Figure 6.
Cofocal images of DNA damage in cancer cells resulting from incubation with NLS/RGD-AgNPs. The cells’ nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue) and DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) were stained with FITC (green). No DNA damage was seen in untreated cancer cells (A). DNA double strand breaks (green foci) were seen in cells treated with (B) 0.1 nM and (C) 0.4 nM NLS/RGD-AgNPs. Cells were incubated with nuclear-targeting AgNPs for 24 hours. Scale bar: 10 µm.