140 results about "Cell penetration" patented technology

An integrated scaffold for bone tissue engineering has a tubular outer shell and a spiral scaffold made of a porous sheet. The spiral scaffold is formed such that the porous sheet defines a series of spiral coils with gaps of controlled width between the coils to provide an open geometry for enhanced cell growth. The spiral scaffold resides within the bore of the shell and is integrated with the shell to fix the geometry of the spiral scaffold. Nanofibers may be deposited on the porous sheet to enhance cell penetration into the spiral scaffold. The spiral scaffold may have alternating layers of polymer and ceramic on the porous sheet that have been built up using a layer-by-layer method. The spiral scaffold may be seeded with cells by growing a cell sheet and placing the cell sheet on the porous sheet before it is rolled.

Compositions, systems and related methods for delivering a supercharged protein or a complex of a supercharged protein and therapeutic agent (e g, nucleic acid, peptide, small molecule) to cells are disclosed. Superpositively charged proteins may be associated with nucleic acids (which typically have a net negative charge) via electrostatic interactions. The systems and methods may involve altering the primary sequence of a protein in order to “supercharge” the protein (e g, to generate a superpositively-charged protein). The compositions may be used to treat proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, inborn errors in metabolism, genetic diseases, etc.

The present invention provides biologically active crosslinked polypeptides with improved properties relative to their corresponding precursor polypeptides, having good cell penetration properties and reduced binding to human proteins. The invention additionally provides methods of identifying and making such improved polypeptides.

Morpholino-based oligomers suitable as antisense agent comprising modifications of phosphorodiamidate backbone or modification with 5-substituted pyrimidines of morpholino compound that is soluble in culture medium and sufficient for cell penetration thereby eliminating the need for injecting into the cells. Monomers comprising the said oligomers and its method of manufacture, method of manufacture of the said oligomers and its dye, flurophore, drug, biomolecule conjugate wherein the said oligomers find different end use but not limited to regulation of gene expression, tissue culture with improved transfection efficiency and related studies on cellular transfection.

The invention relates to a type I boron fluoride complex dipyrromethene fluorescent dye. The fluorescent dye is shown as a general formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 are H or C1-C8 alkyl respectively; R8 is a radical of a structural formula X, Y, Z or P; M is H, Na, K, N (R9R10R11R12) or N-succinimido; and R9, R10, R11 and R12 are H, C1-C8 alkyl or C1-C8 alkyl with substituent group-OH, an ether bond or carboxyl. The dye is synthesized by directly reacting substituted pyrrole with anhydride, has a high photo-physical property, stability, cell penetration capability and intracellular dissolving capability and is particularly suitable for bioluminescence analysis and biological marking.

Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs, named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD), are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. For example, recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 protein (CP-SOCS3) fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, CP-SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria were hard to purify in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTD) have been developed in this art. This is accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences satisfied for each critical factor. In addition, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed CP-SOCS3 proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-cancer agents in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Since SOCS3 is frequently deleted in and loss of SOCS3 in hepatocytes promotes resistance to apoptosis and proliferation, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The results support this reasoning: treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma cells with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced cancer cell viability, enhanced apoptosis and loss of cell migration/invasion potential. Furthermore, iCP-SOCS3 inhibits the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma in a subcutaneous xenografts model. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3 fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTD may provide novel protein therapy against hepatocellular carcinoma.

The invention belongs to the field of pharmacology, and relates to stapled-RGD polypeptide, and applications thereof in tumor targeting delivery. Multifunctional targeting polypeptide molecule stapled-RGD with high combination activity with integrin and biological membrane barrier penetration capacity is designed and prepared based on binding peptide cyclization technology; and preparation of fluorescein, drugs, and high molecule carriers modified by the multifunctional targeting polypeptide molecule stapled-RGD, and applications of the fluorescein, the drugs, and the high molecule carriers in tumor imaging and construction of targeted therapy targeted drug delivery systems are disclosed. It is shown by results that specific uptaking of model drugs carried by stapled-RGD by positive cells, tumor mimicry vessels, and tumor ball tissues of expressed integrin is realized, higher tumor targeting capacity, imaging functions, and membrane barrier cell penetration capacity are achieved; nano targeted drug delivery systems constructed by the high molecule carriers modified by stapled-RGD can be used for delivering carried model drugs to target tissues, antitumor drug effect is improved obviously; and stapled-RGD possesses a promising application prospect in mediating drugs, nano targeted drug delivery system membrane barrier penetration, active target searching, tumor diagnosis, and targeted therapy.

A bioprobe based on surface-modified single-phase BaGdF₅:Yb/Er upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) for multi-modal bioimaging of fluorescent, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed X-ray tomography (CT) is disclosed herein. The modified UCNPs of the present invention are synthesized by a facile one-pot hydrothermal method with simultaneous surface modification of the nanoparticles. The surface-modified UCNPs of the present invention are useful in a variety of biomedical application fields due to their advantages in in vitro and in vivo multi-modal bioimaging such as small particle size up to 15 nm, substantially free of autofluorescence, low cytotoxicity, capable of being excited at near-infrared (NIR) wavelength, ability to deep cell penetration, long-lasting signal and long circulation time in vivo, different X-ray absorption coefficients at different photon energy levels between Ba and Gd, large magnetic moment, etc.

