抄録
We developed new polymer nanoparticles containing quantum dots with artificial cell membrane-biointerface as a highly sensitive bioimaging probe. These nanoparticles were prepared by assembling phospholipid polymer as a platform and oligopeptide as a bioaffinity moiety on the surface of the nanoparticles. They showed high resistance to non-specific cellular uptake from HeLa cells due to the nature of phospholipid polymer with phosphorylcholine groups. On the other hand, when arginine octapeptide was immobilized on their surface, they could permeate the membrane of HeLa cells effectively and good fluorescence based on quantum dots could be observed. Cytotoxicity and inflammation reaction were not produced by these nanoparticles even after immobilization of octapeptide. Thus we obtained stable fluorescent polymer nanoparticles covered with artificial cell membrane, which are useful as an excellent bioimaging probe evaluation for biomolecular function in the target cells.
