In Vitro Evaluation of Nanoerythrosome Cytotoxicity and Uptake in Pancreatic Endothelial Cells: Implications for β-Cell Imaging Applications
Fornasier M.;Murgia S.
2022-01-01
Abstract
Biomolecule-targeted imaging represents one of the most difficult challenges in medicine. Nanoerythrosomes (NERs) are nanovesicles obtained after lysis of red blood cells, and they are promising tools for drug delivery and imaging. In this work, a formulation based on NERs functionalized with 7-amino-3-methylcoumarin via cross-linking was tested on rat INS-1E and mouse MIN6 β-cells and endothelial MSI cell lines. First, the morphology, size, ζ-potentials, and spectroscopic properties of the aggregates were investigated, highlighting that the functionalization did not significantly affect the nanoparticles' physicochemical features. In vitro, the nanoparticles did not significantly affect the proliferation and function of INS-1E and MIN6 β-cells at different concentrations. Only at the highest concentration tested on the MSI cell line, the formulation inhibited proliferation. Furthermore, NER aggregates were not internalized in both INS-1E and MIN6 cell lines, while a diffuse fluorescence was noticed in the cytosol of the MSI cell line at the highest concentrations. These findings proved that NER formulations might represent a new nanotool for β-cell imaging as a part of a strategy aimed to prevent any intracellular accumulation, thus reducing/avoiding side effects.File | Size | Format | |
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