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2011

Chemistry

Magnetic resonance imaging

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Towards The Rational Design Of Mri Contrast Agents: Δ-Substitution Of Lanthanide(Iii) Nb-Dota-Tetraamide Chelates Influences But Does Not Control Coordination Geometry, Christiane E. Carney, Anh D. Tran, Jing Wang, Matthias C. Schabel, A. Dean Sherry, Mark Woods Sep 2011

Towards The Rational Design Of Mri Contrast Agents: Δ-Substitution Of Lanthanide(Iii) Nb-Dota-Tetraamide Chelates Influences But Does Not Control Coordination Geometry, Christiane E. Carney, Anh D. Tran, Jing Wang, Matthias C. Schabel, A. Dean Sherry, Mark Woods

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

LnDOTA-tetraamide chelates (DOTA=1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) have received considerable recent attention as a result of their potential to act as PARACEST contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although PARACEST agents afford several advantages over conventional contrast agents they suffer from substantially higher detection limits; thus, improving the effectiveness of LnDOTA-tetraamide chelates is an important goal. In this study we investigate the potential to extend conformational control of LnDOTA-type ligands to those applicable to PARACEST. Furthermore, the question of whether δ- rather than α-substitution of the pendant arms could be used to control the chelate coordination geometry is addressed. Although δ-substitution does …


Properties, Solution State Behavior, And Crystal Structures Of Chelates Of Dotma, Silvio Aime, Mauro Botta, Zoltán Garda, Benjamin E. Kucera, Gyula Tircso, Victor G. Young, Mark Woods Sep 2011

Properties, Solution State Behavior, And Crystal Structures Of Chelates Of Dotma, Silvio Aime, Mauro Botta, Zoltán Garda, Benjamin E. Kucera, Gyula Tircso, Victor G. Young, Mark Woods

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The chemistry of polyamino carboxylates and their use as ligands for Ln(3+) ions is of considerable interest from the point of view of the development of new imaging agents. Of particular interest is the chemistry of the macrocyclic ligand 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) and its derivatives. Herein we report that the tetramethylated DOTA derivative, DOTMA, possess several properties that, from an imaging agent development point of view, are more advantageous than those of the parent DOTA. In particular, the Ln(3+) chelates of DOTMA exhibit a marked preference for the monocapped twisted square antiprismatic coordination isomer which imparts more rapid water exchange …


Analysis Of The Conformational Behavior And Stability Of The Sap And Tsap Isomers Of Lanthanide(Iii) Nb-Dota-Type Chelates, Gyula Tircso, Benjamin Charles Webber, Benjamin E. Kucera, Victor G. Young, Mark Woods Aug 2011

Analysis Of The Conformational Behavior And Stability Of The Sap And Tsap Isomers Of Lanthanide(Iii) Nb-Dota-Type Chelates, Gyula Tircso, Benjamin Charles Webber, Benjamin E. Kucera, Victor G. Young, Mark Woods

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Controlling the water exchange kinetics of macrocyclic Gd(3+) chelates, a key parameter in the design of improved magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast media, may be facilitated by selecting the coordination geometry of the chelate. The water exchange kinetics of the mono- capped twisted square antiprism (TSAP) being much closer to optimal than those of the mono capped square antiprism (SAP) render the TSAP isomer more desirable for high relaxivity applications. Two systems have been developed that allow for selection of the TSAP coordination geometry in 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA)-type Gd(3+) chelates, both based upon the macrocycle nitrobenzyl cyclen. In this paper …


Investigations Into Whole Water, Prototropic And Amide Proton Exchange In Lanthanide(Iii) Dota-Tetraamide Chelates, Mark Woods, Azhar Pasha, Piyu Zhao, Gyula Tircso, Somdatta Chowdhury, Garry Kiefer, Donald E. Woessner, A. Dean Sherry Jul 2011

Investigations Into Whole Water, Prototropic And Amide Proton Exchange In Lanthanide(Iii) Dota-Tetraamide Chelates, Mark Woods, Azhar Pasha, Piyu Zhao, Gyula Tircso, Somdatta Chowdhury, Garry Kiefer, Donald E. Woessner, A. Dean Sherry

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Lanthanide(III) chelates of DOTA-tetraamide ligands have been an area of particular interest since the discovery that water exchange kinetics are dramatically affected by the switch from acetate to amide side-chain donors. More recently these chelates have attracted interest as potential PARACEST agents for use in MRI. In this paper we report the results of studies using chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) and some more recently reported chelates to re-examine the exchange processes in this class of chelate. We find that the conclusions of Parker and Aime are, for the most part, solid; water exchange is slow and a substantial amount …


Strategies For Labeling Proteins With Paracest Agents, Olga Vasalatiy, Piyu Zhao, Mark Woods, Andrei Marconescu, Aminta Castillo-Muzquiz, Philip Thorpe, Garry Kiefer, A. Dean Sherry Jan 2011

Strategies For Labeling Proteins With Paracest Agents, Olga Vasalatiy, Piyu Zhao, Mark Woods, Andrei Marconescu, Aminta Castillo-Muzquiz, Philip Thorpe, Garry Kiefer, A. Dean Sherry

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reactive surface lysine groups on the chimeric monoclonal antibody (3G4) and on human serum albumin (HSA) were labeled with two different PARACEST chelates. Between 7.4 – 10.1 chelates were added per 3G4 molecule and between 5.6 – 5.9 chelates per molecule of HSA, depending upon which conjugation chemistry was used. The immunoreactivity of 3G4 as measured by ELISA assays was highly dependent upon the number of attached chelates: 88% immunoreactivity with 7.4 chelates per antibody versus only 17% immunoreactivity with 10.1 chelates per antibody. Upon conjugation to 3G4, the bound water lifetime of Eu-1 increased only marginally, up from …


Imaging The Extracellular Ph Of Tumors By Mri After Injection Of A Single Cocktail Of T1 And T2 Contrast Agents, Gary V. Martinez, Xiaomeng Zhang, María L. García-Martín, David L. Morse, Mark Woods, A. Dean Sherry, Robert J. Gillies Jan 2011

Imaging The Extracellular Ph Of Tumors By Mri After Injection Of A Single Cocktail Of T1 And T2 Contrast Agents, Gary V. Martinez, Xiaomeng Zhang, María L. García-Martín, David L. Morse, Mark Woods, A. Dean Sherry, Robert J. Gillies

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The extracellular pH (pH(e) ) of solid tumors is acidic, and there is evidence that an acidic pH(e) is related to invasiveness. Herein, we describe an MRI single-infusion method to measure pH(e) in gliomas using a cocktail of contrast agents (CAs). The cocktail contained gadolinium-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraaminophosphonate (GdDOTA-4AmP) and dysprosium-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid) (DyDOTP), whose effects on relaxation are sensitive and insensitive to pH, respectively. The Gd-CA dominated the spin-lattice relaxivity ΔR(1) , whereas the Dy-CA dominated the spin-spin relaxivity ΔR(2)*. The ΔR(2)* effects were used to determine the pixel-wise concentration of [Dy] which, in turn, was used to calculate a value for [Gd] …