Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Veronique Preat
University of Louvain, Louvain drug research Institute, Belgium
Keynote: Local and targeted delivery of nanomedicines for the treatment of glioblastoma
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Biography:
Véronique Préat is full professor of pharmaceutics at the Faculty of pharmacy and head of the laboratory of Advanced drug delivery and biomaterials at the Louvain Drug research institute of the University of Louvain. She received a master and PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from this university. Her research area is focused on advanced delivery systems for unmet medical and pharmaceutical needs. In particular, her research on nanomedicines mainly focuses on the oral delivery of lipidic and polymeric nanoparticles loaded with drugs and the intravenous and local delivery of nanomedicines targeting the tumoral endothelium and cancer cells. She also focuses on the delivery of DNA and RNA with a particular interest in vaccination and cancer treatments. She supervised 38 PhD theses. She is author of more than 250 publications and book chapters with a h index 54 and more than 11500 citations. She is a highly cited researcher since 2015.
Abstract:
Glioblastoma (GBM) treatment includes, when possible, surgical resection of the tumor followed by chemoradiotherapy but the survival remains low mainly due to local recurrences. The local and targeted systemic delivery of anticancer drug-loaded nanomedicines to treat GBM after surgical resection of the tumor is a promising strategy. Among the strategies that have been adopted in the last two decades to find new and efficacious therapies for the treatment of GBM, the local delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs in the tumor resection cavity emerged. We developed two formulations of anticancer nanomedicines that can be injected perisurgically in the resection cavity of orthotopic GBM. Both PEG-DMA photopolymerisable hydrogel containing paclitaxel loaded nanoparticles and lauroyl-Gemcitabine lipid nanocapsules that spontaneously form a gel significantly improved the survival of the GBM-bearing mice. Another nanomedicine-based strategy could also improve GBM outcome. Targeted nanotheranostics are promising multifunctional system characterized by nano-size, possibility of surface functionalization, diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Due to the loss of BBB integrity in the GBM area, we showed that active targeting or magnetic targeting of SPIO/paclitaxel loaded nanoparticles enhanced the biodistribution of the nanoparticles in the brain and enhanced the survival time of GBM bearing mice after IV administration. The potential of other nanomedicine-based treatments of GBM will be discussed.
Keynote Forum
Hiroshi Maeda
Osaka University Medical School ,Japan
Keynote: Drug Delivery to Cancer based on Nano Medicine utilizing EPR effect
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Biography:
Hiroshi Maeda is a world renowned expert in macromolecular therapeutics. He created the world first polymeric-conjugate drug, SMANCS, approved for treatment of hepatoma in Japan. Consequently, he discovered the concept of EPR effect of macromolecular-drugs, ubiquitous mechanism for solid tumor selective targeting of polymeric drugs. He received MS, University of California, Devis, Fulbright student, Ph.D., M.D., Tohoku University. He published more than 450 papers in reputed journals. He was awarded Lifetime-Achievement-Award at Royal-Pharmaceutical-Society, Princess-Takamatsu-Award in Cancer Research, Tomizo-Yoshida-Award, highest award of Japan-Cancer-Assoc., and also selected as most cited influential scientist in pharmacology by Thomson Reuters 2014, and H-index of 89.
Abstract:
History of anticancer agents can be traced back 70 years, and that of photodynamic therapy (PDT), or boron / thermal neutron capture therapy (BNCT) to more than 100 years, or 50 years, respectively. However, WHO or NCI of USA admit that most of cancer drugs developed were failure of >90%. A major reason for these failures, is attributed to that there is no general principle to deliver the drugs to cancer tissue until the EPR (enhanced permeability and retention) effect was discovered in 1986 by us. I will present in this meeting advantages of macromolecular drug or nanomedicine for cancer drug-targeting to tumor based on the EPR effect in solid tumor. Also, I will talk about the history, and controversial issues of the EPR effect, including various factors involved, such as heterogeneity, genetic mutational diversity, obstacles to the tumor blood flow or thrombi formation, and counter measures to overcome these problems in the EPR based drug delivery. Also gaps between experimental models of mice, in contrast to practical human clinical setting, will be discussed. Issues of cell internalization, which is greatly affected by the nature of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) was demonstrated using HPMA-polymer(P)-conjugated-pirarubicin (THP) and P-doxorubicin (P-DOX), where P-THP was more than 30 fold better than P-DOX. Critical importance of the enhancers of the EPR effect such as nitroglycerin are also discussed, and brief results of clinical pilot study of P-THP will be presented.
