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Surface charge switching nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging

  • The Catholic University of Korea
  • Yonsei University

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Abstract

In this study, polypeptide-based nanoparticles [constituted using poly(l-lysine) coupled with deoxycholic acid (DOCA) and conjugated with 2,3-dimethylmaleic acid (DMA)] have high tumor selectivity once electrostatically switched by the acidic milieu of solid tumors. These nanoparticles exhibited a significantly increased in vitro cellular uptake and high accumulation in the acidic tumor site in vivo. Consequently, Fe 3O4-loaded nanoparticles enabled high contrast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the tumor in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-134
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume471
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Aug 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare (No. A111291 ), and by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2013R1A1A2010074 ), Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Surface charge switching nanoparticle
  • pH-Responsive

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