Chelator-Free and Biocompatible Melanin Nanoplatform with Facile-Loading Gadolinium and Copper-64 for Bioimaging
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Xidian Univ., Xi’an, Shaanxi (China)
Development of a chelator-free and biocompatible platform for the facile construction of gadolinium3+ (Gd3+)-loaded nanoparticle based probes for in vivo magentic resonance imaging (MRI) is still challenging. In this work, biocompatible Gd3+-loading melanin dots (Gd–M-dots) have been easily prepared and have exhibited good loading efficiency for Gd3+, high stability, and higher T1 relaxivity compared to the commercial Gd–1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) agent. Furthermore, Gd–M-dots showed unique photoacoustic (PA) properties, and a high PA imaging signal could be observed in vivo 1 h after injection. Compared to the traditional Gd3+-loaded nanoparticles for single-modal MRI, Gd–M-dots can also be radiolabeled with 64Cu2+ for positron emission tomography. Overall, these attractive properties of Gd–M-dots render them a promising imaging agent for various biomedical applications.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Shanxi Scholarship Council of China
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008397; P50 CA114747; 81571747; 81371628; 2015057
- OSTI ID:
- 1534426
- Journal Information:
- Bioconjugate Chemistry, Vol. 28, Issue 7; ISSN 1043-1802
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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