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- Title
NIR-labeled nanoparticles engineered for brain targeting: in vivo optical imaging application and fluorescent microscopy evidences.
- Authors
Tosi, G; Bondioli, L; Ruozi, B; Badiali, L; Severini, G M; Biffi, S; De Vita, A; Bortot, B; Dolcetta, D; Forni, F; Vandelli, M A
- Abstract
The presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes extremely difficult to develop efficacious strategies for targeting contrast agents and delivering drugs inside the Central Nervous System (CNS). To overcome this drawback, several kinds of CNS-targeted nanoparticles (NPs) have been developed. In particular, we proposed poly-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) NPs engineered with a simil-opioid glycopeptide (g7), which have already proved to be a promising tool for achieving a successful brain targeting after i.v. administration in rats. In order to obtain CNS-targeted NPs to use for in vivo imaging, we synthesized and administrated in mice PLGA NPs with double coverage: near-infrared (NIR) probe (DY-675) and g7. The optical imaging clearly showed a brain localization of these novel NPs. Thus, a novel kind of NIR-labeled NPs were obtained, providing a new, in vivo detectable nanotechnology tool. Besides, the confocal and fluorescence microscopy evidences allowed to further confirm the ability of g7 to promote not only the rat, but also the mouse BBB crossing.
- Publication
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2011, Vol 118, Issue 1, p145
- ISSN
1435-1463
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00702-010-0497-1