Efficient bioconjugation of 5-fluoro-5-deoxy-ribose (FDR) to RGD peptides for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of αvβ3 integrin receptor
作者:Sergio Dall'Angelo、Qingzhi Zhang、Ian N. Fleming、Monica Piras、Lutz F. Schweiger、David O'Hagan、Matteo Zanda
DOI:10.1039/c3ob40550h
日期:——
The utility of 5-fluoro-5-deoxyribose (FDR) as an efficient bioconjugation agent for radiolabelling of the RGD peptides c(RGDfK) and c(RGDfC) is demonstrated. The bioconjugation is significantly superior to that achieved with 2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) and benefits from the location of the fluorine at C-5, and that ribose is a 5-membered ring sugar rather than a 6-membered ring. Both features favour ring opening to the aldehydic form of the sugar to promote smooth oxime ligation with aminooxy ether functionalised peptides. [18F]FDR was prepared in this study by synthesis from fluoride-18 using an automated synthesis protocol adapting that used routinely for [18F]FDG. c(RGDfK) was functionalised with an aminooxyacetyl group (Aoa) via its lysine terminus, while c(RGDfC) was functionalised with an aminooxyhexylmaleimide (Ahm) through a cysteineâmaleimide conjugation. Bioconjugation of [18F]FDR to c(RGDfC)-Ahm proved to be more efficient than c(RGDfK)-Aoa (92% versus 65%). The unlabelled (19F) bioconjugates c(RGDfK)-Aoa-FDR and c(RGDfC)-Ahm-FDR were prepared and their in vitro affinity to purified integrin αvβ3 was determined. c(RGDfK)-Aoa-FDR showed the greater affinity. Purified âhotâ bioconjugates c(RGDfK)-Aoa-[18F]FDR and c(RGDfC)-Ahm-[18F]FDR were assayed by incubation with MCF7, LNCaP and PC3 cell lines. In both cases the conjugated RGD peptides showed selectivity for PC3 cells, which express αvβ3 integrin, with the c(RGDfK)-Aoa-[18F]FDR demonstrating better binding, consistent with its higher in vitro affinity. The study demonstrates that [18F]FDR is an efficient bioconjugation ligand for RGD bioactive peptides.
研究表明,5-氟-5-脱氧核糖(FDR)作为RGD肽c(RGDfK)和c(RGDfC)的放射标记高效生物偶联剂具有实用性。与2-氟-2-脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)相比,生物偶联效果显著优越,这得益于氟原子位于C-5位置,以及核糖是五元环糖而非六元环糖的特点。这两个特性有利于糖环开环形成醛式,促进与氨基氧乙基功能化肽的顺利肟连接。在本研究中,[18F]FDR通过从氟-18开始,采用适应常规[18F]FDG合成方法的自动化合成协议制备。c(RGDfK)通过其赖氨酸末端与氨基氧乙酰基(Aoa)功能化,而c(RGDfC)通过半胱氨酸-马来酰亚胺连接与氨基氧己基马来酰亚胺(Ahm)功能化。[18F]FDR与c(RGDfC)-Ahm的生物偶联证明比c(RGDfK)-Aoa更高效(92%对65%)。制备了未标记的(19F)生物偶联物c(RGDfK)-Aoa-FDR和c(RGDfC)-Ahm-FDR,并测定了它们对纯化整合素αvβ3的体外亲和力。c(RGDfK)-Aoa-FDR显示出更高的亲和力。纯化的“热”生物偶联物c(RGDfK)-Aoa-[18F]FDR和c(RGDfC)-Ahm-[18F]FDR通过与MCF7、LNCaP和PC3细胞系共孵育进行检测。两种情况下,结合的RGD肽均显示出对表达αvβ3整合素的PC3细胞的选择性,其中c(RGDfK)-Aoa-[18F]FDR显示出更好的结合效果,与其更高的体外亲和力一致。该研究表明,[18F]FDR是RGD生物活性肽的高效生物偶联配体。