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Mittal S, Mallia MB. Molecular imaging of tumor hypoxia: Evolution of nitroimidazole radiopharmaceuticals and insights for future development. Bioorg Chem 2023; 139:106687. [PMID: 37406518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Though growing evidence has been collected in support of the concept of dose escalation based on the molecular level images indicating hypoxic tumor sub-volumes that could be radio-resistant, validation of the concept is still a work in progress. Molecular imaging of tumor hypoxia using radiopharmaceuticals is expected to provide the required input to plan dose escalation through Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) to kill/control the radio-resistant hypoxic tumor cells. The success of the IGRT, therefore, is heavily dependent on the quality of images obtained using the radiopharmaceutical and the extent to which the image represents the true hypoxic status of the tumor in spite of the heterogeneous nature of tumor hypoxia. Available literature on radiopharmaceuticals for imaging hypoxia is highly skewed in favor of nitroimidazole as the pharmacophore given their ability to undergo oxygen dependent reduction in hypoxic cells. In this context, present review on nitroimidazole radiopharmaceuticals would be immensely helpful to the researchers to obtain a birds-eye view on what has been achieved so far and what can be tried differently to obtain a better hypoxia imaging agent. The review also covers various methods of radiolabeling that could be utilized for developing radiotracers for hypoxia targeting applications.
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- Sweety Mittal
- Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai 400085, India.
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- Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Lin X, Ruan Q, Zhang X, Duan X, Teng Y, Zhang J. 99mTc labelled complexes with secnidazole xanthate: Synthesis and evaluation as potential radiotracers to target tumor hypoxia. Appl Radiat Isot 2018; 140:289-293. [PMID: 30092554 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this study, the commercially available secnidazole was successfully converted to secnidazole xanthate (SNXT), in which the xanthate group can act as a bifunctional chelator to coordinate with 99mTc. 99mTc-nitrido complex of SNXT(99mTcN-SNXT) and 99mTc-oxo complex of SNXT(99mTcO-SNXT) were prepared with high radiochemical purity. Both of the complexes were found to be stable in vitro and to exhibit similar hydrophilicity. In addition, comparative in vitro cell uptake studies under anoxic and normoxic conditions demonstrated that both agents were preferentially taken up by hypoxic cells. Biodistribution studies in mice bearing S180 tumor showed 99mTcO-SNXT exhibited a higher tumor uptake and tumor-to-muscle ratio than 99mTcN-SNXT. Furthermore, in SPECT imaging study, 99mTcO-SNXT exhibited a clear accumulation in tumor at 2 h post-injection, suggesting its potential to be a novel hypoxia imaging agent.
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- Xiao Lin
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, No 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China; Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals (Beijing Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals (Beijing Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals (Beijing Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China; Department of Isotopes, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals (Beijing Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, No 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals (Beijing Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China.
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Kniess T, Laube M, Wüst F, Pietzsch J. Technetium-99m based small molecule radiopharmaceuticals and radiotracers targeting inflammation and infection. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:14435-14451. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt01735a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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99mTc-labeled antibiotics, antifungal drugs, antimicrobial peptides and COX-2 inhibitors are comprehensively reviewed.
