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Autoradiography as a Simple and Powerful Method for Visualization and Characterization of Pharmacological Targets

In vitro autoradiography aims to visualize the anatomical distribution of a protein of interest in tissue from experimental animals as well as humans. The ...

University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen University Hospital

In drug discovery, lipophilicity is a key parameter for drug optimization. Lipophilicity determinations can be both work and time consuming, especially for non-UV active compounds. Herein, an improved and simple 1H NMR-based method is described to estimate the lipophilicity at physiological pH (logD) in 1-octanol and DO buffer. The method can be applied to both UV and non-UV active compounds. In addition, neither calibration curves nor internal/external standards are needed. We have demonstrated that logD can be accurately measured using 1H NMR for compounds within the logD interval between 0.7 and 3.3. The method was also compared to a previously described HPLC method.

Development of a simple proton nuclear magnetic resonance-based procedure to estimate the approximate distribution coefficient at physiological pH (logD): Evaluation and comparison to existing practices.

Pretargeted nuclear imaging and radiotherapy have recently attracted increasing attention for diagnosis and treatment of cancer with nanomedicines. This is because it conceptually offers better imaging contrast and therapeutic efficiency while reducing the dose to radiosensitive tissues compared to conventional strategies. In conventional imaging and radiotherapy, a directly radiolabeled nano-sized vector is administered and allowed to accumulate in the tumor, typically on a timescale of several days. In contrast, pretargeting is based on a two-step approach. First, a tumor-accumulating vector carrying a tag is administered followed by injection of a fast clearing radiolabeled agent that rapidly recognizes the tag of the tumor-bound vector in vivo. Therefore, pretargeting circumvents the use of long-lived radionuclides that is a necessity for sufficient tumor accumulation and target-to-background ratios using conventional approaches. In this review, we give an overview of recent advances in pretargeted imaging strategies. We will critically reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of current state-of-the-art conventional imaging approaches and compare them to pretargeted strategies. We will discuss the pretargeted imaging concept and the involved chemistry. Finally, we will discuss the steps forward in respect to clinical translation, and how pretargeted strategies could be applied to improve state-of-the-art radiotherapeutic approaches.

Pretargeting in nuclear imaging and radionuclide therapy: Improving efficacy of theranostics and nanomedicines.

Pretargeted nuclear imaging based on the ligation between tetrazines and nano-sized targeting agents functionalized with trans-cyclooctene (TCO) has recently been shown to improve both imaging contrast and dosimetry in nuclear imaging of nanomedicines. Herein, we describe the improved radiosynthesis of a C-labeled tetrazine ([C]AE-1) and its preliminary evaluation in both mice and pigs. Pretargeted imaging in mice was carried out using both a new TCO-functionalized polyglutamic acid and a previously reported TCO-functionalized bisphosphonate system as targeting agents. Unfortunately, pretargeted imaging was not successful using these targeting agents in pair with [C]AE-1. However, brain imaging in pig indicated that the tracer crossed the blood-brain-barrier. Hence, we suggest that this tetrazine scaffold could be used as a starting point for the development of pretargeted brain imaging, which has so far been a challenging task.

Matthias Herth

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology,
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences,
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

University of Copenhagen

Autoradiography as a Simple and Powerful Method for Visualization and Characterization of Pharmacological Targets

Matthias Herth

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences,Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

University of Copenhagen

Autoradiography as a Simple and Powerful Method for Visualization and Characterization of Pharmacological Targets

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology,
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences,
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences