Gold nanoparticle-enhanced near infrared fluorescent nanocomposites for targeted bio-imaging

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Cheng ◽  
Chuanxi Wang ◽  
Zhenzhu Xu ◽  
Huihui Lin ◽  
Chi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Gold Nanoparticle ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Imaging Agents ◽  
Nir Fluorescence ◽  
Target Imaging ◽  
Bio Imaging ◽  
Low Toxicity

Folic acid-conjugated nanocomposites with NIR fluorescence, water-solubility, and low toxicity are prepared and used as target-imaging agents for cancer cells.

scholarly journals Novel Targeted Anti-Tumor Nanoparticles Developed from Folic Acid-Modified 2-Deoxyglucose

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoming Jin ◽  
Zhongyao Du ◽  
Huiyuan Guo ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Fazheng Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
Cell Viability ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Docking Simulation ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Cycle Arrest ◽  
Nano Drug Delivery

The glucose analog, 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), specifically inhibits glycolysis of cancer cells and interferes with the growth of cancer cells. However, the excellent water solubility of 2-DG makes it difficult to be concentrated in tumor cells. In this study, a targeted nano-pharmacosome was developed with folic acid-modified 2-DG (FA-2-DG) by using amino ethanol as a cleavable linker. FA-2-DG was able to self-assemble, forming nano-particles with diameters of 10–30 nm. The biological effects were evaluated with cell viability assays and flow cytometry analysis. Compared with a physical mixture of folic acid and 2-DG, FA-2-DG clearly reduced cell viability and resulted in cell cycle arrest. A computational study involving docking simulation suggested that FA-2-DG can dock into the same receptor as folic acid, thus confirming that the structural modification did not affect the targeting performance. The results indicated that the nano-pharmacosome consisting of FA-2-DG can be used for targeting in a nano-drug delivery system.

Quantitative imaging of lymph function

2007 ◽  
Vol 292 (6) ◽  
pp. H3109-H3118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Sharma ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
John C. Rasmussen ◽  
Amit Joshi ◽  
Jessica P. Houston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Quantitative Imaging ◽  
Imaging Agents ◽  
Excitation Light ◽  
Lymph Vessels ◽  
Intradermal Administration ◽  
Nir Fluorescence ◽  
Lymph Endothelium ◽  
Lymphatic Imaging

Functional lymphatic imaging was demonstrated in the abdomen and anterior hindlimb of anesthetized, intact Yorkshire swine by using near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging following intradermal administration of 100–200 μl of 32 μM indocyanine green (ICG) and 64 μM hyaluronan NIR imaging conjugate to target the lymph vacular endothelial receptor (LYVE)-1 on the lymph endothelium. NIR fluorescence imaging employed illumination of 780 nm excitation light (∼2 mW/cm2) and collection of 830 nm fluorescence generated from the imaging agents. Our results show the ability to image the immediate trafficking of ICG from the plexus, through the vessels and lymphangions, and to the superficial mammary, subiliac, and middle iliac lymph nodes, which were located as deep as 3 cm beneath the tissue surface. “Packets” of ICG-transited lymph vessels of 2–16 cm length propelled at frequencies of 0.5–3.3 pulses/min and velocities of 0.23–0.75 cm/s. Lymph propulsion was independent of respiration rate. In the case of the hyaluronan imaging agent, lymph propulsion was absent as the dye progressed immediately through the plexus and stained the lymph vessels and nodes. Lymph imaging required 5.0 and 11.9 μg of ICG and hyaluronan conjugate, respectively. Our results suggest that microgram quantities of NIR optical imaging agents and their conjugates have a potential to image lymph function in patients suffering from lymph-related disorders.

scholarly journals PEGylated-folic acid–modified black phosphorus quantum dots as near-infrared agents for dual-modality imaging-guided selective cancer cell destruction

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2425-2435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Dong Liang ◽  
Zehua Qu ◽  
Ivan M. Kislyakov ◽  
Valery M. Kiselev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Black Phosphorus ◽  
Optical Absorbance ◽  
Present Design ◽  
Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots

