Bioconjugated gold nanoparticles penetrate into spermatozoa depending on plasma membrane status

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1597-1607

  Barchanski, Annette ^a   Taylor, Ulrike ^b   Sajti, Csaba L ^a   Gamrad, Lisa ^c   Kues, Wilfried A ^b   Rath, Detlef ^b   Barcikowski, Stephan ^c  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell Penetrating Peptides; Cellular Labeling; Cellular Nuclear Penetration; Fluidity Hotspots; Gold Nanoparticles; Haploid Gamete; Nanobiohybrids; Plasma Membrane; Pre Fertilization Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUIDITY; GOLD; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES;

CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE; CELLULAR LABELING; CELLULAR/NUCLEAR PENETRATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HAPLOID GAMETE; HOTSPOTS; NANOBIOHYBRIDS;

MEMBRANES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LIGAND; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCONJUGATE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; DIFFUSION; GOLD; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCONJUGATES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPERMATOZOA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84930150041     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2094     Document Type: Article

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