Ultrasmall Enzyme-Powered Janus Nanomotor Working in Blood Circulation System.
ACS Nano
; 17(6): 6023-6035, 2023 03 28.
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ABSTRACT
Injectable chemically powered nanomotors may revolutionize biomedical technologies, but to date, it is a challenge for them to move autonomously in the blood circulation system and they are too large in size to break through the biological barriers therein. Herein, we report a general scalable colloidal chemistry synthesis approach for the fabrication of ultrasmall urease-powered Janus nanomotors (UPJNMs) that have a size (100-30 nm) meeting the requirement to break through the biological barriers in the blood circulation system and can efficiently move in body fluids with only endogenous urea as fuel. In our protocol, the two hemispheroid surfaces of eccentric Au-polystyrene nanoparticles are stepwise grafted with poly(ethylene glycol) brushes and ureases via selective etching and chemical coupling, respectively, forming the UPJNMs. The UPJNMs have lasting powerful mobility with ionic tolerance and positive chemotaxis, while they are able to be dispersed steadily and self-propelled in real body fluids, as well as demonstrate good biosafety and a long circulation time in the blood circulation system of mice. Thus, the as-prepared UPJNMs are promising as an active theranostics nanosystem for future biomedical applications.
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Nanopartículas
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2023
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