AbstractBiological systems have high transparence to 700–1100-nm near-infrared (NIR) light. Black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) have high optical absorbance in this spectrum. This optical property of BPQDs integrates both diagnostic and therapeutic functions together in an all-in-one processing system in cancer theranostic approaches. In the present study, BPQDs were synthesized and functionalized by targeting moieties (PEG-NH2-FA) and were further loaded with anticancer drugs (doxorubicin) for photodynamic–photothermal–chemotherapy. The precise killing of cancer cells was achieved by linking BPQDs with folate moiety (folic acid), internalizing BPQDs inside cancer cells with folate receptors and NIR triggering, without affecting the receptor-free cells. These in vitro experiments confirm that the agent exhibited an efficient photokilling effect and a light-triggered and heat-induced drug delivery at the precise tumor sites. Furthermore, the nanoplatform has good biocompatibility and effectively obliterates tumors in nude mice, showing no noticeable damages to noncancer tissues. Importantly, this nanoplatform can inhibit tumor growth through visualized synergistic treatment and photoacoustic and photothermal imaging. The present design of versatile nanoplatforms can allow for the adjustment of nanoplatforms for good treatment efficacy and multiplexed imaging, providing an innovation for targeted tumor treatment.

scholarly journals Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Prostatitis Using near Infra-Red Fluorescent AgInSe/ZnS Quantum Dots

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 12514
Author(s):  
Vuyelwa Ncapayi ◽  
Neethu Ninan ◽  
Thabang C. Lebepe ◽  
Sundararajan Parani ◽  
Aswathy Ravindran Girija ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Spherical Shape ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Prostate Cancer Cells ◽  
Intracellular Targeting ◽  
Low Toxicity

The link between the microbiome and cancer has led researchers to search for a potential probe for intracellular targeting of bacteria and cancer. Herein, we developed near infrared-emitting ternary AgInSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) for dual bacterial and cancer imaging. Briefly, water-soluble AgInSe/ZnS QDs were synthesized in a commercial kitchen pressure cooker. The as-synthesized QDs exhibited a spherical shape with a particle diameter of 4.5 ± 0.5 nm, and they were brightly fluorescent with a photoluminescence maximum at 705 nm. The QDs showed low toxicity against mouse mammary carcinoma (FM3A-Luc), mouse colon carcinoma (C26), malignant fibrous histiocytoma-like (KM-Luc/GFP) and prostate cancer cells, a greater number of accumulations in Staphylococcus aureus, and good cellular uptake in prostate cancer cells. This work is an excellent step towards using ternary QDs for diagnostic and guided therapy for prostate cancer.

scholarly journals An NIR-Fluorophore-Based Theranostic for Selective Initiation of Tumor Pyroptosis-Induced Immunotherapy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kewei Wang ◽  
Xuan Xiao ◽  
Maolin Jiang ◽  
Jisi Li ◽  
Jielian Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Antitumor Immunity ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Tumor Therapy ◽  
Quinone Oxidoreductase ◽  
Theranostic Agent ◽  
Low Toxicity ◽  
Solid Tumor Therapy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nir Dye

Abstract Pyroptosis is an inflammatory form of programmed cell death that can effectively eliminate malignant cells and boost anticancer immunity. However, most of the current pyroptosis inducers lack cell selectivity, which may cause severe side effects for cancer therapy. In this work, for the first time, we discovered that the commonly used near-infrared (NIR) fluorogenic hemicyanine (CyNH2) induces pyrolysis to kill cancer cells and boost antitumor immunity. Cancer cells overexpressing the NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase isozyme 1 (NQO1)-responsive theranostic (NCyNH2) were designed for selective cell pyroptosis and were nonfluorescent with low toxicity before activation. In the presence of NQO1, the fluorescence of CyNH2 was restored and could selectively initiate pyroptosis of cancer cells and further lead to systemic antitumor immunity activation for solid tumor therapy. Thus, this fluorogenic NIR dye may represent a novel theranostic agent for the selective initiation of tumor pyroptosis.

