Abstract
Directed enzyme prodrug therapies (DEPT) currently suffer from inherent problems associated with localising and retaining enzymes at tumours. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) have been synthesised (≈10 nm) and surface functionalised with gold by direct reduction and by attachment of pre-synthesised Au seeds; these Au-SPION sols are stable in aqueous solution and are susceptible to magnetic manipulation. We have genetically modified the nitroreductase (NTR) yfkO from Bacillus Licheniformis to include a sequence of 12 cysteine residues, this modified NTR retains activity with CB1954 and has been immobilised onto gold via the 12 Au-S bonds. The yfkO-cys12 can therefore be immobilised with controlled orientation onto the Au-SPION to allow a magnetically directed enzyme prodrug therapy (MDEPT) to be developed; creating a novel strategy to target and localise prodrug activation to cancer tumour sites using magnetism.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Nanotechnology (General) - 218th ECS Meeting |
| Editors | O. Leonte, Z. Aguilar, C. Bock, E. Traversa |
| Place of Publication | Pennington, NJ |
| Publisher | The Electrochemical Society |
| Pages | 79-89 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781566778961 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781607682486 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Apr 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Nanotechnology General Session - 218th ECS Meeting - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 10 Oct 2010 → 15 Oct 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | ECS Transactions |
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| Number | 38 |
| Volume | 33 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1938-5862 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1938-6737 |
Conference
| Conference | Nanotechnology General Session - 218th ECS Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Las Vegas, NV |
| Period | 10/10/10 → 15/10/10 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Amino acids
- Bacteriology
- Enzymes
- Gold coatings
- Iron oxides
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Metal nanoparticles
- Sols
- Superparamagnetism
- Tumors
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