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The effect of surface charge on nonspecific uptake and cytotoxicity of CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots.


ABSTRACT: In this work, cytotoxicity and cellular impedance response was compared for CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) with positively charged cysteamine-QDs, negatively charged dihydrolipoic acid-QDs and zwitterionic D-penicillamine-QDs exposed to canine kidney MDCKII cells. Pretreatment of cells with pharmacological inhibitors suggested that the uptake of nanoparticles was largely due to receptor-independent pathways or spontaneous entry for carboxylated and zwitterionic QDs, while for amine-functionalized particles involvement of cholesterol-enriched membrane domains is conceivable. Cysteamine-QDs were found to be the least cytotoxic, while D-penicillamine-QDs reduced the mitochondrial activity of MDCKII by 20-25%. Although the cell vitality appeared unaffected (assessed from the changes in mitochondrial activity using a classical MTS assay after 24 h of exposure), the binding of QDs to the cellular interior and their movement across cytoskeletal filaments (captured and characterized by single-particle tracking), was shown to compromise the integrity of the cytoskeletal and plasma membrane dynamics, as evidenced by electric cell-substrate impedance sensing.

SUBMITTER: Breus VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4362492 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effect of surface charge on nonspecific uptake and cytotoxicity of CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots.

Breus Vladimir V VV   Pietuch Anna A   Tarantola Marco M   Basché Thomas T   Janshoff Andreas A  

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20150126


In this work, cytotoxicity and cellular impedance response was compared for CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) with positively charged cysteamine-QDs, negatively charged dihydrolipoic acid-QDs and zwitterionic D-penicillamine-QDs exposed to canine kidney MDCKII cells. Pretreatment of cells with pharmacological inhibitors suggested that the uptake of nanoparticles was largely due to receptor-independent pathways or spontaneous entry for carboxylated and zwitterionic QDs, while for amine-funct  ...[more]

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