Radiolabeled anti-claudin 4 and anti-prostate stem cell antigen: initial imaging in experimental models of pancreatic cancer

Mol Imaging. 2007 Mar-Apr;6(2):131-9.

Abstract

Global expression profiling of pancreatic cancers has identified two cell surface molecules, claudin 4 and prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA), as being overexpressed in the vast majority of cases. Two antibodies, anti-claudin 4 and anti-PSCA, were radiolabeled with iodine 125 ((125)I) for imaging pancreatic cancer xenografts in mice using gamma scintigraphy and single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT). Immunofluorescence staining of intact and permeabilized Colo357 human pancreatic cancer cells showed strong extracellular staining by both anti-PSCA and anti-claudin 4. Biodistribution studies in claudin 4 and PSCA-expressing Colo357 and PANC-1 subcutaneous xenograft models in mice showed that [(125)I]anti-claudin 4 tumor to muscle ratio uptake was 4.3 in Colo357 at 6 days postinjection and 6.3 in PANC-1 xenografts at 4 days postinjection. Biodistribution of [(125)I]anti-PSCA showed tumor to muscle ratio uptake of 4.9 in Colo357 at 6 days postinjection. Planar gamma scintigraphic imaging in Colo357 xenograft-bearing mice showed clear tumor uptake of [(125)I]anti-claudin 4 by 24 hours postinjection and by 48 hours postinjection for [(125)I]anti-PSCA. SPECT-CT imaging with [(125)I]anti-claudin 4 and [(125)I]anti-PSCA in an L3.6PL orthotopic xenograft model showed strong tumor and spleen uptake at 5 days postinjection. Both anti-claudin 4 and anti-PSCA demonstrate promise as radiodiagnostic and possibly radiotherapeutic agents for human pancreatic cancers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / pharmacokinetics
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Claudin-4
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / chemistry
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / analysis*
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / immunology
  • Membrane Proteins / analysis*
  • Membrane Proteins / immunology
  • Mice
  • Neoplasm Proteins / analysis*
  • Neoplasm Proteins / immunology
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Radioimmunodetection / methods*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • CLDN4 protein, human
  • Claudin-4
  • Cldn4 protein, mouse
  • Epitopes
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • PSCA protein, human