Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (7): 1415.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20200251

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Biomimicry of Cellular Membrane with Framework Nucleic Acids

YAN Lei,MAO Xiuhai*(),ZUO Xiaolei*()   

  1. Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
  • Received:2020-05-06 Online:2020-07-10 Published:2020-06-17
  • Contact: MAO Xiuhai,ZUO Xiaolei E-mail:xhmaosinap@163.com;zuoxiaolei@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † National Natural Science Foundation of China(21804088);Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai, China(SSMU-ZLXX20180701);Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Gaofeng Clinical Medicine, China(20171913);“Shuguang Program” Supported by Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, China(18SG16)

Abstract:

Biomimicry of cellular membrane is crucial for the study of cellular communications and transportation, and holds great potentials in various applications, including nanomedicine, nanopore based single molecule detection, cell imaging, drug delivery and cancer therapy. Owing to its ability to nanoscale precisely shape and manipulation, construction of framework nuclei acids(FNAs) provides a promising approach to bio-mimicking cellular membrane proteins and exploiting their functions and applications. In this review, we introduce the structure and imaging technology for FNAs as well as assembling methods for FNAs based artificial cellular membrane in recent years. In addition, the application fields as well as the existing opportunities and challenges of FNAs based biomimicry of cellular membrane are discussed.

Key words: Biomimicry, Cellular membrane, Framework nucleic acid, DNA nanotechnology

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