An N-Acetylgalactosamino Dendron-Clearing Agent for High-Therapeutic-Index DOTA-Hapten Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy

Bioconjug Chem. 2020 Mar 18;31(3):501-506. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00736. Epub 2020 Feb 10.

Abstract

Clearing agents (CAs) can rapidly remove nonlocalized targeting biomolecules from circulation for hepatic catabolism, thereby enhancing the therapeutic index (TI), especially for blood (marrow), of the subsequently administered radioisotope in any multistep pretargeting strategy. Herein we describe the synthesis and in vivo evaluation of a fully synthetic glycodendrimer-based CA for DOTA-based pretargeted radioimmunotherapy (DOTA-PRIT). The novel dendron-CA consists of a nonradioactive yttrium-DOTA-Bn molecule attached via a linker to a glycodendron displaying 16 terminal α-thio-N-acetylgalactosamine (α-SGalNAc) units (CCA α-16-DOTA-Y3+; molecular weight: 9059 Da). Pretargeting [177Lu]LuDOTA-Bn with CCA α-16-DOTA-Y3+ to GPA33-expressing SW1222 human colorectal xenografts was highly effective, leading to absorbed doses of [177Lu]LuDOTA-Bn for blood, tumor, liver, spleen, and kidneys of 11.7, 468, 9.97, 5.49, and 13.3 cGy/MBq, respectively. Tumor-to-normal tissues absorbed-dose ratios (i.e., TIs) ranged from 40 (e.g., for blood and kidney) to about 550 for stomach.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Acetylgalactosamine / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Biotin / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Dendrimers / chemistry*
  • Haptens / metabolism*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Immunoconjugates / chemistry*
  • Immunoconjugates / metabolism
  • Immunoconjugates / pharmacokinetics
  • Immunoconjugates / therapeutic use*
  • Mice
  • Radioimmunotherapy / methods*
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Dendrimers
  • Haptens
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Immunoconjugates
  • 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane- 1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid
  • Biotin
  • Acetylgalactosamine