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Saldarriaga Vargas C, Andersson M, Bouvier-Capely C, Li WB, Madas B, Covens P, Struelens L, Strigari L. Heterogeneity of absorbed dose distribution in kidney tissues and dose–response modelling of nephrotoxicity in radiopharmaceutical therapy with beta-particle emitters: A review. Z Med Phys 2023:S0939-3889(23)00037-5. [PMID: 37031068 DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2023.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Absorbed dose heterogeneity in kidney tissues is an important issue in radiopharmaceutical therapy. The effect of absorbed dose heterogeneity in nephrotoxicity is, however, not fully understood yet, which hampers the implementation of treatment optimization by obscuring the interpretation of clinical response data and the selection of optimal treatment options. Although some dosimetry methods have been developed for kidney dosimetry to the level of microscopic renal substructures, the clinical assessment of the microscopic distribution of radiopharmaceuticals in kidney tissues currently remains a challenge. This restricts the anatomical resolution of clinical dosimetry, which hinders a thorough clinical investigation of the impact of absorbed dose heterogeneity. The potential of absorbed dose-response modelling to support individual treatment optimization in radiopharmaceutical therapy is recognized and gaining attraction. However, biophysical modelling is currently underexplored for the kidney, where particular modelling challenges arise from the convolution of a complex functional organization of renal tissues with the function-mediated dose distribution of radiopharmaceuticals. This article reviews and discusses the heterogeneity of absorbed dose distribution in kidney tissues and the absorbed dose-response modelling of nephrotoxicity in radiopharmaceutical therapy. The review focuses mainly on the peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with beta-particle emitting somatostatin analogues, for which the scientific literature reflects over two decades of clinical experience. Additionally, detailed research perspectives are proposed to address various identified challenges to progress in this field.
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EpCAM- and EGFR-Specific Antibody Drug Conjugates for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23116122. [PMID: 35682800 PMCID: PMC9181111 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a group of heterogeneous and refractory breast cancers with the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Over the past decade, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) have ushered in a new era of targeting therapy. Since the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) are over expressed on triple-negative breast cancer, we developed novel ADCs by conjugating benzylguanine (BG)-modified monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) to EpCAM- and EGFR-specific SNAP-tagged single chain antibody fragments (scFvs). Rapid and efficient conjugation was achieved by SNAP-tag technology. The binding and internalization properties of scFv-SNAP fusion proteins were confirmed by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. The dose-dependent cytotoxicity was evaluated in cell lines expressing different levels of EGFR and EpCAM. Both ADCs showed specific cytotoxicity to EGFR or EpCAM positive cell lines via inducing apoptosis at a nanomolar concentration. Our study demonstrated that EGFR specific scFv-425-SNAP-BG-MMAE and EpCAM-specific scFv-EpCAM-SNAP-BG-MMAE could be promising ADCs for the treatment of TNBC.
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Jin Y, Schladetsch MA, Huang X, Balunas MJ, Wiemer AJ. Stepping forward in antibody-drug conjugate development. Pharmacol Ther 2022; 229:107917. [PMID: 34171334 PMCID: PMC8702582 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2021.107917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are cancer therapeutic agents comprised of an antibody, a linker and a small-molecule payload. ADCs use the specificity of the antibody to target the toxic payload to tumor cells. After intravenous administration, ADCs enter circulation, distribute to tumor tissues and bind to the tumor surface antigen. The antigen then undergoes endocytosis to internalize the ADC into tumor cells, where it is transported to lysosomes to release the payload. The released toxic payloads can induce apoptosis through DNA damage or microtubule inhibition and can kill surrounding cancer cells through the bystander effect. The first ADC drug was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, but the following decade saw no new approved ADC drugs. From 2011 to 2018, four ADC drugs were approved, while in 2019 and 2020 five more ADCs entered the market. This demonstrates an increasing trend for the clinical development of ADCs. This review summarizes the recent clinical research, with a specific focus on how the in vivo processing of ADCs influences their design. We aim to provide comprehensive information about current ADCs to facilitate future development.
