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The biological fate of polymeric micelles (PMs) following oral administration was investigated in this study to better understand the contribution of transport of integral PMs to oral absorption. To track integral PMs, near-infrared fluorophores with aggregation-caused quenching properties were utilized to label PMs comprised of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactic acid) (mPEG-PDLLA) copolymers and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-distearoyl phosphoethanolamine (DSPE-PEG). The particle size of PMs prepared from mPEG2.5k-PDLLA1.25k, mPEG2.5k-PDLLA2.5k, mPEG5k-PDLLA3k, mPEG5k-PDLLA5k and DSPE-PEG2k was 24.5, 29.5, 34.0, 41.4 and 15.6 nm, respectively. After oral administration by gavage to rats, PMs were retained in the gastrointestinal tract for at least 4 h, and the copolymer block chain lengths did not have significant influence. The emergence of fluorescence in the blood and liver served as direct evidence to support oral absorption of integral PMs. Approximately 1-2% of intact particles were absorbedamount may be limited.The prevalence of infections with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has progressively increased worldwide, which demonstrated to be closely correlated to its biofilm formation. H. pylori biofilms protect the bacteria by significantly decreasing their sensitivity to antibiotics. Moreover, H. pylori colonizes on the gastrointestinal tract epithelium which is covered by mucus layer, acting as another barrier to prevent antibacterial agents from reaching the colonization sites. Herein, we prepared four types of versatile self-assembled nanodrugs (BD/RHL NDs) containing lipophilic alkyl berberine derivatives (BDs) and rhamnolipids (RHL) to overcome the dual obstructions of both mucus layer and biofilms. Molecular dynamics simulations estimated that the driving forces for self-assembly of BD/RHL NDs were electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. Alflutinib cell line BD/RHL NDs, characterized by appropriate size, negative charge and enhanced hydrophilicity, successfully penetrated through mucus layer without interacting with mucins. In in vitro experiments, BD/RHL NDs exhibited substantial ability to eradicate H. pylori biofilms by destroying their extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and killing planktonic H. pylori. Furthermore, BD/RHL NDs inhibited the adherence of H. pylori on both biotic and abiotic surfaces, therefore cut off the critical step of the biofilm re-formation which was associated with the recrudescence of infections. In an H. pylori-infected mice model, C10-BD/RHL NDs group showed 40 folds less remnant H. pylori and greater mucosal protection compared with the conventional clinical triple therapy. In conclusion, BD/RHL NDs could penetrate through mucus layer and effectively eradicate H. pylori biofilms in vitro and in vivo, providing a novel strategy for clinical treatment of biofilm-related infections.A high level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) upregulates pro-inflammatory cytokines and inhibits the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are key factors in bone regeneration. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a hydrophilic bile acid, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and also plays beneficial roles in bone regeneration by stimulating the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs while suppressing their adipogenic differentiation. Despite its remarkable capacity for bone regeneration, multiple injections of UDCA induce adverse side effects such as mechanical stress and contamination in bone defects. To fully exploit the beneficial roles of UDCA, a concept polymeric prodrug was developed based on the hypothesis that removal of overproduced H2O2 will potentiate the osteogenic functions of UDCA. In this work, we report bone regenerative nanoparticles (NPs) formulated from a polymeric prodrug of UDCA (PUDCA) with UDCA incorporated in its backbone through H2O2-responsive peroxalate linkages. The PUDCA NPs displayed potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in MSCs and induced osteogenic rather than adipogenic differentiation of the MSCs. In rat models of bone defect, the PUDCA NPs exhibited significantly better bone regeneration capacity and anti-inflammatory effects than equivalent amounts of UDCA. We anticipate that PUDCA NPs have tremendous translational potential as bone regenerative agents.Biosensors are finding new places in science, and the growth of this technology will lead to dramatic improvements in the ability to detect microorganisms in recreational and source waters for the protection of public health. Much of the improvement in biosensors has followed developments in molecular biology processes and coupling these with advances in engineering. Progress in the fields of nano-engineering and materials science have opened many new avenues for biosensors. The adaptation of these diverse technological fields into sensors has been driven by the need to develop more rapid sensors that are highly accurate, sensitive and specific, and have other desirable properties, such as robust deployment capability, unattended operations, and remote data transfer. The primary challenges to the adoption of biosensors in recreational and source water applications are cost of ownership, particularly operations and maintenance costs, problems caused by false positive rates, and to a lesser extent false negative rates, legacy technologies, policies and practices which will change as biosensors improve to the point of replacing more traditional methods for detecting organisms in environmental samples.COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to identify effective drugs for treatment. Despite multiple clinical trials using different agents, there is still a lack of specific treatment for COVID-19. Having the potential role in suppressing inflammation, immune modulation, antiviral and improving respiratory symptoms, this review discusses the potential role of methylxanthine drugs like pentoxifylline and caffeine in the management of COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 pathogenesis for clinical features like severe pneumonia, acute lung injury (ALI) / acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and multi-organ failures are excessive inflammation, oxidation, and cytokine storm by the exaggerated immune response. Drugs like pentoxifylline have already shown improvement of the symptoms of ARDS and caffeine has been in clinical use for decades to treat apnea of prematurity (AOP) in preterm infants and improve respiratory function. Pentoxifylline is well-known anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative molecules that have already shown to suppress Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-α) as well as other inflammatory cytokines in pulmonary diseases, and this may be beneficial for better clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
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