A self-triggered radioligand therapy agent for fluorescence imaging of the treatment response in prostate cancer

Purpose Radioligand therapy (RLT) targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is emerging as an effective treatment option for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). An imaging-based method to quantify early treatment responses can help to understand and optimize RLT. Methods We developed a self-triggered probe 2 targeting the colocalization of PSMA and caspase-3 for fluorescence imaging of RLT-induced apoptosis. Results The probe binds to PSMA potently with a Ki of 4.12 nM, and its fluorescence can be effectively switched on by caspase-3 with a Km of 67.62 μM. Cellular and in vivo studies demonstrated its specificity for imaging radiation-induced caspase-3 upregulation in prostate cancer. To identify the detection limit of our method, we showed that probe 2 could achieve 1.79 times fluorescence enhancement in response to 177Lu-RLT in a medium PSMA-expressing 22Rv1 xenograft model. Conclusion Probe 2 can potently bind to PSMA, and the fluorescence signal can be sensitively switched on by caspase-3 both in vitro and in vivo. This method may provide an effective tool to investigate and optimize PSMA-RLT..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - 49(2022), 8 vom: 02. März, Seite 2693-2704

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Hongchuang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanpu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jingming [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Xiaojiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Xuekang [VerfasserIn]
Ha, Hyunsoo [VerfasserIn]
Byun, Youngjoo [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yiguang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhaofei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caspase-3
Prostate cancer
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)
Radioligand therapy
Self-triggered probe

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

doi:

10.1007/s00259-022-05743-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR047328142