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Synthetic Approach to 99mTc-labeled SPECT Radiotracers with Multi-nitroimidazoles for Hypoxia

  • Anh Thu Nguyen (Deparment of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Hee-Kwon Kim (Deparment of Nuclear Medicine, Jeonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2024.03.22
  • Accepted : 2024.04.23
  • Published : 2024.05.30
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Abstract

Hypoxia, defined as the deficiency of oxygen, is a significant hallmark of cancers presenting in the majority of solid tumors. Detection of tumor hypoxia is essential in cancer diagnosis to prevent cancer progression, metastasis, and resistance to cancer therapies in clinical practices. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is one of the methods studied and applied for hypoxia detection with the use of radiolabeled imaging agents in which 99mTc is the common radioisotope used for radiolabeling. Nitroimidazoles are the hypoxia-targeting moieties presenting in numerous 99mTc-radiolabeled imaging agents due to their bio-reducible ability in hypoxic environments. Recently, in addition to 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals containing one nitroimidazole unit, there has been considerable attention given to 99mTc-radiopharmaceuticals bearing two or more nitroimidazole units. This review summarizes the synthesis of hypoxia-targeting chelators and radiolabeling processes to produce these 99mTc-radiopharmaceuticals for SPECT imaging.

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