Enhanced green fluorescent protein-mediated synthesis of biocompatible graphene

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Jin-Hoi Kim²  Jin-Ki Park³  Deug-Nam Kwon²  Eunsu Kim²  Jae Woong Han²  Sangiliyandi Gurunathan¹ 

[1] GS Institute of Bio and Nanotechnology, Coimbatore 641024, Tamil Nadu, India;Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong, Seoul 143-701, Gwangin-gu, South Korea;Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon 441-350, Korea

关键词: Oxidative stress;    Membrane leakage;    Cell viability;    Human embryonic kidney 293 cells;    Graphene;    Graphene oxide;    Enhanced green fluorescent protein;   

Others  :  1139430
DOI  :  10.1186/s12951-014-0041-9

 received in 2014-08-07, accepted in 2014-09-26,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Graphene is the 2D form of carbon that exists as a single layer of atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice and has attracted great interest in the last decade in view of its physical, chemical, electrical, elastic, thermal, and biocompatible properties. The objective of this study was to synthesize an environmentally friendly and simple methodology for the preparation of graphene using a recombinant enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP).

Results

The successful reduction of GO to graphene was confirmed using UV¿vis spectroscopy, and FT-IR. DLS and SEM were employed to demonstrate the particle size and surface morphology of GO and EGFP-rGO. The results from Raman spectroscopy suggest the removal of oxygen-containing functional groups from the surface of GO and formation of graphene with defects. The biocompatibility analysis of GO and EGFP-rGO in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells suggests that GO induces significant concentration-dependent cell toxicity in HEK cells, whereas graphene exerts no adverse effects on HEK cells even at a higher concentration (100 ?g/mL).

Conclusions

Altogether, our findings suggest that recombinant EGFP can be used as a reducing and stabilizing agent for the preparation of biocompatible graphene. The novelty and originality of this work is that it describes a safe, simple, and environmentally friendly method for the production of graphene using recombinant enhanced green fluorescent protein. Furthermore, the synthesized graphene shows excellent biocompatibility with HEK cells; therefore, biologically synthesized graphene can be used for biomedical applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first and novel report describing the synthesis of graphene using recombinant EGFP.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Gurunathan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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