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Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Chemotherapeutic Applications
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Shieh, Aileen
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480594149120089
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Chemistry.
Abstract
The self-assembly of short designed peptides into functional nanostructures is becoming a growing interest in a wide range of fields from optoelectronic devices to nanobiotechnology. In the medical field, self-assembled peptides have especially attracted attention with several of its attractive features for applications in drug delivery, tissue regeneration, biological engineering as well as cosmetic industry and also the antibiotics field. We here describe the self-assembly of peptide conjugated with organic chromophore to successfully deliver sequence independent micro RNAs into human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. The nanofiber used as the delivery vehicle is completely non-toxic and biodegradable, and exhibit enhanced permeability effect for targeting malignant tumors. The transfection efficiency with nanofiber as the delivery vehicle is comparable to that of the commercially available RNAiMAX lipofectamine while the toxicity is significantly lower. We also conjugated the peptide sequence with camptothecin (CPT) and observed the self-assembly of nanotubes for chemotherapeutic applications. The peptide scaffold is non-toxic and biodegradable, and drug loading of CPT is high, which minimizes the issue of systemic toxicity caused by extensive burden from the elimination of drug carriers. In addition, the peptide assembly drastically increases the solubility and stability of CPT under physiological conditions in vitro, while active CPT is gradually released from the peptide chain under the slight acidic tumor cell environment. Cytotoxicity results on human colorectal cancer cells and non-small cell lung cancer cell lines display promising anti-cancer properties compared to the parental CPT drug, which cannot be used clinically due to its poor solubility and lack of stability in physiological conditions. Moreover, the peptide sequence conjugated with 5-fluorouracil formed a hydrogel with promising topical chemotherapeutic applications that also display increased stability and controlled release of the active drug in vitro.
Committee
Jonathan Parquette (Advisor)
Pages
126 p.
Subject Headings
Chemistry
Keywords
Self-assembled Nanomaterials, Chemotherapeutic Applications
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Shieh, A. (2016).
Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Chemotherapeutic Applications
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480594149120089
APA Style (7th edition)
Shieh, Aileen.
Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Chemotherapeutic Applications.
2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480594149120089.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Shieh, Aileen. "Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Chemotherapeutic Applications." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480594149120089
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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