FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Amphiphilic and Perfluorinated Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoate) Nanocapsules for 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging BT AF Le Gal, Marion Renard, Estelle Simon-Colin, Christelle Larrat, Benoit Langlois, Valérie AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:2; FF 1:PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE;2:;3:PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE;4:;5:; C1 Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, CNRS, Ifremer, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France ICMPE, CNRS, University Paris Est Creteil, F-94010 Creteil, France Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NeuroSpin, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE CEA, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE UM BEEP-LM2E IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france IF 5.046 TC 2 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00722/83394/88368.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00722/83394/88369.zip LA English DT Article DE ;polyhydroxyalkanoates;mcl-PHA;nanocapsules;fluorinated polymer;amphiphilic copolymer AB Nanoparticles have recently emerged as valuable tools in biomedical imaging techniques. Here PEGylated and fluorinated nanocapsules based on poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) containing a liquid core of perfluorooctyl bromide PFOB were formulated by an emulsion-evaporation process as potential 19F MRI imaging agents. Unsaturated poly(hydroxyalkanoate), PHAU, was produced by marine bacteria using coprah oil and undecenoic acid as substrates. PHA-g-(F; PEG) was prepared by two successive controlled thiol-ene reactions from PHAU with firstly three fluorinated thiols having from 3 up to 17 fluorine atoms and secondly with PEG-SH. The resulting PHA-g-(F; PEG)-based PFOB nanocapsules, with a diameter close to 250–300 nm, are shown to be visible in 19F MRI with an acquisition time of 15 min. The results showed that PFOB-nanocapsules based on PHA-g-(F; PEG) have the potential to be used as novel contrast agents for 19F MRI. PY 2021 PD SEP SO Bioengineering-basel SN 2306-5354 PU MDPI AG VL 8 IS 9 UT 000699376400001 DI 10.3390/bioengineering8090121 ID 83394 ER EF