Keynote Forum
Madhavan Nair
Florida International University
Keynote: Getting into the Brain: Potential of Nanotechnology to Manage NeuroAIDS and Drug Addictions.
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Biography:
Madhavan Nair is the Founding Chair and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Immunology at HWCOM, Florida International University. Dr. Nair’s main contribution to science include: a) first to report of reduced NK cell activity in intravenous drug users, b) first to report of immunoregulatory effects of HIV-1 recombinant peptides, c) first to report of differential effects of HIV-1B and C tat protein on secretion of neuropathogenic (IDO) and inflammatory molecules by primary monocytes and astrocytes, d) first report of morphine-induced apoptosis, e) synergistic effects of drug abuse and HIV-1 proteins on various immune responses and f) proteomic profiling of normal human astrocytes treated with cocaine, g) heroin induced differential protein expression by astrocytes h) transmigration of drugs bound nanocarrier across blood brain barrier model and i) the first report of transport and controlled release of HIV drugs bound to novel magneto- electric nanoparticles across BBB.
Abstract:
2014 report suggests that more than 36.9 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the world today that includes more than 1.2 million people from US. Current studies also show that more than 247 million people are affected with substance abuse in the world that includes more than 24 million Americans. Reports also show that more than 3-4 million people are co-affected with HIV and illicit drug use. Although highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in remarkable decline in the morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients, inadequate delivery of HIV drugs across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to the brain results in HIV persistence. Drugs of abuse such as opiates act synergistically with HIV-1 to potentiate the HIV-related neurotoxicity that leads to development of Neuro-AIDS. In recent years, use of nanotechnology has shown exciting prospect for development of novel drug delivery systems. We herein report the development of a Magneto-Electric Nanocarrier (MEN) to deliver and release on demand of HIV drugs and opiate antagonist, which are otherwise impenetrable to brain and inhibit HIV and reverse opiate mediated adverse neurological effects. The proposed nanocarrier is anticipated to simultaneously reduce Neuro-AIDS and opiate addiction in HIV-1 infected opiate addicts. Further, this invented/patented new technology will have universal applicability for targeting and controlled release of drugs against a variety of other CNS diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, brain tumors etc
Keynote Forum
Arvydas Tamulis
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University,Lithuania
Keynote: Possible to Excite Transmission of Nerve Signals in Brain for Cancer Therapy
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Biography:
Arvydas tamulis has completed his Ph.D. degree of the Theoretical and Mathematical Physics in Vilnius University in 1985.He worked has a Research Fellow at the Institute of Physics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences from 1985-1996.At Present he is working as a Senior researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University. Total number of scientific publications 228: 5 chapters of books, 117 scientific articles in the refered issues (67 of them in the ISI Web of Science list with the impact factor). Science presentations in more than 100 conferences and symposia in Lithuania, Russia, Poland, England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Japan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands and USA. During 22 years of restored Lithuanian independancy have sucessfuly participated in 27 scientific projects.
Abstract:
Keynote Forum
Ling Peng
French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS),France
Keynote: Charm of dendrimer nanotechnology for biomedical applications
Time : TBA
Biography:
Ling Peng is a leading expert in developing functional dendrimer nanosystems for drug delivery in biomedical applications. She has successfully established bio-inspired structurally flexible and self-assembling dendrimer nanosystems for drug and nucleic acid delivery. One of the dendrimers developed by her team has been scheduled in clinical trials. Dr Peng has coordinated and participated in different European projects and actively involved in several European CAOST Actions. She is currently a research director at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS), and a principle investigator at the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM). Her research team has been labelled by La Ligue contre Le Cancer in France for the period of 2016-2020, and she was awarded for the Prize of Dr and Mrs Henri Labbé by the French Academy of Sciences in 2017.
Abstract:
Nanotechnology is widely expected to bring breakthroughs in specific delivery of the right therapeutic agent to the right patient at the right disease lesion. Dendrimers are ideal nanocarriers for drug delivery by virtue of their uniquely well-defined structures and multivalent cooperativity confined within a nanosized volume per se. We have established bioinspired structurally flexible and self-assembling supramolecular dendrimers for drug delivery.1-6 These dendrimers are excellent nanocarriers for personalized medicine: they are able to form modular, responsive and adaptive nanosystems, and effectively deliver various chemo- and bio-therapeutics as well as imaging agents for precise diagnosis and personalized treatment in various disease’s models. These studies have offered new perspectives in dendrimer nanotechnology based biomedical applications.
Keynote Forum
Michal M. Godlewski,
Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS-SGGW, Poland
Keynote: New biocompatible oxide nanoparticles as carriers of bioactive compounds through the blood-brain barrier
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Biography:
Dr Michal M. Godlewski is currently the Vice-Dean for International Studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, WULS-SGGW. He defended the PhD in 2003 and received habilitation in 2015. Currently he manages Cytometric Laboratory of the Department of Physiological Sciences and Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering in the Veterinary Research Centre/Centre for Biomedical Research of the Department of Large Animal Diseases with Clinic. Dr Godlewski is recognized expert in the field of nanoparticle applications for medicine. In his research he collaborates with 20 scientific institutions and 6 business partners. His recent scientific interest relate to the interactions of nanomaterials with living organism and the development of nanoparticles for bio-medical applications. He is author/co-author of 60 papers in the WoS database and over 10 chapters in academic monographies, cited over 500 times. Forty invited talks and 30 national and international prizes and medals for innovation, reflect the relevance of his research.
Abstract:
Blood-brain barrier is major obstacle for drug delivery to the brain. In this study we focused on oxide nanoparticles (NPs) as potential drug carriers. Mice received suspension of Y2O3:Tb:Lectin NPs (10mg/ml; 0.3ml/mouse) via gastric gavage (IG) and were sacrificed after 24h, 48h and 1 week. Control group received equivalent suspension of pure lectin. All protocols were conducted according to EU guidelines and approved by LEC agreement No 44/2012. Following the sacrifice, brain tissue was collected for the analyses under confocal microscope and scanning cytometry. Lectins were chosen as a perfect model substance for the use of NPs as carriers, due to the fact that physiologically they are not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.
Control group exhibited extremely low signal for lectin not exceeding background level. In the group which received Y2O3:Tb:Lectin, signal for lectin coincided with NPs red fluorescence in the brain as soon as 24h after IG. Following 48h, the convergence lowered and after 1 week only free lectin were observed in the brain tissue.
In conclusion, oxide NPs proved able to transport bioactive compounds through the blood-brain barrier. After entering brain tissue complexes of nanoparticles and lectin dissolved and free lectin was deposited in the tissue.
- Nanomaterials for drug delivery
Location: Radisson Hotel Narita
Session Introduction
Sung Choi
The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
Title: Nanodiamond Clusters Decorated with Folic Acid for Photothermal Tumor Therapy
Biography:
Sung-Wook Choi has an expertise in design and fabrication of functional nanoparticles for specific tumor therapy. His academic interest included fluidic device, biomaterials, scaffold, tissue engineering as well as nanomedicine. Recently, he has worked on the nanodiamonds and their applications for nanodelivery and tissue engineering. The photothermal therapy using nanodiamond was first reported in his research group.
Abstract:
Statement of the Problem: Photothermal tumor therapy (PTT) have attracted considerable attention as minimally invasive therapeutic techniques as they have a typical tissue penetration of several centimeters in biological tissues. Nanodiamonds (NDs) have a truncated octahedral composition, have emerged as promising materials due to their spherical morphology, versatile functionality, fluorescent property, colloidal stability, and high biocompatibility. Herein, we designed ND nanoclusters decorated with folic acid (FA) as a targeting moiety and utilized the photothermal effect of NDs upon NIR laser irradiation for tumor therapy.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: To evaluate the photothermal property of ND nanoclusters with various ND concentrations, samples were prepared and then exposed to NIR laser ( λ = 808 nm) for 5 min. in vivo tumor specificity and therapeutic efficacy also examined by injecting ND and FA-ND nanoclusters into tumor-bearing nude mice through a tail vein.
Findings: FA-ND nanoclusters exhibited specific cellular uptake to KB cells. The viability of KB cells treated with FA-ND cluster was reduced to 5.4% (94.6% of ablation ratio) along the light of NIR laser. An in vivo studies revealed that FA-ND nanoclusters selectively accumulated in tumor tissue and effectively reduced tumor volume from 36.1 ± 5.2 mm3 to 21.4 ± 4.9 mm3 by the NIR laser-exposed.
Conclusion & Significance: We demonstrated the superior performance of FA-ND nanoclusters for selective photothermal tumor therapy. We believe that FA-ND nanoclusters have great potential for selective photothermal tumor therapy.
