Chiral molecules are widely prevalent in nature and biological systems,and artificial chiral nanoparticles have drawn enormous interest owing to their unique optical and physical properties.However,nanoparticles with ...Chiral molecules are widely prevalent in nature and biological systems,and artificial chiral nanoparticles have drawn enormous interest owing to their unique optical and physical properties.However,nanoparticles with chiral morphologies and their potential role in biology have been rarely explored.Herein,we report a seed-mediated synthesis of enantiomorphic Au nanooctopods(NOPs)and their chiralmorphology dependence of cellular uptake.With a high yield(∼80%),the chiral NOPs possess eight uniform arms that bend from<111>to<100>directions,like a propeller structure.The chiral NOPs synthesized with L-or D-glutathione(GSH)have opposite handedness,resulting in opposite circular dichroism signals,which is consistent with finite-difference time-domain simulations.D-GSH NOPs demonstrate greater than 30%(ca.15%)enhanced cellular uptake in GL261 and bEnd.3 cells compared with L-GSH NOPs(racemic NOPs).Moreover,D-GSH NOPs modified with poly(ethylene glycol)or L-GSH are also preferred by the cells,proving the chiral-morphology dependence of cellular uptake.Our study develops the exploration of the chiral-specific interaction in biological systems,providing potential applications for drug delivery,biosensing,and tumor detection.展开更多
基金K.L.thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.21674042,21975094,21911530179,and 21534004)for financial support.K.L.T.S.thank the Interdisciplinary Innovation Project of the First Hospital of Jilin University(no.JDYYJCHX001)supported by the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team“JLUS-TIRT2017TD-06”.
文摘Chiral molecules are widely prevalent in nature and biological systems,and artificial chiral nanoparticles have drawn enormous interest owing to their unique optical and physical properties.However,nanoparticles with chiral morphologies and their potential role in biology have been rarely explored.Herein,we report a seed-mediated synthesis of enantiomorphic Au nanooctopods(NOPs)and their chiralmorphology dependence of cellular uptake.With a high yield(∼80%),the chiral NOPs possess eight uniform arms that bend from<111>to<100>directions,like a propeller structure.The chiral NOPs synthesized with L-or D-glutathione(GSH)have opposite handedness,resulting in opposite circular dichroism signals,which is consistent with finite-difference time-domain simulations.D-GSH NOPs demonstrate greater than 30%(ca.15%)enhanced cellular uptake in GL261 and bEnd.3 cells compared with L-GSH NOPs(racemic NOPs).Moreover,D-GSH NOPs modified with poly(ethylene glycol)or L-GSH are also preferred by the cells,proving the chiral-morphology dependence of cellular uptake.Our study develops the exploration of the chiral-specific interaction in biological systems,providing potential applications for drug delivery,biosensing,and tumor detection.
