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Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1871-5206
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Evaluation of A Novel GLP-1R Ligand for PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer

Author(s): Yuanyuan Yue, Yuping Xu, Lirong Huang, Donghui Pan, Zhicheng Bai, Lizhen Wang, Runlin Yang, Junjie Yan, Huizhu Song*, Xiaotian Li* and Min Yang*

Volume 19, Issue 4, 2019

Page: [509 - 514] Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/1871520618666180801101730

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Abstract

Background: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) is an important biomarker for diagnosis and therapy of the endocrine cancers due to overexpression. Recently, in human prostate cancer cell lines the receptor was also observed, therefore it may be a potential target for the disease. 18F-Al-NOTA-MAL-Cys39- exendin-4 holds great promise for GLP-1R. Therefore, the feasibility of the 18F-labeled exendin-4 analog for prostate cancer imaging was investigated.

Methods: New probe 18F-Al-NOTA-MAL-Cys39-exendin-4 was made through one-step fluorination. Prostate cancer PC3 cell xenograft model mice were established to primarily evaluate the imaging properties of the tracer via small animal PET studies in vivo. Pathological studies and Western Blots were also performed.

Results: PC-3 prostate xenografts were clearly imaged under baseline conditions. At 30 and 60 min postinjection, the tumor uptakes were 2.90±0.41%ID/g and 2.26±0.32 %ID/g respectively. The presence of cys39-exendin-4 significantly reduced the tumor uptake to 0.82±0.10 %ID/g at 60 min p.i. Findings of ex vivo biodistribution studies were similar to those of in vivo PET imaging. The tumors to blood and muscles were significantly improved with the increase of time due to rapid clearance of the tracer from normal organs. Low levels of radioactivity were also detected in the GLP-1R positive tumor and normal organs after coinjection with excessive unlabeled peptides. Immunohistochemistry and Western Blots results confirmed that GLP-1R was widely expressed in PC-3 prostate cancers.

Conclusion: 18F-Al labeled exendin-4 analog might be a promising tracer for in vivo detecting GLP-1R positive prostate cancer with the advantage of facile synthesis and favorable pharmacokinetics. It may be useful in differential diagnosis, molecularly targeted therapy and prognosis of the cancers.

Keywords: GLP-1R, prostate cancer, micro PET, PET imaging, endocrine cancers, molecularly targeted therapy.

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