Rebecca Schmidt1, Nadine Nippe, Klaus Strobel, Max Masthoff, Olga Reifschneider, Daniela Delli Castelli, Carsten Höltke, Silvio Aime, Uwe Karst, Cord Sunderkötter, Christoph Bremer, Cornelius Faber. 1. From the Department of Clinical Radiology (R.S., K.S., M.M., C.H., U.K., C.B., C.F.) and Clinic of Dermatology-General Dermatology and Venerology (N.N., C.S.), University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany; Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (O.R., U.K.); Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy (D.D.C., S.A.); Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003, Cells in Motion, Münster, Germany (U.K., C.S., C.B., C.F.); and Bruker Biospin GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany (K.S.).
Abstract
PURPOSE: To explore the feasibility of tracking thulium (Tm)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-α,α',α'',α'''-tetramethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTMA)-labeled cells in vivo by means of highly shifted proton magnetic resonance (MR) imaging as a potential alternative to established cell-tracking methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All animal experiments were approved by the local ethics committee for animal experiments. Highly shifted proton MR imaging is based on the principle that the shifted resonances on Tm and dysprosium (Dy)-DOTMA can be detected separately from the tissue water signal at MR imaging with very short echo time and radial center-out readout (UTE, or "ultrashort echo time"). MR imaging of aqueous solutions and in mice in vivo was performed at 9.4 T. Human fibrosarcoma cells (HT-1080) and murine macrophages were labeled with different amounts of Tm-DOTMA. Labeled fibrosarcoma cells were injected subcutaneously into three mice. For cell tracking, labeled macrophages were administered intravenously into eight mice bearing local granulomatous inflammation. Three-dimensional UTE MR imaging was performed during 1 week. Macrophage viability and activity and fibrosarcoma cell viability were statistically analyzed by performing an unpaired two-tailed t test for labeled versus unlabeled cells by using data of at least six independent experiments. RESULTS: The strongly shifted MR lines of Tm- and Dy-DOTMA can be separated from the tissue water signal and from each other. A detection limit of about 25 µmol/L of Tm-DOTMA was calculated from in vitro MR measurements. A mean ± standard error of the mean intracellular uptake of (4.19 ± 0.88) × 10(9) (HT-1080) and (10.1 ± 3.0) × 10(10) (macrophages) of Tm-DOTMA molecules per cell was achieved. In vivo, Tm-DOTMA signal was detectable for 1 week in both tumors and macrophages, with a detection limit of approximately 10(4) HT-1080 and 600 macrophages. Histologic examination results and elemental bioimaging confirmed labeled cells as source of MR signal. CONCLUSION: Strongly shifted proton three-dimensional UTE MR imaging of Tm-DOTMA-labeled cells is a highly specific and sensitive tool for in vivo cell tracking.
PURPOSE: To explore the feasibility of tracking thulium (Tm)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-α,α',α'',α'''-tetramethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTMA)-labeled cells in vivo by means of highly shifted proton magnetic resonance (MR) imaging as a potential alternative to established cell-tracking methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All animal experiments were approved by the local ethics committee for animal experiments. Highly shifted proton MR imaging is based on the principle that the shifted resonances on Tm and dysprosium (Dy)-DOTMA can be detected separately from the tissue water signal at MR imaging with very short echo time and radial center-out readout (UTE, or "ultrashort echo time"). MR imaging of aqueous solutions and in mice in vivo was performed at 9.4 T. Humanfibrosarcoma cells (HT-1080) and murine macrophages were labeled with different amounts of Tm-DOTMA. Labeled fibrosarcoma cells were injected subcutaneously into three mice. For cell tracking, labeled macrophages were administered intravenously into eight mice bearing local granulomatous inflammation. Three-dimensional UTE MR imaging was performed during 1 week. Macrophage viability and activity and fibrosarcoma cell viability were statistically analyzed by performing an unpaired two-tailed t test for labeled versus unlabeled cells by using data of at least six independent experiments. RESULTS: The strongly shifted MR lines of Tm- and Dy-DOTMA can be separated from the tissue water signal and from each other. A detection limit of about 25 µmol/L of Tm-DOTMA was calculated from in vitro MR measurements. A mean ± standard error of the mean intracellular uptake of (4.19 ± 0.88) × 10(9) (HT-1080) and (10.1 ± 3.0) × 10(10) (macrophages) of Tm-DOTMA molecules per cell was achieved. In vivo, Tm-DOTMA signal was detectable for 1 week in both tumors and macrophages, with a detection limit of approximately 10(4) HT-1080 and 600 macrophages. Histologic examination results and elemental bioimaging confirmed labeled cells as source of MR signal. CONCLUSION: Strongly shifted proton three-dimensional UTE MR imaging of Tm-DOTMA-labeled cells is a highly specific and sensitive tool for in vivo cell tracking.
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