Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 15, Pages 2855-2863Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.02.023
Keywords
Maghemite; Solid-state synthesis; Abdomen MRI; Proteomics; Nanocomposites; Contrast agent
Funding
- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic [1M6198959201, MSM6198959218]
- ASCR [KAN115600801]
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic [205/08/0869]
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Nearly monodispersed superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles (15-20 nm) were prepared by a one-step thermal decomposition of iron(II) acetate in air at 400 degrees C. The presented synthetic route is simple, cost effective and allows to prepare the high-quality superparamagnetic particles in a large scale. The as-prepared particles were exploited for the development of magnetic nanocomposites with the possible applicability in medicine and biochemistry. For the purposes of the MRI diagnostics, the maghemite particles were simply dispersed in the bentonite matrix. The resulting nanocomposite represents very effective and cheap oral negative contrast agent for MRI of the gastrointestinal tract and reveals excellent contrast properties, fully comparable with those obtained for commercial contrast material. The results of the clinical research of this maghemite-bentonite contrast agent for imaging of the small bowel are discussed. For biochemical applications, the primary functionalization of the prepared maghemite nanoparticles with chitosan was performed. In this way, a highly efficient magnetic carrier for protein immobilization was obtained as demonstrated by conjugating thermostable raffinose-modified trypsin (RMT) using glutaraldehyde. The covalent conjugation resulted in a further increase in trypsin thermostability (T-50 = 61 degrees C) and elimination of its autolysis. Consequently, the immobilization of RMT allowed fast in-solution digestion of proteins and their identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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