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NanoScience and Technology
Peter Gehr
Reinhard Zellner Editors
Biological
Responses
to Nanoscale
Particles
Molecular and Cellular Aspects and
Methodological Approaches
NanoScience and Technology
Series Editors
Phaedon Avouris, IBM Research – Thomas J. Watson Research, Yorktown
Heights, NY, USA
Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH, USA
Dieter Bimberg, Center of NanoPhotonics, Technical University of Berlin,
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Klaus von Klitzing, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Cun-Zheng Ning, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Roland Wiesendanger, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
The series NanoScience and Technology is focused on the fascinating nano-world,
mesoscopic physics, analysis with atomic resolution, nano and quantum-effect
devices, nanomechanics and atomic-scale processes. All the basic aspects and
technology-oriented developments in this emerging discipline are covered by
comprehensive and timely books. The series constitutes a survey of the relevant
special topics, which are presented by leading experts in the field. These books will
appeal to researchers, engineers, and advanced students.
Editors
Biological Responses
to Nanoscale Particles
Molecular and Cellular Aspects
and Methodological Approaches
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Editors
Peter Gehr Reinhard Zellner
Institute of Anatomy Institute of Physical Chemistry
University of Bern University of Duisburg-Essen
Bern, Switzerland Essen, Germany
This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Foreword
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X-ray or neutron scattering), electrophoresis (e.g., zeta potential and charge), the
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method (to assess surface area), and X-ray diffraction
analysis (to assess crystal structure).
In this challenging book project by Gehr and Zellner, the Biological Responses to
Nanoscale Particles, a number of leading scientists have combined expertise to delineate
the behavior of nanoparticles on a wide range of nano/bio-interfaces, which ranges from
the effects on biomolecules (e.g., the protein corona) to interactions with cells, tissue
barriers, and organs. The authors delineate the importance of a variety of intrinsic
nanomaterial properties (such as chemical composition, size, shape, dimensions,
zeta potential), which are dynamically altered in the presence of biological
media to acquire an additional set of extrinsic material properties
(e.g., a protein corona, colloidal stability, hydrodynamic diameter, charge, dissolution
properties) to shape the outcome at the nano/bio-interface. The various chapters lead us
through the cellular uptake mechanisms for nanoparticles, subcellular localization and
processing, as well as interactions with cell biology and signaling pathways. The spec-
trum of interactions includes the catalysis of biological advantageous outcomes as well as
the generation of adverse cellular effects through the generation of oxidative stress and
genotoxicity. Interestingly, while the generation of danger signals in the immune system
could result in adverse outcomes, it is equally possible to use these danger signals
gainfully to improve vaccination responses, in addition to the use of nanoparticles to
improve antigen delivery. There is also a delineation of the use of nanoscale properties to
study cellular structure and function, including to develop novel advanced cellular
imaging techniques such as optical microscopy, Raman microscopy, optical
near-field microscopy, X-ray microscopy, and spectral microscopy. We also obtain
new insight into the use of nanoparticle physicochemical properties to control fate
and transport in the gastrointestinal tract, with applications in the food industry and
food processing. There is also a description of the nanoparticle interactions with the
skin, including the ability to penetrate into the stratum corneum and the follicular
ducts, but not into the deeper layers. Turning to the use of nanoparticles for thera-
peutic purposes, we learn about the versatility of the design, synthesis, and charac-
terization of polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery applications, including the use
of nanoscale design features for stimulus–response coupling leading to drug release.
I appreciate the hard work of the editors, who spared no effort in the develop-
ment and successful conclusion of an exciting book project. The readers will
receive an excellent overview of new ideas, findings, and applications of
nanoparticle physicochemical properties in shaping biological outcomes and
possible effects on human health.
