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@ARTICLE{Hoffmann:1046742,
author = {Hoffmann, Chris and Gröner, Benedikt and Bahutski, Victor
and Endepols, Heike and Lindemeyer, Johannes and Saniternik,
Sven and Drewes, Birte and Timmer, Marco and Gokhadze, Otari
and Brugger, Melanie and Neumaier, Felix and Neumaier, Bernd
and Zlatopolskiy, Boris D.},
title = {{C}omparative evaluation of three 18{F}-fluorinated {FAP}
ligands in rodent tumor models},
journal = {European journal of medicinal chemistry},
volume = {299},
issn = {0009-4374},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-03941},
pages = {118103},
year = {2025},
note = {This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG; grant number ZL 65/4-1), the Shota Rustaveli National
Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG; grant number
JFZ–II–22-074), and the Excellent Research Support
Program, University of Cologne (UoC) Forum 2023 (Multimodal
Preclinical Imaging Platform University Cologne [MUPIC]).},
abstract = {Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is almost exclusively
expressed on cancer-associated stromal cells, making it
apromising target for tumor imaging by positron emission
tomography (PET). While 68Ga- or Al[18F]F-labeled
FAPinhibitors (FAPIs) have been characterized in detail, the
potential advantages of FAPIs containing a covalentlybound
18F-label remain largely unknown. The aim of the present
work was to address this gap by comparing twoFAPIs with a
covalently bound 18F-label and the chelator-based
radioligand Al[18F]F-FAPI-42.The 18F-labeled FAPIs were
prepared by direct (6-[18F]F-FAPI) or indirect
([18F]AFA-FAPI) radiofluorination,or by the Al[18F]F
chelation method (Al[18F]F-FAPI-42), which afforded the
tracers in activity yields of 11–57 $\%and$ with molar
activities of 5–170 GBq/μmol. Cellular uptake studies
revealed significantly higher accumulationof all three
candidates in HT1080-FAP compared to HT1080-WT cells.
6-[18F]F-FAPI and Al[18F]F-FAPI-42showed comparable
FAP-selectivity and tumor uptake in mice inoculated with the
two cell lines and rats bearingsubcutaneous DSL-6A/C1
tumors, while no in vivo FAP-selectivity was observed for
[18F]AFA-FAPI. Al[18F]FFAPI-42 exhibited lower hepatobiliary
excretion and faster clearance from FAP-negative tissues in
the subcutaneoustumor models. In contrast, 6-[18F]F-FAPI
showed higher tumor uptake and better tumor retention in
anintracerebral U87 glioma tumor model. When compared to the
established glioma tracer [18F]FET, both FAPtargetingtracers
visualized intracerebral tumors with more than two-fold
higher tumor-to-background ratios.In conclusion, while the
chelator-based radioligand Al[18F]F-FAPI-42 is well-suited
for visualization of peripheraltumors, 6-[18F]F-FAPI with a
covalently bound 18F-label shows more favorable properties
for braintumor imaging.},
cin = {INM-5},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-5-20090406},
pnm = {5253 - Neuroimaging (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5253},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.118103},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1046742},
}