4901-31-9Relevant articles and documents
Iodinated paramagnetic chelates, and their use as contrast agents
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, (2008/06/13)
Novel compounds containing a polyiodinated aromatic or heteroaromatic residue and their chelate complexes with ions of metal elements with atomic number from 20 to 31, 39, from 42 to 44, 49 and from 57 to 83, and their salts with physiologically tolerable
A new approach to hepatospecific mri contrast agents: gadolinium complexes conjugated to iodinated synthons
Anelli, Pier Lucio,Calabi, Luisella,De Haen, Christoph,Fedeli, Franco,Losi, Pietro,Murru, Marcella,Uggeri, Fulvio
, p. 89 - 97 (2007/10/03)
The use of biliary iodinated X-ray contrast agents as an address moiety to transport gadolinium complexes into hepatocytes has been investigated. A series of conjugates containing a gadolinium chelating subunit and an iodinated subunit has been designed and synthesised. This series takes into account structural features such as: nature of the iodinated address moiety, overall charge of the conjugate and distance between the two subunits. Preliminary physico-chemical and pharmacological screenings show, for conjugates in which the gadolinium complex is linked through a spacer to a unit of iopanoic acid: i) r1 values of more than 18 (mM s)-1 in human serum, reflecting a strong interaction with human serum albumin; ii) biliary elimination in rats greater than 65%. These results indicate that iopanoic acid can be used successfully as an address for the preparation of conjugates which are promising candidates as hepatospecific MRI contrast agents.