What have we learnt from SAXS and SANS on nanoparticles made of self-assembled bioconjugates for nanomedicine applications?

17 Dec 2025, 11:40
20m
ILL50-110 (ILL50)

ILL50-110

ILL50

71 avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble

Speaker

Fabienne Testard (CEA, UMR 3685 CEA_CNRS, NIMBE/LIONS Université Paris Saclay)

Description

In the context of nanomedicine, combining SAXS, SANS and cryoTEM is a powerfull methodology to probe the formation, aging in biological media and interactions of Drug nanoparticles with proteins. In this talk, I will illustrate from different examples of bioconjugates self-assembled nanoparticles, how this approach allowed us to link the nanoparticle’s structure, stability, and analgesic activity [1-6].

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  2. Rouquette, M., Ser-Le Roux, K., Polrot, M., Bourgaux, C., Michel, J. P., Testard, F., ... & Lepetre-Mouelhi, S.. Towards a clinical application of freeze-dried squalene-based nanomedicines. Journal of drug targeting, (2019) 27(5-6), 699-708.
  3. Elodie Marret Sicard, phD UPS, « Nanoprécipitation de dérivés squalénés en milieux aqueux : Influence de la formulation sur la distribution de taille et la structure interne des nanoparticules obtenues », Juil. 2019
  4. Gobeaux, F., Bizeau, J., Samson, F., Marichal, L., Grillo, I., Wien, F., ... & Testard, F. Albumin-driven disassembly of lipidic nanoparticles: the specific case of the squalene-adenosine nanodrug. Nanoscale, (2020) 12(4), 2793-2809.
  5. Caillaud, M., Gobeaux, F., Hémadi, M., Boutary, S., Guenoun, P., Desmaële, D., ... & Massaad-Massade, L. Supramolecular organization and biological interaction of squalenoyl siRNA nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, (2021) 609, 121117.
  6. Lepetre-Mouelhi, S., Gobeaux, F., Da Silva, A., Prades, L., Feng, J., Wien, F., ... & Testard, F. Leu-Enkephalin Lipid Prodrug Nanoparticles: Relationship between Nanoparticles’ Structure, Interaction with Bovine Serum Albumin, and Analgesic Activity. Chemistry of Materials, (2024) 36(2), 694-707.

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