Rational Design and Generation of a Bimodal Bifunctional Ligand for Antibody-Targeted Radiation Cancer Therapy

Autor: Diane E. Milenic, Hyun-Soon Chong, Baidoo Kwamena, Hyun A. Song, Thien Le, Erik D. Brady, Martin W. Brechbiel, Xiang Ma
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51:118-125
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
Popis: An antibody-targeted radiation therapy (radioimmunotherapy, RIT) employs a bifunctional ligand that can effectively hold a cytotoxic metal with clinically acceptable complexation kinetics and stability while being attached to a tumor-specific antibody. Clinical exploration of the therapeutic potential of RIT has been challenged by the absence of adequate ligand, a critical component for enhancing the efficacy of the cancer therapy. To address this deficiency, the bifunctional ligand C-NETA in a unique structural class possessing both a macrocyclic cavity and a flexible acyclic moiety was designed. The practical, reproducible, and readily scalable synthetic route to C-NETA was developed, and its potential as the chelator of (212)Bi, (213)Bi, and (177)Lu for RIT was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. C-NETA rapidly binds both Lu(III) and Bi(III), and the respective metal complexes remain extremely stable in serum for 14 days. (177)Lu -C-NETA and (205/6)Bi -C-NETA possess an excellent or acceptable in vivo biodistribution profile.
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