Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 48, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/48/485102
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- NIH [RO1 GM074021]
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Advanced Technology Program
- AHA Established Investigator Award
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Effective nanomedical devices for tumor imaging and drug delivery are not yet available. In an attempt to construct a more functional device for tumor imaging, we have embedded quantum dots (which have poor circulatory behavior) within hydrogel nanoparticles made of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide. We found that the hydrogel encapsulated quantum dots are more readily taken up by cultured tumor cells. Furthermore, in a melanoma model, hydrogel encapsulated quantum dots also preferentially accumulate in the tumor tissue compared with normal tissue and have similar to 16-fold greater intratumoral uptake compared to non-derivatized quantum dots. Our results suggest that these derivatized quantum dots, which have greatly improved tumor localization, may enhance cancer monitoring and chemotherapy.
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