Therapeutic gold, silver, and platinum nanoparticles
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2015
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Yamada, M.
Foote, M.
Prow, T.W.
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2015; 7(3):428-445
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There are an abundance of nanoparticle technologies being developed for use as part of therapeutic strategies. This review focuses on a narrow class of metal nanoparticles that have therapeutic potential that is a consequence of elemental composition and size. The most widely known of these are gold nanoshells that have been developed over the last two decades for photothermal ablation in superficial cancers. The therapeutic effect is the outcome of the thickness and diameter of the gold shell that enables fine tuning of the plasmon resonance. When these metal nanoparticles are exposed to the relevant wavelength of light, their temperature rapidly increases. This in turn induces a localized photothermal ablation that kills the surrounding tumor tissue. Similarly, gold nanoparticles have been developed to enhance radiotherapy. The high-Z nature of gold dramatically increases the photoelectric cross-section. Thus, the photoelectric effects are significantly increased. The outcome of these interactions is enhanced tumor killing with lower doses of radiation, all while sparing tissue without gold nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles have been used for their wound healing properties in addition to enhancing the tumor-killing effects of anticancer drugs. Finally, platinum nanoparticles are thought to serve as a reservoir for platinum ions that can induce DNA damage in cancer cells. The future is bright with the path to clinical trials is largely cleared for some of the less complex therapeutic metal nanoparticle systems.
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Copyright 2014 The Authors. WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology published by Wiley Periodicals This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproductionin any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)