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  2. In Vivo Tracking of Fluorinated Polypeptide Gene Carriers by Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

In Vivo Tracking of Fluorinated Polypeptide Gene Carriers by Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

  • ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Oct 14;12(41):45763-45771. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c11967.
Xinyu Wang 1 Guangyu Rong 2 Junjie Yan 1 Donghui Pan 1 Lizhen Wang 1 Yuping Xu 1 Min Yang 1 3 Yiyun Cheng 2 4
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Affiliations

  • 1 NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine. Wuxi 214063, China.
  • 2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
  • 3 Department of Radiopharmaceuticals, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
  • 4 South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Abstract

Fluorinated Polymers have attracted increasing attention in gene delivery and cytosolic protein delivery in recent years. In vivo tracking of fluorinated Polymers will be of great importance to evaluate their biodistribution, clearance, and safety. However, tracking of polymeric carriers without changing their chemical structures remains a huge challenge. Herein, we reported a series of fluorinated poly-l-(lysine) (F-PLL) with high gene transfection efficiency and excellent biodegradation. Radionuclide 18F was radiolabeled on F-PLL by halogen replacement without chemical modification. The radiolabeling of F-PLL offers positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for in vivo tracking of the Polymers. The biodistribution of F-PLL and the DNA complexes revealed by micro-PET imaging illustrated the rapid clearance of fluorinated Polymers from liver and intestine after intravenous administration. The results demonstrated that the polymer F-PLL will not be accumulated in the liver and spleen when administrated as a gene carrier. This work presents a new strategy for in vivo tracking fluorinated Polymers via PET imaging.

Keywords

fluorination; gene transfection; polypeptide; positron emission tomography imaging; radiolabelling.

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