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Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases

Jacques Lux 1*, Alexander G. White2*, Minnie Chan1, Carolyn J. Anderson2✉, Adah Almutairi1,3✉

1. Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Laboratory of Bioresponsive Materials, University of California, San Diego. 9500 Gilman Dr. 0600, La Jolla, CA 92093-0600, United States.
2. University of Pittsburgh Departments of Radiology, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology and Bioengineering. Molecular Imaging Laboratory, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, United States.
3. KACST-UCSD Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine and Engineering.
*These authors contributed equally.

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Lux J, White AG, Chan M, Anderson CJ, Almutairi A. Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases. Theranostics 2015; 5(3):277-288. doi:10.7150/thno.10904. https://www.thno.org/v05p0277.htm
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Abstract

Metals are essential in medicine for both therapy and diagnosis. We recently created the first metal-chelating nanogel imaging agent, which employed versatile, reproducible chemistry that maximizes chelation stability. Here we demonstrate that our metal chelating crosslinked nanogel technology is a powerful platform by incorporating 64Cu to obtain PET radiotracers. Polyacrylamide-based nanogels were crosslinked with three different polydentate ligands (DTPA, DOTA, NOTA). NOTA-based nanogels stably retained 64Cu in mouse serum and accumulated in tumors in vivo as detected by PET/CT imaging. Measurement of radioactivity in major organs ex vivo confirmed this pattern, revealing a high accumulation (12.3% ID/g and 16.6% ID/g) in tumors at 24 and 48 h following administration, with lower accumulation in the liver (8.5% ID/g at 24 h) and spleen (5.5% ID/g). Nanogels accumulated even more efficiently in metastases (29.9% and 30.4% ID/g at 24 and 48 h). These metal-chelating nanogels hold great promise for future application as bimodal PET/MRI agents; chelation of β-emitting radionuclides could enable radiation therapy.

Keywords: Nanogels, metal-chelating crosslinkers, copper 64, PET, NOTA, preclinical imaging, metastases.


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Lux, J., White, A.G., Chan, M., Anderson, C.J., Almutairi, A. (2015). Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases. Theranostics, 5(3), 277-288. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.10904.

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Lux, J.; White, A.G.; Chan, M.; Anderson, C.J.; Almutairi, A. Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases. Theranostics 2015, 5 (3), 277-288. DOI: 10.7150/thno.10904.

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Lux J, White AG, Chan M, Anderson CJ, Almutairi A. Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases. Theranostics 2015; 5(3):277-288. doi:10.7150/thno.10904. https://www.thno.org/v05p0277.htm

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Lux J, White AG, Chan M, Anderson CJ, Almutairi A. 2015. Nanogels from Metal-Chelating Crosslinkers as Versatile Platforms Applied to Copper-64 PET Imaging of Tumors and Metastases. Theranostics. 5(3):277-288.

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