补液巨型的聚合物囊泡

Polymer vesicles, or polymersomes, are being widely explored as synthetic analogs of lipid vesicles based on their stability, robustness, barrier ...

Fabrication and Characterization of Optical Tissue Phantoms Containing Macrostructure

The rapid development of new optical imaging techniques is dependent on the availability of low-cost, customizable, and easily reproducible standards. By replicating the imaging environment, costly animal experiments to validate a technique may be circumvented. Predicting and optimizing the performance of in vivo and ex vivo imaging techniques requires testing on samples that are optically similar to tissues of interest. Tissue-mimicking optical phantoms provide a standard for evaluation, characterization, or calibration of an optical system. Homogenous polymer optical tissue phantoms are widely used to mimic the optical properties of a specific tissue type within a narrow spectral range. Layered tissues, such as the epidermis and dermis, can be mimicked by simply stacking these homogenous slab phantoms. However, many in vivo imaging techniques are applied to more spatially complex tissue where three dimensional structures, such as blood vessels, airways, or tissue defects, can affect the performance of the imaging system. 
This protocol describes the fabrication of a tissue-mimicking phantom that incorporates three-dimensional structural complexity using material with optical properties of tissue. Look-up tables provide India ink and titanium dioxide recipes for optical absorption and scattering targets. Methods to characterize and tune the material optical properties are described. The phantom fabrication detailed in this article has an internal branching mock airway void; however, the technique can be broadly applied to other tissue or organ structures.

Optical tissue phantoms are essential tools for calibration and characterization of optical imaging systems and validation of theoretical models. This article details a method for phantom fabrication that includes replication of tissue optical properties and three-dimensional tissue structure.

含有宏观结构的光学组织幻影的制备与表征

The rapid development of new optical imaging techniques is dependent on the availability of low-cost, customizable, and easily reproducible standards. By ...

Preparation, Purification, and Use of Fatty Acid-containing Liposomes

Liposomes containing single-chain amphiphiles, particularly fatty acids, exhibit distinct properties compared to those containing diacylphospholipids due to the unique chemical properties of these amphiphiles. In particular, fatty acid liposomes enhance dynamic character, due to the relatively high solubility of single-chain amphiphiles. Similarly, liposomes containing free fatty acids are more sensitive to salt and divalent cations, due to the strong interactions between the carboxylic acid head groups and metal ions. Here we illustrate techniques for preparation, purification, and use of liposomes comprised in part or whole of single chain amphiphiles (e.g., oleic acids).

Liposomes containing single-chain amphiphiles, particularly fatty acids, exhibit distinct properties compared to those containing diacylphospholipids due to the unique chemical properties of single chain amphiphiles. Here we describe techniques for the preparation, purification, and use of liposomes comprised in part or whole of these amphiphiles.

含脂肪酸脂质体的制备、纯化及应用

Liposomes containing single-chain amphiphiles, particularly fatty acids, exhibit distinct properties compared to those containing diacylphospholipids due ...

Uptake of New Lipid-coated Nanoparticles Containing Falcarindiol by Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Nanoparticles are the focus of an increased interest in drug delivery systems for cancer therapy. Lipid-coated nanoparticles are inspired in structure and size by low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) because cancer cells have an increased need for cholesterol to proliferate, and this has been exploited as a mechanism for delivering anticancer drugs to cancer cells. Moreover, depending on drug chemistry, encapsulating the drug can be advantageous to avoid degradation of the drug during circulation in vivo. Therefore, in this&#160;study, this design is used to fabricate lipid-coated nanoparticles of the anticancer drug falcarindiol, providing a potential new delivery system of falcarindiol in order to stabilize its chemical structure against degradation and improve its uptake by tumors. Falcarindiol nanoparticles, with a phospholipid and cholesterol monolayer encapsulating the purified drug core of the particle, were designed. The lipid monolayer coating consists of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC), cholesterol (Chol), and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE PEG 2000) along with the fluorescent label DiI (molar ratios of 43:50:5:2). The nanoparticles are fabricated using the rapid injection method, which is a fast and simple technique to precipitate nanoparticles by good-solvent for anti-solvent exchange. It consists of a rapid injection of an ethanol solution containing the nanoparticle components into an aqueous phase. The size of the fluorescent nanoparticles is measured using dynamic light scattering (DLS) at 74.1 &#177; 6.7 nm. The uptake of the nanoparticles is tested in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and imaged using fluorescence and confocal microscopy. The uptake of the nanoparticles is observed in hMSCs, suggesting the potential for such a stable drug delivery system for falcarindiol.

This article describes the encapsulation of falcarindiol in lipid-coated 74 nm nanoparticles. The cellular uptake of the nanoparticles&#160;by human stem cells into lipid droplets is monitored by fluorescent and confocal imaging. Nanoparticles are fabricated by the rapid injection method of solvent shifting, and their size is measured with the dynamic light scattering technique.

人骨髓间充质干细胞吸收含有法卡林多醇的新型脂质包覆纳米颗粒

Nanoparticles are the focus of an increased interest in drug delivery systems for cancer therapy. Lipid-coated nanoparticles are inspired in structure and ...

Microfluidic Production of Lysolipid-Containing Temperature-Sensitive Liposomes

The presented protocol enables a high-throughput continuous preparation of low temperature-sensitive liposomes (LTSLs), which are capable of loading chemotherapeutic drugs, such as doxorubicin (DOX). To achieve this, an ethanolic lipid mixture and ammonium sulfate solution are injected into a staggered herringbone micromixer (SHM) microfluidic device. The solutions are rapidly mixed by the SHM, providing a homogeneous solvent environment for liposomes self-assembly. Collected liposomes are first annealed, then dialyzed to remove residual ethanol. An ammonium sulfate pH-gradient is established through buffer exchange of the external solution by using size exclusion chromatography. DOX is then remotely loaded into the liposomes with high encapsulation efficiency (&#62; 80%). The liposomes obtained are homogenous in size with Z-average diameter of 100 nm. They are capable of temperature-triggered burst release of encapsulated DOX in the presence of mild hyperthermia (42 &#176;C). Indocyanine green (ICG) can also be co-loaded into the liposomes for near-infrared laser-triggered DOX release. The microfluidic approach ensures high-throughput, reproducible and scalable preparation of LTSLs.

The protocol presents the optimized parameters for preparing thermosensitive liposomes using the staggered herringbone micromixer microfluidics device. This also allows co-encapsulation of doxorubicin and indocyanine green into the liposomes and the photothermal-triggered release of doxorubicin for controlled/triggered drug release.

含脂脂的微流体生产-温度敏感脂质体

The presented protocol enables a high-throughput continuous preparation of low temperature-sensitive liposomes (LTSLs), which are capable of loading ...