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MRI Detection and Therapeutic Enhancement of Ferumoxytol Internalization in Glioblastoma Cells
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MRI Detection and Therapeutic Enhancement of Ferumoxytol Internalization in Glioblastoma Cells

Michael S. Petronek, Nahom Teferi, Chu-Yu Lee, Vincent A Magnotta and Bryan G Allen
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.14(2), 189
01/13/2024
DOI: 10.3390/nano14020189
PMCID: PMC10821426
PMID: 38251153
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https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14020189View
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Abstract

Recently, the FDA-approved iron oxide nanoparticle, ferumoxytol, has been found to enhance the efficacy of pharmacological ascorbate (AscH−) in treating glioblastoma, as AscH− reduces the Fe3+ sites in the nanoparticle core. Given the iron oxidation state specificity of T2* relaxation mapping, this study aims to investigate the ability of T2* relaxation to monitor the reduction of ferumoxytol by AscH− with respect to its in vitro therapeutic enhancement. This study employed an in vitro glioblastoma MRI model system to investigate the chemical interaction of ferumoxytol with T2* mapping. Lipofectamine was utilized to facilitate ferumoxytol internalization and assess intracellular versus extracellular chemistry. In vitro T2* mapping successfully detected an AscH−-mediated reduction of ferumoxytol (25.6 ms versus 2.8 ms for FMX alone). The T2* relaxation technique identified the release of Fe2+ from ferumoxytol by AscH− in glioblastoma cells. However, the high iron content of ferumoxytol limited T2* ability to differentiate between the external and internal reduction of ferumoxytol by AscH− (ΔT2* = +839% for external FMX and +1112% for internal FMX reduction). Notably, the internalization of ferumoxytol significantly enhances its ability to promote AscH− toxicity (dose enhancement ratio for extracellular FMX = 1.16 versus 1.54 for intracellular FMX). These data provide valuable insights into the MR-based nanotheranostic application of ferumoxytol and AscH− therapy for glioblastoma management. Future developmental efforts, such as FMX surface modifications, may be warranted to enhance this approach further.

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