Andre Nel
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
and Director of Research, California
NanoSystems Institute (CNSI),
School of Medicine, University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Preface
The topics of nano-science and nanotechnology and the associated fields of research
applications like nano-biology, nano-toxicology, and nano-medicine have evolved
quickly in recent years. In all these fields, the nature and outcome of the interaction
of nanoparticles with the biological system is of key interest. With all the exciting
applications of nanomaterials in chemistry, physics, electronics, optics, material
science, biology, medicine, and many other fields in mind, one should also carefully
investigate the potential risk, i.e., the adverse health impact of nanomaterials upon
interaction with the organism. There is, therefore, an urgent need for a detailed
understanding of the mechanisms and outcomes of the interaction of nanoparticles
with the biological system including the cellular and even molecular level.
The rapid development of nanotechnology has resulted in increased technical
applications of a variety of nanoparticles, which may be released into the envi-
ronment and to which humans may be exposed accidentally, either at the workplace
or in the ambient environment. A special situation becomes apparent when
nanoparticle is being used in medicine. In this special field of nanotechnology,
called nano-medicine, nanoparticles are designed for diagnostic as well as for
therapeutic applications. Moreover, this field has lately also advanced in a com-
bination of a specific and targeted therapy with specific targeted diagnostic tests,
called theranostics. With these advances, it became imperative to obtain a better
understanding of how and on which sites nanoparticles interact with organs and the
organism. It is expected that with an improved and elementary understanding of this
interaction the risk and the impact of nanomaterials on human health will be better
understood. The present book serves this purpose. It covers our current knowledge
on the interaction of nanoparticles with our organism, nanoparticles which may be
toxic or pathogenic in nature as well as the promising beneficial aspects of
nanoparticles applied in diagnostics or therapeutics or in a combination of the two.
Nanoparticles can enter the body primarily via three different pathways:
inhalation, ingestion, and uptake via the skin. While the intact skin seems to effi-
ciently prevent nanoparticles from entering our organism, the gastrointestinal tract
and probably even more the lungs allow nanoparticles to access the inside of our
organism. After deposition on the inner surface of the gastrointestinal tract and the
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lung, they penetrate through liquid layers, cells, and tissues and eventually enter the
capillary network in the sub-epithelial regions. With the blood, these minuscule
particles will translocate into the other organs and may be distributed throughout
the whole organism.
It is our intention to present with this book to the reader the events that
nanoparticles encounter when interacting with our organism, when moving from the
internal surfaces where they had been deposited through tissue into the blood-
stream. In order to understand these pathways, we first need to know the physical,
chemical, and biological properties of individual types of nanomaterials and how
these are manufactured in a reproducible way. In the first part of the book, therefore,
the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles are presented including their
physical behavior in biologically relevant environments. In the second part, the
mechanisms of interaction with our organism on a cellular and molecular level
including the methodology of investigation are described. In the third part, the
cellular responses and possible health effects are discussed.
We invited experts for each of these topics to cover these sequences of events,
and we were very pleased that many of the scientists we had contacted accepted our
invitation. The different chapters had been thoroughly reviewed by the editors as
well as by external reviewers to ensure the quality of each chapter with the most
updated and comprehensive knowledge.
Finally, we are indebted to the people who were responsible for producing this
book. Foremost we are grateful to the chapter authors for their passionate and very
valuable contributions to this book. We would also like to thank the external
reviewers. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to the staff of Springer
Nature for their patient and invaluable professional assistance in producing this
book.
