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. 2019 Mar/Apr;43(2):350-357.
doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000842.

Novel Hybrid Dextran-Gadolinium Nanoparticles as High-relaxivity T1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent for Mapping the Sentinel Lymph Node

Bolun Lu  1 , Hao Wang  2 , Qing Lu  3 , Zhengya Tang  1 , Hongjing Dou  2 , Tingting Dai  1 , Shengli Li  1
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Novel Hybrid Dextran-Gadolinium Nanoparticles as High-relaxivity T1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent for Mapping the Sentinel Lymph Node

Bolun Lu et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2019 Mar/Apr.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the applicability of a novel hybrid dextran-gadolinium nanoparticles (NPs) as high-relaxivity T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent for mapping the sentinel lymph node (SLN).

Methods: Dextran-bis-acrylamide-polyacrylic acid (Dex-MBA-PAA) NPs were synthesized through a self-assembly assisted approach and complexed with multiple chelated gadolinium (Gd) (III) ions. After their characterization was validated, they were used to mapping SLNs by MRI in Wistar rats, and their biosafety was evaluated.

Results: Dextran-MBA-polyacrylic acid-Gd NPs have suitable particle size and much higher longitudinal relaxivity (r1) than that of commonly used clinical MRI contrast agents (eg, gadopentetic acid dimeglumine salt injection). The in vivo T1-weighted MRI results revealed their effectiveness at mapping SLNs. And their biological safety was also verified.

Conclusions: Dextran-MBA-polyacrylic acid-Gd NPs were synthesized and validated by in vitro and in vivo experiments for their ability to visualize SLNs by MRI with accurate positioning and excellent biosafety, and they have great potential for clinical SLN mapping.

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