Complement activation and protein adsorption by carbon nanotubes

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-201

  Salvador Morales, Carolina ^a,c   Flahaut, Emmanuel ^b   Sim, Edith ^a   Sloan, Jeremy ^a   Green, Malcolm L H ^a   Sim, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT CARNOT CIRIMAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Apolipoproteins; Carbon nanotubes; Complement; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; CARBON NANOTUBE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SHEEP;

ADSORPTION; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; VACCINES;

EID: 25644454502     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. P.M. Ajayan, J.M. Lambert, P. Bernier, L. Barbedette, C. Colliex, and J.M. Planeix Growth morphologies during cobalt-catalyzed single-shell carbon nanotube synthesis Chem. Phys. Lett. 215 1993 509 517
2. J. Andersson, E.K. Nilsson, R. Larsson, U.R. Nilsson, and B. Nilsson C3 adsorbed to a polymer surface can form an initiating alternative pathway convertase J. Immunol. 168 2002 5786 5791
3. G.J. Arlaud, C. Gaboriaud, N.M. Thielens, M. Budayova-Spano, V. Rossi, and J.C. Fontecilla-Camps Structural biology of the Cl complex of complement unveils the mechanisms of its activation and proteolytic activity Mol. Immunol. 39 2002 383 394
4. J.H. Brown, N. Volkmann, G. Jun, A.H. Henschen-Edman, and C. Cohen The crystal structure of modified bovine fibrinogen Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 2000 85 90
5. R.J. Chen, S. Bangsaruntip, K.A. Drouvalakis, N.W. Shi Kam, M. Shim, Y. Li, W. Kim, and P.J. Utz Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes for highly specific electronic biosensors Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 2003 4984 4989
6. H. Dai, A.G. Rinzler, P. Nicolaev, A. Thess, D.T. Colbert, and R.E. Smalley Single-wall nanotubes produced by metal-catalyzed disproportionation of carbon monoxide Chem. Phys. Lett. 260 1996 471 475
7. A. Diaz, A.C. Willis, and R.B. Sim Expression of the proteinase specialized in bone resorption, cathepsin K, in granulomatous inflammation Mol. Med. 6 2000 648 654
8. R.A. Entwistle, and L.T. Furcht C1q component of complement binds to fibrinogen and fibrin Biochemistry 27 1988 507 512
9. D.T. Fearon, and M.C. Carroll Regulation of B lymphocyte responses to foreign and self-antigens by the CD19/CD21 complex Annu. Rev. Immunol. 18 2000 393 422
10. E. Flahaut, R. Bacsa, A. Peigney, and C. Laurent Gram-scale CCVD synthesis of double-walled carbon nanotubes Chem. Commun. 12 2003 1442 1443
11. C. Gaboriaud, J. Juanhuix, A. Gruez, M. Lacroix, C. Darnault, D. Pignol, D. Verger, J.C. Fontecilla-Camps, and G.J. Arlaud The crystal structure of the globular head of complement protein C1q provides a basis for its versatile recognition properties J. Biol. Chem. 278 2003 46974 46982
12. V. Georgakilas, N. Tagmatarchis, D. Pantarotto, A. Bianco, J.P. Briand, and M. Prato Amino acid functionalization of water soluble carbon nanotubes Chem. Commun. 24 2002 3050 3051
13. A. Gewirth, and H. Siegenthaler Nanoscale Probing of Biocompatibility of Materials. Nanoscale Probes of the Solid/Liquid Interface 1996 Kluwer Academic Publisher The Nerthelands pp. 317-343
14. T.M. Guo, P. Nikolaev, A. Thess, D.T. Colbert, and R.E. Smalley Catalytic growth of single-walled nanotubes by laser vaporization Chem. Phys. Lett. 243 1995 49 54
15. C. Journet, W.K. Maser, P. Bernier, A. Loiseau, M. Lamy de la Chapelle, S. Lefrant, P. Derniard, and J.E. Fisher Large-scale production of single-walled carbon nanotubes by the electric-arc technique Nature 388 1997 756 758
16. C.W. Lam, J.T. James, R. McCluskey, and R.L. Hunter Pulmonary toxicity of single-wall carbon nanotubes in mice 7 and 90 days after intratracheal instillation Toxicol. Sci. 77 2004 126 134
17. D. Pantarotto, C.D. Partidos, R. Graff, J. Hoebeke, J.P. Briand, M. Prato, and A. Bianco Synthesis, structural characterization, and the immunological properties of carbon nanotubes functionalized with peptides J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 2003 6160 6164
18. D. Pantarotto, C.D. Partidos, J. Hoebeke, F. Brown, E. Kramer, J.P. Briand, S. Muller, M. Prato, and A. Bianco Immunization with peptide-functionalized carbon nanotubes enhances virus-specific neutralizing antibody responses Chem. Biol. 10 2003 961 966
19. D. Pantarotto, J.P. Briand, M. Prato, and A. Bianco Translocation of bioactive peptide across the cell membranes by carbon nanotubes Chem. Commun. 1 2004 16 17
20. K.B.M. Reid Preparation of human C1q, a subcomponent of the first component of the classical pathway of complement L. Lorand Methods in Enzymol, Part C, The Proteolytic Enzymes 1981 Academic Press New York 16 25
21. M. Shim, N.W. Shi Kam, R.J. Chen, Y. Li, and H. Dai Functionalization of carbon nanotubes for biocompatibility and biomolecular recognition Nano Lett. 2 2002 285 288
22. R.B. Sim, and S.A. Tsiftsoglou Proteases of the complement system Biochem. Soc. Trans. 32 2004 21 27
23. R.B. Sim, K. Kolble, M.A. McAleer, O. Dominguez, and V.M. Dee Genetics and deficiencies of the soluble regulatory proteins of the complement system Internat. Rev. Immunol. 10 1993 65 86
24. L. Tang, and J.W. Eaton Fibrin(ogen) mediates acute inflammatory responses to biomaterials J. Exp. Med. 178 1993 2147 2156
25. K. Whaley Methods in Complement for Clinical Immunologists 1985 Churchill Livingstone UK pp. 1-6
26. K. Whaley, and J. North Haemolytic assays for whole complement activity and individual components A.W. Dodds R.B. Sim Complement, A Practical Approach 1997 IRL Press Oxford UK 19 47
27. N. Wong Shi Kam, T.C. Jessop, P.A. Wender, and H. Dai Nanotube molecular transporters: internalization of carbon nanotube-protein conjugates into mammalian cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 2004 6850 6851