Tumor Targeting via Sialic Acid: [68Ga]DOTA-en-pba as a New Tool for Molecular Imaging of Cancer with PET

Rogelio Jimenez Juarez, Charalambos Tsoukalas, Simonetta Geninatti-Crich, Anastasios Gaitanis, Theodoros Tsotakos, Maria Paravatou-Petsotas, Silvio Aime, Constantinos D. Anagnostopoulos, Kristina Djanashvili, Penelope Bouziotis

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the potential of Ga-68-labeled macrocycle (DOTA-en-pba) conjugated with phenylboronic vector for tumor recognition by positron emission tomography (PET), based on targeting of the overexpressed sialic acid (Sia).
The imaging reporter DOTA-en-pba was synthesized and labeled with Ga-68 at high efficiency. Cell binding assay on Mel-C and B16-F10 melanoma cells was used to evaluate melanin production and Sia overexpression to determine the best model for demonstrating the capability of [68Ga]DOTA-en-pba to recognize tumors. The in vivo PET imaging was done with B16-F10 tumor-bearing SCID mice injected with [68Ga]DOTA-en- pba intravenously. Tumor, blood, and urine metabolites were assessed to evaluate the presence of a targeting agent.
Translated title of the contributionOrientación tumoral mediante ácido siálico: [68Ga]DOTA-en-pba como nueva herramienta para la obtención de imágenes moleculares del cáncer con PETOrientación tumoral mediante ácido siálico: [68Ga]DOTA-en-pba como nueva herramienta para la obtención de imágenes moleculares del cáncer con PET
Original languageEnglish
Article number0
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalMolecular Imaging and Biology
Volume20
Issue number0
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Feb 2018

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