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Outer sphere tuning of a Eu(II)-containing contrast agent for imaging hypoxia via MRI

Award Number: F30EB035471
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of BIOMEDICAL IMAGING & BIOENGINEERING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2030

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Outer sphere tuning of a Eu(II)-containing contrast agent for imaging hypoxia via MRI - Project Abstract The ability to image oxygen in vivo has important diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications because hypoxia is correlated with aggressive disease states and resistance to many types of treatments. EuII/III-based systems for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are an attractive approach for imaging hypoxia due to their potent oxygen-sensing capabilities. EuII produces bright T1-weighted images, but oxidation of EuII by O2 produces EuIII that does not positively enhance images. Our lab has demonstrated that EuII-containing contrast agents can be used for imaging hypoxia in tumors in vivo and that EuII/III-based contrast agents are compatible with multiple imaging modalities including 1H- and 19F-MRI, chemical exchange saturation transfer, and photoacoustic imaging. Although these results are promising, the short half-life of EuII in vivo is the critical barrier to imaging hypoxia in a wide range of environments using the EuII/III redox couple because the rapid oxidation of EuII at physiologically normal levels of pO2 limits the administration of the EuII-containing contrast agents to injection directly at sites of interest and prevents ratiometric imaging using multiple modalities. Our overarching goal is to increase persistence of EuII long enough to enable systemic delivery and ratiometric imaging of hypoxic regions in a wide range of diseases. We propose to address the critical limitation of the persistence time of EuII in oxygenated environments by modulating factors that kinetically hinder oxygen approach in the outersphere. We previously showed that a perfluorocarbon-soluble EuII-containing complex, EuII1, dispersed in a perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion has increased persistence times in vitro and in vivo as seen by 19F MRI. Our working hypothesis is that altering factors of gas diffusion will afford control over persistence of EuII1 in oxygenated environments. Aim 1 studies the solubility of O2 in nanoemulsions consisting of different perfluorocarbons with varying abilities to dissolve O2. Aim 2 investigates the influence of Henry’s and Graham’s laws of gas diffusion on the persistence of EuII using different gasses to perfuse into perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion to act as a counter pressure against O2 diffusion. In Aim 3, the effect of the size of nanoparticles in the perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion is studied with respect to the persistence of EuII. The expected outcomes of this proposal are (1) a better understanding of factors that influence the kinetic outersphere approach of O2 to EuII dispersed inside perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions and (2) persistence times of EuII1 in vivo that are long enough to enable systemic injection and ratiometric imaging.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $44,619 )
2026	2026	WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY	5700 CASS AVE STE 4900	DETROIT	MI	48202	WAYNE	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	2	3/4/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$44,619
														Subtotal = $44,619

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $44,619 )
2024	2024	WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY	5700 CASS AVE STE 4900	DETROIT	MI	48202	WAYNE	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	1	8/1/2024	NEW	$44,619
														Subtotal = $44,619

Grand Total All Awards = $89,238

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Outer sphere tuning of a Eu(II)-containing contrast agent for imaging hypoxia via MRI

Award Number: F30EB035471

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of BIOMEDICAL IMAGING & BIOENGINEERING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2030

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