Rebecca Rizzo, Martina Capozza, Laura Conti, Lidia Avalle, Valeria Poli, Enzo Terreno
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Abstract
Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a pan-cancer target that is useful for imaging, ideally all epithelial cancers. This work aimed to develop, characterize, and validate two novel FAP-targeted probes for optical imaging, both in vitro and in vivo. IRDye800CW and FNIRTag heptamethine cyanines were conjugated to the NH precursor of the well-known FAP inhibitor FAPI-46, which is widely employed in nuclear medicine. In addition to synthesis, the dyes were characterized in terms of physicochemical properties, biodistribution, and imaging performances in a breast cancer tumor model. FAPI-FNIRTag showed a stronger fluorescence and higher photostability compared to FAPI-IRDye800CW. Notably, both compounds exhibited strong tumor accumulation in TUBO breast cancer-bearing mice 24 h postadministration, suggesting potential for further investigation as fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) agents.
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Molecular Pharmaceutics publishes the results of original research that contributes significantly to the molecular mechanistic understanding of drug delivery and drug delivery systems. The journal encourages contributions describing research at the interface of drug discovery and drug development.
Scientific areas within the scope of the journal include physical and pharmaceutical chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics, molecular and cellular biology, and polymer and materials science as they relate to drug and drug delivery system efficacy. Mechanistic Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting research on modulating activity and efficacy of a drug or drug product is within the scope of Molecular Pharmaceutics. Theoretical and experimental peer-reviewed research articles, communications, reviews, and perspectives are welcomed.
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