scholarly journals In vitro upconverting/downshifting luminescent detection of tumor markers based on Eu3+-activated core–shell–shell lanthanide nanoprobes

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 5013-5019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongsheng Liu ◽  
Shanyong Zhou ◽  
Zhu Zhuo ◽  
Renfu Li ◽  
Zhuo Chen ◽  
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We demonstrate the successful use of Eu3+-activated core–shell–shell nanoprobes for in vitro upconverting/downshifting luminescent detection of a cancer biomarker of alpha-fetoprotein.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Skaidre Jankovskaja ◽  
Johan Engblom ◽  
Melinda Rezeli ◽  
György Marko-Varga ◽  
Tautgirdas Ruzgas ◽  
...  

AbstractThe tryptophan to kynurenine ratio (Trp/Kyn) has been proposed as a cancer biomarker. Non-invasive topical sampling of Trp/Kyn can therefore serve as a promising concept for skin cancer diagnostics. By performing in vitro pig skin permeability studies, we conclude that non-invasive topical sampling of Trp and Kyn is feasible. We explore the influence of different experimental conditions, which are relevant for the clinical in vivo setting, such as pH variations, sampling time, and microbial degradation of Trp and Kyn. The permeabilities of Trp and Kyn are overall similar. However, the permeated Trp/Kyn ratio is generally higher than unity due to endogenous Trp, which should be taken into account to obtain a non-biased Trp/Kyn ratio accurately reflecting systemic concentrations. Additionally, prolonged sampling time is associated with bacterial Trp and Kyn degradation and should be considered in a clinical setting. Finally, the experimental results are supported by the four permeation pathways model, predicting that the hydrophilic Trp and Kyn molecules mainly permeate through lipid defects (i.e., the porous pathway). However, the hydrophobic indole ring of Trp is suggested to result in a small but noticeable relative increase of Trp diffusion via pathways across the SC lipid lamellae, while the shunt pathway is proposed to slightly favor permeation of Kyn relative to Trp.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Chan-Gi Pack ◽  
Bjorn Paulson ◽  
Yeonhee Shin ◽  
Min Kyo Jung ◽  
Jun Sung Kim ◽  
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Controlling the uptake of nanoparticles into cells so as to balance therapeutic effects with toxicity is an essential unsolved problem in the development of nanomedicine technologies. From this point of view, it is useful to use standard nanoparticles to quantitatively evaluate the physical properties of the nanoparticles in solution and in cells, and to analyze the intracellular dynamic motion and distribution of these nanoparticles at a single-particle level. In this study, standard nanoparticles are developed based on a variant silica-based nanoparticle incorporating fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) or/and rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RITC) with a variety of accessible diameters and a matching fluorescent cobalt ferrite core-shell structure (Fe2O4/SiO2). The physical and optical properties of the nanoparticles in vitro are fully evaluated with the complementary methods of dynamic light scattering, electron microscopy, and two fluorescence correlation methods. In addition, cell uptake of dual-colored and core/shell nanoparticles via endocytosis in live HeLa cells is detected by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and electron microscopy, indicating the suitability of the nanoparticles as standards for further studies of intracellular dynamics with multi-modal methods.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhong Zhang ◽  
Wenwen Meng ◽  
Mengrao Li

Adriamycin (ADM) coated silica microspheres as a labels for a sensitive cancer biomarker Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) detection was reported. Silica microspheres (SiO2 MS) were employed as carrier for the immobilization of...


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulsim K. Kulsharova ◽  
Matthew B. Lee ◽  
Felice Cheng ◽  
Munima Haque ◽  
Hyungsoo Choi ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joicy Selvaraj ◽  
Arun Mahesh ◽  
Vijayshankar Asokan ◽  
Vaseeharan Baskaralingam ◽  
Arunkumar Dhayalan ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-04
Author(s):  
Mansour Binandeh

Initially, magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) Fe3O4 are synthesized by a chemical correlation method and its core / shell structure is detected using SEM, FT-IR analysis. The purpose of this production was to use the nanoparticle performance level in the absorption of antibiotics, namely, ampicillin (amp). Absorption sampling was analyzed by UV-Vis spectrophotometer and the results indicate that the absorbance of the ampere increases to 85%. The bond between these two is electrostatic bonding, which was confirmed by EDX analysis. Ultimately, this compound was used for the antibacterial process. In this case, the MNP-amp compound was added in a natural amount of 20 μl a bacterial culture pattern overnight (In-vitro). The results showed that 95% of the bacteria were killed (confirmation of antibacterial properties of MNP). Therefore, it can be transmitted intentionally by controlling the magnetic field into living cells for the destruction of pathogenic bacteria.


2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (33) ◽  
pp. 4371-4374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Li ◽  
Nobutaka Hanagata ◽  
Xuebin Wang ◽  
Maho Yamaguchi ◽  
Wei Yi ◽  
...  

Boron nitride nanotubes@NaGdF4:Eu composites with core@shell structures were fabricated to trace and manipulate BNNTsin vitro.


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