Renally Excretable and Size-Tunable Silver SulfideNanoparticles for Dual-Energy Mammography or Computed Tomography
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS(2019)
摘要
Significant effort has been focused on developing renally clearable nanoparticle agents since efficient renal clearance is important for eventual clinical translation. Silver sulfide nanoparticles (Ag2S-NP) have recently been identified as contrast agents for dual-energy mammography, computed tomography (CT), and fluorescence imaging and probes for drug delivery and photothermal therapy with good biocompatibility. However, most Ag2S-NP reported to date are not renally excretable and are observed in vivo to accumulate and remain in the reticuloendothelial system (RES) organs, i.e., liver and spleen, for a long time, which could negatively impact their likelihood for translation. Herein, we present renally clearable, 3.1 nm Ag2S-NP with 85% of the injected dose (ID) being excreted within 24 h of intravenous injection, which is among the best clearance of similarly sized nanoparticles reported thus far (mostly between 20 and 75% of ID). The urinary excretion and low RES accumulation of these nanoparticles in mice were indicated by in vivo CT imaging and biodistribution analysis. In summary, these ultrasmall Ag2S-NP can be effectively eliminated via urine and have high translational potential for various biomedical applications.
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nanoparticles,renally excretable,silver,size-tunable,dual-energy
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