Bioconjugate Chemistry
Bioconjugate Chemistry
5 years ago

Chelator-Free and Biocompatible Melanin Nanoplatform with Facile-Loading Gadolinium and Copper-64 for Bioimaging

Chelator-Free and Biocompatible Melanin Nanoplatform with Facile-Loading Gadolinium and Copper-64 for Bioimaging
Anthony Zhao, Daijuan Huang, Yao Sun, Ruiping Zhang, Liying Xu, Quli Fan, Kai Cheng, Chu Tang, Zhen Cheng, Su Hyun Hong
Development of a chelator-free and biocompatible platform for the facile construction of gadolinium3+ (Gd3+)-loaded nanoparticle based probes for in vivo magentic resonance imaging (MRI) is still challenging. Herein, biocompatible Gd3+-loading melanin dots (Gd–M-dots) have been easily prepared and have exhibited good loading efficiency for Gd3+, high stability, and higher T1 relaxivity compared to the commercial Gd–1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) agent. Furthermore, Gd–M-dots showed unique photoacoustic (PA) properties, and a high PA imaging signal could be observed in vivo 1 h after injection. Compared to the traditional Gd3+-loaded nanoparticles for single-modal MRI, Gd–M-dots can also be radiolabeled with 64Cu2+ for positron emission tomography. Overall, these attractive properties of Gd–M-dots render them a promising imaging agent for various biomedical applications.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00245

DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00245

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