Nitroxide conjugate of a thermally responsive elastin-like polypeptide for noninvasive thermometry.
Hyperthermia, as an adjuvant with radiation and chemotherapy, has shown promise in the treatment of cancer. The relevant biological effects of a hyperthermia treatment are both time and temperature-dependent, creating a need for accurate thermometry. We present a novel noninvasive thermometry modality that combines a temperature responsive biopolymer, the elastin-like polypeptide (ELP), and nitroxide to produce an ELP-nitroxide conjugate. When examined with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, the ELP-nitroxide conjugate has temperature-dependent spectral line widths whose predictive accuracy is approximately 0.3 degrees C (80 microM). We believe that the temperature-dependent changes observed in the EPR spectrum are due to the combined effect of temperature, viscosity and effective radius on the rotational correlation time of the ELP-nitroxide conjugate.
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- Thermography
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- Peptides
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Materials Testing
- Hot Temperature
- Equipment Failure Analysis
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Thermometers
- Thermography
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Reproducibility of Results
- Peptides
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Materials Testing
- Hot Temperature
- Equipment Failure Analysis