Jessica Rosenholm

• Doctor of Science (Technology)
• Professor at Åbo Akademi University

New approaches in pharmaceutical chemistry have resulted in more complex drug molecules in the quest to achieve higher affinity to their targets. However, these ‘highly active’ drugs can also suffer from poor water solubility. Hence, poorly water soluble drugs became a major challenge in drug formulation, and this problem is increasing, as currentl...

Recent progress in the development of silica- and silicon-based multimodality imaging nanoprobes has advanced their use in image-guided drug delivery, and the development of novel systems for nanotheranostic and diagnostic applications. As biocompatible and flexibly tunable materials, silica and silicon provide excellent platforms with high clinica...

Nanodiamond (ND) has emerged as an intriguing material in recent years both industrially and in research. During the last decade, ND has furthered its way into the biomedical field, mainly due to its inherent photoluminescent properties. In parallel, the development of advanced biomedical imaging methods and techniques has faced a steep upswing, ma...

The threats posed by the impending “postantibiotic era” have put forward urgent challenges to be overcome by providing new diagnostic and therapeutic regimes for improved diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance and incurable bacterial infections are especially important in a society faced with rapid demographic change...

Zoledronic acid (ZOL) is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate used for the treatment of bone diseases and calcium metabolism. Anticancer activity of ZOL has been established, but its extraskeletal effects are limited due to its rapid uptake and accumulation to bone hydroxyapatite. In this work, we report on the development of tethered lipid bilayer...

The alterations in glucose metabolism flux induced by mitochondrial function changes are crucial for regulating bone immune homeostasis. The restoration of mitochondrial homeostasis, serving as a pivotal rheostat for balancing glucose metabolism in immune cells, can effectively mitigate inflammation and initiate osteogenesis. Herein, an ion-activat...

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a common neurologic disorder, impairing memory and spatial perception. Consistent with the extensive search for its treatment, we investigated the effect of Picein on inhibitory avoidance memory, lipid peroxidation, and the activity of hippocampal antioxidant enzymes in rats. Forty adult male Wistar rats were randomized in...

Metoclopramide (MCP) is frequently used to control nausea and vomiting in animals, but its short half-life requires it to be administered thrice daily. In addition, commercial veterinary MCP formulations are currently lacking. As a result, veterinary practitioners often resort to off-label use of human medications, which can lead to inconsistent pa...

Decorin (DCN) is a small extracellular proteoglycan with significant oncosuppressive activity. Lung adenocarcinoma is commonly devoid of DCN expression and is a leading cause of cancer mortality globally. As a proof‐of‐concept study for evaluating the oncosuppressive potential of DCN expression in lung adenocarcinoma cells, we constructed an oncoly...

Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are renewable bionanomaterials with great utilization potential in future biomedicals. However, conventional CNF hydrogels are limited by low structural flexibility and insufficiently tunable mechanical properties, restricting their...

Local intratympanic drug delivery to the inner ear possesses significant otological clinical promise as cisplatin‐induced hearing loss (CIHL) therapy, inducing significantly less side effects than systemic drug delivery. However, the multiple detoured barriers, round window membrane (RWM) and poorly controlled drug release hinder successful non‐inv...

In cancer therapy, it is essential to selectively release cytotoxic agents into the tumor to prevent the adverse effects associated with anticancer drugs. Thus, in this study, a stimuli-sensitive polymer–drug conjugate was synthesized for selective drug release. Doxorubicin (DOX) and docetaxel (DTX) were conjugated onto novel poly(jasmine lactone)...

Peptide folding is a dynamic process driven by non‐covalent cross‐linking leading to functional nanostructures for essential biochemical activities. However, replicating this process in synthetic systems is challenging due to the difficulty in mimicking nature‘s real‐time regulation of non‐covalent crosslinking for single‐chain polymer folding. Her...

This study aimed to investigate the potential of poly-δ-decalactone (PDL) and block copolymer (methoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly-δ-decalactone (mPEG-b-PDL) in the topical delivery of ketoconazole (KTZ) and eugenol (EUG) against Candida albicans....

