Ramesh, BS;
Giorgakis, E;
Lopez-Davila, V;
Dashtarzheneha, AK;
Loizidou, M;
(2016)
Detection of cell surface calreticulin as a potential cancer biomarker using near-infrared emitting gold nanoclusters.
Nanotechnology
, 27
(28)
, Article 285101. 10.1088/0957-4484/27/28/285101.
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Abstract
Calreticulin (CRT) is a cytoplasmic calcium-binding protein. The aim of this study was to investigate CRT presence in cancer with the use of fluorescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) and to explore AuNC synthesis using mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA) as a coating agent. MSA-coated AuNCs conferred well-dispersed, bio-stable, water-soluble nanoparticles with bioconjugation capacity and 800-850 nm fluorescence after broad-band excitation. Cell-viability assay revealed good AuNC tolerability. A native CRT amino-terminus corresponding peptide sequence was synthesised and used to generate rabbit site-specific antibodies. Target specificity was demonstrated with antibody blocking in colorectal and breast cancer cell models; human umbilical vein endothelial cells served as controls. We demonstrated a novel route of AuNC/MSA manufacture and CRT presence on colonic and breast cancerous cell surface. AuNCs served as fluorescent bio-probes specifically recognising surface-bound CRT. These results are promising in terms of AuNC application in cancer theranostics and CRT use as surface biomarker in human cancer.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Detection of cell surface calreticulin as a potential cancer biomarker using near-infrared emitting gold nanoclusters |
Location: | England |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1088/0957-4484/27/28/285101 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/28/285101 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (CC BY 3.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
Keywords: | gold nanoclusters, quantum nanoparticles, calreticulin, theranostics, cancer biomarkers |
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 > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1498865 |
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