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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 203, Issue -, Pages 85-95Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.05.081
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Glycosylation; Zinc phthalocyanine; Photodynamic therapy; Gold nanoparticles
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST) Innovation and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa through DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative for Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology [UID 62620]
- Rhodes University
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In this work, we report on the synthesis of tris-[(2,2,7,7-tetramethyltetrahydro-3aH-bis([1,3]clioxolo)[4,5b:4,5'-d]pyran-5-yl)methoxy)-2-(4-benzo[djthiazol-2-ylphenoxyphthalocyaninato] zinc(II) (complex 3) and its linkage to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of different shapes through S-Au/N-Au self-assembly. The conjugates of complex 3 (with both gold nanorods (AuNR) and nanospheres (AuNS)), displayed decreased fluorescence quantum yield with corresponding improved triplet and singlet quantum yields compared to complex 3 alone, however 3-AuNR showed improved properties than 3-AuNS. Complex 3 showed relatively low in vitro dark cytotoxicity against the epithelial breast cancer cells with cell survival >= 85% at concentration <= 160 mu g/mL but afforded reduced photodynamic therapy activity which may be due to aggregation. 3-AuNR afforded superior PDT activity with <50% viable cells at concentration >= 40 mu g/mL in comparison to 3-AuNS with <50% viable cells at concentration >= 80 mu g/mL The superior activity of 3-AuNR is attributed to the photothermal therapy effect since nanorods absorb more light at 680 nm than nanospheres. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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