title: Pyridine-based lanthanide complexes: towards bimodal agents operating as near infrared luminescent and MRI reporters.
abstract: We report two prototype Ln(3+) complexes that address requirements for both MRI and luminescence imaging and we demonstrate that the presence of two H(2)O molecules bound to the Ln(3+), beneficial for MRI applications of the Gd(3+) analogue, is not a major limitation for the development of NIR luminescent agents.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, 45071 Orléans, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pellegatti
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bohuslav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drahos
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villette
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suzenet
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillaumet
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petoud
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tóth
mesh_terms: D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; D011725:Pyridines; C023666:pyridine