Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Endothelial Adhesion Molecules in Mouse Atherosclerosis Using Dual-Targeted Microparticles of Iron Oxide
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 28 (1), 77-83
- https://doi.org/10.1161/atvbaha.107.145466
Abstract
Objective— Microparticles of iron oxide (MPIO) distort magnetic field creating marked contrast effects far exceeding their physical size. We hypothesized that antibody-conjugated MPIO would enable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of endothelial cell adhesion molecules in mouse atherosclerosis. Methods and Results— MPIO (4.5 μm) were conjugated to monoclonal antibodies against vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM–MPIO) or P-selectin (P-selectin–MPIO). In vitro, VCAM–MPIO bound, in dose-dependent manner, to tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α stimulated sEND-1 endothelial cells, as quantified by light microscopy ( R 2 =0.94, P =0.03) and by MRI ( R 2 =0.98, P =0.01). VCAM–MPIO binding was blocked by preincubation with soluble VCAM-1. To mimic leukocyte binding, MPIO targeting both VCAM-1 and P-selectin were administered in apolipoprotein E −/− mice. By light microscopy, dual-targeted MPIO binding to endothelium overlying aortic root atherosclerosis was 5- to 7-fold more than P-selectin–MPIO ( P P P Conclusions— Dual-ligand MPIO bound to endothelium over atherosclerosis in vivo, under flow conditions. MPIO may provide a functional MRI probe for detecting endothelial-specific markers in a range of vascular pathologies.Keywords
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