Oxanorbornadiene dicarboxylate (OND) reagents were explored for the purpose of binding and releasing chemical cargos from endogenous circulating serum albumins. ONDs bearing gadolinium chelates as model cargos exhibited variable conjugation efficiencies with albumin in rat subjects that are consistent with the observed reactivity of each linker and their observed stability toward serum hydrolases in vitro. The terminal elimination rate from circulation was dependent on the identity of the OND used, and increased circulation time of gadolinium cargo was achieved for linkers bearing electrophilic fragments designed to react with cysteine-34 of circulating serum albumin. This binding of and release from endogenous albumin highlights the potential of OND linkers in the context of optimizing the pharmacokinetic parameters of drugs or diagnostic agents.
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Front Immunol
January 2025
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.
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January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
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Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Medisiina D, 5th floor, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland.
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