Issue 26, 2015

Hetero-nanocomposites of magnetic and antifungal nanoparticles as a platform for magnetomechanical stress induction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract

Copper(I) oxide (Cu2O) nanoparticles (NPs) of 30 nm with antifungal properties have been functionalized with 9 nm nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to construct hetero-nanocomposites (NCs) of a submicron hydrodynamic size for magnetomechanical stress induction in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A post-synthetic approach involving the assembly through hydrophobic interactions of the preformed NPs of non-uniform sizes, albeit coated with the same surfactant (oleylamine), is reported. Solvents of different polarity were implemented during the synthetic procedure resulting in NCs of similar composition consisting mainly of MNPs randomly decorated onto the bigger Cu2O NPs. The antifungal properties of the building NPs and the NCs were studied in terms of fungistatic and fungicidal activity, whereas the ionic leaching was found to be negligible, highlighting the nanosize effect. Although S. cerevisiae cells were found to be resistant to individual NiFe2O4 MNPs because of their small size, their sensitivity to NCs significantly increased upon short-time exposure to a rotating low-frequency magnetic field (10 min, 30 Hz, 35 G) and this arises from the collective properties. The magnetomechanical cell stress induction was accompanied by alteration of cellular membrane integrity and programmed cell death signaling.

Graphical abstract: Hetero-nanocomposites of magnetic and antifungal nanoparticles as a platform for magnetomechanical stress induction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Apr 2015
Accepted
26 May 2015
First published
26 May 2015

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015,3, 5341-5351

Hetero-nanocomposites of magnetic and antifungal nanoparticles as a platform for magnetomechanical stress induction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

K. Giannousi, M. Menelaou, J. Arvanitidis, M. Angelakeris, A. Pantazaki and C. Dendrinou-Samara, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 5341 DOI: 10.1039/C5TB00734H

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