scholarly journals MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CARBON DOTS: A SYSTEMATIC OVERVIEW

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
MUTHADI RADHIKA REDDY ◽  
KUMAR SHIVA GUBBIYAPPA
Keyword(s):  
Gene Therapy ◽  
Carbon Dots ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Bio Imaging ◽  
Low Toxicity

Carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as a potential material in the multifarious fields of biomedical applications due to their numerous advantageous properties including tunable fluorescence, water solubility, biocompatibility, low toxicity, small size and ease of modification, inexpensive scale-up production, and versatile conjugation with other targeted nanoparticles. Thus, CDs became a preferable choice in various biomedical applications such as nanocarriers for drugs, therapeutic genes, photo sensitizers, unique electronic, fluorescent, photo luminescent, chemiluminescent, and electro chemiluminescent, drug/gene delivery and optoelectronics properties are what gives them potential in sensing and antibacterial molecules. Further, their potentials have also been verified in multifunctional diagnostic platforms, cellular and bacterial bio-imaging, development of nanomedicine, etc. This present review provides a concise insight into the progress and evolution in the field of carbon dots research with respect to synthesis methods and materials available in bio-imaging, theranostic, cancer, gene therapy, diagnostics, etc. Further, our discussion is extended to explore the role of CDs in nanomedicine and nano theranostic, biotherapy which is the future of biomedicine and also serves to discuss the various properties of carbon dots which allow chemotherapy and gene therapy to be safer and more target-specific, resulting in the reduction of side effects experienced by patients and also the overall increase in patient compliance and quality of life and representative studies on their activities against bacteria, fungi, and viruses reviewed and discussed. This study will thus help biomedical researchers in percuss the potential of CDs to overcome various existing technological challenges.

scholarly journals Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide)-Functional Silicon Nanocrystals for Thermosensitive Fluorescence Cellar Imaging

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2565
Author(s):  
Yiting Li ◽  
Lihui Zhang ◽  
Youhong Shi ◽  
Jialing Huang ◽  
Yaqiong Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Silicon Nanocrystals ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Fluorescence Emission ◽  
Normal Pressure ◽  
Polymerization Process ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Silicon Crystals

Silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) have received surging interest as a type of quantum dot (QD) due to the availability of silicon in nature, tunable fluorescence emission properties and excellent biocompatibility. More importantly, compared with many group II–VI and III–V based QDs, they have low toxicity. Here, thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-functional Si NCs were firstly prepared for thermoresponsive detection of cancer cells. Si NCs were prepared under normal pressure with excellent water solubility. Then folic acid was bonded to the silicon nanocrystals through the reaction of amino and carboxyl groups for specific recognition of cancer cells. The folic-acid-modified silicon crystals (Si NCs-FA) could be modified by a one-pot copolymerization process into PNIPAAm nanospheres during the monomer polymerization process (i.e., Si NCs-FA-PNIPAAm) just by controlling the temperature below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and above the LCST. The results showed that the Si-FA-PNIAAm nanospheres exhibited not only reversible temperature-responsive on-off fluorescence properties, but also can be used as temperature indicators in cancer cells.

scholarly journals Use in vitro of Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Folic Acid as a Photothermal Agent on Treatment of HeLa Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Bertel Garay ◽  
Fernando Martínez Ortega ◽  
Stelia Carolina Méndez-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Dose Dependent

<p>Folic acid (FA) is used as a recognition molecule to achieve selective internalization in cancer cells. Here functionalized gold nanoparticles with folic acid (AuNP-FA) are proposed as suitable therapeutic agents for cervix cancer cells by photothermal damage. The functionalized gold nanoparticles with folic acid were synthesized by mixing hydrogen tetrachloroaurate with folic acid in a molar ratio of 0.56/1 under radiation of mercury lamp (λ<sub>max</sub>=254 nm). HeLa cells were incubated with AuNP-FA during 48 h, then were irradiated and the cytotoxicity was analyzed 12 h after irradiation. The AuNP-FA were dose-dependent cytotoxic under irradiation and not cytotoxic in the absence of radiation. The viability of cancer cells treated with functionalized and non-functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), with and without near infrared light at 808 nm, was measured by MTT assays. This work provides useful guidance toward the synthesis of biocompatible nanomaterials for biological applications.</p>

scholarly journals Multifunctional Thio-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Detection and Imaging of Activated Caspase-3

