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Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Dual Modality Positron Emission Tomography and Fluorescence Imaging Agent for Monoclonal Antibody Tumor-Targeted Imaging
Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute.
Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute.
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.
Abstract

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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