| Literature DB >> 27311814 |
Weijia Niu1, Xigao Chen1, Weihong Tan1, Adam S Veige2.
Abstract
This report describes the synthesis and characterization of novel N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-gold(I) complexes and their bioconjugation to the CCRF-CEM-leukemia-specific aptamer sgc8c. Successful bioconjugation was confirmed by the use of fluorescent tags on both the NHC-Au(I) complex and the aptamer. Cell-viability assays indicated that the NHC-Au(I) -aptamer conjugate was more cytotoxic than the NHC-gold complex alone. A combination of flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and cell-viability assays provided clear evidence that the NHC-Au(I) -aptamer conjugate was selective for targeted CCRF-CEM leukemia cells.Entities:
Keywords: DNA aptamers; N-heterocyclic carbenes; bioconjugation; cytotoxicity; gold
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27311814 PMCID: PMC5260866 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602702
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336