Nana Zhao
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Title: Versatile organic/inorganic nanohybrids for delivery systems
Biography:
Prof. Nana Zhao has her expertise in strategic design, controlled synthesis, and biomedical applications of organic/inorganic nanohybrids, including diagnosis of diseases, gene delivery, controlled drug-release, and imaging. Integrating the control over morphology, surface functionalization, and self-assembly strategies, the performance of nanohybrids could be improved further.
Abstract:
Organic/inorganic nanohybrids with favorable physical and chemical properties constructed form suitable surface functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) with superior polycations are promising candidates as carriers with multi-functions. The morphology (size and shape) of NPs are considered to have an intense influence on their interaction with cells and biological systems, while the effect of morphology on gene carriers are poorly understood. We developed several facile strategies to construct organic/inorganic nanohybrids of polycations and inorganic nanoparticles. Grafting-from, grafting onto and host-guest interactions were all utilized for the fabrication of nanohybrids. Furthermore, we employed SiO2 and Au NPs as model systems to investigate the morphology effect. A series of novel gene carriers based on polycation-functionalized SiO2 and Au NPs with different morphologies were designed and synthesized, including nanospheres, nano-octahedras, nanorods, arrow-headed nanorods and chiral nanorods, et al. The morphology of both SiO2 and Au NPs is demonstrated to play an important role in gene transfection. Based on the results, star-shaped hollow silica carriers with photothermal gold caps were synthesized for the co-delivery of drugs and genes. One dimensional nanohybrids of polycations and iron oxide or quantum dots were also designed and satisfying therapeutic effects were achieved. In addition, magnetic resonance (MR) or fluorescence imaging could be realized in the same nanostructure. Therefore, combing the intriguing properties of inorganic parts, the carriers could integrate the functions of imaging and be employed for theranostic platforms. These results may provide new avenues to develop promising carriers and useful information for the application of NPs in biomedical areas.
Xiao xuan LIU
China Pharmaceutical University, P. R. China
Title: Stimulus-sensitive self-assembling amphiphilic dendrimers as siRNA delivery platform
Biography:
Xiaoxuan LIU received her Ph.D in 2010 from both Wuhan University in China and Aix-Marseille University in France. After her Ph.D, she joined the Cancer Research Center of Marseille and Interdisciplinary Center on Nanoscience of Marseille in France and performed research for five years. During this period, she got two post-doctoral grants from l’Association pour la Recherche sur les Tumeurs de la Prostate (ARTP) and l’Association Française contre les Myopathies (AFM). On 2015, she was recruited as Specially-Appointed Professors by China Pharmaceutical University in China. On 2016, she was selected by the Thousand Youth Talents Plan. Her research interest is focus on developing multi-functional dendrimers as nanovectors for nucleic acid and drug delivery, which is interdisciplinary research program including chemistry, physics, biology and medicine. Originated from these research results, she has co-authored 28 publications. Some of them have been highlighted by Nature Chemistry and reported as frontispiece or cover story.
Abstract:
RNAi with synthetic siRNA holds great promise for therapeutic applications. However, safe and successful clinical translation essentially requires further advancement of developing efficient delivery systems. Among myriad nanocarriers, amphiphilic dendrimers, marrying the characteristic of dendrimers, self-assembly performance of amphiphilic molecules and the bio-mimicry of lipids, become particularly appealing as nanovectors for drug delivery in nanomedicine, in particular for small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics. Here, we reported a series of amphiphilic dendrimers are able to self-assemble into adaptive supramolecular assemblies upon interaction with siRNA, and effectively delivers siRNAs to various cell lines, including human primary and stem cells, thereby outperforming the currently available nonviral vectors. Furthermore, a fluorinated bola-amphiphilic dendrimer was constructed for on-demand delivery of siRNA based on specific response to reactive oxygen species (ROS). The siRNA/dendrimer complexes disassemble efficiently in ROS-rich cancer cells, followed by the effective siRNA delivery and potent gene silencing. Thanks to the fluorine atoms, the ROS-responsive siRNA delivery process can be tracked through 19F-NMR analysis. Our study demonstrates that the self-assembling amphiphilic dendrimers represent novel and versatile means for functional siRNA delivery, heralding a new age of dendrimer-based self-assembled drug delivery in biomedical applications.
Arvydas Tamulis
Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy,Lithuania.