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- Yiming Jin
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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A microdosimetry model of kidney by GATE Monte Carlo simulation using a nonuniform activity distribution in digital phantom of nephron. Nucl Med Commun 2020; 41:110-119. [PMID: 31764596 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES As the main pathway for the clearance of radiopharmaceutical from the body, kidney is a dose-limiting organ in medical application of radionuclides. Because of its unique physiology, radioactivity is seen to concentrate on kidney nonuniformly. This nonuniformity can be considered in nephron microstructures. A microdosimetry model of kidney is necessary to include the nonuniform distribution in internal radiation dosimetry. METHOD Implementing the microdosimetry model requires, first, a geometry phantom of nephrons. Stylized phantoms cannot distribute activities inside nephron compartments nonuniformly. A phantom of nephron was generated by a preliminary three-dimensional graphic model and was converted to a proper format of digital phantom. The phantom was fed to GATE Monte Carlo toolkits. Simulations were performed and S-values for five radionuclides (Tc-99m, In-111, Lu-177, Ac-225 and Bi-212) were calculated and compared with corresponding results published in the literature derived with a stylized phantom of nephron. Activity was distributed nonuniformly according to the kinetics of two mainly used diagnostic tracers (diethylenetriaminepetaacetate and ethylenedicysteine) and absorbed dose of nephron cells were calculated. RESULTS A good correlation was shown between the generated phantom microdosimetry model and stylized model and revealed the phantom can be used for future microdosimetry studies of kidney to evaluate radiobiological effects of internal radiation from various diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Absorbed dose of cells for nonuniform distribution showed that some cells in a nephron compartment receive higher dose than (more than two-fold) that of compartment average dose. CONCLUSION Average dose of nephron is not a reliable parameter for nephrotoxicity evaluation.
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Traino AC, Piccinno M, Avigo C. Dosimetry of non-uniform activity distribution: possibility to use the local energy deposition approach at the voxel level in radionuclide therapy. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2016. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/2/6/065001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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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Hao Z, Tian C, Yang F, Zhang J. Correlation between expression of epidermal growth factor receptor and adverse reactions after chemotherapy of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Pak J Med Sci 2015; 31:1115-20. [PMID: 26648997 PMCID: PMC4641266 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.315.7939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the correlation between expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and adverse reactions after chemotherapy of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS A total of 120 NSCLC patients who were treated in our hospital from August 2009 to September 2011 were selected as an observation group, and another 120 healthy subjects were selected as a control group. EGFR expressions in both groups were detected. The observation group was subjected to combination chemotherapy, and their shorter- and long-term prognostic outcomes, adverse reactions and mortality were recorded. Meanwhile, correlation analysis was performed. RESULTS The observation group had significantly higher percentage and positive rate in EGFR expression than those of the control group (P<0.05). With increasing stage and lymphatic metastasis, the positive expression rate of EGFR rose significantly (P<0.05). In the observation group, the response rate of treatment was 62.5%, and the incidence rate of adverse reactions after chemotherapy was 28.3% (34/120). The 1-, 2- and 3-year survival rates were 38.3%, 15.0% and 10.0% respectively. Multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that TNM stage, lymphatic metastasis and positive EGFR expression were the main independent risk factors for post-chemotherapy adverse reactions (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Advanced NSCLC was commonly accompanied by high EGFR expression. Although chemotherapy was able to improve the prognosis and survival rate, adverse reactions were also induced, being associated with the pathological characteristics and EGFR expressions of patients.
