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SMALL
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201602030
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- ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)
- CGI (Commissariat a l'Investissement d'Avenir) through Labex SEAM (Science and Engineering for Advanced Materials and devices) [ANR 11 LABX 086, ANR 11 IDEX 05 02]
- CNRS (Defi Nano)
- DIM C'Nano Ile de France
Proteins implicated in iron homeostasis are assumed to be also involved in the cellular processing of iron oxide nanoparticles. In this work, the role of an endogenous iron storage protein-namely the ferritin-is examined in the remediation and biodegradation of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Previous in vivo studies suggest the intracellular transfer of the iron ions released during the degradation of nanoparticles to endogenous protein cages within lysosomal compartments. Here, the capacity of ferritin cages to accommodate and store the degradation products of nanoparticles is investigated in vitro in the physiological acidic environment of the lysosomes. Moreover, it is questioned whether ferritin proteins can play an active role in the degradation of the nanoparticles. The magnetic, colloidal, and structural follow-up of iron oxide nanoparticles and proteins in lysosome-like medium confirms the efficient remediation of potentially harmful iron ions generated by nanoparticles within ferritins. The presence of ferritins, however, delays the degradation of particles due to a complex colloidal behavior of the mixture in acidic medium. This study exemplifies the important implications of intracellular proteins in processes of degradation and metabolization of iron oxide nanoparticles.
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