RESUMO
The current study presents the employment of glutathione (GSH)-modified small-sized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) ~ 3 nm in photothermal therapy (PTT), to evaluate the targeting and the toxic effect of cancer rather than normal cells. GSH is pH-sensitive surfaces that exhibit a fast response to the variation in pH conditions between normal (~ 7.4) and cancer cells (6-6.5). Results showed a considerable toxic impact via GSH-AuNP accumulation in cancer cells by both green and NIR laser irradiation. A proportional relation of cellular death to AuNP concentration, exposure time, and light-to-heat conversion efficiency has been demonstrated. The small-sized GSH-AuNPs represent promising agents for developing the safety issues of photothermal cancer treatment by the selective targeting of cancer rather than normal cells, reducing the NP toxicity by their size overlapping with the renal clearance barrier of kidney filtration (~ 5.5 nm), and promoting the photothermal performance in the NIR region, in which light penetration into deep cancer regions is more interested.
Assuntos
Glutationa/uso terapêutico , Ouro/química , Lasers , Nanopartículas Metálicas/química , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/radioterapia , Terapia Fototérmica , Morte Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Criança , Difusão Dinâmica da Luz , Feminino , Humanos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Nanopartículas Metálicas/ultraestrutura , Neoplasias/patologia , Neoplasias/ultraestrutura , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta , Eletricidade EstáticaRESUMO
In the present study, small gold nanoparticles <5â¯nm coated with natural protein Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) was synthesized and characterized using UV-vis spectrophotometer, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), zeta potential and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Three types of cancer cell lines; Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD), Murine fibroblast (L20B) and RAW 264.7 monocyte-macrophage (MQ) were tested and treated by photothermal strategy, in vitro, by conjugating BSA-AuNPs complex of (0.125, 0.25, 0.5 and 1â¯mg/ml) concentrations with continuous low power laser irradiation, green (532â¯nm) and near-infrared (NIR) (800â¯nm) at 0.5, 1, 2 and 3â¯min, separately. Cytotoxicity effect was determined by MTT assay. The vital impact of photothermal technique has investigated at 1â¯mg/ml and 3â¯min irradiation period as identified in RD cell line in comparison with other types; where cytotoxicity more than 74% was reached. Prominent results were demonstrated in the green and NIR region by pH -induced aggregation effect of small nanoparticles inside the cancer cells, which make the small-sized BSA-AuNPs are promising agents for cancer photothermal therapy.