PMID- 23689986 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140619 LR - 20211021 IS - 1860-2002 (Electronic) IS - 1536-1632 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Dec TI - Development of an oxygen-sensitive degradable peptide probe for the imaging of hypoxia-inducible factor-1-active regions in tumors. PG - 713-21 LID - 10.1007/s11307-013-0647-6 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: We aimed to develop a radiolabeled peptide probe for the imaging of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)-active tumors. PROCEDURES: We synthesized the peptide probes that contain or lack an essential sequence of the oxygen-dependent degradation of HIF-1alpha in proteasomes ((123/125)I-DKOP30 or (125)I-mDKOP, respectively). The degradation of probes was evaluated in vitro using cell lysates containing proteasomes. In vivo biodistribution study, planar imaging, autoradiography, and comparison between probe accumulation and HIF-1 transcriptional activity were also performed. RESULTS: The (125)I-DKOP30 underwent degradation in a proteasome-dependent manner, while (125)I-mDKOP was not degraded. Biodistribution analysis showed (125)I-DKOP30 accumulation in tumors. The tumors were clearly visualized by in vivo imaging, and intratumoral distribution of (125)I-DKOP30 coincided with the HIF-1alpha-positive hypoxic regions. Tumoral accumulation of (125)I-DKOP30 was significantly correlated with HIF-1-dependent luciferase bioluminescence, while that of (125)I-mDKOP was not. CONCLUSION: (123)I-DKOP30 is a useful peptide probe for the imaging of HIF-1-active tumors. FAU - Ueda, Masashi AU - Ueda M AD - Radioisotopes Research Laboratory, Kyoto University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. FAU - Ogawa, Kei AU - Ogawa K FAU - Miyano, Azusa AU - Miyano A FAU - Ono, Masahiro AU - Ono M FAU - Kizaka-Kondoh, Shinae AU - Kizaka-Kondoh S FAU - Saji, Hideo AU - Saji H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Imaging Biol JT - Molecular imaging and biology JID - 101125610 RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Molecular Probes) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Autoradiography MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Female MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/*analysis/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Nude MH - *Molecular Probe Techniques MH - Molecular Probes/chemistry/*pharmacokinetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptides/*chemistry/pharmacokinetics MH - Tissue Distribution MH - Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon EDAT- 2013/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/20 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11307-013-0647-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Imaging Biol. 2013 Dec;15(6):713-21. doi: 10.1007/s11307-013-0647-6.