Synthesis and Evaluation of Astatinated N-[2-(Maleimido)ethyl]-3-(trimethylstannyl)benzamide Immunoconjugates
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

Effective treatment of metastasis is a great challenge in the treatment of different types of cancers. Targeted alpha therapy utilizes the short tissue range (50-100 μm) of α particles, making the method suitable for treatment of disseminated occult cancers in the form of microtumors or even single cancer cells. A promising radioactive nuclide for this type of therapy is astatine-211. Astatine-211 attached to tumor-specific antibodies as carrier molecules is a system currently under investigation for use in targeted alpha therapy. In the common radiolabeling procedure, astatine is coupled to the antibody arbitrarily on lysine residues. By instead coupling astatine to disulfide bridges in the antibody structure, the immunoreactivity of the antibody conjugates could possibly be increased. Here, the disulfide-based conjugation was performed using a new coupling reagent, maleimidoethyl 3-(trimethylstannyl)benzamide (MSB), and evaluated for chemical stability in vitro. The immunoconjugates were subsequently astatinated, resulting in both high radiochemical yield and high specific activity. The MSB-conjugate was shown to be stable with a long shelf life prior to the astatination. In a comparison of the in vivo distribution of the new immunoconjugate with other tin-based immunoconjugates in tumor-bearing mice, the MSB conjugation method was found to be a viable option for successful astatine labeling of different monoclonal antibodies.

Författare

Emma Aneheim

Göteborgs universitet

Anna Gustafsson

Göteborgs universitet

Per Albertsson

Göteborgs universitet

Tom Bäck

Göteborgs universitet

Holger Jensen

Copenhagen University Hospital

Stig Palm

Göteborgs universitet

Sofia Svedhem

Chalmers, Fysik, Biologisk fysik

Sture Lindegren

Göteborgs universitet

Bioconjugate Chemistry

1043-1802 (ISSN) 1520-4812 (eISSN)

Vol. 27 3 688-97

Ämneskategorier

Radiologi och bildbehandling

Cancer och onkologi

DOI

10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00664

PubMed

26791409

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2017-10-07