Antineoplastic activities of protein-conjugated silver sulfide nano-crystals with different shapes

J Inorg Biochem. 2010 Jan;104(1):87-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.10.015. Epub 2009 Oct 23.

Abstract

In this paper, antineoplastic activities of protein-conjugated silver sulfide nano-crystals with different shapes were described in detail. Transmission electron microscope analysis demonstrated that stable and well-disperse protein-conjugated silver sulfide nano-particles, nano-rods, and nano-wires could be prepared by aqueous chemistry method. The Fourier transform infrared spectrograph analysis indicated the strong coordination between silver sulfide surfaces and -OH and -NH groups in bovine serum albumin. The antineoplastic activities of protein-conjugated silver sulfide nano-crystals were examined by cell viability analysis, optical and electron microscopy methods. The results showed that nano-particles, nano-rods and nano-wires could inhibit the proliferations of human hepatocellular carcinoma Bel-7402 cells and C6 glioma cells, and the activities were size-dependent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry
  • Silver Compounds / chemistry
  • Silver Compounds / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Silver Compounds
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • silver sulfide