PURPOSE: To evaluate the NMR relaxation properties of newly developed high performance paramagnetic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 4-aminomethylcyclohexane carboxylic acid (0.63 g, 4 mmol) was mixed with the suspension solution of DMF (15 mL) and DTPA-bis-anhydride (0.71 g, 2 mmol) to synthesize the ligand. The ligand was then mixed with Gd2O3 (0.18 g, 0.5 mmol) to synthesize Gd-chelate. For the measurement of magnetic relaxivity of paramagnetic compounds, the compounds were diluted to 1mM and then the relaxation times were measured at 1.5T(64 MHz). Inversion-recovery pulse sequence was employed for T1 relaxation measurement and CPMG(Carr-Purcell-Meiboon-Gill) pulse sequence was employed for T2 relaxation measurement. Using MATLAB(Version 7.1) program, T1 magnetic relaxation map, R1 map, T2 magnetic relaxation map and R2 map were developed to represent magnetic relaxation time and magnetic relaxivity as image. RESULTS: Compared to R1=4.9 mM(-1) sec(-1) and R2= 4.8 mM(-1) sec(-1) of Omniscan (Gadodiamide), which is commercially available paramagnetic MR agent, R1 of SUK090(Gd-C32H74N5O24) was 12.46 mM(-1) sec(-1) and R1 of SUK091(Gd-C34H78N5O24) was 12.77 mM(-1) sec(-1). However, R1 of SUK092(Gd-C30H56N5O17) was decreased to 2.09 mM(-1) sec(-1). In case of R2, SUK090(Gd-C32H74N5O24) was 8.76 mM(-1) sec(-1) and SUK091(Gd-C34H78N5O24) was 7.60 mM(-1) sec(-1) whereas SUK092(Gd-C30H56N5O17) CONCLUSION: Among three new paramagnetic complexes, SUK090(Gd-C32H74N5O24) and SUK091(Gd-C34H78N5O24) showed higher T1, T2 magnetic relaxation rates than that of commercially available paramagnetic MR agent and thus expected to have more contrast enhancement effect.
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