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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
The present study analyzed the feasibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor T-cell homing in vivo after loading T cells with superparamagnetic iron oxide (CLIO) nanoparticles derivatized with a peptide sequence from the transactivator protein (Tat) of HIV-1. T cells were isolated from C57BL/6 (B6) mice and loaded with 0, 400, 800, 1600, or 8000 ng/ml of FITC conjugated CLIO-Tat (FITC-CLIO-Tat). There was a dose-dependent uptake of FITC-CLIO-Tat by T cells. Stimulation of FITC-CLIO-Tat loaded T cells with anti-CD3 (0.1 microg/ml) plus IL-2 (5 ng/ml) elicited normal activation and activation-induced cell death (AICD) responses, and normal upregulation of CD69, ICAM-1 (CD54), L-selectin (CD62L), and Fas. The FITC-CLIO-Tat loaded T cells (3 x 10(7)) were transferred intravenously (i.v.) into B6 mice and the in vivo MRI of mice was acquired using a spin-echo pulse sequence at 4.7 T with a Bruker Biospec system. Homing of T cells into the spleen was observed by a decrease in MRI signal intensity within 1 h after the transfer, which remained decreased for 2-24 h after transfer. These homing data were confirmed by FACS analysis and biodistribution analysis using 125I-CLIO-Tat. Thus, T cells can be efficiently loaded with FITC-CLIO-Tat without interfering with their normal activation and AICD, or homing to the spleen, and the biodistribution of FITC-CLIO-Tat loaded T cells can be monitored in vivo over time by MRI.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1759
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
256
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Antigens, Thy-1, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Ferric Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Gene Products, tat, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-L-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:11516758-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Normal T-cell response and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of T cells loaded with HIV transactivator-peptide-derived superparamagnetic nanoparticles.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies