Kristina Westerlund

Dr. Kristina Westerlund

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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2016 in Theranostics
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HHHadis Honarvar
Hadis Honarvar
KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
MAMohamed Altai
Mohamed Altai
MSMattias Sandström
Mattias Sandström
Anna OrlovaAnna Orlova
Anna Orlova
AKAmelie Eriksson Karlström
Amelie Eriksson Karlström
Affibody molecules are small (7 kDa), non-immunoglobulin scaffold proteins with a potential as targeting agents for radionuclide imaging of cancer. However, high renal re-absorption of Affibody molecules prevents their use for radionuclide therapy with residualizing radiometals. We hypothesized that the use of Affibody-based peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-mediated pretargeting would enable higher accumulation of radiometals in tumors than in kidneys. To test this hypothesis, we designed an Affibody-PNA chimera ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 containing a 15-mer HP1 PNA recognition tag and a complementary HP2 hybridization probe permitting labeling with both 125I and 111In. 111In-ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 bound specifically to HER2-expressing BT474 and SKOV-3 cancer cells in vitro, with a KD of 6±2 pM for binding to SKOV-3 cells. Specific high affinity binding of the radiolabeled complementary PNA probe 111In-/125I-HP2 to ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 pre-treated cells was demonstrated. 111In-ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 demonstrated specific accumulation in SKOV-3 xenografts in BALB/C nu/nu mice and rapid clearance from blood. Pre-saturation of SKOV-3 with non-labeled anti-HER2 Affibody or the use of HER2-negative Ramos xenografts resulted in significantly lower tumor uptake of 111In-ZHER2:342-SR-HP1. The complementary PNA probe 111In/125I-HP2 accumulated in SKOV-3 xenografts when ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 was injected 4 h earlier. The tumor accumulation of 111In/125I-HP2 was negligible without ZHER2:342-SR-HP1 pre-injection. The uptake of 111In-HP2 in SKOV-3 xenografts was 19±2 %ID/g at 1 h after injection. The uptake in blood and kidneys was approximately 50- and 2-fold lower, respectively. In conclusion, we have shown that the use of Affibody-based PNA-mediated pretargeting enables specific delivery of radiometals to tumors and provides higher radiometal concentration in tumors than in kidneys.

6 April 2016 in Molecular Pharmaceutics
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KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
HHHadis Honarvar
Hadis Honarvar
ENEmily Norrström
Emily Norrström
JSJoanna Strand
Joanna Strand
BMBogdan Mitran
Bogdan Mitran
Vladimir TolmachevVladimir Tolmachev
Vladimir Tolmachev

19 October 2011 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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MMMelissa C. Martínez-Rivera
Melissa C. Martínez-Rivera
BBBruce W. Berry
Bruce W. Berry
KVKathleen G. Valentine
Kathleen G. Valentine
KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
SHSam Hay
Sam Hay
CTCecilia Tommos
Cecilia Tommos

6 July 2015 in Bioconjugate Chemistry
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KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
HHHadis Honarvar
Hadis Honarvar
Vladimir TolmachevVladimir Tolmachev
Vladimir Tolmachev
AKAmelie Eriksson Karlström
Amelie Eriksson Karlström

1 February 2017 in Nuclear Medicine and Biology
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HHHadis Honarvar
Hadis Honarvar
Cristina MuellerCristina Mueller
Cristina Mueller
SCSusan Cohrs
Susan Cohrs
SHStephanie Haller
Stephanie Haller
KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
Vladimir TolmachevVladimir Tolmachev
Vladimir Tolmachev

1 November 2017 in Nuclear Medicine and Biology
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MAMohamed Altai
Mohamed Altai
KWKristina Westerlund
Kristina Westerlund
JVJustin Velletta
Justin Velletta
BMBogdan Mitran
Bogdan Mitran
HHHadis Honarvar
Hadis Honarvar
AKAmelie Eriksson Karlström
Amelie Eriksson Karlström