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- Torsten Kniess
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- University of Alberta
- Department of Oncology
- 11560 University Avenue
- Edmonton
- Canada
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden
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Sreeja S, Krishnan Nair CK. Chemo-directed specific targeting of nanoparticle-doxorubicin complexes to tumor in animal model. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Zhang Q, Huang H, Chu T. In vitroandin vivoevaluation of technetium-99m-labeled propylene amine oxime complexes containing nitroimidazole and nitrotriazole groups as hypoxia markers. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2015; 59:14-23. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Qiang Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University; Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University; Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University; Beijing 100871 China
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Huang H, Mei L, Chu T. Synthesis, radiolabeling and biological evaluation of propylene amine oxime complexes containing nitrotriazoles as hypoxia markers. Molecules 2012; 17:6808-20. [PMID: 22664468 PMCID: PMC6268332 DOI: 10.3390/molecules17066808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Two propylene amine oxime (PnAO) complexes, 1, containing a 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole and 2, containing two 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles, were synthesized and radiolabeled with (99m)Tc in high labeling yields. Cellular uptakes of (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 were tested using a S180 cells line. Under anoxic conditions, the cellular uptakes of (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 were 33.7 ± 0.2% and 35.0 ± 0.7% at 4 h, whereas the normoxic uptakes of the two complexes were 6.0 ± 1.6% and 4.6 ± 0.9%, respectively. Both (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 displayed significant anoxic/normoxic differentials. The cellular uptakes were highly dependent on oxygen and temperature. Biodistribution studies revealed that both (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 showed a selective localization in tumor and slow clearance from it. At 4 h, the tumor-to-muscle ratios (T/M) were 3.79 for (99m)Tc-1 and 4.58 for (99m)Tc-2. These results suggested that (99m)Tc-labeled PnAO complexes (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 might serve as novel hypoxia markers. By introducing a second nitrotriazole redox center, the hypoxic accumulation of the marker was slightly enhanced.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel./Fax: +86-10-6275-4319
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Abrantes AM, Serra ME, Murtinho D, Gonsalves AR, Botelho MF. An insight into tumoral hypoxia: the radiomarkers and clinical applications. Oncol Rev 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s12156-009-0001-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Wang F, Wang X, Yang S, Liu J, Zhang X. N-[3-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl) piperaziny-1-yl]propyl]cyclam: synthesized as a potential 5-HT1Areceptor ligand and labelled with99mTc-nitrido core. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.1532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Affani R, Auzeloux P, Madelmont JC, Dugat D. Macrocyclic 14-Membered Ring Diketal Diamines: Synthesis, Conformational Analysis and99mTc Radiolabeling Evaluation. European J Org Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200701151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Méndez-Rojas MA, Kharisov BI, Tsivadze AY. Recent advances on technetium complexes: coordination chemistry and medical applications¶. J COORD CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/00958970500324633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas
- a Departamento de Química y Biología , Universidad de las Américas-Puebla , Ex-Hacienda de Sta. Catarina Martir, AP 100, Cholula 72820, Puebla, México
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- b Facultad de Ciencias Químicas , Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León , 66450 San Nicolas de los Garza 18-F, Nuevo León, México
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Zhang Y, Chu T, Gao X, Liu X, Yang Z, Guo Z, Wang X. Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of the 99mTc labeled nitrobenzoimidazole and nitrotriazole as tumor hypoxia markers. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2006; 16:1831-3. [PMID: 16460938 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Revised: 12/18/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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1-(3-1,2,4-Nitrotriazole-1-yl)-propanhydroxyiminoamide and 1-(6-nitrobenzoimidazole-1-yl)-propanhydroxyiminoamide were synthesized and radiolabeled with (99m)Tc. The (99m)Tc labeled complexes continuously accumulated in hypoxic murine sarcoma S180 cells in vitro but not in aerobic cells. Biodistribution results in mice bearing S180 tumor indicated that the tracers could localize in tumor and eliminate from it slowly. These results suggested that the (99m)Tc labeled nitrobenzoimidazole and nitrotriazole might be the novel tumor hypoxia markers.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Vanbilloen HP, Eraets K, Evens N, Terwinghe C, Rattat D, Bormans G, Mortelmans L, Verbruggen AM. Preparation, characterization and biological evaluation of99mTc(CO)3-labelled cyclic polyamines. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rajagopalan R, Kagiya TV, Nair CKK. Radiosensitizer sanazole (AK-2123) enhances gamma-radiation-induced apoptosis in murine fibrosarcoma. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2003; 44:359-365. [PMID: 15031563 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sanazole (AK-2123) (N-2'-methoxy ethyl)-2-(3"-nitro-1"-triazolyl)acetamide, which has completed phase III clinical trials as a radiosensitizer, enhanced gamma-radiation induced apoptosis in murine fibrosarcoma upon i.p. administration at 40 mg/kg body weight one hour prior to irradiation. A microscopic examination of Giemsa-May-Grunwald stained cells has shown a higher frequency of condensed nuclei and fragmented nuclei in the tumor cells. The administration of sanazole to tumor-bearing animals enhanced the radiation-induced internucleosomal fragmentation in the nuclear genome of tumor cells. Higher levels of caspase-3 activity were also observed in the cell extracts of tumours from AK-2123 administered mice. Exposure to gamma-radiation of AK-2123-treated mouse further enhanced the caspase-3 activity, indicating the induction of apoptosis. The radiation sensitization property of sanazole was discernible by comparing the relative tumor diameter following irradiation after i.p. administration of AK-2123 and irradiation alone; it was higher during the first few days followed by the treatment.
