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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Imaging

Background:

  • Current single-biomimetic approaches are insufficient for complex natural systems.
  • Reconstructing intricate biological structures requires multipronged strategies.
  • Chlorosomes, natural light-harvesting organelles, offer unique dye assemblies and photonic properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To engineer a dual-biomimetic nanoagent capable of recapitulating chlorosome structures and functions.
  • To develop a system with tunable nanostructure-driven optical properties for biomedical applications.
  • To achieve advanced tumor imaging using both intact and disrupted nanostructures.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized a series of chlorin dyes.
  • Engineered a dual-biomimetic system within a single nanoagent.
  • Stabilized hydrophobic dye assemblies within a high-density lipoprotein for in vivo utility.

Main Results:

  • Developed a novel dual-biomimetic nanoagent mimicking chlorosomes.
  • Achieved tunable tumor imaging via photoacoustic and activatable fluorescence.
  • Demonstrated in vivo utility of the engineered system.

Conclusions:

  • A multipronged biomimetic approach can reconstruct complex natural systems.
  • The dual-biomimetic nanoagent shows promise for advanced biomedical imaging.
  • This strategy opens new avenues for complex biological system reconstruction.