Abstract
We have exemplified a pretargeted approach to interrogate hypoxia in live cells using radioactive bioorthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) "click"chemistry. Our novel 18F-tetrazine probe ([18F]FB-Tz) and 2-nitroimidazole-based TCO targeting molecule (8) showed statistically significant (P < 0.0001) uptake in hypoxic cells (ca. 90 %ID per mg) vs. normoxic cells (<10 %ID per mg) in a 60 min incubation of [18F]FB-Tz. This is the first time that an intracellularly targeted small-molecule for IEDDA "click"has been used in conjunction with a radioactive reporter molecule in live cells and may be a useful tool with far-reaching applicability for a variety of applications.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20335-20341 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 33 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 7 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering