Protein adsorption and cellular uptake of cerium oxide nanoparticles as a function of zeta potential

    Authors

    S. Patil; A. Sandberg; E. Heckert; W. Self;S. Seal

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Biomaterials

    Keywords

    cerium oxide nanoparticles; protein adsorption; cellular uptake; zeta; potential; electrostatic interactions; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; CONTROLLED-RELEASE; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; INTRACELLULAR UPTAKE; PACLITAXEL TAXOL(R); PARTICLE-SIZE; DELIVERY; CELLS; DRUG; NANOTECHNOLOGY; Engineering, Biomedical; Materials Science, Biomaterials

    Abstract

    The surface chemistry of biomaterials can have a significant impact on their performance in biological applications. Our recent work suggests that cerium oxide nanoparticles are potent antioxidants in cell culture models and we have evaluated several therapeutic applications of these nanoparticles in different biological systems. Knowledge of protein adsorption and cellular uptake will be very useful in improving the beneficial effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles in biology. In the present study, we determined the effect of zeta potential of cerium oxide nanoparticles on adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and cellular uptake in adenocarcinoma lung cells (A549). The zeta potential of the nanoparticles was varied by dispersing them in various acidic and basic pH solutions. UV-visible spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were used for the protein adsorption and cellular uptake studies, respectively. Nanoceria samples having positive zeta potential were found to adsorb more BSA while the samples with negative zeta potential showed little or no protein adsorption. The cellular uptake studies showed preferential uptake for the negatively charged nanoparticles. These results demonstrate that electrostatic interactions can play an important factor in protein adsorption and cellular uptake of nanoparticles. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

    Journal Title

    Biomaterials

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    31

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4600

    Last Page

    4607

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000249717500007

    ISSN

    0142-9612

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