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Enzyme‐Responsive LipoCEST Agents: Assessment of MMP‐2 Activity by Measuring the Intra‐liposomal Water 1 H NMR Shift
Author(s) -
Ferrauto Giuseppe,
Di Gregorio Enza,
Ruzza Marta,
Catanzaro Valeria,
Padovan Sergio,
Aime Silvio
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201706271
Subject(s) - liposome , chemistry , streptavidin , biotinylation , supramolecular chemistry , biotin , molecule , reagent , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Mobile proton‐containing solutes can be detected by MRI by the chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) method. CEST sensitivity is dramatically enhanced by using, as exchanging protons, the water molecules confined inside liposomes, shifted by a paramagnetic shift reagent. The chemical shift of the intraliposomal water resonance (δ IL ) is affected by the overall shape of the supramolecular system. δ IL of a spherical LipoCEST acts as a sensitive reporter of the distribution of streptavidin proteins anchored at the liposome surface by biotinylated phospholipids. This finding prompted the design of a MMP‐2 responsive LipoCEST agent as the streptavidin moieties can be released from the liposome surfaces when a properly tailored enzyme‐cleavable peptide is inserted on the phospholipids before the terminal biotin residues. δ IL reports on the overall changes in the supramolecular architecture associated to the cleavage carried out by MMP‐2.