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ArticleACS nano2014

High-relaxivity superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoworms with decreased immune recognition and long-circulating properties.

Guankui Wang, Swetha Inturi, Natalie J Serkova, Sergey Merkulov, Keith McCrae, Stephen E Russek, Nirmal K Banda, Dmitri Simberg

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Article in ACS nano, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Guankui WangThe Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver , Anschutz Medical Campus, 12850 E. Montview Boulevard, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States.
Swetha Inturi
Natalie J Serkova
Sergey Merkulov
Keith McCrae
Stephen E Russek
Nirmal K Banda
Dmitri Simberg
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Montana · USNational Institute of Standards and Technology · USUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001082 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2013 to 2017
$48.0M
Photo-assisted targeting of immunotherapy to the bladderR21CA167524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HAYASHI, TOMOKO, SIMBERG, DMITRI · 2012 to 2013
$359k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001082NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NCI NIH HHS R21 CA167524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the core issues of nanotechnology involves masking the foreignness of nanomaterials to enable in vivo longevity and long-term immune evasion. Dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles are very effective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, and strategies to prevent immune recognition are critical for their clinical translation. Here we prepared 20 kDa dextran-coated SPIO nanoworms (NWs) of 250 nm diameter and a high molar transverse relaxivity rate R2 (∼400 mM(-1) s(-1)) to study the effect of cross-linking-hydrogelation with 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane (epichlorohydrin) on the immune evasion both in vitro and in vivo. Cross-linking was performed in the presence of different concentrations of NaOH (0.5 to 10 N) and different temperatures (23 and 37 °C). Increasing NaOH concentration and temperature significantly decrease the binding of anti-dextran antibody and dextran-binding lectin conconavalin A to the NWs. The decrease in dextran immunoreactivity correlated with the decrease in opsonization by complement component 3 (C3) and with the decrease in the binding of the lectin pathway factor MASP-2 in mouse serum, suggesting that cross-linking blocks the lectin pathway of complement. The decrease in C3 opsonization correlated with the decrease in NW uptake by murine peritoneal macrophages. Optimized NWs demonstrated up to 10 h circulation half-life in mice and minimal uptake by the liver, while maintaining the large 250 nm size in the blood. We demonstrate that immune recognition of large iron oxide nanoparticles can be efficiently blocked by chemical cross-linking-hydrogelation, which is a promising strategy to improve safety and bioinertness of MRI contrast agents.

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NanoparticlesAnimalsBiological TransportDextransFerric CompoundsHalf-LifeMacrophagesMaleMiceParticle SizeSodium HydroxideTemperatureDextransFerric Compoundsferric oxideSodium Hydroxideblood circulationcomplement activationcomponent 3cross-linkingdextranepichlorohydriniron oxidemagnetic resonance imagingnanoworms

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PMCPMC4692719
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