Bioinspired surface immobilization of hyaluronic acid on monodisperse magnetite nanocrystals for targeted cancer imaging

Yuhan Lee, Haeshin Lee, Young Beom Kim, Jaeyoon Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon, Hyunwook Park, Phillip B. Messersmith, Tae Gwan Park

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Abstract

A mussel-inspired method for homogeneous and robust coating of hyaluronic acid (HA) on monodisperse magnetite nanocrystals in aqueous solution with a cancer targeting capability through CD44-HA receptor-ligand interactions was reported. HA-dopamine conjugates (HA-DN) were prepared using conventional 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC)/1-hydoxybenzotriazole (HOBT) chemistry in pH 5.5 solution to avoid irreversible oxidation of dopamine. The homogeneous coating with HA-DN was achieved by adding a solution of nanocrystals into the HA-DN solution with vortexing for 1 minute. Atomic Force Microscopy images demonstrated homogeneous coating of HA-DN on the surface of the magnetite nanocrystals. High-resolution x-ray photoelectron spectra confirmed the presence of HA-DN, the binding energy of the quaternary nitrogen in CTAB was different from that of nitrogens in N-acetyl and amide groups in HA-DN.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4154-4157
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume20
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 3 2008
Externally publishedYes

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