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文獻名： In Vivo “Hot Spot” MR Imaging of Neural Stem Cells using Fluorinated Nanoparticles
作者： Jesús Ruiz-Cabello,1,4,5 Piotr Walczak,1,4 Dorota A. Kedziorek, 1,4 Vadappuram P. Chacko,1 Anna H. Schmieder,6 Samuel A. Wickline,6 Gregory M. Lanza,6 and Jeff W.M. Bulte.1,2,3,4
1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
2 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
4 Cellular Imaging Section, Vascular Biology Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
5 Ciber de Enfermedades respiratorias, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
6 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA
摘要：To optimize 19F MR tracking of stem cells, we compared cellular internalization of cationic and anionic perfluoro-15-crown-5-ether (PFCE) nanoparticles using cell culture plates with different surface coatings. The viability and proliferation of anionic and cationic PFCE-labeled neural stem cells (NSCs) did not differ from unlabeled cells. Cationic PFCE nanoparticles (19F T1/T2= 580/536 ms at 9.4T) were superior to anionic particles for intracellular fluorination. Best results were obtained with modified polystyrene culture dishes coated with both carboxylic and amino groups rather than conventional carboxyl-coated dishes. After injecting PFCE-labeled NSCs into the striatum of mouse brain, cells were readily identified in vivo by 19F MRI without changes in signal or viability over a 2-week period post-grafting. These results demonstrate that neural stem cells can be efficiently fluorinated with cationic PFCE nanoparticles without using transfection agents and visualized in vivo over prolonged periods with an MR sensitivity of approximately 140 pmol of PFCE/cell.
關鍵詞：Stem cell, transplantation, cell tracking, fluorine imaging, nanoparticle
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