Thiol-Reactive Bifunctional Chelators for the Creation of Site-Selectively Modified Radioimmunoconjugates with Improved Stability

Autor: Maria Davydova, Brian M. Zeglis, Pierre Adumeau
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Bioconjugate Chemistry. 29:1364-1372
ISSN: 1520-4812
1043-1802
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00081
Popis: Maleimide-bearing bifunctional chelators have been used extensively for the site-selective bioconjugation and radiolabeling of peptides and proteins. However, bioconjugates obtained using these constructs inevitably suffer from limited stability in vivo, a trait which translates into suboptimal activity concentrations in target tissue and higher uptake levels in healthy, non-target tissues. To circumvent this issue, phenyloxadiazolyl methylsulfones have previously been reported as alternatives to maleimides for thiol-based ligations, but these constructs have scarcely been used in the field of radiochemistry. In this report, we describe the synthesis of two thiol-reactive bifunctional chelators for (89)Zr and (177)Lu based on a new, easy-to-make phenyloxadiazolyl methylsulfone reagent: PODS. Radioimmunoconjugates created using these novel bifunctional chelators displayed higher in vitro stability than their maleimide-derived cousins. More importantly, PET imaging in murine models of cancer revealed that a (89)Zr-labeled radioimmunoconjugate created using a PODS-bearing bifunctional chelator produced significantly lower uptake in non-target tissues than its analogous maleimide-based counterpart.
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