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3 March 2014 Photoacoustic molecular imaging of angiogenesis using theranostic ανβ3-targeted copper nanoparticles incorporating a sn-2 lipase-labile fumagillin prodrug
Ruiying Zhang, Xin Cai, Xiaoxia Yang, Angana Senpan, John S. Allen, Dipanjan Pan, Gregory M. Lanza, Lihong V. Wang
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Abstract
Photoacoustic (PA) tomography imaging is an emerging, versatile, and noninvasive imaging modality, which combines the advantages of both optical imaging and ultrasound imaging. It opens up opportunities for noninvasive imaging of angiogenesis, a feature of skin pathologies including cancers and psoriasis. In this study, high-density copper oleate encapsulated within a phospholipid surfactant (CuNPs) generated a soft nanoparticle with PA contrast comparable to gold. Within the near-infrared window, the copper nanoparticles can provide a signal more than 7 times higher that of blood. ανβ3-targeted of CuNPs in a Matrigel mouse model demonstrated prominent PA contrast enhancement of the neovasculature compared to mice given nontargeted or competitively inhibited CuNPs. Incorporation of a sn-2 lipase-labile fumagillin prodrug into the CuNPs produced marked antiangiogenesis in the same model, demonstrating the theranostic potential of a PA agent for the first time in vivo. With a PA signal comparable to gold-based nanoparticles yet a lower cost and demonstrated drug delivery potential, ανβ3-targeted CuNPs hold great promise for the management of skin pathologies with neovascular features.
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Ruiying Zhang, Xin Cai, Xiaoxia Yang, Angana Senpan, John S. Allen, Dipanjan Pan, Gregory M. Lanza, and Lihong V. Wang "Photoacoustic molecular imaging of angiogenesis using theranostic ανβ3-targeted copper nanoparticles incorporating a sn-2 lipase-labile fumagillin prodrug", Proc. SPIE 8943, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2014, 89435I (3 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041120
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KEYWORDS
Nanoparticles

Copper

Blood

Gold

Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Imaging systems

Molecular imaging

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