Journal
NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages 1214-1222Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2013.04.002
Keywords
Targeted cancer therapy; Gold nanoparticle; PEGylated Protein-G; Cellular uptake and membrane disruption; Hyperthermia-anticancer drug therapy
Funding
- NASA [NNX10AJ36G]
- NSF-EPSCoR [0814194]
- NASA [126816, NNX10AJ36G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
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Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with near infrared (NIR) plasmon resonance have been promisingly used in photothermal cancer therapy as a less invasive treatment. Recombinant Protein-G (ProG) was PEGylated to act as a cofactor to immobilize immunoglobulins (IgGs) on GNPs by the F-c region, resulting in optimal orientation of IgGs for efficient cancer targeting. In-vitro studies showed that HER-2 overexpressing breast cancer cells, SK-BR-3, were efficiently targeted and ablated at a laser power of 900 J/cm(2) (5 W/cm(2) for 3 min). However, as a means of enhancing treatment efficacy by increasing cellular sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents, we showed that GNP exposure to lower power laser resulted in small disruptions of cell membrane due to localized hyperthermia. This did not lead to cell death but provided a mechanism for killing cancer cells by providing enhanced uptake of drug molecules thus leading to a new avenue for hyperthermia-anticancer drug combined cancer therapeutics. From the Clinical Editor: PEGylated recombinant Protein-G was used as a cofactor to optimize the orientation of IgGs providing target seeking properties to gold nanoparticles used in photothermal cancer therapy. The system demonstrated excellent properties in cancer therapy, with the hope and expectation of future clinical translation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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