New bifunctional chelator for 64Cu-immuno-positron emission tomography

Darpan N. Pandya, Nikunj Bhatt, Ajit V. Dale, Jung Young Kim, Hochun Lee, Yeong Su Ha, Ji Eun Lee, Gwang Il An, Jeongsoo Yoo

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Abstract

A new tetraazamacrocyclic bifunctional chelator, TE2A-Bn-NCS, was synthesized in high overall yield from cyclam. An extra functional group (NCS) was introduced to the N-atom of TE2A for specific conjugation with antibody. The Cu complex of TE2A-Bn-NCS showed high kinetic stability in acidic decomplexation and cyclic voltammetry studies. X-ray structure determination of the Cu-TE2A-Bn-NH2 complex confirmed octahedral geometry, in which copper atom is strongly coordinated by four macrocyclic nitrogens in equatorial positions and two carboxylate oxygen atoms occupy the elongated axial positions. Trastuzumab was conjugated with TE2A-Bn-NCS and then radiolabeled with 64Cu quantitatively at room temperature within 10 min. Biodistribution studies showed that the 64Cu-labeled TE2A-Bn-NCS-trastuzumab conjugates maintain high stability in physiological conditions, and NIH3T6.7 tumors were clearly visualized up to 3 days by 64Cu-immuno-positron emission tomography imaging in animal models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1356-1366
Number of pages11
JournalBioconjugate Chemistry
Volume24
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2013

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