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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 130, Issue 28, Pages 9106-9112Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja801666z
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM07739, GM55843, GM072015] Funding Source: Medline
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The protein hormone leptin acts to regulate body fat and energy expenditure. Resistance to this hormone is implicated in human obesity and its pathophysiological consequences. In,order to gain insight into the mechanism of leptin resistance, an F-18-labeled derivative was developed to study the biodistribution of the hormone using positron emission tomography (PET). A two-step, site specific ligation approach was developed for this purpose, in which an aminooxy-reactive group was incorporated at the C-terminus of leptin using expressed protein ligation (EPL), which was subsequently derivatized with [F-18]fluorobenzaldehyde using an aniline-accelerated radiochemical oximation reaction. The modified hormone was shown to be biologically active in vitro and in vivo, and it was applied to PET imaging in ob/ob mice. These protocols will allow for the routine production of site-specifically F-18 radiolabeled leptin, as well as other proteins, for use in PET imaging in systems from mouse to man.
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