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Comparative Evaluation of Novel Lu-177-Labeled PNA Probes for Affibody-Mediated PNA-Based Pretargeting
KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Proteinvetenskap, Proteinvetenskap.
Uppsala Univ, Dept Immunol Genet & Pathol, Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 20, S-75185 Uppsala, Sweden..
Uppsala Univ, Dept Immunol Genet & Pathol, Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 20, S-75185 Uppsala, Sweden.;Tomsk Polytech Univ, Res Ctr Oncotheranost, Res Sch Chem & Appl Biomed Sci, Tomsk 634050, Russia..ORCID-id: 0000-0002-4778-3909
KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Proteinvetenskap, Proteinvetenskap.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-4334-9360
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2021 (engelsk)Inngår i: Cancers, ISSN 2072-6694, Vol. 13, nr 3, artikkel-id 500Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

Simple Summary Affibody molecules are small, engineered affinity proteins based on a nonimmunoglobulin scaffold. Affibody-based radionuclide imaging probes have demonstrated excellent tumor targeting. However, the renal clearance of affibody molecules is accompanied by high reabsorption and retention of activity in the kidney, which prevents their use for radionuclide therapy. We have previously shown the feasibility of overcoming the high renal uptake using a pretargeting approach for affibody-mediated therapy based on peptide nucleic acid (PNA) hybridization. In this study, we test the hypothesis that shortening the PNA pretargeting probes would further increase the difference between the accumulation of radiometals in tumor xenografts and in kidneys. A series of novel PNA probes has been designed and evaluated in vitro and in vivo. We have found that a variant containing 9 nucleobases enables a two-fold increase of the tumor-to-kidney dose ratio compared with a variant containing 15 nucleobases. This creates preconditions for more efficient therapy of cancer. Affibody-mediated PNA-based pretargeting is a promising approach to radionuclide therapy of HER2-expressing tumors. In this study, we test the hypothesis that shortening the PNA pretargeting probes would increase the tumor-to-kidney dose ratio. The primary probe Z(HER2:342)-SR-HP15 and the complementary secondary probes HP16, HP17, and HP18, containing 9, 12, and 15 nucleobases, respectively, and carrying a 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) chelator were designed, synthesized, characterized in vitro, and labeled with Lu-177. In vitro pretargeting was studied in HER2-expressing SKOV3 and BT474 cell lines. The biodistribution of these novel probes was evaluated in immunodeficient mice bearing SKOV3 xenografts and compared to the previously studied [Lu-177]Lu-HP2. Characterization confirmed the formation of high-affinity duplexes between HP15 and the secondary probes, with the affinity correlating with the length of the complementary PNA sequences. All the PNA-based probes were bound specifically to HER2-expressing cells in vitro. In vivo studies demonstrated HER2-specific uptake of all Lu-177-labeled probes in xenografts in a pretargeting setting. The ratio of cumulated radioactivity in the tumor to the radioactivity in kidneys was dependent on the secondary probe's size and decreased with an increased number of nucleobases. The shortest PNA probe, [Lu-177]Lu-HP16, showed the highest tumor-to-kidney ratio. [Lu-177]Lu-HP16 is the most promising secondary probe for affibody-mediated tumor pretargeting.

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MDPI AG , 2021. Vol. 13, nr 3, artikkel-id 500
Emneord [en]
pretargeting, PNA, affibody molecules, radionuclide therapy, HER2-expressing xenografts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-292083DOI: 10.3390/cancers13030500ISI: 000614998100001PubMedID: 33525578Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85099854685OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-292083DiVA, id: diva2:1540477
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2021-03-29 Laget: 2021-03-29 Sist oppdatert: 2024-03-18bibliografisk kontrollert
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1. PNA and affinity protein tools for selective tumor targeting of radiopharmaceuticals
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2022 (engelsk)Doktoravhandling, med artikler (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

Targeted radiotherapy of cancer intends to selectively deliver cytotoxic radionuclides to tumor cells. Affinity proteins of various kinds are explored for this task, and depending on the affinity protein used, different challenges arise. Full-length antibodies are typically associated with long serum half-life, leading to high systemic toxicity, while smaller affinity ligands such as engineered scaffold proteins, antibody fragments or peptides, usually demonstrate high radioactive uptake in kidneys. The smallest affinity ligands furthermore suffer from low therapeutic efficacy due to their fast wash-out, thus demanding frequent administrations of the radio-conjugate to reach a therapeutic effect.  

