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Targeted gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for CD163 detection in atherosclerosis by MRI.

Scientific reports (2015-12-01)
Carlos Tarin, Monica Carril, Jose Luis Martin-Ventura, Irati Markuerkiaga, Daniel Padro, Patricia Llamas-Granda, Juan Antonio Moreno, Isabel García, Nuria Genicio, Sandra Plaza-Garcia, Luis Miguel Blanco-Colio, Soledad Penades, Jesus Egido
ABSTRACT

CD163 is a membrane receptor expressed by macrophage lineage. Studies performed in atherosclerosis have shown that CD163 expression is increased at inflammatory sites, pointing at the presence of intraplaque hemorrhagic sites or asymptomatic plaques. Hence, imaging of CD163 expressing macrophages is an interesting strategy in order to detect atherosclerotic plaques. We have prepared a targeted probe based on gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles vectorized with an anti-CD163 antibody for the specific detection of CD163 by MRI. Firstly, the specificity of the targeted probe was validated in vitro by incubation of the probe with CD163(+) or (-) macrophages. The probe was able to selectively detect CD163(+) macrophages both in human and murine cells. Subsequently, the targeted probe was injected in 16 weeks old apoE deficient mice developing atherosclerotic lesions and the pararenal abdominal aorta was imaged by MRI. The accumulation of probe in the site of interest increased over time and the signal intensity decreased significantly 48 hours after the injection. Hence, we have developed a highly sensitive targeted probe capable of detecting CD163-expressing macrophages that could provide useful information about the state of the atheromatous lesions.

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