Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2010-06-29
Nanotechnology 21 (2010) 285105
Physics
Biological Physics
14 pages 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0957-4484/21/28/285105
We report a systematic empirical study of nanoparticle internalization into cells via non-specific pathways. The nanoparticles were comprised of commercial quantum dots (QDs) that were highly visible under a fluorescence confocal microscope. Surface-modified QDs with basic biologically-significant moieties, e.g. carboxyl, amino, streptavidin were used, in combination with the surface derivatization with polyethylene glycol (PEG) in a range of immortalized cell lines. Internalization rates were derived from image analysis and a detailed discussion about the effect of nanoparticle size, charge and surface groups is presented. We find that PEG-derivatization dramatically suppresses the non-specific uptake while PEG-free carboxyl and amine functional groups promote QD internalization. These uptake variations displayed a remarkable consistency across different cell types. The reported results are important for experiments concerned with cellular uptake of surface-functionalized nanomaterials, both when non-specific internalization is undesirable and also when it is intended for material to be internalized as efficiently as possible. Published article at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/21/28/285105/
Goldys E. M.
Kelf Timothy A.
Kim Jihn E.
Sreenivasan V. K. A.
Sun Juanjuan
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