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BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 16, Pages 4525-4537Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2bm00641c
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- BioX center of IIT Mandi, India [IITM/SERB/CKN/310]
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This study successfully PEGylated and loaded doxorubicin onto carbogenic fluorescent nanodots, and mapped the release of the drug and its impact on the nucleus using fluorescence lifetime imaging and superresolution techniques. The nuclear degradation kinetics caused by released doxorubicin from the nanodots as a result of DNA double-strand breaks and histone eviction were visualized for the first time.
Doxorubicin is an anthracycline drug most commonly used in cancer therapy. It intercalates with the nuclear DNA and induces toxicity by causing DNA breaks and histone eviction. However, the kinetics of its action on the nucleus has not been mapped effectively. This study shows successful PEGylation and DOX loading through pi-pi interaction onto carbogenic fluorescent nanodots (FNDs), which have an affinity for the nucleolus. Then the drug release from the nanoparticle and its action on the nuclear environment were aptly mapped using both fluorescence lifetime imaging and superresolution radial fluctuation (SRRF) techniques. Here for the first time, the nuclear degradation kinetics caused by the released DOX from the FNDs as a result of DNA double-strand breaks and histone eviction was visualized. This led to the observation of decreasing length, breadth, and complex structure of the nuclear clusters from 6 h to 24 h, resulting in isolated cluster visualization. However, the superresolution images for free DOX and untreated cells reveal no such drastic effects at the same concentration and time points, unlike DOX loaded particles.
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