Abstract
Information about the in vivo location, shape, degradation, or erosion rate of injected in situ gelating hydrogels can be obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Herein, an injectable supramolecular ureidopyrimidinone-based hydrogel (UPy-PEG) is functionalized with a modified Gadolinium(III)-DOTA complex (UPy-Gd) for contrast enhanced MRI. The contrast agent is designed to supramolecularly interact with the hydrogel network to enable high-quality imaging of this hydrogel. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated with successful visualization of the Gd-labeled UPy-PEG hydrogel after targeted intramyocardial catheter injection in a pig heart.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1701139 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Advanced Healthcare Materials |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 15 Apr 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- MRI
- catheters
- gadolinium
- injectable hydrogels
- ureidopyrimidinone
- Biocompatible Materials/chemistry
- Contrast Media/chemistry
- Hydrogels/chemistry
- Heart/diagnostic imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Gadolinium/chemistry
- Animals
- Swine
- Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry
- Female
- Pyrimidinones/chemistry