Dr NICHOLAS MITCHELL NICHOLAS.MITCHELL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Dr NICHOLAS MITCHELL NICHOLAS.MITCHELL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Tammy L. Kalber
Margaret S. Cooper
Kavitha Sunassee
Samantha L. Chalker
Karen P. Shaw
Katherine L. Ordidge
Adam Badar
Samuel M. Janes
Philip J. Blower
Mark F. Lythgoe
Helen C. Hailes
Alethea B. Tabor
A series of metal-chelating lipid conjugates has been designed and synthesized. Each member of the series bears a 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) macrocycle attached to the lipid head group, using short n-ethylene glycol (n-EG) spacers of varying length. Liposomes incorporating these lipids, chelated to Gd3+, 64Cu2+, or 111In3+, and also incorporating fluorescent lipids, have been prepared, and their application in optical, magnetic resonance (MR) and single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging of cellular uptake and distribution investigated in vitro and in vivo. We have shown that these multimodal liposomes can be used as functional MR contrast agents as well as radionuclide tracers for SPECT, and that they can be optimized for each application. When shielded liposomes were formulated incorporating 50% of a lipid with a short n-EG spacer, to give nanoparticles with a shallow but even coverage of n-EG, they showed good cellular internalization in a range of tumour cells, compared to the limited cellular uptake of conventional shielded liposomes formulated with 7% 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[carboxy(polyethyleneglycol)2000] (DSPE-PEG2000). Moreover, by matching the depth of n-EG coverage to the length of the n-EG spacers of the DOTA lipids, we have shown that similar distributions and blood half lives to DSPE-PEG2000-stabilized liposomes can be achieved. The ability to tune the imaging properties and distribution of these liposomes allows for the future development of a flexible tri-modal imaging agent.
Mitchell, N. J., Kalber, T. L., Cooper, M. S., Sunassee, K., Chalker, S. L., Shaw, K. P., Ordidge, K. L., Badar, A., Janes, S. M., Blower, P. J., Lythgoe, M. F., Hailes, H. C., & Tabor, A. B. (2013). Incorporation of paramagnetic, fluorescent and PET/SPECT contrast agents into liposomes for multimodal imaging. Biomaterials, 34(4), 1179-1192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.070
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 28, 2012 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 3, 2012 |
Publication Date | 2013-01 |
Deposit Date | Aug 31, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 25, 2020 |
Journal | Biomaterials |
Print ISSN | 0142-9612 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 1179-1192 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.070 |
Keywords | Biophysics; Mechanics of Materials; Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Ceramics and Composites |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4871536 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961212010939?via%3Dihub |
Incorporation Of Paramagnetic Fluorescent And PET SPECT Contrast Agents Into Liposomes For Multimodal Imaging Biomaterials
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