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Project description:Exosomes are nanosized extracellular vesicles which have been recently demonstrated as promising agents for tissue repair/regeneration by inducing and guiding appropriate immune responses in dystrophic pathologies. Unfortunately, the accurate manipulation of exosomes by controlling their biodistribution still poses significant challenges. Here we overcome this limitation by developing an externally controlled delivery system for primed ANXA1 myo-exosomes (Exomyo). Effective nanocarriers are realized by immobilizing the Exomyo onto ferromagnetic nanotubes (NT-MAG) to achieve a controlled delivery and localization of Exomyo into skeletal muscles by an applied external magnetic field. Quantitative muscle-level analyses revealed that macrophages dominate the uptake of Exomyo from NT-MAG in vivo, to synergistically promote beneficial muscle responses in a murine animal model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) thanks to the successful localization of therapeutic Exomyo upon systemic injection. These findings provide valuable insights into the development of exosome-based therapies for muscle diseases and in general highlight the formulation of effective functional nanocarriers aimed at optimizing exosome biodistribution.
2024-07-23 | GSE263142 | GEO
Project description:Exosomes are nanosized extracellular vesicles which have been recently demonstrated as promising agents for tissue repair/regeneration by inducing and guiding appropriate immune responses in dystrophic pathologies. Unfortunately, the accurate manipulation of exosomes by controlling their biodistribution still poses significant challenges. Here we overcome this limitation by developing an externally controlled delivery system for primed ANXA1 myo-exosomes (Exomyo). Effective nanocarriers are realized by immobilizing the Exomyo onto ferromagnetic nanotubes (NT-MAG) to achieve a controlled delivery and localization of Exomyo into skeletal muscles by an applied external magnetic field. Quantitative muscle-level analyses revealed that macrophages dominate the uptake of Exomyo from NT-MAG in vivo, to synergistically promote beneficial muscle responses in a murine animal model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) thanks to the successful localization of therapeutic Exomyo upon systemic injection. These findings provide valuable insights into the development of exosome-based therapies for muscle diseases and in general highlight the formulation of effective functional nanocarriers aimed at optimizing exosome biodistribution.
2024-07-23 | GSE263456 | GEO
Project description:External magnetic-field driven delivery of exosomes modulates immune and metabolic changes of dystrophic muscle
| PRJNA1097576 | ENA
Project description:External magnetic-field driven delivery of exosomes modulates immune and metabolic changes of dystrophic muscle I
| PRJNA1095966 | ENA
Project description:External magnetic-field driven delivery of exosomes modulates immune and metabolic changes of dystrophic muscle II
| PRJNA1097580 | ENA
Project description:Self-assembly generated materials induced by an external magnetic field have attracted considerable interest following the development of nanodevices. However, the fabrication of macroscopic and anisotropic magnetic films at the nanoscale remains a challenge. Here, anisotropic magnetic films are successfully prepared using a solution-based nanowire assembly strategy under a magnetic field. The assembly process is manipulated by changing the thickness of silica shell coated on the surface of magnetic nanowires. The anisotropic magnetic films show highly anisotropic magnetization under different angles of magnetic field and better magnetization properties than that of disordered magnetic films. The well-defined nanowire arrays enable magnetization anisotropic property which may be useful in the magnetic energy conversion technologies and biomedical sciences which lie far beyond those achievable with traditional magnetic materials.
| S-EPMC7239272 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Cell-based therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and mdx mice has proven to be a safe but ineffective form of treatment. Recently, a group of cells called muscle side population (SP) cells have been isolated based on their ability to efflux the DNA-binding dye Hoechst. To understand the potential of skeletal muscle SP cells to serve as precursors for muscle, SP cells from the two mice strains mdx(5cv) and C57BL/6N were isolated, transduced, and transplanted. Under coculture conditions with myogenic cells, some cells within the SP cell population can give rise to early Pax7-positive satellite cells and other later stage myogenic cells. Transduced SP cells were transplanted via the tail vein and were shown to successfully deliver enhanced GFP and human microdystrophin to the skeletal muscle of nonirradiated mdx(5cv) mice, thus demonstrating their ability to travel through the capillaries and enter into damaged muscle. These results demonstrate that i.v. delivery of genes via SP cells is possible and that these SP cells are capable of recapitulating the myogenic lineage. Because this approach shows definitive engraftment by using autologous transplantation of noninjured recipients, our data may have substantial implications for therapy of muscular dystrophy.
| S-EPMC373505 | biostudies-literature
Project description:In humans, chronic glucocorticoid use is associated with side effects like muscle wasting, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. Intermittent steroid dosing has been proposed in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients to mitigate the side effects seen with daily steroid intake. We evaluated biomarkers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients, finding that, compared with chronic daily steroid use, weekend steroid use was associated with reduced serum insulin, free fatty acids, and branched chain amino acids, as well as reduction in fat mass despite having similar BMIs. We reasoned that intermittent prednisone administration in dystrophic mice would alter muscle epigenomic signatures, and we identified the coordinated action of the glucocorticoid receptor, KLF15 and MEF2C as mediators of a gene expression program driving metabolic reprogramming and enhanced nutrient utilization. Muscle lacking Klf15 failed to respond to intermittent steroids. Furthermore, coadministration of the histone acetyltransferase inhibitor anacardic acid with steroids in mdx mice eliminated steroid-specific epigenetic marks and abrogated the steroid response. Together, these findings indicate that intermittent, repeated exposure to glucocorticoids promotes performance in dystrophic muscle through an epigenetic program that enhances nutrient utilization.
| S-EPMC6975267 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The one-dimensional magnetic skyrmion motion induced by an electric current has attracted much interest because of its application potential in next-generation magnetic memory devices. Recently, the unidirectional motion of large (20??m in diameter) magnetic bubbles with two-dimensional skyrmion topology, driven by an oscillating magnetic field, has also been demonstrated. For application in high-density memory devices, it is preferable to reduce the size of skyrmion. Here we show by numerical simulation that a skyrmion of a few tens of nanometres can also be driven by high-frequency field oscillations, but with a different direction of motion from the in-plane component of the tilted oscillating field. We found that a high-frequency field for small skyrmions can excite skyrmion resonant modes and that a combination of different modes results in a final skyrmion motion with a helical trajectory. Because this helical motion depends on the frequency of the field, we can control both the speed and the direction of the skyrmion motion, which is a distinguishable characteristic compared with other methods.
| S-EPMC4742868 | biostudies-other
Project description:Physics of the quantum critical point is one of the most perplexing topics in current condensed-matter physics. Its conclusive understanding is forestalled by the scarcity of experimental systems displaying novel aspects of quantum criticality. We present comprehensive experimental evidence of a magnetic field-tuned tricritical point separating paramagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and metamagnetic phases in the compound CePtIn4 Analyzing field variations of its magnetic susceptibility, magnetoresistance, and specific heat at very low temperatures, we trace modifications of the antiferromagnetic structure of the compound. Upon applying a magnetic field of increasing strength, the system undergoes metamagnetic transitions which persist down to the lowest temperature investigated, exhibiting first-order-like boundaries separating magnetic phases. This yields a unique phase diagram where the second-order phase transition line terminates at a tricritical point followed by 2 first-order lines reaching quantum critical end points as [Formula: see text] 0. Our findings demonstrate that CePtIn4 provides innovative perspective for studies of quantum criticality.
| S-EPMC6789801 | biostudies-literature