The conjugation between nanotubes, coated with different doses of polyethylene imine (PEI) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) was investigated by scanning electron microscopy, Z-potential, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray diffraction (EDXD) and reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). For the first time, to our knowledge, evidence is obtained that conjugation between the nanotubes and the HAV occurs and that it has an (at least a partial) electrostatic character. Since all components of the conjugated systems, nanotubes, coating material and virus are characterized by different peak shapes in the selected q range, it was possible to infer that conjugation occurred. RT-PCR measurements confirmed that the conjugation of the coated nanotubes and HAV occurred and the result was stable. This opens up the prospect of probing the coated nanotubes as intra-cellular carriers in transfection processes of the virus. Further biological applications will concern a possible vaccine especially for non-replicative viruses.

Carbone, M., Valentini, F., Caminiti, R., Petrinca, A., Donia, D.t., Divizia, M., et al. (2010). Are PEI-coated SWCNTs conjugated with hepatitis A virus? A chemical study with SEM, Z-potential, EDXD and RT-PCR. BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, 5(3), 1-9 [10.1088/1748-6041/5/3/035001].

Are PEI-coated SWCNTs conjugated with hepatitis A virus? A chemical study with SEM, Z-potential, EDXD and RT-PCR

CARBONE, MARILENA;VALENTINI, FEDERICA;DONIA, DOMENICA TOMMASA;DIVIZIA, MAURIZIO;PALLESCHI, GIUSEPPE
2010-04-19

Abstract

The conjugation between nanotubes, coated with different doses of polyethylene imine (PEI) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) was investigated by scanning electron microscopy, Z-potential, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray diffraction (EDXD) and reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). For the first time, to our knowledge, evidence is obtained that conjugation between the nanotubes and the HAV occurs and that it has an (at least a partial) electrostatic character. Since all components of the conjugated systems, nanotubes, coating material and virus are characterized by different peak shapes in the selected q range, it was possible to infer that conjugation occurred. RT-PCR measurements confirmed that the conjugation of the coated nanotubes and HAV occurred and the result was stable. This opens up the prospect of probing the coated nanotubes as intra-cellular carriers in transfection processes of the virus. Further biological applications will concern a possible vaccine especially for non-replicative viruses.
19-apr-2010
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Settore MED/42 - IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA
Settore CHIM/03 - CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA
English
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X-Ray Diffraction; Polyethylene; Viruses; Hepatitis A virus; Chromosome Disorders; Imines; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polyethylenes; Virus Diseases; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Polymerase Chain Reaction; X-Rays; Antigens; Risk Factors; Microscopy; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Carbone, M., Valentini, F., Caminiti, R., Petrinca, A., Donia, D.t., Divizia, M., et al. (2010). Are PEI-coated SWCNTs conjugated with hepatitis A virus? A chemical study with SEM, Z-potential, EDXD and RT-PCR. BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, 5(3), 1-9 [10.1088/1748-6041/5/3/035001].
Carbone, M; Valentini, F; Caminiti, R; Petrinca, A; Donia, Dt; Divizia, M; Palleschi, G
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