Investigating the role of shape on the biological impact of gold nanoparticles in vitro

Furong Tian; Martin J.D. Clift; Alan Casey; Pablo Del Pino; Beatriz Pelaz; João Conde; Hugh J. Byrne; Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser; Giovani Estrada; Jesús M. De La Fuente; Tobias Stoeger

doi:10.2217/nnm.15.103

Investigating the role of shape on the biological impact of gold nanoparticles in vitro

Furong Tian, Martin J.D. Clift, Alan Casey, Pablo Del Pino, Beatriz Pelaz, João Conde, Hugh J. Byrne, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Giovani Estrada, Jesús M. De La Fuente, Tobias Stoeger

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Aim: To investigate the influence of gold nanoparticle geometry on the biochemical response of Calu-3 epithelial cells. Materials & methods: Spherical, triangular and hexagonal gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were used. The GNP-cell interaction was assessed via atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The biochemical impact of GNPs was determined over 72 h at (0.0001-1 mg/ml). Results: At 1 mg/ml, hexagonal GNPs reduced Calu-3 viability below 60%, showed increased reactive oxygen species production and higher expression of proapoptotic markers. A cell mass burden of 1:2:12 as well as number of GNPs per cell (2:1:3) was observed for spherical:triangular:hexagonal GNPs. Conclusion: These findings do not suggest a direct shape-toxicity effect. However, do highlight the contribution of shape towards the GNP-cell interaction which impacts upon their intracellular number, mass and volume dose.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2643-2657
Number of pages	15
Journal	Nanomedicine
Volume	10
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm.15.103
Publication status	Published - 1 Sep 2015

Keywords

biocompatibility
caspases
Cathepsin-B
CD95 (APO-1/Fas)
cell death
gold nanoparticles
lung epithelial cells
nanoparticle shape
nanotoxicology
reactive oxygen species

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