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- Title
Development of an <sup>18</sup>F-labeled anti-human CD8 VHH for same-day immunoPET imaging.
- Authors
Sriraman, Shravan Kumar; Davies, Christopher W.; Gill, Herman; Kiefer, James R.; Yin, Jianping; Ogasawara, Annie; Urrutia, Alejandra; Javinal, Vincent; Lin, Zhonghua; Seshasayee, Dhaya; Abraham, Ryan; Haas, Phil; Koth, Christopher; Marik, Jan; Koerber, James T.; Williams, Simon Peter
- Abstract
Purpose: Cancer immunotherapies (CITs) have revolutionized the treatment of certain cancers, but many patients fail to respond or relapse from current therapies, prompting the need for new CIT agents. CD8+ T cells play a central role in the activity of many CITs, and thus, the rapid imaging of CD8+ cells could provide a critical biomarker for new CIT agents. However, existing 89Zr-labeled CD8 PET imaging reagents exhibit a long circulatory half-life and high radiation burden that limit potential applications such as same-day and longitudinal imaging. Methods: To this end, we discovered and developed a 13-kDa single-domain antibody (VHH5v2) against human CD8 to enable high-quality, same-day imaging with a reduced radiation burden. To enable sensitive and rapid imaging, we employed a site-specific conjugation strategy to introduce an 18F radiolabel to the VHH. Results: The anti-CD8 VHH, VHH5v2, demonstrated binding to a membrane distal epitope of human CD8 with a binding affinity (KD) of 500 pM. Subsequent imaging experiments in several xenografts that express varying levels of CD8 demonstrated rapid tumor uptake and fast clearance from the blood. High-quality images were obtained within 1 h post-injection and could quantitatively differentiate the tumor models based on CD8 expression level. Conclusion: Our work reveals the potential of this anti-human CD8 VHH [18F]F-VHH5v2 to enable rapid and specific imaging of CD8+ cells in the clinic.
- Subjects
EMISSION-computed tomography; FLUORIDES; CANCER immunotherapy; MEDICAL imaging systems; T cells
- Publication
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2023, Vol 50, Issue 3, p679
- ISSN
1619-7070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00259-022-05998-0