Scientific reports 2016-01-01

Silane modified upconversion nanoparticles with multifunctions: imaging, therapy and hypoxia detection.

Shihan Xu, Xinran Zhang, Hongwei Xu, Biao Dong, Xuesong Qu, Boting Chen, Shuang Zhang, Tianxiang Zhang, Yu Cheng, Sai Xu, Hongwei Song

Index: Sci. Rep. 6 , 22350, (2016)

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Abstract

Herein, we report a facile route to synthesize silane coated upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs@silane) with an ultrathin layer (the thickness: 1-2 nm), which not only provides good biocompatibility, but also affords hydrophobic interspace to load organic molecules to realize multifunctions. Besides the function of upconversion imaging of UCNPs, cancer therapy and oxygen level detection can also be realized by the addition of chemotherapy drug, PTX, and oxygen sensitive molecules, Platinum (II) octaethylporphine (PtOEP). In bio-experiments, besides the MTT assays, therapy efficacy of UCNPs@PTX@silane can also be detected with the confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) by staining methods. UCNPs@PtOEP@silane can afford minimally invasive analysis of dissolved oxygen and then respond sensitively to the variance of intracellular oxygen concentration affected by therapeutic UCNPs@PTX@silane.