Recommended Citation
Janic B, Bhuiyan MP, Ewing JR, and Ali MM. pH-Dependent cellular internalization of paramagnetic nanoparticle. ACS Sens 2016; 1(8):975-978.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-26-2016
Publication Title
ACS Sens
Abstract
A hallmark of the tumor microenvironment in malignant tumor is extracellular acidosis, which can be exploited for targeted delivery of drugs and imaging agents. A pH sensitive paramagnetic nanoaparticle (NP) is developed by incorporating GdDOTA-4AmP MRI contrast agent and pHLIP (pH Low Insertion Peptide) into the surface of a G5-PAMAM dendrimer. pHLIP showed pH-selective insertion and folding into cell membranes, but only in acidic conditions. We demonstrated that pHLIP-conjugated Gd44-G5 paramagnetic nanoparticle binds and fuses with cellular membrane at low pH, but not at normal physiological pH, and that it promotes cellular uptake. Intracellular trafficking of NPs showed endosomal/lysosomal path ways.
PubMed ID
28066811
Volume
1
Issue
8
First Page
975
Last Page
978
