Manganese coordination complexes with utility as magnetic resonance probes and as biological reductant sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, ligands can stabilize both the Mn
2+
and Mn
3+
oxidation states. In the presence of a reductant such as glutathione, low relaxivity Mn
III
-HBET is rapidly converted to high relaxivity Mn
II
-HBET with a 3-fold increase in relaxivity, and concomitant increase in magnetic resonance signal. In another embodiment, ligands were designed to chelate Mn(ll) in a thermodynamically stable and kinetically inert fashion while allowing for direct interaction of Mn(ll) with water. In yet another embodiment, high molecular weight multimers containing six Mn(ll) chelators were prepared. The high molecular weight results in slower tumbling of the molecules in solution and can strongly enhance the Mn(ll) relaxivity.
本文介绍了具有作为磁共振探针和
生物还原物传感器实用性的
锰配位化合物。在一种实施方式中,
配体可以稳定Mn2+和Mn3+的氧化态。在存在还原剂如
谷胱甘肽的情况下,低弛豫率MnIII-HBET会迅速转化为高弛豫率MnII-HBET,弛豫率增加3倍,磁共振信号同时增加。在另一种实施方式中,设计了
配体以热力学稳定和动力学惰性的方式螯合Mn(ll),同时允许Mn(ll)与
水直接相互作用。在另一种实施方式中,准备了含有六个Mn(ll)
螯合剂的高分子量多聚体。高分子量导致分子在溶液中翻滚速度较慢,可以强烈增强Mn(ll)的弛豫率。