These issues were addressed in this thesis, where small affinity ligands (an Affibody molecule, a single domain antibody fragment and a peptide) have been explored as targeting agents for the cancer targets HER2, CD38 and GRPR, respectively. The Affibody molecule and the single domain antibody fragment were used in a pretargeting setting where high selective hybridization are used as recognition tags between peptide nucleic acid (PNA) strands on the tumor targeting primary agent and the radiolabelled secondary agent. In papers I and II, different sets of PNA hybridization probes were evaluated, in vitro and in vivo. In paper I, we demonstrate that the shortest tested secondary PNA probe (the 9-mer HP16) had the most favourable biodistribution profile with high tumor uptake along with the lowest kidney uptake. In paper II, we produced a set of shorter primary PNA probes, aiming for simplified production, and new sets of even shorter secondary PNA probes. A secondary 8-mer was identified as suitable for testing in cell assays and in vivo together with HER2-binding Affibody-PNA conjugates with varying length of the primary PNA probe, in order to determine if the smaller hydrodynamic range would further improve the biodistribution properties. In paper III, the Affibody-mediated PNA-based pretargeting strategy was evaluated as a monotherapy and as a co-treatment strategy with trastuzumab, to treat mice bearing HER2-positive tumors. Mice treated with the co-treatment strategy had significantly longer survival compared to other groups. In paper IV, the feasibility of using the PNA pretargeting strategy in combination with another affinity protein (a single domain antibody fragment) was evaluated in a CD38-expressing cell line. In paper V, the GRPR-binding peptide RM26 was conjugated to an albumin-binding domain, with the aim to achieve a high tumor uptake over time. The RM26-ABD conjugate did demonstrate good tumor uptake over time. However, the conjugate also demonstrated high kidney uptake, limiting its use as a therapeutic construct. 

In conclusion, the work presented in this thesis shows strategies for selective tumor targeting of radiopharmaceuticals using affinity proteins and PNA-mediated pretargeting.

Abstract [sv]

Riktad strålbehandling av cancer är ämnad att selektivt leverera cytotoxiska radionuklider till tumörceller. Affinitetsproteiner av olika slag utforskas för detta ändamål, och olika utmaningar uppstår beroende på vilket affinitetsprotein som används. Fullängdsantikroppar har lång halveringstid i blod, vilket leder till hög systemisk toxicitet, medan mindre affinitetsligander, såsom antikroppsfragment eller peptider, vanligtvis uppvisar högt radioaktivt upptag i njurarna. Vid användande av små affinitetsligander för riktad strålbehandling finns dessutom problem med låg terapeutisk effekt då de försvinner snabbt ur cirkulationen. För att uppnå en klinisk terapeutisk effekt med dessa små radioinmärkta affinitetsligander krävs ofta upprepade och frekventa administreringar.

Problemen med högt njurupptag och låg terapeutisk effektivitet för radioinmärkta små affinitetsproteiner är något som adresseras i denna avhandling. Små affinitetsproteiner (en Affibody-molekyl, ett en-domäns-antikroppsfragment och en peptid) har studerats med avsikten att använda dem för riktad strålbehandling mot de cancerassocierade proteinerna HER2, CD38 och GRPR. Affibody-molekylen och en-domän-antikroppsfragmentet användes i pre-targeting, där selektiv hybridisering mellan två peptidnukleinsyre (PNA)-prober användes som igenkänningsmärken på den tumörsökande primära molekylen och den radioinmärkta sekundära molekylen. I artikel I och II utvärderades uppsättningar av PNA-hybridiseringsprober, in vitro och in vivo. I artikel I visar vi att den kortaste testade sekundära PNA-proben (9-meren HP16) gav den bästa biodistributionsprofilen med en kombination av högt tumörupptag och det lägsta njurupptaget. I artikel II producerade vi dels en uppsättning kortare primära PNA-prober, med avsikten att förenkla dess produktion, samt nya uppsättningar av ännu kortare sekundära PNA-prober. En sekundär 8-mer identifierades som lämplig att testa i cellförsök och in vivo tillsammans med HER2-bindande Affibody-PNA-konjugat med varierande längd av den primära PNA-proben, för att avgöra om detta skulle förbättra biodistributionen ytterligare. I artikel III utvärderades den Affibody-medierade PNA-pretargeting-strategin som enskild terapi och som en kombinerad behandling tillsammans med trastuzumab, för att behandla möss med HER2-positiva tumörer. Möss som behandlats med kombinationsbehandlingen hade signifikant längre överlevnad jämfört med andra grupper. I artikel IV utvärderades möjligheten att använda PNA-pretargeting-strategin i kombination med ett annat affinitetsprotein (en-domän-antikroppsfragment) på en CD38-uttryckande cellinje. I artikel V konjugerades den GRPR-bindande peptiden RM26 till ett albuminbindande protein, med målet att uppnå ett högt tumörupptag över tid. RM26-ABD-konjugatet visade bra tumörupptag över tid, men också högt njurupptag, vilket i nuläget begränsar dess användning i en terapeutisk tillämpning.

Sammanfattningsvis visar arbetet som presenteras i denna avhandling strategier för selektiv strålningsterapi av tumörer med användning av affinitetsproteiner och PNA-medierad pretargeting.

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KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. s. 78
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TRITA-CBH-FOU ; 2022:39
Emneord
Cancer therapy, targeted radionuclide therapy, affinity proteins, Affibody molecules, CD38, GRPR, HER2, nanobody, peptide, PNA, RM26, pretargeting, Cancerterapi, radionuklid terapi, affinitetsproteiner, affibody molekyler, CD38, GRPR, HER2, nanobody, peptid, PNA, RM26, pretargeting
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Bioteknologi
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-317137 (URN)978-91-8040-317-7 (ISBN)
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2022-10-07, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm, 10:00 (engelsk)
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2022-09-08 Laget: 2022-09-06 Sist oppdatert: 2022-09-08bibliografisk kontrollert

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