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Título: | Long-circulating PEGylated manganese ferrite nanoparticles for MRI-based molecular imaging |
Autor: | Pernia Leal, Manuel CSIC ORCID; Rivera-Fernández, Sara; Franco, Jaime M. CSIC ORCID; Pozo, David CSIC ORCID; Fuente, Jesús M. de la CSIC ORCID; García-Martín, María L. CSIC ORCID | Fecha de publicación: | 16-dic-2014 | Editor: | Royal Society (Great Britain) | Citación: | Nanoscale 7: 2050- 2059 (2015) | Resumen: | Magnetic resonance based molecular imaging has emerged as a very promising technique for early detection and treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and vascular diseases. The limited sensitivity and specificity of conventional MRI are being overcome by the development of a new generation of contrast agents, using nanotechnology approaches, with improved magnetic and biological properties. In particular, for molecular imaging, high specificity, high sensitivity, and long blood circulation times are required. Furthermore, the lack of toxicity and immunogenicity together with low-cost scalable production are also necessary to get them into the clinics. In this work, we describe a facile, robust and cost-effective ligand-exchange method to synthesize dual T1 and T2 MRI contrast agents with long circulation times. These contrast agents are based on manganese ferrite nanoparticles (MNPs) between 6 and 14 nm in size covered by a 3 kDa polyethylene glycol (PEG) shell that leads to a great stability in aqueous media with high crystallinity and magnetization values, thus retaining the magnetic properties of the uncovered MNPs. Moreover, the PEGylated MNPs have shown different relaxivities depending on their size and the magnetic field applied. Thus, the 6 nm PEGylated MNPs are characterized by a low r2/r1 ratio of 4.9 at 1.5 T, hence resulting in good dual T1 and T2 contrast agents under low magnetic fields, whereas the 14 nm MNPs behave as excellent T2 contrast agents under high magnetic fields (r2 = 335.6 mM-1 s-1). The polymer core shell of the PEGylated MNPs minimizes their cytotoxicity, and allows long blood circulation times. This combination of cellular compatibility and excellent T2 and r2/r1 values under low magnetic fields, together with long circulation times, make these nanomaterials very promising contrast agents for molecular imaging. | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4nr05781c | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/123682 | DOI: | 10.1039/c4nr05781c | Identificadores: | doi: 10.1039/c4nr05781c issn: 2040-3372 |
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