十六烷基三甲基溴化铵修饰的羧基化单壁碳纳米管的细胞毒性

摘要

The cytotoxicities of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and acid purified single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT-COOH) were investigated by spectroscopic analysis. Cell viability and cell apoptosis were applied to assessing the cytotoxicity of SWNT-COOH, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and acid purified carbon nanotubes modified with cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (SWNT-COOH/CTAB). The results indicate that SWNTs are more toxic than SWNT-COOH. Concentration and time-curve analyses indicate that cytotoxicity of SWNT-COOH/CTAB is more related to the toxicity of the surfactant CTAB. The cytotoxicity effect of CTAB and SWNT-COOH/CTAB is acceptable at low concentrations (0.5-25μg/mL). The cytotoxicity observation suggests that SWNT-COOH/CTAB can safely applied to biomedical field at low concentrations (0.5-25μg/mL).%采用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)作为表面活性剂修饰羧基化的单壁碳纳米管(SWNT-COOH/CTAB)，并对原始单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)与羧基化修饰的单壁碳纳米管(SWNT-COOH)进行材料学特征比较。通过细胞活力和细胞凋亡实验对SWNTs、SWNT-COOH和SWNT-COOH/CTAB的细胞毒性进行比较。结果表明，羧基化修饰的单壁碳纳米管比原始单壁碳纳米管的毒性小，单壁碳纳米管经羧基化后其毒性降低；浓度及时间曲线显示SWNT-COOH/CTAB的毒性与表面活性剂CTAB相关，CTAB和 SWNT-COOH/CTAB的细胞毒性在低浓度范围内(0.5~25μg/mL)是可接受的。十六烷基三甲基溴化铵修饰的羧基化单壁碳纳米管在低浓度范围(0.5~25μg/mL)内可以较安全地用于生物医学领域。