VALIDATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES AUNPS AND AUNPS-LAN CONJUGATE FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS

The Ooctapéptido (LAN: 3-(2-Naphthalenyl)-D-alanyl-L-cysteinyl-L-tyrosyl-D-tryptophyl-L-lysyl-L-valyl-L-cysteinyl-L-threoninamide (2 → 7) disulphide acetate, angiopeptin acetate) cyclic covered gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) results in a complex (AuNPs-LAN) when reacted following the aqueous synthesis using Turkevich method for preparing colloidal gold nanoparticles followed by reaction of conjugation with the octapeptide LAN. The nanoconjugate was characterized by transmission electron microscopy high-resolution, UV-vis spectrophotometry, and by Zeta-potential. The objective of this study was to develop a method of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) to determine AuNPs and AuNPs-LAN in vitro. The reaction was I carried out by reduction of HAuCl₄ with trisodium citrate, based on the synthesis of Turkevich-Frens-Kimling for colloidal Au at 90 °C where the plasmon resonance was detected at a wavelength of 526 nm, previously reported from 1954, 1976 and 2006, wavelength UV-vis nanoconjugate was 531 nm in which prolongation observed in migration times. We also describe part of the validation (linearity and precision) by capillary electrophoresis, arguing that it is a suitable method to quantify the gold nanoparticles and AuNPs-LAN complex. We conclude that the CZE has greater sensitivity to determine AuNPs and AuNP-LAN, comparing to the method described by UV-Vis spectrophotometry, resulting in a good method for analysis and characterization of the nanoparticles and the conjugated compound. HRTEM necessary to use also is important to know the identification and characterization of these compounds to quantify them in biological fluids for biodistribution and pharmacokinetic studies.