TY - JOUR
T1 - The in vivo behavior of copper-64-labeled azamacrocyclic complexes
AU - Jones-Wilson, Teresa M.
AU - Deal, Kim A.
AU - Anderson, Carolyn J.
AU - McCarthy, Deborah W.
AU - Kovacs, Zoltan
AU - Motekaitis, Ramunas J.
AU - Sherry, A. Dean
AU - Martell, Arthur E.
AU - Welch, Michael J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the NIH (R01 CA 42925 [M.J.W., A.E.M.] and F32 HL09271 [T.M.J.-W.]), DOE (DE-FG02-87ER60512 [M.J.W.]), and a grant from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (AT-584 [A.D.S.]). The authors would like to thank Elizabeth Sherman, Margaret Morris, and Lynne Jones for excellent technical assistance.
PY - 1998/8
Y1 - 1998/8
N2 - The use of copper radioisotopes in imaging and therapy applications has created a greater need for bifunctional chelates (BFCs) for complexing copper radioisotopes to biomolecules. It has been demonstrated that the charge and lipophilicity of the Cu-BFC complex has a significant effect on the in vivo behavior of the radiolabeled Cu-BFC-biomolecule conjugate. To evaluate the effects of charge, stability, and macrocyclic backbone size on the biological behavior of 64Cu complexes, a series of macrocyclic 64Cu complexes have been prepared, and the biodistributions of these agents were evaluated in normal Sprague-Dawley rats. Two macrocyclic backbones, dodecane and tetradecane, were evaluated; cyclen, DOTA, and DO2A were dodecane backbone derivatives, and cyclam, TETA, and et-cyclam were tetradecane backbone derivatives. The biodistributions of the 64Cu-labeled complexes correlated with differences in the size of the macrocycle backbone and the formal charge of the complex. All compounds showed uptake and clearance through the liver and kidneys; however, the positively charged 64Cu complexes showed significantly higher uptake in both of these organs than did the negatively charged or neutral complexes. 64Cu-TETA, a negatively charged complex with the tetradecane backbone, had the most efficient clearance by 24 hours' postinjection. These data suggest that negatively charged complexes may have more favorable clearance properties when used as BFCs.
AB - The use of copper radioisotopes in imaging and therapy applications has created a greater need for bifunctional chelates (BFCs) for complexing copper radioisotopes to biomolecules. It has been demonstrated that the charge and lipophilicity of the Cu-BFC complex has a significant effect on the in vivo behavior of the radiolabeled Cu-BFC-biomolecule conjugate. To evaluate the effects of charge, stability, and macrocyclic backbone size on the biological behavior of 64Cu complexes, a series of macrocyclic 64Cu complexes have been prepared, and the biodistributions of these agents were evaluated in normal Sprague-Dawley rats. Two macrocyclic backbones, dodecane and tetradecane, were evaluated; cyclen, DOTA, and DO2A were dodecane backbone derivatives, and cyclam, TETA, and et-cyclam were tetradecane backbone derivatives. The biodistributions of the 64Cu-labeled complexes correlated with differences in the size of the macrocycle backbone and the formal charge of the complex. All compounds showed uptake and clearance through the liver and kidneys; however, the positively charged 64Cu complexes showed significantly higher uptake in both of these organs than did the negatively charged or neutral complexes. 64Cu-TETA, a negatively charged complex with the tetradecane backbone, had the most efficient clearance by 24 hours' postinjection. These data suggest that negatively charged complexes may have more favorable clearance properties when used as BFCs.
KW - Biodistribution
KW - Copper-64
KW - Macrocycle
KW - Stability constant
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U2 - 10.1016/S0969-8051(98)00017-1
DO - 10.1016/S0969-8051(98)00017-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 9751418
AN - SCOPUS:0031853012
SN - 0969-8051
VL - 25
SP - 523
EP - 530
JO - Nuclear Medicine and Biology
JF - Nuclear Medicine and Biology
IS - 6
ER -