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Shi Z, Huang J, Chen C, Zhang X, Ma Z, Liu Q. Lipid nanoparticles encapsulating curcumin for imaging and stabilization of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques via phagocytic "eat-me" signals. J Control Release 2024; 373:265-276. [PMID: 39019087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 07/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Curcumin potentiates the stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques by polarizing macrophages, but its non-specific targeting hinders its clinical application. We aim to harness multifunctional lipid nanoparticles (MLNPs) to facilitate the imaging and targeted delivery of curcumin specifically to inflammatory macrophages, counteracting vulnerable plaques and mitigating the risk of ischemic events. Cholesteryl-9-carboxynonanoate-(125I‑iron oxide nanoparticle/Curcumin)-lipid-coated nanoparticles [9-CCN-(125I-ION/Cur)-LNPs], namely MLNPs, are designed to carry hybrid imaging agents. These agents combine 125I-ION with lipids containing phagocytic 'eat-me' signals, inducing macrophages to engulf the MLNPs. Our research demonstrates that the designed MLNPs accurately accumulate at unstable plaques and are precisely visualized and highlighted by both SPECT and MRI. Furthermore, MLNPs achieve high efficiency in delivering 125I-ION and curcumin to macrophages, ultimately leading to significant M1-to-M2 macrophage polarization. These real-time imaging and polarization capabilities of plaques have immediate clinical applicability and may pave the way for novel therapies to stabilize unstable atherosclerotic plaques.
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- Zhang Shi
- Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China; Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Naval Hospital of Southern Theater Command of PLA, Sanya, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Pharmacy School, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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Fournier AP, Morvan MI, Martinez de Lizarrondo S, Gauberti M. Immuno-MRI for Stroke Diagnosis and Prognosis. Neuroscience 2024; 550:53-61. [PMID: 38141809 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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Following a stroke, an inflammatory response occurs, characterized by an increased blood-brain barrier permeability, expression of endothelial trafficking molecules, and infiltration of immune cells. Adhesion molecules expressed on activated brain endothelial cells are potential biomarkers of intraparenchymal inflammation. However, in current clinical practice, it is not possible to measure endothelial activation using clinically available imaging. Using targeted micro-sized particles of iron oxide (MPIO), immuno-MRI enables the detection of endothelial adhesion molecules at high resolution and, consequently, facilitates the detection of stroke-induced brain inflammation. In this review, we highlight the most recent studies that used immuno-MRI in models of neurovascular disorders, including transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. We also discuss the potential of immuno-MRI in clinical practice and the necessary next steps for its implementation in patients.
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- Antoine Philippe Fournier
- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, PhIND (Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders), Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, PhIND (Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders), Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, PhIND (Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders), Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, PhIND (Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders), Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14000 Caen, France; CHU Caen, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, CHU de Caen Côte de Nacre, Caen, France
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Edlow BL, Olchanyi M, Freeman HJ, Li J, Maffei C, Snider SB, Zöllei L, Iglesias JE, Augustinack J, Bodien YG, Haynes RL, Greve DN, Diamond BR, Stevens A, Giacino JT, Destrieux C, van der Kouwe A, Brown EN, Folkerth RD, Fischl B, Kinney HC. Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness. Sci Transl Med 2024; 16:eadj4303. [PMID: 38691619 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adj4303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Consciousness is composed of arousal (i.e., wakefulness) and awareness. Substantial progress has been made in mapping the cortical networks that underlie awareness in the human brain, but knowledge about the subcortical networks that sustain arousal in humans is incomplete. Here, we aimed to map the connectivity of a proposed subcortical arousal network that sustains wakefulness in the human brain, analogous to the cortical default mode network (DMN) that has been shown to contribute to awareness. We integrated data from ex vivo diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of three human brains, obtained at autopsy from neurologically normal individuals, with immunohistochemical staining of subcortical brain sections. We identified nodes of the proposed default ascending arousal network (dAAN) in the brainstem, hypothalamus, thalamus, and basal forebrain. Deterministic and probabilistic tractography analyses of the ex vivo diffusion MRI data revealed projection, association, and commissural pathways linking dAAN nodes with one another and with DMN nodes. Complementary analyses of in vivo 7-tesla resting-state functional MRI data from the Human Connectome Project identified the dopaminergic ventral tegmental area in the midbrain as a widely connected hub node at the nexus of the subcortical arousal and cortical awareness networks. Our network-based autopsy methods and connectivity data provide a putative neuroanatomic architecture for the integration of arousal and awareness in human consciousness.
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- Brian L Edlow
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical 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, 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, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical 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, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37032, Tours, France
- CHRU de Tours, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours, France
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Bhattacharyya T, Mallett CL, Shapiro EM. MRI-Based Cell Tracking of OATP-Expressing Cell Transplants by Pre-Labeling with Gd-EOB-DTPA. Mol Imaging Biol 2024; 26:233-239. [PMID: 38448775 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-024-01904-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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PURPOSE A critical step in cell-based therapies is determining the exact position of transplanted cells immediately post-transplant. Here, we devised a method to detect cell transplants immediately post-transplant, using a clinical gadolinium-based contrast agent. These cells were detected as hyperintense signals using a clinically familiar T1-weighted MRI protocol. PROCEDURES HEK293 cells were stably transduced to express human OATP1B3, a hepatic organic anion transporting polypeptide that transports Gd-EOB-DTPA into cells that express the transporters, the intracellular accumulation of which cells causes signal enhancement on T1-weighted MRI. Cells were pre-labeled prior to injection in media containing Gd-EOB-DTPA for MRI evaluation and indocyanine green for cryofluorescence tomography validation. Labeled cells were injected into chicken hearts, in vitro, after which MRI and cryofluorescence tomography were performed in sequence. RESULTS OATP1B3-expressing cells had substantially reduced T1 following labeling with Gd-EOB-DTPA in culture. Following their implantation into chicken heart, these cells were robustly identified in T1-weighted MRI, with image-derived injection volumes of cells commensurate with intended injection volumes. Cryofluorescence tomography showed that the areas of signal enhancement in MRI overlapped with areas of indocyanine green signal, indicating that MRI signal enhancement was due to the transplanted cells. CONCLUSIONS OATP1B3-expressing cells can be pre-labeled with Gd-EOB-DTPA prior to injection into tissue, affording the use of clinically familiar T1-weighted MRI to robustly detect cell transplants immediately after transplant. This procedure is easily generalizable and has potential advantages over the use of iron oxide based cell labeling agents and imaging procedures.
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- Tapas Bhattacharyya
- Molecular and Cellular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, 846 Service Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, 846 Service Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, 846 Service Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Ghosh M, Hazarika P, Dhanya SJ, Pooja D, Kulhari H. Exploration of sialic acid receptors as a potential target for cancer treatment: A comprehensive review. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 257:128415. [PMID: 38029891 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The potential to target anticancer drugs directly to cancer cells is the most difficult challenge in the current scenario. Progressive works are being done on multifarious receptors and are on the horizon, expected to facilitate tailored treatment for cancer. Among several receptors, one is the sialic acid (SA) receptor by which cancer cells can be targeted directly as hyper sialylation is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of cancer cells. SA receptors have shown tremendous potential for tumor targeting because of their elevated expression in a range of human malignancies including prostate, breast, gastric cells, myeloid leukemia, liver, etc. This article reviews the overexpression of SA receptors in various tumors and diverse strategies for targeting these receptors to deliver drugs, enzymes, and genes for therapeutic applications. It also summarizes the diagnostic applications of SA-grafted nanoparticles for imaging various SA-overexpressing cancer cells and technological advances that are propelling sialic acid to the forefront of cancer therapy.
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- Meheli Ghosh
- School of Nano Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382030, India
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- School of Nano Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382030, India
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- School of Nano Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382030, India
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- School of Pharmacy, National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007, India.
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- School of Nano Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382030, India; Department of Pharmaceutical Technology (Formulations), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India.
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Liu X, Jing Y, Xu C, Wang X, Xie X, Zhu Y, Dai L, Wang H, Wang L, Yu S. Medical Imaging Technology for Micro/Nanorobots. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2872. [PMID: 37947717 PMCID: PMC10648532 DOI: 10.3390/nano13212872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Due to their enormous potential to be navigated through complex biological media or narrow capillaries, microrobots have demonstrated their potential in a variety of biomedical applications, such as assisted fertilization, targeted drug delivery, tissue repair, and regeneration. Numerous initial studies have been conducted to demonstrate the biomedical applications in test tubes and in vitro environments. Microrobots can reach human areas that are difficult to reach by existing medical devices through precise navigation. Medical imaging technology is essential for locating and tracking this small treatment machine for evaluation. This article discusses the progress of imaging in tracking the imaging of micro and nano robots in vivo and analyzes the current status of imaging technology for microrobots. The working principle and imaging parameters (temporal resolution, spatial resolution, and penetration depth) of each imaging technology are discussed in depth.
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- Xuejia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; (X.L.); (Y.J.); (C.X.); (X.W.); (X.X.); (Y.Z.); (L.D.); (L.W.)
