PEPTIDIC STRUCTURES INCORPORATING AN AMINO ACID METAL COMPLEX AND APPLICATIONS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
申请人:THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
公开号:US20150297761A1
公开(公告)日:2015-10-22
A method for increasing the relaxivity of a contrast agent having a metal ion complexed to a chelator is disclosed. The metal ion complex is tethered to the remainder of the molecule by at least two points of attachment such that local motion is limited and higher relaxivity can be achieved. In one non-limiting example version of the invention, the alanine analogue of Gd(DOTA), Gd(DOTAla) wherein Gd is gadolinium and DOTA is 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid was integrated into polypeptide structures. This resulted in very rigid attachment of the metal ion complex to the peptide backbone. Rigid molecular structures provide fewer degrees of rotational freedom, resulting in greater control over the rotational dynamics and resultant relaxivity. In the case of Gd(DOTAla), the metal complex is tethered to the peptide via the amino acid side chain to the DOTA moiety and via a dative bond from an amide oxygen to the Gd(III) ion.
本发明揭示了一种增加金属离子与螯合剂配合物的弛豫度的方法。金属离子复合物通过至少两个连接点与分子的其余部分相连,从而限制局部运动,从而可以实现更高的弛豫度。在本发明的一个非限制性示例版本中,将Gd(DOTA)的丙氨酸类似物,Gd(DOTAla)(其中Gd是钆,DOTA是1,4,7,10-四氮杂环十二烷-1,4,7,10-四乙酸)整合到多肽结构中。这导致金属离子复合物与肽骨架之间非常严格的连接。刚性分子结构提供较少的旋转自由度,从而实现对旋转动力学和弛豫度的更好控制。在Gd(DOTAla)的情况下,金属配合物通过氨基酸侧链与DOTA基团相连,并通过酰胺氧原子与Gd(III)离子形成配位键。