PMID- 30469046 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190530 LR - 20190530 IS - 1873-4367 (Electronic) IS - 0927-7765 (Linking) VI - 174 DP - 2019 Feb 1 TI - Multi-functional core-shell Fe(3)O(4)@Au nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy. PG - 252-259 LID - S0927-7765(18)30780-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.11.004 [doi] AB - Multi-functional core-shell Fe(3)O(4)@Au nanoparticles (Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs) conjugated with doxorubicin (DOX), methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG), and folic acid-linked poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-FA) were synthesized for cancer theranostic applications. In the developed NPs, the DOX was chemically conjugated at the surface of core-shell Fe(3)O(4)@Au NPs using L-cysteine methyl ester (LCME) as a linker by acid-sensitive hydrazone bond. The formation of Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs was confirmed by (1)H-NMR analysis. The TEM image and DLS studies showed that the mean diameter of the prepared NPs was about 18 and 38 nm, respectively. Due to the existence of superparamagnetic Fe(3)O(4), the Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs presented the saturation magnetization (Ms) value of 23 emu/g. The developed NPs displayed the maximum amount of drug release in the acidic medium than that in the mild alkaline medium because of the presence of acid-sensitive hydrazone bond. Due to the presence of FA, the Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs displayed the increased cellular uptake through a folate-receptor-mediated endocytosis, which results in the improved cytotoxic effect on the HeLa cells. Under the laser irradiation, the cytotoxicity of Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs was found to be improved due to the photothermal effect of Au shell existing in the NPs. These results reveal that the Fe(3)O(4)@Au-DOX-mPEG/PEG-FA NPs could be a promising tumour-targeted drug delivery system with the capabilities of combined MR/CT imaging, photothermal, and chemotherapy of tumours. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - S, Rajkumar AU - S R AD - Department of Chemistry, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur, Chennai, 603 103, India. FAU - M, Prabaharan AU - M P AD - Department of Chemistry, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur, Chennai, 603 103, India. Electronic address: mprabaharan@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181115 PL - Netherlands TA - Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces JT - Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces JID - 9315133 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Ferric Compounds) RN - 1K09F3G675 (ferric oxide) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - 935E97BOY8 (Folic Acid) SB - IM MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Doxorubicin/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Drug Carriers/chemistry MH - Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor MH - Female MH - Ferric Compounds/*chemistry MH - Folic Acid/chemistry MH - Gold/*chemistry MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Metal Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Optical Imaging MH - Particle Size MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Surface Properties MH - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer therapy OT - Core-shell nanoparticles OT - Drug delivery OT - Multi-functional OT - Theranostics EDAT- 2018/11/24 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/31 06:00 CRDT- 2018/11/24 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/11/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/11/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0927-7765(18)30780-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.11.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2019 Feb 1;174:252-259. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.11.004. Epub 2018 Nov 15.