In-vivo fluorescence imaging technique using colloid solution of multiple quantum dots/silica/poly(ethylene glycol) nanoparticles |
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Authors: | Yoshio Kobayashi Hiromu Matsudo Tomohiko Nakagawa Yohsuke Kubota Kohsuke Gonda Noriaki Ohuchi |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, College of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Naka-narusawa-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511, Japan 2. Division of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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Abstract: | This paper describes a method for producing silica particles containing multiple quantum dots (QD/SiO2), a method for surface-modifying the particles with poly(ethylene glycol) (QD/SiO2/PEG), and an in vivo fluorescence imaging technique using colloid solution of the QD/SiO2/PEG particles. The QDs used were ZnS-coated CdSexTe1?x nanoparticles surface-modified with carboxyl groups, and had an average size of 10.3 ± 2.1 nm. The QD/SiO2 particles were fabricated by performing sol–gel reaction of tetraethyl orthosilicate using NaOH as a catalyst in the presence of the QDs. The produced particles formed core–shell structure composed of multiple QDs and silica shell, and had an average size of 50.2 ± 17.9 nm. Surface-modification of the QD/SiO2 particles with PEG, or PEGylation of the particle surface, was performed by using methoxy polyethylene glycol silane. Fluorescence of QD colloid solution was not quenched even through the silica-coating and the PEGylation. Tissues of a mouse could be imaged by injecting the concentrated colloid solution into it and measuring fluorescence intensity emitted from the tissues. |
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