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- College of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Rallapalli H, Bayin NS, Goldman H, Maric D, Nieman BJ, Koretsky AP, Joyner AL, Turnbull DH. Cell specificity of Manganese-enhanced MRI signal in the cerebellum. Neuroimage 2023; 276:120198. [PMID: 37245561 PMCID: PMC10330770 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) resolution continues to improve, making it important to understand the cellular basis for different MRI contrast mechanisms. Manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) produces layer-specific contrast throughout the brain enabling in vivo visualization of cellular cytoarchitecture, particularly in the cerebellum. Due to the unique geometry of the cerebellum, especially near the midline, 2D MEMRI images can be acquired from a relatively thick slice by averaging through areas of uniform morphology and cytoarchitecture to produce very high-resolution visualization of sagittal planes. In such images, MEMRI hyperintensity is uniform in thickness throughout the anterior-posterior axis of sagittal sections and is centrally located in the cerebellar cortex. These signal features suggested that the Purkinje cell layer, which houses the cell bodies of the Purkinje cells and the Bergmann glia, is the source of hyperintensity. Despite this circumstantial evidence, the cellular source of MRI contrast has been difficult to define. In this study, we quantified the effects of selective ablation of Purkinje cells or Bergmann glia on cerebellar MEMRI signal to determine whether signal could be assigned to one cell type. We found that the Purkinje cells, not the Bergmann glia, are the primary of source of the enhancement in the Purkinje cell layer. This cell-ablation strategy should be useful for determining the cell specificity of other MRI contrast mechanisms.
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- Harikrishna Rallapalli
- Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Radiology - Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, United States; Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK; Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Radiology - Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Radiology - Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States.
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Helsper S, Yuan X, Bagdasarian FA, Athey J, Li Y, Borlongan CV, Grant SC. Multinuclear MRI Reveals Early Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy in Stroke. Transl Stroke Res 2023; 14:545-561. [PMID: 35900719 PMCID: PMC10733402 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-022-01057-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Compromised adult human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) can impair cell therapy efficacy and further reverse ischemic recovery. However, in vitro assays require extended passage to characterize cells, limiting rapid assessment for therapeutic potency. Multinuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/S) provides near real-time feedback on disease progression and tissue recovery. Applied to ischemic stroke, 23Na MRI evaluates treatment efficacy within 24 h after middle cerebral artery occlusion, showing recovery of sodium homeostasis and lesion reduction in specimens treated with hMSC while 1H MRS identifies reduction in lactate levels. This combined metric was confirmed by evaluating treatment groups receiving healthy or compromised hMSC versus vehicle (sham saline injection) over 21 days. Behavioral tests to assess functional recovery and cell analysis for immunomodulatory and macrophage activity to detect hMSC potency confirm MR findings. Clinically, these MR metrics may prove critical to early evaluations of therapeutic efficacy and overall stroke recovery.
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- Shannon Helsper
- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
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Edlow BL, Olchanyi M, Freeman HJ, Li J, Maffei C, Snider SB, Zöllei L, Iglesias JE, Augustinack J, Bodien YG, Haynes RL, Greve DN, Diamond BR, Stevens A, Giacino JT, Destrieux C, van der Kouwe A, Brown EN, Folkerth RD, Fischl B, Kinney HC. Sustaining wakefulness: Brainstem connectivity in human consciousness. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.13.548265. [PMID: 37502983 PMCID: PMC10369992 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.13.548265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
Consciousness is comprised of arousal (i.e., wakefulness) and awareness. Substantial progress has been made in mapping the cortical networks that modulate awareness in the human brain, but knowledge about the subcortical networks that sustain arousal is lacking. We integrated data from ex vivo diffusion MRI, immunohistochemistry, and in vivo 7 Tesla functional MRI to map the connectivity of a subcortical arousal network that we postulate sustains wakefulness in the resting, conscious human brain, analogous to the cortical default mode network (DMN) that is believed to sustain self-awareness. We identified nodes of the proposed default ascending arousal network (dAAN) in the brainstem, hypothalamus, thalamus, and basal forebrain by correlating ex vivo diffusion MRI with immunohistochemistry in three human brain specimens from neurologically normal individuals scanned at 600-750 μm resolution. We performed deterministic and probabilistic tractography analyses of the diffusion MRI data to map dAAN intra-network connections and dAAN-DMN internetwork connections. Using a newly developed network-based autopsy of the human brain that integrates ex vivo MRI and histopathology, we identified projection, association, and commissural pathways linking dAAN nodes with one another and with cortical DMN nodes, providing a structural architecture for the integration of arousal and awareness in human consciousness. We release the ex vivo diffusion MRI data, corresponding immunohistochemistry data, network-based autopsy methods, and a new brainstem dAAN atlas to support efforts to map the connectivity of human consciousness.
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- Brian L. Edlow
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical 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, 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, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical 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, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
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- UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37032, Tours, France
- CHRU de Tours, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours, France
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA 02129, USA
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Brune N, Mues B, Buhl EM, Hintzen KW, Jockenhoevel S, Cornelissen CG, Slabu I, Thiebes AL. Dual Labeling of Primary Cells with Fluorescent Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1869. [PMID: 37368300 DOI: 10.3390/nano13121869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The interest in mesenchymal stromal cells as a therapy option is increasing rapidly. To improve their implementation, location, and distribution, the properties of these must be investigated. Therefore, cells can be labeled with nanoparticles as a dual contrast agent for fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this study, a more efficient protocol for an easy synthesis of rose bengal-dextran-coated gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3-dex-RB) nanoparticles within only 4 h was established. Nanoparticles were characterized by zeta potential measurements, photometric measurements, fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy, and MRI. In vitro cell experiments with SK-MEL-28 and primary adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASC), nanoparticle internalization, fluorescence and MRI properties, and cell proliferation were performed. The synthesis of Gd2O3-dex-RB nanoparticles was successful, and they were proven to show adequate signaling in fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Nanoparticles were internalized into SK-MEL-28 and ASC via endocytosis. Labeled cells showed sufficient fluorescence and MRI signal. Labeling concentrations of up to 4 mM and 8 mM for ASC and SK-MEL-28, respectively, did not interfere with cell viability and proliferation. Gd2O3-dex-RB nanoparticles are a feasible contrast agent to track cells via fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Fluorescence microscopy is a suitable method to track cells in in vitro experiments with smaller samples.
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- Nadine Brune
- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Electron Microscopy Facility, University Clinic Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- DWI-Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Department of Pneumology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Clinic V, University Clinic Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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Bober Z, Podgórski R, Aebisher D, Cieślar G, Kawczyk-Krupka A, Bartusik-Aebisher D. Cellular 1H MR Relaxation Times in Healthy and Cancer Three-Dimensional (3D) Breast Cell Culture. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:4735. [PMID: 36902163 PMCID: PMC10002569 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Noninvasive measurements of 1H Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR) relaxation times in a three-dimensional (3D) cell culture construct are presented. Trastuzumab was used as a pharmacological component delivered to the cells in vitro. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Trastuzumab delivery by relaxation times in 3D cell cultures. The bioreactor has been designed and used for 3D cell cultures. Four bioreactors were prepared, two with normal cells and two with breast cancer cells. The relaxation times of HTB-125 and CRL 2314 cell cultures were determined. An immunohistochemistry (IHC) test was performed before MRI measurements to confirm the amount of HER2 protein in the CRL-2314 cancer cells. The results showed that the relaxation time of CRL2314 cells is lower than normal HTB-125 cells in both cases, before and after treatment. An analysis of the results showed that 3D culture studies have potential in evaluating treatment efficacy using relaxation times measurements with a field of 1.5 Tesla. The use 1H MRI relaxation times allows for the visualization of cell viability in response to treatment.
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- Zuzanna Bober
- Department of Photomedicine and Physical Chemistry, Medical College, Rzeszów University, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Chemistry, Medical College, Rzeszów University, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Photomedicine and Physical Chemistry, Medical College, Rzeszów University, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Chemistry, Medical College, Rzeszów University, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
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Wang J, Dong Y, Ma P, Wang Y, Zhang F, Cai B, Chen P, Liu BF. Intelligent Micro-/Nanorobots for Cancer Theragnostic. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201051. [PMID: 35385160 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cancer is one of the most intractable diseases owing to its high mortality rate and lack of effective diagnostic and treatment tools. Advancements in micro-/nanorobot (MNR)-assisted sensing, imaging, and therapeutics offer unprecedented opportunities to develop MNR-based cancer theragnostic platforms. Unlike ordinary nanoparticles, which exhibit Brownian motion in biofluids, MNRs overcome viscous resistance in an ultralow Reynolds number (Re << 1) environment by effective self-propulsion. This unique locomotion property has motivated the advanced design and functionalization of MNRs as a basis for next-generation cancer-therapy platforms, which offer the potential for precise distribution and improved permeation of therapeutic agents. Enhanced barrier penetration, imaging-guided operation, and biosensing are additionally studied to enable the promising cancer-related applications of MNRs. Herein, the recent advances in MNR-based cancer therapy are comprehensively addresses, including actuation engines, diagnostics, medical imaging, and targeted drug delivery; promising research opportunities that can have a profound impact on cancer therapy over the next decade is highlighted.
