Journal
NANOMEDICINE
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 881-896Publisher
FUTURE MEDICINE LTD
DOI: 10.2217/NNM.10.65
Keywords
blood coagulation; Hageman factor; HUVEC; liposomes; ORMOSIL nanoparticles; PEGylation platelets; PLGA nanoparticles; amorphous silica nanoparticles; tissue factor
Funding
- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013, 201031]
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Aims: Undesired alterations of the blood clotting balance may follow the intravascular injection of nanotherapeutics/diagnostics. Here, we tested the procoagulant activity of synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) and organically modified silica (ORMOSIL) nanoparticles (NPs) and whether a high-density polyethylene glycol coating minimizes these effects. Materials & methods: Hageman factor- and tissue factor-dependent activation of human blood/plasma coagulation, and binding to human monocytes, endothelial cells and platelets were quantified in vitro using naked and PEGylated ORMOSIL-NPs. Their effects were compared with those of SAS-NPs, present in many industrial products, and of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)- and small unilamellar vesicles-NPs, already approved for use in humans. Results: Both SAS-NPs and ORMOSIL-NPS presented a significant procoagulant activity. However, highly PEGylated ORMOSIL-NPs were particularly averse to the interaction with the soluble factors and cellular elements that may lead to intravascular blood coagulation. Conclusion: Stealth, highly PEGylated ORMOSIL-NPs with a poor procoagulant activity can be used as starting blocks to design hemocompatible nanomedical-devices.
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