Aptamer-conjugated gold nanorod for photothermal ablation of epidermal growth factor receptor-overexpressed epithelial cancer.
J Biomed Opt
; 19(5): 051203, 2014 May.
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| ID: mdl-24297058
ABSTRACT
Biomarker-specific photothermal nanoparticles that can efficiently sense markers that are overexpressed in distinguished adenocarcinomas have attracted much interest in an aspect of efficacy increase of cancer treatment. We demonstrated a promising prospect of a smart photothermal therapy agent employing anti-epidermal growth factor receptor aptamer (AptEGFR)-conjugated polyethylene glycol (PEG) layted gold nanorods (AptEGFR-PGNRs). The cetyltrimethylammonium bromide bilayer on GNRs was replaced with heterobifunctional PEG (COOH-PEG-SH) not only to serve as a biocompatible stabilizer and but also to conjugate AptEGFR. Subsequently, to direct photothermal therapy agent toward epithelial cancer cells, the carboxylated PEGylated GNRs (PGNRs) were further functionalized with AptEGFR using carbodiimide chemistry. Then, to assess the potential as biomarker-specific photothermal therapy agent of synthesized AptEGFR-PGNRs, the optical properties, biocompatibility, colloidal stability, binding affinity, and epicellial cancer cell killing efficacy in vitro/in vivo under near-infrared laser irradiation were investigated. As a result, AptEGFR-PGNRs exhibit excellent tumor targeting ability and feasibility of effective photothermal ablation cancer therapy.
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01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Outros_tipos
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fototerapia
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Nanotubos
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Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos
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Receptores ErbB
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Ouro
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Biomed Opt
Assunto da revista:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
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OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article