Antibody-conjugated gold-gold sulfide nanoparticles as multifunctional agents for imaging and therapy of breast cancer.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
The goal of this study was to develop near-infrared (NIR) resonant gold-gold sulfide nanoparticles (GGS-NPs) as dual contrast and therapeutic agents for cancer management via multiphoton microscopy followed by higher intensity photoablation. We demonstrate that GGS-NPs exposed to a pulsed, NIR laser exhibit two-photon induced photoluminescence that can be utilized to visualize cancerous cells in vitro. When conjugated with anti-HER2 antibodies, these nanoparticles specifically bind SK-BR-3 breast carcinoma cells that over-express the HER2 receptor, enabling the cells to be imaged via multiphoton microscopy with an incident laser power of 1 mW. Higher excitation power (50 mW) could be employed to induce thermal damage to the cancerous cells, producing extensive membrane blebbing within seconds leading to cell death. GGS-NPs are ideal multifunctional agents for cancer management because they offer the ability to pinpoint precise treatment sites and perform subsequent thermal ablation in a single setting.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Day, ES; Bickford, LR; Slater, JH; Riggall, NS; Drezek, RA; West, JL
Published Date
- August 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 5 /
Start / End Page
- 445 - 454
PubMed ID
- 20957166
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC2950402
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1178-2013
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1176-9114
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.2147/ijn.s10881
Language
- eng