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- Zerui Hao
- Zerui Hao, Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing 252601, China
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- Chunyan Tian, Health Care & Gerontology Department, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Qingzhou 262500, China
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- Futang Yang, Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing 252601, China
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- Jihong Zhang, Department of Critical Care Medicine (ICU), Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang 261041, China
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Sabet A, Ezziddin K, Pape UF, Reichman K, Haslerud T, Ahmadzadehfar H, Biersack HJ, Nagarajah J, Ezziddin S. Accurate assessment of long-term nephrotoxicity after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with (177)Lu-octreotate. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2013; 41:505-10. [PMID: 24196919 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2601-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Renal radiation during peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) may result in glomerular damage, a potential reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and ultimately lead to renal failure. While reported PRRT nephrotoxicity is limited to data derived from serum creatinine-allowing only approximate estimates of GFR-the aim of this study is to accurately determine PRRT-induced long-term changes of renal function and associated risk factors according to state-of-the-art GFR measurement. METHODS Nephrotoxicity was analysed using (99m)Tc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) clearance data of 74 consecutive patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP NET) undergoing PRRT with (177)Lu-octreotate. The mean follow-up period was 21 months (range 12-50) with a median of five GFR measurements per patient. The change of GFR was analysed by linear curve fit. Potential risk factors including diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, previous chemotherapy, renal impairment at baseline and cumulative administered activity were analysed regarding potential impact on renal function loss. In addition, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v3.0 were used to compare nephrotoxicity determined by (99m)Tc-DTPA clearance versus serum creatinine. RESULTS The alteration in GFR differed widely among the patients (mean -2.1 ± 13.1 ml/min/m(2) per year, relative yearly reduction -1.8 ± 18.9%). Fifteen patients (21%) experienced a mild (2-10 ml/min/m(2) per year) and 16 patients (22%) a significant (>10 ml/min/m(2) per year) decline of GFR following PRRT. However, 11 patients (15%) showed an increase of >10 ml/min/m(2) per year. Relevant nephrotoxicity according to CTCAE (grade ≥3) was observed in one patient (1.3%) with arterial hypertension and history of chemotherapy. Nephrotoxicity according to serum creatinine was discordant to that defined by GFR in 15% of the assessments and led to underestimation in 12% of patients. None of the investigated factors including cumulative administered activity contributed to the decline of renal function. CONCLUSION Serious nephrotoxicity after PRRT with (177)Lu-octreotate is rare (1.3%). However, slight renal impairment (GFR loss >2 ml/min/m(2) per year) can frequently (43%) be detected by (99m)Tc-DTPA clearance assessments. Cumulative administered activity of (177)Lu-octreotate is not a major determinant of renal impairment in our study.
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- Amir Sabet
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
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Traino AC, Marcatili S, Avigo C, Sollini M, Erba PA, Mariani G. Dosimetry for nonuniform activity distributions: A method for the calculation of 3D absorbed-dose distribution without the use of voxelS-values, point kernels, or Monte Carlo simulations. Med Phys 2013; 40:042505. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4794473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sgouros G, Hobbs RF. Patient-Specific Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and the Previously-Treated Patient. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/174_2012_684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Hubble D, Kong G, Michael M, Johnson V, Ramdave S, Hicks RJ. 177Lu-octreotate, alone or with radiosensitising chemotherapy, is safe in neuroendocrine tumour patients previously treated with high-activity 111In-octreotide. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2010; 37:1869-75. [PMID: 20445977 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1483-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study was to determine whether patients with previous peptide receptor radionuclide therapy using high-activity (111)In-pentetreotide can be safely treated with (177)Lu-octreotate and whether addition of radiosensitising chemotherapy increases the toxicity of this agent. METHODS Records of 27 patients (aged 17-75) who received 69 (median 3 per patient) (177)Lu-octreotate administrations, including 29 in conjunction with radiosensitising infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (n = 27), or capecitabine (n = 2), between October 2005 and July 2007 subsequent to 1-8 prior cycles of (111)In-pentetreotide therapy were analysed. Toxicity was assessed during and at 8-12 weeks post-treatment, with further long-term assessments including survival status reviewed till death or study close-out date of 1 November 2009. RESULTS Reduction in blood counts was most marked following the first dose of (177)Lu-octreotate but at early follow-up the only major haematological toxicity was a single case of grade 4 lymphopaenia. Both the presence of bone metastases and the administration of chemotherapy tended to result in greater reduction in blood counts, but these differences did not reach statistical significance. On long-term follow-up, 16 patients (59%) are alive with median overall survival of 36 months (32-44 months from first (177)Lu-octreotate therapy). None of the recorded deaths was directly related to treatment toxicity. One patient had late grade 4 anaemia and thrombocytopaenia secondary to bone marrow failure from progressive infiltration by tumour. No other significant long-term haematological toxicities were recorded and no leukaemia was observed. No renal toxicity was observed on serial serum creatinine or radionuclide glomerular filtration rate (GFR) determination on initial or long-term follow-up. CONCLUSION (177)Lu-octreotate is a safe and well-tolerated therapy for patients who have previously been treated with (111)In-pentetreotide and can be safely combined with radiosensitising chemotherapy. However, caution is recommended in patients with bone metastases. Significant late toxicities including bone marrow or renal failure, or leukaemia directly related to radionuclide therapy, did not occur in our series.
