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Stability-Enhanced Cisplatin Gold Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Anticancer Agents

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Tae Joon Cho, Vytas Reipa, John Pettibone, Justin Gorham, Allesandro Tona, Aaron Johnston-Peck, Bryant C. Nelson, Vincent Hackley

Abstract

Using dendron chemistry, we developed stability-enhanced carboxylate surfacemodified (negatively charged dendron) AuNPs (Au-NCD). Since the carboxylate surface of Au- NCD is optimal for complexation with cisplatin (Pt) moieties, we further synthesized Pt-loaded Au-NCD (Au-NCD/Pt) to serve as potential therapeutic anticancer agents. The size distribution, zeta potential, and surface plasmon resonance of both Au-NCDs and Au-NCD/Pt were characterized via dynamic light scattering, scanning transmission electron microscopy, and ultraviolet−visible spectrophotometry. Surface chemistry, Pt uptake, and Pt release were evaluated using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Colloidal stability in physiological media over a wide pH range (1−13) and shelf-life stability (up to 6 months) were also assessed. Finally, the cytotoxicity of both Au-NCD and Au-NCD/Pt to Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO K1; as a normal cell line) and to human lung epithelial cells (A549; as a cancer cell line) was evaluated. The results of these physicochemical and functional cytotoxicity studies with Au-NCD/Pt demonstrated that the particles exhibited superlative colloidal stability, cisplatin uptake, and in vitro anticancer activity despite low amounts of Pt release from the conjugate.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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Gold nanoparticles, cisplatin, Pt, dendrons, stability, nanomedicine
Nanomaterials, Nanochemistry and Nanobiotechnology

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Cho, T. , Reipa, V. , Pettibone, J. , Gorham, J. , Tona, A. , Johnston-Peck, A. , Nelson, B. and Hackley, V. (2023), Stability-Enhanced Cisplatin Gold Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Anticancer Agents, ACS Applied Nano Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956563 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created December 22, 2023, Updated May 28, 2024
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