Mn(III)-loaded apoferritin is promptly reduced to Mn(II)-apoferritin by the oxidation of L-DOPA to melanin. The process is nicely witnessed by a marked relaxation enhancement of water proton relaxation rate that has been detected both in cultured melanoma cells and in tumor animal models.
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