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Sherry AD, Castelli DD, Aime S. Prospects and limitations of paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer agents serving as biological reporters in vivo. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2023; 36:e4698. [PMID: 35122337 PMCID: PMC9984198 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The concept of using paramagnetic metal ion complexes as chemical exchange saturation transfer agents (paraCEST) for molecular imaging of various biological processes first appeared in the literature about 20 years ago. The first paraCEST agent was based on a highly shifted, inner-sphere, slowly exchanging water molecule that could be activated at a frequency far away from bulk water, a substantial advantage for selective activation of the agent alone. Many other paraCEST agent designs followed that were based on activation of exchanging -NH or -OH proton on the chelate itself. Both types of paraCEST designs are attractive for molecular imaging because the rates of water molecule or ligand proton exchange can be designed to be sensitive to a biological or physiological property such as pH, enzyme activity, or redox. Hence, the intensity or frequency of the resulting CEST signal provides a direct readout of that property. Many molecular designs have appeared in the literature over the past 20 years, mostly reported as proof-of-concept designs but, unfortunately, only a few reports have explored the limitations of paraCEST agents for imaging a biological process in vivo. As a community, we now know that the sensitivity of paraCEST agents is lower than one might anticipate based upon simple chemical exchange principles and, in general, it appears the sensitivity of paraCEST agents is even lower in vivo than in vitro. In this short review, we address some of the factors that contribute to the limited sensitivity of paraCEST agents in vivo, offer some thoughts on approaches that could lead to dramatically improved paraCEST sensitivity, and challenge the scientific community to perform more in vivo experiments designed to test these ideas.
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- A. Dean Sherry
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Macrocyclic Chelates Bridged by a Diaza-Crown Ether: Towards Multinuclear Bimodal Molecular Imaging Probes. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25215019. [PMID: 33138207 PMCID: PMC7663075 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25215019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Bridged polymacrocyclic ligands featured by structurally different cages offer the possibility of coordinating multiple trivalent lanthanide ions, giving rise to the exploitation of their different physicochemical properties, e.g., multimodal detection for molecular imaging purposes. Intrigued by the complementary properties of optical and MR-based image capturing modalities, we report the synthesis and characterization of the polymetallic Ln(III)-based chelate comprised of two DOTA-amide-based ligands (DOTA—1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) bridged via 1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 (DA18C6) motif. The DOTA-amide moieties and the DA18C6 were used to chelate two Eu(III) ions and one Tb(III) ion, respectively, resulting in a multinuclear heterometallic complex Eu2LTb. The bimetallic complex without Tb(III), Eu2L, displayed a strong paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer (paraCEST) effect. Notably, the luminescence spectra of Eu2LTb featured mixed emission including the characteristic bands of Eu(III) and Tb(III). The advantageous features of the complex Eu2LTb opens new possibilities for the future design of bimodal probes and their potential applicability in CEST MR and optical imaging.
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Scepaniak JJ, Kang EB, John M, Kaminsky W, Dechert S, Meyer F. Non‐Macrocyclic Schiff Base Complexes of Iron(II) as ParaCEST Agents for MRI. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Jeremiah J. Scepaniak
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen Tammannstrasse 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Department of Chemistry Drexel University 32 S. 32nd St. Disque Hall 506 19104 Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Chemistry Drexel University 32 S. 32nd St. Disque Hall 506 19104 Philadelphia PA USA
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen Tammannstrasse 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Box 351700 98195‐1700 Seattle WA USA
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen Tammannstrasse 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg‐August‐Universität Göttingen Tammannstrasse 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
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Ferrauto G, Beauprez F, Di Gregorio E, Carrera C, Aime S, Terreno E, Delli Castelli D. Development and characterization of lanthanide-HPDO3A-C16-based micelles as CEST-MRI contrast agents. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:5343-5351. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt04621b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The synthesis and characterization of a novel HPDO3A-based ligand having a C16 alkyl chain and its Eu3+, Gd3+and Yb3+complexes are reported.
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- Giuseppe Ferrauto
- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
- University of Torino- Via Nizza 52
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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Caravan P, Esteban-Gómez D, Rodríguez-Rodríguez A, Platas-Iglesias C. Water exchange in lanthanide complexes for MRI applications. Lessons learned over the last 25 years. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:11161-11180. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01948k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Coordination chemistry offers convenient strategies to modulate the exchange of coordinated water molecules in lanthanide-based contrast agents.
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- Peter Caravan
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging and the A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Harvard Medical School
- Charlestown
- USA
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- Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química
- Universidade da Coruña
- 15008 A Coruña
- Spain
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- Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química
- Universidade da Coruña
- 15008 A Coruña
- Spain
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- Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química
- Universidade da Coruña
- 15008 A Coruña
- Spain
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging and the A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
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Corbin BA, Basal LA, White SA, Shen Y, Haacke EM, Fishbein KW, Allen MJ. Screening of ligands for redox-active europium using magnetic resonance imaging. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:5274-5279. [PMID: 29653832 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We report a screening procedure to predict ligand coordination to EuII and EuIII using magnetic resonance imaging in which bright images indicate complexation and dark images indicate no complexation. Here, paramagnetic GdIII is used as a surrogate for EuIII in the screening procedure to enable detection with magnetic resonance imaging. The screening procedure was tested using a set of eight ligands with known coordination to EuII and EuIII, and results were found to be consistent with expected binding. Validation of the screening procedure with known coordination chemistry enables use with new ligands in the future.
