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In vitro imaging of b-cells using fluorescent cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles

Miceli, Vitale ; Meli, Valeria ; Blanchard-Desce, Mireille ; Bsaibess, Talia ; Pampalone, Mariangela ; Conaldi, Pier Giulio ; Caltagirone, Claudia ; Obiols-Rabasa, Marc LU ; Schmidt, Judith and Talmon, Yeshayahu , et al. (2016) In RSC Advances 6. p.62119-62127
Abstract
To evaluate the potential of monoolein-based cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles (cubosomes) as diagnostic tools in diabetes and pancreatic β-cell transplantation, fluorescent cubosomes were formulated, entrapping within the lipid bilayer a newly synthesized, potent, hydrophobic dye. Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and DLS were performed to assess the morphological and structural aspects of this formulation. Rat pancreatic β-cells (INS-1E) readily took up the cubosome nanoparticles, as revealed by in vitro internalization tests, and flow-cytometric analyses confirmed the persistence of the fluorescence for up to 24 hours. The cytotoxicity of cubosomes at various concentrations, evaluated with a real-time analysis of proliferation, revealed... (More)
To evaluate the potential of monoolein-based cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles (cubosomes) as diagnostic tools in diabetes and pancreatic β-cell transplantation, fluorescent cubosomes were formulated, entrapping within the lipid bilayer a newly synthesized, potent, hydrophobic dye. Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and DLS were performed to assess the morphological and structural aspects of this formulation. Rat pancreatic β-cells (INS-1E) readily took up the cubosome nanoparticles, as revealed by in vitro internalization tests, and flow-cytometric analyses confirmed the persistence of the fluorescence for up to 24 hours. The cytotoxicity of cubosomes at various concentrations, evaluated with a real-time analysis of proliferation, revealed that the proliferation curves relative to the less concentrated formulation (5 μM in terms of monoolein content) were comparable to the untreated cultures. INS-1E cell cycle and apoptosis supported such results. In conclusion, this formulation, with dye content in the nanomolar range, seems to be useful for β-cell imaging. (Less)
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2046-2069
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10.1039/C6RA09616F
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  abstract     = {{To evaluate the potential of monoolein-based cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles (cubosomes) as diagnostic tools in diabetes and pancreatic β-cell transplantation, fluorescent cubosomes were formulated, entrapping within the lipid bilayer a newly synthesized, potent, hydrophobic dye. Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and DLS were performed to assess the morphological and structural aspects of this formulation. Rat pancreatic β-cells (INS-1E) readily took up the cubosome nanoparticles, as revealed by in vitro internalization tests, and flow-cytometric analyses confirmed the persistence of the fluorescence for up to 24 hours. The cytotoxicity of cubosomes at various concentrations, evaluated with a real-time analysis of proliferation, revealed that the proliferation curves relative to the less concentrated formulation (5 μM in terms of monoolein content) were comparable to the untreated cultures. INS-1E cell cycle and apoptosis supported such results. In conclusion, this formulation, with dye content in the nanomolar range, seems to be useful for β-cell imaging.}},
  author       = {{Miceli, Vitale and Meli, Valeria and Blanchard-Desce, Mireille and Bsaibess, Talia and Pampalone, Mariangela and Conaldi, Pier Giulio and Caltagirone, Claudia and Obiols-Rabasa, Marc and Schmidt, Judith and Talmon, Yeshayahu and Casu, Anna and Murgia, Sergio}},
  issn         = {{2046-2069}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  pages        = {{62119--62127}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{RSC Advances}},
  title        = {{In vitro imaging of b-cells using fluorescent cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA09616F}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/C6RA09616F}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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