A Metabolically Stable Boron-Derived Tyrosine Serves as a Theranostic Agent for Positron Emission Tomography Guided Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Boronophenylalanine (BPA) is the dominant boron delivery agent for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), and [18F]FBPA has been developed to assist the treatment planning for BPA-BNCT. However, the clinical application of BNCT has been limited by its inadequate tumor specificity due to the metabolic instability. In addition, the distinctive molecular structures between [18F]FBPA and BPA can be of concern as [18F]FBPA cannot quantitate boron concentration of BPA in a real-time manner. In this study, a metabolically stable boron-derived tyrosine (denoted as fluoroboronotyrosine, FBY) was developed as a theranostic agent for both boron delivery and cancer diagnosis, leading to PET imaging-guided BNCT of cancer. [18F]FBY was synthesized in high radiochemical yield (50%) and high radiochemical purity (98%). FBY showed high similarity with natural tyrosine. As shown in in vitro assays, the uptake of FBY in murine melanoma B16-F10 cells was L-type amino acid transporter (LAT-1) dependent and reached up to 128 μg/106 cells. FBY displayed high stability in PBS solution. [18F]FBY PET showed up to 6 %ID/g in B16-F10 tumor and notably low normal tissue uptake (tumor/muscle = 3.16 ± 0.48; tumor/blood = 3.13 ± 0.50; tumor/brain = 14.25 ± 1.54). Moreover, administration of [18F]FBY tracer along with a therapeutic dose of FBY showed high accumulation in B16-F10 tumor and low normal tissue uptake. Correlation between PET-image and boron biodistribution was established, indicating the possibility of estimating boron concentration via a noninvasive approach. At last, with thermal neutron irradiation, B16-F10 tumor-bearing mice injected with FBY showed significantly prolonged median survival without exhibiting obvious systemic toxicity. In conclusion, FBY holds great potential as an efficient theranostic agent for imaging-guided BNCT by offering a possible solution of measuring local boron concentration through PET imaging.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

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Bioconjugate chemistry - 30(2019), 11 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 2870-2878

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Jiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yaxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zizhu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Lixin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiaoyuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhibo [VerfasserIn]

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42HK56048U
Boron
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Journal Article
N9E3X5056Q
Radiopharmaceuticals
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tyrosine

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Date Completed 22.09.2020

Date Revised 22.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00578

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NLM302004629