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OPEN LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 952-959Publisher
DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O
DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0074
Keywords
liver cancer; asialoglycoprotein receptor; superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; MRI contrast agent
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- National Science Foundation of China [81860304, 82160329]
- Natural Science Research Foundation of Jilin Province for Sciences and Technology [20200201511JC]
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This study synthesized a targeted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent for liver cancer cells and demonstrated its potential and characteristics in vitro experiments.
This study aims to synthesize a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that can specifically target the asialoglycoprotein receptor of liver cancer cells and evaluate its ability as a targeted MRI contrast agent. Lactobionic acid (LA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) were used to modify superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) to obtain LA-PEG-SPION. LA-PEG-SPION was uniformly spherical under the electron microscope, with regular morphology and good dispersion. The particle size of LA-PEG-SPION was about 30 +/- 4.5 nm, and its surface potential was about 31 +/- 1.5 mV. LA-PEG-SPION had no toxicity or low toxicity to HepG2 cells and HeLa cells, even at 400 mu g/mL. The uptake of LA-PEG-SPION by HepG2 cells was higher than that of SPION, with increased blue-stained particles. The fluorescent labeling rate of HepG2 cells reached 68.8%, which was higher than that of the control group. In vitro, MRI showed that the T2-weighted signal intensity of HepG2 cells was lower than that of the control group. Conclusively, LA-PEG-SPION nanoparticles are synthesized in a simple and efficient way. They are successfully applied to the T2-weighted contrast-enhanced MRI in liver cancer in vitro, and they have the potential to be used for in vivo research and clinical studies.
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