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ABSTRACT: Background
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), due to their unique magnetic properties, have the ability to function both as magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agents, and can be used for thermotherapy. SPIONs conjugated to the heat shock protein Hsp70 that selectively binds to the CD40 receptor present on glioma cells, could be used for MR contrast enhancement of experimental C6 glioma.Methods
The magnetic properties of the Hsp70-SPIONs were measured by NMR relaxometry method. The uptake of nanoparticles was assessed on the C6 glioma cells by confocal and electron microscopes. The tumor selectivity of Hsp70-SPIONs being intravenously administered was analyzed in the experimental model of C6 glioma in the MRI scanner.Results
Hsp70-SPIONs relaxivity corresponded to the properties of negative contrast agents with a hypointensive change of resonance signal in MR imaging. A significant accumulation of the Hsp70-SPIONs but not the non-conjugated nanoparticles was observed by confocal microscopy within C6 cells. Negative contrast tumor enhancement in the T2-weighted MR images was higher in the case of Hsp70-SPIONs in comparison to non-modified SPIONs. Histological analysis of the brain sections confirmed the retention of the Hsp70-SPIONs in the glioma tumor but not in the adjacent normal brain tissues.Conclusion
The study demonstrated that Hsp70-SPION conjugate intravenously administered in C6 glioma model accumulated in the tumors and enhanced the contrast of their MR images.
SUBMITTER: Shevtsov MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3870835 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shevtsov Maxim A MA Yakovleva Ludmila Y LY Nikolaev Boris P BP Marchenko Yaroslav Y YY Dobrodumov Anatolii V AV Onokhin Kirill V KV Onokhina Yana S YS Selkov Sergey A SA Mikhrina Anastasiia L AL Guzhova Irina V IV Martynova Marina G MG Bystrova Olga A OA Ischenko Alexander M AM Margulis Boris A BA
Neuro-oncology 20131204 1
<h4>Background</h4>Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), due to their unique magnetic properties, have the ability to function both as magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agents, and can be used for thermotherapy. SPIONs conjugated to the heat shock protein Hsp70 that selectively binds to the CD40 receptor present on glioma cells, could be used for MR contrast enhancement of experimental C6 glioma.<h4>Methods</h4>The magnetic properties of the Hsp70-SPIONs were measured by NMR relaxo ...[more]