Comparative Preclinical Evaluation of the Tumor-Targeting Properties of Radioiodine and Technetium-Labeled Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins for Imaging of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Malignant Tumors.

ABSTRACT: Radionuclide molecular imaging of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression might permit the selection of patients for EGFR-targeting therapies. Designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) E01 with a high affinity to the ectodomain III of the EGFR is a possible EGFR imaging probe. The goal of this study was to evaluate the potential of radiolabeled DARPin E01 for in vivo imaging of EGFR. DARPin E01 containing the (HE)₃-tag was site-specifically labeled with a residualizing ^99mTc (using ^99mTc]Tc(CO)₃). Two methods providing non-residualizing ¹²³I labels, direct electrophilic radioiodination and indirect radioiodination using [¹²³I]I-para-iodobenzoate (PIB), were tested. [^99mTc]Tc-(HE)₃-E01 a

SUBMITTER: Larkina M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12609441 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature