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Shahbazi-Gahrouei D, Abdi N, Shahbazi-Gahrouei S, Hejazi SH, Salehnia Z. In vivo study of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody-based iron oxide nanoparticles (anti-EGFR-SPIONs) as a novel MR imaging contrast agent for lung cancer (LLC1) cells detection. IET Nanobiotechnol 2021; 14:369-374. [PMID: 32691738 DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2019.0385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) conjugated with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody (anti-EGFR-SPIONs) were characterised, and its cytotoxicity effects, ex vivo and in vivo studies on Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC1) cells in C57BL/6 mice were investigated. The broadband at 679.96 cm-1 relates to Fe-O, which verified the formation of the anti-EGFR-Mab with SPIONs was obtained by the FTIR. The TEM images showed spherical shape 20 and 80 nm-sized for nanoparticles and the anti-EGFR-SPIONs, respectively. Results of cell viability at 24 h after incubation with different concentrations of nanoprobe showed it has only a 20% reduction in cell viabilities. The synthesised nanoprobe administered by systemic injection into C57BL/6 mice showed good Fe tumour uptake and satisfied image signal intensity under ex vivo and in vivo conditions. A higher concentration of nanoprobe was achieved compared to non-specific and control, indicating selective delivery of nanoprobe to the tumour. It is concluded that the anti-EGFR-SPIONs was found to be as an MR imaging contrast nanoagent for lung cancer (LLC1) cells detection.
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- Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Immunology Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Di Paola M, Quarta A, Conversano F, Sbenaglia EA, Bettini S, Valli L, Gigli G, Casciaro S. Human Hepatocarcinoma Cell Targeting by Glypican-3 Ligand Peptide Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles: Implications for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4490-4499. [PMID: 28420236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) are widely studied nanomaterials for their potential employment in advanced biomedical applications, such as selective molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery. SiNPs are generally low cost and highly biocompatible, can be easily functionalized with a wide variety of functional ligands, and have been demonstrated to be effective in enhancing ultrasound contrast at clinical diagnostic frequencies. Therefore, SiNPs might be used as contrast agents in echographic imaging. In this work, we have developed a SiNPs-based system for the in vitro molecular imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma cells that express high levels of glypican-3 protein (GPC-3) on their surface. In this regard, a novel GPC-3 targeting peptide was designed and conjugated to fluorescent silica nanoparticles. The physicochemical properties, acoustic behavior, and biocompatibility profile of the functionalized SiNPs were characterized; then binding and uptake of both naked and functionalized SiNPs were analyzed by laser scanning confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in GPC-3 positive HepG2 cells, a human hepatocarcinoma cell line. The results obtained showed that GPC-3-functionalized fluorescent SiNPs significantly enhanced the ultrasound contrast and were effectively bound and taken up by HepG2 cells without affecting their viability.
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- Marco Di Paola
- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council , c/o Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Ghorbani M, Oral O, Ekici S, Gozuacik D, Kosar A. Review on Lithotripsy and Cavitation in Urinary Stone Therapy. IEEE Rev Biomed Eng 2016; 9:264-83. [PMID: 27249837 DOI: 10.1109/rbme.2016.2573381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cavitation is the sudden formation of vapor bubbles or voids in liquid media and occurs after rapid changes in pressure as a consequence of mechanical forces. It is mostly an undesirable phenomenon. Although the elimination of cavitation is a major topic in the study of fluid dynamics, its destructive nature could be exploited for therapeutic applications. Ultrasonic and hydrodynamic sources are two main origins for generating cavitation. The purpose of this review is to give the reader a general idea about the formation of cavitation phenomenon and existing biomedical applications of ultrasonic and hydrodynamic cavitation. Because of the high number of the studies on ultrasound cavitation in the literature, the main focus of this review is placed on the lithotripsy techniques, which have been widely used for the treatment of urinary stones. Accordingly, cavitation phenomenon and its basic concepts are presented in Section II. The significance of the ultrasound cavitation in the urinary stone treatment is discussed in Section III in detail and hydrodynamic cavitation as an important alternative for the ultrasound cavitation is included in Section IV. Finally, side effects of using both ultrasound and hydrodynamic cavitation in biomedical applications are presented in Section V.
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