PET tracers based on Zirconium-89

Curr Radiopharm. 2011 Apr;4(2):131-9. doi: 10.2174/1874471011104020131.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies has always been a dynamic area in molecular imaging. With decay half-life (3.3 d) well matched to the circulation half-lives of antibodies (usually on the order of days), (89)Zr has been extensively studied over the last decade. This review article will give a brief overview on (89)Zr isotope production, the radiochemistry generally used for (89)Zr-labeling, and the PET tracers that have been developed using (89)Zr. To date, (89)Zr-based PET imaging has been investigated for a wide variety of cancer-related targets, which include human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, epidermal growth factor receptor, prostate-specific membrane antigen, splice variant v6 of CD44, vascular endothelial growth factor, carbonic anhydrase IX, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, among others. With well-developed radiochemistry, commercial availability of chelating agents for (89)Zr labeling, increasingly widely available isotope supply, as well as successful proof-of-principle in pilot human studies, it is expected that PET imaging with (89)Zr-based tracers will be a constantly evolving and highly vibrant field in the near future.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Surface / analysis
  • ErbB Receptors / analysis
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / analysis
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronan Receptors / analysis
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radioisotopes*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / analysis
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / analysis
  • Zirconium*

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • CD44v6 antigen
  • Hyaluronan Receptors
  • Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Zirconium
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II