Nanoparticle growth and surface chemistry changes in cell-conditioned culture medium

Michaela Kendall, Nikolas Hodges, Harry Whitwell, Jessica Tyrrell, Hakan Cangul

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Abstract

When biomolecules attach to engineered nanoparticle (ENP) surfaces, they confer the particles with a new biological identity. Physical format may also radically alter, changing ENP stability and agglomeration state within seconds. In order to measure which biomolecules are associated with early ENP growth, we studied ENPs in conditioned medium from A549 cell culture, using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and linear trap quadrupole electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry. Two types of 100 nm polystyrene particles (one uncoated and one with an amine functionalized surface) were used to measure the influence of surface type. In identically prepared conditioned medium, agglomeration was visible in all samples after 1 h, but was variable, indicating inter-sample variability in secretion rates and extracellular medium conditions. In samples conditioned for 1 h or more, ENP agglomeration rates varied significantly. Agglomerate size measured by DLS was well correlated with surface sequestered peptide number for uncoated but not for amine coated polystyrene ENPs. Amine-coated ENPs grew much faster and into larger agglomerates associated with fewer sequestered peptides, but including significant sequestered lactose dehydrogenase. We conclude that interference with extracellular peptide balance and oxidoreductase activity via sequestration is worthy of further study, as increased oxidative stress via this new mechanism may be important for cell toxicity.
Original languageEnglish
Article number20140100
Number of pages9
JournalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B
Volume370
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • nanoparticles
  • peptides
  • corona
  • agglomerate
  • LDH
  • surface

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