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Development and preclinical characterisation of 99mTc-labelled Affibody molecules with reduced renal uptake.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18594815     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: Affibody molecules are low molecular weight proteins (7 kDa), which can be selected to bind to tumour-associated target proteins with subnanomolar affinity. Because of rapid tumour localisation and clearance from nonspecific compartments, Affibody molecules are promising tracers for molecular imaging. Earlier, (99m)Tc-labelled Affibody molecules demonstrated specific targeting of tumour xenografts. However, the biodistribution was suboptimal either because of hepatobiliary excretion or high renal uptake of the radioactivity. The goal of this study was to optimise the biodistribution of Affibody molecules by chelator engineering. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Anti-HER2 Z(HER2:342) Affibody molecules, carrying the mercaptoacetyl-glutamyl-seryl-glutamyl (maESE), mercaptoacetyl-glutamyl-glutamyl-seryl (maEES) and mercaptoacetyl-seryl-glutamyl-glutamyl (maSEE) chelators, were prepared by peptide synthesis and labelled with (99m)Tc. The tumour-targeting capacity of these conjugates was compared with each other and with the best previously available conjugate, (99m)Tc-maEEE-Z(HER2:342,) in nude mice bearing SKOV-3 xenografts. The tumour-targeting capacity of the most promising conjugate, (99m)Tc-maESE-Z(HER2:342,) was compared with radioiodinated Z(HER2:342). RESULTS: All novel conjugates demonstrated successful tumour targeting and a low degree of hepatobiliary excretion. The renal uptakes of serine-containing conjugates, 33 +/- 5, 68 +/- 21 and 71 +/- 10%IA/g, for(99m)Tc-maESE-Z(HER2:342), (99m)Tc-maEES-Z(HER2:342) and (99m)Tc-maSEE-Z(HER2:342), respectively, were significantly reduced in comparison with (99m)Tc-maEEE-Z(HER2:342) (102 +/- 13%IA/g). For (99m)Tc-maESE-Z(HER2:342), a tumour uptake of 9.6 +/- 1.8%IA/g and a tumour-to-blood ratio of 58 +/- 6 were reached at 4 h p.i. CONCLUSIONS: A combination of serine and glutamic acid residues in the chelator sequence confers increased renal excretion and relatively low renal uptake of (99m)Tc-labelled Affibody molecules. In combination with preserved targeting capacity, this improved imaging of targets in abdominal area.
Authors:
Torun Ekblad; Thuy Tran; Anna Orlova; Charles Widström; Joachim Feldwisch; Lars Abrahmsén; Anders Wennborg; Amelie Eriksson Karlström; Vladimir Tolmachev
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-07-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1619-7089     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-16     Completed Date:  2009-03-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140988     Medline TA:  Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2245-55     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Line, Tumor
Chelating Agents / chemical synthesis,  chemistry,  metabolism
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
Glutamic Acid
Humans
Kidney / metabolism*
Mice
Organotechnetium Compounds / metabolism*
Peptides / chemical synthesis,  chemistry,  metabolism
Protein Stability
Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism*,  pharmacokinetics*
Serine
Staining and Labeling
Tissue Distribution
Transplantation, Heterologous
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Chelating Agents; 0/Organotechnetium Compounds; 0/Peptides; 0/Recombinant Fusion Proteins; 56-45-1/Serine; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid

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