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ArticleNanoscale horizons2026

Subcellular nanoparticle trafficking investigated with label-free, live cell imaging.

Elizabeth B Nelson, Gil Covarrubias, Namita Nabar, Victoria F Gomerdinger, Anderson Scott, Paula T Hammond, Joelle P Straehla

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Elizabeth B NelsonKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2463-576X
Gil CovarrubiasKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.
Namita NabarKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.
Victoria F GomerdingerKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-0482
Anderson ScottKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.
Paula T HammondKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-192X
Joelle P StraehlaKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. enelson67@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-1718

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jacqueline A. Lees · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Investigating SLC46A3 as a negative regulator of nanoparticle drug deliveryK08CA277014 · NCI · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Joelle Payne Straehla · 2024 to 2026
$693k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA277014NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticle drug delivery systems have significant potential to transform precision medicine due to their ability to encapsulate a wide range of cargo, improve systemic circulation time, and enhance targeted delivery. These delivery properties can be further modified by altering the surface chemistry of the nanoparticle carrier. However, a gap remains in our understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying nanoparticle uptake, in addition to the subcellular trafficking kinetics. A comprehensive understanding of nanoparticle-cell interactions considering both the nanocarrier and the drug cargo has been challenging, in part due to technological limitations. Here, we present a robust imaging workflow to study long-term dynamics of nanoparticle delivery in live cells. We show that integration of holography and tomography enhances the study of live cells in a label-free environment and can be combined with intermittent fluorescence microscopy to assess nanoparticle uptake and delivery kinetics for up to 30 hours. We also describe a method to quantitatively characterize uptake of a library of fluorescently tagged lipid- and polymer-based nanoformulations without introducing cell or organelle markers. This application of dynamic fluorescent holotomography as a novel method to investigate nanoparticle uptake and cargo delivery highlights the expanding utility of multimodal, label-free, live imaging techniques.

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NanoparticlesHeLa CellsHumansMicroscopy, Fluorescence

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PMID41705321
PMCPMC12914502

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