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- Rema Rajagopalan
- Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Effect of vitamin B1 and mixtures of B1 with other vitamins on cytostatic efficiency of sanazole under irradiation. A study in vitro. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0969-806x(03)00090-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bormans G, Cleynhens B, de Groot T, Mortelmans L, Moretti JL, Verbruggen A. Synthesis, radio-LC-MS analysis and biodistribution in mice of99mTc-NIM-BAT. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Khlebnikov A, Schepetkin I, Kwon BS. Modeling of the anticancer action for radical derivatives of nitroazoles: quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2002; 17:193-203. [PMID: 12030113 DOI: 10.1089/108497802753773810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A QSAR analysis of the anti-tumor, anti-metastasis and anti-colony formation (for metastatic colonies) activities of eighteen nitroazoles (including metronidazole and hypoxic radiosensitizers RP-170, KU-2285 and sanazole (drug AK-2123)) and their nitro and nitroso anion radical derivatives against melanoma B16 in mice has been performed. The QSAR models were built with the use of the frontal polygon method. This approach has features of different 3D QSAR methodologies and belongs to the group of "indirect" methods. The procedure allows to build robust models with high predictive ability even in series of diverse and conformationally flexible compounds. Key atomic characteristics accompany the geometrical requirements in the analysis of local 3D molecular similarity. By variation of weight coefficients for hydrophobicity, refraction increments, and partial charge it is possible to achieve better quality of QSAR and evaluate the importance of each characteristic for biological activity under consideration. It was found that hydrophobicity, molar refraction and charge characteristics of nitro anion radical derivatives are more significant for interaction with molecular targets than those of the parent compounds and of the nitroso anion radical derivatives. Size and hydrophobic properties of substituents in nitro anion radicals play significant role for ligand-target interaction in the processes of inhibition of metastatic spreading and growth of metastatic colonies by nitroazoles. A scheme of competitive interaction of parent nitroazoles and their anion radicals with a target in organism is suggested. It can be concluded that the step of one-electron reduction of nitroazoles can be important for anticancer activity of these drugs.
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For many years, it has been known that hypoxia affects the response to radiotherapy in human cancers. Hypoxic regions can develop as a tumor grows beyond the ability of its blood supply to deliver oxygen to the full extent of the tumor, exacerbated by vascular spasm or compression caused by increased interstitial fluid pressure. However, hypoxia is heterogeneous, and tumors that appear identical by clinical and radiographic criteria can vary greatly in their extent of hypoxia. Several invasive procedures to measure hypoxia in tumors have been developed and are predictive of response to therapy, but none of these is in routine clinical use because of technical complexity, inconvenience, and inability to obtain repeated measures. Noninvasive imaging with a hypoxia-directed radiopharmaceutical could be of great clinical utility. Most such radiopharmaceuticals under development use 2-nitroimidazole as the targeting moiety. 2-Nitroimidazole, which is selectively reduced and bound in hypoxic tissues, has been labeled with F-18, Cu-64/67, I-123, and Tc-99m. Of these, F-18-fluoromisonidazole and I-123-iodoazomycin arabinoside (IAZA) have been most widely studied clinically. Non-nitro-containing bioreductive complexes, such as the Cu-60/62/64 thiosemicarbazone ATSM and Tc-99m butylene amineoxime (BnAO or HL91), have also been evaluated. In particular, 1-123-IAZA and Cu-60-ATSM have shown correlation with response to radiotherapy in preliminary clinical studies. However, more preclinical studies comparing imaging with validated invasive methods and clinical studies with outcome measures are required. Nuclear medicine is poised to play an important role in optimizing the therapy of patients with hypoxic tumors.
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- J R Ballinger
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England
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