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Ma KY, Perera-Gonzalez M, Langlois NI, Alzubi OM, Guimond JD, Flask CA, Clark HA. pH-responsive i-motif-conjugated nanoparticles for MRI analysis. SENSORS & DIAGNOSTICS 2024; 3:623-630. [PMID: 38646186 PMCID: PMC11025034 DOI: 10.1039/d3sd00285c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents (CAs) are widely used to enhance anatomical details in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Significant research has expanded the field of CAs into bioresponsive CAs by modulating the signal to image and monitor biochemical processes, such as pH. In this work, we introduce the modular, dynamic actuation mechanism of DNA-based nanostructures as a new way to modulate the MRI signal based on the rotational correlation time, τR. We combined a pH-responsive oligonucleotide (i-motif) and a clinical standard CA (Gd-DOTA) to develop a pH-responsive MRI CA. The i-motif folds into a quadruplex under acidic conditions and was incorporated onto gold nanoparticles (iM-GNP) to achieve increased relaxivity, r1, compared to the unbound i-motif. In vitro, iM-GNP resulted in a significant increase in r1 over a decreasing pH range (7.5-4.5) with a calculated pKa = 5.88 ± 0.01 and a 16.7% change per 0.1 pH unit. In comparison, a control CA with a non-responsive DNA strand (T33-GNP) did not show a significant change in r1 over the same pH range. The iM-GNP was further evaluated in 20% human serum and demonstrated a 28.14 ± 11.2% increase in signal from neutral pH to acidic pH. This approach paves a path for novel programmable, dynamic DNA-based complexes for τR-modulated bioresponsive MRI CAs.
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- Kristine Y Ma
- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA
- Dept. of Bioengineering, Northeastern University Boston MA USA
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Boston MA USA
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA
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- Depts. of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH USA
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA
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Meng Q, Wu M, Shang Z, Zhang Z, Zhang R. Responsive gadolinium(III) complex-based small molecule magnetic resonance imaging probes: Design, mechanism and application. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wellm V, Groebner J, Heitmann G, Sönnichsen FD, Herges R. Towards Photoswitchable Contrast Agents for Absolute 3D Temperature MR Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa Wellm
- Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry Christian Albrechts University Otto Hahn Platz 4 24118 Kiel Germany
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology South Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Bahnhofsallee 5 58507 Luedenscheid Germany
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- IWS Innovations- und Wissenstrategien GmbH Aviares Research Network Deichstraße 25 20459 Hamburg Germany
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- Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry Christian Albrechts University Otto Hahn Platz 4 24118 Kiel Germany
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- Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry Christian Albrechts University Otto Hahn Platz 4 24118 Kiel Germany
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Wellm V, Groebner J, Heitmann G, Sönnichsen FD, Herges R. Towards Photoswitchable Contrast Agents for Absolute 3D Temperature MR Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:8220-8226. [PMID: 33606332 PMCID: PMC8048480 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Temperature can be used as clinical marker for tissue metabolism and the detection of inflammations or tumors. The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for monitoring physiological parameters like the temperature noninvasively is steadily increasing. In this study, we present a proof-of-principle study of MRI contrast agents (CA) for absolute and concentration independent temperature imaging. These CAs are based on azoimidazole substituted NiII porphyrins, which can undergo Light-Driven Coordination-Induced Spin State Switching (LD-CISSS) in solution. Monitoring the fast first order kinetic of back isomerisation (cis to trans) with standard clinical MR imaging sequences allows the determination of half-lives, that can be directly translated into absolute temperatures. Different temperature responsive CAs were successfully tested as prototypes in methanol-based gels and created temperature maps of gradient phantoms with high spatial resolution (0.13×0.13×1.1 mm) and low temperature errors (<0.22 °C). The method is sufficiently fast to record the temperature flow from a heat source as a film.
