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Cubosomes for in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging

Biffi, Stefania ; Andolfi, Laura ; Caltagirone, Claudia ; Garrovo, Chiara ; Falchi, Angela M ; Lippolis, Vito ; Lorenzon, Andrea ; Macor, Paolo ; Meli, Valeria and Monduzzi, Maura , et al. (2017) In Nanotechnology 28(5).
Abstract

Herein we provided the first proof of principle for in vivo fluorescence optical imaging application using monoolein-based cubosomes in a healthy mouse animal model. This formulation, administered at a non-cytotoxic concentration, was capable of providing both exogenous contrast for NIR fluorescence imaging with very high efficiency and chemospecific information upon lifetime analysis. Time-resolved measurements of fluorescence after the intravenous injection of cubosomes revealed that the dye rapidly accumulated mainly in the liver, while lifetimes profiles obtained in vivo allowed for discriminating between free dye or dye embedded within the cubosome nanostructure after injection.

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fluorescence lifetime probe, fluorescence optical imaging in vivo, liquid crystalline nanoparticles
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Nanotechnology
volume
28
issue
5
article number
055102
publisher
IOP Publishing
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  • pmid:28032617
  • wos:000412980600001
  • scopus:85009113821
ISSN
0957-4484
DOI
10.1088/1361-6528/28/5/055102
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English
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  author       = {{Biffi, Stefania and Andolfi, Laura and Caltagirone, Claudia and Garrovo, Chiara and Falchi, Angela M and Lippolis, Vito and Lorenzon, Andrea and Macor, Paolo and Meli, Valeria and Monduzzi, Maura and Obiols-Rabasa, Marc and Petrizza, Luca and Prodi, Luca and Rosa, Antonella and Schmidt, Judith and Talmon, Yeshayahu and Murgia, Sergio}},
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  keywords     = {{fluorescence lifetime probe; fluorescence optical imaging in vivo; liquid crystalline nanoparticles}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  number       = {{5}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Nanotechnology}},
  title        = {{Cubosomes for in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/28/5/055102}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1361-6528/28/5/055102}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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