Photoluminescent carbon nanotubes interrogate the permeability of multicellular tumor spheroids Journal Article
| Authors: | Jena, P. V.; Shamay, Y.; Shah, J.; Roxbury, D.; Paknejad, N.; Heller, D. A. |
| Article Title: | Photoluminescent carbon nanotubes interrogate the permeability of multicellular tumor spheroids |
| Abstract: | Nanomaterials have been extensively investigated for cancer drug delivery and imaging applications. Nanoparticles that show promise in two-dimensional cell culture systems often fail in more complex environments, possibly due to the lack of penetration in dense, three-dimensional structures. Multicellular tumor spheroids are an emerging model system to investigate interactions of nanoparticles with 3D in vitro cell culture environments. Using the intrinsic near-infrared emission of semiconducting carbon nanotubes to optically reconstruct their localization within a three-dimensional volume, we resolved the relative permeability of two different multicellular tumor spheroids. Nanotube photoluminescence revealed that nanotubes rapidly internalized into MCF-7 breast cancer cell-derived spheroids, whereas they exhibited little penetration into spheroids derived from SK-136, a cell line that we developed from murine liver cancer. Characterization of the spheroids by electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry revealed large differences in the extracellular matrix and interstitial spacing, which correlated directly with nanotube penetration. This platform portends a new approach to characterize the permeability of living multicellular environments. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | cytology; cell culture; tumors; nanoparticles; diseases; carbon; mcf-7 breast cancer cells; cells; infrared devices; carbon nanotubes; three-dimensional structure; nanotubes; multicellular tumor spheroids; extracellular matrices; multicellular environment; near-infrared emissions; semiconducting carbon nanotubes; three-dimensional volume; yarn |
| Journal Title: | Carbon |
| Volume: | 97 |
| ISSN: | 0008-6223 |
| Publisher: | Pergamon Press |
| Date Published: | 2016-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 99 |
| End Page: | 109 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.024 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4594636 |
| PUBMED: | 26456974 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 2 December 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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