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- Vanessa Wellm
- Otto Diels Institute of Organic ChemistryChristian Albrechts UniversityOtto Hahn Platz 424118KielGermany
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information TechnologySouth Westphalian University of Applied SciencesBahnhofsallee 558507LuedenscheidGermany
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- IWS Innovations- und Wissenstrategien GmbHAviares Research NetworkDeichstraße 2520459HamburgGermany
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- Otto Diels Institute of Organic ChemistryChristian Albrechts UniversityOtto Hahn Platz 424118KielGermany
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- Otto Diels Institute of Organic ChemistryChristian Albrechts UniversityOtto Hahn Platz 424118KielGermany
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Falcone E, Okafor M, Vitale N, Raibaut L, Sour A, Faller P. Extracellular Cu2+ pools and their detection: From current knowledge to next-generation probes. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Malikidogo KP, Martin H, Bonnet CS. From Zn(II) to Cu(II) Detection by MRI Using Metal-Based Probes: Current Progress and Challenges. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2020; 13:E436. [PMID: 33266014 PMCID: PMC7760112 DOI: 10.3390/ph13120436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Zinc and copper are essential cations involved in numerous biological processes, and variations in their concentrations can cause diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes and cancers. Hence, detection and quantification of these cations are of utmost importance for the early diagnosis of disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) responsive contrast agents (mainly Lanthanide(+III) complexes), relying on a change in the state of the MRI active part upon interaction with the cation of interest, e.g., switch ON/OFF or vice versa, have been successfully utilized to detect Zn2+ and are now being developed to detect Cu2+. These paramagnetic probes mainly exploit the relaxation-based properties (T1-based contrast agents), but also the paramagnetic induced hyperfine shift properties (paraCEST and parashift probes) of the contrast agents. The challenges encountered going from Zn2+ to Cu2+ detection will be stressed and discussed herein, mainly involving the selectivity of the probes for the cation to detect and their responsivity at physiologically relevant concentrations. Depending on the response mechanism, the use of fast-field cycling MRI seems promising to increase the detection field while keeping a good response. In vivo applications of cation responsive MRI probes are only in their infancy and the recent developments will be described, along with the associated quantification problems. In the case of relaxation agents, the presence of another method of local quantification, e.g., synchrotron X-Ray fluorescence, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) techniques, or 19F MRI is required, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages.
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Université d’Orléans, Rue Charles Sadron, F-45071 Orléans 2, France; (K.P.M.); (H.M.)
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Paranawithana NN, Martins AF, Clavijo Jordan V, Zhao P, Chirayil S, Meloni G, Sherry AD. A Responsive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent for Detection of Excess Copper(II) in the Liver In Vivo. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:11009-11018. [PMID: 31268706 PMCID: PMC9991518 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The design, synthesis, and properties of a new gadolinium-based copper-responsive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent is presented. The sensor (GdL1) has high selectivity for copper ions and exhibits a 43% increase in r1 relaxivity (20 MHz) upon binding to 1 equiv of Cu2+ in aqueous buffer. Interestingly, in the presence of physiological levels of human serum albumin (HSA), the r1 relaxivity is amplified further up to 270%. Additional spectroscopic and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) studies show that Cu2+ is coordinated by two carboxylic acid groups and the single amine group on an appended side chain of GdL1 and forms a ternary complex with HSA (GdL1-Cu2+-HSA). T1-weighted in vivo imaging demonstrates that GdL1 can detect basal, endogenous labile copper(II) ions in living mice. This offers a unique opportunity to explore the role of copper ions in the development and progression of neurological diseases such as Wilson's disease.
