The
pentadentate H
3bhci [1,3,5-trideoxy-1,3-bis((2-hydroxybenzyl)amino)-
cis-inositol] and its bifunctionalized analogue H
3bhci-glu-H [1,3,5-trideoxy-1,3-bis((2-hydroxybenzyl)amino)-5-glutaramido-
cis-inositol] were synthesized, and their coordination chemistry was investigated with inactive rhenium,with no carrier added Re-188 and with carrier added Re-186. The neutral Re(V) com
plexes [ReO(bhci)] and [ReO(bhci-glu-H)] are formed in good yields starting from [ReOCl
3(P(C
6H
5)
3)
2] or inquantitative yield directly from [
186/188ReO
4]
- in aqueous solution by reduction with Sn(II) or Sn(0).The X-ray structures of [ReO(bhci)] and [ReO(bhci-glu-H)] were elucidated revealing
pentadentate"side on" coordination of the ligands to the "Re=O" core. The basic cyclohexane frame ado
pts a chairform in the case of [ReO(bhci)] and a twisted boat form in the case of [ReO(bhci-glu-H)]. [ReO(bhci)]crystallizes in the monoclinic s
pace grou
p C2/
c with
a = 27.425(3),
b = 14.185(1),
c = 19.047(2) Å, and
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= 103.64(2)
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and [ReO(bhci-glu-H)] in the monoclinic s
pace grou
p P2
1/
c with
a = 13.056(3),
b =10.180(1),
c = 22.378(5) Å, and
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= 98.205(9)
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. Both
188Re com
plexes are stable in human serum forat least 3 days without decom
position. After injection into mice, [ReO(bhci-glu)]
- is readily excretedthrough the intestines, while [ReO(bhci)] is excreted by intestines, liver, and the kidneys. TLCinvestigations of the urine showed exclusively the com
plexes [ReO(bhci-glu-H)] and [ReO(bhci)],res
pectively, and no decom
position
products. For derivatization of antibodies, the carboxylic grou
pof [ReO(bhci-glu-H)] was activated with
N-hydroxysuccinimide, which required unusually vigorousreaction conditions (heating). The anti colon cancer antibody mAb-35 [IgG and F(ab')
2 fragment] waslabeled with [
186/188ReO(bhci-glu)] to a s
pecific activity of u
p to 1.5 mCi/mg (55 MBq/mg) with fullretention of immunoreactivity. Labeling yields followed
pseudo-first-order kinetics in antibodyconcentration with the ratio of rates between aminolysis and hydrolysis being about 2. Biodistributionsof
186Re-labeled intact mAb-35 as well as of its F(ab')
2 fragment in tumor-bearing nude mice revealedgood u
ptake by the tumor with only low accumulation of radioactivity in normal tissue.