Peptide and pseudo-peptide

Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Dec;64(4):364-370. doi: 10.23736/S1824-4785.20.03311-7. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Abstract

In recent years, the introduction of theranostic twins for specific diagnosis and treatment in patients with neuroendocrine tumors became a nuclear medicine success story. 64Cu/18F labeled prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) for molecular imaging with PET-CT and peptide radioligand therapy with 177Lu labeled PSMA inhibitors will favorably become the next theranostic twins in nuclear medicine history. 68Ga/ 64Cu/18F PSMA PET/CT detects metastatic prostate cancer with high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. In addition, it can be used to select patients for radioligand therapy and evaluate therapy response. 64Cu-labeled radiopharmaceuticals such as 64Cu-PSMA, and 64Cu-somatostatin analogs are promising imaging tools in the assessment of primary disease and also in the detection of disease recurrence and to evaluate therapy response. The long half-life of 64Cu allows the distribution of the tracer to PET centers as a satellite concept, who otherwise has no access to 68Ga generators.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Surface / metabolism
  • Copper Radioisotopes / chemistry*
  • Fluorine / chemistry*
  • Gallium Radioisotopes / chemistry
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / radiotherapy
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / chemistry*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • Copper Radioisotopes
  • Copper-64
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Peptides
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorine
  • Gallium-68
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II