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- Daniel Hubble
- Centre for Molecular Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 12 St Andrew's Place, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
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Bäck T, Haraldsson B, Hultborn R, Jensen H, Johansson ME, Lindegren S, Jacobsson L. Glomerular Filtration Rate After Alpha-Radioimmunotherapy with 211At-MX35-F(ab′)2: A Long-Term Study of Renal Function in Nude Mice. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2009; 24:649-58. [DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2009.0628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tom Bäck
- Department of Radiation Physics, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Cyclotron and PET Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Molecular Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, University Hospital MAS, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wessels BW, Konijnenberg MW, Dale RG, Breitz HB, Cremonesi M, Meredith RF, Green AJ, Bouchet LG, Brill AB, Bolch WE, Sgouros G, Thomas SR. MIRD Pamphlet No. 20: The Effect of Model Assumptions on Kidney Dosimetry and Response—Implications for Radionuclide Therapy. J Nucl Med 2008; 49:1884-99. [PMID: 18927342 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.053173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Barry W Wessels
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Sgouros G, Frey E, Wahl R, He B, Prideaux A, Hobbs R. Three-dimensional imaging-based radiobiological dosimetry. Semin Nucl Med 2008; 38:321-34. [PMID: 18662554 PMCID: PMC2597292 DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Targeted radionuclide therapy holds promise as a new treatment for cancer. Advances in imaging are making it possible for researchers to evaluate the spatial distribution of radioactivity in tumors and normal organs over time. Matched anatomical imaging, such as combined single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography, has also made it possible to obtain tissue density information in conjunction with the radioactivity distribution. Coupled with sophisticated iterative reconstruction algorithms, these advances have made it possible to perform highly patient-specific dosimetry that also incorporates radiobiological modeling. Such sophisticated dosimetry techniques are still in the research investigation phase. Given the attendant logistical and financial costs, a demonstrated improvement in patient care will be a prerequisite for the adoption of such highly-patient specific internal dosimetry methods.
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- George Sgouros
- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
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Akizawa H, Uehara T, Arano Y. Renal uptake and metabolism of radiopharmaceuticals derived from peptides and proteins. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2008; 60:1319-28. [PMID: 18508156 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Radiolabeled anti-CD20 antibodies have demonstrated impressive efficacy in the treatment of relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This encourages the treatment of solid tumor with radiolabeled antibody fragments and peptides. However, both preclinical and clinical studies revealed that persistent localization of radioactivity in the kidney constitutes a major obstacle that compromises therapeutic efficacy. Recent extensive studies show that long residence times of radiolabeled end products from lysosomes are responsible for the renal radioactivity levels. Recent studies have also elucidated the involvement of megalin-cubilin in renal tubular reabsorption of radiolabeled antibody fragments and peptides. In light of these findings, efforts are being made to block tubular reabsorption of radiolabeled antibody fragments and peptides by competitive inhibitors, charge modification, and PEGylation. An interposition of an enzyme-cleavable linkage between antibody fragments and radiolabels would constitute an alternative approach to reduce renal radioactivity levels. Recent findings of these studies will be described.
