Gadolinium functionalized carbon dots for fluorescence/magnetic resonance dual-modality imaging of mesenchymal stem cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry B(2016)
Abstract
The development of multimodal nanoprobes is of great importance in nanomedicine because it integrates the advantages of each imaging modality and offers a significantly enhanced diagnostic effect. In this work, gadolinium(III) functionalized fluorescent carbon dots (Gd-CDs) are synthesized by means of a one-step hydrothermal approach. As a fluorescent nanomaterial, the obtained Gd-CDs exhibit strong and stable fluorescence with excitation-independent emission behavior. Moreover, as an MRI contrast agent, the Gd-CDs exhibited a longitudinal relaxation rate of 6.06 mM−1 s−1, which is significantly higher than that of the commercially available MRI agent Gadovist (4.24 mM−1 s−1). In addition, the cellular experiment reveals that Gd-CDs promote the proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), which is tracked by the fluorescence/Magnetic Resonance dual-modality imaging of hMSCs by the Gd-CDs.
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Key words
carbon dots,stem cells,fluorescence/magnetic,imaging,dual-modality
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