Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 2167.

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Live Cells Fluorescence Imaging by Bovine Serum Albumin-mediated Synthesized Gold Nanoclusters

YUAN Yuan1,2,4, HE Xiao-Xiao1,2,4*, SHI Hui2,3,4, WANG Ke-Min2,3,4*, WU Xu1,2,4, HUO Xi-Qin2,3,4   

  1. 1. College of Biology,
    2. State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics,
    3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
    4. Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecule Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • Received:2010-04-16 Online:2010-11-10 Published:2010-11-10
  • Contact: WANG Ke-Min. E-mail: kmwang@hnu.cn; HE Xiao-Xiao. E-mail: xiaoxiaohe@hnu.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(批准号: 90606003, 20775021)、教育部创新研究群体项目、教育部科学技术重点项目(批准号: 107084)、新世纪优秀人才支持计划(批准号: NCET-06-0697)和湖南省自然科学基金创新研究群体项目(批准号: 10JJ7002)资助.

Abstract: Gold nanocluster was synthesized by bovine serum albumin directing, and was characterized by fluorescence spectrophotometer, zeta sizer and non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The results show that the gold nanocluster’s fluorescence signal is strong and stable at different pH value. The interaction between gold nanoclusters and HeLa cells was further studied. It demonstrates that the gold naoclusters could be successfully uptaken by living cells. The good effects of the fluorescent labeling of living cells can be achieved by optimal incubation time and gold nanoclusters’ concentration. Moreover, the fixation treatment did not change the form of labeling. These results provide some guidance to the further application of fluorescent gold nanoclusters in the field of live cells labeling.

Key words: Gold nanocluster, Living cell, Fluorescent labeling

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