Evidence for biological effects in the radiosensitization of leukemia cell lines by PEGylated gold nanoparticles

Autor: Irene Lui, Christopher J. Luby, E. Charles H. Sykes, Benjamin P. Coughlin, Paul T. Lawrence, Charles R. Mace, Daniel J. Spencer
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 22
ISSN: 1572-896X
1388-0764
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-020-4765-1
Popis: Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are promising radiosensitizers for cancer therapy. While the radiosensitizing effects of Au NPs have been shown in many epithelial cancers, there are no documented cases of their use in cells of hematopoietic origin, which constitute ~ 10% of all cancer cases and are frequently treated using radiation therapy. In this work, we measure the uptake of polyethylene glycol-coated (PEGylated) Au NPs (5 nm core diameter) in HL-60 II and Jurkat D1.1 cells using flow cytometry and ICP-AES. Electronic cell counting, metabolic activity assays, and DNA synthesis assays reveal cell line–specific radiosensitization that is independent of the number of internalized nanoparticles. The high SER value for the HL-60 II cell line (1.33 at 5 Gy) points to a dominant biological mechanism.
Databáze: OpenAIRE