Imaging Prostate Cancer Microenvironment by Collagen Hybridization

Abstract

In order to find out why our CMP based imaging agent produced weak signals in vivo, we performed to serum stability test. Here, we report the serum stability of a series of monomeric CMP derivatives and establish how peptide length, amino acid composition, terminal modification, and linker chemistry influence their availability in serum. We show that monomeric CMPs comprised of the collagen-like Gly-Pro-Hyp motif are resistant to common serum proteinases and that their stability can be further increased by simple N-terminal labeling which negates CMPs susceptibility to proline-specific exopeptidases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1060884

Entities

People

  • Martin G. Pomper
  • Michael S. Yu

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids
  • Arteries
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Blood
  • Blood Proteins
  • Blood Vessels
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Collagen
  • Connective Tissue
  • Health Services
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Proteins
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tissues

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry