Carbon dots : promising biomaterials for bone-specific imaging and drug delivery

Bone-related diseases and dysfunctions are heavy burdens on our increasingly aged society. One important strategy to relieve this problem is through early detection and treatment of bone-related diseases. Towards this goal, there has been constant interest in developing novel bone-specific materials for imaging and drug delivery. Currently, however, materials that have high affinity and specificity towards bone are very limited. Carbon dots (C-dots) synthesized from carbon nanopowder bind to calcified bones in vivo with high affinity and specificity. In this study we show that bone binding is highly unique to a specific type of C-dot, and that this binding is non-toxic. Significantly, C-dots derived from other raw materials did not show any bone binding properties. These differences are attributed to the differences in surface chemistry of C-dot preparations, highlighting the heterogeneous nature of C-dots. Importantly, bone-binding by carbon nanopowder derived C-dots is not significantly altered by chemical functionalization of their surface. These unique properties indicate the potential applications of carbon nanopowder-derived C-dots as highly bone-specific bioimaging agents and drug carriers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Nanoscale - 9(2017), 44 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 17533-17543

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Zhili [VerfasserIn]
Miyanji, Esmail H [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yiqun [VerfasserIn]
Pardo, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Hettiarachchi, Sajini D [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shanghao [VerfasserIn]
Blackwelder, Patricia L [VerfasserIn]
Skromne, Isaac [VerfasserIn]
Leblanc, Roger M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Biocompatible Materials
Carbon
Drug Carriers
Journal Article

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Date Completed 19.12.2018

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/c7nr05731h

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM277771137