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Control over Silica Particle Growth and Particle-Biomolecule Interactions Facilitates Silica Encapsulation of Mammalian Cells with Thickness Control.

ABSTRACT: Over the last twenty years, many strategies utilizing sol-gel chemistry to integrate biological cells into silica-based materials have been reported. One such strategy, Sol-Generating Chemical Vapor into Liquid (SG-CViL) deposition, shows promise as an efficient encapsulation technique due to the ability to vary the silica encapsulation morphology obtained by this process through variation of SG-CViL reaction conditions. In this report, we develop SG-CViL as a tunable, multi-purpose silica encapsulation strategy by investigating the mechanisms governing both silica particle generation and subsequent interaction with phospholipid assemblies (liposomes and living cells). Using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) measurements, linear and exponential silica particle growth dynamics were observed which were dependent on deposition buffer ion constituents and ion concentration. Silica particle growth followed a cluster-cluster growth mechanism at acidic pH, and a monomer-cluster growth mechanism at neutral to basic pH. Increasing silica sol aging temperature resulted in higher rates of particle growth and larger particles. DLS measurements employing PEG coated liposomes and cationic liposomes, serving as model phospholipid assemblies, revealed electrostatic interactions promote more stable liposome-silica interactions than hydrogen bonding and facilitate silica coating on suspension cells. However, continued silica reactivity leads to aggregation of silica coated suspensions cells, revealing the need for cell isolation to tune deposited silica thickness. Utilizing these mechanistic study insights, silica was deposited onto adherent HeLa cells under biocompatible conditions with micron scale control over silica thickness, minimal cell manipulation steps, and retained cell viability over several days.

SUBMITTER: Johnston RK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5705094 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Control over Silica Particle Growth and Particle-Biomolecule Interactions Facilitates Silica Encapsulation of Mammalian Cells with Thickness Control.

Johnston Robert K RK Harper Jason C JC Tartis Michaelann S MS

ACS biomaterials science & engineering 20170713 9

Over the last twenty years, many strategies utilizing sol-gel chemistry to integrate biological cells into silica-based materials have been reported. One such strategy, Sol-Generating Chemical Vapor into Liquid (SG-CViL) deposition, shows promise as an efficient encapsulation technique due to the ability to vary the silica encapsulation morphology obtained by this process through variation of SG-CViL reaction conditions. In this report, we develop SG-CViL as a tunable, multi-purpose silica encap ...[more]

PMID: 29202010

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Control over Silica Particle Growth and Particle-Biomolecule Interactions Facilitates Silica Encapsulation of Mammalian Cells with Thickness Control.

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Control over Silica Particle Growth and Particle-Biomolecule Interactions Facilitates Silica Encapsulation of Mammalian Cells with Thickness Control.

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