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INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 504-513Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000162925.26703.3a
Keywords
MRI; cell tracking; progenitor; iron oxide particle; molecular imaging
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Rationale: Superparamagnetic iron-oxide particles are used frequently for cellular magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo cell tracking. The purpose of this study was to compare the labeling characteristics and efficiency as well as toxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) and ultrasmall superparamagnetic ironoxide (USPIO) for 3 cell lines. Methods: Using human fibroblasts, immortalized rat progenitor cells and HEP-G2-hepatoma cells, dose- and time-dependence of SPIO and USPIO uptake were evaluated. The amount of intracellular (U)SPIO was monitored over 2 weeks after incubation by T-2-magnetic resonance relaxometry, ICP-mass-spectrometry and histology. Transmission-electronmicroscopy was used to specify the intracellular localization of the endocytosed iron particles. Cell death-rate and proliferation-index were assessed as indicators of cell-toxicity. Result: For all cell lines, SPIO showed better uptake than USPIO, which was highest in HEP-G2 cells (110 +/- 2 pg Fe/cell). Cellular iron concentrations in progenitor cells and fibroblasts were 13 +/- 1 pg Fe/cell and 7.2 +/- 0.3pg Fe/cell, respectively. For all cell lines T-2-relaxation times in cell pellets were below detection threshold (< 3 milliseconds) after 5 hours of incubation with SPIO (3.0 mu mol Fe/mL growth medium) and continued to be near the detection for the next 6 days. For both particle types and all cell lines cellular iron oxide contents decreased after recultivation and surprisingly were found lower than in unlabeled control cells after 15 days. Viability and proliferation of (U)SPIO-labeled and unlabeled cells were not significantly different. Conclusions: The hematopoetic progenitor, mesenchymal fibroblast and epithelial HEP-G2 cell lines accumulated SPIO more efficiently than USPIO indicating SPIO to be better suited for cell labeling. However, the results indicate that there may be an induction of forced cellular iron elimination after incubation with (U)SPIO.
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