| Monosaccharides versus PEG-functionalized NPs: influence in the cellular uptake. | |
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PMID: 22214244 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) hold great promise for biomedical applications. The core composition and small size of these particles produce superparamagnetic behavior, thus facilitating their use in magnetic resonance imaging and magnetically induced therapeutic hyperthermia. However, the development and control of safe in vivo applications for NPs call for the study of cell-NP interactions and cell viability. Furthermore, as for most biotechnological applications, it is desirable to prevent unspecific cell internalization of these particles. It is also crucial to understand how the surface composition of the NPs affects their internalization capacity. Here, through accurate control over unspecific protein adsorption, size distribution, grafting density, and an extensive physicochemical characterization, we correlated the cytotoxicity and cellular uptake mechanism of 6 nm magnetic NPs coated with several types and various densities of biomolecules, such as glucose, galactose, and poly(ethylene glycol). We found that the density of the grafted molecule was crucial to prevent unspecific uptake of NPs by Vero cells. Surprisingly, the glucose-coated NPs described here showed cellular uptake as a result of lipid raft instead of clathrin-mediated cellular internalization. Moreover, these glucose-functionalized NPs could be one of the first examples of NPs being endocytosed by caveolae that finally end up in the lysosomes. These results reinforce the use of simple carbohydrates as an alternative to PEG molecules for NPs functionalization when cellular uptake is required. |
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Authors:
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María Moros; Bruno Hernáez; Elina Garet; Jorge T Dias; Berta Sáez; Valeria Grazú; Africa González-Fernández; Covadonga Alonso; Jesús M de la Fuente |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-01-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: ACS nano Volume: 6 ISSN: 1936-086X ISO Abbreviation: ACS Nano Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-02-28 Completed Date: 2012-06-19 Revised Date: 2012-08-24 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101313589 Medline TA: ACS Nano Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1565-77 Citation Subset: IM |
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Biofunctionalization of Nanoparticles and Surfaces (BioNanoSurf), Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. |
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Adsorption Animals Biological Transport HeLa Cells Humans Mice Monosaccharides / chemistry* Nanoparticles / chemistry* Particle Size Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry* Surface Properties |
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0/Monosaccharides; 0/Polyethylene Glycols |
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Nanomedicine (Lond). 2012 Jun;7(6):803
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