Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
engineering
Functional platform for controlled subcellular distribution of carbon nanotubes
ACS Nano, Volume 5, No. 11, Year 2011
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
As nanoparticles can cross different cellular barriers and access different tissues, control of their uptake and cellular fate presents a functional approach that will be broadly applicable to nanoscale technologies in cell biology. Here we show that the trafficking of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through various subcellular membranes of the plant cell is facilitated or inhibited by attaching a suitable functional tag and controlling medium components. This enables a unique control over the uptake and the subcellular distribution of SWCNTs and provides a key strategy to promote their cellular elimination to minimize toxicity. Our results also demonstrate that SWCNTs are involved in a carrier-mediated transport (CMT) inside cells; this is a phenomenon that scientists could use to obtain novel molecular insights into CMT, with the potential translation to advances in subcellular nanobiology. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Serag, Maged F.
Japan, Sakai
Graduate School of Engineering
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Egypt, Zagazig
Faculty of Pharmacy
Kaji, Noritada
Japan, Sakai
Graduate School of Engineering
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Venturelli, Enrica
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Okamoto, Yukihiro
Japan, Sakai
Graduate School of Engineering
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Terasaka, Kazuyoshi
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya City University
Tokeshi, Manabu
Japan, Sakai
Graduate School of Engineering
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Mizukami, Hajime
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya City University
Braeckmans, K.
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Bianco, Alberto
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Baba, Yoshinobu
Japan, Sakai
Graduate School of Engineering
Japan, Nagoya
Nagoya University
Japan, Takamatsu
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Shikoku
Statistics
Citations: 61
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1021/nn2035654
ISSN:
19360851
e-ISSN:
1936086X
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy