Multimodal tumor-homing chitosan oligosaccharide-coated biocompatible palladium nanoparticles for photo-based imaging and therapy

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 500
• Main Authors: Bharathiraja, Subramaniyan, Bui, Nhat Quang, Manivasagan, Panchanathan, Moorthy, Madhappan Santha, Mondal, Sudip, Seo, Hansu, Phuoc, Nguyen Thanh, Vy Phan, Thi Tuong, Kim, Hyehyun, Lee, Kang Dae, Oh, Junghwan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 11.01.2018; Nature Publishing Group UK
• Subjects: Animals; Biocompatibility; Biocompatible Materials - chemistry; Biocompatible Materials - pharmacokinetics; Biocompatible Materials - pharmacology; Biocompatible Materials - therapeutic use; Breast cancer; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival - drug effects; Cell Survival - radiation effects; Chitosan; Chitosan - chemistry; Humans; I.R. radiation; Lasers; Medical imaging; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Nude; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Multimodal Imaging; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Neoplasms - pathology; Oligopeptides - chemistry; Oligosaccharides - chemistry; Palladium; Palladium - chemistry; Photochemotherapy; Tissue Distribution; Transplantation, Heterologous; Tumors
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18966-8

Palladium, a near-infrared plasmonic material has been recognized for its use in photothermal therapy as an alternative to gold nanomaterials. However, its potential application has not been explored well in biomedical applications. In the present study, palladium nanoparticles were synthesized and the surface of the particles was successfully modified with chitosan oligosaccharide (COS), which improved the biocompatibility of the particles. More importantly, the particles were functionalized with RGD peptide, which improves particle accumulation in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and results in enhanced photothermal therapeutic effects under an 808-nm laser. The RGD peptide-linked, COS-coated palladium nanoparticles (Pd@COS-RGD) have good biocompatibility, water dispersity, and colloidal and physiological stability. They destroy the tumor effectively under 808-nm laser illumination at 2 W cm power density. Further, Pd@COS-RGD gives good amplitude of photoacoustic signals, which facilitates the imaging of tumor tissues using a non-invasive photoacoustic tomography system. Finally, the fabricated Pd@COS-RGD acts as an ideal nanotheranostic agent for enhanced imaging and therapy of tumors using a non-invasive near-infrared laser.