Abstract
Artificial lipid nanoparticles have drawn great attention due to their potential in medicine. Linked with targeting ligands, they can be used as probes and/or gene delivery vectors for specific types of target cells. Therefore, they are very promising agents in early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancers and other genetic diseases. However, there are several barriers blocking the applications. Controlling the cellular uptake of the lipid nanoparticles is an important technical challenge to overcome. Understanding the mechanism of the endocytosis and the following intracellular trafficking is very important for improving the design and therefore the efficiency as a drug delivery system. By using fluorescence microscopy methods, we studied the endocytosis of lipid nanoparticles by live M21 cells. The movements of the nanoparticles inside the cell were quantitatively characterized and classified based on the diffusion behavior. The trajectories of nanoparticles movement over the cell membrane revealed hop-diffusion behavior prior to the endocytosis. Fast movement in large steps is observed in intracellular trafficking and is attributed to active movement along microtubule. These observations help to understand the mechanism of the endocytosis and the pathway of the particles in cells.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Nanobiophotonics and Biomedical Applications III |
Volume | 6095 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 26 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Nanobiophotonics and Biomedical Applications III - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 23 2006 → Jan 24 2006 |
Other
Other | Nanobiophotonics and Biomedical Applications III |
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Country | United States |
City | San Jose, CA |
Period | 1/23/06 → 1/24/06 |
Keywords
- Cell imaging
- Endocytosis
- Lipid nanoparticle
- M21
- Microscopy
- Particle tracking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)