Topical drug delivery employing drug nanocarriers has shown prominent results in treating topical ailments, especially those confined to the skin and eyes. Conventional topical formulations persist with drug and disease-related challenges during treatment. Various nanotechnology-driven approaches have been adopted to mitigate the issues associated...

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have emerged as promising drug carriers that can facilitate targeted anticancer drug delivery, but efficiency studies relying on active targeting mechanisms remain elusive. This study implements in vitro 3D cocultures, so‐called microtissues, to model a physiologically relevant tumor microenvironment (TME) to...

Peptide folding is a dynamic process driven by non‐covalent cross‐linking leading to functional nanostructures for essential biochemical activities. However, replicating this process in synthetic systems is challenging due to the difficulty in mimicking nature's real‐time regulation of non‐covalent crosslinking for single‐chain polymer folding. Her...

The resistance and impermeability of bacterial biofilms lead to incurable infections. Interference with bacterialrespiration is the key to the eradication of bacterial biofilm, but breaking the deep-tissue biofilm barrier todisrupt bacterial respiration still lacks effective means. Here, we report a hydrogel microsphere that disruptsbacterial respi...

Aqueous two‐phase emulsion (ATPE)‐based bioinks, a creative innovation for bioprinting, enable the fabrication of complex 3D cell‐laden hydrogels with macroporous structure, which promote cellular activities within the scaffold. However, these bioinks intrinsically lack stability and specific biofunctionality, potentially limiting their application...

Pinosylvin monomethyl ether (PsMME) is a natural compound known for its valuable bioactive properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. However, PsMME’s susceptibility to photodegradation upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation poses a significant limitation to its applications in the pharmaceutical field. This study, for th...

Drug delivery via the oral route has always been challenging for poorly soluble drugs. Acid-induced hydrolysis, enzymatic degradation, and poor mucosal absorbency remain the primary hiccups for effective oral delivery of medications. With the advent of nanotechnology, nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) have emerged as a promising delivery carrier...

Hydrogels play an important role in tissue engineering due to their native extracellular matrix-like characteristics, but they are insufficient in providing the necessary stimuli to support tissue formation. Efforts to integrate bioactive cues directly into hydrogels are hindered by incompatibility with hydrophobic drugs, issues of burst/uncontroll...

Multifunctional biomaterial inks are in high demand for adapting hydrogels in biomedical applications through three-dimensional (3D) printing. Our previously developed xeno-free system consisting of anionic cellulose nanofibers (T-CNF) and methacrylated galactoglucomannan (GGMMA) as a photo(bio)polymer provides high-performance ink fidelity in extr...

Celecoxib (CLX), a poorly soluble anti-inflammatory drug, requires administration in higher concentrations to produce therapeutic effects, oftentimes resulting in cardiac toxicity. Therefore, in this study, we employed a nanoemulsion technology to improve the solubility of CLX using poly(δ-decalactone) (PDL) polymer as an oil and mPEG-b-PDL as a su...

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are spherical vesicles composed of ionizable lipids that are neutral at physiological pH. Despite their benefits, unmodified LNP drug delivery systems have substantial drawbacks, including a lack of targeted selectivity, a short blood circulation period, and in vivo instability. lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles (LPHNPs)...

One-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials of conductive polypyrrole (PPy) are competitive biomaterials for constructing bioelectronics to interface with biological systems. Synergistic synthesis using lignocellulose nanofibrils (LCNF) as a structural template in chemical oxidation of pyrrole with Fe(III) ions facilitates surface-confined polymerization of...

In a healthcare setting, biofilms are a major source of infection and difficult to eradicate once formed. Nanoparticles (NPs) can be designed to effectively penetrate biofilms to more efficiently either deliver antibiotic drugs throughout the biofilm matrix or elicit inherent antibiofilm activity. Antibacterial cerium oxide (CeO2) NPs were employed...

Background: The application of metallic nanoparticles as a novel therapeutic tool has significant potential to facilitate the treatment and diagnosis of mitochondria-based disorders. Recently, subcellular mitochondria have been trialed to cure pathologies that depend on their dysfunction. Nanoparticles made from metals and their oxides (including g...

