Effect of Hydrophobicity on Nano-Bio Interactions of Zwitterionic Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles at the Cellular Level

Bioconjugate Chemistry
Shasha SunJie Zheng

Abstract

Fundamental understanding of how the hydrophobicity impacts cellular interactions of engineered nanoparticles is critical to their future success in healthcare. Herein, we report that inserting hydrophobic octanethiol onto the surface of zwitterionic luminescent glutathione coated gold nanoparticles (GS-AuNPs) of 2 nm enhanced their affinity to the cellular membrane and increased cellular uptake kinetics by more than one order of magnitude, rather than inducing the accumulation of the AuNPs in the bilayer core or enhancing their passive diffusion. These studies highlight the diversity and heterogeneity in the hydrophobicity-induced nano-bio interactions at the cellular level and offer a new pathway to expediting cellular uptake of engineered nanoparticles. In addition, the amphiphilic luminescent AuNPs with high affinity to cell membrane and rapid endocytosis potentially serve as dual-modality imaging probes to correlate fluorescence and electron microscopies at the cellular level.

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