Selective Accelerated Proliferation of Malignant Breast Cancer Cells on Planar Graphene Oxide Films

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• 作者：Kenry ; Parthiv Kant Chaudhuri ; Kian Ping Loh ; Chwee Teck Lim
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 22, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：10
• 期：3
• 页码：3424-3434
• 全文大小：669K
• ISSN：1936-086X

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Graphene nanomaterials have been actively investigated for biomedical and biological applications, including that of cancer. Despite progress made, most of such studies are conducted on dispersed graphene nanosheets in solution. Consequently, the use of planar graphene films, especially in cancer research, has not been fully explored. Here, we investigate the cellular interactions between the graphene material films and breast cancer cell lines, specifically the effects these films have on cellular proliferation, spreading area, and cytotoxicity. We demonstrate that the graphene oxide (GO) film selectively accelerates the proliferation of both metastatic (MDA-MB-231) and nonmetastatic (MCF-7) breast cancer cells, but not that of noncancer breast epithelial cells (MCF-10A). Contrastingly, this accelerated proliferation is not observed with the use of graphene (G) film. Moreover, GO induces negligible cytotoxicity on these cells. We suggest that the observed phenomena originate from the synergistic effect resulted from the high loading capacity and conformational change of cellular attachment proteins on the GO film, and the high amount of oxygenated groups present in the material. We anticipate that our findings can further shed light on the graphene–cancer cellular interactions and provide better understanding for the future design and application of graphene-based nanomaterials in cancer research.