Gold nanocluster-loaded hybrid albumin nanoparticles with fluorescence-based optical visualization and photothermal conversion for tumor detection/ablation
- Title
- Gold nanocluster-loaded hybrid albumin nanoparticles with fluorescence-based optical visualization and photothermal conversion for tumor detection/ablation
- Author
- 최한곤
- Keywords
- Gold nanoclusters; Albumin nanoparticles; Hyperthermia; LSPR; FRET; Antitumor therapy
- Issue Date
- 2019-06
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, v. 304, Page. 7-18
- Abstract
- Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are viewed as effective hyperthermal agents for the treatment of tumors. Whereas AuNCs formed by the agglomeration of several to tens of gold atoms (< 1-2 nm) possess significant fluorescence, they have a negligible hyperthermal effect, while AuNCs comprised of spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs > a few nanometers) have a marked hyperthermic effect but lose their inherent fluorescence and obstruct the intensity of neighboring fluorescent dyes due to Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET). To achieve both hyperthermia and fluorescence-based optical visualization, we generated hybrid albumin nanoparticles containing AuNCs (similar to 88 nm) comprising AuNPs (similar to 4.5 nm). We generated a series of formulated AuNCs and optimized the size, morphology, NIR absorbance (600-900 nm), hyperthermal activity, and fluorescence spectral characters of the resulting hybrid albumin nanoparticles (AuNCs/BSA-NPs) by considering the interparticle distance between the AuNPs and Cy5.5. Among these, AuNCs/BSA-NPs (formula D) had a strong hyperthermic effect and had well-preserved fluorescence intensity (from the attached Cy5.5) due to localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and a reduction in FRET. These AuNCs/BSA-NPs were able to elevate the surface tumor temperature of HCT116-bearing mice to >50 degrees C following 808 nm laser irradiation (1.5 W/cm(2), 10 min), which remarkably suppressed tumor growth (17.8 +/- 16.9 mm(3) vs. PBS and AuNCs/BSA-NPs (formula E): similar to 1850 and similar to 1250 mm(3), respectively). Also, Cy5.5-modified AuNCs/BSA-NPs (formula D) showed good performance in optical fluorescence imaging of target tumors in HCT116 tumor-bearing mice. Together, our results indicate that the interparticle distance between albumin or Cy5.5 and AuNPs/AuNCs can be optimized to achieve both hyperthermia and fluorescence emission by striking a balance between LSPR and FRET effects. We believe that the AuNC/BSA-NPs formulation presented here can serve as a potential platform for both optically visualizing and treating colon cancers.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365919302366https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/116546
- ISSN
- 0168-3659; 1873-4995
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.04.036
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- COLLEGE OF PHARMACY[E](약학대학) > PHARMACY(약학과) > Articles
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