Quantitative Mapping of the Spatial Distribution of Nanoparticles in Endo-Lysosomes by Local pH.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the intracellular distribution and trafficking of nanoparticle drug carriers is necessary to elucidate their mechanisms of drug delivery and is helpful in the rational design of novel nanoparticle drug delivery systems. The traditional immunofluorescence method to study intracellular distribution of nanoparticles using organelle-specific antibodies is laborious and subject to artifacts. As an alternative, we developed a new method that exploits ratiometric fluorescence imaging of a pH-sensitive Lysosensor dye to visualize and quantify the spatial distribution of nanoparticles in the endosomes and lysosomes of live cells. Using this method, we compared the endolysosomal distribution of cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-functionalized micelles to unfunctionalized micelles and foun

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6428044 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature