Nanotechnology Platform Could Improve Stem Cell Transplantation?
Stem
cells can grow into many non-identical kinds of cells, including neurons that
transmit information within the brain. Adult human-induced pluripotent stem
cells, which resemble embryonic stem cells, are often used to develop drugs
and model diseases. While stem cells hold great potential for treating
neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system injuries, controlling and
characterizing their fate are critical issues that need to be addressed before
their potential use as treatments is often fully realized. Current methods for
characterizing stem cell biomarkers destroy cellular activities and functions,
which makes it difficult to conduct more definitive research that might cause
biomedical applications.
Using
their nanotechnology platform, the scientists successfully monitored the
generation of neurons from human stem cells by characterizing next-generation biomarkers called exosomes—tiny particles
released by cells that play a critical role in cell-to-cell communication. The
scientists will further investigate their technology's versatility in other
applications, like detecting neurons in clinical settings.
The
nanotechnology platform, which uses special
tiny rods for sensing, allows researchers to verify the identity of human stem
cell fates and their biomarkers, or biological molecules, without destroying
them, according to a study within the journal ACS Nano. That's been a
significant issue during pre-clinical research on stem cells because it limits
further analyses and biomedical applications. "One of the most hurdles
within the present cell-based therapies is that the destructive nature of the
standard cell characterization step. With our technology, we'll sensitively and
accurately characterize the cells without compromising their viabilities,"
Controlling
and characterizing stem cells could also be a critical issue to affect before
transplantation medicine is often fully developed. Current methods destroy
cellular activities and functions, making it difficult to conduct more
definitive research that might cause biomedical
applications.
The
new nanotechnology the researchers developed could also be a multifunctional
magneto-plasmonic nanorod (NR)-based detection platform. The team was able to
successfully monitor the generation of neurons from human stem cells by
characterizing next-generation biomarkers called exosomes. These cells play a
critical role in cellular communication. The
authors said their “multifunctional magneto-plasmonic NR-based exosomal miRNA
detection platform features an excellent potential to research the function of
cell-cell interactions and intrinsic cellular regulators for controlling
vegetative cell differentiation.”
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