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I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy	Engineering multifunctional metal/protein hybrid nanomaterials as tools for therapeutic intervention and high-sensitivity detection Antonio Aires , David Maestro , Jorge Ruiz Del Rio , Ana R. Palanca , Elena Lopez-Martinez , Irantzu Llarena , Kalotina Geraki , Carlos Sanchez-Cano , Ana Villar , Aitziber L. Cortajarena Chemical Science 277 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05215A Diamond Proposal Number(s): [20603] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Protein-based hybrid nanomaterials have recently emerged as promising platforms to fabricate tailored multifunctional biologics for biotechnological and biomedical applications. This work shows a simple, modular, and versatile strategy to design custom protein hybrid nanomaterials. This approach combines for the first time the engineering of a therapeutic protein module with the engineering of a nanomaterial-stabilizing module within the same molecule, resulting in a multifunctional hybrid nanocomposite unachievable through conventional material synthesis methodologies. As the first proof of concept, a multifunctional system was designed ad hoc for the therapeutic intervention and monitoring of myocardial fibrosis. This hybrid nanomaterial combines a designed Hsp90 inhibitory domain and a metal nanocluster stabilizing module resulting in a biologic drug labelled with a metal nanocluster. The engineered nanomaterial actively reduced myocardial fibrosis and heart hypertrophy in an animal model of cardiac remodeling. In addition to the therapeutic effect, the metal nanocluster allowed for in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo detection and imaging of the fibrotic disease under study. This study evidences the potential of combining protein engineering and protein-directed nanomaterial engineering approaches to design custom nanomaterials as theranostic tools, opening up unexplored routes to date for the next generation of advanced nanomaterials in medicine.	Dec 2020

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I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy

Engineering multifunctional metal/protein hybrid nanomaterials as tools for therapeutic intervention and high-sensitivity detection

Antonio Aires , David Maestro , Jorge Ruiz Del Rio , Ana R. Palanca , Elena Lopez-Martinez , Irantzu Llarena , Kalotina Geraki , Carlos Sanchez-Cano , Ana Villar , Aitziber L. Cortajarena

Chemical Science 277

DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05215A

Diamond Proposal Number(s): [20603]