Background:Acute thrombotic events play a major role in various cardio-vascular diseases.Therefore,direct thrombus imaging can be proved beneficial for early diagnosis and prompt therapy of thrombosis.Our study invest...Background:Acute thrombotic events play a major role in various cardio-vascular diseases.Therefore,direct thrombus imaging can be proved beneficial for early diagnosis and prompt therapy of thrombosis.Our study investigated targeted dual‐modality cyclic arginine‐glycine‐aspartic micro bubbles(cRGD‐MBs)for direct imaging of thrombi by fluorescence and ultrasound.Methods:cRGD‐MBs were prepared by mechanical vibration and chemical chelation methods.Results:Coulter counter analysis demonstrated that the cRGD‐MBs were well dispersed,with diameters ranging from 1 to 3μm.They emitted bright red fluorescence under an excitation wavelength of 660 nm.In vivo fluorescence and ultrasound imaging revealed that cRGD‐MBs accumulated at the site of thrombus in the carotid artery with significant fluorescence and ultrasonic signal.Conclusions:This study showed that novel microbubble cRGD‐MBs were successfully synthesized,and that these could potentially be used as contrast agents for immediate diagnosis of acute thrombus in vivo.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:82270533,U22A6008,81970443National Key Research and Development Program of China,Grant/Award Number:2022YFC3602400+1 种基金Key Health Care Project of National Health,Grant/Award Number:2020ZD05Basic Research Reinforcement Project,Grant/Award Number:JCJQ‐JJ‐1079。
文摘Background:Acute thrombotic events play a major role in various cardio-vascular diseases.Therefore,direct thrombus imaging can be proved beneficial for early diagnosis and prompt therapy of thrombosis.Our study investigated targeted dual‐modality cyclic arginine‐glycine‐aspartic micro bubbles(cRGD‐MBs)for direct imaging of thrombi by fluorescence and ultrasound.Methods:cRGD‐MBs were prepared by mechanical vibration and chemical chelation methods.Results:Coulter counter analysis demonstrated that the cRGD‐MBs were well dispersed,with diameters ranging from 1 to 3μm.They emitted bright red fluorescence under an excitation wavelength of 660 nm.In vivo fluorescence and ultrasound imaging revealed that cRGD‐MBs accumulated at the site of thrombus in the carotid artery with significant fluorescence and ultrasonic signal.Conclusions:This study showed that novel microbubble cRGD‐MBs were successfully synthesized,and that these could potentially be used as contrast agents for immediate diagnosis of acute thrombus in vivo.
