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Enhancement of human bone marrow cell uptake of quantum dots using tat peptide

Enhancement of human bone marrow cell uptake of quantum dots using tat peptide
Enhancement of human bone marrow cell uptake of quantum dots using tat peptide
Nanotechnology is proving to play a major role in the future of biomedical applications such as drug delivery, gene therapy and cell imaging/tracking, in particular the use of nanoparticles is regularly highlighted. However with regards to nanoparticles, direct intracellular and intranuclear delivery has, until recently, been difficult to achieve due to the impermeable nature of the plasma and nuclear membranes. The advent of cell penetrating peptides being employed as delivery vectors has opened up many avenues with respect to targeted delivery systems.

In this paper, quantum dots were synthesised and functionalised with the HIV-1 tat peptide, and uptake into human bone marrow derived cell populations was assessed. Results demonstrated an increase in uptake for tat modified quantum dots, possibly via a different mechanism to non-modified dots.
cell, nanoparticles, quantum dots, tat peptide
390-395
Berry, C.C.
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Harianawalw, H.
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Loebus, J.
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Oreffo, Richard O.C.
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de la Fuente, J.
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Berry, C.C.
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Harianawalw, H.
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Loebus, J.
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Oreffo, Richard O.C.
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de la Fuente, J.
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Berry, C.C., Harianawalw, H., Loebus, J., Oreffo, Richard O.C. and de la Fuente, J. (2009) Enhancement of human bone marrow cell uptake of quantum dots using tat peptide. Current Nanoscience, 5 (4), 390-395. (doi:10.2174/157341309789378122).

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Abstract

Nanotechnology is proving to play a major role in the future of biomedical applications such as drug delivery, gene therapy and cell imaging/tracking, in particular the use of nanoparticles is regularly highlighted. However with regards to nanoparticles, direct intracellular and intranuclear delivery has, until recently, been difficult to achieve due to the impermeable nature of the plasma and nuclear membranes. The advent of cell penetrating peptides being employed as delivery vectors has opened up many avenues with respect to targeted delivery systems.

In this paper, quantum dots were synthesised and functionalised with the HIV-1 tat peptide, and uptake into human bone marrow derived cell populations was assessed. Results demonstrated an increase in uptake for tat modified quantum dots, possibly via a different mechanism to non-modified dots.

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Published date: November 2009
Keywords: cell, nanoparticles, quantum dots, tat peptide

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Local EPrints ID: 152345
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/152345
PURE UUID: 5b781b6c-fbbb-4555-a40b-dfe4a4de6ab8
ORCID for Richard O.C. Oreffo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-6726

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Date deposited: 14 May 2010 08:26
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: C.C. Berry
Author: H. Harianawalw
Author: J. Loebus
Author: J. de la Fuente

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