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PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolWorcester, MA 01655
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U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012
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ABSTRACTThe goal of this investigation is to using anti-Her2 antibody Herceptin as carrier and streptavidin as linker to specifically transport antisense into tumor cells expressing Her2. For this purpose, we successfully conjugated MAG3/biotin to antisense/sense morpholino oligomers (MORFs), and conjugated biotin group to Herceptin. The MORF-streptavidin-Herceptin constructs have been synthesized and their quality has been confirmed. We have confirmed by confocal microscopy using fluorescent lissamine as the tag that Herceptin can mediate the cellular internalization of MORFs, and more important, the internalized oligomer distributed in cytoplasm evenly without apparent entrapment in cellular compartments. By using 99mTc as the tag, we also have approved that the antisense can be released from the internalized antisense-streptavidin-Herceptin construct. These results are significant and encouraging for the followed studies in in vivo antisense tumor targeting using Herceptin as carrier.
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IntroductionThis study is focused on early detection of breast cancers with propensity to metastasize. This work can also be considered for antisense radiotherapy if successful by seamless substitution of the imaging radionuclide with a therapeutic radionuclide. When administrated intravenously, the high affinity of anti-HER-2 antibody to HER-2 expressed on surface of breast tumor cells will image not only the primary tumors, but also metastases throughout the patient including nodal metastases usually bypassed by conventional methods. The combination of anti-HER-2 tumor targe...