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Development of a method for the preparation of zirconium-89 radiolabelled chitosan nanoparticles as an application for leukocyte trafficking with positron emission tomography

  • M. Fairclough
  • , B. Ellis
  • , H. Boutin
  • , A. K.P. Jones
  • , A. McMahon
  • , S. Alzabin
  • , A. Gennari
  • , C. Prenant

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Abstract

Positron Emission Tomography is an attractive imaging modality for monitoring the migration of cells to pathological tissue. We evaluated a new method for radiolabelling leukocytes with zirconium-89 (89Zr) using chitosan nanoparticles (CN, Z-average size 343 ± 210 nm and zeta potential +46 ± 4 mV) as the carrier. We propose that cell uptake of 89Zr-loaded CN occurred in a two-step process; cell membrane interaction with 89Zr-loaded CN was followed by a slower cell internalisation step.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-12
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume130
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chitosan
  • Inflammation imaging
  • Leukocyte trafficking
  • Nanoparticles
  • PET
  • Zr-89

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