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinda Fan ◽  
Philip P. Cheney ◽  
Sharon Bloch ◽  
Baogang Xu ◽  
Kexian Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Fluorescent Probes ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Fluorescence Enhancement ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Peptide Sequence ◽  
Nir Fluorescence ◽  
Fluorogenic Peptide

Background: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are commonly used in nanomedicine because of their unique spectral properties, chemical and biological stability, and ability to quench the fluorescence of organic dyes attached to their surfaces. However, the utility of spherical AuNPs for activatable fluorescence sensing of molecular processes have been confined to resonance-matched fluorophores in the 500 nm to 600 nm spectral range to maximize dye fluorescence quenching efficiency. Expanding the repertoire of fluorophore systems into the NIR fluorescence regimen with emission >800 nm will facilitate the analysis of multiple biological events with high detection sensitivity. Objective: The primary goal of this study is to determine if spherical AuNP-induced radiative rate suppression of nonresonant near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes can serve as a versatile nanoconstruct for highly sensitive detection and imaging of activated caspase-3 in aqueous media and cancer cells. This required the development of activatable NIR fluorescence sensors of caspase-3 designed to overcome the nonspecific degradation and release of the surface coatings in aqueous media. Method: We harnessed the fluorescence-quenching properties and multivalency of spherical AuNPs to develop AuNPtemplated activatable NIR fluorescent probes to detect activated caspase-3, an intracellular reporter of early cell death. Freshly AuNPs were coated with a multifunctional NIR fluorescent dye-labeled peptide (LS422) consisting of an RGD peptide sequence that targets αvβ3-integrin protein (αvβ3) on the surface of cancer cells to mediate the uptake and internalization of the sensors in tumor cells; a DEVD peptide sequence for reporting the induction of cell death through caspase-3 mediated NIR fluorescence enhancement; and a multidentate hexacysteine sequence for enhancing selfassembly and stabilizing the multifunctional construct on AuNPs. The integrin binding affinity of LS422 and caspase-3 kinetics were determined by a radioligand competitive binding and fluorogenic peptide assays, respectively. Detection of intracellular caspase-3, cell viability, and the internalization of LS422 in cancer cells were determined by confocal NIR fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy. Results: Narrow size AuNPs (13 nm) were prepared and characterized by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. When assembled on the AuNPs, the binding constant of LS422 for αvβ3 improved 11-fold from 13.2 nM to 1.2 nM. Whereas the catalytic turnover of caspase-3 by LS422-AuNPs was similar to the reference fluorogenic peptide, the binding affinity for the enzyme increased by a factor of 2. Unlike the αvβ3 positive, but caspase-3 negative breast cancer MCF-7 cells, treatment of the αvβ3 and caspase-3 positive lung cancer A549 cells with Paclitaxel showed significant fluorescence enhancement within 30 minutes, which correlated with caspase-3 specific activation of LS422- AuNPs fluorescence. Incorporation of a 3.5 mW NIR laser source into our spectrofluorometer increased the detection sensitivity by an order of magnitude (limit of detection ~0.1 nM of cypate) and significantly decreased the signal noise relative to a xenon lamp. This gain in sensitivity enabled the detection of substrate hydrolysis at a broad range of inhibitor concentrations without photobleaching the cypate dye. Conclusion: The multifunctional AuNPs demonstrate the use of a non-resonant quenching strategy to design activatable NIR fluorescence molecular probes. The nanoconstruct offers a selective reporting method for detecting activated caspase-3, imaging of cell viability, identifying dying cells, and visualizing the functional status of intracellular enzymes. Performing these tasks with NIR fluorescent probes creates an opportunity to translate the in vitro and cellular analysis of enzymes into in vivo interrogation of their functional status using deep tissue penetrating NIR fluorescence analytical methods.

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