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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Human estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells typically display elevated levels of Myc protein due to overexpression of MYC mRNA, and elevated insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) due to overexpression of IGF1R mRNA. We hypothesized that scintigraphic detection of MYC peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes with an IGF1 peptide loop on the C-terminus, and a [99mTc]chelator peptide on the N-terminus, could measure levels of MYC mRNA noninvasively in human IGF1R-overexpressing MCF7 breast cancer xenografts in nude mice. We prepared the chelator-MYC PNA-IGF1 peptide, as well as a 4-nt mismatch PNA control, by solid-phase synthesis. We imaged MCF7 xenografts scintigraphically and measured the distribution of [99mTc]probes by scintillation counting of dissected tissues. MCF7 xenografts in nude mice were visualized at 4 and 24 h after tail vein administration of the [99mTc]PNA probe specific for MYC mRNA, but not with the mismatch control. The [99mTc]probes distributed normally to the kidneys, livers, tumors, and other tissues. Molecular imaging of oncogene mRNAs in solid tumors with radiolabel-PNA-peptide chimeras might provide additional genetic characterization of preinvasive and invasive breast cancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1043-1802
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Diagnostic Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Peptide Nucleic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Receptor, IGF Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15656577-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:articleTitle
Noninvasive molecular imaging of MYC mRNA expression in human breast cancer xenografts with a [99mTc]peptide-peptide nucleic acid-peptide chimera.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural