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Real-time magnetic resonance imaging and quantification of lipoprotein metabolism in vivo using nanocrystals.
Nat. Nanotechnol. 4, 193-201 (2009)
Semiconductor quantum dots and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals have physical properties that are well suited for biomedical imaging. Previously, we have shown that iron oxide nanocrystals embedded within the lipid core of micelles show optimized characteristics for quantitative imaging. Here, we embed quantum dots and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals in the core of lipoproteins--micelles that transport lipids and other hydrophobic substances in the blood--and show that it is possible to image and quantify the kinetics of lipoprotein metabolism in vivo using fluorescence and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. The lipoproteins were taken up by liver cells in wild-type mice and displayed defective clearance in knock-out mice lacking a lipoprotein receptor or its ligand, indicating that the nanocrystals did not influence the specificity of the metabolic process. Using this strategy it is possible to study the clearance of lipoproteins in metabolic disorders and to improve the contrast in clinical imaging.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1748-3387
e-ISSN
1748-3395
Journal
Nature Nanotechnology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 4,
Issue: 3,
Pages: 193-201
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
London
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC)