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- Title
Biocompatibility of TiO2 prolate nanospheroids as a potential photosenzitizer in therapy of cancer.
- Authors
Matijević, Milica; Nakarada, Đura; Liang, Xinyue; Korićanac, Lela; Rajsiglova, Lenka; Vannucci, Luca; Nešić, Maja; Vranješ, Mila; Mojović, Miloš; Mi, Lan; Estrela-Lopis, Irina; Böttner, Julia; Šaponjić, Zoran; Petković, Marijana; Stepić, Milutin
- Abstract
TiO2 prolatenanospheroids (PNSs) may be photosensitizers (PSs), which act by catalyzation of hydroxyl radical (∙OH) formation upon light illumination. ∙OH might, in turn, contribute to killing of cancer cells. On the other hand, there is great concern about toxicity in the dark of TiO2 nanoparticles in general. In this work, we have investigated the biocompatibility of TiO2 PNSs of the anatase crystal form (length between 100 and 300 nm and width 50 nm) in the dark with immune cells and light-induced cytotoxicity on several cancer cell lines. The effects of the treatment of different cell lines with several concentrations of TiO2 PNSs suspensions showed the specifics of cells' viability and the intracellular localization. The results of in vitro studies obtained by cytotoxicity assays adjusted to individual cell lines' metabolism point towards the biocompatibility of TiO2 PNSs at low and moderate concentrations in the dark, which neither kill the cells, nor induce activation of the immune system cells. Laser scanning confocal microscopy revealed that PNSs are taken up by cells, and insight into the intracellular distribution was obtained in this study.
- Subjects
CANCER treatment; HYDROXYL group; CANCER cells; CELL lines; TREATMENT effectiveness; NANOPARTICLE toxicity; BIOCOMPATIBILITY
- Publication
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2020, Vol 22, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1388-0764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11051-020-04899-3