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Article

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

2.10 NANO-TECHNOLOGY

Publication Details

Toxicology Letters, Vol.198,Issue 2, 5 October 2010, pp. 134-143.

Abstract

PNIPAM nanoparticles, with and without a covalentlylinked fluorescent label, were prepared by a free radical polymerisation technique. The cyto and genotoxicity of PNIPAM nanoparticles were analysed in two representative mammalian cell lines, SW480, a colon, and HaCaT, a dermal cell line. Physical characterisation in terms of particle size and zeta potential of the PNIPAM nanoparticles was carried out both in aqueous solution and in the appropriate cell culture media. Uptake and colocalisation of fluorescently labelled PNIPAM nanoparticles was monitored in both cell lines using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Genotoxicity analysis using the Comet assay was performed in both cell lines to evaluate any DNA damage. It was observed that the PNIPAM nanoparticles were internalized and localised in lysosomes within 24 hrs. No significant cytotoxic response (p ≤ 0.05) was observed in either cell line over concentration ranges from 25 mg/l to 1000 mg/l for all exposure time periods. Furthermore, no significant genotoxic response (p ≤ 0.05) was observed in either cell line over concentration ranges from 12.5 mg/l to 800 mg/l for all exposure time periods. The results suggest that the PNIPAM nanoparticles show excellent biocompatibility in vitro.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.011

Funder

INSPIRE programme, funded by the Irish Government's Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions, Cycle 4, National Development Plan 2007-2013, supported by the European Union Structural Fund. Additional funding from EPA (TT, 2006-PhD-RCA-19) and SFI SRC BioNanoInteract (07 SRC B1155)

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