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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
卷 2, 期 40, 页码 6931-6938出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01067a
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- National Key Basic Research Program (973 Project) [2010CB933901]
- National Natural Scientific Foundation of China [81225010, 20803040, 81028009, 31170961]
We studied the cytotoxicity of Ag nanoclusters (Ag NCs) capped by the enantiomers L-glutathione (L-GSH) and D-glutathione (D-GSH) synthesized using the mild reduction agent tetrabutylammonium borohydride. The as-synthesized Ag NCs were characterized by HRTEM and UV-visible, photoluminescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The circular dichroism spectra of Ag NCs capped with L-GSH and D-GSH showed multiple bands that were identically mirror-imaged, demonstrating that both the metal core and the ligand contributed to the chirality of the GSH-capped NCs. The properties and potential applications of chiral Ag NCs in enantioselective catalysis and chiral recognition and sensing suggest that a comprehensive evaluation should be made of their potential toxicity. We found that Ag NCs capped with D-GSH (AgNCs@D-GSH) were more toxic to both human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells and human gastric mucous epithelial GES-1 cells than Ag NCs capped with L-GSH (AgNCs@L-GSH). Apoptosis also correlated well with the production of reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane depolarization and G(2)/M cell phase arrest in a dose- and chirality-dependent manner. The in vivo injection of AgNCs@L-GSH and AgNCs@D-GSH into mice bearing human gastric cancer xenografts led to a significant reduction in tumor size and increased apoptosis. This knowledge is important from the perspective of understanding the interactions between chiral nanoclusters and cells.
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