1 School of Medical Imaging, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; 2 Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, China
Abstract: In this work, fluorescent carbon dots with the quantum yield of 93% were prepared using a solvent-free method by carbonization of sodium citrate and urea at 200 ℃ for 1 h. The prepared CDs and MnO2 nanosheets were electrostatically assembled to construct activated fluorescence-magnetic resonance dual-modal MnO2-CDs using poly (allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) as coupling agent. The preparation of MnO2-CDs was optimized to improve the imaging performance. The activation of fluorescence and magnetic resonance signals of MnO2-CDs was investigated. In the presence of GSH, the fluorescence was restored, and the T1-weighted signal was enhanced with a relaxation rate of 7.01 mmol-1·L·s-1. When the concentration of the material was as high as 2 mg/mL, the survival rate of the cells was still above 85%. The HO-8910 ovarian cancer cells showed bright fluorescence and T1-weighted signals after incubation with MnO2-CDs, while Ea.hy926 normal cells showed only weak signals.The fluorescence and magnetic resonance bimodal GSH-activatable nanoprobe MnO2-CDs not only had high quantum yield and T1 relaxation efficiency, but also had low cytotoxicity. Moreover, these nanoparticles could allow for the detection of cancer cells with both fluorescence and MRI imaging techniques through the GSH activated signals would greatly increase the target-to-background signal ratio for higher imaging sensitivity.
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