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The developed fibrous scaffold may provide structural, compositional, and chemical gradients for bone regeneration. BRIEFS Structural and chemical gradient fibrous scaffold fabricated by co-electrospinning.Bone cements with the feature of easily shaping could ideally match the defect site and prevent the ingrowth of fibrous tissue. In this manuscript, a biodegradable tricalcium silicate (C3S)/glucono-delta-lactone (GDL)/calcium sulfate dihydrate (CSD) organic-inorganic composite cement was fabricated with shorter setting time (less than 15 min) and high preliminary mechanical property (5.27 MPa in the first hour). Many methods were applied to study the physicochemical and biological properties of the cement in vitro. The weight loss in PBS can reach 58% after 12 weeks soaking indicating the better biodegradability. The excellent bioactivity in vitro was emerging after the cement was soaked in the simulated body fluid. The cell experiments showed that suitable concentration of the extract liquid of cement was conducive to the proliferation, differentiation and extracellular matrix calcification of the mouse bone marrow stromal cells. Briefly, the C3S/GDL/CSD composite cement would have the bright capacity for bone filling.Dual-doped hydroxyapatite (Ce4+/Si4+ doped HAP) coating with admirable bacterial resistance and enriched bioactivity was fabricated via spin-coating technique. In this study, Ce/Si co-doped hydroxyapatite was coated on Ti-6Al-4 V substrates as a triple layer with extreme centrifugal force (2000 RPM, 3000 RPM and 4000 RPM) to improve the biological performance of the coating in terms of enhanced bone apposition. Further, the coated substrate was characterized by XRD, FTIR and SEM-EDS techniques. The contact angle of the coating was measured through the sessile drop method and in vitro biomineralization was carried out in SBF solution to predict the apatite formation on the surface of the coated implant. Pathogen restriction behaviour of the coating was studied using gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa respectively. Among these, gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli revealed greater inhibition than other bacteria. In vitro cell viability assay using MG-63 osteoblast cell was performed for the optimised coating acquired at 4000 RPM and the result showed excellent biocompatibility towards the cell line. Corrosion resistance behaviour of the coating using Polarization and EIS study exhibited excellent corrosion resistance. Therefore, based on the in vitro studies, the designed multifunctional coating can act as a potential biomaterial in the field of biomedical engineering.The natural product emodin (EO) exhibits anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenesis and antineoplastic properties in vitro and in vivo. Due to its biological properties as well as its fluorescence, EO can be useful in pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. To enhance its selectivity to cancer cells, EO was loaded into non-fluorescent and novel fluorescent spherical mesoporous nanoparticles bearing N-methyl isatoic anhydride (SNM~M) or lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl moieties (SNM~L). The propylamine functionalized mesoporous silica nanomaterial (SNM) were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen gas sorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), fluorescence spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and UV spectroscopy. The cytotoxicity of EO-loaded nanoparticles was tested against the human colon carcinoma cell line HT-29. Navitoclax Non-loaded SNM did not affect cell proliferation, whereas those loaded with EO were at least as efficient as EO alone. It could be shown by fluorescence microscopy that the uptake of silica nanomaterial by the tumor cells occurred within 2 h and the release of EO occurred within 48 h of treatment. Flow cytometry and Western blot analysis showed that SNM containing EO induced apoptosis in HT-29 cells.Regarding side effects of commonly used chemotherapeutic drugs on normal tissues, researchers introduced smart delivery and on-demand release systems. Herein, we applied a bivalent aptamer composed of ATP and AS1411 aptamers for separate targeting and gating of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in a ladder like structure with one bifunctional molecule. First part of the apatmer, AS1411, direct the delivery system to the desired site while the second part, ATP aptamer, opens the pores and release the drug just after penetrance to the cytoplasm ensuring delivery of DOX into the tumor cells. This approach faced the previous challenge of coincident targeting and gating with one aptamer. Our results demonstrated that the proposed nano-system remarkably accumulated in cancer tissue and released the drug in a sustained pattern in cancer cells. It was notably effective for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells and tumor growth inhibition without any significant side effect on normal cells and organs. Moreover, Si-cs-DOX-AAapt improved the mice survival time compared with free doxorubicin and there was no significant change in weight of mice administered with the targeted formulation. This report may open new insight for providing smart delivery systems for successful cancer treatment by introducing separate gating and targeting property by a bivalent aptamer to increase the control over drug release.Hyaluronic acid (HA) has a key role in cancer progression. The HA's molecular weight (Mw) is altered in this pathological state increased concentration of shorter fragments due to the overexpressed hyaluronidases and ROS. Aiming to mimic this microenvironment, we developed a Layer-by-Layer (LbL) platform presenting HA of different Mws, namely 6.4, 752 and 1500 kDa, to study the influence of HA Mw on the formation of focal adhesion sites (FAs), and the involvement of paxillin and CD44 in this process. High paxillin expression and formation of FAs, via CD44, is observed for MKN45 cells seeded on LbLs presenting HA 6.4 kDa, with the activation of the ERK1/2 pathway, responsible for cell motility and tumour progression. In contrast, activation of p38 pathway, usually related with cancer latency, is observed for cells seeded on LbLs with high Mw HA, i.e. 1500 kDa. Overall, we demonstrate the suitability of the developed platform to study cancer invasiveness.
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