Liposomes containing colloidal gold are a useful probe of liposome-cell interactions.
Liposomes containing colloidal gold are a useful probe of liposome-cell interactions.
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含有胶体金的脂质体是脂质体-细胞相互作用的有用探针。
DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(83)90220-1
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发表时间:
1983
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Papahadjopoulos,D
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作者:
Hong,K;Friend,DS;Glabe,CG;Papahadjopoulos,D
A method is described for the preparation of liposomes containing colloidal gold as an electron-dense marker to trace liposome-cell interactions. Since gold sols would precipitate at the high concentrations necessary for loading a large proportion of liposomes, gold sols were formed within preformed liposomes which had encapsulated gold chloride. The optimal conditions for encapsulating the marker were ascertained for liposomes prepared by the method of reverse-phase evaporation. Gold sols formed rapidly at ambient temperature and without organic solvent, and produced homogeneous populations of gold granules inside liposomes. Most vesicles contained the marker, allowing us to determine unambiguously the intracellular fate of liposomes and their contents. The in vitro experiments showed that gold-liposomes were internalized by African green monkey kidney cells in a manner similar to receptor-mediated endocytosis of well-characterized ligands. Preliminary in vivo studies also indicated that liposomes were endocytosed by Kupffer cells via the coated vesicle pathway.