Shape effects of nanoparticles conjugated with cell-penetrating peptides (HIV Tat PTD) on CHO cell uptake.
In order to probe the nanoparticle shape/size effect on cellular uptake, a spherical and two cylindrical nanoparticles, whose lengths were distinctively varied, were constructed by the selective cross-linking of amphiphilic block copolymer micelles. Herein, we demonstrate that, when the nanoparticles were functionalized with the protein transduction domain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein (HIV Tat PTD), the smaller, spherical nanoparticles had a higher rate of cell entry into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells than did the larger, cylindrical nanoparticles. It was also found that nanoparticles were released after internalization and that the rate of cell exit was dependent on both the nanoparticle shape and the amount of surface-bound PTD.
Zhang
Ke
K
Department of Chemistry, Washington University School of Arts and Sciences, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
Fang
Huafeng
H
Chen
Zhiyun
Z
Taylor
John-Stephen A
JS
Wooley
Karen L
KL
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008823:Micelles; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D015696:Gene Products, tat; D008823:Micelles