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- Jie Wang
- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Department of Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Systems Biology Theme, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Liu H, Sun R, Wang L, Chen X, Li G, Cheng Y, Zhai G, Bay BH, Yang F, Gu N, Guo Y, Fan H. Biocompatible Iron Oxide Nanoring-Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An Innovative Magnetothermal Approach for Cell Tracking and Targeted Stroke Therapy. ACS NANO 2022; 16:18806-18821. [PMID: 36278899 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Labeling stem cells with magnetic nanoparticles is a promising technique for in vivo tracking and magnetic targeting of transplanted stem cells, which is critical for improving the therapeutic efficacy of cell therapy. However, conventional endocytic labeling with relatively poor labeling efficiency and a short labeling lifetime has hindered the implementation of these innovative enhancements in stem-cell-mediated regenerative medicine. Herein, we describe an advanced magnetothermal approach to label mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) efficiently by local induction of heat-enhanced membrane permeability for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tracking and targeted therapy of stroke, where biocompatible γ-phase, ferrimagnetic vortex-domain iron oxide nanorings (γ-FVIOs) with superior magnetoresponsive properties were used as a tracer. This approach facilitates a safe and efficient labeling of γ-FVIOs as high as 150 pg of Fe per cell without affecting the MSCs proliferation and differentiation, which is 3.44-fold higher than that by endocytosis labeling. Such a high labeling efficiency not only enables the ultrasensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detection of sub-10 cells and long-term tracking of transplanted MSCs over 10 weeks but also endows transplanted MSCs with a magnetic manipulation ability in vivo. A proof-of-concept study using a rat stroke model showed that the labeled MSCs facilitated MRI tracking and magnetic targeting for efficient replacement therapy with a significantly reduced dosage of 5 × 104 transplanted cells. The findings in this study have demonstrated the great potential of the magnetothermal approach as an efficient labeling technique for future clinical usage.
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- Hanrui Liu
- Development and Related Diseases of Women and Children Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu610041, China
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an710127, China
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- Development and Related Diseases of Women and Children Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu610041, China
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- Molecular Imaging Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an710127, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an710127, China
- School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an710069, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 1800 Yuntai Road, Shanghai200092, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an710127, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 4 Medical Drive, MD10, 117594, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing210009, China
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- Development and Related Diseases of Women and Children Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an710127, China
- School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an710069, China
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Molecular imaging is used to improve the disease diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring of treatment in living subjects. Numerous molecular targets have been developed for various cellular and molecular processes in genetic, metabolic, proteomic, and cellular biologic level. Molecular imaging modalities such as Optical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Computed Tomography (CT) can be used to visualize anatomic, genetic, biochemical, and physiologic changes in vivo. For in vivo cell imaging, certain cells such as cancer cells, immune cells, stem cells could be labeled by direct and indirect labeling methods to monitor cell migration, cell activity, and cell effects in cell-based therapy. In case of cancer, it could be used to investigate biological processes such as cancer metastasis and to analyze the drug treatment process. In addition, transplanted stem cells and immune cells in cell-based therapy could be visualized and tracked to confirm the fate, activity, and function of cells. In conventional molecular imaging, cells can be monitored in vivo in bulk non-invasively with optical imaging, MRI, PET, and SPECT imaging. However, single cell imaging in vivo has been a great challenge due to an extremely high sensitive detection of single cell. Recently, there has been great attention for in vivo single cell imaging due to the development of single cell study. In vivo single imaging could analyze the survival or death, movement direction, and characteristics of a single cell in live subjects. In this article, we reviewed basic principle of in vivo molecular imaging and introduced recent studies for in vivo single cell imaging based on the concept of in vivo molecular imaging.
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- Seongje Hong
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Liu L, Dodd S, Hunt RD, Pothayee N, Atanasijevic T, Bouraoud N, Maric D, Moseman EA, Gossa S, McGavern DB, Koretsky AP. Early detection of cerebrovascular pathology and protective antiviral immunity by MRI. eLife 2022; 11:74462. [PMID: 35510986 PMCID: PMC9106335 DOI: 10.7554/elife.74462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Central nervous system (CNS) infections are a major cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. Even patients that survive CNS infections can have lasting neurological dysfunction resulting from immune and pathogen induced pathology. Developing approaches to noninvasively track pathology and immunity in the infected CNS is crucial for patient management and development of new therapeutics. Here, we develop novel MRI-based approaches to monitor virus-specific CD8+ T cells and their relationship to cerebrovascular pathology in the living brain. We studied a relevant murine model in which a neurotropic virus (vesicular stomatitis virus) was introduced intranasally and then entered the brain via olfactory sensory neurons - a route exploited by many pathogens in humans. Using T2*-weighted high-resolution MRI, we identified small cerebral microbleeds as an early form of pathology associated with viral entry into the brain. Mechanistically, these microbleeds occurred in the absence of peripheral immune cells and were associated with infection of vascular endothelial cells. We monitored the adaptive response to this infection by developing methods to iron label and track individual virus specific CD8+ T cells by MRI. Transferred antiviral T cells were detected in the brain within a day of infection and were able to reduce cerebral microbleeds. These data demonstrate the utility of MRI in detecting the earliest pathological events in the virally infected CNS as well as the therapeutic potential of antiviral T cells in mitigating this pathology.
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- Li Liu
- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Flow and Imaging Cytometry Core Facility, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, United States
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- Viral Immunology and Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Viral Immunology and Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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Wang Y, Yu C, Li Y, Bao H, Li X, Fan H, Huang J, Zhang Z. In vivo MRI tracking and therapeutic efficacy of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells labeled with ferrimagnetic vortex iron oxide nanorings for liver fibrosis repair. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:5227-5238. [PMID: 35315848 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr08544a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have showed promising effects in the treatment of liver fibrosis. Long-term and noninvasive in vivo tracking of transplanted MSCs is essential for understanding the therapeutic mechanism of MSCs during the therapy of liver fibrosis. In this study, we report the development of a ferrimagnetic vortex iron oxide nanoring (FVIO)-based nanotracer for the long-term visualization of transplanted human MSCs (hMSCs) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The FVIOs were prepared by a hydrothermal reaction followed by hydrogen reduction. To endow the FVIOs with biocompatibility, polyethylene glycol amine (mPEG-NH2) was covalently coupled on the surface of FVIOs, forming FVIO@PEG nanotracers with high contrast enhancement and intracellular uptake. The hMSCs labeled with FVIO@PEG nanotracers exhibited enhanced MRI contrast than those labeled with a commercial contrast agent, and could be continuously monitored by MRI in liver fibrosis mice for 28 days after transplantation, clearly clarifying the migration behavior of hMSCs in vivo. Moreover, we explored the therapeutic mechanism of the FVIO@PEG labeled hMSCs in the amelioration of liver fibrosis, including the reduction in inflammation and oxidative stress, the inhibition of hepatic fibrosis-caused histopathological damage, as well as the down-regulation of the expression of relevant cytokines. The results obtained in this work may deepen our understanding of the behavior and role of hMSCs in the treatment of liver fibrosis, which is key to the clinical application of stem cells in the therapy of liver diseases.
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- Yujie Wang
- College of Science, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, 1 Xue Fu Avenue, Xi'an, 710127, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China.
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Harvell-Smith S, Tung LD, Thanh NTK. Magnetic particle imaging: tracer development and the biomedical applications of a radiation-free, sensitive, and quantitative imaging modality. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:3658-3697. [PMID: 35080544 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05670k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is an emerging tracer-based modality that enables real-time three-dimensional imaging of the non-linear magnetisation produced by superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), in the presence of an external oscillating magnetic field. As a technique, it produces highly sensitive radiation-free tomographic images with absolute quantitation. Coupled with a high contrast, as well as zero signal attenuation at-depth, there are essentially no limitations to where that can be imaged within the body. These characteristics enable various biomedical applications of clinical interest. In the opening sections of this review, the principles of image generation are introduced, along with a detailed comparison of the fundamental properties of this technique with other common imaging modalities. The main feature is a presentation on the up-to-date literature for the development of SPIONs tailored for improved imaging performance, and developments in the current and promising biomedical applications of this emerging technique, with a specific focus on theranostics, cell tracking and perfusion imaging. Finally, we will discuss recent progress in the clinical translation of MPI. As signal detection in MPI is almost entirely dependent on the properties of the SPION employed, this work emphasises the importance of tailoring the synthetic process to produce SPIONs demonstrating specific properties and how this impacts imaging in particular applications and MPI's overall performance.
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- Stanley Harvell-Smith
- Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
- UCL Healthcare Biomagnetic and Nanomaterials Laboratories, University College London, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS, UK
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- Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
- UCL Healthcare Biomagnetic and Nanomaterials Laboratories, University College London, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS, UK
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- Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
- UCL Healthcare Biomagnetic and Nanomaterials Laboratories, University College London, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS, UK
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Abedini-Nassab R, Ding X, Xie H. A novel magnetophoretic-based device for magnetometry and separation of single magnetic particles and magnetized cells. LAB ON A CHIP 2022; 22:738-746. [PMID: 35040849 DOI: 10.1039/d1lc01104a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The use of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles in medicine and biology is expanding. One important example is the transport of magnetic microparticles and magnetized cells in lab-on-a-chip systems. The magnetic susceptibility of the particles is a key factor in determining their response to the externally applied magnetic field. Typically, to measure this parameter, their magnetophoretic mobility is studied. However, the particle tracking system for accurately determining the traveled distance in a certain time may be too complicated. Here, we introduce a lithographically fabricated chip composed of an array of thin magnetic micro-disks for evaluating the magnetic susceptibility of numerous individual magnetic particles simultaneously. The proposed novel magnetometer works based on the phase change in the trajectory of microparticles circulating around the disks in a rotating in-plane magnetic field. We explain that the easily detectable transition between the "phase-locked" and the "phase-slipping" regimes and the frequency at which it happens are appropriate parameters for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of the magnetic particles at the single-particle level. We show that this high-throughput (i.e., ∼ten thousand particles on a 1 cm2 area) single-particle magnetometry method has various crucial applications, including i) magnetic characterization of magnetic beads as well as magnetically labeled living cells, ii) determining the magnetization rate of the cells taking up magnetic nanoparticles with respect to time, iii) evaluating the rate of degradation of magnetic nanoparticles in cells over time, iv) detecting the number of target cells in a sample, and v) separating particles based on their size and magnetic susceptibility.
