Stabilization of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Biological Media by Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)

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• 作者：Hilda T. R. Wiogo ; May Lim ; Volga Bulmus ; Jimmy Yun ; Rose Amal
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 18, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：27
• 期：2
• 页码：843-850
• 全文大小：971K
• 年卷期：v.27,no.2(January 18, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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A facile method of stabilizing magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) in biological media (RPMI-1640) via surface modification with fetal bovine serum (FBS) is presented herein. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) shows that the size of the MNP aggregates can be maintained at 190 卤 2 nm for up to 16 h in an RPMI 1640 culture medium containing 鈮? vol % FBS. Under transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a layer of protein coating is observed to cover the MNP surface following treatment with FBS. The adsorption of proteins is further confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Gel electrophoresis and LC-MS/MS studies reveal that complement factor H, antithrombin, complement factor I, 伪-1-antiproteinase, and apolipoprotein E are the proteins most strongly attached to the surface of an MNP. These surface-adsorbed proteins serve as a linker that aids the adsorption of other serum proteins, such as albumin, which otherwise adsorb poorly onto MNPs. The size stability of FBS-treated MNPs in biological media is attributed to the secondary adsorbed proteins, and the size stability in biological media can be maintained only when both the surface-adsorbed proteins and the secondary adsorbed proteins are present on the particle鈥檚 surface.