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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 7, 期 1-2, 页码 58-67出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s007750100265
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manganese(II) chelates; contrast agents; human serum albumin; water exchange rate; relaxometry
Three novel Mn(II) complexes bearing benzyloxymethyl functionalities are reported and their ability to enhance water (H-1 and O-17) relaxation times is investigated in detail. Two of them contain one coordinated water molecule and display relaxivity values only slightly smaller than those shown by the most clinically used contrast agents (e.g. [Gd(DTPA)(H2O)](2-)). Moreover, in these Mn(II) chelates the exchange rate of the coordinated water is ca. one order of magnitude higher if compared to the exchange rates previously reported for Gd(III) complexes with octadentate ligands. The occurrence of such fast exchange rates of the coordinated water is exploited in the formation of macromolecular adducts with human serum albumin to attain systems displaying relaxivity values in the upper range of those so far reported for analogous Gd(III) systems. These results strongly support the view that Mn(II) complexes, in spite of the lower effective magnetic moment, can be considered as viable alternatives to the currently used Gd(III) complexes as contrast agents for MRI applications.
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