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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 35, 页码 13881-13886出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706247104
关键词
biological molecular imaging; zinc sensing; gadolinium
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [U54 CA090810, 5 U54 CA90810] Funding Source: Medline
- NIBIB NIH HHS [R01 EB005866, 1 R01 EB005866-01] Funding Source: Medline
Zinc(II) plays a vital role in normal cellular function as an essential component of numerous enzymes, transcription factors, and synaptic vesicles. While zinc can be linked to a variety of physiological processes, the mechanisms of its cellular actions are less discernible. Here, we have synthesized and tested a Zn(II)-activated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent in which the coordination geometry of the complex rearranges upon binding of Zn(II). In the absence of Zn(II) water is restricted from binding to a chelated Gd(III) ion by coordinating acetate arms resulting in a low relaxivity of 2.33 mM(-1).s(-1) at 60 MHz. Upon addition of Zn(II) the relaxivity of the Gd(III)-Zn(II) complex increases to 5.07 mM(-1).s(-1) and is consistent with one water molecule bound to Gd(III). These results were confirmed by nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion analysis. There was no observed change in relaxivity of the Gd(III) complex when physiologically competing cations Ca(II) and Mg(II) were added. A competitive binding assay gave a dissociation constant of 2.38 x 10(-4) M for the Gd(III)-Zn(II) complex. In vitro magnetic resonance images confirm that Zn(II) concentrations as low as 100 mu M can be detected by using this contrast agent.
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