Facile Preparation of a New Gadofullerene-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with High 1H Relaxivity

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• 作者：Chunying Shu ; Frank D. Corwin ; Jianfei Zhang ; Zhijian Chen ; Jonathan E. Reid ; Minghao Sun ; Wei Xu ; Jae Hyun Sim ; Chunru Wang ; Panos P. Fatouros ; Alan R. Esker ; Harry W. Gibson ; Harry C. Dorn
• 刊名：Bioconjugate Chemistry
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：June 17, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：20
• 期：6
• 页码：1186-1193
• 全文大小：270K
• 年卷期：v.20,no.6(June 17, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-4812

文摘

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent based on the trimetallic nitride templated (TNT) metallofullerene Gd₃N@C₈₀ was synthesized by a facile method in high yield. The observed longitudinal and transverse relaxivities r₁ and r₂ for water hydrogens in the presence of the water-soluble gadofullerene 2 Gd₃N@C₈₀(OH)₂₆(CH₂CH₂COOM)₁₆ (M = Na or H) are 207 and 282 mM⁻¹ s⁻¹ (per C₈₀ cage) at 2.4 T, respectively; these values are 50 times larger than those of Gd³⁺ poly(aminocarboxylate) complexes, such as commercial Omniscan and Magnevist. This high ¹H relaxivity for this new hydroxylated and carboxylated gadofullerene derivative provides high signal enhancement at significantly lower Gd concentration as demonstrated by in vitro and in vivo MRI studies. Dynamic light scattering data reveal a unimodal size distribution with an average hydrodynamic radius of ca. 78 nm in pure water (pH = 7), which is significantly different from other hydroxylated or carboxylated fullerene and metallofullerene derivatives reported to date. Agarose gel infusion results indicate that the gadofullerene 2 displayed diffusion properties different from those of commercial Omniscan and those of PEG5000 modified Gd₃N@C₈₀. The reactive carboxyl functionality present on this highly efficient contrast agent may also serve as a precursor for biomarker tissue-targeting purposes.