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ArticleBioconjugate chemistry2025

FAP-Targeted Fluorescent Imaging Agents to Study Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts In Vivo.

Riley J Deutsch-Williams, Kelton A Schleyer, Riddha Das, Jasmine E Carrothers, Rainer H Kohler, Claudio Vinegoni, Ralph Weissleder

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Article in Bioconjugate chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Erasable FAP Targeted Spray-On Probe for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Riley J Deutsch-WilliamsCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.
Kelton A SchleyerCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5385-8850
Riddha DasCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.
Jasmine E CarrothersCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.
Rainer H KohlerCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6269-6590
Claudio VinegoniCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.
Ralph WeisslederCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0828-4143

Funding

Training Grant in Molecular Imaging Research (MGH/HMS)T32CA079443 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2000 to 2025
$10.1M
Bioorthogonal probe development for highly parallel in vivo imagingR33CA277820 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2023 to 2025
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R33 CA277820NCI NIH HHS T32 CA079443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) expressing fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP) are abundant in tumor microenvironments and represent an emerging target for PET cancer imaging. While different quinolone-based small molecule agents have been developed for whole-body imaging, there is a scarcity of well-validated fluorescent small molecule imaging agents to better study these cells in vivo. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of fluorescent FAP imaging agents based on the common quinolone azide inhibitor. Our data show excellent performance of some synthesized FAP Targeting Fluorescent probes (FTFs) for both topical application and intravenous delivery to label CAF populations in solid tumors. These results suggest that FTF can be used to study CAF biology and therapeutic targeting in vivo.

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsFluorescent DyesGelatinasesMembrane ProteinsOptical ImagingSerine EndopeptidasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorEndopeptidasesFibroblast Activation Protein AlphaHumansMiceEndopeptidasesFibroblast Activation Protein AlphaFluorescent DyesGelatinasesMembrane ProteinsSerine Endopeptidases

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PMID39667730
PMCPMC11740949

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