Ni/Ni oxides nanoparticles with potential biomedical applications obtained by displacement of a nickel-organometallic complex

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2008 Aug;8(8):3820-7. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2008.199.

Abstract

A new synthesis and stabilization method was developed for paramagnetic nanoparticles composed of nickel and nickel oxides. Nickel/nickel oxides nanoparticles were synthesized by a method based on ligand displacement of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)-nickel(0), zerovalent organometallic precursor and simultaneous formation of a thiourea inclusion compound. Nickel/nickel oxides nanoparticles were stabilized with the amphipathic peptide H2N-Cys-Leu-Pro-Phe-Phe-Asp-NH2 having H2N-Leu-Pro-Phe-Phe-Asp-NH2 a peptide with potential properties for Alzheimer's disease therapy. The inclusion compound formed after displacement was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, and nickel/nickel oxides nanoparticles were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV-Visible spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry. In addition, a cell viability assay in primary rat hippocampal neurons was carried out.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Drug Stability
  • Hippocampus / cytology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry*
  • Oligopeptides / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • H2N-Leu-Pro-Phe-Phe-Asp-NH2
  • Oligopeptides
  • Nickel
  • nickel monoxide