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Self-Assembled Nanomicelles as MRI Blood-Pool Contrast Agent

Babič, Andrej
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Vorobiev, Vassily
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Xayaphoummine, Céline
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2017
Chemistry - A European Journal

Gadolinium‐loaded nanomicelles show promise as future magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents (CAs). Their increased size and high gadolinium (Gd) loading gives them an edge in proton relaxivity over smaller molecular Gd‐complexes. Their size and stealth properties are fundamental for their long blood residence time, opening the possibility for use as blood‐pool contrast agents. Using l‐tyrosine as a three‐functional scaffold we synthesized a nanostructure building block 8. The double C18 aliphatic chain on one side, Gd‐1,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclododecane‐1‐4‐7‐triacetic acid (Gd‐DO3A) with access to bulk water in the center and 2 kDa PEG on the hydrophilic side gave the amphiphilic properties required for the core–shell nanomicellar architecture. The self‐assembly into Gd‐loaded monodispersed 10–20 nm nanomicelles occurred spontaneously in water. These nanomicelles (Tyr‐MRI) display very high relaxivity at 29 mm−1 s−1 at low field strength and low cytotoxicity. Good contrast enhancement of the blood vessels and the heart together with prolonged circulation time in vivo, makes Tyr‐MRI an excellent candidate for a new supramolecular blood‐pool MRI CA.

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DOI
10.1002/chem.201703962
Web of Science ID

WOS:000423351800019

Author(s)
Babič, Andrej
Vorobiev, Vassily
Xayaphoummine, Céline
Lapicorey, Gaëlle
Chauvin, Anne-Sophie
Helm, Lothar
Allémann, Eric
Date Issued

2017

Published in
Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume

24

Issue

6

Start page

1348

End page

1357

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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November 6, 2018
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/149682
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