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Over the past few decades nanotechnology has paved its way into cancer treatment procedures with the use of nanoparticles (NPs) for contrast media and therapeutic agents. Iron based NPs are the most investigated since they can be used for drug delivery, imaging and when magnetically activate employed as local heat sources in cancer hyperthermia. In this work, was performed synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of different types of iron oxide nanoparticles (mNPs'), as promising material for tumor hyperthermia. The surface of mNPs' has modified with inorganic stabilizing agents to particularly improve characteristics such as their magnetic properties, colloidal stability and biocompatibility. The successful coating of mNPs' was confirmed by morphological and structural characterization by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier-Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy (FT-IR), while their hydrodynamic diameter was studied by using Dynamic light scattering (DLS). X-ray Diffraction (XRD) proved that the crystallite phase of mNPs' is the same with the pattern of magnetite. Superparamagnetic behavior and mNPs' response under the application of alternating magnetic field (AMF) were also thoroughly investigated and showed good heating efficiency in magnetic hyperthermia experiments. The contrast ability in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is also discussed indicating that mNPs are negative MRI contrast types. Nonetheless the effects of mNPs on cell viability was performed by MTT on human keratinocytes, human embryonic kidney cells, endothelial cells and by hemolytic assay on erythrocytes. In healthy keratinocytes wound healing assay in different time intervals was performed, assessing both the cell migration and wound closure. Endothelial cells have also been studied in functional activity performing capillary morphogenesis. In vitro studies showed that mNPs are safely taken by the healthy cells and do not interfere with the biological processes such as cell migration and motility. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Katarzyna Niemirowicz,1,2 Izabela Swiecicka,3 Agnieszka Z Wilczewska,4 Iwona Misztalewska,4 Beata Kalska-Szostko,4 Kamil Bienias,2 Robert Bucki,1,5,6 Halina Car21Department of Microbiological and Nanobiomedical Engineering, 2Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical University of Bialystok, 3Department of Microbiology, 4Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, 5Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland; 6Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAAbstract: Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and their derivatives (aminosilane and gold-coated) have been widely investigated in numerous medical applications, including their potential to act as antibacterial drug carriers that may penetrate into bacteria cells and biofilm mass. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent cause of infection in hospitalized patients, and significant numbers of currently isolated clinical strains are resistant to standard antibiotic therapy. Here we describe the impact of three types of SPIONs on the growth of P. aeruginosa during long-term bacterial culture. Their size, structure, and physicochemical properties were determined using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. We observed significant inhibition of P. aeruginosa growth in bacterial cultures continued over 96 hours in the presence of gold-functionalized nanoparticles (Fe3O4@Au). At the 48-hour time point, growth of P. aeruginosa, as assessed by the number of colonies grown from treated samples, showed the highest inhibition (decreased by 40%). These data provide strong evidence that Fe3O4@Au can dramatically reduce growth of P. aeruginosa and provide a platform for further study of the antibacterial activity of this nanomaterial.Keywords: antibacterial activity, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, superparamagnetic nanoparticles, iron oxides, gold-coated nanoparticles

This study presents modification of magnetite nanoparticles and fullerene for biocompatibility. It show also specific fabrication of magnetite-carbon nanocomposite with immobilized biomolecule. The composites were created by joining individual components step-by-step manner (fullerene to magnetite and glucose oxidase or glucose oxidase to magnetite and fullerene). The resulting nanocomposites were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).