Synthesis and evaluation of a novel 99mTc-labeled bioreductive probe for tumor hypoxia imaging
作者:Sadaaki Kimura、Izumi O. Umeda、Noriyuki Moriyama、Hirofumi Fujii
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.10.022
日期:2011.12
Tumor hypoxia is closely associated with the malignant progression and/or the high metastatic ability of tumors and often induces resistance to chemo- and/or radiotherapy. Thus, the detection and evaluation of hypoxia is important for the optimization of cancer therapy. We designed a novel Tc-99m-labeled probe for tumor hypoxia imaging that utilizes bioreductive reactions in hypoxic cells. This probe, which contains a 4-nitrobenzyl ester group, is reduced in hypoxic cells to produce a corresponding carboxylate anion that cannot penetrate cell membranes because of its hydrophilicity and negative charge; therefore, it is expected to be trapped inside hypoxic cells. Based on this unique strategy, we synthesized the Technetium-99m ( Tc-99m)-labeled probe Tc-99m-SD32. The uptake of Tc-99m-SD32 in tumor cells was investigated under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Tc-99m-SD32 showed sufficient accumulation and good retention in hypoxic cells. In addition, we demonstrated that Tc-99m-SD32 was subjected to bioreduction in hypoxic cells and was trapped as the corresponding carboxylate anion. These results indicated that Tc-99m-SD32 would be a promising agent for in vivo hypoxia imaging. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.