McCarthy Jason R, Patel Purvish, Botnaru Ion, Haghayeghi Pouneh, Weissleder Ralph, Jaffer Farouc A
Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Bioconjug Chem. 2009 Jun;20(6):1251-5. doi: 10.1021/bc9001163.
Thrombosis underlies numerous life-threatening cardiovascular syndromes. Development of thrombosis-specific molecular imaging agents to detect and monitor thrombogenesis and fibrinolysis in vivo could improve the diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of thrombosis syndromes. To this end, we have synthesized efficient multimodal nanoagents targeted to two different constituents of thrombi, namely, fibrin and activated factor XIII. These agents are targeted via the conjugation of peptide-targeting ligands to the surface of fluorescently labeled magnetic nanoparticles. As demonstrated by in vitro and in vivo studies, both nanoagents possess high affinities for thrombi, and enable mutimodal fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging.
血栓形成是众多危及生命的心血管综合征的基础。开发用于在体内检测和监测血栓形成及纤维蛋白溶解的血栓特异性分子成像剂,可改善血栓形成综合征的诊断、风险分层和治疗。为此,我们合成了靶向血栓两种不同成分(即纤维蛋白和活化因子 XIII)的高效多模态纳米剂。这些纳米剂通过将肽靶向配体与荧光标记的磁性纳米颗粒表面偶联来实现靶向。体外和体内研究表明,这两种纳米剂对血栓均具有高亲和力,并能实现多模态荧光和磁共振成像。