PMID- 37015350 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230529 LR - 20230609 IS - 1530-8022 (Electronic) IS - 0885-3282 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 10 DP - 2023 May TI - Effect of size and morphology of functionalized upconversion nanoparticle labeled probe on stem cell absorption. PG - 1823-1834 LID - 10.1177/08853282231153725 [doi] AB - In order to improve the application of stem cell therapy, it is important to monitor the proliferation and differentiation of transplanted stem cells in real time, high sensitivity and high precision. Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been employed as bioimaging agents and delivery vehicles for gene therapeutics in several types of cells. Herein, we fabricated multiple functional upconversion nanoparticles (FUC-NPs) as exogenous contrast agents to investigate the effect of FUC-NPs size on the efficiency of tracking human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (HUCMSCs). We used TEM, DLS, MTT, etc. systematically detected the effects of nanoparticle dose and exposure time on HUCMSCs cytotoxicity. Our data showed that incubation of FUC-NPs, HUCMSCs are able to maintain their viability and differentiation ability. Interestingly, the small size FUC-NPs examined, S-FUCs, had a much higher uptake capability than the other FUC-NPs (B-FUCs, H-FUCs and R-FUCs).The study will aid in UCNPs for the engineering of stem cell application in the future. FAU - Liu, Yanan AU - Liu Y AD - Shenzhen Longhua Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Zheng, Chuping AU - Zheng C AD - College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Liu, Jie AU - Liu J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2237-9309 AD - College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230404 PL - England TA - J Biomater Appl JT - Journal of biomaterials applications JID - 8813912 RN - 0 (Contrast Media) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Nanoparticles/toxicity MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cells MH - Contrast Media/pharmacology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Stem Cell Transplantation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Upconversion nanoparticles OT - cellular uptake OT - mesenchymal stem cells OT - size and morphology OT - stem cell differentiation EDAT- 2023/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/29 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/04 19:53 PHST- 2023/05/29 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/04 19:53 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/08853282231153725 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomater Appl. 2023 May;37(10):1823-1834. doi: 10.1177/08853282231153725. Epub 2023 Apr 4.