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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 42, Issue 18, Pages 6523-6530Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt33114h
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB327704]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 51172228, 51272248, 21101149, 21221061]
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Luminescent GdVO4:Eu3+ nanophosphor functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) were prepared (denoted as GdVO4:Eu3+@ MSN). The in vitro cytotoxicity tests show that the sample has good biocompatibility, which indicates that the nanocomposite could be a promising candidate for drug delivery. Flow cytometry and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) confirm that the sample can be effectively taken up by SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells and A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells. It was also shown that the GdVO4:Eu3+@ MSN brightened the T-1-weighted images and enhanced the r(1) relaxivity of water protons, which suggested that they could act as T-1 contrast agents for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. It was found that the carriers present a pH-dependent drug release behavior for doxorubicin (DOX). The composites show a red emission under UV irradiation due to the GdVO4:Eu3+ nanophosphors. Furthermore, the PL intensity of the composite shows correlation with the cumulative release of DOX. These results suggest that the composite can potentially act as a multifunctional drug carrier system with luminescent tagging, MR imaging and pH-controlled release property for DOX.
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