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- Title
Photo-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Nanocarrier of Photodynamic Anticancer Agent for Biomedical Theragnostics.
- Authors
Nam, Ki Chang; Han, Yong Soo; Lee, Jong-Min; Kim, Si Chan; Cho, Guangsup; Park, Bong Joo
- Abstract
Various theragnostic agents have been devised and developed as cancer treatments; however, existing agents are often limited by their specific functions and complexities. Here, we report multifunctional magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles functionalized with chlorin e6 (Ce6) and folic acid (FA) using a simple fabrication process to be used as theragnostic agents in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The effectiveness of cellular uptake of Fe3O4-Ce6-FA nanoparticles (FCF NPs) and its visualization as well as the photodynamic anticancer activities were evaluated. The mechanism of cancer cell death by the FCF NPs was also verified with qualitative and quantitative methods. Results indicate that FCF NPs have good penetration efficacy, resulting in excellent in vitro fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging in cancer cells. FCF NPs exhibited promising anticancer activity in an irradiation time- and FCF NPs-dose-dependent manner in various cancer cell lines, leading to apoptotic cell death via morphological changes in cell membrane, nuclear, and DNA damage, and via overexpression of apoptosis-related genes, such as ZFP36L1, CYR61, GADD45G, caspases-2, -3, -9, 10, and -14. This study suggests that FCF NPs may be safely used in cancer therapy via PDT and could be a versatile therapeutic tool and biocompatible theragnostic agent, which may be used in diagnostic imaging.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of folic acid; TUMOR diagnosis; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; APOPTOSIS; CELL death; CELL lines; CHLORINE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE spectroscopy; GENE expression; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TUMORS; QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Cancers, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 3, p571
- ISSN
2072-6694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cancers12030571