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Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model

Martin Ullrich1, Ralf Bergmann1, Mirko Peitzsch2, Erik F. Zenker1, Marc Cartellieri3, Michael Bachmann1,3, Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein4, Norman L. Block5, Andrew V. Schally5, Graeme Eisenhofer2,4, Stefan R. Bornstein4, Jens Pietzsch1,6, Christian G. Ziegler7,8✉

1. Dept. of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany;
2. Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
3. University Cancer Center, Tumorimmunology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
4. Dept. of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
5. VA Medical Center Miami FL and Dept. of Pathology and Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology and Hematology-Oncology and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL, USA.
6. Dept. of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
7. Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Hospital and faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
8. German Center for Diabetes Research e.V., Neuherberg, Germany.

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Ullrich M, Bergmann R, Peitzsch M, Zenker EF, Cartellieri M, Bachmann M, Ehrhart-Bornstein M, Block NL, Schally AV, Eisenhofer G, Bornstein SR, Pietzsch J, Ziegler CG. Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model. Theranostics 2016; 6(5):650-665. doi:10.7150/thno.14479. https://www.thno.org/v06p0650.htm
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Pheochromocytomas and extra-adrenal paragangliomas (PHEO/PGLs) are rare catecholamine-producing chromaffin cell tumors. For metastatic disease, no effective therapy is available. Overexpression of somatostatin type 2 receptors (SSTR2) in PHEO/PGLs promotes interest in applying therapies using somatostatin analogs linked to radionuclides and/or cytotoxic compounds, such as [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate (DOTATATE) and AN-238. Systematic evaluation of such therapies for the treatment of PHEO/PGLs requires sophisticated animal models. In this study, the mouse pheochromocytoma (MPC)-mCherry allograft model showed high tumor densities of murine SSTR2 (mSSTR2) and high tumor uptake of [64Cu]Cu-DOTATATE. Using tumor sections, we assessed mSSTR2-specific binding of DOTATATE, AN-238, and somatostatin-14. Therapeutic studies showed substantial reduction of tumor growth and tumor-related renal monoamine excretion in tumor-bearing mice after treatment with [177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE compared to AN-238 and doxorubicin. Analyses did not show agonist-dependent receptor downregulation after single mSSTR2-targeting therapies. This study demonstrates that the MPC-mCherry model is a uniquely powerful tool for the preclinical evaluation of SSTR2-targeting theranostic applications in vivo. Our findings highlight the therapeutic potential of somatostatin analogs, especially of [177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE, for the treatment of metastatic PHEO/PGLs. Repeated treatment cycles, fractionated combinations of SSTR2-targeting radionuclide and cytotoxic therapies, and other adjuvant compounds addressing additional mechanisms may further enhance therapeutic outcome.

Keywords: neuroendocrine tumors, catecholamines, metanephrines, DOTATATE, PET, SPECT, optical in vivo imaging, doxorubicin.


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Ullrich, M., Bergmann, R., Peitzsch, M., Zenker, E.F., Cartellieri, M., Bachmann, M., Ehrhart-Bornstein, M., Block, N.L., Schally, A.V., Eisenhofer, G., Bornstein, S.R., Pietzsch, J., Ziegler, C.G. (2016). Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model. Theranostics, 6(5), 650-665. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.14479.

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Ullrich, M.; Bergmann, R.; Peitzsch, M.; Zenker, E.F.; Cartellieri, M.; Bachmann, M.; Ehrhart-Bornstein, M.; Block, N.L.; Schally, A.V.; Eisenhofer, G.; Bornstein, S.R.; Pietzsch, J.; Ziegler, C.G. Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model. Theranostics 2016, 6 (5), 650-665. DOI: 10.7150/thno.14479.

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Ullrich M, Bergmann R, Peitzsch M, Zenker EF, Cartellieri M, Bachmann M, Ehrhart-Bornstein M, Block NL, Schally AV, Eisenhofer G, Bornstein SR, Pietzsch J, Ziegler CG. Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model. Theranostics 2016; 6(5):650-665. doi:10.7150/thno.14479. https://www.thno.org/v06p0650.htm

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Ullrich M, Bergmann R, Peitzsch M, Zenker EF, Cartellieri M, Bachmann M, Ehrhart-Bornstein M, Block NL, Schally AV, Eisenhofer G, Bornstein SR, Pietzsch J, Ziegler CG. 2016. Multimodal Somatostatin Receptor Theranostics Using [64Cu]Cu-/[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-(Tyr3)octreotate and AN-238 in a Mouse Pheochromocytoma Model. Theranostics. 6(5):650-665.

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