Nitroimidazole conjugates of bis(thiosemicarbazonato)Cu(II) - Potential combination agents for the PET imaging of hypoxia |
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Authors: | Paul D. Bonnitcha Simon R. Bayly Mark B.M. Theobald Helen M. Betts Jason S. Lewis Jonathan R. Dilworth |
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Affiliation: | a Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK b Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA |
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Abstract: | Combination agents comprising two different pharmacophores with the same biological target have the potential to show additive or synergistic activity. Bis(thiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) complexes (e.g. 64Cu-ATSM) and nitroimidazoles (e.g. 18F-MISO) are classes of tracer used for the delineation of tumor hypoxia by positron emission tomography (PET). Three nitroimidazole-bis(thiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) conjugates were produced in order to investigate their potential as combination hypoxia imaging agents. Two were derived from the known bifunctional bis(thiosemicarbazone) H2ATSM/A and the third from the new precursor diacetyl-2-(4-N-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone)-3-(4-N-ethylamino-3-thiosemicarbazone) - H2ATSM/en. Oxygen-dependent uptake studies were performed using the 64Cu radiolabelled complexes in EMT6 carcinoma cells. All the complexes displayed appreciable hypoxia selectivity, with the nitroimidazole conjugates displaying greater selectivity than a simple propyl derivative used as a control. Participation of the nitroimidazole group in the trapping mechanism is indicated by the increased hypoxic uptake of the 2- vs. the 4-substituted 64Cu-ATSM/A derivatives. The 2-nitroimidazole derivative of 64Cu-ATSM/en demonstrated superior hypoxia selectivity to 64Cu-ATSM over the range of oxygen concentrations tested. Biodistribution of the radiolabelled 2-nitroimidazole conjugates was carried out in EMT6 tumor-bearing mice. The complexes showed significantly different uptake trends in comparison to each other and previously studied Cu-ATSM derivatives. Uptake of the Cu-ATSM/en conjugate in non-target organs was considerably lower than for derivatives based on Cu-ATSM/A. |
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Keywords: | Molecular imaging Radiochemistry Copper-64 Bis(thiosemicarbazone) Hypoxia |
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