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- Namini N Paranawithana
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas , United States
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas , Texas , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas , United States
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas , Texas , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson , Texas , United States.,Advanced Imaging Research Center , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas , Texas , United States
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Wahsner J, Gale EM, Rodríguez-Rodríguez A, Caravan P. Chemistry of MRI Contrast Agents: Current Challenges and New Frontiers. Chem Rev 2019; 119:957-1057. [PMID: 30350585 PMCID: PMC6516866 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 832] [Impact Index Per Article: 166.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tens of millions of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams are performed annually around the world. The contrast agents, which improve diagnostic accuracy, are almost exclusively small, hydrophilic gadolinium(III) based chelates. In recent years concerns have arisen surrounding the long-term safety of these compounds, and this has spurred research into alternatives. There has also been a push to develop new molecularly targeted contrast agents or agents that can sense pathological changes in the local environment. This comprehensive review describes the state of the art of clinically approved contrast agents, their mechanism of action, and factors influencing their safety. From there we describe different mechanisms of generating MR image contrast such as relaxation, chemical exchange saturation transfer, and direct detection and the types of molecules that are effective for these purposes. Next we describe efforts to make safer contrast agents either by increasing relaxivity, increasing resistance to metal ion release, or by moving to gadolinium(III)-free alternatives. Finally we survey approaches to make contrast agents more specific for pathology either by direct biochemical targeting or by the design of responsive or activatable contrast agents.
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- Jessica Wahsner
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Pierre VC, Harris SM, Pailloux SL. Comparing Strategies in the Design of Responsive Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Case Study with Copper and Zinc. Acc Chem Res 2018; 51:342-351. [PMID: 29356506 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged over the years as one of the preferred modalities for medical diagnostic and biomedical research. It has the advantage over other imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography and X-ray of affording high resolution three-dimensional images of the body without using harmful radiation. The use of contrast agents has further expanded this technique by increasing the contrast between regions where they accumulate and background tissues. As MRI most often measures the relaxation rate of water throughout the body, contrast agents function by modulating the intensity of the water signal either via improved relaxation or via saturation transfer to selected exchangeable proton. Among the growing class of MRI contrast agents, a subset of them called "smart" contrast agents function as responsive probes. Their ability to increase or decrease their signal intensity is modulated by the presence of an analyte. These probes offer the unique ability to image the distribution of an analyte in vivo, thereby opening new possibilities for diagnostics and for elucidating the role of specific analytes in various pathologies or biological processes. A number of different strategies can be exploited to design responsive MRI contrast agents. The majority of contrast agents are based on GdIII complexes. These complexes can be rendered responsive in either of two ways: either by modulating the number of inner-sphere water molecules, q, or via modulating the rotational correlation time, τR, of the contrast agent upon substrate binding. The longitudinal relaxivity increases with the number of inner-sphere water molecules. GdIII complexes can be rendered responsive if they contain a recognition moiety that can bind to both the open coordination site of GdIII and to the analyte. When the recognition moiety leaves the lanthanide ion to bind to the analyte, q increases and therefore so does the relaxivity. The dependence of relaxivity on rotational correlation time is more complex and more pronounced at lower magnetic fields. In general, slower tumbling macromolecules have longer rotational correlation times and higher relaxivities. Analyte-triggered formation of macromolecules thus also increases relaxivity. Such macromolecules can either be analyte-templated supramolecular assemblies, or analyte-enhanced protein-contrast agent complexes. Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) agents are a newer class of contrast agents that offer the possibility of multifrequency and thus ratiometric imaging, which in turn enables quantitative mapping of the concentration of an analyte in vivo under conditions where the concentration of the contrast agent is not known. Such agents can be rendered responsive if the analyte changes the number of exchangeable proton(s), its exchange rate, or its chemical shift. All of these approaches have been successfully employed for detecting and imaging both copper and zinc, including in vivo. Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (MIONs) are powerful MRI transverse relaxation agents. They can also be rendered responsive to an analyte if the latter can control the aggregation of the nanoparticles. For metal ions, this can be achieved via chemical functionalities that only react to form conjugates in the presence of the metal ion analyte.
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- Valérie C. Pierre
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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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]
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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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Pandiri H, Soni V, Gonnade RG, Punji B. Development of (quinolinyl)amido-based pincer palladium complexes: a robust and phosphine-free catalyst system for C–H arylation of benzothiazoles. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00452d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Well-defined (quinolinyl)amido-pincer palladium complexes are developed and employed for the catalytic C–H bond arylation of benzothiazoles with aryl iodides, which can be recycled and reused for several cycles.
