Hu Aohan, Martin Kirsten E, Śmiłowicz Dariusz, Aluicio-Sarduy Eduardo, Cingoranelli Shelbie J, Lapi Suzanne E, Engle Jonathan W, Boros Eszter, Wilson Justin J
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
Eur J Inorg Chem. 2023 Dec 12;26(35). doi: 10.1002/ejic.202300457. Epub 2023 Sep 20.
To harness radiometals in clinical settings, a chelator forming a stable complex with the metal of interest and targets the desired pathological site is needed. Toward this goal, we previously reported a unique set of chelators that can stably bind to both large and small metal ions, via a conformational switch. Within this chelator class, py-macrodipa is particularly promising based on its ability to stably bind several medicinally valuable radiometals including large La, Bi, and small Sc. Here, we report a 10-step organic synthesis of its bifunctional analogue py-macrodipa-NCS, which contains an amine-reactive -NCS group that is amenable for bioconjugation reactions to targeting vectors. The hydrolytic stability of py-macordipa-NCS was assessed, revealing a half-life of 6.0 d in pH 9.0 aqueous buffer. This bifunctional chelator was then conjugated to a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-binding moiety, yielding the bioconjugate py-macrodipa-PSMA, which was subsequently radiolabeled with large La and small Sc, revealing efficient and quantitative complex formation. The resulting radiocomplexes were injected into mice bearing both PSMA-expressing and PSMA-non-expressing tumor xenografts to determine their biodistribution patterns, revealing delivery of both La and Sc to PSMA+ tumor sites. However, partial radiometal dissociation was observed, suggesting that py-macrodipa-PSMA needs further structural optimization.
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