Issue 14, 2016

A magnetic-dependent protein corona of tailor-made superparamagnetic iron oxides alters their biological behaviors

Abstract

In recent years, it is becoming increasingly evident that once nanoparticles come into contact with biological fluids, a protein corona surely forms and critically affects the biological behaviors of nanoparticles. Herein, we investigate whether the formation of protein corona on the surface of superparamagnetic iron oxides (SPIOs) is influenced by static magnetic field. Under static magnetic field, there is no obvious variation in the total amount of protein adsorption, but the proportion of adsorbed proteins significantly changes. Noticeably, certain proteins including apolipoproteins, complement system proteins and acute phase proteins, increase in the protein corona of SPIOs in the magnetic field. More importantly, the magnetic-dependent protein corona of SPIOs enhances the cellular uptake of SPIOs into the normal cell line (3T3 cells) and tumor cell line (HepG2 cells), due to increased adsorption of apolipoprotein. In addition, SPIOs with the magnetic-dependent protein corona cause high cytotoxicity to 3T3 cells and HepG2 cells. This work discloses that superparamagnetism as a key feature of SPIOs affects the composition of protein corona to a large extent, which further alters the biological behaviors of SPIOs.

Graphical abstract: A magnetic-dependent protein corona of tailor-made superparamagnetic iron oxides alters their biological behaviors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Nov 2015
Accepted
19 Feb 2016
First published
23 Feb 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 7544-7555

A magnetic-dependent protein corona of tailor-made superparamagnetic iron oxides alters their biological behaviors

Z. Liu, X. Zhan, M. Yang, Q. Yang, X. Xu, F. Lan, Y. Wu and Z. Gu, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 7544 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR08447D

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