Khanal, D;
Lei, Q;
Pinget, G;
Cheong, DA;
Gautam, A;
Yusoff, R;
Su, B;
... Chrzanowski, W; + view all
(2020)
The protein corona determines the cytotoxicity of nanodiamonds: implications of corona formation and its remodelling on nanodiamond applications in biomedical imaging and drug delivery.
Nanoscale Advances
10.1039/d0na00231c.
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Abstract
The use of nanodiamonds for biomedical and consumer applications is growing rapidly. As their use becomes more widespread, so too do concerns around their cytotoxicity. The cytotoxicity of nanodiamonds correlates with their cellular internalisation and circulation time in the body. Both internalisation and circulation time are influenced by the formation of a protein corona on the nanodiamond surface. However, a precise understanding of both how the corona forms and evolves and its influence on cytotoxicity is lacking. Here, we investigated protein corona formation and evolution in response to two classes of nanodiamonds, pristine and aminated, and two types of proteins, bovine serum albumin and fibronectin. Specifically, we found that a corona made of bovine serum albumin (BSA), which represents the most abundant protein in blood plasma, reduced nanodiamond agglomeration. Fibronectin (FN9-10), the second most abundant protein found in the plasma, exhibited a significantly higher nanodiamond binding affinity than BSA, irrespective of the nanodiamond surface charge. Finally, nanodiamonds with a BSA corona displayed less cytotoxicity towards nonphagocytic liver cells. However, regardless of the type of corona (FN9-10 or BSA), both classes of nanodiamonds induced substantial phagocytic cell death. Our results emphasise that a precise understanding of the corona composition is fundamental to determining the fate of nanoparticles in the body.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The protein corona determines the cytotoxicity of nanodiamonds: implications of corona formation and its remodelling on nanodiamond applications in biomedical imaging and drug delivery |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0na00231c |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/d0na00231c |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > Biomaterials and Tissue Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109289 |
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