Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 1619.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150244

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Influences on Adhesion and Proliferation of Endothelial Cells with AuNPs

WANG Bicui, WANG Wei*(), ZHANG Jingwei, YUAN Zhi*()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering(Tianjin),Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2015-03-25 Online:2015-08-10 Published:2015-06-11
  • Contact: WANG Wei,YUAN Zhi E-mail:duruo@nankai.edu.cn;zhiy@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51273095), the National Found for Fostering Talents of Basic Science, China(No.J1103306), the State Key Fundamental R&D Project, China(No.2011CB606202), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China(No.14JCQNJC03500) and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China(No.IRT1257)

Abstract:

In order to study the influence of endothelial cells behavior with different surface valences of gold nanoparticles(AuNPs), two kinds of AuNPs surfaces composed of monovalence[Au(Ⅰ)] or zero-valence gold[Au(0)], were synthesized with different reducing agent. The cell adhesion and proliferation showed that the Au(Ⅰ) on AuNPs will not affect the growth behavior of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) compared with Au(0). However, two kinds of AuNPs both inhibited the adhesion and proliferation of HUVECs with concentration dependence. When the concentration of AuNPs increasing from 0.01 nmol/L to 1 nmol/L, the adhesion rate of HUVECs decreased 16%, the number of cell proliferation after 7 d culture also decreased 12%. Further research showed that the inhibition of AuNPs with HUVECs was related to the immobilized state. After covalent modified onto the glass, the inhibition of AuNPs on HUVECs decreases significantly, the cell adhesion and proliferation on AuNPs modified surface were similar to the control. Vinculin and acridine orange/ethidium bromide(AO/EB) stained images also illustrated that HUVECs could spread and adhere well on the immobilized AuNPs surface, and keep a good activity on the proliferation. This study would provide a reference for the AuNPs used in biomedical applications.

Key words: Gold nanoparticles, Adhesion and proliferation endothelial cells, Surface valence, Immobilized

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