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- Hanumanprasad Pandiri
- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis Group
- Chemical Engineering Division. CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR–NCL)
- Pune – 411 008
- India
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- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis Group
- Chemical Engineering Division. CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR–NCL)
- Pune – 411 008
- India
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- Centre for Material Characterization. CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR–NCL)
- Pune – 411 008
- India
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- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis Group
- Chemical Engineering Division. CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR–NCL)
- Pune – 411 008
- India
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Soni V, Jagtap RA, Gonnade RG, Punji B. Unified Strategy for Nickel-Catalyzed C-2 Alkylation of Indoles through Chelation Assistance. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Vineeta Soni
- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis
Group, Chemical Engineering
Division, and ‡Centre for Material Characterization, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India
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- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis
Group, Chemical Engineering
Division, and ‡Centre for Material Characterization, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India
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- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis
Group, Chemical Engineering
Division, and ‡Centre for Material Characterization, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India
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- Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis
Group, Chemical Engineering
Division, and ‡Centre for Material Characterization, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India
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Fe2+-Responsive Bimodal MRI and Fluorescent Imaging Probe Based on a Gadolinium(III) Complex. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Tanwar J, Datta A, Chauhan K, Kumaran SS, Tiwari AK, Kadiyala KG, Pal S, Thirumal M, Mishra AK. Design and synthesis of calcium responsive magnetic resonance imaging agent: Its relaxation and luminescence studies. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 82:225-32. [PMID: 24904969 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Calcium concentration modulation both inside and outside cell is of considerable interest for nervous system function in normal and pathological conditions. MRI has potential for very high spatial resolution at molecular/cellular level. Design, synthesis and evaluation of Gd-DO3A-AME-NPHE, a calcium responsive MRI contrast agent is presented. The probe is comprised of a Gd(3+)-DO3A core coupled to iminoacetate coordinating groups for calcium induced relaxivity switching. In the absence of Ca(2+) ions, inner sphere water binding to the Gd-DO3A-AME-NPHE is restricted with longitudinal relaxivity, r1 = 4.37 mM(-1) s(-1) at 4.7 T. However, addition of Ca(2+) triggers a marked enhancement in r1 = 6.99 mM(-1) s(-1) at 4.7 T (60% increase). The construct is highly selective for Ca(2+) over competitive metal ions at extracellular concentration. The r1 is modulated by changes in the hydration number (0.2 to 1.05), which was confirmed by luminescence emission lifetimes of the analogous Eu(3+) complex. T1 phantom images establish the capability of complex of visualizing changes in [Ca(2+)] by MRI.
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- Jyoti Tanwar
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India; Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110054, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India.
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India
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- Department of N.M.R. and MRI, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India; Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110054, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110054, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S. K. Mazumdar Road, Delhi 110054, India.
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Xiao YM, Zhao GY, Fang XX, Zhao YX, Wang GH, Yang W, Xu JW. A smart copper(ii)-responsive binuclear gadolinium(iii) complex-based magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra04526b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The relaxivity of the complex was modulated by Cu2+, that is, in the absence of Cu2+ the complex exhibited a relatively low relaxivity value of 6.40 mM−1 s−1, while the addition of Cu2+ triggered the relaxivity to 11.28 mM−1 s−1, an enhancement of approximately 76%.
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- Yan-meng Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Public Laboratory of Analysis and Testing Technology
- Guangdong Institute of Analysis
- Guangzhou 510070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Biomedical imaging techniques can provide a vast amount of anatomical information, enabling diagnosis and the monitoring of disease and treatment profile. MRI uniquely offers convenient, non-invasive, high resolution tomographic imaging. A considerable amount of effort has been invested, across several decades, in the design of non toxic paramagnetic contrast agents capable of enhancing positive MRI signal contrast. Recently, focus has shifted towards the development of agents capable of specifically reporting on their local biochemical environment, where a switch in image contrast is triggered by a specific stimulus/biochemical variable. Such an ability would not only strengthen diagnosis but also provide unique disease-specific biochemical insight. This feature article focuses on recent progress in the development of MRI contrast switching with molecular, macromolecular and nanoparticle-based agents.
