Biocompatible dextran-coated gadolinium-doped cerium oxide nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents with high T1 relaxivity and selective cytotoxicity to cancer cells

Autor: N.R. Popova, D. D. Kolmanovich, Alexander E. Baranchikov, Artem M. Ermakov, Vladimir Ivanov, A.L. Popov, Olga S. Ivanova, I. V. Savintseva, Maxim A. Abakumov
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 9:6586-6599
ISSN: 2050-7518
2050-750X
DOI: 10.1039/d1tb01147b
Popis: Gd-based complexes are widely used as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. The safety of previously approved contrast agents is questionable and is being re-assessed. The main causes of concern are possible gadolinium deposition in the brain and the development of systemic nephrogenic fibrosis after repeated use of MRI contrasts. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop a new generation of MRI contrasts that are safe and that have high selectivity in tissue accumulation with improved local contrast. Here, we report on a new type of theranostic MRI contrast, namely dextran stabilised, gadolinium doped cerium dioxide nanoparticles. These ultra-small (4–6 nm) Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 nanoparticles have been shown to possess excellent colloidal stability and high r1-relaxivity (3.6 mM−1 s−1). They are effectively internalised by human normal and cancer cells and demonstrate dose-dependent selective cytotoxicity to cancer cells.
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