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. 2014 Aug 11;9:3749–3770. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S65616

Table 1.

Physico-chemical characteristics of SPION used in the treatment of brain aging diseases

Neurological disorder Ref SPION
Developer
Iron oxide [Fe] mg/mL Core/hydrodynamic size (nm) Coating agent
Stroke 76 SPIO N/A N/A/N/A N/A N/A
15 SPIO N/A N/A/N/A N/A N/A
75 Fe3O4 ~87.5×10−3 12.2/152.8 meso-2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic acid – poly-l-lysine Synthesized
72 Fe3O4 50.0 8.6/182 Starch FluidMAG-D (Chemicell GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
Fe3O4 25.0 11.3/121 Phosphatidylcholine FluidMAG-lipid (Chemicell GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
Fe3O4 25.0 9.6/176 DEAE-starch FluidMAG-DEAE (Chemicell GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
Fe3O4 35.0 8.6/162 Diphosphate FluidMAG-P (Chemicell GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
Fe3O4 50.0 11.5/175 Poly-diallyl-dimethylamine FluidMAG-Q (Chemicell GmbH, Berlin, Germany)
FeO1.44 16.0 6.9/118 Dextran Endorem™(Guerbet, Roissy, France)
Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 56.0 9.1/62 Dextran Ferucarbotran (Meito Sangyo Co. LTD., Japan)
65 Fe3O4 N/A 10/50 Dextran CD34 Nanobeads, QBEND-10 antibody (mouse antihuman CD34) (MACS, MiltenyiBiotec, Bergisch, Gladbach, Germany)
77 Fe3O4 150×10−3 6/150 PEG-PGA-coated nanovesicle Synthesized SPION by modified polyol method; Preparation of PEI-SA vesicles; PEG-PGA coating of PEI-SA vesicles
64 Fe3O4 10.0 N/A/900 Carboxylated iron oxide core and carried Dragon Green Fluorophore M-SPIO (IFPs, Bangs Laboratory, Fishers, IN, USA)
63 Fe3O4 N/A 76–80/120 Silica-rhodamine FMNC* (synthesized by two steps: synthesis of PMNC** and coating of PMNC with 2 layers of silica sandwiched with a layer of rhodamine)
71 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Endorem™ (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
73 Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 27.9 4/55–65 Carboxydextran Resovist® (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)
62 Fe3O4 N/A 6/65 Chitosan Synthesized by sonochemical method followed by chitosan coating process
14 Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 27.9 4/55–65 Carboxydextran Resovist® (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)
FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Endorem™ (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
Fe3O4 20.0 5–6/20–40 Dextran T10 Sinerem® (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
70 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
13 Iron oxide N/A 5/87–766 N/A Synthesized MGIO (polymerization and coprecipitation)
Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 27.9 4.2/64 Carboxydextran Ferucarbotran – Resovist® (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)
12 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
69 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran Feridex® (Berlex Laboratories, Wayne, NJ, USA)
68 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
67 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Berlex Laboratories, Wayne, NJ, USA)
66 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Endorem™ (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
74 Fe3O4 20.0 5–6/20–40 Dextran Sinerem® (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
Parkinson’s 25 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
24 Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 27.9 4/55–65 Carboxydextran Resovist® (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)
22 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
21 USPIO 2.5 N/A/(15–20) Dextran Synthesized (IODEX-TAT-FITC)***
23 Fe3O4 27.9 5/9 Monomercitrate VSOP (C200, Ferropharm, Teltow, Germany)
20 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
19 Iron oxide# 3.01 N/A/79 DPPA Na – F108& Synthesized
Sclerosis 31 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Endorem™ (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
33 USPIO 2.0 8/35 N/A Molday ION Rhodamine B (BioPAL Inc, Worcester, MA USA)
32 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Endorem™ (Guerbet, Roissy, France)
34 FeO1.44 11.2 5–6/50–180 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
30 Fe3O4 11.2 N/A/80–150 Dextran T10 Feridex® (Advanced Magnetic, Cambridge, MA USA)
Fe3O4/γ-Fe2O3 27.9 N/A/62 Carboxydextran Resovist® (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)
Fe3O4 20.0 5–6/20–40 Dextran Sinerem® (Guerbet, Roissy, France)

Notes:

#

Not specific of the iron oxide crystal phase

&

dipalmitoylphosphatidic acid sodium salt (DPPA Na) “ethylene oxide-propyleneoxide block copolymer” (F108) prepared by Bracco Research (Geneva, Switzerland)

*

Polystyrene magnetite nanocluster (PMNC)

**

FMNC, fluorescent-magnetite-nanocluster

***

Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with dextran (IODEX) conjugated with TAT-fluoresceinisothiocyanate (FITC) peptide.

Abbreviation: N/A, not identified; Ref, reference; SPIO, superparamagnetic iron oxide; SPION, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; USPIO, ultra small iron oxide particles; DEAE, diethylamine ethyl; PEI-SA, stearic acid - grafted polyethyleneimine copolymer; PEG-PGA, poly (ethylene glycol)-poly (L-glutamic acid); MGIO, microgel iron oxide; VSOP, very small superparamagnetic iron oxide particles; M-SPIO, micrometer superparamagnetic iron oxide; IFPs, iron fluorescent particles.