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- Hiromichi Akizawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan
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Baechler S, Hobbs RF, Prideaux AR, Wahl RL, Sgouros G. Extension of the biological effective dose to the MIRD schema and possible implications in radionuclide therapy dosimetry. Med Phys 2008; 35:1123-34. [PMID: 18404947 DOI: 10.1118/1.2836421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In dosimetry-based treatment planning protocols, patients with rapid clearance of the radiopharmaceutical require a larger amount of initial activity than those with slow clearance to match the absorbed dose to the critical organ. As a result, the dose-rate to the critical organ is higher in patients with rapid clearance and may cause unexpected toxicity compared to patients with slow clearance. In order to account for the biological impact of different dose-rates, radiobiological modeling is beginning to be applied to the analysis of radionuclide therapy patient data. To date, the formalism used for these analyses is based on kinetics derived from activity in a single organ, the target. This does not include the influence of other source organs to the dose and dose-rate to the target organ. As a result, only self-dose irradiation in the target organ contributes to the dose-rate. In this work, the biological effective dose (BED) formalism has been extended to include the effect of multiple source organ contributions to the net dose-rate in a target organ. The generalized BED derivation has been based on the Medical Internal Radionuclide Dose Committee (MIRD) schema assuming multiple source organs following exponential effective clearance of the radionuclide. A BED-based approach to determine the largest safe dose to critical organs has also been developed. The extended BED formalism is applied to red marrow dosimetry, as well as kidney dosimetry considering the cortex and the medulla separately, since both those organs are commonly dose limiting in radionuclide therapy. The analysis shows that because the red marrow is an early responding tissue (high alpha/beta), it is less susceptible to unexpected toxicity arising from rapid clearance of high levels of administered activity in the marrow or in the remainder of the body. In kidney dosimetry, the study demonstrates a complex interplay between clearance of activity in the cortex and the medulla, as well as the initial activity ratio and the S value ratio between the two. In some scenarios, projected BED based on both the cortex and the medulla is a more appropriate constraint on the administered activity than the BED based on the cortex only. Furthermore, different fractionated regimens were considered to reduce renal toxicity. The MIRD-based BED formalism is expected to be useful for patient-specific adjustments of activity and to facilitate the investigation of dose-toxicity correlations with respect to dose-rate and tissue repair mechanism.
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- Sébastien Baechler
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA.
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Prideaux AR, Song H, Hobbs RF, He B, Frey EC, Ladenson PW, Wahl RL, Sgouros G. Three-dimensional radiobiologic dosimetry: application of radiobiologic modeling to patient-specific 3-dimensional imaging-based internal dosimetry. J Nucl Med 2007; 48:1008-16. [PMID: 17504874 PMCID: PMC2974276 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Phantom-based and patient-specific imaging-based dosimetry methodologies have traditionally yielded mean organ-absorbed doses or spatial dose distributions over tumors and normal organs. In this work, radiobiologic modeling is introduced to convert the spatial distribution of absorbed dose into biologically effective dose and equivalent uniform dose parameters. The methodology is illustrated using data from a thyroid cancer patient treated with radioiodine. METHODS Three registered SPECT/CT scans were used to generate 3-dimensional images of radionuclide kinetics (clearance rate) and cumulated activity. The cumulated activity image and corresponding CT scan were provided as input into an EGSnrc-based Monte Carlo calculation: The cumulated activity image was used to define the distribution of decays, and an attenuation image derived from CT was used to define the corresponding spatial tissue density and composition distribution. The rate images were used to convert the spatial absorbed dose distribution to a biologically effective dose distribution, which was then used to estimate a single equivalent uniform dose for segmented volumes of interest. Equivalent uniform dose was also calculated from the absorbed dose distribution directly. RESULTS We validate the method using simple models; compare the dose-volume histogram with a previously analyzed clinical case; and give the mean absorbed dose, mean biologically effective dose, and equivalent uniform dose for an illustrative case of a pediatric thyroid cancer patient with diffuse lung metastases. The mean absorbed dose, mean biologically effective dose, and equivalent uniform dose for the tumor were 57.7, 58.5, and 25.0 Gy, respectively. Corresponding values for normal lung tissue were 9.5, 9.8, and 8.3 Gy, respectively. CONCLUSION The analysis demonstrates the impact of radiobiologic modeling on response prediction. The 57% reduction in the equivalent dose value for the tumor reflects a high level of dose nonuniformity in the tumor and a corresponding reduced likelihood of achieving a tumor response. Such analyses are expected to be useful in treatment planning for radionuclide therapy.
