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Mechanistic observation of interactions between macrophages and inorganic particles with different densities

Mechanistic observation of interactions between macrophages and inorganic particles with different densities
Mechanistic observation of interactions between macrophages and inorganic particles with different densities

Many different types of inorganic materials are processed into nano/microparticles for medical utilization. The impact of selected key characteristics of these particles, including size, shape, and surface chemistries, on biological systems, is frequently studied in clinical contexts. However, one of the most important basic characteristics of these particles, their density, is yet to be investigated. When the particles are designed for drug delivery, highly mobile macrophages are the major participants in cellular levels that process them in vivo. As such, it is essential to understand the impact of particles’ densities on the mobility of macrophages. Here, inorganic particles with different densities are applied, and their interactions with macrophages studied. A set of these particles are incubated with the macrophages and the outcomes are explored by optical microscopy. This microscopic view provides the understanding of the mechanistic interactions between particles of different densities and macrophages to conclude that the particles’ density can affect the migratory behaviors of macrophages: the higher the density of particles engulfed inside the macrophages, the less mobile the macrophages become. This work is a strong reminder that the density of particles cannot be neglected when they are designed to be utilized in biological applications.

inorganic particles, macrophages, mechanistic observation, migration, particle density, Particle Size, Humans, Macrophages/ultrastructure
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Zhang, Chengchen, Tang, Jianbo, Xie, Wanjie, Allioux, Francois Marie, Cao, Zhenbang, Biazik, Joanna M., Tajik, Mohammad, Deng, Fei, Li, Yi, Abbasi, Roozbeh, Baharfar, Mahroo, Mousavi, Maedehsadat, Esrafilzadeh, Dorna and Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh (2023) Mechanistic observation of interactions between macrophages and inorganic particles with different densities. Small, 19 (4), e2204781, [2204781]. (doi:10.1002/smll.202204781).

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Many different types of inorganic materials are processed into nano/microparticles for medical utilization. The impact of selected key characteristics of these particles, including size, shape, and surface chemistries, on biological systems, is frequently studied in clinical contexts. However, one of the most important basic characteristics of these particles, their density, is yet to be investigated. When the particles are designed for drug delivery, highly mobile macrophages are the major participants in cellular levels that process them in vivo. As such, it is essential to understand the impact of particles’ densities on the mobility of macrophages. Here, inorganic particles with different densities are applied, and their interactions with macrophages studied. A set of these particles are incubated with the macrophages and the outcomes are explored by optical microscopy. This microscopic view provides the understanding of the mechanistic interactions between particles of different densities and macrophages to conclude that the particles’ density can affect the migratory behaviors of macrophages: the higher the density of particles engulfed inside the macrophages, the less mobile the macrophages become. This work is a strong reminder that the density of particles cannot be neglected when they are designed to be utilized in biological applications.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 November 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 November 2022
Published date: 25 January 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship grant (FL180100053) for the financial support. The authors are also grateful to the Electron Microscope Unit, Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility, Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, and Solid State & Elemental Analysis Unit within the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre at UNSW Sydney for the sample characterization and analysis. Special thanks to the support from the technical staff: Dr. Michael Carnell and Dr. Alex Macmillan for the cell live imaging, Dr. Ling Zhong for the LC-MS/MS analysis, and Ms. Rabeya Akter for the ICP-OES analysis. Open access publishing facilitated by University of New South Wales, as part of the Wiley - University of New South Wales agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Small published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Keywords: inorganic particles, macrophages, mechanistic observation, migration, particle density, Particle Size, Humans, Macrophages/ultrastructure

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Local EPrints ID: 482309
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/482309
ISSN: 1613-6810
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ORCID for Chengchen Zhang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8802-539X

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Date deposited: 26 Sep 2023 16:50
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Author: Chengchen Zhang ORCID iD
Author: Jianbo Tang
Author: Wanjie Xie
Author: Francois Marie Allioux
Author: Zhenbang Cao
Author: Joanna M. Biazik
Author: Mohammad Tajik
Author: Fei Deng
Author: Yi Li
Author: Roozbeh Abbasi
Author: Mahroo Baharfar
Author: Maedehsadat Mousavi
Author: Dorna Esrafilzadeh
Author: Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

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