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- Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Personalized Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Personalized Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, China
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Recent Trends in Fascinating Applications of Nanotechnology in Allied Health Sciences. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The increased advancement in nanosciences in recent times has led to fascinating innovations. It has potential applications for altering the structural, surface, and physicochemical properties of nano-ranged metamaterials. The adaptable optical, structural, and surface characteristics of the nanoscopic regimes enhance the quality of integrated nanodevices and sensors. These are further used in optoelectronics, biomedicines, and catalysis. The use of nanomaterials for constructing nano-biosensors and various other organic and inorganic functional nanomaterials is quite promising. They have excellent electronic and surface-to-volume reactivity. Their various applications include metal and metal-oxides-based nanoparticles, clusters, wires, and 2D nanosheets as carbon nanotubes. More recently, hybrid nanomaterials are being developed to regulate sensing functionalities in the field of nanomedicine and the pharmaceutical industry. They are used as nano-markers, templates, and targeted agents. Moreover, the mechanical strength, chemical stability, durability, and flexibility of the hybrid nanomaterials make them appropriate for developing a healthy life for humans. This consists of a variety of applications, such as drug delivery, antimicrobial impacts, nutrition, orthopedics, dentistry, and fluorescence fabrics. This review article caters to the essential importance of nanoscience for biomedical applications and information for health science and research. The fundamental characteristics and functionalities of nanomaterials for particular biomedical uses are specifically addressed here.
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Masthoff M, Freppon FN, Zondler L, Wilken E, Wachsmuth L, Niemann S, Schwarz C, Fredrich I, Havlas A, Block H, Gerwing M, Helfen A, Heindel W, Zarbock A, Wildgruber M, Faber C. Resolving immune cells with patrolling behaviour by magnetic resonance time-lapse single cell tracking. EBioMedicine 2021; 73:103670. [PMID: 34742131 PMCID: PMC8581510 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Immune cells show distinct motion patterns that change upon inflammatory stimuli. Monocytes patrol the vasculature to screen for pathogens, thereby exerting an early task of innate immunity. Here, we aimed to non-invasively analyse single patrolling monocyte behaviour upon inflammatory stimuli. METHODS We used time-lapse Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the murine brain to dynamically track single patrolling monocytes within the circulation distant to the actual site of inflammation in different inflammatory conditions, ranging from a subcutaneous pellet model to severe peritonitis and bacteraemia. FINDINGS Single patrolling immune cells with a velocity of <1 µm/s could be detected and followed dynamically using time-lapse MRI. We show, that due to local and systemic stimuli the slowly patrolling behaviour of monocytes is altered systemically and differs with type, duration and strength of the underlying stimulus. INTERPRETATION Using time-lapse MRI, it is now possible to investigate the behaviour of single circulating monocytes over the course of the systemic immune response. Monocyte patrolling behaviour is altered systemically even before the onset of clinical symptoms distant to and depending on the underlying inflammatory stimulus. FUNDING This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - CRC 1009 - 194468054 to AZ, CF and - CRC 1450 - 431460824 to MM, SN, HB, AZ, CF, the Joachim Herz Foundation (Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Life Sciences to MM), the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF, core unit PIX) and the Medical Faculty of the University of Muenster (MEDK fellowship to FF and IF).
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- Max Masthoff
- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; Department of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Clinic for Radiology, Translational Research Imaging Centre, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Glover JC, Aswendt M, Boulland JL, Lojk J, Stamenković S, Andjus P, Fiori F, Hoehn M, Mitrecic D, Pavlin M, Cavalli S, Frati C, Quaini F. In vivo Cell Tracking Using Non-invasive Imaging of Iron Oxide-Based Particles with Particular Relevance for Stem Cell-Based Treatments of Neurological and Cardiac Disease. Mol Imaging Biol 2021; 22:1469-1488. [PMID: 31802361 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-019-01440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stem cell-based therapeutics is a rapidly developing field associated with a number of clinical challenges. One such challenge lies in the implementation of methods to track stem cells and stem cell-derived cells in experimental animal models and in the living patient. Here, we provide an overview of cell tracking in the context of cardiac and neurological disease, focusing on the use of iron oxide-based particles (IOPs) visualized in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We discuss the types of IOPs available for such tracking, their advantages and limitations, approaches for labeling cells with IOPs, biological interactions and effects of IOPs at the molecular and cellular levels, and MRI-based and associated approaches for in vivo and histological visualization. We conclude with reviews of the literature on IOP-based cell tracking in cardiac and neurological disease, covering both preclinical and clinical studies.
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- Joel C Glover
- Laboratory for Neural Development and Optical Recording (NDEVOR), Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, PB 1105, Blindern, Oslo, Norway. .,Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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- Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Leo-Brandt-Str. 5, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neural Development and Optical Recording (NDEVOR), Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, PB 1105, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.,Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Group for Nano and Biotechnological Applications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska cesta 25, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Laser Microscopy, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, PB 52, 10001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Center for Laser Microscopy, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, PB 52, 10001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Applied Physics, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Di.S.C.O., Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
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- Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Leo-Brandt-Str. 5, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Stem Cells, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Group for Nano and Biotechnological Applications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska cesta 25, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Canese R, Vurro F, Marzola P. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Theranostic Agents in Cancer Immunotherapy. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11081950. [PMID: 34443781 PMCID: PMC8399455 DOI: 10.3390/nano11081950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Starting from the mid-1990s, several iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were developed as MRI contrast agents. Since their sizes fall in the tenths of a nanometer range, after i.v. injection these NPs are preferentially captured by the reticuloendothelial system of the liver. They have therefore been proposed as liver-specific contrast agents. Even though their unfavorable cost/benefit ratio has led to their withdrawal from the market, innovative applications have recently prompted a renewal of interest in these NPs. One important and innovative application is as diagnostic agents in cancer immunotherapy, thanks to their ability to track tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in vivo. It is worth noting that iron oxide NPs may also have a therapeutic role, given their ability to alter macrophage polarization. This review is devoted to the most recent advances in applications of iron oxide NPs in tumor diagnosis and therapy. The intrinsic therapeutic effect of these NPs on tumor growth, their capability to alter macrophage polarization and their diagnostic potential are examined. Innovative strategies for NP-based drug delivery in tumors (e.g., magnetic resonance targeting) will also be described. Finally, the review looks at their role as tracers for innovative, and very promising, imaging techniques (magnetic particle imaging-MPI).
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- Rossella Canese
- MRI Unit, Core Facilities, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy;
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy;
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (P.M.)
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Nolan AL, Petersen C, Iacono D, Mac Donald CL, Mukherjee P, van der Kouwe A, Jain S, Stevens A, Diamond BR, Wang R, Markowitz AJ, Fischl B, Perl DP, Manley GT, Keene CD, Diaz-Arrastia R, Edlow BL. Tractography-Pathology Correlations in Traumatic Brain Injury: A TRACK-TBI Study. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:1620-1631. [PMID: 33412995 PMCID: PMC8165468 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Diffusion tractography magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can infer changes in network connectivity in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the pathological substrates of disconnected tracts have not been well defined because of a lack of high-resolution imaging with histopathological validation. We developed an ex vivo MRI protocol to analyze tract terminations at 750-μm isotropic resolution, followed by histopathological evaluation of white matter pathology, and applied these methods to a 60-year-old man who died 26 days after TBI. Analysis of 74 cerebral hemispheric white matter regions revealed a heterogeneous distribution of tract disruptions. Associated histopathology identified variable white matter injury with patchy deposition of amyloid precursor protein (APP), loss of neurofilament-positive axonal processes, myelin dissolution, astrogliosis, microgliosis, and perivascular hemosiderin-laden macrophages. Multiple linear regression revealed that tract disruption strongly correlated with the density of APP-positive axonal swellings and neurofilament loss. Ex vivo diffusion MRI can detect tract disruptions in the human brain that reflect axonal injury.
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- Amber L. Nolan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- DoD/USU Brain Tissue Repository (BTR) & Neuropathology Core, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Complex Neurodegenerative Disorders, Motor Neuron Disorders Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biostatistics Research Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- DoD/USU Brain Tissue Repository (BTR) & Neuropathology Core, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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One-pot synthesis of carboxymethyl-dextran coated iron oxide nanoparticles (CION) for preclinical fMRI and MRA applications. Neuroimage 2021; 238:118213. [PMID: 34116153 PMCID: PMC8418149 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles are robust contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used for sensitive structural and functional mapping of the cerebral blood volume (CBV) when administered intravenously. To date, many CBV-MRI studies are conducted with Feraheme, manufactured for the clinical treatment of iron-deficiency. Unfortunately, Feraheme is currently not available outside the United States due to commercial and regulatory constraints, making CBV-MRI methods either inaccessible or very costly to achieve. To address this barrier, we developed a simple, one-pot recipe to synthesize Carboxymethyl-dextran coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, namely, “CION”, suitable for preclinical CBV-MRI applications. Here we disseminate a step-by-step instruction of our one-pot synthesis protocol, which allows CION to be produced in laboratories with minimal cost. We also characterized different CION-conjugations by manipulating polymer to metal stoichiometric ratio in terms of their size, surface chemistry, and chemical composition, and shifts in MR relaxivity and pharmacokinetics. We performed several proof-of-concept experiments in vivo, demonstrating the utility of CION for functional and structural MRI applications, including hypercapnic CO2 challenge, visual stimulation, targeted optogenetic stimulation, and microangiography. We also present evidence that CION can serve as a cross-modality research platform by showing concurrent in vivo optical and MRI measurement of CBV using fluorescent-labeled CION. The simplicity and cost-effectiveness of our one-pot synthesis method should allow researchers to reproduce CION and tailor the relaxivity and pharmacokinetics according to their imaging needs. It is our hope that this work makes CBV-MRI more openly available and affordable for a variety of research applications.
