Sensitive biological detection with a soluble and stable polymeric paramagnetic nanocluster

J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Jun 27;134(25):10377-80. doi: 10.1021/ja3040366. Epub 2012 Jun 13.

Abstract

We describe the design, synthesis, and biological characterization of manganese oxocluster-based "single molecule magnets (SMMs)". We demonstrate that polymeric micellar nanoparticles can serve as a carrier and help to stabilize delicate SMM molecules from breaking down easily and thus prevent their property loss. Concentrating thousands of Mn-clusters per micelle provided a high ionic and per-particle relaxivity allowing sensitive MR imaging in vivo. This reports one of the earliest examples of in vivo imaging of a rationally designed polymeric micelle that features SMM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Stability
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetics*
  • Manganese / chemistry*
  • Micelles
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Micelles
  • Polymers
  • Manganese