OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to develop and validate a new fibrin-targeted imaging agent that enables high-resolution near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). BACKGROUND: NIRF imaging of fibrin could enable highly sensitive and noninvasive molecular imaging of thrombosis syndromes in vivo. METHODS: A fibrin-targeted peptide was conjugated to a near-infrared fluorophore Cy7, termed FTP11-Cy7. The NIRF peptide is based on a fibrin-specific imaging agent that has completed Phase II clinical magnetic resonance imaging trials. In vitro binding of FTP11-Cy7 to human plasma clots was assessed by using fluorescence reflectance imaging. Next, FTP11-Cy7 was intravenously injected in mice with femoral DVT induced by topical 7.5% ferric chloride treatment. Intravital fluorescence microscopy and noninvasive fluorescence molecular tomography-computed tomography were performed in 32 mice with DVT, followed by histological analyses. RESULTS: In vitro human clot-binding analyses showed a 6-fold higher NIRF clot target-to-background ratio (TBR) of FTP11-Cy7 than free Cy7 (6.3 ± 0.34 vs. 1.2 ± 0.03; p < 0.0001). The thrombus TBR of acute and subacute femoral DVT with FTP11-Cy7 obtained by using intravital fluorescence microscopy was >400% higher than control free Cy7. Binding of FTP11-Cy7 to thrombi was blocked by a 100-fold excess of unlabeled competitor peptide both in vitro and in vivo (p < 0.001 for each). Histological analyses confirmed that FTP11-Cy7 specifically accumulated in thrombi. Noninvasive fluorescence molecular tomography-computed tomography imaging of fibrin in jugular DVT demonstrated strong NIRF signal in thrombi compared with sham-operated jugular veins (mean TBR 3.5 ± 0.7 vs. 1.5 ± 0.3; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The fibrin-targeted NIRF agent FTP11-Cy7 was shown to avidly and specifically bind human and murine thrombi, and enable sensitive, multimodal intravital and noninvasive NIRF molecular imaging detection of acute and subacute murine DVT in vivo.
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to develop and validate a new fibrin-targeted imaging agent that enables high-resolution near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). BACKGROUND: NIRF imaging of fibrin could enable highly sensitive and noninvasive molecular imaging of thrombosis syndromes in vivo. METHODS: A fibrin-targeted peptide was conjugated to a near-infrared fluorophore Cy7, termed FTP11-Cy7. The NIRF peptide is based on a fibrin-specific imaging agent that has completed Phase II clinical magnetic resonance imaging trials. In vitro binding of FTP11-Cy7 to human plasma clots was assessed by using fluorescence reflectance imaging. Next, FTP11-Cy7 was intravenously injected in mice with femoral DVT induced by topical 7.5% ferric chloride treatment. Intravital fluorescence microscopy and noninvasive fluorescence molecular tomography-computed tomography were performed in 32 mice with DVT, followed by histological analyses. RESULTS: In vitro human clot-binding analyses showed a 6-fold higher NIRF clot target-to-background ratio (TBR) of FTP11-Cy7 than free Cy7 (6.3 ± 0.34 vs. 1.2 ± 0.03; p < 0.0001). The thrombusTBR of acute and subacute femoral DVT with FTP11-Cy7 obtained by using intravital fluorescence microscopy was >400% higher than control free Cy7. Binding of FTP11-Cy7 to thrombi was blocked by a 100-fold excess of unlabeled competitor peptide both in vitro and in vivo (p < 0.001 for each). Histological analyses confirmed that FTP11-Cy7 specifically accumulated in thrombi. Noninvasive fluorescence molecular tomography-computed tomography imaging of fibrin in jugular DVT demonstrated strong NIRF signal in thrombi compared with sham-operated jugular veins (mean TBR 3.5 ± 0.7 vs. 1.5 ± 0.3; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The fibrin-targeted NIRF agent FTP11-Cy7 was shown to avidly and specifically bind human and murinethrombi, and enable sensitive, multimodal intravital and noninvasive NIRF molecular imaging detection of acute and subacute murine DVT in vivo.
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