Magnetic CoPt nanoparticles as MRI contrast agent for transplanted neural stem cells detection

Meng, Xiao-Ting, Seton, Hugh C., Lu, Le T., Prior, Ian A., Thanh, Nguyen T. K. and Song, Bing ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9356-2333 2011. Magnetic CoPt nanoparticles as MRI contrast agent for transplanted neural stem cells detection. Nanoscale 3 (3) , pp. 977-984. 10.1039/c0nr00846j

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Abstract

Neural stem cells (NSCs) exhibit features that make them suitable candidates for stem cell replacement therapy and spinal cord reconstruction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers the potential to track cells in vivo using innovative approaches to cell labeling and image acquisition. In this study, experiments were carried out to optimize the loading condition of magnetic CoPt hollow nanoparticles (CoPt NPs) into neural stem cells and to define appropriate MRI parameters. Both cell viability and multipotency analysis showed that CoPt NPs at a concentration of 16 g ml-1 reduced T 2 relaxation times in labeled rat NSCs, producing greater contrast on spin echo acquisitions at 4.7 T, yet did not affect cell viability and in vitro differentiation potential compared to controls. After optimizing nanoparticle loading concentrations and labeled cell numbers for MRI detection, CoPt-loaded NSCs were transplanted into organotypic spinal cord slices. The results showed that MRI could efficiently detect low numbers of CoPt-labeled NSCs with the enhanced image contrast. Our study demonstrated that MRI of grafted NSCs labeled with CoPt NPs is a useful tool to evaluate organotypic spinal cord slice models and has potential applications in other biological systems. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology
Publisher:	RSC Publishing
ISSN:	2040-3364
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15971

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