Zebrafish as a universal in vivo model for plasmonic nanoparticle medicine
Lukianova-Hleb E., Santiago C., Wagner D., Hafner J., Lapotko D.
The zebrafish embryo has been evaluated as an in vivo model for plasmonic nanobubble (PNB) generation and detection at nanoscale. The embryo is easily observed and manipulated utilizing the same methodology as for application of PNBs in vitro. Injection and irradiation of gold nanoparticles with a short laser pulse resulted in generation of PNBs in zebrafish with the similar parameters as for PNBs generated in water and cultured living cells. These PNBs do not result in systemic damage, thus we demonstrated in vivo model for rapid and precise testing of plasmonic nanotechnologies .