Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Group in Bioengineering, California, United States.
Nanotheranostics. 2021 Feb 12;5(2):240-255. doi: 10.7150/ntno.50721. eCollection 2021.
White blood cells (WBCs) are a key component of the mammalian immune system and play an essential role in surveillance, defense, and adaptation against foreign pathogens. Apart from their roles in the active combat of infection and the development of adaptive immunity, immune cells are also involved in tumor development and metastasis. Antibody-based therapeutics have been developed to regulate (i.e. selectively activate or inhibit immune function) and harness immune cells to fight malignancy. Alternatively, non-invasive tracking of WBC distribution can diagnose inflammation, infection, fevers of unknown origin (FUOs), and cancer. Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a non-invasive, non-radioactive, and sensitive medical imaging technique that uses safe superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) as tracers. MPI has previously been shown to track therapeutic stem cells for over 87 days with a ~200 cell detection limit. In the current work, we utilized antibody-conjugated SPIOs specific to neutrophils for labeling, and non-invasive and radiation-free tracking of these inflammatory cells to sites of infection and inflammation in an murine model of lipopolysaccharide-induced myositis. MPI showed sensitive detection of inflammation with a contrast-to-noise ratio of ~8-13.
白细胞(WBC)是哺乳动物免疫系统的关键组成部分,在监视、防御和适应外来病原体方面发挥着重要作用。除了在感染的主动防御和适应性免疫的发展中的作用外,免疫细胞也参与肿瘤的发展和转移。已经开发了基于抗体的疗法来调节(即选择性激活或抑制免疫功能)和利用免疫细胞来对抗恶性肿瘤。此外,还可以通过非侵入性跟踪白细胞分布来诊断炎症、感染、不明原因发热(FUO)和癌症。磁性粒子成像(MPI)是一种非侵入性、非放射性和敏感的医学成像技术,使用安全的超顺磁性氧化铁纳米粒子(SPIOs)作为示踪剂。MPI 此前已经显示可以跟踪治疗性干细胞超过 87 天,检测限约为 200 个细胞。在当前的工作中,我们利用针对中性粒细胞的抗体偶联 SPIOs 进行标记,并在脂多糖诱导的肌炎的小鼠模型中对这些炎症细胞进行非侵入性和无辐射跟踪,以追踪感染和炎症部位。MPI 显示出对炎症的敏感检测,对比噪声比约为 8-13。
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