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Optimizing Water Exchange Rates and Rotational Mobility for High‐Relaxivity of a Novel Gd‐ DO 3A Derivative Complex Conjugated to Inulin as Macromolecular Contrast Agents for MRI
Author(s) -
Granato Luigi,
Vander Elst Luce,
Henoumont Celine,
Muller Robert N.,
Laurent Sophie
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.201700487
Subject(s) - chemistry , rotational correlation time , ligand (biochemistry) , macromolecule , dota , steric effects , paramagnetism , amide , molecule , inulin , monomer , crystallography , stereochemistry , chelation , polymer , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , physics , receptor , quantum mechanics
Thanks to the understanding of the relationships between the residence lifetime τ M of the coordinated water molecules to macrocyclic Gd‐complexes and the rotational mobility τ R of these structures, and according to the theory for paramagnetic relaxation, it is now possible to design macromolecular contrast agents with enhanced relaxivities by optimizing these two parameters through ligand structural modification. We succeeded in accelerating the water exchange rate by inducing steric compression around the water binding site, and by removing the amide function from the DOTA ‐ AA ligand [1,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclododecane‐1,4,7,10‐tetraacetic acid mono(p‐aminoanilide)] ( L ) previously designed. This new ligand 10[2(1‐oxo‐1‐p‐propylthioureidophenylpropyl]‐1,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclodecane‐1,4,7‐tetraacetic acid ( L 1 ) was then covalently conjugated to API [O‐(aminopropyl)inulin] to get the complex API ‐(GdL 1 )x with intent to slow down the rotational correlation time ( τ R ) of the macromolecular complex. The evaluation of the longitudinal relaxivity at different magnetic fields and the study of the 17 O‐ NMR at variable temperature of the low‐molecular‐weight compound ( GdL 1 ) showed a slight decrease of the τ M value ( τ M 310 = 331 ns vs . τ M 310 = 450 ns for the Gd L complex). Consequently to the increase of the size of the API ‐(GdL 1 )x complex, the rotational correlation time becomes about 360 times longer compared to the monomeric GdL 1 complex ( τ R = 33,700 ps), which results in an enhanced proton relaxivity.