Tuning the Multifunctionality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Self-Assembled Mixed Lipid Layers
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
11-15-2017
Abstract
We present an approach to tuning the multifunctionality of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) using mixed self-assembled monolayers of cationic lipid and anionic polyethylene glycol (PEG) lipid. By forming stable, monodispersed lipid-coated IONs (L-IONs) through a solvent-exchange technique, we were able to demonstrate the relationship between surface charge, the magnetic transverse relaxivity (r2 from T2-weighted images), and the binding capacity of small interfering ribonucleic acids (siRNAs) as a function of the cationic-to-anionic (PEG) lipid ratio. These properties were controlled by the cationic charge and the PEG conformation; relaxivity and siRNA binding could be varied in the mushroom and brush regimes but not at high brush densities. In vitro results combining cell viability, uptake, and transfection efficiency using HeLa cells suggest that the functional physicochemical and biological properties of L-IONs may be best achieved using catanionic lipid coatings near equimolar ratios of cationic to anionic PEG-lipids.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Bioconjugate Chemistry
Volume
28
Issue
11
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Preiss, Matthew R., Eily Cournoyer, Karissa L. Paquin, Elizabeth A. Vuono, Kayla Belanger, Edward Walsh, Niall G. Howlett, and Geoffrey D. Bothun. "Tuning the Multifunctionality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Self-Assembled Mixed Lipid Layers." Bioconjugate Chemistry 28, 11 (2017): 2729-2736. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00483.