Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 336-345Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.10.011
Keywords
Dual-modality molecular imaging; Atherosclerotic plaques; Macrophages; Nanoparticles
Funding
- National Key Research Program of China [2016YFA0100903]
- National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists of China [81325009]
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [81500360, 81671731, 81530058, 81570272]
- Beijing Nature Science Foundation [7152131]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016790990]
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Rupture of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque is the major pathological cause of luminal thrombosis in acute coronary syndromes. Since foamy macrophages have been identified as a prominent component in vulnerable atherosclerotic lesions and osteopontin (OPN) is reported to be highly expressed in foamy macrophages, OPN could be a potential target for vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque imaging. The current study designed an OPN-specific MRI/optical dual-modality probe to detect vulnerable plaques. Fluorescence imaging revealed that 24 h after injection of the Cy5.5-OPN-DMSA-MNPs (COD-MNPs), the atherosclerotic plaques in carotid artery exhibited significant higher signals in high fat diet (HFD) fed mice in comparison to the group injected with Cy5.5-IgG-DMSA-MNPs (CID-MNPs) or normal diet fed group injected with COD-MNPs (1.87 +/- 0.19 x 10(10) vs. 0.74 +/- 0.04 x 10(10), 0.73 +/- 0.03 x 10(10) p/sec/cm(2)/sr, P < 0.05). Meanwhile, MRI displayed stronger T-2 contrast enhancement 24 h post-injection at the area of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid of HFD fed group injected with COD-MNPs than group injected with CID-MNPs or normal diet fed group injected with COD-MNPs (post/pre signal ratio: 0.64 +/- 0.04 vs. 0.95 +/- 0.02, 0.98 +/- 0.01, P < 0.05). As a dual-modality molecular probe, the resulting COD-MNPs conjugates exhibit promising potentials for noninvasive detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in vivo. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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