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Takeishi K, Collin de l'Hortet A, Wang Y, Handa K, Guzman-Lepe J, Matsubara K, Morita K, Jang S, Haep N, Florentino RM, Yuan F, Fukumitsu K, Tobita K, Sun W, Franks J, Delgado ER, Shapiro EM, Fraunhoffer NA, Duncan AW, Yagi H, Mashimo T, Fox IJ, Soto-Gutierrez A. Assembly and Function of a Bioengineered Human Liver for Transplantation Generated Solely from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Rep 2021; 31:107711. [PMID: 32492423 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The availability of an autologous transplantable auxiliary liver would dramatically affect the treatment of liver disease. Assembly and function in vivo of a bioengineered human liver derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has not been previously described. By improving methods for liver decellularization, recellularization, and differentiation of different liver cellular lineages of human iPSCs in an organ-like environment, we generated functional engineered human mini livers and performed transplantation in a rat model. Whereas previous studies recellularized liver scaffolds largely with rodent hepatocytes, we repopulated not only the parenchyma with human iPSC-hepatocytes but also the vascular system with human iPS-endothelial cells, and the bile duct network with human iPSC-biliary epithelial cells. The regenerated human iPSC-derived mini liver containing multiple cell types was tested in vivo and remained functional for 4 days after auxiliary liver transplantation in immunocompromised, engineered (IL2rg-/-) rats.
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- Kazuki Takeishi
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-010, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA
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- LifeCell Corporation, Branchburg, NJ 08876, USA
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- Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3110, USA; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1001, Argentina
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3110, USA; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Division of Animal Genetics, Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3110, USA; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3110, USA; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Ghanbarei S, Sattarahmady N, Zarghampoor F, Azarpira N, Hossein-Aghdaie M. Effects of labeling human mesenchymal stem cells with superparamagnetic zinc-nickel ferrite nanoparticles on cellular characteristics and adipogenesis/osteogenesis differentiation. Biotechnol Lett 2021; 43:1659-1673. [PMID: 33934256 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-021-03134-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE An attractive cell source for stem cell-based therapy are WJ-MSCs. Hence, tracking WJ-MSCs using non-invasive imaging procedures (such as MRI) and contrast agents (Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4, NFNPs) are required to evaluate cell distribution, migration, and differentiation. RESULTS Results showed that the bare and dextrin-coated NFNPs were internalized inside the WJ-MSCs and had no effect on the cell viability, proliferation, apoptosis, karyotyping, and morphology of WJ-MSCs up to 125 µg/mL. Besides, treated WJ-MSCs were differentiated into osteo/adipocyte-like cells. The expression of RUNX 2, SPP 1 (P < 0.05), and OCN (P > 0.05) genes in the WJ-MSCs treated with dextrin-coated NFNPs was higher than the untreated WJ-MSCs; and the expression of CFD, LPL, and PPAR-γ genes was reduced in WJ-MSCs treated with both NFNPs in comparison with the untreated WJ-MSCs (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Overall, results showed that dextrin-coated NFNPs had no adverse effect on the cellular characteristics, proliferation, and differentiation of WJ-MSCs, and suggesting their potential clinical efficacy.
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- Solaleh Ghanbarei
- Department of Biology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.,Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.,The Nanobiology and Nanomedicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. .,Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Khalili St, Mohamad Rasoolalah Research Tower, 7th floor, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. .,Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Khalili St, Mohamad Rasoolalah Research Tower, 7th floor, Shiraz, Iran.
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Zheng C, Zhang J, Chan HF, Hu H, Lv S, Na N, Tao Y, Li M. Engineering Nano-Therapeutics to Boost Adoptive Cell Therapy for Cancer Treatment. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2001191. [PMID: 34928094 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202001191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although adoptive transfer of therapeutic cells to cancer patients is demonstrated with great success and fortunately approved for the treatment of leukemia and B-cell lymphoma, potential issues, including the unclear mechanism, complicated procedures, unfavorable therapeutic efficacy for solid tumors, and side effects, still hinder its extensive applications. The explosion of nanotechnology recently has led to advanced development of novel strategies to address these challenges, facilitating the design of nano-therapeutics to improve adoptive cell therapy (ACT) for cancer treatment. In this review, the emerging nano-enabled approaches, that design multiscale artificial antigen-presenting cells for cell proliferation and stimulation in vitro, promote the transducing efficiency of tumor-targeting domains, engineer therapeutic cells for in vivo imaging, tumor infiltration, and in vivo functional sustainability, as well as generate tumoricidal T cells in vivo, are summarized. Meanwhile, the current challenges and future perspectives of the nanostrategy-based ACT for cancer treatment are also discussed in the end.
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- Chunxiong Zheng
- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine, Center for Nanomedicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine, Center for Nanomedicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biomedical Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine, Center for Nanomedicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine, Center for Nanomedicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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Petrus E, Saar G, Daoust A, Dodd S, Koretsky AP. A hierarchy of manganese competition and entry in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 34:e4476. [PMID: 33538073 PMCID: PMC7988546 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Contrast agents improve clinical and basic research MRI. The manganese ion (Mn2+ ) is an essential, endogenous metal found in cells and it enhances MRI contrast because of its paramagnetic properties. Manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) has been widely used to image healthy and diseased states of the body and the brain in a variety of animal models. There has also been some work in translating the useful properties of MEMRI to humans. Mn2+ accumulates in brain regions with high neural activity and enters cells via voltage-dependent channels that flux calcium (Ca2+ ). In addition, metal transporters for zinc (Zn2+ ) and iron (Fe2+ ) can also transport Mn2+ . There is also transfer through channels specific for Mn2+ . Although Mn2+ accumulates in many tissues including brain, the mechanisms and preferences of its mode of entry into cells are not well characterized. The current study used MRI on living organotypic hippocampal slice cultures to detect which transport mechanisms are preferentially used by Mn2+ to enter cells. The use of slice culture overcomes the presence of the blood brain barrier, which limits inferences made with studies of the intact brain in vivo. A range of Mn2+ concentrations were used and their effects on neural activity were assessed to avoid using interfering doses of Mn2+ . Zn2+ and Fe2+ were the most efficient competitors for Mn2+ uptake into the cultured slices, while the presence of Ca2+ or Ca2+ channel antagonists had a more moderate effect. Reducing slice activity via excitatory receptor antagonists was also effective at lowering Mn2+ uptake. In conclusion, a hierarchy of those agents which influence Mn2+ uptake was established to enhance understanding of how Mn2+ enters cells in a cultured slice preparation.
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- Emily Petrus
- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular ImagingNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMarylandUSA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular ImagingNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMarylandUSA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular ImagingNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMarylandUSA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular ImagingNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMarylandUSA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular ImagingNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMarylandUSA
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Mohammadi Z, Attaran N, Sazgarnia A, Shaegh SAM, Montazerabadi A. Superparamagnetic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles as T2 contrast agent in MRI: in vitro study. IET Nanobiotechnol 2021; 14:396-404. [PMID: 32691742 DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2019.0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Superparamagnetic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (CoFe2O4) possess favourite advantages for theranostic applications. Most of previous studies reported that CoFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are suitable candidates for induction of hyperthermia and transfection agents for drug delivery. The present study synthesized and investigated the potential use of CoFe2O4 as a contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by using a conventional MRI system. The CoFe2O4 were synthesized using co-precipitation method and characterized by TEM, XRD, FTIR, EDX and VSM techniques. Relaxivities r1 and r2 of CoFe2O4 were then calculated using a 1.5 Tesla clinical magnetic field. The cytotoxicity of CoFe2O4 was evaluated by the MTT assay. Finally, the optimal concentrations of MNPs for MRI uses were calculated through the analysis of T2 weighted imaging cell phantoms. The superparamagnetic CoFe2O4 NPs with an average stable size of 10.45 nm were synthesized. Relaxivity r1,2 calculations resulted in suitable r2 and r2/ r1 with values of 58.6 and 51 that confirmed the size dependency on relaxivity values. The optimal concentration of MNPs for MR image acquisition was calculated as 0.154 mM. Conclusion: CoFe2O4 synthesized in this study could be considered as a suitable T2 weighted contrast agent because of its high r2/r1 value.
