• Ruey-Hwang Chou, Meng-Yin Yang, Yi-Ping Yang, Chun-An Yeh, Wei-Yi Lai, Tzu-Wei Lin, Yuan-Chi Teng, Shu-Chen Hsieh, Mei-Lang Kung, Hsien-Hsu Hsieh, and Huey-Shan Hung.
• Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
• J Chin Med Assoc. 2021 Dec 1; 84 (12): 110911191109-1119.

BackgroundNanoparticles have wide potential applications in biolabeling, bioimaging, and cell tracking. Development of dual functional nanoparticles increases the versatility.MethodsWe combined the fluorescent property of nano-epoxy (N-Epo) and the magnetic characteristic of FePt to fabricate the FePt-decorated N-Epo (N-Epo-FePt). The size in diameter of N-Epo-FePt (177.38 ± 39.25 nm) was bigger than N-Epo (2.28 ± 1.01 nm), both could be absorbed into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) via clathrin-mediated endocytosis and have multiple fluorescent properties (blue, green, and red).ResultsN-Epo-FePt prevented N-Epo-induced platelet activation, CD68+-macrophage differentiation in blood, and intracellular ROS generation in MSCs. The induction of apoptosis and the inhibitory effects of N-Epo-FePt on cell migration, MMP-9 activity, and secretion of SDF-1α were less than that of N-Epo in MSCs.ConclusionN-Epo-FePt was more biocompatible without altering biological performance than N-Epo in MSCs. These results suggest that N-Epo-FePt nanoparticle can be used for fluorescence labeling of MSCs and is potential to apply to bioimaging and cell tracking of MSCs in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography.Copyright © 2021, the Chinese Medical Association.

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