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Unexpected intracellular biodegradation and recrystallization of gold nanoparticles.


ABSTRACT: Gold nanoparticles are used in an expanding spectrum of biomedical applications. However, little is known about their long-term fate in the organism as it is generally admitted that the inertness of gold nanoparticles prevents their biodegradation. In this work, the biotransformations of gold nanoparticles captured by primary fibroblasts were monitored during up to 6 mo. The combination of electron microscopy imaging and transcriptomics study reveals an unexpected 2-step process of biotransformation. First, there is the degradation of gold nanoparticles, with faster disappearance of the smallest size. This degradation is mediated by NADPH oxidase that produces highly oxidizing reactive oxygen species in the lysosome combined with a cell-protective expression of the nuclear factor, erythroid 2. Second, a gold recrystallization process generates biomineralized nanostructures consisting of 2.5-nm crystalline particles self-assembled into nanoleaves. Metallothioneins are strongly suspected to participate in buildings blocks biomineralization that self-assembles in a process that could be affected by a chelating agent. These degradation products are similar to aurosomes structures revealed 50 y ago in vivo after gold salt therapy. Overall, we bring to light steps in the lifecycle of gold nanoparticles in which cellular pathways are partially shared with ionic gold, revealing a common gold metabolism.

SUBMITTER: Balfourier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955300 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Unexpected intracellular biodegradation and recrystallization of gold nanoparticles.

Balfourier Alice A   Luciani Nathalie N   Wang Guillaume G   Lelong Gerald G   Ersen Ovidiu O   Khelfa Abdelali A   Alloyeau Damien D   Gazeau Florence F   Carn Florent F  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191218 1


Gold nanoparticles are used in an expanding spectrum of biomedical applications. However, little is known about their long-term fate in the organism as it is generally admitted that the inertness of gold nanoparticles prevents their biodegradation. In this work, the biotransformations of gold nanoparticles captured by primary fibroblasts were monitored during up to 6 mo. The combination of electron microscopy imaging and transcriptomics study reveals an unexpected 2-step process of biotransforma  ...[more]

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