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18F-Based Pretargeted PET Imaging Based on Bioorthogonal Diels-Alder Click Chemistry

  • Jan Philip Meyer
  • , Jacob L. Houghton
  • , Paul Kozlowski
  • , Dalya Abdel-Atti
  • , Thomas Reiner
  • , Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty
  • , Wolfgang W. Scholz
  • , Brian M. Zeglis
  • , Jason S. Lewis
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • MabVax Therapeutics
  • City University of New York

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Abstract

A first-of-its-kind 18F pretargeted PET imaging approach based on the bioorthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction between tetrazine (Tz) and trans-cyclooctene (TCO) is presented. As proof-of-principle, a TCO-bearing immunoconjugate of the anti-CA19.9 antibody 5B1 and an Al[18F]NOTA-labeled tetrazine radioligand were harnessed for the visualization of CA19.9-expressing BxPC3 pancreatic cancer xenografts. Biodistribution and 18F-PET imaging data clearly demonstrate that this methodology effectively delineates tumor mass with activity concentrations up to 6.4 %ID/g at 4 h after injection of the radioligand.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)298-301
Number of pages4
JournalBioconjugate Chemistry
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 17 2016

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