Issue 48, 2022

Stimuli-responsive nucleic acid nanostructures for efficient drug delivery

Abstract

Based on complementary base pairing, nucleic acid molecules have acted as engineerable building blocks to prepare versatile nanostructures with unique shapes and sizes. Benefiting from excellent programmability and biocompatibility, rationally designed nucleic acid nanostructures have been widely employed in biomedical applications. With the development of the chemical biology of nucleic acids, various stimuli-responsive nucleic acid nanostructures have been constructed by tailored chemical modification with multifunctional components. In this minireview, we summarize the representative and latest research about the employment of stimuli-responsive nucleic acid nanostructures for drug delivery in response to endogenous and exogenous stimuli (redox gradient, pH, nuclease, biomacromolecule, and light). We also discuss the broad prospects and remaining challenges of nucleic acid nanotechnology in biomedical applications.

Graphical abstract: Stimuli-responsive nucleic acid nanostructures for efficient drug delivery

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
27 Way 2022
Accepted
25 Xim 2022
First published
25 Xim 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 17862-17870

Stimuli-responsive nucleic acid nanostructures for efficient drug delivery

C. Yang, X. Wu, J. Liu and B. Ding, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 17862 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05316K

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