Metal Chelating Crosslinkers Form Nanogels with High Chelation Stability.
Metal Chelating Crosslinkers Form Nanogels with High Chelation Stability.
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DOI:
10.1039/c3tb21104e
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发表时间:
2013-12-14
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Almutairi A
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Lux J;Chan M;Elst LV;Schopf E;Mahmoud E;Laurent S;Almutairi A
We present a series of hydrogel nanoparticles (nanogels) incorporating either acyclic or cyclic metal chelates as crosslinkers. These crosslinkers are used to formulate polyacrylamide-based nanogels (diameter 50 to 85 nm) yielding contrast agents with enhanced relaxivities (up to 6-fold greater than Dotarem®), because this nanogel structure slows the chelator's tumbling frequency and allows fast water exchange. Importantly, these nanogels also stabilize Gd3+ within the chelator thermodynamically and kinetically against metal displacement through transmetallation, which should reduce toxicity associated with release of free Gd3+. This chelation stability suggests that the chelate crosslinker strategy may prove useful for other applications of metal-chelating nanoparticles in medicine, including other imaging modalities and radiotherapy.