DOTA-tetrazine probes with modified linkers for tumor pretargeting
DOTA-tetrazine probes with modified linkers for tumor pretargeting
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DOI:
10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2017.09.001
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
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3.1
通讯作者:
Robillard, Marc S.
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作者:
Laeppchen, Tilman;Rossin, Raffaella;Robillard, Marc S.
Introduction: Pretargeted radioimmunoimaging and -therapy approaches building on the bioorthogonal inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction between strained trans-cyclooctenes (TCO) and electron deficient tetrazines (Tz) have yielded impressive results in recent years and have proven a vital alternative to biological pretargeting systems. After improvement of the TCO-antibody conjugates, we here report on our evaluation of a new series of radiolabeled Tz-probes.Methods: Four new Tz-probes were synthesized, radiolabeled with lutetium-177, and characterized in vitro in terms of lipophilicity, reactivity, and stability in PBS and mouse serum. The in vivo biodistribution profile and tumor-targeting potential of the probes were evaluated in LS174T tumor-bearing mice pretargeted with TCO-antibody conjugates using non-pretargeted mice as control.Results: Radiolabeling of all probes proceeded in high yields providing the Lu-177-labeled tetrazines in >95% radiochemical purity without any further purification. In mouse serum, half-lives of the probes varied between 8 and 13 h, with the exception of the most lipophilic probe, [Lu-177]1b, with a serum half-life of less than 1 h. This probe also showed the fastest blood clearance (t(1/2) = 5.4 min), more than 2-fold faster than PEG-linked probes [Lu-177]3 and [Lu-177]4, and even 3 -fold faster than the other small probes without the PEG-linker, [Lu-177]la and [Lu-177]2. In the pretargeting experiments, tumor uptake of the lead probe [Lu-177]4 (similar to 6 %ID/g) was most closely approached by [Lu-177]2, followed by [Lu-177]3 and [Lu-177]la. While all the smaller and more lipophilic probes suffered from increased liver uptake, the PEG-linked probe [1711]3 with its additional negative charge surprisingly showed the highest kidney uptake among all of the probes.Conclusion: The in vitro performance of some of the new tetrazine probes turned out to be comparable to the established lead probe [Lu-177]Lu-DOTA-PEG(11)-Tz ([Lu-177]4). However, tumor pretargeting studies in vivo showed lower tumor uptake and increased uptake in non-target organs. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.