Metal-based redox-responsive MRI contrast agents

SM Pinto, V Tomé, MJF Calvete, MMCA Castro… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Given their potential in a better characterization and diagnosis of major pathologies like
cancer or chronic inflammation, redox-activated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) probes …

Redox-activated MRI contrast agents based on lanthanide and transition metal ions

PB Tsitovich, PJ Burns, AM McKay… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2014 - Elsevier
The reduction/oxidation (redox) potential of tissue is tightly regulated in order to maintain
normal physiological processes, but is disrupted in disease states. Thus, the development of …

Defining the conditions for the development of the emerging class of Fe III-based MRI contrast agents

Z Baranyai, F Carniato, A Nucera, D Horváth, L Tei… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fe (III) complexes are attracting growing interest in chemists developing diagnostic probes
for Magnetic Resonance Imaging because they leverage on an endogenous metal and …

Comparison of divalent transition metal ion paraCEST MRI contrast agents

SJ Dorazio, AO Olatunde, PB Tsitovich… - JBIC Journal of Biological …, 2014 - Springer
Transition-metal-ion-based paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer
(paraCEST) agents are a promising new class of compounds for magnetic resonance …

CoCEST: cobalt (II) amide-appended paraCEST MRI contrast agents

SJ Dorazio, AO Olatunde, JA Spernyak… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The first examples of air-stable CoII paraCEST MRI contrast agents are reported. Amide NH
protons on the complexes give rise to CEST peaks that are shifted up to 112 ppm from the …

The NiCEST approach: nickel (II) paraCEST MRI contrast agents

AO Olatunde, SJ Dorazio, JA Spernyak… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Paramagnetic Ni (II) complexes are shown here to form paraCEST MRI contrast agents
(paraCEST= paramagnetic chemical exchange saturation transfer; NiCEST= Ni (II) based …

Ratiometric pH Imaging with a CoII2 MRI Probe via CEST Effects of Opposing pH Dependences

AE Thorarinsdottir, K Du, JHP Collins… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report a Co2-based magnetic resonance (MR) probe that enables the ratiometric
quantitation and imaging of pH through chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). This …

Redox‐and hypoxia‐responsive MRI contrast agents

QN Do, JS Ratnakar, Z Kovács, AD Sherry - ChemMedChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The development of responsive or “smart” magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast
agents that can report specific biomarker or biological events has been the focus of MRI …

Picolinate-Containing Macrocyclic Mn2+ Complexes as Potential MRI Contrast Agents

E Molnar, N Camus, V Patinec, GA Rolla… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis of the ligand Hnompa (6-((1, 4, 7-triazacyclononan-1-yl) methyl)
picolinic acid) and a detailed characterization of the Mn2+ complexes formed by this ligand …

Eight-Coordinate, Stable Fe(II) Complex as a Dual 19F and CEST Contrast Agent for Ratiometric pH Imaging

K Srivastava, G Ferrauto, VG Young Jr, S Aime… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Accurate mapping of small changes in pH is essential to the diagnosis of diseases such as
cancer. The difficulty in mapping pH accurately in vivo resides in the need for the probe to …