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Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH.

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Wang, J; MacEwan, SR; Chilkoti, A
Published in: Nano letters
February 2017

Understanding the intracellular distribution and trafficking of nanoparticle drug carriers is necessary to elucidate their mechanisms of drug delivery and is helpful in the rational design of novel nanoparticle drug delivery systems. The traditional immunofluorescence method to study intracellular distribution of nanoparticles using organelle-specific antibodies is laborious and subject to artifacts. As an alternative, we developed a new method that exploits ratiometric fluorescence imaging of a pH-sensitive Lysosensor dye to visualize and quantify the spatial distribution of nanoparticles in the endosomes and lysosomes of live cells. Using this method, we compared the endolysosomal distribution of cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-functionalized micelles to unfunctionalized micelles and found that CPP-functionalized micelles exhibited faster endosome-to-lysosome trafficking than unfunctionalized micelles. Ratiometric fluorescence imaging of pH-sensitive Lysosensor dye allows rapid quantitative mapping of nanoparticle distribution in endolysosomes in live cells while minimizing artifacts caused by extensive sample manipulation typical of alternative approaches. This new method can thus serve as an alternative to traditional immunofluorescence approaches to study the intracellular distribution and trafficking of nanoparticles within endosomes and lysosomes.

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Nano letters

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EISSN

1530-6992

ISSN

1530-6984

Publication Date

February 2017

Volume

17

Issue

2

Start / End Page

1226 / 1232

Related Subject Headings

  • Surface Properties
  • Optical Imaging
  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • Nanoparticles
  • Micelles
  • Lysosomes
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Humans
  • Fluorescent Dyes
 

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Wang, J., MacEwan, S. R., & Chilkoti, A. (2017). Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH. Nano Letters, 17(2), 1226–1232. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05041
Wang, Jing, Sarah R. MacEwan, and Ashutosh Chilkoti. “Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH.Nano Letters 17, no. 2 (February 2017): 1226–32. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05041.
Wang J, MacEwan SR, Chilkoti A. Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH. Nano letters. 2017 Feb;17(2):1226–32.
Wang, Jing, et al. “Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH.Nano Letters, vol. 17, no. 2, Feb. 2017, pp. 1226–32. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05041.
Wang J, MacEwan SR, Chilkoti A. Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH. Nano letters. 2017 Feb;17(2):1226–1232.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nano letters

DOI

EISSN

1530-6992

ISSN

1530-6984

Publication Date

February 2017

Volume

17

Issue

2

Start / End Page

1226 / 1232

Related Subject Headings

  • Surface Properties
  • Optical Imaging
  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • Nanoparticles
  • Micelles
  • Lysosomes
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Humans
  • Fluorescent Dyes