Assessment of Targeted Nanoparticle Assemblies for Atherosclerosis Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography and Potential for Clinical Translation

Autor: Eric D. Pressly, Alaina J. McGrath, Yongjian Liu, Craig J. Hawker, Hannah Luehmann, Dana R. Abendschein, Lisa Detering, Annie Nguyen, Robert J. Gropler, Monica Shokeen, Pamela K. Woodard, Mohamed A. Zayed, Deborah Sultan, Susannah A Grathwohl
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Aging
positron emission tomography
translation
Peptide
Cardiovascular
Epitope
Engineering
Receptors
Natriuretic peptide
Nanotechnology
General Materials Science
Receptor
Plaque
Atherosclerotic
chemistry.chemical_classification
screening and diagnosis
medicine.diagnostic_test
nanoparticle
Plaque
Atherosclerotic

Femoral Artery
Detection
Positron emission tomography
Biomedical Imaging
Rabbits
Atrial Natriuretic Factor
4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
Materials science
medicine.drug_class
Bioengineering
NPRC
Article
In vivo
medicine
Animals
Humans
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Animal
Atherosclerosis
Disease Models
Animal

Copper Radioisotopes
chemistry
Positron-Emission Tomography
Disease Models
Chemical Sciences
Nanoparticles
Radiopharmaceuticals
Receptors
Atrial Natriuretic Factor

Immunostaining
Ex vivo
Biomedical engineering
Zdroj: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
ACS applied materials & interfaces, vol 11, iss 17
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
Popis: Nanoparticles have been assessed in preclinical models of atherosclerosis for detection of plaque complexity and treatment. However, their successful clinical translation has been hampered by less than satisfactory plaque detection, and lack of a general strategy for assessing the translational potential of nanoparticles. Herein, nanoparticles based on comb-copolymer assemblies were synthesized through a modular construction approach with precise control over the conjugation of multiple functional building blocks for in vivo evaluation. This high level of design control also allows physicochemical properties to be varied in a controllable fashion. Through conjugation of c-atrial natriuretic factor (CANF) peptide and radiolabeling with (64)Cu, the (64)Cu-CANF-Comb nanoparticle was assessed for plaque imaging by targeting natriuretic peptide clearance receptor (NPRC) in a double-injury atherosclerosis model in rabbits. The extended blood circulation and improved binding capacity of (64)Cu-CANF-Comb nanoparticles afforded sensitive and specific detection of NPRC upregulated in atherosclerotic lesions by positron emission tomography (PET) at intervals during the progression of disease. Ex vivo tissue validation using autoradiography and immunostaining on human carotid endarterectomy specimens demonstrated specific binding of (64)Cu-CANF-Comb to human NPRC receptors. Taken together, this study not only shows the potential of NPRC-targeted (64)Cu-CANF-Comb nanoparticles for increased sensitivity to an epitope that increases during atherosclerosis plaque development, but also provides a useful strategy for the general design and assessment of translational potential of nanoparticles in cardiovascular imaging.
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