New fluorine-18 pretargeting PET imaging by bioorthogonal chlorosydnone-cycloalkyne click reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Aug 27;55(70):10400-10403. doi: 10.1039/c9cc05486c.

Abstract

We report the first pretargeting in vivo study using the Strain-Promoted Sydnone-Alkyne Cycloaadition (SPSAC) reaction. The injection of a fluorine-18 labeled cyclooctyne three days after cetuximab bearing chlorosydnone moieties allowed a significant detection of the tumor by PET imaging suggesting an efficient click reaction inside the tumoral site. With a kinetic constant superior to 300 M-1 s-1, the SPSAC reaction might be an interesting tool, in addition to tetrazine-cyclooctene ligation, for in vivo chemistry.

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Click Chemistry / methods*
  • Cyclization
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes / chemistry*
  • Heterografts
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorine-18