Publication Date:
2012-02-22
Description:
We describe an autonomous DNA nanorobot capable of transporting molecular payloads to cells, sensing cell surface inputs for conditional, triggered activation, and reconfiguring its structure for payload delivery. The device can be loaded with a variety of materials in a highly organized fashion and is controlled by an aptamer-encoded logic gate, enabling it to respond to a wide array of cues. We implemented several different logical AND gates and demonstrate their efficacy in selective regulation of nanorobot function. As a proof of principle, nanorobots loaded with combinations of antibody fragments were used in two different types of cell-signaling stimulation in tissue culture. Our prototype could inspire new designs with different selectivities and biologically active payloads for cell-targeting tasks.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Douglas, Shawn M -- Bachelet, Ido -- Church, George M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2012 Feb 17;335(6070):831-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1214081.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22344439" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, CD/immunology
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Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/immunology
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Cell Line, Tumor
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*DNA/chemistry
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin Fragments/immunology
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Metal Nanoparticles
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Mice
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Molecular Conformation
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*Nanostructures
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*Robotics
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Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3
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*Signal Transduction
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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