Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles have been employed as potential vehicles for a large number of biomedical applications, such as drug delivery. This article describes the synthesis, characterization and in vitro cytotoxic in COVID-19 cells evaluation of DMSA superparamagnetic iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation of iron salts and coated with meso-2,3dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) molecule. Structural and morphological characterizations were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR), magnetic measurements (SQUID), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Our results demonstrate that the nanoparticles have a mean diameter of 12 nm in the solid-state and are superparamagnetic at room temperature. There is no toxicity of SPIONS-DMSA under the cells of patients with COVID-19. Taken together the results show that DMSA-Fe 3 O 4 are good candidates as nanocarriers in the alternative treatment of studied cells.
This work reports the synthesis and characterization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), with great potential for biomedical applications. SPIONs were prepared through a decomposition of Fe(acac)3 in the presence of 1,2 hexadecanodiol (reducing agent), oleic acid and oleylamine (ligands) in a hot organic solvent. The mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA) and 2,3- dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) were exchanged onto the nanocrystal surface making the particles stable in water. The thiolated nanoparticles (SH-NPs) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The as-prepared sample presented an amorphous partially oxidized iron structure. The results showed that the SH-NPs have a mean diameter of 6 nm and display superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature. Preliminary tests of incorporation of these systems were evaluated in Hela cells and stem cells. The results showed that the thiolated nanoparticles have no toxic effects for both cell types with good incorporation after 6 hours of transfection. Magnetic resonance image (MRI) were also carried and showed that the MNPs increase the contrast in systems investigated. Acknowledgements: FAPESP (2011/10125-0), CNPq, CAPES, UNICAMP
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