PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging

Wei Jiang,*,1 Huiying Fang,*,2 Fengqiu Liu,3 Xue Zhou,1 Hongyun Zhao,4 Xiaojing He,1 Dajing Guo11Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Breast Diseases, Chongqin...

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Autores principales: Jiang W, Fang H, Liu F, Zhou X, Zhao H, He X, Guo D
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a97b32aed5024934a2132ece8daba3442021-12-02T03:02:46ZPEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/a97b32aed5024934a2132ece8daba3442019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/peg-coated-and-gd-loaded-fluorescent-silica-nanoparticles-for-targeted-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Wei Jiang,*,1 Huiying Fang,*,2 Fengqiu Liu,3 Xue Zhou,1 Hongyun Zhao,4 Xiaojing He,1 Dajing Guo11Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Breast Diseases, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing Cancer Institute and Chongqing Cancer Hospital, Chongqing 400030, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workBackground: Multimodal imaging probes have become a powerful tool for improving detection sensitivity and accuracy, which are important in disease diagnosis and treatment.Methods: In this study, novel bifunctional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/fluorescence probes were prepared by loading gadodiamide into fluorescent silica nanoparticles (NPs) (Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs) for targeting of prostate cancer (PCa). The physicochemical characteristics, biosafety and PCa cell targeting ability of the Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs were studied in vitro and in vivo.Results: The Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs had a spherical morphology with a relatively uniform size distribution and demonstrated high efficiency for Gd loading. In vitro and in vivo cell-targeting experiments demonstrated a high potential for the synthesized NPs to target prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) receptor-positive PCa cells, enabling MRI and fluorescence imaging. In vitro cytotoxicity assays and in vivo hematological and pathological assays showed that the prepared NPs exhibited good biological safety.Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that the synthesized Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs have great potential as MRI/fluorescence contrast agents for specific identification of PSMA receptor-positive PCa cells.Keywords: silica nanoparticles, prostate cancer, magnetic resonance imaging, fluorescence imaging, targetingJiang WFang HLiu FZhou XZhao HHe XGuo DDove Medical Pressarticlesilica nanoparticlesprostate cancermagnetic resonance imagingfluorescence imagingtargetMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 14, Pp 5611-5622 (2019)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic silica nanoparticles
prostate cancer
magnetic resonance imaging
fluorescence imaging
target
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle silica nanoparticles
prostate cancer
magnetic resonance imaging
fluorescence imaging
target
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Jiang W
Fang H
Liu F
Zhou X
Zhao H
He X
Guo D
PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
description Wei Jiang,*,1 Huiying Fang,*,2 Fengqiu Liu,3 Xue Zhou,1 Hongyun Zhao,4 Xiaojing He,1 Dajing Guo11Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Breast Diseases, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing Cancer Institute and Chongqing Cancer Hospital, Chongqing 400030, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workBackground: Multimodal imaging probes have become a powerful tool for improving detection sensitivity and accuracy, which are important in disease diagnosis and treatment.Methods: In this study, novel bifunctional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/fluorescence probes were prepared by loading gadodiamide into fluorescent silica nanoparticles (NPs) (Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs) for targeting of prostate cancer (PCa). The physicochemical characteristics, biosafety and PCa cell targeting ability of the Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs were studied in vitro and in vivo.Results: The Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs had a spherical morphology with a relatively uniform size distribution and demonstrated high efficiency for Gd loading. In vitro and in vivo cell-targeting experiments demonstrated a high potential for the synthesized NPs to target prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) receptor-positive PCa cells, enabling MRI and fluorescence imaging. In vitro cytotoxicity assays and in vivo hematological and pathological assays showed that the prepared NPs exhibited good biological safety.Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that the synthesized Gd@Cy5.5@SiO2-PEG-Ab NPs have great potential as MRI/fluorescence contrast agents for specific identification of PSMA receptor-positive PCa cells.Keywords: silica nanoparticles, prostate cancer, magnetic resonance imaging, fluorescence imaging, targeting
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author Jiang W
Fang H
Liu F
Zhou X
Zhao H
He X
Guo D
author_facet Jiang W
Fang H
Liu F
Zhou X
Zhao H
He X
Guo D
author_sort Jiang W
title PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
title_short PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
title_full PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
title_fullStr PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
title_full_unstemmed PEG-coated and Gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
title_sort peg-coated and gd-loaded fluorescent silica nanoparticles for targeted prostate cancer magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/a97b32aed5024934a2132ece8daba344
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