Ion-Pairing Interactions between Co(en)(3)(3+) and the (23)Na NMR Frequency Shift Reagent TmDOTP(5)(-)

Jimin Ren; Charles S. Springer Jr; A. Dean Sherry

doi:10.1021/ic970128q

Ion-Pairing Interactions between Co(en)(3)(3+) and the (23)Na NMR Frequency Shift Reagent TmDOTP(5)(-)

Inorg Chem. 1997 Jul 30;36(16):3493-3498. doi: 10.1021/ic970128q.

Authors

Jimin Ren¹, Charles S. Springer Jr, A. Dean Sherry

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688, The Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5801 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas 75235-9085, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, and Department of Chemistry, State Universities of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400.

PMID: 11670028
DOI: 10.1021/ic970128q

Abstract

Three new formulations of TmDOTP(5)(-) (DOTP(8)(-) = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,11-tetrakis(methylenephosphonate)) have been prepared in an effort to develop a low-osmolality form of the (23)Na frequency shift reagent (SR). Equally concentrated (0.32 M) solutions of (MegH)(4)HTmDOTP (Meg = N-methylglucamine or meglumine), Na(4)HTmDOTP, and [Co(en)(3)](4/3)HTmDOTP have solution osmolalities of 1245, 1040, and 707 mOsm/kg, respectively, comparable to the ionic and non-ionic gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent preparations in clinical use. An analysis of (23)Na and (59)Co frequency shifts induced by TmDOTP(5)(-) indicated that Co(en)(3)(3+) can form both 1:1 and 2:1 adducts with TmDOTP(5)(-) with (log) binding constants of 3.1 +/- 0.4 and 2.5 +/- 0.4, respectively. These values were comparable with those obtained by analysis of the (1)H frequency shifts observed for Co(en)(3)(3+) upon binding to HoDOTP(5)(-). The (1)H shifts of Co(en)(3)(3+) signals induced by YbDOTP(5)(-) at pH 7.4 were fitted best by a 1:1 binding model with a conditional binding constant of 3.1 +/- 0.2. The (59)Co and (1)H limiting frequency shifts of Co(en)(3)(3+) could be fitted with a dipolar shift model in which the Co atom of the Co(en)(3)(3+) cation is located 5.0 +/- 0.3 Å from the Ln atom of the LnDOTP(5)(-) chelate, and with an angle of 40 +/- 0.2 degrees between the Co-Ln vector and the 4-fold symmetry axis of the LnDOTP(5)(-) complex. Ion pairing of Co(en)(3)(3+) and TmDOTP(5)(-) was significant enough in both saline and human blood plasma to reduce the effectiveness of the (23)Na frequency SR. Comparisons between all formulations suggested that Na(4)HTmDOTP represents the best compromise of lower osmolality with minimal reduction of SR shift potency.