UNLABELLED Biodistribution and dosimetry of 88Y (and equimolar 90Y) Janus-dodecanetetraacetic acid (DOTA) were performed using a three-step pretargeting protocol in BALB/c mice bearing mouse mammary adenocarcinoma (KHJJ) implants. Pretargeting was performed with mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) 2D12.5 specific for yttrium-DOTA, and the chase was Y-DOTA-human transferrin conjugate. In this articl...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors (VEGFRs) play important roles during neurovascular repair after stroke. In this study, we imaged VEGFR expression with positron emission tomography (PET) to noninvasively analyze poststroke angiogenesis. METHODS Female Sprague-Dawley rats after distal middle cerebral artery occlusion surgery were subjected to ...

The CuAAC 'click' reaction was used to couple alkyne-functionalized lanthanide-DOTA complexes to a range of fluorescent antennae. Screening of the antenna components was aided by comparison of the luminescent output of the resultant sensors using data normalized to account for reaction conversion as assessed by IR. A maximum 82-fold enhanced signal:background luminescence output was achieved us...

Somatostatin receptor positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) with 68Ga-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) peptides have become an indispensable part of disease assessment in patients with neuroendocrine tumors and forms the basis of personalized therapy with peptide receptor-based radionuclide therapy. With growing utilization of PET/CT in develop...

Two bicyclic compounds containing Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motifs (RGDf and RGD) were synthesized by cyclizing the peptide sequence across the macrocyclic ring of DOTA via two non-adjacent carboxylate pendent arms. The Lu(3+) or Cu(2+) complexes of these compounds, c(DOTA-RGDf) and c(DOTA-RGD), showed a metal dependent affinity towards integrin α(v)β(3)in vitro and the (177)Lu(3+) or (64)Cu(2+) labell...

Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy (PRIT) using an anti-CD45 antibody (Ab)-streptavidin (SA) conjugate and DOTA-biotin labeled with β-emitting radionuclides has been explored as a strategy to decrease relapse and toxicity. α-emitting radionuclides exhibit high cytotoxicity coupled with a short path length, potentially increasing the therapeutic index and making them an attractive alternative to β-e...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to synthesize and evaluate (68)Ga-labeled Lissamine Rhodamine B (LRB) as a new radiotracer for imaging MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells induced tumor mice by positron emission tomography (PET). METHODS Firstly, we performed the radio synthesis and microPET imaging of (68)Ga(DOTA-LRB) in athymic nude mice bearing MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer xenografts. A...

Homologs of aflatoxin biosynthetic genes have been identified in the pine needle pathogen Dothistroma pini. D. pini produces dothistromin, a difuranoanthraquinone toxin with structural similarity to the aflatoxin precursor versicolorin B. Previous studies with purified dothistromin suggest a possible role for this toxin in pathogenicity. By using an aflatoxin gene as a hybridization probe, a ge...

The Affibody molecule Z(HER2:342-pep2), site-specifically and homogeneously conjugated with a 1,4,7,10-tetra-azacylododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) chelator, was produced in a single chemical process by peptide synthesis. DOTA-Z(HER2:342-pep2) folds spontaneously and binds HER2 with 65 pmol/L affinity. Efficient radiolabeling with >95% incorporation of (111)In was achieved within...

Breast cancer radioimmunoscintigraphy targeting HER2/neu expression is a growing field of work in nuclear medicine research. In this study, trastuzumab was successively labeled with [(67)Ga] GaCl3 after conjugation with DOTA-NHS-ester. The conjugates were purified by molecular filtration, the average number of DOTA conjugated per mAb was calculated and total concentration was determined by spec...