title: Feasibility and constraints of particle targeting using the antigen-antibody interaction.
abstract: This work is concerned with the surface modification of fluorescent silica nanoparticles by a monoclonal antibody (M75) and the specific bioadhesion of such particles to surfaces containing the PG domain of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX), which is a trans-membrane protein specifically expressed on the surfaces of several tumor cell lines. The adhesion strength of antibody-bearing silica nanoparticles to antigen-bearing surfaces was investigated under laminar flow conditions in a microfluidic cell and compared to the adhesion of unmodified silica nanoparticles and nanoparticles coupled with an unspecific antibody. Adhesion to cancer cells using flow cytometry was also investigated and in all cases the adhesion strength of M75-modified nanoparticles was significantly stronger than for the unmodified or unspecific nanoparticles, up to several orders of magnitude in some cases. The specific modification of nano- and microparticles by an antibody-like protein therefore appears to be a feasible approach for the targeting of tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technická 3, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic. frantisek.stepanek@vscht.cz.
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tokárová
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pittermannová
authors.forename: Vlastimil
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Král
authors.forename: Pavlína
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Řezáčová
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Štěpánek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000071231:Carbonic Anhydrase IX; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C475102:M75 monoclonal antibody; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C089226:CA9 protein, human; D000071231:Carbonic Anhydrase IX; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases