Magnetic nanoparticles of Ga‐substituted ε‐Fe2O3 for biomedical applications: Magnetic properties, transverse relaxivity, and effects of silica‐coated particles on cytoskeletal networks

Magnetic nanoparticles of ε‐Fe1.76Ga0.24O3 with the volume‐weighted mean size of 17 nm were prepared by thermal treatment of a mesoporous silica template impregnated with metal nitrates and were coated with silica shell of four different thicknesses in the range 6–24 nm. The bare particles exhibited...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2020-05, Vol.108 (7), p.1563-1578
Hauptverfasser: Královec, Karel, Havelek, Radim, Koutová, Darja, Veverka, Pavel, Kubíčková, Lenka, Brázda, Petr, Kohout, Jaroslav, Herynek, Vít, Vosmanská, Magda, Kaman, Ondřej
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Zusammenfassung:Magnetic nanoparticles of ε‐Fe1.76Ga0.24O3 with the volume‐weighted mean size of 17 nm were prepared by thermal treatment of a mesoporous silica template impregnated with metal nitrates and were coated with silica shell of four different thicknesses in the range 6–24 nm. The bare particles exhibited higher magnetization than the undoped compound, 22.4 Am2 kg−1 at 300 K, and were characterized by blocked state with the coercivity of 1.2 T at 300 K, being thus the very opposite of superparamagnetic iron oxides. The relaxometric study of the silica‐coated samples at 0.47 T revealed promising properties for MRI, specifically, transverse relaxivity of 89–168 s−1 mmol(f.u.)−1 L depending on the shell thickness was observed. We investigated the effects of the silica‐coated nanoparticles on human A549 and MCF‐7 cells. Cell viability, proliferation, cell cycle distribution, and the arrangement of actin cytoskeleton were assessed, as well as formation and maturation of focal adhesions. Our study revealed that high concentrations of silica‐coated particles with larger shell thicknesses of 16–24 nm interfere with the actin cytoskeletal networks, inducing thus morphological changes. Consequently, the focal adhesion areas were significantly decreased, resulting in impaired cell adhesion.
ISSN:1549-3296
1552-4965
DOI:10.1002/jbm.a.36926