Abstract
The 20 MHz water relaxivity (r1) of gadolinium(III) complexes formed with two fatty acid analogues of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrakis(methylene phosphonate) were shown to increase substantially in the presence of albumin. The r1 values of Gd(C8-DOTP)5- and Gd(C11-DOTP)5- in water were similar to that of the parent GdDOTP5-, a q = 0 complex known to relax water very efficiently via an outer-sphere mechanism. Neither fatty acid analogue formed apparent aggregates or micelles in water up to 20 mM, but both showed dramatic increases in r1 upon addition of albumin. Further ultrafiltration studies of Gd(C11-DOTP)5- in the presence of non-defatted HSA showed that the complex binds at a minimum of five high-affinity fatty acid sites with stepwise binding constants ranging from 1.27 × 105 to 2.7 × 103 M-1. The 20 MHz relaxivity of Gd(C11-DOTP)5- in the presence of excess HSA was 23 mM-1 s-1 at 25 °C. The NMRD curve showed a broad maximum 20-30 MHz which fitted well to standard theory for a q = 0 complex with rapid outer-sphere water exchange. The r1b of Gd(C11-DOTP)5- bound at the tightest site on HSA was ∼O40 mM-1 s-1 at 5 °C, an extraordinarily high value for an outer-sphere complex. However, the r1b of Gd(C11-DOTP)5- bound at the weaker sites on HSA was considerably lower, approaching the relaxivity of the free complex in water. This suggests that the complex bound in the highest affinity fatty acid site is less mobile than the same complex bound at the weaker affinity fatty acid sites. This combined ultrafiltration and relaxivity study demonstrates that the common assumption of a single r1b value for a Gd3+ complex bound at several protein sites is not a valid approximation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6580-6587 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 17 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry