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Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging

McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland
Doctoral thesis
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2015
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Abstract
Bioimaging is a broad term that covers all processes in which biological tissues are imaged. It

can range from single-cell visualization with fluorescence microscopy, to imaging of brain

structures in living human beings with magnetic resonance imaging. As such, the term is not

only interesting from a researcher’s point of view, but also to existing medical technologies.

Imaging living organisms is mainly based on existing tissue densities between blood,

brain, cartilage, and bone. However, in some cases these differences are not sufficient to

separate e.g pathological tissue from healthy tissue. In these instances, a contrast agent may

be administered to alter the contrast in the region of interest. Bioimaging of excised tissue

usually involve staining with a dye that binds specifically to a cellular organelle or membrane,

making it easier to separate intracellular structures from each other. Bioimaging of living and

excised tissue both involves an external probe that enhances the available information in the

image. Such probes must be synthesized from materials that are likely to improve the

acquisition of the image, and must also have few toxic side-effects.

Nanomaterials are in the size-range of molecules and proteins, and can potentially

traverse cellular membranes as well as being systemically administered. Nanoparticles are

described as multifunctional because they can show a range of optical responses, carry drugs

and vibrate in response to heat. The nanomaterials in this thesis were chosen based on their

plasmonic and magnetic properties, as well as their biocompatibility.

The aim of this thesis is twofold. The first aim is to fully characterize and synthesize

plasmonic nanomaterials of gold with biomineralization from proteins and from chemical

synthesis. The second aim is synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanomaterials of iron

and manganese. Characterization in this sense refers not only to physical description of the

nanoparticles or nanoconstructs, but involves describing how these nanomaterials interact

with biological tissues in vitro or in vivo, to assess their potential for bioimaging,

hyperthermia and drug delivery.

A plethora of methods have been used to characterize the nanomaterials synthesized in

this thesis. The nanomaterials of gold synthesized from proteins were described with a range

of optical techniques such as UV-visible and steady state spectroscopy, and time-correlated

single-photon counting. Size and shape was assessed with dynamic light scattering, scanning

transmission electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The

surface charge was determined with zeta potential measurements. The crystalinity and

composition of nanoparticles were characterized with X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, and

surface composition was described with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Interactions

between protein-stabilized nanomaterials and model membranes were described with

Langmuir-trough studies and atomic force microscopy. Magnetic nanomaterials were

characterized with magnetic resonance imaging and zero field cooling. Further, nanomaterials

were co-incubated with human cancer and/or rodent cells to assess their in vitro uptake or

cytotoxicity. The methods for in vitro assays involved fluorescence microscopy and a

cytotoxicity assay. Finally, ultramicrotome sectioning and scanning transmission electron

microscopy was used to describe cellular uptake as a function of time.

The main findings in the first part of this thesis are that fluorescent protein-gold

nanoconstructs show membrane interactions radically different from the native protein. We

also describe how protein-directed self-assembly of fluorescent gold nanoclusters and

plasmonic nanoparticles can be tuned to yield different optical gold nanostructures. In the

second part of this thesis, the main findings are size, - and shape-dependent uptake of novel plasmonic and magnetic nanoparticles in vitro, as well as cell actuation in a magnetic field.

The final part of this thesis culminates in synthesis of a nanoparticle system that can give dual

contrast in magnetic resonance imaging while at the same time release a drug.
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Paper 1: McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland; Volden, Sondre; Lystvet, Sina Maria; Singh, Gurvinder; Ese, Marit-Helen; Ryan, Joseph A.; Lindgren, Mikael; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna; Glomm, Wilhelm. Self-assembly and characterization of transferrin-gold nanoconstructs and their interaction with bio-interfaces. Nanoscale 2015 ;Volum 7.(17) s. 8062-8070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5nr01284h This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015

Paper 2: McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland; Singh, Gurvinder; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Lystvet, Sina Maria; Ryan, Joseph Anthony; Volden, Sondre; Kim, Eugene; Sandvig, Ioanna; Sandvig, Axel; Glomm, Wilhelm. Controlling the self-assembly and optical properties of gold nanoclusters and gold nanoparticles biomineralized with bovine serum albumin. RSC Advances 2015 ;Volum 5.(122) s. 101101-101109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra23423a This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015

Paper 3: Bandyopadhyay, S., McDonagh, B.H., Singh, G., Sandvig, I., Sandvig, A., Glomm, W.R. Makura-shaped gold nanostructures show high cytotoxicity in cancer cells. - Is not incuded due to copyright

Paper 4: McDonagh, B.H., Singh, G., Peddis, D., Bandyopadhyay, S., Sandvig, I., Sandvig, A., Glomm, W.R. Pentatwinned iron oxide nanoparticles as glioblastoma-astrocytoma cell actuators. - Is not included due to copyright

Paper 5: McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland; Singh, Gurvinder; Hak, Sjoerd; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Augestad, Ingrid Lovise; Peddis, Davide; Sandvig, Ioanna; Sandvig, Axel; Glomm, Wilhelm. L-DOPA-Coated Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles as Dual MRI Contrast Agents and Drug-Delivery Vehicles. Small 2015 - This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the article which was first published online: 30 November 2015 - in final form Volume 12, Issue 3 January 20, 2016 Pages 301–306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201502545 © WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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