PMID- 29182571 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180709 LR - 20240327 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 12 DP - 2017 Nov 28 TI - Graphene Oxide-Silver Nanoparticles Nanocomposite Stimulates Differentiation in Human Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells (SH-SY5Y). LID - 10.3390/ijms18122549 [doi] LID - 2549 AB - Recently, graphene and graphene related nanocomposite receive much attention due to high surface-to-volume ratio, and unique physiochemical and biological properties. The combination of metallic nanoparticles with graphene-based materials offers a promising method to fabricate novel graphene-silver hybrid nanomaterials with unique functions in biomedical nanotechnology, and nanomedicine. Therefore, this study was designed to prepare graphene oxide (GO) silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) nanocomposite (GO-AgNPs) containing two different nanomaterials in single platform with distinctive properties using luciferin as reducing agents. In addition, we investigated the effect of GO-AgNPs on differentiation in SH-SY5Y cells. The synthesized GO-AgNPs were characterized by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. The differentiation was confirmed by series of cellular and biochemical assays. The AgNPs were distributed uniformly on the surface of graphene oxide with an average size of 25 nm. As prepared GO-AgNPOs induces differentiation by increasing the expression of neuronal differentiation markers and decreasing the expression of stem cell markers. The results indicated that the redox biology involved the expression of various signaling molecules, which play an important role in differentiation. This study suggests that GO-AgNP nanocomposite could stimulate differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells. Furthermore, understanding the mechanisms of differentiation of neuroblastoma cells could provide new strategies for cancer and stem cell therapies. Therefore, these studies suggest that GO-AgNPs could target specific chemotherapy-resistant cells within a tumor. FAU - Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi AU - Gurunathan S AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. gsangiliyandi@yahoo.com. FAU - Kim, Jin-Hoi AU - Kim JH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1232-5307 AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. jhkim541@konkuk.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171128 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 3M4G523W1G (Silver) RN - 7782-42-5 (Graphite) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Graphite/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Metal Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Nanocomposites/*chemistry MH - Neuroblastoma/genetics/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Silver/*chemistry MH - Spectrum Analysis, Raman MH - X-Ray Diffraction PMC - PMC5751152 OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptosis OT - differentiation OT - luciferin OT - neuroblastoma OT - neuronal markers OT - stem cell markers COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/10 06:00 PMCR- 2017/12/01 CRDT- 2017/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/11/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms18122549 [pii] AID - ijms-18-02549 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms18122549 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Nov 28;18(12):2549. doi: 10.3390/ijms18122549.