Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells

Renquan Lu1, Dapeng Yang2, Daxiang Cui2, Zhongyang Wang3, Lin Guo11Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 2Department of Bio-Nano-Science and Engineering, National Key Laboratory of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Mic...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lu RQ, Yang DP, Cui DX, Wang ZY, Guo L
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/20f2d635d83444558b39f55f779430b3
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:20f2d635d83444558b39f55f779430b3
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:20f2d635d83444558b39f55f779430b32021-12-02T03:05:15ZEgg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells1176-91141178-2013https://doaj.org/article/20f2d635d83444558b39f55f779430b32012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/egg-white-mediated-green-synthesis-of-silver-nanoparticles-with-excell-a9755https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9114https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Renquan Lu1, Dapeng Yang2, Daxiang Cui2, Zhongyang Wang3, Lin Guo11Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 2Department of Bio-Nano-Science and Engineering, National Key Laboratory of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education, Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 3College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Shan Dong Province, People's Republic of ChinaAbstract: A simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly approach to the aqueous-phase synthesis of silver (Ag) nanoparticles was demonstrated using silver nitrate (AgNO3) and freshly extracted egg white. The bio-conjugates were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, and dynamic light scattering. These results indicated that biomolecule-coated Ag nanoparticles are predominantly spherical in shape with an average size of 20 nm. The proteins of egg white, which have different functional groups, played important roles in reducing Ag+ and maintaining product attributes such as stability and dispersity. In vitro cytotoxicity assays showed that these Ag-protein bio-conjugates showed good biocompatibility with mouse fibroblast cell lines 3T3. Furthermore, X-ray irradiation tests on 231 tumor cells suggested that the biocompatible Ag-protein bio-conjugates enhanced the efficacy of irradiation, and thus may be promising candidates for use during cancer radiation therapy.Keywords: green chemistry, biosynthesis, egg white, Ag nanoparticles, X-ray irradiationLu RQYang DPCui DXWang ZYGuo LDove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2012, Iss default, Pp 2101-2107 (2012)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle Medicine (General)
R5-920
Lu RQ
Yang DP
Cui DX
Wang ZY
Guo L
Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
description Renquan Lu1, Dapeng Yang2, Daxiang Cui2, Zhongyang Wang3, Lin Guo11Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 2Department of Bio-Nano-Science and Engineering, National Key Laboratory of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education, Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 3College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Shan Dong Province, People's Republic of ChinaAbstract: A simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly approach to the aqueous-phase synthesis of silver (Ag) nanoparticles was demonstrated using silver nitrate (AgNO3) and freshly extracted egg white. The bio-conjugates were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, and dynamic light scattering. These results indicated that biomolecule-coated Ag nanoparticles are predominantly spherical in shape with an average size of 20 nm. The proteins of egg white, which have different functional groups, played important roles in reducing Ag+ and maintaining product attributes such as stability and dispersity. In vitro cytotoxicity assays showed that these Ag-protein bio-conjugates showed good biocompatibility with mouse fibroblast cell lines 3T3. Furthermore, X-ray irradiation tests on 231 tumor cells suggested that the biocompatible Ag-protein bio-conjugates enhanced the efficacy of irradiation, and thus may be promising candidates for use during cancer radiation therapy.Keywords: green chemistry, biosynthesis, egg white, Ag nanoparticles, X-ray irradiation
format article
author Lu RQ
Yang DP
Cui DX
Wang ZY
Guo L
author_facet Lu RQ
Yang DP
Cui DX
Wang ZY
Guo L
author_sort Lu RQ
title Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
title_short Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
title_full Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
title_fullStr Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
title_full_unstemmed Egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
title_sort egg white-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility and enhanced radiation effects on cancer cells
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/20f2d635d83444558b39f55f779430b3
work_keys_str_mv AT lurq eggwhitemediatedgreensynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswithexcellentbiocompatibilityandenhancedradiationeffectsoncancercells
AT yangdp eggwhitemediatedgreensynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswithexcellentbiocompatibilityandenhancedradiationeffectsoncancercells
AT cuidx eggwhitemediatedgreensynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswithexcellentbiocompatibilityandenhancedradiationeffectsoncancercells
AT wangzy eggwhitemediatedgreensynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswithexcellentbiocompatibilityandenhancedradiationeffectsoncancercells
AT guol eggwhitemediatedgreensynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswithexcellentbiocompatibilityandenhancedradiationeffectsoncancercells
_version_ 1718401968771170304