Application of cell penetrating peptide in magnetic resonance imaging of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
Tracking the distribution and differentiation of stem cells by high-resolution imaging techniques would have significant clinical and research implications. In this study, a model cell-penetrating peptide was used to carry gadolinium particles for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). MSCs were isolated from rat bone marrow and identified by osteogenic differentiation in vitro. The cell-penetrating peptide labeled with fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate (FITC) and gadolinium was synthesized by a solid-phase peptide synthesis method. Fluorescein imaging analysis confirmed that this new peptide could internalize into the cytoplasm and nucleus at room temperature, 4 degrees and 37 degrees . Gadolinium were efficiently internalized into mesenchymal stem cells by the peptide in a time or concentration-dependent manner, resulting in intercellular shortening of longitudinal relaxation enhancements, which were obviously detected by 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cytotoxicity assay and flow cytometric analysis showed that the intercellular contrast medium incorporation did not affect cell viability at the tested concentrations. The in vitro experiment results suggested that the new constructed peptides could be a vector for tracking MSCs.
Liu
Min
M
Imaging Center, 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China.
Guo
You-Min
YM
Yang
Jun-Le
JL
Wang
Peng
P
Zhao
Lin-Yu
LY
Shen
Nian
N
Wang
Si-Cen
SC
Guo
Xiao-Juan
XJ
Wu
Qi-Fei
QF
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013696:Temperature; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
D010455:Peptides; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D013844:Thiazoles; D005682:Gadolinium; C022616:thiazolyl blue