Investigation of Protein Corona Formed around Biologically
Produced Gold Nanoparticles

J 2022

Investigation of Protein Corona Formed around Biologically Produced Gold Nanoparticles

POURALI, Parastoo, Eva NEUHOFEROVA, Volha DZMITRUK and Veronika BENSON

Basic information

Original name

Investigation of Protein Corona Formed around Biologically Produced Gold Nanoparticles

Authors

POURALI, Parastoo, Eva NEUHOFEROVA, Volha DZMITRUK and Veronika BENSON

Edition

MATERIALS, MDPI, 2022, 1996-1944

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10400 1.4 Chemical sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.400

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/22:00128760

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134615

UT WoS

000822164200001

Keywords in English

biologically produced gold nanoparticles; hard protein corona; capping agent; Fusarium oxysporum

Abstract

V originále

Although there are several research articles on the detection and characterization of protein corona on the surface of various nanoparticles, there are no detailed studies on the formation, detection, and characterization of protein corona on the surface of biologically produced gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). AuNPs were prepared from Fusarium oxysporum at two different temperatures and characterized by spectrophotometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The zeta potential of AuNPs was determined using a Zetasizer. AuNPs were incubated with 3 different concentrations of mouse plasma, and the hard protein corona was detected first by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and then by electrospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The profiles were compared to AuNPs alone that served as control. The results showed that round and oval AuNPs with sizes below 50 nm were produced at both temperatures. The AuNPs were stable after the formation of the protein corona and had sizes larger than 86 nm, and their zeta potential remained negative. We found that capping agents in the control samples contained small peptides/amino acids but almost no protein(s). After hard protein corona formation, we identified plasma proteins present on the surface of AuNPs. The identified plasma proteins may contribute to the AuNPs being shielded from phagocytizing immune cells, which makes the AuNPs a promising candidate for in vivo drug delivery. The protein corona on the surface of biologically produced AuNPs differed depending on the capping agents of the individual AuNP samples and the plasma concentration.

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Citovat

POURALI, Parastoo, Eva NEUHOFEROVA, Volha DZMITRUK and Veronika BENSON. Investigation of Protein Corona Formed around Biologically Produced Gold Nanoparticles. MATERIALS. MDPI, 2022, vol. 15, No 13, p. 4615-4636. ISSN 1996-1944. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134615.

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POURALI, Parastoo, Eva NEUHOFEROVA, Volha DZMITRUK and Veronika BENSON. Investigation of Protein Corona Formed around Biologically Produced Gold Nanoparticles. \textit{MATERIALS}. MDPI, 2022, vol.~15, No~13, p.~4615-4636. ISSN~1996-1944. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15134615.

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