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1.1 Introduction
Metal nanostructures attract particular interest because of their unique and fascinating
properties compared to their bulk counterparts. The variety of applications comprises
biological sensing [1, 2], imaging [3–9], medical diagnostics [10–12], cancer therapy
[13, 14], catalysis [15, 16], and energy storage [17, 18]. The observed new chemical,
optical, and thermal properties of metallic nanoparticles occur when the size is con-
fined to the nanometer length scale [19]. Numerous techniques were developed to
produce metal nanoparticles to meet the requirements for various applications. In gen-
eral, there are two strategies to manufacture materials on the nanoscale: “Top-down”
and “bottom-up” (Fig. 1.1) [20, 21]. The first method is based on breaking down
a system (i.e., the bulk material) into smaller units. Common “top-down” techniques
are lithography, milling, ultrasound treatment, and laser ablation. These processes
Fig. 1.1 Schematic illustration of synthetic methods for metal nanoparticles. (Adapted with per-
mission from New J. Chem., 1998, 1179–1201. Copyright 1969 The Royal Society of Chemistry)
[22]
1.2.1 Gold
The first systematic synthesis of Au colloids was reported 160 years ago by Michael
Faraday using phosphorus to reduce AuCl4 − ions [34]. In the 1950s, an easier
approach was established and standardized by Turkevich [35]. He used the mildly
reducing agent trisodium citrate, added to a boiling aqueous solution of HAuCl4 , to
obtain monodisperse gold nanoparticles in the size range from 10 to 40 nm. Due to
its simplicity, this synthesic method was adapted in many variations [36, 37]. For
example, switching to a mixture of reducing agents (e.g. citrate and tannine) allows
to clearly shorten the reaction time and to enhance the stability of the formed colloid
[38, 39].
The reduction of tetrachloroauric acid in an aqueous medium is a versatile syn-
thetic route and possible with many different reducing agents like sodium borohy-
dride (NaBH4 ), ascorbic acid, and hydroquinone [40–42]. The use of NaBH4 as
reducing agent results in a fast reduction and a gold particle size of 1–5 nm [29,
43, 44]. In general, the choice of the reducing agent has a strong influence on the
resulting particle size, since with increasing reduction potential the number of the
formed nuclei increases and the growth of particles is limited. On the nanometer
scale, metals tend to nucleate and grow into multiply twinned particles with their
surfaces defined by the lowest-energy facets [45]. Anisotropic gold nanoparticles
(rod-, rectangle-, hexagon-, cube-, triangle- and star-like shapes) with less stable
facets were kinetically achieved by adding chemical capping reagents, i.e. agents
that selectively block certain crystal faces, to the reaction mixture [25, 46, 47].
The previously described methods are based on a synthesis from atomic or molec-
ular species by chemical reaction, so called “bottom-up” approach. In liquid media,
dispersed metallic nanoparticles can be generated by the pulsed laser ablation process,
a “top down” technique [48]. This method provides ligand-free nanoparticles [49].
The size of obtained particles can be varied to some extent by the laser parameters
and by subsequent laser fragmentation steps [50, 51]. Furthermore, an in situ conju-
gation of nanoparticles with biomolecules by laser ablation in an aqueous medium
is a highly promising one-step method for the production of functional nanoparticles
[52].
The polydispersity of nanoparticles is a key concern in nanoscience research.
Even though reasonably monodisperse nanoparticles can be produced, usually not
all nanoparticles are fully identical (see Fig. 1.2 for an example). This fact leads to
the ultimate aim for a synthesis of atomically precise nanoparticles [53]. In the case
of gold, this was accomplished for ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (containing 10–300
atoms, often called nanoclusters) [54, 55]. Several groups established synthetic routes
to produce a gold core in the size range of 1–3 nm. Such ultrasmall nanoparticles are
typically formed by metal salt reduction in the presence of phosphanes (PR3 ) [56,
57] or thiols (HS–R) [44]. Exerting a strict control over the size of a cluster strongly
affects the activity and the selectivity in a catalytic process [58]. Furthermore, a
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1.2.2 Silver
Colloidal silver is known since about 120 years [61]. The manufacturing of silver
nanoparticles can be done by physical processes such as ultrasonication, chemical
vapor deposition, or pulsed laser ablation in liquids [62–64]. However, wet-chemical
“bottom-up” syntheses offer more possibilities for the variation of particle size, mor-
phology and functionalization. The most commonly used precursor for preparing
silver nanoparticles in wet-chemical reductions is silver nitrate (AgNO3 ) because of
its high solubility in many polar solvents and dispersability in less polar solvents,
sometimes after adding surfactants and/or using ultrasonication. The reducing agents
used in the synthesis of nanoparticles from silver(I) ions are comparable to those used
for gold nanoparticle preparation. Already in 1889, M. C. Lea published the syn-
thesis of citrate-stabilized silver nanoparticles [65]. In general, one-pot methods for
the reduction of silver nitrate have evolved, where different reducing agents such
as sodium citrate [66], glucose [67], ascorbate [68], sodium borohydride [69, 70],
polyols [71, 72], and ammonium formiate were used [73]. Typically, the reactions
are performed at elevated temperatures by conventional heating in an oil bath. Alter-
natively, microwave-assisted syntheses can increase the reaction rates and yields as
well as selectivity and reproducibility [30].