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- Andrew R. Prideaux
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Du Y, Honeychurch J, Glennie M, Johnson P, Illidge T. Microscopic intratumoral dosimetry of radiolabeled antibodies is a critical determinant of successful radioimmunotherapy in B-cell lymphoma. Cancer Res 2007; 67:1335-43. [PMID: 17283171 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-2495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Radioimmunotherapy is a highly effective treatment for some hematologic malignancies; however, the underlying mechanisms of tumor clearance remain poorly understood. We have previously shown that both targeted radiation using (131)I-labeled anti-MHC class II (MHCII) monoclonal antibody (mAb) plus mAb signaling with unlabeled anti-idiotype are required for the long-term clearance of tumor in syngeneic murine lymphoma models. In this study, we have investigated how the microdistribution of the targeted radiation component of this combination affects the long-term clearance of lymphoma. (131)I-labeled mAb targeting CD45 and MHCII antigens was found to deliver similar doses of radiation to tumor-bearing organ using conventional dosimetry ( approximately 1.0 Gy per MBq when (131)I was labeled to 500 mug mAb and given i.v. per mouse), but when used as radiation vectors in combination therapy only, (131)I-anti-MHCII plus anti-idiotype produced long-term survival. The profound differences in therapy did not seem to be dependent on levels of (131)I-mAb tumor-binding or antibody-dependent cytotoxicity. Instead, the microscopic intratumoral dosimetry seemed to be critical with the (131)I-anti-MHCII, delivering more concentrated and therefore substantially higher radiation dose to tumor cells. When the administered activity of (131)I-anti-CD45 was increased, a radiation dose response was shown in the presence of anti-idiotype and long-term survival was seen. We believe that these new insights should influence the selection of new antigen targets and the design of dosimetric methods in radioimmunotherapy of lymphoma.
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- Yong Du
- Cancer Sciences Division, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Jaggi JS, Seshan SV, McDevitt MR, LaPerle K, Sgouros G, Scheinberg DA. Renal tubulointerstitial changes after internal irradiation with alpha-particle-emitting actinium daughters. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:2677-89. [PMID: 15987754 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2004110945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The effect of external gamma irradiation on the kidneys is well described. However, the mechanisms of radiation nephropathy as a consequence of targeted radionuclide therapies are poorly understood. The functional and morphologic changes were studied chronologically (from 10 to 40 wk) in mouse kidneys after injection with an actinium-225 (225Ac) nanogenerator, a molecular-sized, antibody-targeted, in vivo generator of alpha-particle-emitting elements. Renal irradiation from free, radioactive daughters of 225Ac led to time-dependent reduction in renal function manifesting as increase in blood urea nitrogen. The histopathologic changes corresponded with the decline in renal function. Glomerular, tubular, and endothelial cell nuclear pleomorphism and focal tubular cell injury, lysis, and karyorrhexis were observed as early as 10 wk. Progressive thinning of the cortex as a result of widespread tubulolysis, collapsed tubules, glomerular crowding, decrease in glomerular cellularity, interstitial inflammation, and an elevated juxtaglomerular cell count were noted at 20 to 30 wk after treatment. By 35 to 40 wk, regeneration of simplified tubules with tubular atrophy and loss with focal, mild interstitial fibrosis had occurred. A lower juxtaglomerular cell count with focal cytoplasmic vacuolization, suggesting increased degranulation, was also observed in this period. A focal increase in tubular and interstitial cell TGF-beta1 expression starting at 20 wk, peaking at 25 wk, and later declining in intensity with mild increase in the extracellular matrix deposition was noticed. These findings suggest that internally delivered alpha-particle irradiation-induced loss of tubular epithelial cells triggers a chain of adaptive changes that result in progressive renal parenchymal damage accompanied by a loss of renal function. These findings are dissimilar to those seen after gamma or beta irradiation of kidneys.
