Journal article
Evaluating the Utility of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Pre-Clinical Radiation Dose Estimation
Radiation (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), Vol.4(3), pp.253-260
09/11/2024
DOI: 10.3390/radiation4030020
Abstract
Nanotechnology has provided considerable advancements in an array of disciplines. Recently, it has been shown that ferumoxytol, a magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle, can be oxidized by ionizing radiation. Ferumoxytol nanoparticles have high stability, and thus can be hypothesized that they have dosimetric potential. In this study, it has been observed that xylenol orange, a colorimetric detector of Fe3+ used for conventional Fricke dosimetry, was not able to detect radiolytic changes in ferumoxtyol. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was more readily able to evaluate the oxidation of ferumoxytol. EPR spectroscopy revealed that oxidation of 500 nM ferumoxytol in H2O was linear up to 20 Gy. This concentration, however, was unable to estimate the delivered dose from a Small Animal Radiation Research Platform system, as a 6 Gy dose was estimated to be 1.37 Gy, which represents a 79.2% underestimation of the dose delivered. Thus, while the high stability of Fe3O4 nanoparticles is attractive for use in pre-clinical radiation dosimetry, further radiochemical evaluation may be required before considering them for this application.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluating the Utility of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Pre-Clinical Radiation Dose Estimation
- Creators
- Njenga R. Kamau - University of IowaMichael S. Petronek - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiation (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), Vol.4(3), pp.253-260
- DOI
- 10.3390/radiation4030020
- ISSN
- 2673-592X
- eISSN
- 2673-592X
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/11/2024
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984705604002771
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