MR tracking of transplanted cells with "positive contrast" using manganese oxide nanoparticles |
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Authors: | Assaf A Gilad Piotr Walczak Michael T McMahon Hyon Bin Na Jung Hee Lee Kwangjin An Taegwhan Hyeon Peter C M van Zijl Jeff W M Bulte |
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Institution: | Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Division of MR Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. |
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Abstract: | Rat glioma cells were labeled using electroporation with either manganese oxide (MnO) or superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles. The viability and proliferation of SPIO-labeled cells (1.9 mg Fe/ml) or cells electroporated with a low dose of MnO (100 microg Mn/ml) was not significantly different from unlabeled cells; a higher MnO dose (785 microg Mn/ml) was found to be toxic. The cellular ion content was 0.1-0.3 pg Mn/cell and 4.4 pg Fe/cell, respectively, with cellular relaxivities of 2.5-4.8 s(-1) (R(1)) and 45-84 s(-1) (R(2)) for MnO-labeled cells. Labeled cells (SPIO and low-dose MnO) were each transplanted in contralateral brain hemispheres of rats and imaged in vivo at 9.4T. While SPIO-labeled cells produced a strong "negative contrast" due to the increase in R(2), MnO-labeled cells produced "positive contrast" with an increased R(1). Simultaneous imaging of both transplants with opposite contrast offers a method for MR "double labeling" of different cell populations. |
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Keywords: | manganese oxide iron oxide cellular imaging contrast agent transplantation nanoparticles |
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