Preliminary Evaluation of Astatine-211-Labeled Bombesin Derivatives for Targeted Alpha Therapy
作者:Miho Aoki、Songji Zhao、Kazuhiro Takahashi、Kohshin Washiyama、Naoyuki Ukon、Chengbo Tan、Saki Shimoyama、Ken-ichi Nishijima、Kazuma Ogawa
DOI:10.1248/cpb.c20-00077
日期:2020.6.1
There are various diagnostic and therapeutic agents for prostate cancer using bombesin (BBN) derivatives, but astatine-211 (At-211)-labeled BBN derivatives have yet to be studied. This study presented a preliminary evaluation of At-211- labeled BBN derivative. Several nonradioactive iodine-introduced BBN derivatives (IB-BBNs) with different linkers were synthesized and their binding affinities measured. Because IB-3 exhibited a comparable affinity to native BBN, [At-211]AB-3 was synthesized and the radiochemical yields of [At-211] AB-3 was 28.2 +/- 2.4%, with a radiochemical purity of >90%. The stability studies and cell internalization/externalization experiments were performed. [At-211]AB-3 was taken up by cells and internalized; however, radioactivity effluxed from cells over time. In addition, the biodistribution of [At-211]AB-3, with and without excess amounts of BBN, were evaluated in PC-3 tumor-bearing mice. Despite poor stability in murine plasma, [At-211]AB-3 accumulated in tumor tissue (4.05 +/- 0.73%ID/g) in PC-3 tumor-bearing mice, which was inhibited by excess native BBN (2.56 +/- 0.24%ID/g). Accumulated radioactivity in various organs is probably due to free At-211. Peptide degradation in murine plasma and radioactivity efflux from cells are areas of improvement. The development of At-211-labeled BBN derivatives requires modifying the BBN sequence and preventing deastatination.