Title: Quantum Entanglement Communications in Photoactive Synthetic Bio-Systems and in Neural Networks
Biography:
Abstract:
Julien Bras
University Grenoble Alpes,France
Title: Nanocellulose alginate composite for 3D cell growth
Biography:
Dr Julien Bras (H index: 32; 122 scientific papers, 11 patents) is Associate professor at Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP Pagora). He is member of Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, 2016-2021). He is deputy director of LGP2 (Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science) and head of the “Multiscale Biobased Material” group (ab. 40 pers.). He has directly supervised 23 PhD and 14 Post-doc focusing on research on Biomaterials, Nanocellulose & Specialty papers. After engineer diploma in Chemistry and a PhD on Renewable Materials in 2004, he worked in industry few years as Innovation Manager within Ahlstrom Specialty paper and then left industry to become associate professor since 2006.
Through his different experiences, he develops several competences. His expertise deals particularly with Nanocellulose, biobased and smart materials. More precisely, he proposed new way of production, characterization and functionalization of nanocellulose for several applications since more than 10 years. He has already coordinated or supervised several industrial and European projects in FP6, FP7 and Marie-Curie calls. He is involved in a Labex & Carnot institute organization as WP leader and is associate editor for an Elsevier Journal (Industrial Crops and products).
Abstract:
Dr Julien Bras (H index: 32; 122 scientific papers, 11 patents) is Associate professor at Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP Pagora). He is member of Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, 2016-2021). He is deputy director of LGP2 (Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science) and head of the “Multiscale Biobased Material” group (ab. 40 pers.). He has directly supervised 23 PhD and 14 Post-doc focusing on research on Biomaterials, Nanocellulose & Specialty papers. After engineer diploma in Chemistry and a PhD on Renewable Materials in 2004, he worked in industry few years as Innovation Manager within Ahlstrom Specialty paper and then left industry to become associate professor since 2006.
Through his different experiences, he develops several competences. His expertise deals particularly with Nanocellulose, biobased and smart materials. More precisely, he proposed new way of production, characterization and functionalization of nanocellulose for several applications since more than 10 years. He has already coordinated or supervised several industrial and European projects in FP6, FP7 and Marie-Curie calls. He is involved in a Labex & Carnot institute organization as WP leader and is associate editor for an Elsevier Journal (Industrial Crops and products).
Zi Sophia Gu
University of New South Wales,Australia
Title: Engineered clay nanoparticles for cancer treatment and diagnosis
Biography:
Dr Zi Sophia Gu is a Lecturer and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellow in the School of Chemical Engineering at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. She obtained PhD from Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, in 2011, and she was awarded a NHMRC EC Fellowship in 2013 when she started her independent research at UQ prior to joining UNSW in 2016. Sophia has been working in multidisciplinary research areas that combine the knowledge and skills across nanotechnology and biomedicine, and has developed a targeted anti-restenotic therapy and built inorganic nanoparticle platforms for diagnosing and treating diseases. She published in high-impact journals including Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, Chemistry of Materials, Materials Horizons, and Journal of Controlled Release etc. Her recent awards include The Monash Engineering Women’s Leadership Award and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Award. Her research group focuses on developing multifunctional nanomaterials for theranostic application (disease therapy and diagnosis).
Abstract:
Recent progress in material chemistry has enabled scientists to combine therapeutic and diagnostic agents on a single nanoplatform, which is designated as theranostics [1]. However, it remains a challenge to achieve theranostics with safety and high performance. We utilised a clay nanosheet LDH as the carrier of Mn(II) and anti-cancer drug 5-FU, and synthesised a new nanocomposite with outstanding pH-ultrasensitive T1-MRI performance and enhanced drug delivery efficiency [2,3] (Figure 1). Mn(II) element was doped in LDH nanostructure by isomorphic substitution to synthesis Mn-LDH nanosheets. The generated Mn-LDH (~50nm) showed an ultrahigh T1-weighted relaxivity of 9.48 mM-1s-1 at pH 5, possibly caused by the unique microstructure of Mn ions in Mn-LDHs. The relaxivity of Mn-LDH was highly sensitive to pH, which increased sixfold when pH was reduced from 7.4 to 7.0. The Mn-LDH was effectively internalised in HT29 cells, and the anti-cancer efficiency of 5-FU was enhanced by LDH delivery (IC50=1.54 µg/ml). The in vivo MRI evaluation showed an accumulation of Mn-LDH in tumour compared with liver and kidney, and the MRI signal maintained in tumour for 72 h. The second part of this talk will present a MnLDH@SPION nanocomposite as a pH-sensitive T1/T2 dual modal MRI contrast agent, hyperthermia agent and efficient drug carrier. The nanocomposite showed T1-weighted relaxivity increased from 1.88 to 6.23 mM-1s-1 and T2-weighted relaxivity from 226.18 to 367.25 mM-1s-1. This pH-sensitive and high relaxivity is not found in SPION as T2-MRI contrast agent. The MnLDH@SPION nanocomposite also has mild hyperthermia and efficient drug delivery properties.
