Wen Xuejun, Wang Rongxi, Xu Pengfei, Shi Mengqi, Shang Qingyao, Zeng Xueyuan, Zeng Xinying, Liu Jia, Wang Xin, Zhu Zhaohui, Guo Zhide, Chen Xiaoyuan, Zhang Jingjing
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular, Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, 4221-116 Xiang'An South Rd, Xiamen, 361102, China.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2024 Jun;51(7):2023-2035. doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06634-9. Epub 2024 Feb 20.
UNLABELLED: Integrin receptor αβ and gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) expression of tumors could be detected using PET imaging with radiolabeled Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) and the antagonistic bombesin analog RM26, respectively. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dual receptor-targeting property of the heterodimer RGD-RM26-03 (denoted as LNC1015), demonstrate the tumor diagnostic value of [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 in preclinical experiments, and evaluate its preliminary clinical feasibility. METHODS: LNC1015 was designed and synthesized by linking cyclic RGD and the RM26 peptide. Preclinical pharmacokinetics were detected in a PC3 xenograft model using microPET and biodistribution studies. The clinical feasibility of [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 PET/CT was performed in patients with breast cancer, and the results were compared with those of F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). RESULTS: [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 had good stability in saline for at least 2 h, and favorable binding affinity and specificity were demonstrated in vitro and in vivo. The tumor uptake and retention of [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 during PET imaging were improved compared with its monomeric counterparts [Ga]Ga-RGD and [Ga]Ga-RM26 at all the time points examined. In our initial clinical studies, the tumor uptake and tumor-to-background ratio (TBR) of primary and metastatic lesions in [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 PET/CT were significantly higher than those in [F]FDG PET/CT, resulting in high lesion detection rate and tumor delineation. CONCLUSION: The dual targeting radiotracer [Ga]Ga-LNC1015 showed significantly improved tumor uptake and retention, as well as lower liver uptake than [Ga]Ga-RGD and [Ga]Ga-RM26 monomer. The first-in-human study showed high TBRs in patients, suggesting favorable pharmacokinetics and high clinical feasibility for PET/CT imaging of cancer.
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