The present invention provides an implantable prosthesis comprising a viscera separating barrier that defines a shell having a pocket with an opening that receives an insert. It is contemplated that the insert comprises at least one of an absorbable mesh, a non-absorbable mesh, or an absorbable and non-absorbable mesh combination inserted into the pocket through the opening. In preferred embodiments the viscera separating barrier is acellular collagen, and the absorbable mesh is selected from at least one of a polyglactin, a polyglycolic acid, a polyglactin and a polylactic acid, and the non-absorbable mesh comprises a polypropylene mesh. It is contemplated that the viscera separating barrier acts to reduce or even eliminate attachment of viscera to the prosthesis to encourage rapid cell penetration and revascularization; the non-absorbable mesh will provide immediate, reliable in-growth; and the absorbable mesh will give stability to the prosthesis.

The present invention discloses method to coat nanoparticles with viral envelope containing specific proteins. The present invention also discloses that such viral envelope coated nanoparticles can be targeted to specific cells and cellular entry pathway, thereby permitting their use as vaccines, in targeted delivery of therapeutic products and in the study of virus adsorption, cell penetration and viral entry pathways.

The invention provides a polypeptide-antibody immune conjugate and a preparation method thereof. The immune conjugate is formed by connecting a polypeptide and an antibody or an antibody FC segment through a covalent bond, wherein the polypeptide is pH-sensitive cell-penetrating peptide. According to the cell-penetrating peptide-antibody immune conjugate, the characteristic of pH response cell penetration of the cell-penetrating peptide is reserved, and the function of causing antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxin (ADCC) of the antibody is reserved. An in vitro experiment proves that acid response cell penetration can be achieved by the polypeptide-antibody immune conjugate and the protein of the antibody or the antibody Fc segment is anchored on a cell membrane to induce ADCC. An in vivo experiment proves that the polypeptide-antibody immune conjugate is capable of obviously inhibiting growth of murine melanoma and breast cancer and can be applied to immunotherapy of a clinical solid tumor.

A membrane traversing peptide conjugate comprises (i) a label, (ii) a target peptide, attached to the label, and (iii) a transduction domain, attached to the target peptide. The target peptide is a reactant for a chemical reaction occurring in a cell.

The invention provides a nano composition with hair loss preventing, hair growing, hair fixing and hair blackening functions as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to thetechnical field of cosmetics with special functions. The nano composition comprises diaminopyrimidine oxide, pyrrolidinyl diaminopyrimidine oxide, hair growing peptide, hair fixing peptide, hair blackening peptide, a cell penetrating agent, vitamin E, polydiethylene glycol succinate, phospholipid, cholesterol, polyhydric alcohol and water. The nano composition is good in transdermal performance,improves the adsorption capacity of a preparation on scalp, deeply permeates into hair follicles, can be retained in the hair follicles for a long time, can be maintained at an effective concentrationfor a long time, improves the bioavailability, reduces the use amount of active ingredients, and enables low-content and anti-hair-loss active matter to play an excellent anti-hair-loss effect.

The present invention provides methods and liposomal compositions useful in therapeutics, and diagnosis, prognosis, testing, screening, treatment and/or prevention of various disease conditions. The present invention provides imaging methods for various conditions. The present invention is a multi-layered drug delivery pathway, inclusive of nanoparticle liposomal formulations and mechanisms of localized action via unzipping upon delivery to the affected tissue site. The nano-encapsulation methodology allows maximization of a potent antioxidant's biocompatibility, increased target cell penetration and uptake, reduced off-target effects and retention of high anti-oxidative activity for promising therapeutic potential.

The invention relates to a preparation method of an alginate-hydrogel nanometer fiber scaffold. The preparation method comprises following steps: a polycaprolactone solution is prepared; a sodium alginate solution is prepared; a double-nozzle electrostatic spinning system is adopted for electrostatic spinning so as to obtain polycaprolactone-sodium alginate nanometer fiber film; the polycaprolactone-sodium alginate nanometer fiber film is immersed in a calcium chloride solution, is washed fully with an ethanol aqueous solution, is subjected to freeze drying, is immersed and washed with chloroform, is washed with ethanol and distilled water successively, and is subjected to freeze drying so as to obtain the alginate-hydrogel nanometer fiber scaffold. The alginate-hydrogel nanometer fiber scaffold possesses a stable three dimensional structure and excellent biocompatibility, can be used for 3D cell culture, and is capable of optimizing cell penetration depth.

The invention discloses application of a tetra-p-sulfonic group-phenyl porphyrin derivative as a fluorescent probe in the aspect of detecting zinc ions. The effective optical wavelength of the exciting light of the tetra-p-sulfonic group-phenyl porphyrin derivative as a fluorescent probe detecting zinc ions is 405 nm, 430 nm, 515 nm, 550 nm and 580 nm; near infrared light of which the emission spectrum peak is 640 nm can be obtained under the exciting light of the wavelength; the emission spectrum peak is not changed as the exciting light is changed. The combining and complexing capability of probe molecules with zinc ions is high; fluorescence is enhanced remarkably after complexing, and is not affected by the interference of sodium, kalium, calcium, magnesium, copper, iron metal ions to the detection. Result of cytoxicity experiments show that the probe barely has toxicity to cells, is high in biocompatibility and cell permeability, and can detect the density change of zinc ions in the cells through cell fluorescence confocal imaging.