在纳米粒子单层中捕获疏水药物,有效地释放到癌细胞中
Chae Kyu Kim1, Partha Ghosh, Chiara Pagliuca
1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 13, 2009
概括
黄金纳米颗粒的Zwitterionic配体功能化制造稳定的复合体与疏水性药物,以有效的细胞释放. 这些低毒性纳米颗粒显示最小的细胞吸收,表明药物输送应用的前景.
科学领域:
- 纳米技术纳米技术
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 黄金纳米粒子 (AuNPs) 由于其独特的光学和电子性质,被探索用于药物输送.
- 在纳米医学中,开发安全有效的疏水药物载体仍然是一个挑战.
研究的目的:
- 研究特联体功能化黄金纳米颗粒作为疏水药物和染料的载体的潜力.
- 为了评估这些功能化纳米粒子的稳定性,细胞释放效率和毒性.
主要方法:
- 金纳米颗粒的合成功能化与水溶性zwitterionic连接体.
- 水药物/染料与功能化纳米颗粒的复合.
- 使用光显微镜评估细胞药物/染料释放.
- 通过细胞毒性试验评估细胞毒性.
主要成果:
- 在功能化的AuNP和疏水性药物/染料之间形成了动态稳定的复合体.
- 观察到药物和染料在细胞中有效释放.
- 检测到的纳米颗粒的细胞吸收是最小的,甚至没有.
- 功能化纳米粒子具有较低的毒性.
结论:
- 黄金纳米颗粒的Zwitterionic联体功能化黄金纳米颗粒是有效的载体的疏水性有效载荷.
- 这些纳米粒子促进了高效的细胞内药物/染料输送,具有低毒性.
- 最小的细胞吸收表明,对于潜在的治疗应用来说,它具有有利的安全性.
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