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- Jaspreet Singh Jaggi
- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Abou-Jaoudé W, Dale R. A theoretical radiobiological assessment of the influence of radionuclide half-life on tumor response in targeted radiotherapy when a constant kidney toxicity is maintained. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2005; 19:308-21. [PMID: 15285877 DOI: 10.1089/1084978041425089] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The potential of targeted radionuclide therapy may be limited if the antibody affinity to the tumor is relatively low and if significant normal tissue damage occurs while the tumor is sterilized. One way to increase the efficiency of the antibody-radionuclide complex might be to use knowledge of the radiobiological processes to select a near-optimal radionuclide half-life. In this paper, the role of physical half-life in targeted radiotherapy optimization is investigated using the linear quadratic (LQ) radiobiological model in conjunction with a range of radiobiological parameters relevant to the tumor. Five radionuclides ((211)At, (90)Y, (131)I, (86)Rb, and (114m)In) were selected, providing a half-life range from 0.3-49.5 days. The dose-limiting organ was assumed to be the kidney, with a simple fractional link between the initial (extrapolated) dose-rate to the tumor and the initial dose-rate to the kidney. The results suggest that short-lived radionuclides (half-life in the range of 1-10 days) have an advantage over medium- and long-lived radionuclides. Furthermore, for very rapid tumor uptake (uptake half-time of a few hours), very short-lived radionuclides (half-life of less than 1 day) could be efficiently employed. Ultimately, however, treatment outcome (in terms of tumor cell kill) is limited by the antibody affinity to the tumor.
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- Wassim Abou-Jaoudé
- Department of Biological and Medical Systems, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Dale R. Use of the linear-quadratic radiobiological model for quantifying kidney response in targeted radiotherapy. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2005; 19:363-70. [PMID: 15285884 DOI: 10.1089/1084978041425070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This paper reviews the generalized application of the linear quadratic (LQ) model of radiobiological effect to targeted radiotherapy. Special attention is given to formulations for normal tissue responses and these are applied, in particular, to the kidney. Because it is derived from self-consistent bio-physical principles, the LQ model currently remains the standard formalism for assessing biological responses for the whole range of radiotherapy treatments. A central feature of the model is the derivation of biologically effective doses (BEDs), which may be used to quantify the impact of a treatment on both tumors and normal tissues. BEDs are routinely derived for conventional external-beam treatments. The likely limits of targeted radiotherapy may, thus, be assessed by comparing the expected normal-tissue BEDs for such treatments with those known to be just tolerable in conventional therapy. The main parameters required in the model are defined, and data are provided which demonstrate the tentative link between targeted radiotherapy doses and those used in conventional radiotherapy. The extension of the LQ method to targeted radiotherapy involves using parameters for which the numerical values may not be accurately known at present. This places a restriction on the overall predictive accuracy of the model and the necessary caveats are, therefore, outlined.
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- Roger Dale
- Radiation Physics and Radiobiology, Charing Cross Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, University of London, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom.
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Green A, Flynn A, Pedley RB, Dearling J, Begent R. Nonuniform absorbed dose distribution in the kidney: the influence of organ architecture. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2005; 19:371-7. [PMID: 15285885 DOI: 10.1089/1084978041425052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The development of novel, systemically administered radionuclide therapies (such as radioimmunotherapy) relies on the ability to predict dose-limiting toxicity to normal tissue. Where the kidney is the principal route of excretion of the radionuclide preparation and/or breakdown of products, nephrotoxicity may be the dose-limiting factor. Until recently, conventional (MIRD) dosimetry assumed the distribution in the kidney to be uniform. A new MIRD phantom of the kidney models it as a set of uniform suborgans. In the work described here, the assumption of uniformity of distribution and of heterogeneity of dose rate (and, thus, absorbed dose) was tested in the mouse model. In this paper, we examine the nonuniformity of distribution and the subsequent dose rate for 4 antibody preparations (IgG (150 kD), F(ab)'(2) (100 kD), Fab (50 kD) and sFv (27 kD)) labeled with 4 radionuclides ((125)I, (131)I, (186)Re, and (90)Y) of interest in radioimmunotherapy (RIT). The kidney was considered as a whole and as two suborgans (cortex and medulla), and the nonuniformity of the dose-rate distribution was measured by a correlation of modeled dose-rate distribution with the dose-rate distribution obtained for an equivalent uniform radionuclide distribution. The heterogeneity of distribution, the inter- and intra-suborgan, was seen to increase as the molecular weight of the antibodies decreased. The assumption of uniform activity distribution for the whole kidney gives a poor estimation of the distribution of the dose rate. In the cortex, the longer-range emitters smooth out the effect of heterogeneous distribution and, in mice, an assumption of uniform cortex self-dose distribution may be sufficient for simple calculations. It is unclear how much this smoothing would be relevant in the human kidney.
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- Alan Green
- Department of Oncology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK.
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Lambert B, Cybulla M, Weiner SM, Van De Wiele C, Ham H, Dierckx RA, Otte A. Renal toxicity after radionuclide therapy. Radiat Res 2004; 161:607-11. [PMID: 15161361 DOI: 10.1667/rr3105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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During the past 10 years, a variety of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, and low-molecular- weight oncophilic peptides have been used to deliver radioactivity to target cells for therapeutic purposes. The high and persistent localization of several of these radiolabeled molecules in the kidneys raised concern about potential renal radiation toxicity compromising therapeutic effectiveness. In particular, radiolabeled peptides, such as yttrium-90-labeled synthetic somatostatin analogues, have initiated a discussion on the safety profiles of the various somatostatin derivatives in recent clinical trials. In general, the toxicity risk seems to depend on the characteristics of the oncophilic molecule, such as the molecular weight, electric charges and clearance pathways as well as the chemical and physical characteristics of the applied radionuclide. Encouraging results for the prevention of radiation-induced renal damage by radiolabeled peptides have been obtained by co-infusion of positively charged amino acids. The available literature on nephrotoxicity after radiolabeled peptide therapy is reviewed, and therapeutic options that have become available as a result of greater insights into putative pathogenic mechanisms are discussed.
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- Bieke Lambert
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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Mertens N, Devos F, Leoen J, Van Deynse E, Willems A, Schoonooghe S, Burvenich I, De Koker S, Vlieghe D, Grooten J, Kelly A, Van de Wiele C. New Strategies in Polypeptide and Antibody Synthesis: An Overview. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2004; 19:99-109. [PMID: 15068618 DOI: 10.1089/108497804773391748] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The synthesis of radioligands can benefit considerably from optimized recombinant protein production, both on the aspect of economy of production and on the level of improving the targeting and pharmacokinetics of the ligand. This paper first describes a general production optimization strategy, and then elaborates on a protein design strategy tailored to targeting applications. Production in Escherichia coli will benefit from economy of goods and time as compared to other organisms. In order to increase the chance of finding a successful production system in this host, we have assembled a large number of expression strategies in a single, uniform expression system (FastScreen). The system allows rapid optimization of direct production of native proteins or via a fusion protein strategy with subsequent recovery of the desired protein. As an example of recombinant radioligand synthesis for improved targeting and clearing, a manifold of intermediate molecular size was synthesized by fusing one Fab and two single-chain variable fragments (scFv) antibody binding fragments into a trifunctional molecule (Tribody). Due to the use of the specific heterodimerization of the Fab chains, trispecific, bispecific, or trivalent antibody derived targeting reagents can easily be obtained. Recombinant production techniques also allow for specific incorporation of amino acids favoring a site specific labeling (labeling tags).
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- Nico Mertens
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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