Ataeinia Bahar, Haj-Mirzaian Arvin, Ben-Naim Lital, Esfahani Shadi A, Marcos Vidal Asier, Mahmood Umar, Heidari Pedram
Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Center for Precision Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2025 Jul 27;18(8):1122. doi: 10.3390/ph18081122.
Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1), typically localized to the lysosomal membrane, is increasingly implicated as a marker of cancer aggressiveness and metastasis when expressed on the cell surface. This study aimed to develop a LAMP1-targeted antibody-based PET tracer and assess its efficacy in mouse models of human breast and colon adenocarcinoma. : To determine the source of LAMP1 expression, we utilized human single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics, complemented by in-house flow cytometry on xenografted mouse models. Tissue microarrays of multiple epithelial cancers and normal tissue were stained for LAMP-1, and staining was quantified. An anti-LAMP1 monoclonal antibody was conjugated with desferrioxamine (DFO) and labeled with zirconium-89 (Zr). Human triple-negative breast cancer (MDA-MB-231) and colon cancer (Caco-2) cell lines were implanted in nude mice. PET/CT imaging was conducted at 24, 72, and 168 h post-intravenous injection of Zr-DFO-anti-LAMP1 and Zr-DFO-IgG (negative control), followed by organ-specific biodistribution analyses at the final imaging time point. : Integrated single-cell and spatial RNA sequencing demonstrated that LAMP1 expression was localized to myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in addition to the cancer cells. Tissue microarray showed significantly higher staining for LAMP-1 in tumor tissue compared to normal tissue (3986 ± 2635 vs. 1299 ± 1291, < 0.001). Additionally, xenograft models showed a significantly higher contribution of cancer cells than the immune cells to cell surface LAMP1 expression. In vivo, PET imaging with Zr-DFO-anti-LAMP1 PET/CT revealed detectable tumor uptake as early as 24 h post-injection. The Zr-DFO-anti-LAMP1 tracer demonstrated significantly higher uptake than the control Zr-DFO-IgG in both models across all time points (MDA-MB-231 SUV at 168 h: 12.9 ± 5.7 vs. 4.4 ± 2.4, = 0.003; Caco-2 SUV at 168 h: 8.53 ± 3.03 vs. 3.38 ± 1.25, < 0.01). : Imaging of cell surface LAMP-1 in breast and colon adenocarcinoma is feasible by immuno-PET. LAMP-1 imaging can be expanded to adenocarcinomas of other origins, such as prostate and pancreas.
溶酶体相关膜蛋白1(LAMP1)通常定位于溶酶体膜,当其在细胞表面表达时,越来越多地被认为是癌症侵袭性和转移的标志物。本研究旨在开发一种基于靶向LAMP1抗体的PET示踪剂,并评估其在人乳腺癌和结肠腺癌小鼠模型中的疗效。为了确定LAMP1表达的来源,我们利用了人类单细胞RNA测序和空间转录组学,并通过对异种移植小鼠模型进行内部流式细胞术进行补充。对多种上皮性癌症和正常组织的组织微阵列进行LAMP-1染色,并对染色进行定量。将抗LAMP1单克隆抗体与去铁胺(DFO)偶联,并用锆-89(Zr)标记。将人三阴性乳腺癌(MDA-MB-231)和结肠癌细胞系(Caco-2)植入裸鼠体内。在静脉注射Zr-DFO-抗LAMP1和Zr-DFO-IgG(阴性对照)后24、72和168小时进行PET/CT成像,然后在最终成像时间点进行器官特异性生物分布分析。综合单细胞和空间RNA测序表明,除癌细胞外,LAMP1表达还定位于髓源性抑制细胞(MDSC)和癌症相关成纤维细胞(CAF)。组织微阵列显示,肿瘤组织中LAMP-1的染色明显高于正常组织(3986±2635对1299±1291,<0.001)。此外,异种移植模型显示,癌细胞对细胞表面LAMP1表达的贡献明显高于免疫细胞。在体内,用Zr-DFO-抗LAMP1 PET/CT进行PET成像显示,注射后24小时即可检测到肿瘤摄取。在所有时间点,Zr-DFO-抗LAMP1示踪剂在两种模型中的摄取均明显高于对照Zr-DFO-IgG(168小时时MDA-MB-231的SUV:12.9±5.7对4.4±2.4,=0.003;168小时时Caco-2的SUV:8.53±3.03对3.38±1.25,<0.01)。通过免疫PET对乳腺癌和结肠腺癌中的细胞表面LAMP-1进行成像具有可行性。LAMP-1成像可扩展到其他起源的腺癌,如前列腺癌和胰腺癌。