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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 31, 期 37, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202101005
关键词
atherosclerosis; carbon nanotubes; diagnostic imaging; flow cytometry; immunoimaging; photoacoustic imaging
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资金
- American Heart Association (AHA) [18TPA34230113]
- NIH [K99 CA160764, P50 CA114747]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIAID [R01 AI123126]
- Herzenberg Lab funds
Targeting inflammatory immune cells in atherosclerotic plaques may provide clinically relevant diagnostic information about cardiovascular disease, and a new method combining ultraselective nanoparticle targeting and clinically-viable photoacoustic imaging has shown promise in accurately identifying and diagnosing inflamed plaques.
Disruption of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques often leads to myocardial infarction and stroke, the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. A diagnostic method that detects early-stage high-risk atherosclerotic plaques could prevent these sequelae. The abundant immune cells in the arterial wall, especially inflammatory Ly-6C(hi) monocytes and foamy macrophages, are indicative of plaque inflammation, and may be associated with plaque vulnerability. Hence, a new method is sought to develop that specifically targets these immune cells to offer clinically relevant diagnostic information about cardiovascular disease. Ultraselective nanoparticle targeting of Ly-6C(hi) monocytes and foamy macrophages and clinically-viable photoacoustic imaging (PAI) are combined in order to precisely and specifically image inflamed plaques ex vivo in a mouse model that mimics human vulnerable plaques histopathologically. Within the plaques, high-dimensional single-cell flow cytometry (13-parameter) shows that the nanoparticles are almost-exclusively taken up by the Ly-6C(hi) monocytes and foamy macrophages that heavily infiltrate plaques. PAI identifies inflamed atherosclerotic plaques that display approximate to 6-fold greater signal compared to controls (P < 0.001) 6 h after intravenous injection of ultraselective carbon nanotubes, with in vivo corroboration via optical imaging. This highly-selective strategy may provide a targeted, noninvasive imaging strategy to accurately identify and diagnose inflamed atherosclerotic lesions.
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