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- Gemma-Louise Davies
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK.
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Tu C, Louie AY. Strategies for the development of gadolinium-based 'q'-activatable MRI contrast agents. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2013; 26:781-787. [PMID: 23015370 PMCID: PMC3586386 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The emergence and rapid development of activatable contrast agents (CAs), whose relaxivity changes in response to the variation of a specific marker in the surrounding physiological microenvironment, have expanded the scope of MRI beyond anatomical and functional imaging to also convey information at the cellular and molecular level. The essence of an activatable MRI CA is the difference in relaxivity before and after a change in a physiological variable: the larger the difference, the better the CA. In this review, strategies for the design of activatable gadolinium CAs, with a switching mechanism based on the modulation of hydration (q), sensitive to common variables in the physiological microenvironment, such as pH, light, redox and metal ions, are illustrated and discussed.
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Promising strategies for Gd-based responsive magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2012; 17:158-66. [PMID: 23141598 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful imaging modality that is often coupled with paramagnetic contrast agents based on gadolinium to enhance sensitivity and image quality. Responsive contrast agents are key to furthering the diagnostic potential of MRI, both to provide anatomical information and to discern biochemical activity. Recent design of responsive gadolinium-based T₁ agents has made interesting progress, with the development of novel complexes which sense their chemical environment through changes in the coordination of water molecules, the molecular tumbling time or the number of metal centres. Particular promising design strategies include the use of multimeric systems, and the development of dual imaging probes.
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Luo J, Li WS, Xu P, Zhang LY, Chen ZN. Zn2+ Responsive Bimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescent Imaging Probe Based on a Gadolinium(III) Complex. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:9508-16. [PMID: 22880548 DOI: 10.1021/ic301308z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Jian Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute
of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute
of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute
of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute
of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute
of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002,
China
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Que EL, New EJ, Chang CJ. A cell-permeable gadolinium contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging of copper in a Menkes disease model. Chem Sci 2012; 3:1829-1834. [PMID: 25431649 DOI: 10.1039/c2sc20273e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We present the synthesis and characterization of octaarginine-conjugated Copper-Gad-2 (Arg8CG2), a new copper-responsive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that combines a Gd3+-DO3A scaffold with a thioether-rich receptor for copper recognition. The inclusion of a polyarginine appendage leads to a marked increase in cellular uptake compared to previously reported MRI-based copper sensors of the CG family. Arg8CG2 exhibits a 220% increase in relaxivity (r1 = 3.9 to 12.5 mM-1 s-1) upon 1 : 1 binding with Cu+, with a highly selective response to Cu+ over other biologically relevant metal ions. Moreover, Arg8CG2 accumulates in cells at nine-fold greater concentrations than the parent CG2 lacking the polyarginine functionality and is retained well in the cell after washing. In cellulo relaxivity measurements and T1-weighted phantom images using a Menkes disease model cell line demonstrate the utility of Arg8CG2 to report on biological perturbations of exchangeable copper pools.
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- Emily L Que
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Zhang X, Jing X, Liu T, Han G, Li H, Duan C. Dual-Functional Gadolinium-Based Copper(II) Probe for Selective Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Sensing. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:2325-31. [DOI: 10.1021/ic202322f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Xiaolin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
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- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
01605, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
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Li WS, Luo J, Jiang F, Chen ZN. A Gd3Al tetranuclear complex as a potential bimodal MRI/optical imaging agent. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:9405-10. [DOI: 10.1039/c2dt30513e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Li WS, Luo J, Chen ZN. A self-assembly heterotrinuclear gadolinium(III)–iron(II) complex as a MRI contrast agent. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2011.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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