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Effects of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles on Structure and Fluidity of SOPC Lipid Membranes

Version 1 : Received: 13 May 2023 / Approved: 15 May 2023 / Online: 15 May 2023 (07:09:52 CEST)

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Santhosh, P.B.; Tenev, T.; Šturm, L.; Ulrih, N.P.; Genova, J. Effects of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles on Structure and Fluidity of SOPC Lipid Membranes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 10226. Santhosh, P.B.; Tenev, T.; Šturm, L.; Ulrih, N.P.; Genova, J. Effects of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles on Structure and Fluidity of SOPC Lipid Membranes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 10226.

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are promising candidates in various biomedical applications such as sensors, imaging, and cancer therapy. Understanding the influence of AuNPs on lipid membranes is important to assure their safety in the biological environment and to improve their scope in nanomedicine. In this regard, the present study aims to analyze the effects of different concentrations (0.5, 1, and 2 w %) of dodecanethiol functionalized hydrophobic AuNPs on the structure and fluidity of zwitterionic 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine (SOPC) lipid bilayer membranes using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and fluorescent spectroscopy. The size of AuNPs was found to be 2.2 ± 1.1 nm using transmission electron microscopy. FTIR results have shown that the AuNPs induced a slight shift in methylene stretching bands, while the band positions of carbonyl and phosphate group stretching were unaffected. Temperature-dependent fluorescent anisotropy measurements have shown that the incorporation of AuNPs up to 2 w % did not affect the lipid order in membranes. Overall, these results indicate that the hydrophobic AuNPs in the studied concentration did not cause any significant alterations in the structure and membrane fluidity, which suggests the suitability of these particles to form liposome-AuNP hybrids for diverse biomedical applications including drug delivery and therapy.

Keywords

gold nanoparticles; phospholipids; biomedical applications; membrane fluidity; infrared spectroscopy

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials

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