| Literature DB >> 20795674 |
Zeljka Krpetić1, Francesca Porta, Enrico Caneva, Vladimiro Dal Santo, Giorgio Scarì.
Abstract
We report the evidence for the cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles via the phagocytosis mechanism in murine macrophage cells strongly supported by TEM and optical microscopy. Nanoparticles were prepared using several biocompatible molecules of choice (5-aminovaleric acid, l-DOPA, melatonin, and serotonin hydrochloride) as stabilizers for gold colloids. Their surface chemistry was fully characterized by UV-vis, ATR-FTIR, (1)H NMR, and HR-MAS (1)H NMR spectroscopies, and size distribution was determined by CPS disc centrifuge and TEM. Differences in coatings were evaluated against cellular uptake, and a preferential movement of macrophages toward 5-aminovaleric acid-modified gold nanoparticles was shown, leading to the fast accumulation of nanoparticles in the cytosol.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20795674 DOI: 10.1021/la102758f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Langmuir ISSN: 0743-7463 Impact factor: 3.882