Enhanced Anticancer Effect of Green Synthesized Nanogold On Different Cell Lines

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of laser science and interaction, National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science (NILES) Cairo University, Egypt.

2 Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

3 Department of laser application in metrology, photochemistry and agriculture, National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science (NILES) Cairo University (CU), Egypt.

Abstract

Cancer is important cause of mortality, due to difficulty in finding safe, economical and specific effective therapeutic targets. The aim was to investigate the cytotoxicity of hybrid gold-chitosan nanospheres (Au@CsNs) on different cell lines using chitosan. Au@CsNs were analyzed by Zeta potential, UV-Visible spectroscopy, TEM and FTIR. Absorbance at 522 nm correlated to surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of AuNPs. TEM images show that Au@CsNs are spherical, with an average size of 12 ± 2 nm. Results of DPSS (diode pumped solid-state) laser irradiation show the photothermal laser stability of Au@CsNs. Au@CsNs showed anticancer effect using SRP assay on different cancer cell lines HCT, FADU, H460, and HEPG2. Our results suggest that Au@CsNs have an antiproliferative effect as there were a significant decrease in cell viability but this depends on the type of cancer cell line. In conclusion, Au@CsNs exhibited great anticancer activity subsequently it will be used in drug delivery and photothermal therapy in future work.

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