Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Dual Modality Positron Emission Tomography and Fluorescence Imaging Agent for Monoclonal Antibody Tumor-Targeted Imaging

Heng Xu,§ Kwamena Baidoo,§ Andrew J. Gunn, C. Andrew Boswell,§ Diane E. Milenic,§ Peter L. Choyke, and Martin W. Brechbiel*§
Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1088, and Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1088
J. Med. Chem., 2007, 50 (19), pp 4759–4765
DOI: 10.1021/jm070657w
Publication Date (Web): August 29, 2007
Copyright Not subject to U.S. Copyright. Published 2007 American Chemical Society
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 Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute.

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 Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute.

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 To whom correspondence should be addressed. Martin W. Brechbiel, Ph.D., Radioimmune and Inorganic Chemistry Section, Radiation Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Building 10, Room 1B40, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1088. Phone:  (301) 496-0591. Fax:  (301) 402-1923. E-mail:  martinwb@mail.nih.gov.

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A novel lysine-based trifunctional chelate 3 was designed, synthesized, and characterized and bears both a chelating moiety (CHX-A‘ ‘) for sequestering radiometals (86Y or 111In) and the near-infrared dye Cy5.5 for dual modality PET (or SPECT) and fluorescence imaging, respectively. Successful conjugation of 3 to the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) was achieved by efficient thiol-maleimide chemistry, thereby yielding immunoconjugate 2. Analysis of 2 by flow cytometry and competitive binding assay demonstrates that immunoconjugate 2 binds to SKOV3 tumor cells comparably to native trastuzumab and, thus, may be used as a tumor-targeted monoclonal antibody probe for multimodality imaging.

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  • Published In Issue September 20, 2007
  • Received June 7, 2007

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