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- Brooke A Corbin
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States; Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States; Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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Forgács A, Pujales-Paradela R, Regueiro-Figueroa M, Valencia L, Esteban-Gómez D, Botta M, Platas-Iglesias C. Developing the family of picolinate ligands for Mn 2+ complexation. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:1546-1558. [PMID: 28091671 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04442e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
We have reported here a series of ligands containing pentadentate 6,6'-(azanediylbis(methylene))dipicolinic acid units that differ in the substituent present at the amine nitrogen atom (acetate: H3DPAAA; phenyl: H2DPAPhA; dodecyl: H2DPAC12A; 4-hexylphenyl: H2DPAC6PhA). The protonation constants of the hexadentate DPAAA3- and pentadentate DPAPhA2- ligands and the stability constants of their Mn2+ complexes were determined using pH-potentiometry (25 °C, 0.15 M NaCl). The mono-hydrated [Mn(DPAAA)]- complex (log KMnL = 13.19(5)) was found to be considerably more stable than the bis-hydrated [Mn(DPAPhA)] analogue (log KMnL = 9.55(1)). A detailed 1H and 17O NMR relaxometric study was carried out to determine the parameters that govern the proton relaxivities of these complexes. The [Mn(DPAC12A)] complex, which contains a dodecyl lipophilic chain, forms micelles in solution characterized by a critical micellar concentration (cmc) of 96(9) μM. The lipophilic [Mn(DPAC6PhA)] and [Mn(DPAC12A)] derivatives form rather strong adducts with Human Serum Albumin (HSA) with association constants of 7.1 ± 0.1 × 103 and 1.3 ± 0.4 × 105 M-1, respectively. The X-ray structure of the complex {K(H2O)4}{[Mn(DPAAA)(H2O)]}2 shows that the Mn2+ ion in [Mn(DPAAA)]- is coordinated to the six donor atoms of the ligand, a coordinated water molecule completing the pentagonal bipyramidal coordination environment.
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- Attila Forgács
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, As Lagoas, Marcosende, 36310 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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Srivastava K, Ferrauto G, Harris SM, Longo DL, Botta M, Aime S, Pierre VC. Complete on/off responsive ParaCEST MRI contrast agents for copper and zinc. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:11346-11357. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01172a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Two thulium-based paraCEST contrast agents enable detection and imaging of copper and zinc by MRI with a complete on/off response.
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- K. Srivastava
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- USA
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences
- University of Torino
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- USA
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences
- University of Torino
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica
- Università del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”
- 15121 Alessandria
- Italy
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- Molecular Imaging Center
- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences
- University of Torino
- 10126 Torino
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- USA
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Surender EM, Comby S, Martyn S, Cavanagh B, Lee TC, Brougham DF, Gunnlaugsson T. Cyclen lanthanide-based micellar structures for application as luminescent [Eu(iii)] and magnetic [Gd(iii)] resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:10858-61. [PMID: 27523566 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03092k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The synthesis of coordinatively unsaturated tetra-substituted 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) lanthanide complexes is described; these structures, possessing hydrophobic (C12-alkyl) tails and hydrophilic head groups, self-assemble into supramolecular micellar structures in aqueous solution, and hence can be utilised as novel contrast agents for MRI.
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- Esther M Surender
- School of Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Zhu X, Chen S, Luo Q, Ye C, Liu M, Zhou X. Body temperature sensitive micelles for MRI enhancement. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:9085-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02587g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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CEST MRI signal enhancement at body temperature.
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- Xiaolei Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- National Center of Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Lieb D, Kenkell I, Miljković JL, Moldenhauer D, Weber N, Filipović MR, Gröhn F, Ivanović-Burmazović I. Amphiphilic Pentaazamacrocyclic Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Mimetics. Inorg Chem 2013; 53:1009-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402469t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Dominik Lieb
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Castelli DD, Terreno E, Longo D, Aime S. Nanoparticle-based chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) agents. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2013; 26:839-849. [PMID: 23784956 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The frequency-encoding property of chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) agents places them in a unique position among the MRI contrast agents, as it allows the visualization of more agents in the same MR image, as well as making it possible to set up innovative MRI-responsive agents. The sensitivity issue shown by molecular CEST agents (either diamagnetic or paramagnetic) has been tackled with the design of nanoparticle-based CEST agents endowed with a large number of exchangeable protons that ensure large saturation transfer levels. Several systems have been considered, namely supramolecular adducts, dendrimers, micelles and liposomes loaded with CEST agents (in most cases, paramagnetic CEST agents). A particularly sensitive system is represented by lipoCEST agents, consisting of liposomes whose inner water resonance is shifted by the co-presence of paramagnetic lanthanide complexes. The exchangeable pool of protons is represented by all the water molecules contained in the inner liposome cavity (10(6) -10(8) ). Although in vitro work has provided excellent results, in vivo translation appears to be hampered to some extent by the peculiar behavior shown by these particles on administration to living animals.
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- Daniela Delli Castelli
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Imaging Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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