Shape Effect on Particle-Lipid Bilayer Membrane Association, Cellular Uptake, and Cytotoxicity

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• 作者：Thapakorn Tree-Udom ; Jiraporn Seemork ; Kazuki Shigyou ; Tsutomu Hamada ; Naunpun Sangphech ; Tanapat Palaga ; Numpon Insin ; Porntip Pan-In ; Supason Wanichwecharungruang
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 4, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：43
• 页码：23993-24000
• 全文大小：348K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Although computer simulation and cell culture experiments have shown that elongated spherical particles can be taken up into cells more efficiently than spherical particles, experimental investigation on effects of these different shapes over the particle鈥搈embrane association has never been reported. Therefore, whether the higher cellular uptake of an elongated spherical particles is a result of a better particle鈥搈embrane association as suggested by some calculation works or a consequence of its influence on other cellular trans-membrane components involved in particle translocation process, cannot be concluded. Here, we study the effect of particle shape on the particle鈥搈embrane interaction by monitoring the association between particles of various shapes and lipid bilayer membrane of artificial cell-sized liposomes. Among the three shaped lanthanide-doped NaYF₄ particles, all with high shape purity and uniformity, similar crystal phase, and surface chemistry, the elongated spherical particle shows the highest level of membrane association, followed by the spherical particle with a similar radius, and the hexagonal prism-shaped particle, respectively. The free energy of membrane curvature calculated based on a membrane indentation induced by a particle association indicates that among the three particle shapes, the elongated spherical particle give the most stable membrane curvature. The elongated spherical particles show the highest cellular uptake into cytosol of human melanoma (A-375) and human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cells when observed through a confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscope. Quantitative study using flow cytometry also gives the same result. The elongated spherical particles also possess the highest cytotoxicity in A-375 and normal skin (WI-38) cell lines, comparing to the other two shaped particles.