Positioning of 99mTc-chelators influences radiolabeling, stability and biodistribution of Affibody molecules

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jul 15;19(14):3912-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.03.083. Epub 2009 Mar 25.

Abstract

Affibody molecules represent a novel class of affinity proteins with a high potential as tracers for radionuclide molecular imaging. In this comparative structure-property study, a series of Affibody molecules with the (99m)Tc-chelators maGGG, maSSS, or maESE attached to the epsilon-amine of the internally positioned K49 was prepared by peptide synthesis, for comparison to molecules with similar chelators positioned at the N-terminus. The conjugates were labeled with (99m)Tc and evaluated in vitro and in vivo. It was found that both composition and position of the chelating moiety influence the label stability, biodistribution and targeting properties of HER2-binding Affibody molecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chelating Agents / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Organotechnetium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds / pharmacokinetics
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / chemistry
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / metabolism
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry*
  • Transplantation, Heterologous

Substances

  • Chelating Agents
  • N(epsilon)49-mercaptoacetyl-glutamyl-seryl-glutamyl-ZHER2-342
  • N(epsilon)49-mercaptoacetyl-glycyl-glycyl-glycyl-ZHER2-342
  • N(epsilon)49-mercaptoacetyl-seryl-seryl-seryl-ZHER2-342
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • affibody (ZHER2-342)2
  • Receptor, ErbB-2