1. Development of innovative pH sensor to evaluate phagocytosis of nanoparticles
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Delphine Boudard, Philippe Grosseau, Cédric Louis, Sabine Palle, Jérémie Pourchez, D. Bernache, Laurence Marmuse, Lara Leclerc, and Michèle Cottier
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Ph probe ,History ,Chromatography ,Chemistry ,Phagocytosis ,Nanoparticle ,Macrophage cell ,Fluorescence ,Computer Science Applications ,Education ,Red fluorescence - Abstract
The aim of this work was the development of pH-sensor-NP allowing the quantification of the amount of NP phagocytosed by macrophages. Two types of fluorescent NP with variable and well-characterized sizes and chemicals coatings have been synthesized: NP with a FITC core (FITC-NP): green fluorescence (control). FITC-NP functionalized with a pH sensitive probe (pH-sensor-NP): green fluorescence of the FITC and red fluorescence of the pH probe in acidic conditions. Our pH-sensor-NP model was first validated in acellular conditions. They were then incubated with a macrophage cell line allowing distinction and quantification of internalized NP with no major effects on biological toxicity.
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- 2011
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