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- Zahra Mohammadi
- Medical Physics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Applied Biophotonics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Physics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Medical Physics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Dallet L, Stanicki D, Voisin P, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. Micron-sized iron oxide particles for both MRI cell tracking and magnetic fluid hyperthermia treatment. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3286. [PMID: 33558583 PMCID: PMC7870900 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82095-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Iron oxide particles (IOP) are commonly used for Cellular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and in combination with several treatments, like Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia (MFH), due to the rise in temperature they provoke under an Alternating Magnetic Field (AMF). Micrometric IOP have a high sensitivity of detection. Nevertheless, little is known about their internalization processes or their potential heat power. Two micrometric commercial IOP (from Bangs Laboratories and Chemicell) were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and their endocytic pathways into glioma cells were analyzed. Their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and cytotoxicity were evaluated using a commercial AMF inductor. T2-weighted imaging was used to monitor tumor growth in vivo after MFH treatment in mice. The two micron-sized IOP had similar structures and r2 relaxivities (100 mM-1 s-1) but involved different endocytic pathways. Only ScreenMAG particles generated a significant rise in temperature following AMF (SAR = 113 W g-1 Fe). After 1 h of AMF exposure, 60% of ScreenMAG-labeled cells died. Translated to a glioma model, 89% of mice responded to the treatment with smaller tumor volume 42 days post-implantation. Micrometric particles were investigated from their characterization to their intracellular internalization pathways and applied in one in vivo cancer treatment, i.e. MFH.
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- Laurence Dallet
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry, NMR and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, University of Mons, 19 avenue Maistriau, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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Zhang Y, Zhang H, Huang D, Tan B, Zhang C, Deng Z. Naphthalene-facilitated self-assembly of a Gd-chelate as a novel T2 MRI contrast agent for visualization of stem cell transplants. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:5729-5737. [PMID: 34231635 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb00424g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Naphthalene is coupled with DOTA via a peptide sequence to yield an amphipathic MRI probe Nap-CFGKTG-DOTA-Gd (Nap-Gd) that can self-assemble into nanofibers. Incubation of NSCs, hMSCs and L929 cells in the presence of Nap-Gd in the μM level can introduce a significant amount of Nap-Gd into the cells as nanoclusters or nanofibers. The resultant intracellular Gd content is 10-60 times that achieved by incubation with Dotarem at the same concentration. The labelled cells exhibit a significant hyperintensive effect under T1-weighted MRI and a significant hypointensive effect under T2-weighted MRI. The hypointensive effect is more persistent than the hyperintensive effect, which allows in vivo tracking of labelled hMSCs for over 12 days under T2-weighted MRI. A comprehensive interpretation of the MRI signal intensity and the associated relaxation times reveals the structure-function relationship between the binding status of Nap-Gd in cells (structure) and the magnetic relaxation processes (function) toward a full understanding of the observed hyperintensive and hypointensive effects.
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- Yanhui Zhang
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China. and CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China. and CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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Wu YL. Cardiac MRI Assessment of Mouse Myocardial Infarction and Regeneration. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2158:81-106. [PMID: 32857368 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0668-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Small animal models are indispensable for cardiac regeneration research. Studies in mouse and rat models have provided important insights into the etiology and mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and accelerated the development of therapeutic strategies. It is vitally important to be able to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and have reliable surrogate markers for therapeutic development for cardiac regeneration research. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a versatile and noninvasive imaging modality with excellent penetration depth, tissue coverage, and soft-tissue contrast, is becoming a more important tool in both clinical settings and research arenas. Cardiac MRI (CMR) is versatile, noninvasive, and capable of measuring many different aspects of cardiac functions, and, thus, is ideally suited to evaluate therapeutic efficacy for cardiac regeneration. CMR applications include assessment of cardiac anatomy, regional wall motion, myocardial perfusion, myocardial viability, cardiac function assessment, assessment of myocardial infarction, and myocardial injury. Myocardial infarction models in mice are commonly used model systems for cardiac regeneration research. In this chapter, we discuss various CMR applications to evaluate cardiac functions and inflammation after myocardial infarction.
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- Yijen L Wu
- Department of Developmental Biology, Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Helfer BM, Bulte JW. Cell Surveillance Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00042-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chandy M, Wu JC. Molecular Imaging of Stem Cell Therapy in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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VCAM-1 Target in Non-Invasive Imaging for the Detection of Atherosclerotic Plaques. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9110368. [PMID: 33138124 PMCID: PMC7692297 DOI: 10.3390/biology9110368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Simple Summary Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of morbimortality worldwide. They are mainly caused by atherosclerosis, with progressive plaque formation in the arterial wall. In this context, several imaging techniques have been developed to screen, detect and quantify atherosclerosis. Early screening improves primary prevention and promotes the prescription of adequate medication before adverse clinical events. In this review, we focus on the imaging of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, an adhesion molecule involved in the first stages of the development of atherosclerosis. This molecule could therefore be a promising target to detect early atherosclerosis non-invasively. Potential clinical applications are critically discussed. Abstract Atherosclerosis is a progressive chronic arterial disease characterised by atheromatous plaque formation in the intima of the arterial wall. Several invasive and non-invasive imaging techniques have been developed to detect and characterise atherosclerosis in the vessel wall: anatomic/structural imaging, functional imaging and molecular imaging. In molecular imaging, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a promising target for the non-invasive detection of atherosclerosis and for the assessment of novel antiatherogenic treatments. VCAM-1 is an adhesion molecule expressed on the activated endothelial surface that binds leucocyte ligands and therefore promotes leucocyte adhesion and transendothelial migration. Hence, for several years, there has been an increase in molecular imaging methods for detecting VCAM-1 in MRI, PET, SPECT, optical imaging and ultrasound. The use of microparticles of iron oxide (MPIO), ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO), microbubbles, echogenic immunoliposomes, peptides, nanobodies and other nanoparticles has been described. However, these approaches have been tested in animal models, and the remaining challenge is bench-to-bedside development and clinical applicability.
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Mashiach R, Cohen D, Avram L, Harris T, Pinkas I, Houben L, Allouche-Arnon H, Bar-Shir A. Inducing Defects in 19F-Nanocrystals Provides Paramagnetic-free Relaxation Enhancement for Improved In Vivo Hotspot MRI. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:7207-7212. [PMID: 32897716 PMCID: PMC7564093 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) is the current strategy of choice for enhancing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast and for accelerating MRI acquisition schemes. Yet, debates regarding lanthanides' biocompatibility and PRE-effect on MRI signal quantification have raised the need for alternative strategies for relaxation enhancement. Herein, we show an approach for shortening the spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of fluoride-based nanocrystals (NCs) that are used for in vivo 19F-MRI, by inducing crystal defects in their solid-crystal core. By utilizing a phosphate-based rather than a carboxylate-based capping ligand for the synthesis of CaF2 NCs, we were able to induce grain boundary defects in the NC lattice. The obtained defects led to a 10-fold shorter T1 of the NCs' fluorides. Such paramagnetic-free relaxation enhancement of CaF2 NCs, gained without affecting either their size or their colloidal characteristics, improved 4-fold the obtained 19F-MRI signal-to-noise ratio, allowing their use, in vivo, with enhanced hotspot MRI sensitivity.
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- Reut Mashiach
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Aziz A, Pane S, Iacovacci V, Koukourakis N, Czarske J, Menciassi A, Medina-Sánchez M, Schmidt OG. Medical Imaging of Microrobots: Toward In Vivo Applications. ACS NANO 2020; 14:10865-10893. [PMID: 32869971 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Medical microrobots (MRs) have been demonstrated for a variety of non-invasive biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and assisted fertilization, among others. However, most of these demonstrations have been carried out in in vitro settings and under optical microscopy, being significantly different from the clinical practice. Thus, medical imaging techniques are required for localizing and tracking such tiny therapeutic machines when used in medical-relevant applications. This review aims at analyzing the state of the art of microrobots imaging by critically discussing the potentialities and limitations of the techniques employed in this field. Moreover, the physics and the working principle behind each analyzed imaging strategy, the spatiotemporal resolution, and the penetration depth are thoroughly discussed. The paper deals with the suitability of each imaging technique for tracking single or swarms of MRs and discusses the scenarios where contrast or imaging agent's inclusion is required, either to absorb, emit, or reflect a determined physical signal detected by an external system. Finally, the review highlights the existing challenges and perspective solutions which could be promising for future in vivo applications.
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- Azaam Aziz
- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Chair of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, School of Engineering, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 18, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Biomedical Computational Laser Systems, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Chair of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, School of Engineering, TU Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 18, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Biomedical Computational Laser Systems, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures, and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), TU Chemnitz, Reichenhainer Strasse 10, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany
- School of Science, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Martinez de la Torre C, Grossman JH, Bobko AA, Bennewitz MF. Tuning the size and composition of manganese oxide nanoparticles through varying temperature ramp and aging time. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239034. [PMID: 32946514 PMCID: PMC7500698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Manganese oxide (MnO) nanoparticles (NPs) can serve as robust pH-sensitive contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to Mn2+ release at low pH, which generates a ~30 fold change in T1 relaxivity. Strategies to control NP size, composition, and Mn2+ dissolution rates are essential to improve diagnostic performance of pH-responsive MnO NPs. We are the first to demonstrate that MnO NP size and composition can be tuned by the temperature ramping rate and aging time used during thermal decomposition of manganese(II) acetylacetonate. Two different temperature ramping rates (10°C/min and 20°C/min) were applied to reach 300°C and NPs were aged at that temperature for 5, 15, or 30 min. A faster ramping rate and shorter aging time produced the smallest NPs of ~23 nm. Shorter aging times created a mixture of MnO and Mn3O4 NPs, whereas longer aging times formed MnO. Our results indicate that a 20°C/min ramp rate with an aging time of 30 min was the ideal temperature condition to form the smallest pure MnO NPs of ~32 nm. However, Mn2+ dissolution rates at low pH were unaffected by synthesis conditions. Although Mn2+ production was high at pH 5 mimicking endosomes inside cells, minimal Mn2+ was released at pH 6.5 and 7.4, which mimic the tumor extracellular space and blood, respectively. To further elucidate the effects of NP composition and size on Mn2+ release and MRI contrast, the ideal MnO NP formulation (~32 nm) was compared with smaller MnO and Mn3O4 NPs. Small MnO NPs produced the highest amount of Mn2+ at acidic pH with maximum T1 MRI signal; Mn3O4 NPs generated the lowest MRI signal. MnO NPs encapsulated within poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) retained significantly higher Mn2+ release and MRI signal compared to PLGA Mn3O4 NPs. Therefore, MnO instead of Mn3O4 should be targeted intracellularly to maximize MRI contrast.
