Spectrofluorimetric study on in vitro interaction between calcium phosphate nanoparticle and salmon testis DNA
Autor: | Asoke P. Chattopadhyay, Arijit Kumar Chatterjee, Milon Banik, Mousumi Patra, Riya Mukherjee, Ruchira Chakraborty, Tarakdas Basu |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Materials science
Nanoparticle chemistry.chemical_element Bioengineering General Chemistry Calcium Condensed Matter Physics Fluorescence Calcium nitrate Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics chemistry.chemical_compound Crystallography chemistry Electron diffraction Modeling and Simulation Biophysics Nucleic acid General Materials Science Spectroscopy Stoichiometry |
Zdroj: | Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 16 |
ISSN: | 1572-896X 1388-0764 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11051-013-2196-y |
Popis: | At present, calcium phosphate nanoparticle (CPNP) is considered as a potential vector of nucleic acids into cells. However, the mode of interaction between CPNP and DNA is quite unknown. This communication throws some light on this. For the investigation, we synthesized CPNP using calcium nitrate and di-ammonium hydrogen phosphate as precursors and Na-citrate as stabilizer. Characterization of the NPs by the techniques of scanning and transmission electron microscopies, electron diffraction X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy signified that the particles were about 45 nm in size, spherical in shape, and composed of the hydroxyapatite form of calcium phosphate. The most interesting feature of CPNP was that it had fluorescence with excitation and emission at 254 and 310 nm, respectively. Analysis of the results of different fluorescence-based experiments revealed that the CPNP had specifically bound at the grooves of DNA forming a ground state complex with 1:1 stoichiometry, and the interaction was exothermic, spontaneous, and enthalpy-driven in nature. |
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