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Abstract #2869

Developing Pan-cancer targeting MRI contrast agents that self-assemble in malignant tumors

Joshua E Goldberger 1 , Arijit Ghosh 2 , Christian Buettner 2 , Michelle Williams 3 , and Michael F. Tweedle 3,4

1 Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, 2 Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, 3 Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, 4 Radiology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biophysics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

FDG PET targets Warburg metabolism (including low pHe) but suffers low spatial resolution-based sensitivity (~1 cm). We developed a strategy for controlling the self-assembly transitions of Gd-PA molecules in the 10 1000+ nm range as a function of pHe and concentration, measured the transitions in serum, and biodistributions in mice, uncovering significant differences in behavior among transitioning examples. If we can harness the power of self-assembly to trap Gd chelates in the acidic tumor environment, we should be able to image tumors at the < 1 mm spatial resolution of MRI using Warburg metabolism as the target.

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