Enhanced in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumors by PEGylated Iron-Oxide-Gold Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Prolonged Blood Circulation Properties
Enhanced in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumors by PEGylated Iron-Oxide-Gold Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Prolonged Blood Circulation Properties
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DOI:
10.1002/marc.201000341
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
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4.6
通讯作者:
Kataoka, Kazunori
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作者:
Kumagai, Michiaki;Sarma, Tridib Kumar;Kataoka, Kazunori
High-density poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-coated iron-oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles (AuIONs) were developed as T-2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents for cancer imaging. The PEG-coated iron-oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles (PEG-AuIONs) were approximately 25 nm in diameter with a narrow distribution. Biodistribution experiments in mice bearing a subcutaneous colon cancer model prepared with C26 murine colon adenocarcinoma cells showed high accumulation of the PEG-AuIONs within the tumor mass and low nonspecific accumulation in the liver and spleen, resulting in high specificity to solid tumors. T-2-weighted MR images following intravenous injection of PEG-AuIONs showed selective negative enhancement of tumor tissue in an orthotopic pancreatic cancer model prepared with Mia-PaCa-2 human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells. These results indicate that PEG-AuIONs are a promising MRI contrast agent for diagnosis of malignant tumors, including pancreatic cancer.