A multimodal Pepstatin A peptide-based nanoagent for the molecular imaging of P-glycoprotein in the brains of epilepsy rats. (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Xiangrong; Wang, Jianhong; Liu, Jiansheng; Shen, Shun; Cao, Zhonglian; Pan, Jiawei; Zhou, Shuyi; Pang, Zhiqing; Geng, Daoying; Zhang, Jun
• Is Part Of: Biomaterials. Volume 76(2016)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 186
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: P-glycoprotein -- Epilepsy -- Multimodal nanoagent -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Optical imaging; Biomedical materials -- Periodicals; Biocompatible Materials -- Periodicals; Biomatériaux -- Périodiques; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.10.050
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0142-9612

Abstract

Abstract: Regional overexpression of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in epileptic brain tissues may lower antiepileptic drugs concentrations at the target site and contribute to pharmacoresistance in refractory epilepsy. However, few techniques are available to quantitate the level of P-gp expression noninvasively in vivo. In this study, we developed a nanoagent by conjugating superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with a near infrared probe and the targeting element Pepstatin A, a peptide with specific affinity for P-gp. In a rat model of epilepsy, the nanoagent was readily and selectively accumulated within epileptogenic cerebral regions, which were detectable by both magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging modalities. This P-gp-targeted nanoagent could be used not only in the molecular imaging of P-gp expression changes in seizure-induced regional, understanding the mechanisms of P-gp disorders, and the prediction of refractory epilepsy, but also in targeted therapies with P-gp modulators.