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A biochemical logic approach to biomarker-activated drug release†
Oleksandr Zavalov,Kevin MacVittie,Mary A. Arugula,Nataliia V. Guz,Maxim E. Dokukin,Jan Halámek,Igor Sokolov,Vladimir Privman,Evgeny Katz
Journal of Materials Chemistry Pub Date : 07/25/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2JM32966B
Abstract

The present study aims at integrating drug-releasing materials with signal-processing biocomputing systems. Enzymes alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST)—biomarkers for liver injury—were logically processed by a biocatalytic cascade realizing a Boolean AND gate. Citrate produced in the system was used to trigger a drug-mimicking release from alginate microspheres. In order to differentiate low vs. high concentration signals, the microspheres were coated with a protective shell composed of layer-by-layer adsorbed poly(L-lysine) and alginate. The alginate core of the microspheres was prepared from Fe3+-cross-linked alginate loaded with rhodamine 6G dye mimicking a drug. Dye release from the core occurred only when both biomarkers, ALT and AST, appeared at their high pathophysiological concentrations jointly indicative of liver injury. The signal-triggered response was studied at the level of a single microsphere, yielding information on the dye release kinetics.

Graphical abstract: A biochemical logic approach to biomarker-activated drug release
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