BIFUNCTIONAL CHELATES IN CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPY
Project Number5R01CA028343-12
Contact PI/Project LeaderGOODWIN, DAVID A
Awardee OrganizationSTANFORD UNIVERSITY
Description
Abstract Text
The broad long-term goal of this project is to harness the physical
and chemical properties of metallic elements to the diagnosis and
treatment of cancer. Bifunctional chelating agents are powerful
molecules tightly attaching metal ions to biological molecules.
Thus the enhanced combined properties of the conjugates can probe
specifically, report function, and treat living tumors. Specific
aims are to produce new anti-hapten monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs)
with high affinity and specificity for the metal chelates of In,
Ga, Y, and Tc; to study the biological behavior of new bifunctional
monoclonal antibodies having one tumor specific binding site and
the other chelate (hapten or biotin) specific; to use these new
agents in a novel pretargeted immunoscintigraphy technique in which
antibody and radiolabel are given separately, to lower liver and
blood background and improve tumor to background ratios; to
determine the optimum interval between bifunctional MoAb and
radiolabeled hapten or biotin-chelate, determine the effect of
"chase" agents and make early images at 1 to 3 hours using Tc-99m
and Ga-68 with the ultimate aim of making SPECT and PET tumor
images in cancer patients;: to study new macrocyclic chelators for
increased in vivo and in vivo stability and kinetic inertness to
ligand exchange with In-111, Tc-99m, Ga-68, and Y-90 MoAbs; to use
various metabolizable chelate-antibody linkers to increase
clearance of background activity via the kidney; to carry out
tumoricidal experiments using pretargeting of tumors and Y-90
chelates; to carry out clinical scintillation imaging using both
PET and SPECT in human cancer patients with the most promising
agents. The Methodology involves hybridoma technology using
specially designed antigens, screening mice with radiolabeled
antigen, tumor mouse distribution of new bifunctional antibodies
with dual specificity for tumor and chelate, use of an avidin-
biotin system in a pretargeted immunoscintigraphy method with 1-2
hr images using Tc-99m and Ga-68 and therapy with Y-90. These
studies should provide methods for reducing background and
improving the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies in tumor
imaging and therapy. These methods will provide the clinician with
an "instant kit" that can be labeled with readily available
radionuclides economically, for easy application in todays nuclear
medicine department.
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