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- Celia Martinez de la Torre
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and In Vivo Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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Barbic M, Dodd SJ, ElBidweihy H, Dilley NR, Marcheschi B, Huston AL, Morris HD, Koretsky AP. Multifield and inverse-contrast switching of magnetocaloric high contrast ratio MRI labels. Magn Reson Med 2020; 85:506-517. [PMID: 32638424 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE Demonstrating multifield and inverse contrast switching of magnetocaloric high contrast ratio MRI labels that either have increasing or decreasing moment versus temperature slopes depending on the material at physiological temperatures and different MRI magnetic field strengths. METHODS Two iron-rhodium samples of different purity (99% and 99.9%) and a lanthanum-iron-silicon sample were obtained from commercial vendors. Temperature and magnetic field-dependent magnetic moment measurements of the samples were performed on a vibrating sample magnetometer. Temperature-dependent MRI of different iron-rhodium and lanthanum-iron-silicon samples were performed on 3 different MRI scanners at 1 Tesla (T), 4.7T, and 7T. RESULTS Sharp, first-order magnetic phase transition of each iron-rhodium sample at a physiologically relevant temperature (~37°C) but at different MRI magnetic fields (1T, 4.7T, and 7T, depending on the sample) showed clear image contrast changes in temperature-dependent MRI. Iron-rhodium and lanthanum-iron-silicon samples with sharp, first-order magnetic phase transitions at the same MRI field of 1T and physiological temperature of 37°C, but with positive and negative slope of magnetization versus temperature, respectively, showed clear inverse contrast image changes. Temperature-dependent MRI on individual microparticle samples of lanthanum-iron-silicon also showed sharp image contrast changes. CONCLUSION Magnetocaloric materials of different purity and composition were demonstrated to act as diverse high contrast ratio switchable MRI contrast agents. Thus, we show that a range of magnetocaloric materials can be optimized for unique image contrast response under MRI-appropriate conditions at physiological temperatures and be controllably switched in situ.
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- Mladen Barbic
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- Optical Sciences Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Kaggie JD, Markides H, Graves MJ, MacKay J, Houston G, El Haj A, Gilbert F, Henson F. Ultra Short Echo Time MRI of Iron-Labelled Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an Ovine Osteochondral Defect Model. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8451. [PMID: 32439838 PMCID: PMC7242461 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64423-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSCs) are widely used in cellular therapy for joint repair. However, the use of MSC therapies is complicated by a lack of understanding of the behaviour of cells and repair within the joint. Current methods of MSC tracking include labelling the cells with Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs). However, standard acquisition sequences (T2 and T2*) give poor anatomical definition in the presence of SPIOs. To avoid anatomical compromise in the presence of SPIOs, we have investigated the use of Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) MRI, using a 3D cones acquisition trajectory. This method was used to track SPIO labelled MSC injected into joints containing osteochondral defects in experimental sheep. This study demonstrates that multiple echo times from UTE with 3 T MRI can provide excellent anatomical detail of osteochondral defects and demonstrate similar features to histology. This work also monitors the location of SPIO-labelled cells for regenerative medicine of the knee with MRI, histology, and Prussian blue staining. With these methods, we show that the SPIOs do not hone to the site of defect but instead aggregate in the location of injection, which suggests that any repair mechanism with this disease model must trigger a secondary process.
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- Joshua D Kaggie
- Department of Radiology, Box 218, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Healthcare Technologies Institute, Birmingham University, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Box 218, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Box 218, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Healthcare Technologies Institute, Birmingham University, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Box 218, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Comparative Musculoskeletal Biology Group, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Farcas CG, Macasoi I, Pinzaru I, Chirita M, Chirita Mihaila MC, Dehelean C, Avram S, Loghin F, Mocanu L, Rotaru V, Ieta A, Ercuta A, Coricovac D. Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Micrometric Single Crystalline Magnetite With Superparamagnetic Behavior and Cytocompatibility/Cytotoxicity Assessments. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:410. [PMID: 32317973 PMCID: PMC7147350 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A new class of magnetite (Fe3O4) particles, coined as “Single Crystalline Micrometric Iron Oxide Particles” (SCMIOPs), were obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. Both the single Fe3O4 phase content and the particle sizes range, from 1 µm to 30 µm, can be controlled by synthesis. The notable finding states that these particles exhibit vanishing remanent magnetization (σr=0.28 emu/g) and coercive force (Hc=1.5 Oe), which indicate a superparamagnetic-like behavior (unexpected at micrometric particles size), and remarkably high saturation magnetization (σs=95.5 emu/g), what ensures strong magnetic response, and the lack of agglomeration after the magnetic field removal. These qualities make such particles candidates for biomedical applications, to be used instead of magnetic nanoparticles which inevitably involve some drawbacks like aglommeration and insufficient magnetic response. In this sense, cytocompatibility/cytotoxicity tests were performed on human cells, and the results have clearly indicated that SCMIOPs are cytocompatible for healthy cell lines HaCaT (human keratinocytes) and HEMa (primary epidermal melanocytes) and cytotoxic for neoplastic cell lines A375 (human melanoma) and B164A5 (murine melanoma) in a dose-dependent manner.
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- Claudia Geanina Farcas
- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania.,Max F. Prutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Electrical and Computer Science Department SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States
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- Faculty of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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Wang P, Kim T, Harada M, Contag C, Huang X, Smith BR. Nano-immunoimaging. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2020; 5:628-653. [PMID: 32226975 DOI: 10.1039/c9nh00514e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Immunoimaging is a rapidly growing field stoked in large part by the intriguing triumphs of immunotherapy. On the heels of immunotherapy's successes, there exists a growing need to evaluate tumor response to therapy particularly immunotherapy, stratify patients into responders vs. non-responders, identify inflammation, and better understand the fundamental roles of immune system components to improve both immunoimaging and immunotherapy. Innovative nanomaterials have begun to provide novel opportunities for immunoimaging, in part due to their sensitivity, modularity, capacity for many potentially varied ligands (high avidity), and potential for multifunctionality/multimodality imaging. This review strives to comprehensively summarize the integration of nanotechnology and immunoimaging, and the field's potential for clinical applications.
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- Ping Wang
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Precision Health Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Precision Health Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA and Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, 775 Woodlot Drive, Room #1118, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA. and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 488824, USA and Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94306, USA
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Methods of Granulocyte Isolation from Human Blood and Labeling with Multimodal Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25040765. [PMID: 32053865 PMCID: PMC7070653 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25040765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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This in vitro study aimed to find the best method of granulocyte isolation for subsequent labeling with multimodal nanoparticles (magnetic and fluorescent properties) to enable detection by optical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. The granulocytes were obtained from venous blood samples from 12 healthy volunteers. To achieve high purity and yield, four different methods of granulocyte isolation were evaluated. The isolated granulocytes were labeled with multimodal superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (M-SPIONs) coated with dextran, and the iron load was evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively by MRI, near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The best method of granulocyte isolation was Percoll with Ficoll, which showed 95.92% purity and 94% viability. After labeling with M-SPIONs, the granulocytes showed 98.0% purity with a yield of 3.5 × 106 cells/mL and more than 98.6% viability. The iron-loading value in the labeled granulocytes, as obtained by MRI, was 6.40 ± 0.18 pg/cell. Similar values were found with the ICP-MS and NIRF imaging techniques. Therefore, our study shows that it is possible to isolate granulocytes with high purity and yield and labeling with M-SPIONs provides a high internalized iron load and low toxicity to cells. Therefore, these M-SPION-labeled granulocytes could be a promising candidate for future use in inflammation/infection detection by optical and MRI techniques.
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Masthoff M, Buchholz R, Beuker A, Wachsmuth L, Kraupner A, Albers F, Freppon F, Helfen A, Gerwing M, Höltke C, Hansen U, Rehkämper J, Vielhaber T, Heindel W, Eisenblätter M, Karst U, Wildgruber M, Faber C. Introducing Specificity to Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Imaging by Combining 57Fe-Based MRI and Mass Spectrometry. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7908-7917. [PMID: 31556617 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (ION) are highly sensitive probes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that have previously been used for in vivo cell tracking and have enabled implementation of several diagnostic tools to detect and monitor disease. However, the in vivo MRI signal of ION can overlap with the signal from endogenous iron, resulting in a lack of detection specificity. Therefore, the long-term fate of administered ION remains largely unknown, and possible tissue deposition of iron cannot be assessed with established methods. Herein, we combine nonradioactive 57Fe-ION MRI with ex vivo laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) imaging, enabling unambiguous differentiation between endogenous iron (56Fe) and iron originating from applied ION in mice. We establish 57Fe-ION as an in vivo MRI sensor for cell tracking in a mouse model of subcutaneous inflammation and for assessing the long-term fate of 57Fe-ION. Our approach resolves the lack of detection specificity in ION imaging by unambiguously recording a 57Fe signature.