Semi-solid extrusion (SSE) 3D printing enables flexible designs and dose sizes to be printed on demand and is a suitable tool for fabricating personalized dosage forms. Controlled Expansion of Supercritical Solution (CESS®) is a particle size reduction technology, and it produces particles of a pure active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in a dry s...

The development and production of innovative protein-based therapeutics is a complex and challenging avenue. External conditions such as buffers, solvents, pH, salts, polymers, surfactants, and nanoparticles may affect the stability and integrity of proteins during formulation. In this study, poly (ethylene imine) (PEI) functionalized mesoporous si...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) induces immunogenic cell death (ICD) by producing reactive oxygen species (ROS), making it an ideal method for cancer treatment. However, the extremely lower level of oxygen, short half-life of produced ROS, and limited photosensitizers accumulating in the tumor site via intravenous administration are the main reasons tha...

A drug’s aqueous solubility is defined as the ability to dissolve in a particular solvent, and it is currently a major hurdle in bringing new drug molecules to the market. According to some estimates, up to 40% of commercialized products and 70–90% of drug candidates in the development stage are poorly soluble, which results in low bioavailability,...

Microgel assembly as void‐forming bioinks in 3D bioprinting has evidenced recent success with a highlighted scaffolding performance of these bottom‐up biomaterial systems in supporting the viability and function of the laden cells. Here, a ternary‐component aqueous emulsion is established as a one‐step strategy to integrate the methacrylated gelati...

Background: Escalating medical costs due to the increasing occurrence of high-priced orphan drugs is a topic discussed in the media and specialist literature. However, there is no study investigating the social impact of such drugs through the views of experts. Objectives: The aim was to demonstrate the social impact of the orphan drug nusinerse...

Nanozymes are considered to represent a new era of antibacterial agents, while their antibacterial efficiency is limited by the increasing tissue depth of infection. To address this issue, here, we report a copper and silk fibroin (Cu-SF) complex strategy to synthesize alternative copper single-atom nanozymes (SAzymes) with atomically dispersed cop...

Oligonucleotide-based therapy has experienced remarkable development in the past 2 decades, but its broad applications are severely hampered by delivery vectors. Widely used viral vectors and lipid nanovectors are suffering from immune clearance after repeating usage or requiring refrigerated transportation and storage, respectively. In this work,...

Pancreatic carcinoma is an aggressive subtype of cancer with poor prognosis, known for its refractory nature. To address this challenge, we have established a stable nanoplatform that combines chemotherapy with photodynamic therapy (PDT) to achieve better curative efficacy. First, we designed and synthesized a disulfide-bonded paclitaxel (PTX)-base...

Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) based CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system shows great potential in biomedical applications. However, due to the large size, charged surface and high biological sensitivity of RNP, its efficient delivery with precise control remains highly challenging. Herein, a microfluidic-assisted metal-organic framework (MOF) based biomineral...

To optimize synergistic breast cancer treatment, a nanocomposite was fabricated with pH-temperature responsive and chemo-photothermal combination therapy. Herein, gold nanorods (AuNRs) are coated with [poly[(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(methacrylic acid)] (p(NIPAM-co-MAA)) modified mesoporous silica (MS) for Doxorubicin (DOX) delivery ([email protect...

Functionalization of polymers is an attractive approach to introduce specific molecular forces that can enhance drug-polymer interaction to achieve higher drug loading when used as drug delivery systems. The novel amphiphilic block copolymer of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(jasmine lactone) i.e., mPEG-b-PJL, derived from renewable jasmine...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are the main cause of dementia in the elderly, having no cure to date, as the currently available therapies focus on symptom remission. Most NDDs will progress despite treatment and eventually result in the death of the patient after several years of a burden on both the patient and the caregivers. Therefore, it is...

Plastics are one of the most widely used polymeric materials. However, they are often undegradable and non‐recyclable due to the very stable covalent bonds of macromolecules, causing environmental pollution and health problems. Here, we report that liquid‐liquid phase separation (LLPS) could drive the formation of robust, stable, and sustainable pl...

