Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 21, Pages 7742-7747Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm10247h
Keywords
-
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [1010150-2, 2011-0002110]
- Korea Health Promotion Institute [1010150, 1010150-1] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0002110] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION) was coupled to 2-aminoethyl-trimethyl ammonium (TMA) in a 2-step ligand exchange reaction to produce TMA-SPION. This particle, which has a strong positive charge, was investigated as the basis for a simple and efficient method for labelling human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) for noninvasive monitoring by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). TMA-SPION has a zeta potential of +40 mV and a hydrodynamic size of 101 nm. In addition to its long-term stability in an aqueous solution, TMA-SPION has a low cytotoxicity and favourable magnetic properties as a T(2) contrast agent due to its high relaxivity. The T(2) relaxivity of TMA-SPION is 4.4 times greater than the commercially available Feridex (R) I.V. magnetic resonance agent. Despite a short labelling time of 4 h, hMSCs are efficiently labelled with TMA-SPION without the need for a transfection agent. An in vivo MRI study of a brain infarction model confirmed the utility of TMA-SPION as an MRI tracking marker of administered hMSCs.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available