Real-time tracking of highly luminescent mesoporous silica particles modified with europium β-diketone chelates in living cells

Jong Seok Kim, Sung Ki Lee, Hansol Doh, Myeong Yun Kim, Do Kyung Kim

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Abstract

Highly luminescent europium complexes modified mesoporous silica particles (MSP) were synthesized as an imaging probes for both in-vitro diagnostic and in-vivo cellular tracking agents. Europium β-diketone chelates (4,4,4-trifluoro-l-(2-thienyl)-l,3-butanedione) trioctylphosphine europium (III) (Eu(TTA)3(P(Oct)3)3) were incorporated inside the nanocavities that existed in hierarchical MSP (Eu@MSP). The MSP and Eu@MSP on mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) did not show any toxic effect. The MSP and Eu@MSP in the BMDMs were found at cytoplasm without any degradation and immunogenicity. However, both pro-and antiinflammatory cytokines of macrophages were significantly increased when lipopolysaccharide and a high concentration (100 μg/mL) of MSP and Eu@MSP were treated simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Article number343
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalNanomaterials
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding: This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the Na-tional Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2017R1A2B4005167) and the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1C1B6007421).

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Keywords

  • Beta-diketone
  • Europium complex
  • Inflammation
  • Live cell image
  • Mesoporous silica

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