Plastics are one of the most widely used polymeric materials. However, they are often undegradable and non‐recyclable due to the very stable covalent bonds of macromolecules, causing environmental pollution and health problems. Here, we report that liquid‐liquid phase separation (LLPS) could drive the formation of robust, stable, and sustainable pl...

Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is a major cause of dysfunction and loss of transplanted kidney. The current treatments for ABMR involve nonspecific inhibition and clearance of T/B cells or plasma cells. However, the prognosis of patients following current treatment is poor. T follicular helper cells (Tfh) play an important role in allograft-spe...

Achieving high solubilization capacity with the aid of polymeric micelles (PM) is still a major challenge. To address this shortcoming, novel poly(jasmine lactone) (PJL)-based PM were developed and compared with Soluplus® and poly(lactide) copolymer. The presence of “ene” groups on PJL’s backbone offers a unique opportunity to insert functional gro...

Herein, a smart nanohydrogel with endogenous microRNA-21 toehold is developed to encapsulate gemcitabine-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles for targeted pancreatic cancer therapy. This toehold mediated strand displacement method can simultaneously achieve...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has posed a huge threat to human health. It is urgent to explore efficient ways to suppress the spread of AMR. Antibacterial nanozymes has become one of the powerful weapons to combat AMR due to their enzyme-like catalytic activity with a broad-spectrum antibacterial performance. However, the inherent low catalytic ac...

Poster presentation, abstract added in ResearchGate

Biofilms are currently responsible for 80% of human chronic bacterial infections, being composed of bacterial communities within self‐produced extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) that can resist various adverse factors in the bacterial microenvironment. Therefore, the development of powerful antibacterial systems by disrupting biofilms first a...

Poor aqueous solubility of drugs is still a foremost challenge in pharmaceutical product development. The use of lipids in designing formulations provides an opportunity to enhance the aqueous solubility and consequently bioavailability of drugs. Pre-dissolution of drugs in lipids, surfactants, or mixtures of lipid excipients and surfactants elimin...

Orodispersible films (ODFs)are ultra-thin, stamp-sized, rapidly disintegrating, and attractive oral drug delivery dosage forms best suited for the pediatric and geriatric patient populations. They can be fabricated by different techniques, but the most popular, simple, and industrially applicable technique is the solvent casting method (SCM). In ad...

In recent years, polymer-based advanced drug delivery and tissue engineering have grown and expanded steadily. At present, most of the polymeric research has focused on improving existing polymers or developing new biomaterials with tunable properties. Polymers with free functional groups offer the diverse characteristics needed for optimal tissue...

Microfluidics has become a popular method for constructing nanosystems in recent years, but it can also be used to coat other materials with polymeric layers. The polymeric coating may serve as a diffusion barrier against hydrophilic compounds, a responsive layer for controlled release, or a functional layer introduced to a nanocomposite for achiev...

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains the most challenging breast cancer subtype. In the presented work, we have combined several emerging technologies to build up a nanoplatform for TNBC treatment: photothermal therapy, prodrug design and tumor cell camouflage formulation. First, we synthesized a paclitaxel (PTX) based prodrug PTX-SS, and t...

Abstract Zeta potential is an essential surface parameter in the characterization of nanoparticles, determined at the interface of loosely bound ions (diffuse layer) at the nanoparticle surface and free ions in solution. The ionic concentration and pH of the solution are known to, by definition, influence the composition of the diffuse layer and ze...

Lithography-based digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing has gained increasing interest in the fabrication of custom-designed hydrogel scaffolds. Current research development calls for the versatility of the bio-based resin formulations...

Supramolecular polymers self-assembled by small molecules are a type of new material with adaptive and biocompatible properties. However, the mechanical property of these materials is always weak, impeding their applications in practice. Here, we reported that coacervation can be used to explore robust and stable bulk materials without the compromi...