Dr. Asahi Tomitaka
Florida International University, Florida
Title: Development and characterization of magneto-plasmonic nanocarriers for image-guided drug delivery
Biography:
Dr. Tomitaka received Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan in 2011. She was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto University, Japan from 2011 to 2012, and a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad at University of Washington, USA from 2012 to 2014. She is currently a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Immunology, Florida International University (FIU). Her expertise is magnetic engineering and nanotechnology for biomedical applications
Abstract:
Drug delivery systems have shown promising results for various diseases owing to the development in nanotechnology. However, the therapeutic effect is still limited due to the lack of monitoring system after drug administration. Image-guided drug delivery is an emerging strategy which has a great potential to improve the therapeutic efficacy of drug delivery systems by adding an image guidance. The addition of imaging enables monitoring of drug distribution after administration and quantification of the drugs at target site. Among various nanoparticles developed for biomedical applications, magnetic nanoparticles have shown promise for brain targeting and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to their unique magnetic properties. Gold nanoparticles possess excellent properties for various imaging modalities including X-ray computed tomography (CT) and photoacoustic imaging. Combining magnetic and plasmonic features in a single nano-structure gives multi-functionality which is suitable for image-guided drug delivery.
In this study, we synthesized magneto-plasmonic nanocarriers by a two-step process. First, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized by co-precipitation, followed by gold coating of MNPs by citrate reduction. The spherical magneto-plasmonic nanoparticles with the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak in the visible range were synthesized in this step. In the second step, the morphology of the nanoparticles was modified to star shape to adjust SPR within the near infrared (NIR) range. This NIR responsiveness is suitable for optical imaging systems due to the long penetration of NIR light inside body. A transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study showed successful synthesis of star shaped nanoparticles. We conducted magnetic and optical characterization of the magneto-plasmonic nanocarriers, and confirmed superparamagnetic property and SPR peak within NIR region. These results indicate the capacity of magneto-plasmonic nanocarriers for drug delivery systems with highly precise image guidance using multiple imaging modalities.
- Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Location: Radisson Hotel Narita
Session Introduction
Shubiao Zhang
Dalian Minzu University ,China
Title: Cationic lipids for gene delivery in vitro and in vivo
Biography:
Dr. Shubiao Zhang now is a distinguished professor at Dalian Minzu University and a doctor supervisor at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Dalian University of Technology. He is involved in the study about non-viral vectors for gene delivery and bio-active materials. He got many awards at the university including Young Backbone Teacher of Liaoning Province, New Century Excellent Talents of Ministry of Education, Academic Paper Award of Liaoning Province and Scientific and Technological Paper Award of Dalian City. He leads many research programmes supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education, Hoffmann La-Roche Ltd. and some domestic companies. He published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, among them over 40 were indexed by SCI, 15 by EI with a total cites of over 1200 times. He is a reviewer for many high quality peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Controlled Release, Bioconjucate Chemistry, Molecular Pharmaceutics and Interational Journal of Pharmaceutics.
Abstract:
Several novel tri-peptide cationic lipids were designed and synthesized for delivering DNA and siRNA. They have tri-lysine and tri-ornithine as headgroups, carbamate group as linker and 12 and 14 carbon atom alkyl groups as tails. These tri-peptide cationic lipids were prepared into cationic liposomes for the study of the physicochemical properties and gene delivery. Their particle size, Zeta potential and DNA-binding were characterized to show that they were suitable for gene transfection. The further results indicate that these lipids can transfer DNA and siRNA very efficiently into NCI-H460 and Hep-2 tumor cells. The selected lipid, CDO14, was able to deliver combined siRNAs against c-Myc and VEGF for silencing distinct oncogenic pathways in lung tumors of mice, with little in vitro and in vivo toxicity
Biography:
Sakthivel Lakshmana Prabu has his expertise in Herbal formulations, nanoparticulate drug delivery system and its therapeutical applications. He is Having 17 years of professional experience with good reputed pharmaceutical industrial expertise in quality assurance, validation and formulation development. He filled 3 international patents, published 93 research articles in International and National journals. Contributed 12 book chapters and edited 2 books. Book chapter entitled “Extraction of Drug from the Biological Matrix: A Review” has been downloaded 22,000 times worldwide. As a Principal Investigator, he received a project grant from Department of Biotechnology, India for the worth of 67 Lakhs. He is serving as reviewers for eight reputed journals and an editorial board member for five journals
Abstract:
Almost 80% of the adolescent populations of the world are affected with Acne vulgaris specifically during their puberty stage of life. Bacteria develop antibiotic resistance on repeated treatment with particular antibiotics by forming a rapport between the bacteria and antibiotic. In olden days, plants were used as a medicine for several diseases. Development of formulation for the treatment of acne is a major focused research in pharmaceutical sciences especially, in cosmetic care industries. The objective of our research is to prepare silver nanoparticles from the leaf extract of Ocimum Gratissimum and develop topical herbal gel formulation for the effective treatment of acne. Based on the research literatures, the medicinal plant Ocimum gratissimum is selected due to enormous pharmacological activity in relevance to acne. Methanolic leaf extract was prepared and analyzed for its phytoconstituents. The results of the study revealed the presence of phytoconstituents like alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins and saponins in the extract. 1mM aqueous solution of silver nitrate was used with the methanolic extract of Ocimum gratissimum for the preparation of silver nanoparticles. Formation of silver nanoparticles was confirmed by UV spectroscopy. Synthesized silver nanoparticles were spherical in shape with average particle size of 207.6 nm and the polydispersity index was found to be 0.256. These synthesized silver nanoparticles were incorporated into the gel base using Carbopol 934 and HPMC (1%w/v) and evaluated for its physicochemical properties and antibacterial activity. The results demonstrated that the developed topical herbal gel had easy washability, good spreadability and pH was found to be 6.72 and 6.80. Antibacterial study of the developed formulation showed higher inhibitory activity against Propionibacterium acne, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli when compared to the extract. The results of our study concluded that silver nanoparticle of Ocimum gratissiumum in aqueous gel base may be used for the treatment of acne vulgaris.
- Smart Drug Delivery Technology
Location: Radisson Hotel Narita
Session Introduction
Ajeet Kaushik
Florida International University, USA
Title: Non-invasive delivery of magnetic drug-nano-carrier to the brain
Biography:
Ajeet Kumar Kaushik, Ph.D. (http://akaushik3.wixsite.com/nanocare), is an Assistant professor at the Centre of Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology of Florida International University, USA. He is recipient of various reputed awards and exploring smart electrochemical sensing systems for rapid diagnostics and nanocarriers for on-demand site-specific delivery/release of therapeutics to prevent CNS diseases. His main research interest is developing nanomedicine along with exploring novel methods of brain delivery and wearable sensors for personalized health care. Dr. Kaushik received his Ph.D. (Chemistry and Biosensors) in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory and Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Advancements in nano-bio-technology revolutionized health care management via investigating nanomedicine and delivery for targeted diseases. Due to easy tunable performance features these systems serves in a controlled manner and significantly useful for personalized health care. Keeping this in view, magnetically-guided brain delivery of magneto-electro nanoparticles (MENPs ± 25 nm), a drug nano-carriers capable to exhibit a. c. magnetic field stimuli responsive on-demand drug release, in C57Bl/J mice has been demonstrated. Our findings confirm uniform distribution of MENPs in the brain of mice without causing clinical toxicity and altering neurologic behavior. However, the translation of this brain delivery method for humans is not yet developed due to a mismatch of available static magnet dimension in relation to the human brain size and shape. Aiming to develop personalized nanomedicine to eradicate neuro-HIV/AIDS, we demonstrated magnetically-guided brain delivery of MENPs to the brain of an adult female baboon (Papio hamadryas) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a navigation tool. An optimized dose of MENP (22 mg/13 kg) suspended in 100 mL PBS was injected into the baboon vasculature via the saphenous vein with a flow rate of 220 mL/hr. After injection, the baboon was placed under static MRI magnetic exposure for 3 hours to achieve magnetically-guided brain delivery. MRI image analysis confirmed MENPs distribution within the brain regions such as basal ganglia, hemisphere, and vertex. The results of histopathology and blood toxicity profile studies confirmed that injected MENPs did not cause any toxicity or metabolic abnormalities. We propose utilizing MRI as a potential navigation tool for the brain delivery of magnetic therapeutic formulations to treat brain diseases for personalized health care.
