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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2016

Preparation and Photoacoustic Analysis of Cellular Vehicles Containing Gold Nanorods.

Lucia Cavigli, Francesca Tatini, Claudia Borri, Fulvio Ratto, Sonia Centi, Alberto Cini, Beatrice Lelli, Paolo Matteini, Roberto Pini

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucia CavigliInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council.
Francesca TatiniInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council.
Claudia BorriDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze.
Fulvio RattoInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council; f.ratto@ifac.cnr.it.
Sonia CentiInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council.
Alberto CiniDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino.
Beatrice LelliDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna.
Paolo MatteiniInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council.
Roberto PiniInstitute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council.
National Research Council · ROUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold nanorods are attractive for a range of biomedical applications, such as the photothermal ablation and the photoacoustic imaging of cancer, thanks to their intense optical absorbance in the near-infrared window, low cytotoxicity and potential to home into tumors. However, their delivery to tumors still remains an issue. An innovative approach consists of the exploitation of the tropism of tumor-associated macrophages that may be loaded with gold nanorods in vitro. Here, we describe the preparation and the photoacoustic inspection of cellular vehicles containing gold nanorods. PEGylated gold nanorods are modified with quaternary ammonium compounds, in order to achieve a cationic profile. On contact with murine macrophages in ordinary Petri dishes, these particles are found to undergo massive uptake into endocytic vesicles. Then these cells are embedded in biopolymeric hydrogels, which are used to verify that the stability of photoacoustic conversion of the particles is retained in their inclusion into cellular vehicles. We are confident that these results may provide new inspiration for the development of novel strategies to deliver plasmonic particles to tumors.

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Drug Delivery SystemsGoldNanotubesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceGold

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PMID27167995
PMCPMC4942024
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