Enzyme and Cancer Cell Selectivity of Nanoparticles: Inhibition of 3-D Metastatic Phenotype and Experimental Melanoma by Zinc Oxide

Abstract

Biomedical applications for metal and metal oxide nanoparticles are rapidly increasing. Here their functional impact on two well-characterized model enzymes, Luciferase (Luc) or β-galactosidase (β-Gal) was quantitatively compared. Nickel oxide nanoparticle (NiO-NP) activated β-Gal (>400% control) and boron carbide nanoparticle (B4C-NP) inhibited Luc ( B4C = Cu > MgO > Co3O4 > Fe2O3 > NiO, ZnO-NP inhibiting B16F10 and A375 cells as well as ERK enzyme (>90%) and several other cancer-associated kinases (AKT, CREB, p70S6K). ZnO-NP or nanobelt (NB) serve as photoluminescence (PL) cell labels and inhibit 3-D multi-cellular tumor spheroid (MCTS) growth and were tested in a mouse melanoma model. These results demonstrate nanoparticle and enzyme specific biochemical activity and suggest their utility as new tools to explore the important model metastatic foci 3-D environment and their chemotherapeutic potential.

Department(s)

Biomedical Sciences
Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1166/jbn.2017.2336

Keywords

Luciferase (Luc), Metal Oxide Nanoparticle (MONP), Multi-Cellular Tumor Spheroids (MCTS), Nano-Belt (NB), Photoluminescence (PL), Two Dimensional Fluorescence Difference Spectroscopy (2-D FDS), β-Galactosidase (β-Gal)

Publication Date

2-1-2017

Journal Title

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

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