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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
An approach to image radiolabeled peptide localization at tumor sites by inducing tumor cells to synthesize membrane expressed human somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (hSSTr2) with a high affinity for radiolabeled somatostatin analogues is described. The use of gene transfer technology to induce expression of high affinity membrane hSSTr2 can enhance the specificity and degree of radiolabeled peptide localization in tumors. Employing this strategy, induction of high levels of hSSTr2 expression with selective tumor uptake of radiolabeled peptides was achieved in both subcutaneous non-small cell lung cancer and intraperitoneal ovarian cancer mouse human tumor xenograft models. The features of this genetic transduction imaging approach are: (1) constitutive expression of a tumor-associated receptor is not required; (2) tumor cells are altered to express a new target receptor or increased quantities of a constitutive receptor at levels which may significantly increase tumor targeting of radiolabeled peptides compared to uptake in normal tissues; (3) gene transfer can be accomplished by local or regional injection of adenoviral vectors; (4) it is feasible to target adenovirus vectors to tumor cells by modifying adenoviral tropism (binding) or by the use of tumor-specific promoters such that the hSSTr2 will be specifically expressed in the desired tumor; and (5) this technique can be used to image expression of a second therapeutic gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0914-7187
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
275-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene expression imaging with radiolabeled peptides.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-6832, USA. djb@uab.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review