Plasmonic gold nanorods can carry sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine to improve photodynamic detection and therapy of cancers

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
Lei LiQian Peng

Abstract

Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide-coated gold nanorods (AuNRs) with positive charges were effectively bound to negatively charged sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine (AlPcS), a photosensitizer for photodynamic detection and therapy, due to the electrostatic force, with a loading content of 10(4) AlPcS molecules per rod. A 5-fold increase in the AlPcS fluorescence of the AlPcS-AuNRs complex was seen. The excitation fluorescence spectrum of the AlPcS-AuNRs with a typical 520 nm band fits well with the resonance band of AuNR surface plasmons, suggesting that such increased AlPcS fluorescence is produced from the strong surface plasmons of AuNRs. The intracellular distribution of AlPcS-AuNRs was studied in the QGY liver cancer cells by respectively imaging the AlPcS fluorescence and AuNRs reflectance with a confocal microscope. Furthermore, the AlPcS-AuNRs-loaded cells were photodynamically damaged after being exposed to red light in a light-dose-dependent manner. In contrast, no phototoxicity of the cells was seen after incubation with the same amount of free AlPcS, indicating that the AlPcS-AuNRs can enhance the AlPcS-mediated photodynamic effect. In addition, the loaded AlPcS can be photothermally released from AuNRs in the cell...Continue Reading

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