Talebloo Nazanin, Bernal M Ariadna Ochoa, Kenyon Elizabeth, Mallett Christiane L, Mondal Sujan Kumar, Fazleabas Asgerally, Moore Anna
Precision Health Program, Michigan State University, 766 Service Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michigan State University, 578 S Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2024 Feb 5;14(3):319. doi: 10.3390/nano14030319.
Approximately 10% of women suffer from endometriosis during their reproductive years. This disease is a chronic debilitating condition whose etiology for lesion implantation and survival heavily relies on adhesion and angiogenic factors. Currently, there are no clinically approved agents for its detection. In this study, we evaluated cRGD-peptide-conjugated nanoparticles (RGD-Cy5.5-MN) to detect lesions using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a mouse model of endometriosis. We utilized a luciferase-expressing murine suture model of endometriosis. Imaging was performed before and after 24 h following the intravenous injection of RGD-Cy5.5-MN or control nanoparticles (Cy5.5-MN). Next, we performed biodistribution of RGD-Cy5.5-MN and correlative fluorescence microscopy of lesions stained for CD34. Tissue iron content was determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Our results demonstrated that targeting endometriotic lesions with RGD-Cy5.5-MN resulted in a significantly higher delta T2* upon its accumulation compared to Cy5.5-MN. ICP-OES showed significantly higher iron content in the lesions of the animals in the experimental group compared to the lesions of the animals in the control group. Histology showed colocalization of Cy5.5 signal from RGD-Cy5.5-MN with CD34 in the lesions pointing to the targeted nature of the probe. This work offers initial proof-of-concept for targeting angiogenesis in endometriosis which can be useful for potential clinical diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for treating this disease.
在育龄期,约10%的女性患有子宫内膜异位症。这种疾病是一种慢性衰弱性病症,其病灶植入和存活的病因在很大程度上依赖于黏附因子和血管生成因子。目前,尚无经临床批准用于检测该疾病的药物。在本研究中,我们评估了cRGD肽偶联纳米颗粒(RGD-Cy5.5-MN),以利用磁共振成像(MRI)在子宫内膜异位症小鼠模型中检测病灶。我们使用了一种表达荧光素酶的子宫内膜异位症小鼠缝合模型。在静脉注射RGD-Cy5.5-MN或对照纳米颗粒(Cy5.5-MN)之前以及之后24小时进行成像。接下来,我们进行了RGD-Cy5.5-MN的生物分布研究以及对CD34染色的病灶进行相关荧光显微镜检查。使用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-OES)测定组织铁含量。我们的结果表明,与Cy5.5-MN相比,用RGD-Cy5.5-MN靶向子宫内膜异位病灶时,其积累后导致的T2*变化显著更高。ICP-OES显示,与对照组动物的病灶相比,实验组动物病灶中的铁含量显著更高。组织学显示,来自RGD-Cy5.5-MN的Cy5.5信号与病灶中的CD34共定位,表明该探针具有靶向性。这项工作为靶向子宫内膜异位症中的血管生成提供了初步的概念验证,这对于治疗该疾病的潜在临床诊断和治疗方法可能是有用的。
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