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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 64, 期 5, 页码 1260-1266出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22526
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ferritin; magnetoferritin; molecular imaging; MRI
Magnetoferritin nanoparticles have been developed as high-relaxivity, functional contrast agents for MRI. Several previous techniques have relied on unloading native ferritin and reincorporation of iron into the core, often resulting in a poly-disperse sample. Here, a simplified technique is developed using commercially available horse spleen apoferritin to create monodisperse magnetoferritin. Iron oxide atoms were incorporated into the protein core via a step-wise Fe(II)Chloride addition to the protein solution under lowO(2) conditions; subsequent filtration steps allow for separation of completely filled and superparamagnetic magnetoferritin from the partially filled ferritin. This method yields a monodisperse and homogenous solution of spherical particles with magnetic properties that can be used for molecular magnetic resonance imaging. With a transverse per-iron and per-particle relaxivity of 78 mM(-1) sec(-1) and 404,045 mM(-1) sec(-1), respectively, it is possible to detect similar to 10 nM nanoparticle concentrations in vivo. Magn Reson Med 64:1260-1266, 2010. (C)2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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