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SUBMITTER: Dhar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2761975 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091001 41
Amine-functionalized polyvalent oligonucleotide gold nanoparticles (DNA-Au NPs) were derivatized with a cisplatin prodrug, and the resulting DNA-Au NP conjugates were used to internalize multiple platinum centers. A platinum(IV) complex, c,c,t-[Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl(2)(OH)(O(2)CCH(2)CH(2)CO(2)H)], was tethered to the surface of DNA-Au NPs through amide linkages. The platinum-tethered gold nanoparticles were taken into several cancer cells. The drop in intracellular pH facilitated reductive release of c ...[more]