PMID- 32263142 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200408 IS - 2050-7518 (Electronic) IS - 2050-750X (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 28 DP - 2016 Jul 28 TI - Cellular internalisation, bioimaging and dark and photodynamic cytotoxicity of silica nanoparticles doped by Mo(6)I(8)(4+) metal clusters. PG - 4839-4846 LID - 10.1039/c6tb00723f [doi] AB - Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) doped by hexanuclear molybdenum cluster complexes [Mo(6)X(8)L(6)](n) (X = Cl, Br, or I; L = various inorganic or organic ligands) have been recently suggested as materials with high potential for biomedical applications due to both their outstanding photoluminescence properties and their ability to efficiently generate singlet oxygen upon photoirradiation. However, no studies were undertaken so far to prove this concept. Therefore, here we examined the potential of photoluminescent SNPs doped by Mo(6)I(8)(4+) for applications such as bioimaging and photodynamic therapy using the human epidermoid larynx carcinoma (Hep-2) cell line as a model. Our results demonstrated both: (i) significant luminescence from cells with internalised molybdenum cluster-doped SNPs combined with the low cytotoxicity of particles in the darkness and (ii) significant cytotoxicity of the particles upon photoirradiation. Thus, this research provides strong experimental evidence for high potential of molybdenum-cluster-doped materials in biomedical applications such as optical bioimaging, biolabeling and photodynamic therapy. FAU - Solovieva, Anastasiya O AU - Solovieva AO AD - Scientific Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology, 2 Timakova st., 630060 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. FAU - Vorotnikov, Yuri A AU - Vorotnikov YA FAU - Trifonova, Kristina E AU - Trifonova KE FAU - Efremova, Olga A AU - Efremova OA FAU - Krasilnikova, Anna A AU - Krasilnikova AA FAU - Brylev, Konstantin A AU - Brylev KA FAU - Vorontsova, Elena V AU - Vorontsova EV FAU - Avrorov, Pavel A AU - Avrorov PA FAU - Shestopalova, Lidiya V AU - Shestopalova LV FAU - Poveshchenko, Alexander F AU - Poveshchenko AF FAU - Mironov, Yuri V AU - Mironov YV FAU - Shestopalov, Michael A AU - Shestopalov MA LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160627 PL - England TA - J Mater Chem B JT - Journal of materials chemistry. B JID - 101598493 SB - IM EDAT- 2016/07/28 00:00 MHDA- 2016/07/28 00:01 CRDT- 2020/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/28 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/28 00:01 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c6tb00723f [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mater Chem B. 2016 Jul 28;4(28):4839-4846. doi: 10.1039/c6tb00723f. Epub 2016 Jun 27.