journal article·2022-01-25Open access

A Nanoscale Shape-Discovery Framework Supporting Systematic Investigations of Shape-Dependent Biological Effects and Immunomodulation

Wei Zhang, Hender Lopez, Luca Boselli, Paolo Bigini, André Perez-Potti, Zengchun Xie, Valentina Castagnola, Qi Cai, Camila P. Silveira, Joao M. de Araujo, Laura Talamini, Nicolò Panini, Giuseppe Ristagno, Martina B. Violatto, Stéphanie Devineau, Marco P. Monopoli, Mario Salmona, Valeria A. Giannone, Sandra Lara, Kenneth A. Dawson, Yan Yan

ACS Nano· Volume 16· Issue 1

Abstract

Since it is now possible to make, in a controlled fashion, an almost unlimited variety of nanostructure shapes, it is of increasing interest to understand the forms of biological control that nanoscale shape allows. However, a priori rational investigation of such a vast universe of shapes appears to present intractable fundamental and practical challenges. This has limited the useful systematic investigation of their biological interactions and the development of innovative nanoscale shape-dependent therapies. Here, we introduce a concept of biologically relevant inductive nanoscale shape discovery and evaluation that is ideally suited to, and will ultimately become, a vehicle for machine learning discovery. Combining the reproducibility and tunability of microfluidic flow nanochemistry syntheses, quantitative computational shape analysis, and iterative feedback from biological responses in vitro and in vivo, we show that these challenges can be mastered, allowing shape biology to be explored within accepted scientific and biomedical research paradigms. Early applications identify significant forms of shape-induced biological and adjuvant-like immunological control.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: 3D Printing in Biomedical Research · Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques · Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

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Affiliations

Guangdong Provincial Education Department Key Laboratory of Nano-Immunoregulation Tumor Microenvironment, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong P.R. China

Centre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

School of Physics and Optometric & Clinical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Grangegorman D07XT95, Ireland

Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy

Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078970 Natal, RN, Brazil

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy

School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Funding

Science Foundation Ireland · Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology · Guangdong Provincial Education Department · Chinese Scholarship Council

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