18F-Positron Emitting/Trimethine Cyanine-Fluorescent Contrast for Image-Guided Prostate Cancer Management

J Med Chem. 2018 May 10;61(9):4256-4262. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00240. Epub 2018 Apr 20.

Abstract

[18/19F]-4, an anionic GCPII/PSMA inhibitor for image-guided intervention in prostate cancer, is described. [19F]-4 is radiolabeled with a radiochemical yield that is ≥27% and a molar activity of 190 ± 50 mCi/μmol in a <1 h, one-step, aqueous isotopic exchange reaction. [19F]-4 allows PSMA expression to be imaged by fluorescence (FL) and [18F]-PET. PC3-PIP (PSMA-positive, EC50 = 6.74 ± 1.33 nM) cancers are specifically delineated in mice that bear 3 million (18 mg) PC3-PIP and PC3 (control, PSMA-negative) cells. Colocalization of [18/19F]-4 PET, fluorescence, scintillated biodistribution, and PSMA expression are observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbocyanines / chemistry*
  • Carbocyanines / pharmacokinetics
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Contrast Media / chemistry*
  • Contrast Media / pharmacokinetics
  • Electrons*
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Optical Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiochemistry
  • Tissue Distribution

Substances

  • Carbocyanines
  • Contrast Media
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II
  • Fluorine-18