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Gadolinium complex of 125I/127I-RGD-DOTA conjugate as a tumor-targeting SPECT/MR bimodal imaging probe

  • Ji Ae Park
  • , Jung Young Kim
  • , Yong Jin Lee
  • , Wonho Lee
  • , Sang Moo Lim
  • , Tae Jeong Kim
  • , Jeongsoo Yoo
  • , Yongmin Chang
  • , Kyeong Min Kim
  • Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences
  • Kyungpook National University

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Abstract

The work describes the synthesis and in vivo application of [Gd(L)(H 2O)]·xH2O, where L is a (125I/ 127I-RGD)- DOTA conjugate, as a tumor-targeting SPECT/MR bimodal imaging probe. Here, (125I/127I-RGD)-DOTA signifies a "cocktail mixture" of radioisotopic (1a, L = 125I-RGD-DOTA) and natural (1b, L = 127I-RGD-DOTA) Gd complexes. The two complexes are chemically equivalent as revealed by HPLC, and their cocktail mixture exhibits the integrin-specific tumor enhancement, demonstrating that they constitute essentially a single bimodal imaging probe. Employment of a cocktail mixture thus proves to be a sole and practical approach to overcome the sensitivity difference problem between MRI and SPECT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)216-219
Number of pages4
JournalACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Feb 2013

Keywords

  • RGD peptide
  • SPECT/MR
  • dual modality
  • small molecule
  • tumor targeting

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