{"title":"Positron EmissionnTomography Imaging of NeurotensinnReceptor-Positive Tumors with <sup>68</sup>Ga-Labeled Antagonists:nThe Chelate Makes the Difference Again","authors":"Emma Renard (8212299), Mathieu Moreau (178352), Pierre-Simon Bellaye (3457178), Mélanie Guillemin (10948554), Bertrand Collin (6109697), Aurélie Prignon (3630916), Franck Denat (839548), Victor Goncalves (839547)","doi":"10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00523.s003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00523.s003","url":null,"abstract":"Neurotensin receptor 1 (NTS<sub>1</sub>) is involved in the developmentnand progression of numerous cancers, which makes it an interestingntarget for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Ansmall molecule NTS<sub>1</sub> antagonist, named [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-IPN01087,nis currently evaluated in phase I/II clinical trials for the targetedntherapy of neurotensin receptor-positive cancers. In this study, wensynthesized seven compounds based on the structure of NTS<sub>1</sub> antagonists, bearing different chelating agents, and radiolabelednthem with gallium-68 for PET imaging. These compounds were evaluated <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> in mice bearing anHT-29 xenograft. The compound [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-bisNODAGA-<b>16</b> showed a promising biodistribution profile with mainlynsignal in tumor (4.917 ± 0.776%ID/g, 2 h post-injection). Itsnrapid clearance from healthy tissues led to high tumor-to-organ ratios,nresulting in highly contrasted PET images. These results were confirmednon subcutaneous xenografts of AsPC-1 tumor cells, a model of NTS<sub>1</sub>-positive human pancreatic adenocarcinoma.","PeriodicalId":522661,"journal":{"name":"Figshare","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147901254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}