The particle properties depend not only on their size but also on their morphol-
ogy. As a result, a shape-controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles is of special
1 Synthesis of Metallic and Metal Oxide Particles 7
Fig. 1.3 Transmission electron micrographs of different kinds of PVP-stabilized silver nanoparti-
cles, prepared by glucose reduction (a) [67], a microwave-assisted reduction (b) [30], a modified
polyol synthesis (c) [79], and a microwave-assisted modified polyol process (d) [80]. (Adapted
with permission from Cryst. Growth Des. 16, 7, 3677–3687. Copyright 2016 American Chemical
Society) [81]
interest. Xia et al. and others described the structural evolution of silver nanoseeds
to nanoparticles with defined shapes like platelets [74], cubes [75], rods [76], rings
[77], and bipyramids [78] (Fig. 1.3).
It is critical to understand not only the growth mechanism of nanostructures, but
the process of seed formation, because the number of twin planes in the initial stage
is the key factor for determining the shape of the final product (single-crystal seeds
form cubes, multiply-twinned decahedral seeds form wires) [82].
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1.2.3 Platinum
1.2.4 Copper
Since the ninth century, copper nanoparticles are known as coloring agents in
Mesopotamia [103]. Nowadays the application range comprises biomedicine [104,
105], sensors [106], conductive inks [107], and organic catalysis [108–110]. Being
inexpensive and rather abundant in nature, copper is utilized in large scale for the
fabrication of plasmonic solar cells [111]. Recently established methods for copper
nanoparticle synthesis include laser ablation [112], thermal decomposition [113],
the polyol process [114, 115], and other chemical reduction methods [116]. Typi-
cal precursors for copper nanoparticle wet-chemical syntheses are CuSO4 , copper
acetylacetonate (Cu(acac)2 ), CuCl2 , and Cu(NO3 )2 [117]. Reducing agents comprise
ascorbic acid [118], sodium borohydride [119], and hypophosphite [120]. It should
be mentioned that the preparation of Cu nanoparticles is challenging due to its high
sensitivity to air because copper is easily oxidized to copper oxides, being less noble
than silver, gold, or platinum metals [121]. The oxidation of copper nanoparticles
can be avoided if the synthesis is conducted in non-aqueous media (sometimes under
inert gas) and in the presence of CO or H2 . Previously described synthetic routes
result in spherical multi-twinned nanoparticles in the size range between 10 and
70 nm. As shown in Fig. 1.5, by variation of the ratio of copper acetylacetonate to
oleylamine, different particle size distributions can be achieved. If a hydrothermal
treatment is applied, anisotropic copper particles such as nanowires or nanorods can
be produced [110].
Fig. 1.5 Transmission electron micrographs and UV/VIS spectra of copper nanoparticles, prepared
with different ratios of copper acetylacetonate and oleylamine. Scale bars in a and b are 50 nm,
those in c, d, f, and h are 20 nm, and that in i is 2 nm. (Reproduced with permission from J. Phys.
Chem. C, 2010, 114 (37), pp 15612–15616. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society) [122]