- Personalized Nanomedicine
Location: Radisson Hotel Narita
Session Introduction
Dr.Ling Peng
French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS),France
Title: Charm of dendrimer nanotechnology for biomedical applications
Biography:
Dr Ling Peng is a leading expert in developing functional dendrimer nanosystems for drug delivery in biomedical applications. She has successfully established bio-inspired structurally flexible and self-assembling dendrimer nanosystems for drug and nucleic acid delivery. One of the dendrimers developed by her team has been scheduled in clinical trials. Dr Peng has coordinated and participated in different European projects and actively involved in several European CAOST Actions. She is currently a research director at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS), and a principle investigator at the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM). Her research team has been labelled by La Ligue contre Le Cancer in France for the period of 2016-2020, and she was awarded for the Prize of Dr and Mrs Henri Labbé by the French Academy of Sciences in 2017.
Abstract:
Nanotechnology is widely expected to bring breakthroughs in specific delivery of the right therapeutic agent to the right patient at the right disease lesion. Dendrimers are ideal nanocarriers for drug delivery by virtue of their uniquely well-defined structures and multivalent cooperativity confined within a nanosized volume per se. We have established bioinspired structurally flexible and self-assembling supramolecular dendrimers for drug delivery.1-6 These dendrimers are excellent nanocarriers for personalized medicine: they are able to form modular, responsive and adaptive nanosystems, and effectively deliver various chemo- and bio-therapeutics as well as imaging agents for precise diagnosis and personalized treatment in various disease’s models. These studies have offered new perspectives in dendrimer nanotechnology based biomedical applications.
Rawan Alkahtani
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University:Saudi Arabia
Title: The Implications And Applications Of Nanotechnology In Dentistry
Time : TBA
Biography:
Dr. Rawan AlKahtani is a lecturer in the Restorative Dentistry Department at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She graduated from King Saud University with a bachelor in Dental Science, followed by a Masters degree in Clinical Restorative Dentistry from Newcastle university, UK. She additionally obtained a certificate in nanotechnology from University of Oxford and a certificate in clinical research from Harvard University. She is currently a PhD researcher in the institute of cellular medicine, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK.
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The Emerging Science Of Nanotechnology, Especially Within The Dental And Medical Fields, Has Sparked Research Interest In Regards To The Level Of Improvement These Quantum Particles Can Achieve In Comparison To Conventional Materials Used. Understanding The Science Behind Quantum Technology Is Essential To Appreciating How These Materials Can Be Utilised In Our Daily Practice. The Present Paper Will Help The Reader Understand The Technology Itself Through Acknowledging Its Benefits And Limitations And Reviewing The Science Behind It And The Ethical, Social, Health, And Environmental Implications Of Nanotechnology. Additionally, Applications Of Nanotechnology In Dental Diagnostics, Dental Prevention, And Dental Materials Will Be Discussed, Including A Variety Of Commercially Available Products And Supporting Evidence.
Jyh-Ping Chen
Chang Gung University, Taiwan, ROC
Title: Thermosensitive Magnetoliposome Nanodrugs for Cancer Therapy
Biography:
Dr. Jyh-Ping Chen has been a professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering at Chang Gung University since 1997. He is currently a researcher in Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and holds joint appointments as Professor in Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, and Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC. He received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1981 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1988. Professor Chen has published over 150 papers in SCI journals with more than 3500 citations. He is a guest editor or editorial board member for 13 international journals and a peer reviewer for more than 50 reputed SCI journals. His current research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering and drug delivery.
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Dr. Jyh-Ping Chen has been a professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering at Chang Gung University since 1997. He is currently a researcher in Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and holds joint appointments as Professor in Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, and Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC. He received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1981 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1988. Professor Chen has published over 150 papers in SCI journals with more than 3500 citations. He is a guest editor or editorial board member for 13 international journals and a peer reviewer for more than 50 reputed SCI journals. His current research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering and drug delivery.Furthermore, in vitro cell culture experiments confirmed that the drug carriers exhibited no cytotoxicity against fibroblasts and cancer cells. The drug-loaded carriers also showed better therapeutic effect toward killing cancer cells compared with free drugs. The blood hemolysis assay showed non-hemolytic activity, indicating good blood compatibility. Finally, in vivo experiments using xenograft tumor mouse model with U87 human glioblastoma cells with magnetic guidance and AMF treatment demonstrated the efficacy and safety of treatment using TCML-CPT11-shRNA.