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NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 20, 期 42, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/42/425105
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC-30970829]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2007AA03Z316]
- Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project,
- Ministry of Education of China [707021]
- State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment [HIT-2008QN06]
The aim of this paper was to develop a novel bi-mode ultrasound/fluorescent imaging agent through stepwise layer-by-layer deposition of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and CdTe quantum dots (QDs) onto ST68 microbubbles (MBs) produced by sonication of a mixture of surfactants (Span 60 and Tween 80). The experiments using photoluminescence spectroscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy confirmed that CdTe nanoparticles were successfully adsorbed on the outer surface of the MBs. The static light scattering measurements showed that size distributions of MBs before and after QD deposition met the size requirements for clinical application. The in vitro and in vivo ultrasonography indicated that the QD-modified MBs maintained good contrast enhancement properties as the original MBs. Furthermore, the in vitro ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) experiment of the QD-MB composites was carried out to validate the ability of MBs to deliver QDs for fluorescent imaging. The results showed that the QD-modified MBs not only maintained the capability of ultrasound imaging, but also could be used as a targeted-drug controlled-release system to deliver the QDs for cell and tissue fluorescent imaging by UTMD. The novel dual-functional imaging agent has potential for a variety of biological and medical applications.
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