Design, Synthesis, Computational, and Preclinical Evaluation of natTi/45Ti-Labeled Urea-Based Glutamate PSMA Ligand
Open Access
- 2 March 2020
- Vol. 25 (5), 1104
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25051104
Abstract
Despite promising anti-cancer properties in vitro, all titanium-based pharmaceuticals have failed in vivo. Likewise, no target-specific positron emission tomography (PET) tracer based on the radionuclide 45Ti has been developed, notwithstanding its excellent PET imaging properties. In this contribution, we present liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) in flow-based recovery and the purification of 45Ti, computer-aided design, and the synthesis of a salan-natTi/45Ti-chelidamic acid (CA)-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) ligand containing the Glu-urea-Lys pharmacophore. The compound showed compromised serum stability, however, no visible PET signal from the PC3+ tumor was seen, while the ex vivo biodistribution measured the tumor accumulation at 1.1% ID/g. The in vivo instability was rationalized in terms of competitive citrate binding followed by Fe(III) transchelation. The strategy to improve the in vivo stability by implementing a unimolecular ligand design is presented.Keywords
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