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- Max Masthoff
- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Institute of Pathology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
- DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003 "Cells in Motion" , University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
- DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003 "Cells in Motion" , University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Institute of Clinical Radiology , University Hospital Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
- DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003 "Cells in Motion" , University of Muenster , 48149 Muenster , Germany
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Vinod E, James JV, Kachroo U, Sathishkumar S, Livingston A, Ramasamy B. Comparison of incremental concentrations of micron-sized superparamagnetic iron oxide for labelling articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Acta Histochem 2019; 121:791-797. [PMID: 31326114 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In vivo tracking of labelled cells can provide valuable information about cellular behavior in the microenvironment, migration and contribution of transplanted cells toward tissue regeneration. Articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors (CPs) show promise as a candidate for cell-based therapy as they have been classified as mesenchymal stem cells with inherent chondrogenic potential. Iron oxide labelling is known to withstand harsh processing techniques known to be associated with staining of osteochondral specimens. AIM AND METHODS The aim of our study was to investigate the feasibility of labelling CPs with micron-sized super paramagnetic iron oxide (M-SPIO) particles and to study the effects of this approach on the labelling efficiency, viability, maintenance of phenotype and potential for differentiation. Human CPs were isolated using fibronectin adhesion assay, passage 2 cells were labelled using three concentrations of M-SPIO (12.75 μg/ml, 25.5 μg/ml and 38.25 μg/ml). At sub confluence, cells were assessed for a) iron uptake by Prussian blue stain and colorimetry b) viability using 7-amino actinomycin D, c) MSC marker expression by flow cytometric analysis and d) trilineage differentiation potential. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Iron uptake was higher with increase in M-SPIO concentration whereas CD73, CD90 marker expression significantly decreased and chondrogenic potential appreciably reduced with increase in M-SPIO concentration. In conclusion, 12.75 μg/ml M-SPIO can successfully label human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors with minimal effect on cellular viability, MSC marker expression and potential for differentiation.
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Chen J, Ren G, Cai R, Wu X, Gui T, Zhao J, Li H, Guo C. Cellular magnetic resonance imaging: in vivo tracking of gastric cancer cells and detecting of lymph node metastases using microparticles of iron oxide in mice. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:7317-7326. [PMID: 31447589 PMCID: PMC6683948 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s206043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Monitoring the fate of implanted cells over time in an experimental animal may provide a new way to track the metastatic process. Lymph node metastase is of extremely importance for the prognostic prediction of gastric carcinoma. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), using micron-sized superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (MPIO), for monitoring of the fate of gastric cancer cells and detecting the migration of gastric cancer cells through the lymphatic system in a mouse model. Methods SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells were labeled with green fluorescent MPIO. The cells were monitored in vitro at multiple time points by staining for iron-labeled cells and by flow cytometric detection of the fluorescent MPIO. MPIO-labeled cells were implanted subcutaneously into nude mice, and cellular MRI was performed at different time points until 35 days postinjection. Results The potential for retention of the iron particles in vitro was evaluated. Our results showed that the labeling and uptake efficiency of MPIO reached 90.0% after 24 hrs of incubation, and a small percentage of cells that retained MPIO could be examined until 16 days after labeling. In vivo MRI-based tracking over several weeks in mice revealed regions of signal loss in the primary tumors for up to 5 weeks. Furthermore, small regions of signal void were detected in images of the inguinal lymph nodes in three mice at day 28 postinjection or later, and histological assays confirmed the presence of iron-labeled cancer cells. Conclusion This study supports MPIO-based cell tracking is a useful tool for monitoring the fate of gastric cancer cells in mice over time, which may facilitate progress in understanding the mechanisms of early regional lymph node micrometastases.
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- Jian Chen
- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China.,Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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Mori Y. [17. Live Cellular Imaging and Tracking by High Field MRI]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2019; 75:676-682. [PMID: 31327779 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2019_jsrt_75.7.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yuki Mori
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine,University of Copenhagen
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Zhang X, Wu B, Guo Z, Gao Y, Xi W, Yu H, Feng G, Zhang J, Shen W, Chen J. Determination of portal vein tumor thrombus blood supply using in vivo cellular magnetic resonance imaging in a rabbit model. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:5523-5529. [PMID: 31417305 PMCID: PMC6592059 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s197231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the anatomic configuration of the blood vessels that contribute to portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT), a common complication of hepatocellular carcinoma, in VX2 rabbits. Materials and methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNCs) were isolated and labeled using superparamagnetic iron oxide particles in vitro. Twenty-four rabbits were injected with the VX2 tumor via the portal vein to establish the PVTT model. The rabbits (n=6/treatment group) were randomly assigned into four groups. Rabbits of groups A, B and C received an infusion of iron-labeled MNCs via the hepatic artery, the portal vein or the auricular vein, respectively, whereas rabbits of group D received an injection of normal saline via the auricular vein 7 days after the injection of VX2 tumors. MRI was performed, and the signal intensity (SI) of the PVTTs was measured on T2-weighted images (T2WIs) 1 day after the transfusion of iron-labeled cells. Results: The SI of PVTTs, as measured on T2WIs, in rabbits of groups A, B, C and D was 241.400 (172.350, 364.825), 221.150 (203.775, 318.225), 590.200 (363.325, 728.875) and 568.050 (474.725, 705.150), respectively. Our data showed a significant decrease in the SI of PVTTs in rabbits of groups A and B compared with rabbits of groups C and D (group A vs group C, U=4.000, p=0.025; group A vs group D, U=2.000, p=0.010; group B vs group C, U=4.000, p=0.025; group B vs group D, U=1.000, p=0.006). There was no significant difference in the SI of PVTTs in rabbits of group A and B. Conclusion: Our results indicated that the portal vein and the hepatic artery supplied blood flow to the PVTT in rabbits.
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- Xiuming Zhang
- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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Naeyaert M, Roose D, Mai Z, Keliris A, Sijbers J, Van der Linden A, Verhoye M. Normalized averaged range (nAR), a robust quantification method for MPIO-content. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 300:18-27. [PMID: 30684825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Micron-sized paramagnetic iron oxide particles (MPIO) are commonly used as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that produce negative contrast enhancement, i.e. darkening, on T2*-weighted images. However, estimation and quantification of MPIO in vivo is still challenging. This limitation mainly arises from smearing and displacement of the negative contrast of the MPIO, so-called blooming, potentially leading to false-positive detection. Further, the bias field induced by the MR coils also hinders visualization and quantification of the MPIO. To mitigate these drawbacks, a positive contrast image can be generated, for example by using a frequency offset technique, which can significantly improve the accuracy of quantification methods. In this research, we introduce the normalized average range (nAR) as a new way to quantify the relative MPIO content within a study. The method compares the average value of test ROIs to that of a control ROI in range filtered images. The nAR can be used on both positive and negative contrast images. The nAR was tested on agar phantoms containing various MPIO concentrations, and on a rostral migration model for MPIO labeled stem cells in mice. The amount of MPIO was quantified for biased and unbiased data, and both for positive and negative contrast images. In addition, the presence of MPIOs in the olfactory bulb was verified by histology. The results show the nAR can indicate the presence and relative content of MPIO for both negative and positive images. However, the nAR showed slightly higher sensitivity in optimized positive contrast images compared to negative contrast images. In all cases, the bias field played a minor role in the quantification, making debiasing less of a concern. The dependency of the nAR values on the MPIO content in the ROI was further validated histologically. Thus, the nAR provides a robust and reliable tool for quantification of MPIO in mice.
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- Maarten Naeyaert
- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.
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- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- imec-Vision Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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Herrmann A, Taylor A, Murray P, Poptani H, Sée V. Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Characterization of a Chick Embryo Model of Cancer Cell Metastases. Mol Imaging 2019; 17:1536012118809585. [PMID: 30392458 PMCID: PMC6236852 DOI: 10.1177/1536012118809585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Metastasis is the most common cause of death for patients with cancer. To fully
understand the steps involved in metastatic dissemination, in vivo models
are required, of which murine ones are the most common. Therefore, preclinical imaging
methods such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have mainly been developed for small
mammals and their potential to monitor cancer growth and metastasis in nonmammalian models
is not fully harnessed. We have here used MRI to measure primary neuroblastoma tumor size
and metastasis in a chick embryo model. We compared its sensitivity and accuracy to
end-point fluorescence detection upon dissection. Human neuroblastoma cells labeled with
green fluorescent protein (GFP) and micron-sized iron particles were implanted on the
extraembryonic chorioallantoic membrane of the chick at E7. T2 RARE,
T2-weighted fast low angle shot (FLASH) as well as time-of-flight MR
angiography imaging were applied at E14. Micron-sized iron particle labeling of
neuroblastoma cells allowed in ovo observation of the primary tumor and
tumor volume measurement noninvasively. Moreover, T2 weighted and FLASH imaging
permitted the detection of small metastatic deposits in the chick embryo, thereby
reinforcing the potential of this convenient, 3R compliant, in vivo model
for cancer research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne Herrmann
- 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - Arthur Taylor
- 2 Centre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - Patricia Murray
- 2 Centre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - Harish Poptani
- 2 Centre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - Violaine Sée
- 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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