PMID- 38011318 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231219 LR - 20231219 IS - 2576-6422 (Electronic) IS - 2576-6422 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Dec 18 TI - Progress in Programmable DNA-Aided Self-Assembly of the Master Frame of a Drug Delivery System. PG - 5125-5144 LID - 10.1021/acsabm.3c00636 [doi] AB - Every year cancer causes approximately 10 million deaths globally. Researchers have developed numerous targeted drug delivery systems (DDSs) with nanoparticles, polymers, and liposomes, but these synthetic materials have poor degradability and low biocompatibility. Because DNA nanostructures have good degradability and high biocompatibility, extensive studies have been performed to construct DDSs with DNA nanostructures as the molecular-layer master frame (MF) assembled via programmable DNA-aided self-assembly for targeted drug release. To learn the progressing trend of self-assembly techniques and keep pace with their recent rapid advancements, it is crucial to provide an overview of their past and recent progress. In this review article, we first present the techniques to assemble the MF of a DDS with solely DNA strands; to assemble MFs with one or more additional type of construction materials, e.g., polymers (including RNA and protein), inorganic nanoparticle, or metal ions, in addition to DNA strands; and to assemble the more complex DNA nanocomplexes. It is observed that both the techniques used and the MFs constructed have become increasingly complex and that the DDS constructed has an increasing number of advanced functions. From our focused review, we anticipate that DDSs with the MF of multiple building materials and DNA nanocomplexes will attract an increasing number of researchers' interests. On the basis of knowledge about materials and functional components (e.g., targeting aptamers/peptides/antibodies and stimuli for drug release) obtained from previously performed studies, researchers can combine more materials with DNA strands to assemble more powerful MFs and incorporate more components to endow DDSs with improved or additional properties/functions, thereby subsequently contributing to cancer prevention. FAU - Yang, Gary Q AU - Yang GQ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9630-9704 AD - College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, P. R. China. FAU - Cai, Weibin AU - Cai W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7967-2699 AD - School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Zhiwen AU - Zhang Z AD - College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, P. R. China. FAU - Wang, Yujun AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20231127 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Bio Mater JT - ACS applied bio materials JID - 101729147 RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 0 (Polymers) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Nanostructures/chemistry MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - DNA/chemistry MH - Polymers MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA-aided OT - drug delivery systems OT - master frame OT - nanostructures OT - programmable OT - self-assemble EDAT- 2023/11/27 18:44 MHDA- 2023/12/19 06:42 CRDT- 2023/11/27 14:33 PHST- 2023/12/19 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/27 18:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/27 14:33 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsabm.3c00636 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2023 Dec 18;6(12):5125-5144. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00636. Epub 2023 Nov 27.