In this study, we investigated the interface contacting inhibition behaviors of chitosan against bacterial in the dispersing state. For that purpose, chitosan microspheres (CMs) in the dispersing state was prepared by the emulsification cross-linking method. The CMs had smooth surface and spherical shape with the diameter of about 124 mm. They were stable after sterilization at 121uC and 150 kPa for 20 min. The CMs had similar antibacterial activity to that of chitosan in the solution form. Their antibacterial activities increased with the increase of the CM concentration, while decreased with the increase of pH of the system. It was found that the CMs with the degree of deacetylation (DD) of 63.6% exhibited the highest antibacterial activity, while the CMs with the DD of 83.7% exerted the lowest antibacterial activity among the three tested samples.
Intracellular
delivery and genetic modification have brought a
significant revolutionary to tumor immunotherapy, yet existing methods
are still limited by low delivery efficiency, poor throughput, excessive
cell damage, or unsuitability for suspension immune cells, specifically
the natural killer cell, which is highly resistant to transfection.
Here, we proposed a vibration-assisted nanoneedle/microfluidic composite
system that uses large-area nanoneedles to rapidly puncture and detach
the fast-moving suspension cells in the microchannel under vibration
to achieve continuous high-throughput intracellular delivery. The
nanoneedle arrays fabricated based on the large-area self-assembly
technique and microchannels can maximize the delivery efficiency.
Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes (Cas9/RNPs) can be delivered directly
into cells due to the sufficient cellular membrane nanoperforation
size; for difficult-to-transfect immune cells, the delivery efficiency
can be up to 98%, while the cell viability remains at about 80%. Moreover,
the throughput is demonstrated to maintain a mL/min level, which is
significantly higher than that of conventional delivery techniques.
Further, we prepared CD96 knockout NK-92 cells via
this platform, and the gene-edited NK-92 cells possessed higher immunity
by reversing exhaustion. The high-throughput, high-efficiency, and
low-damage performance of our intracellular delivery strategy has
great potential for cellular immunotherapy in clinical applications.
Oleoylchitosan (OCS) self-assembled nanoparticles as a carrier system for hydrophobic drug delivery was proposed. The OCS nanoparticles were prepared by an o/w emulsification method. Mean diameter of the OCS nanoparticles was around 275.3 nm. All the OCS and OCS nanoparticles have good biocompatibility from the cytotoxicity testing and erythrocyte toxicity assay. And the biocompatibility of OCS nanoparticles was better than OCS. Rifampicin, as a model drug, was investigated for its release properties in vitro. The release of rifampicin from solution with pH 6.0 and 6.8 was characterized by a faster release than from solution with pH 3.8. The increase of sodium tripolyphosphate could slower the release of drug. The sample with low concentration of rifampicin, released faster and entirely.
The mechanical properties (compressibility or deformability)
of
cells are closely related to their death, migration, and differentiation.
Accurate separation and manipulation of bioparticles based on these
mechanical properties are still a challenging in the field of acoustofluidics.
In this work, based on surface acoustic waves (SAW) and divergent
microchannels, we developed a new method for separating and detecting
particles or cells with different compressibility. The difference
in acoustic radiation force (F
r) caused
by compressibility are gradually amplified and accumulated by decreasing
the flow velocity, and they are finally reflected in the particle
migration distance. During the transverse migration process, the alternating
dominance of the acoustic radiation force and the Stokes resistance
force (F
s) drives the particles to create
three typical migration patterns: intermittent migration, compound
migration, and near-wall migration. In the present tilted SAW device,
a 91% separation success rate of ∼10 μm polystyrene (PS)
and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) particles can be achieved by optimizing
the acoustic field input power and the fluid velocity. The application
potential of the present divergent microchannel is validated by separating
the myelogenous leukemia cell K562 and the natural killer cell NK92
that have similar densities and sizes (∼15 μm) but different
compressibility. The results of this work are expected to provide
valuable insights into the acoustofluidics separation and detection
of the cells that are with different compressibility.
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