Detection and Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer With Radiolabeled Transferrin Molecules

Abstract

We propose a new therapeutic paradigm for the treatment of castration resistant prostate cancer: targeting a shared pathobiological event upregulated by hyperactive MYC and mTOR with radiotherapy to ablate tumor cells. Because transferrin uptake into a cell is upregulated by hyperactive MYC or mTOR, we propose to synthesize a theranostic transferrin nanoparticle conjugate. A second objective is to show that we can image prostate cancer tumors with SPECT using the transferrin construct. The final objective is to show that the transferrin construct can ablate prostate cancer tumors with hyperactive MYC and/or mTOR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1106328

Entities

People

  • Ning Zhao

Organizations

  • University of California, San Francisco

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Blood Cells
  • Castration
  • Cells
  • Detection
  • Light Scattering
  • Materials
  • Molecules
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanoparticles
  • Neoplasms
  • Particles
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Tissues

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Oncology (Cancer Research).

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech