Optical and MRI multifunctional nanoprobe for targeting gliomas

Omid Veiseh, Conroy Sun, Jonathan Gunn, Nathan Kohler, Patrik Gabikian, Donghoon Lee, Narayan Bhattarai, Richard Ellenbogen, Raymond Sze, Andrew Hallahan, Jim Olson, Miqin Zhang

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Abstract

A multifunctional nanoprobe capable of targeting glioma cells, detectable by both magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence microscopy, was developed. The nanoprobe was synthesized by coating Iron oxide nanoparticles with covalently bound bifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymer, which were subsequently functionalized with chlorotoxin and the near-infrared fluorescing molecule Cy5.5. Both MR imaging and fluorescence microscopy showed significant preferential uptake of the nanoparticle conjugates by glioma cells. Such a nanoprobe could potentially be used to image resections of glioma brain tumors in real time and to correlate preoperative diagnostic images with intraoperative pathology at cellular-level resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1003-1008
Number of pages6
JournalNano Letters
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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