Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 87.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140438

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Radio-labelling and Micro-PET Study of 64Cu Labelled PnAO-1-(2-nitroimidazole) for Hypoxia Imaging

LUO Zheng1, ZHU Hua1, LIN Xinfeng1, HONG Ye1, XIAO Shaowen2, ZHANG Qiang3, CHU Taiwei3, YANG Zhi1,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
    3. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2014-05-08 Revised:2014-12-23 Online:2015-01-10 Published:2014-12-23
  • Contact: YANG Zhi E-mail:pekyz@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 81071198, 81172083, 81371592) and the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, China(No. 7132040).

Abstract:

Monitoring hypoxia is very important for tumor treatment, the ideal hypoxia imaging agents should have a relatively long half-life and specific to hypoxic cells. However, such an ideal imaging agent has not been developed until now. In order to develop an ideal imaging agent for monitoring hypoxia, nitroimidazole imaging agent PnAO-1-(2-nitroimidazole)[BMS181321] was synthesized and radiolabeled with 64Cu for 64Cu-BMS181321. The basic experimental process is as follows: the BMS181321 dissolved in sodium acetate buffer(pH=5.5) was added to the eluent of 64CuCl2, and the solution was stirred and placed at room temperature for 10 min. The labelling efficiency and radiochemical purity of 64Cu-BMS181321 were all over 99%, determined by radio-HPLC. The 64Cu-BMS181321 was stable in physiological saline for more than 15 h, which was a meaningful characteristic for clinical application. After quality control, 21.8 MBq of 64Cu-BMS181321 was injected into human pancreatic cancer xenograft mouse models via tale vein. Positron emission tomography(PET) images were taken at 4 and 8 h after the injection. PET imaging in human tumor models was excellent compared with other PET hypoxia imaging agents. In brief, the research results suggest that 64Cu-BMS181321 is potential for PET hypoxia imaging in clinical and should be further evaluated in clinic trial.

Key words: Nitroimidazole, 64Cu, Positron emission tomography, Hypoxia imaging

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