Combinatorial chemistry identifies high-affinity peptidomimetics against α4β1 integrin for in vivo tumor imaging
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- 11 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Chemical Biology
- Vol. 2 (7) , 381-389
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio798
Abstract
Small peptide–based agents have attracted wide interest as cancer-targeting agents for diagnostic imaging and targeted therapy. There is a need to develop new high-affinity and high-specificity peptidomimetic or small-molecule ligands against cancer cell surface receptors. Here we report on the identification of a high-affinity peptidomimetic ligand (LLP2A; IC50 = 2 pM) against α4β1 integrin using both diverse and highly focused one-bead-one-compound combinatorial peptidomimetic libraries in conjunction with high-stringency screening. We further demonstrate that LLP2A can be used to image α4β1-expressing lymphomas with high sensitivity and specificity when conjugated to a near infrared fluorescent dye in a mouse xenograft model. Thus, LLP2A provides an important tool for noninvasive monitoring of α4β1 expression and activity during tumor progression, and it shows great potential as an imaging and therapeutic agent for α4β1-positive tumors.Keywords
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