Interfacing functionalized carbon nanohorns with primary phagocytic cells

Stéphanie Lacotte; Ainara García; Marion Décossas; Wafa T. Al-Jamal; Shouping Li; Kostas Kostarelos; Sylviane Muller; Maurizio Prato; Hélène Dumortier; Alberto Bianco

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Interfacing functionalized carbon nanohorns with primary phagocytic cells

Stéphanie Lacotte, Ainara García, Marion Décossas, Wafa T. Al-Jamal, Shouping Li, Kostas Kostarelos, Sylviane Muller, Maurizio Prato, Hélène Dumortier, Alberto Bianco

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The biocompatibility of functionalized carbon nanohorns (f-CNH) was analyzed regarding primary phagocytic cells. Fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled (FITC) f-CNHs were incubated with primary peritoneal mouse macrophages for different periods of time to analyze whether macrophages can sense and internalize f-CNHs. It was found using confocal microscopy that f-CNHs were not detected in all the cells after 24 hours of incubation. The investigation revealed that f-CNHs can be obtained by a direct addition to pristine CNHs of a diamine moiety that can be further modified through a fluorescent probe, resulting in biocompatible f-CNHs. The results show that the delivery of biologically active agents using f-CNHs that internalize into cells and promote contemporarily the activation of the immune system, is a very encouraging concept.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2421-2426
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	20
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200702753
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2008

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