PMID- 20346868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100830 LR - 20191210 IS - 1872-9614 (Electronic) IS - 0969-8051 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Apr TI - Site-specifically 89Zr-labeled monoclonal antibodies for ImmunoPET. PG - 289-97 LID - 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.11.010 [doi] AB - Three thiol reactive reagents were developed for the chemoselective conjugation of desferrioxamine (Df) to a monoclonal antibody via engineered cysteine residues (thio-trastuzumab). The in vitro stability and in vivo imaging properties of site-specifically radiolabeled (89)Zr-Df-thio-trastuzumab conjugates were investigated. METHODS: The amino group of desferrioxamine B was acylated by bromoacetyl bromide, N-hydroxysuccinimidyl iodoacetate, or N-hydroxysuccinimidyl 4-[N-maleimidomethyl]cyclohexane-1-carboxylate to obtain thiol reactive reagents bromoacetyl-desferrioxamine (Df-Bac), iodoacetyl-desferrioxamine (Df-Iac) and maleimidocyclohexyl-desferrioxamine (Df-Chx-Mal), respectively. Df-Bac and Df-Iac alkylated the free thiol groups of thio-trastuzumab by nucleophilic substitution forming Df-Ac-thio-trastuzumab, while the maleimide reagent Df-Chx-Mal reacted via Michael addition to provide Df-Chx-Mal-thio-trastuzumab. The conjugates were radiolabeled with (89)Zr and evaluated for serum stability, and their positron emission tomography (PET) imaging properties were investigated in a BT474M1 (HER2-positive) breast tumor mouse model. RESULTS: The chemoselective reagents were obtained in 14% (Df-Bac), 53% (Df-Iac) and 45% (Df-Chx-Mal) yields. Site-specific conjugation of Df-Chx-Mal to thio-trastuzumab was complete within 1 h at pH 7.5, while Df-Iac and Df-Bac respectively required 2 and 5 h at pH 9. Each Df modified thio-trastuzumab was chelated with (89)Zr in yields exceeding 75%. (89)Zr-Df-Ac-thio-trastuzumab and (89)Zr-Df-Chx-Mal-thio-trastuzumab were stable in mouse serum and exhibited comparable PET imaging capabilities in a BT474M1 (HER2-positive) breast cancer model reaching 20-25 %ID/g of tumor uptake and a tumor to blood ratio of 6.1-7.1. CONCLUSIONS: The new reagents demonstrated good reactivity with engineered thiol groups of trastuzumab and very good chelation properties with (89)Zr. The site-specifically (89)Zr-labeled thio-antibodies were stable in serum and showed PET imaging properties comparable to lysine conjugates. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Tinianow, Jeff N AU - Tinianow JN AD - Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Gill, Herman S AU - Gill HS FAU - Ogasawara, Annie AU - Ogasawara A FAU - Flores, Judith E AU - Flores JE FAU - Vanderbilt, Alexander N AU - Vanderbilt AN FAU - Luis, Elizabeth AU - Luis E FAU - Vandlen, Richard AU - Vandlen R FAU - Darwish, Martine AU - Darwish M FAU - Junutula, Jagath R AU - Junutula JR FAU - Williams, Simon-P AU - Williams SP FAU - Marik, Jan AU - Marik J LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100210 PL - United States TA - Nucl Med Biol JT - Nuclear medicine and biology JID - 9304420 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Radioisotopes) RN - 0 (Radiopharmaceuticals) RN - C6V6S92N3C (Zirconium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/immunology MH - Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/immunology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Metabolic Clearance Rate MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Organ Specificity MH - Positron-Emission Tomography/*methods MH - Radioimmunodetection/*methods MH - *Radioisotopes/immunology MH - Radiopharmaceuticals/chemical synthesis/immunology MH - Tissue Distribution MH - *Zirconium/immunology EDAT- 2010/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/08/31 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/30 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/11/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/11/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/08/31 06:00 [medline] AID - S0969-8051(09)00291-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.11.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucl Med Biol. 2010 Apr;37(3):289-97. doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.11.010. Epub 2010 Feb 10.