Studies on autophagy induced by nano-C70, nano-C60Cl6 and nano-C60Ph6

In order to further study the autophagy induced by fullerene family and its derivatives, nano-C70, C60Cl6 and C60Ph6 were selectively investigated by means of fluorescence microscope, transmission electron microscope and western blot. The results show that, nano-C70, C60Cl6 and C60Ph6 can form crystal structures in water and induce HeLa cells into autophagy process, which indicates that fullerene family and its derivatives might play a new role in the biomedical field.