Due to its modular and flexible design options, mesoporous silica provides ample opportunities when developing new strategies for combinatory antibacterial treatments. In this study, antibacterial ceria (CeO2) nanoparticles (NP) were used as core material, and were further coated with a mesoporous silica shell (mSiO2) to obtain a [email protected]...

Nanoemulsions are a rapidly growing drug delivery technology capable of increasing a drug's aqueous solubility and stability. A novel oil-in-water nanoemulsion using a polymer, poly(decalactone) (PDL), instead of a conventional oil was recently reported. The amount of drug loading in a polymer-based formulation is mainly governed by the drug's solu...

Numerous plant isolates with therapeutic properties, such as antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antiviral, antimalarial, antiarthritic (AA), hepatoprotective, cardiotonic, and so forth, are reported in the literature. Usually, medicinal plants are widely used, and assumed to be safe and cheaper alternatives to chemically synthesized drugs. However, t...

Appropriate tuning of robust artificial coatings can not only enhance intracellular delivery but also preserve the biological functions of genetic molecules in gene based therapies. Here, we report a strategy to synthesize controllable nanostructures in situ by encapsulating CRISPR/Cas9 plasmids into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) via biomimetic m...

Public awareness of infectious diseases has increased in recent months, not only due to the current COVID-19 outbreak but also because of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) being declared a top-10 global health threat by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019. These global issues have spiked the realization that new and more efficient methods and...

Orodispersible films (ODFs) are ultra-thin, stamp-sized, elegant, portable and patient-centric pharmaceutical dosage forms that do not need water to be ingested. They are particularly useful for paediatric and geriatric patient populations with special needs such as dysphagia, Parkinson's disease, and oral cancer. Accordingly, they hold tremendous...

Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and the ORAI1 calcium channel mediate store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) and regulate a multitude of cellular functions. The identity and function of these proteins in thyroid cancer remain elusive. We show that STIM1 and ORAI1 expression is elevated in thyroid cancer cell lines, compared to primary thyroid c...

Local minimally invasive injection of anticancer therapies is a compelling approach to maximize the utilization of drugs and reduce the systemic adverse drug effects. However, the clinical translation is still hampered by many challenges such as short residence time of therapeutic agents and the difficulty in achieving multi‐modulation combination...

Instances of synthetic polymers obtained from renewable feedstock with the possibility of post‐synthesis functionalization are scarce. Herein, the first ever synthesis and drug delivery application of amphiphilic block copolymer (mPEG‐b‐PJL) derived from renewable jasmine lactone with free allyl groups on the backbone is presented. The polymer is s...

The current statistics on cancer show that 90% of all human cancers originate from epithelial cells. Breast and prostate cancer are examples of common tumors of epithelial origin that would benefit from improved drug treatment strategies. About 90% of preclinically approved drugs fail in clinical trials, partially due to the use of too simplified i...

Integrating multiple materials with different functionalities in a single nanostructure enables advances in many scientific and technological applications. However, such highly sophisticated nanomaterials usually require complex synthesis processes that complicate their preparation in a sustainable and industrially feasible manner. Herein, we desig...

Glioblastoma (GB) is the most frequent malignant tumor originating from the central nervous system. Despite breakthroughs in treatment modalities for other cancer types, GB remains largely irremediable due to the high degree of intratumoral heterogeneity, infiltrative growth, and intrinsic resistance towards multiple treatments. A sub-population of...

Obesity is one of the most important public health problems that is associated with an array of metabolic disorders linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. A sustained therapeutic approach to stop the escalating prevalence of obesity and its associated metabolic comorbidities remains elusive. Herein, we developed a no...

Since the last decade, the polymer-drug conjugate (PDC) approach has emerged as one of the most promising drug-delivery technologies owing to several benefits like circumventing premature drug release, offering controlled and targeted drug delivery, improving the stability, safety, and kinetics of conjugated drugs, and so forth. In recent years, PD...

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) offer many advantageous properties for applications in the field of nanobiotechnology. Loading of small molecules into MSNs is straightforward and widely applied, but with the upswing of both research and commercial interest in biological drugs in recent years, also biomacromolecules have been loaded into MSNs...