Development of Gold Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Nitroreductase Delivery
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: ECS Transactions, Cyfrol 33, Rhif 38, 01.01.2011, t. 79-89.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Development of Gold Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Nitroreductase Delivery
AU - Cude, M.P.
AU - Gwenin, C.D.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - Directed enzyme prodrug therapies (DEPT) currently suffer from inherent problems associated with localising and retaining enzymes at tumours. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) have been synthesised (≈10 nm) and surface functionalised with gold by direct reduction and by attachment of pre-synthesised Au seeds; these Au-SPION sols are stable in aqueous solution and are susceptible to magnetic manipulation. We have genetically modified the nitroreductase (NTR) yfkO from Bacillus Licheniformis to include a sequence of 12 cysteine residues, this modified NTR retains activity with CB1954 and has been immobilised onto gold via the 12 Au-S bonds. The yfkO-cys12 can therefore be immobilised with controlled orientation onto the Au-SPION to allow a magnetically directed enzyme prodrug therapy (MDEPT) to be developed; creating a novel strategy to target and localise prodrug activation to cancer tumour sites using magnetism.
AB - Directed enzyme prodrug therapies (DEPT) currently suffer from inherent problems associated with localising and retaining enzymes at tumours. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) have been synthesised (≈10 nm) and surface functionalised with gold by direct reduction and by attachment of pre-synthesised Au seeds; these Au-SPION sols are stable in aqueous solution and are susceptible to magnetic manipulation. We have genetically modified the nitroreductase (NTR) yfkO from Bacillus Licheniformis to include a sequence of 12 cysteine residues, this modified NTR retains activity with CB1954 and has been immobilised onto gold via the 12 Au-S bonds. The yfkO-cys12 can therefore be immobilised with controlled orientation onto the Au-SPION to allow a magnetically directed enzyme prodrug therapy (MDEPT) to be developed; creating a novel strategy to target and localise prodrug activation to cancer tumour sites using magnetism.
U2 - 10.1149/1.3583517
DO - 10.1149/1.3583517
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 79
EP - 89
JO - ECS Transactions
JF - ECS Transactions
SN - 1938-6737
IS - 38
ER -