Journal
NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 359-366Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2005.12.010
Keywords
nucleoside; proliferation; thymidine kinase 1; macrocyclic ligands; radiometals
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Several radiolabeled thymidine analogs as metabolic probes of cell proliferation were developed specifically addressing DNA synthesis. Thymidine analogs containing carboranylalkyl groups for neutron capture therapy at the N-3 position were found to be good substrates for cytosolic thymidine kinase 1 (TK1). According to this approach, a DO3A macrocycle in N-3 position was attached to thymidine. The 3-DO3A thymidine analog was labeled with Ga-68 and In-111. Different lipophilicities of the corresponding radiometal-thymidines were detected via RP-HPLC. [In-111]DO3A-thymidine ([In-111]D3T) was evaluated for cellular uptake in different cell lines (HL60 and DoHH2). Cellular uptake was low in both cell lines. Phosphorylation of the radioconjugates by TK1 was negligible. Although stable complexation of radiometals to thymidine was obtained, introduction of the macrocycle DO3A reduced the affinity to cytosolic TK1 drastically. Low cellular uptake can be ascribed to missing substrate specificity of [In-111]DWA-thymidine for TK1. The absence of substrate specificity may be due to the bulky macrocyclic chelator and partial charges remaining on the coordination sphere due to a more complex solution structure. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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